Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sri Chinmoy

When we seek appreciation from others, we get not appreciation, but flattery.

John Amos

This is the highest tribute we can pay him, our appreciation for his superlative writing, his incomparable writing. Quite frankly, I've never experienced writing like this before, except for 'Fences,' something that addresses me as an individual, addresses me as a black man and addresses the history of the African-American culture and the African-American experience in this country.

Paul Bloom

Our best hope for the future is not to get people to think of all humanity as family - that's impossible. It lies, instead, in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we don't empathize with distant strangers, their lives have the same value as the lives of those we love.

Paul Bloom

The enjoyment we get from something is powerfully influenced by what we think that thing really is. This is true for intellectual pleasures, such as the appreciation of paintings and stories, and it is true as well for pleasures that seem simpler and more animalistic, such as the satisfaction of hunger and lust.

Barack Obama

As I've said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis' future.

Bonnie Raitt

Not being a natural songwriter... for me the appreciation of a great song and the writers came early on, growing up in a musical family. My dad got to sing songs by some of the greatest writers of all time, Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Louis D. Brandeis

During most of my life, my contact with Jews and Judaism was slight. I gave little thought to their problems, save in asking myself, from time to time, whether we were showing by our lives due appreciation of the opportunities which this hospitable country affords. My approach to Zionism was through Americanism.

Annie Gottlieb

Respect... is appreciation of the separateness of the other person, of the ways in which he or she is unique.

Blake Lively

I've been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another.

Mackey Sasser

The way we came back in that game was something special. The guys never quit. That's what winning teams are made of.

Scott Green

The way we came back from that loss and responded in that match showed us we could be a top team.

Sean McDonnell

The way the skill guys have practiced all camp came out in the scrimmage today.

Felipe Alou

The way the guys came back in the ninth inning, after what happened two nights ago, it shows these guys are serious.

Jonathon Modica

This game was similar to the first one, really -- we started out slow but came on in the second half. I just tried to provide some leadership.

Will Brown

This game was lost in the first half. They came out, made the first run of the game, got us on our heels and frustrated us a little.

Kobe Bryant

This decision came only after reviewing all the evidence -- testimonial evidence and physical evidence. The standards are the same in this case as in any other case,

Tim Chapman

That's what we want to do. You can't slip up in tournament time. So we came out really focused, jumped on them early and got that big lead. I thought the girls played hard even though we were up by 20 or so. They still had the intensity and that's what I liked about it.

Scott Gordon

That third period was outstanding for us. We had I don?t know how many grade A chances. Certainly, Montoya came up huge for them because it could have easily been three or four goals for us.

Bobby Lee

My dad had the idea in 1963. As a promotion, it's been a gold mine ever since.

Joe Orton

It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.

Rick LeBeau

The entry date was several weeks ago, before we knew we were going to the Super Bowl. Dad called the other day to see if I wanted a ticket, but I told him I couldn't go.

Sylvester Croom

The idea of not going to school in my house? My dad would spank you raw. We had the value of education hammered into us at an early age. There was never any question we were going to college.

Lindy Ruff

A lot of mannerisms remind me of his dad, kind of the way he skates and the fact he's a real smart player. He really thinks the game well.

Jake Gyllenhaal

My mum and dad are pretty amazing chefs and they spent most of my childhood cooking really extravagant things for my sister and me.

Henry Cavill

If there is some sort of trouble at home, kids don't think that James Bond is going to come save their mum from their dad, or their dad from their mum. They don't think, "Bond is going to come and save me." Superman is a different sort of idealized figure.

Malorie Blackman

Because my mum and dad brought me up to believe that people are different but equal. And that I should treat everyone, no matter who, with the same respect I'd like to be shown.

James Robertson

It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last — tough people do.

Brian Jones

The September report was taken too early to get the full effect.

Li Na

I felt sad because everyday I had to wake up early to practice before going to school. After school I had to go back to tennis again, and then after tennis I had homework. I didn't have time to play.

Bill Brewer

We were 0-2 early and I wondered if we would win four games this year. But I knew we had a great tournament draw.

John McGlynn

We went with the young kids early and it's starting to pay off.

Randy Carlyle

We got down early but found a way to claw back. The one thing that this group has demonstrated all year is resiliency.

Curtis Jerrells

We got down by a large margin pretty early on the road. It's kind of hard to get back in the game.

Jeff Shaw

We have been struggling. We let a team get into the game. and when a team goes up on you by 18 points it is hard to come back. We just got in some trouble with turnovers early on and that hurt us.

Phil Garner

We had him early on the ropes a little bit. We couldn't come up with a big hit when we needed it.

Bruce Barnett

I think more than likely this is drug-related, ... We're still very early into the investigation and have a lot of people to talk to.

Michael Jackson

the proceedings have been a nightmare for my family

Eminem

The details surrounding both my marriage and subsequent filing for divorce are private, and I had hoped to keep them that way for the sake of my family.

Eminem

I did not know that I would grow to be my mothers evil seed and do these evil deeds.

James Black

I have never wanted to check out the family folklore that we could be traced back to a dominie at the hamlet of Balquhidder in the Scottish highlands.

Joanne Ciulla

income, benefits, friends, reputation, and sometimes even family.

Joe Schmidt

That's scary, especially here, because this is such a family-oriented neighborhood.

Jim Haney

That means everything to me. It's not just a family putting their name on something, but putting their heart and soul in it.

J. M. Roberts

It was perfect. The place is huge. There are plenty of bedrooms, a massive kitchen and a family room.

Joe DiMaggio

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

Steve Sanger

Total has a great nutrition story, ... We need to offer variety and taste appeal.

Josh Silver

We think that we have great potential but never reach it.

Jim Calhoun

We went to see 'Glory Road' the other night and it was a great film.

Chris Scelfo

Though our wins and losses are not where we wanted them to be, to have 100 people see this season through is a great testament to their character.

Van Chancellor

Unbelievable. Oh, boy, she looks great. She's come back, lost weight, (is) in great shape, looks good.

Rob Schmidt

Twenty-one (points) is a great performance, but other guys stepped up.

Debby Ryan

T.V. acting is a great skill to have, and it's nice to have that stability.

Solomon Jones

You hear about all those players. But not all the great shot blockers come out of Georgetown. We got some here at South Florida.

Bruce Gradkowski

You hear about all the great quarterbacks who have come out of Western Pennsylvania. That's always been in the back of my mind. One day I hope to be mentioned with all of those guys. But right now I'm just looking for my opportunity, working for my chance.

Angelina Jolie

Second to my children, spending time with refugees and other persons of need around the world has been the greatest gift, ... It's been the greatest life lesson I could ever receive.

Duke Ramey

This has been the greatest waste of human resources I've ever seen.

Demi Lovato

Growing up in America, I never really appreciated my culture. I knew what being Hispanic was, but I thought that since I didn't look Hispanic, I was white.

Alexander Herzen

We think the purpose of a child is to grow up because it does grow up. But its purpose is to play, to enjoy itself, to be a child. If we merely look to the end of the process, the purpose of life is death

Will Smith

You can't break poor people mentality. Once you grow up poor, you don't take anything for granted. It can have the negative side also because you can never truly be relaxed.

Ellen DeGeneres

You listen to any monologue on late-night TV or just in general, to people talking, and there's always a joke at someone's expense. It's sarcasm; it's nasty. Kids grow up hearing that, and they think that's what humor is, and they think it's OK. But that negativity permeates the entire planet.

Shannon Miller

Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear.

Hayley Williams

For me growing up, I've found that I don't really go out and party and I don't hang out - when I come home and I'm home, I'm a pretty chilled person.

Hilary Duff

I stopped going to school in the middle of fourth grade. Everyone grows up with the peer pressure, and kids being mean to each other in school. I think that's such a horrible thing, but I never really dealt with it in a high school way.

Harlan Coben

I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that.

Hamdi Ulukaya

Growing up in eastern Turkey, I was not really involved with the family business - sheep and cow farming, yogurt and cheese making. But I think I learned from my father the unspoken business language or instincts that go back thousands of years.

Lara Pulver

I want to do a big Broadway musical, at some point. I would love to do that. To do something there would be super-cool.

Tony McCoy

I think I'm skilful enough, but I don't consider myself a naturally talented, gifted sports person.

Jessica Savitch

The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself.

Maria Callas

Only when I was singing did I feel loved.

Anne Rice

Garden of Pain, I need you. What were the songs of beasts to the cries of sentient souls?

Czeslaw Milosz

I imagine the earth when I am no more: Women's dresses, dewy lilacs, a song in the valley. Yet the books will be there on the shelves, well born, Derived from people, but also from radiance, heights.

Conor Oberst

My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and stuff. I started writing acoustic songs and playing by myself in 7th grade.

Conor Oberst

For a song I was bought Now I lie when I talk With a careful eye on the cue card. Onto a stage I was pushed, With my sorrow well rehearsed. So give me all your pity and your money, now (all of it).

Conor Oberst

I think different musical collaborators bring out different qualities in my songs and I like that.

Conor Oberst

When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most important ones were my friends who were also writing songs and were typically four or five years older than me.

Conor Oberst

To outsiders it probably seems like splitting hairs, but to me, Bright Eyes is a simply the collaboration between myself and Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott. What you hear is definitely the sum of all our ideas and represents all three of us. But I still write the songs myself.

Conor Oberst

To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and the desire for a world that's less divisive. Even if songs aren't overtly political, they can make a listener more empathetic.

Conor Oberst

I understand why people get desensitized and roll their eyes when they hear a protest song, or even a politician making some flowery speech. It doesn't really change anything.

Mike Davis

Before, I just used vacation time when we did tours.

Jack Parker

We were dominated. At no time were we in this game.

Annie Dillard

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

Thomas Carlyle

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.

Denise Miller

If you live here and you see wreck after wreck after wreck, you think about that every time you're in that intersection.

Keith Cooper

I'm disappointed we didn't come out and be the aggressors. By the time we woke up and got after them, it was too late.

Sasha Alexander

I'm going to tell stories to the world. I think there's time for me to grow. We'll see.

Neale Donald Walsch

Keep moving. Don't stop. But don't rush. Don't race around. Sure and steady gets you there every time.

Jonathan Swift

The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.