Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Watters

Its becoming an extraordinarily diverse and multicultural area,

Kenneth Oppel

Realistically, the chance of any book becoming a film is slim.

Sergei Lavrov

NATO has a special relationship with countries far away from Europe: Australia, Japan, South Korea. They have joint projects and programmes which are being implemented without these countries becoming members of NATO.

Alex Steffen

We're becoming a planet of a thousand new major cities. The economy of the 21st century is a city-building economy. It's within our power to make it a carbon zero one, too; and to be blunt, civilization depends on our success.

Jon Choboy

People are recognizing the fact that NC State is becoming a top-flight national program. We are winning big matches and signing top talent to join in on what we're doing here. Our name is out and things are beginning to happen.

Bonnie Rosen

Our focus for Saturday is to be better than we are today. It is a step by step process, irrespective of our opponent or location of the game. What I really like about this team right now is that both our starters and bench are becoming more consistent in their strong play. If we continue making those gains and learning how to take control on game day we will be very happy with the end results.

Nichole Hiltz

I was always in love with film and becoming a character and playing something else, and nobody ever told me no, so I just followed it, and here I am, having a ton of fun.

Walter Kirn

I read somewhere once that in the 1960s, fiction writers were troubled by the notion that life was becoming stranger and more sensational than made-up stories could ever hope to be. Our new problem - more profound, I think - is that life no longer resembles a story. Events intersect but don't progress. People interact but don't make contact.

Ted Sarandos

Movies are becoming more global, which is making them less intimate. If you make a movie for the world, you don't make it for any country.

Mike Barnett

It can have the same effect on the bench as a player taking it end to end on a scoring rush,

Bobby Cox

He meant everything to us. He was one of our biggest contributors here for 3 1/2 years, I can honestly say that. Still can play defense, come off the bench and hit the best pitcher in baseball. Makes no difference to him.

Bobby Bowden

I want both of 'em practicing with a No. 1 mentality.

Joe Faraldo

This is a reasonable solution. We'll both lose some things through arbitration, but that's what a negotiation is.

Rodney Melville

that the trial is fair both for the defense and the prosecution.

Larry Kruse

That's just John. And Sean was the catalyst both days.

Craig Foster

That's not something I do, but I deserved the penalty. The referee warned both coaches but I got excited and did it again.

Tom Wall

That's how softball should be played. Both sides played well. Both pitchers pitched well.

Rich Greenfield

That's interesting, that it's not just Shari that's going to sit on both boards.

Mike Lalonde

That's great for Jake, and now I'll have someone to drive down with. It's going to be a great experience for both of us.

Ben Roethlisberger

That's kind of the interesting thing. This is going to be a boxing match between two fighters who've never fought each other. Will they dance around a while to feel each other out? Or will it be a slugfest with both teams coming out swinging?

Sam Cassell

We're just the same old Clippers. That's all we are. We're just the same old Clippers. We want teams to continue to take us lightly.

Karolyn Grimes

Life continues to be difficult. It always will be because that's just life. But I am so glad I have put some happiness into the world.

William Henderson

I will definitely be having some serious conversations with my wife when I get home. We'll continue the talks. But I've definitely been impressed by what I've seen.

Chip Goodyear

Underlying demand is very strong. We continue to be optimistic about China. As you look around the world, growth continues to look good.

Jim McCormick

We may not be an overly-gifted team, but these players have worked hard over the past two years and continue to be excited about this season." ()

Bob Cotton

We must continue to encourage more domestic short-break and long-break holidays, and our overseas marketing is critically important.

Bruno Julliard

We must continue our protest, but we must use other ways.

Terrence Holt

He was like, 'Sometimes it can make you hungrier that you weren't out there and it wasn't just given to you. You had to work for it and continue to show people that you're worthy of the position,' ... This off-season the staff and organization showed some trust in me, and I'm just going out there trying to prove them right.

Andy Reid

He's playing his heart out. He's banged up a little bit, but he's working at it and getting a little better every week. We're just going to keep working with him, and I know he'll continue to improve.

Robby Reasonover

We had to control Richland's 3-point shooting. I thought our girls did a good job of jamming their cutters. Houston County ran a similar half-court offense, so we were not taken by surprise.

Jim Furyk

Winning two years in a row, pretty much being in control of this tournament most of the way, he's the guy to beat.

Josh King

It's frustrating. We need for somebody step up and start making shots and take control.

Stacy Gardner

It's easy to get distracted or go too fast. You want to make sure you always have a sense of speed or control -- really a physical and mental presence.

Chris Pronger

When you're taking control of a game, you lose a lot of momentum killing penalties. Granted, you can kill them off and you're good.

Kristen Renton

Any woman that is willing to take control of their life and do what they want to do to make their living, I have a lot of respect for.

Dave Hakstol

That's all we've talked about. For six weeks we've been talking about how we can only control what we do, and we've got to win hockey games.

Phil Leigh

The labels want to feel like they have some power and influence. They're losing the control they once had.

Al Alvarez

And if you can't keep your ego under control, it's going to cost you a lot of money.

Ned Riley

The focus point of the market this week is going to be tomorrow. If anything, I'm hoping for neutrality out of the Fed.

Ellen Glasgow

One cannot lay a foundation by scattering stones, nor is a reputation for good work to be got by strewing volumes about the world ...

Brian Cook

A lot of other teams just focus on Kobe. I just hang around on the weak side and nights like tonight, Kobe gives it up.

Steve Ball

A lot of the reason we give up some runs that hurt us is that we have a team full of guys that haven't played together before this year, and that leads to a lack of focus sometimes.

Mike Riley

This is a big time of year for us. It's all about a focus on teaching without any games on top of you.

Brian Russell

They've got a lot of talent. You can't focus on one guy. They can run it, and they can throw it.

Jimmy Fennig

It's not just New Hampshire, it seems like it's at every racetrack we go to, ... It seems like the big thing is getting through the middle of the corner. That's what you have to focus on the most.

Felipe Massa

For me, it is ok that everyone talks about Rossi. It means I can just calmly focus on what I have to do.

JaJuan Smith

You can't look forward to the NCAA until you get there. All our focus is on trying to win this SEC championship, and we're three games away.

Michael Beasley

It was an honor to be a part of history, but honestly I don't remember all the games we've played. I do remember the trips, though, and that's what we will miss the most ? all those good times.

Martha Whiting

We went into the game treating them like any other team. We prepare for every team with the same intensity, and I think that really helped us.

Matt Sylvester

We went into the game knowing we had to get this one.

Nick Rimando

We went into that game trying to win it. It was an ugly game, but a tie on the road is actually like a win for us. In the 80th minute, you're just thinking to yourself, 'A tie's not too bad.' Then you play a little conservative and get back a little more.

Nick Rimando

We went into that game trying to win it, ... It was an ugly game, but a tie on the road is actually like a win for us. In the 80th minute, you're just thinking to yourself, 'A tie's not too bad.' Then you play a little conservative and get back a little more.

Glen Drury

This will be a very tough game for us on the road.

Steve MacFarlane

What really matters is whether the other unions at Northwest will support us. And that remains to be seen. At this stage of the game it's pretty standard for everyone to remain silent and see if a strike occurs.

Kevin Bullis

We had a game plan from the start to mix things up. Unfortunately, we went through games 2 and 3 we didn't execute.

Tomas Vokoun

Twenty-two shots is usually the whole game total for us. So for us to do that in one period was great. There's no substitute for hard work and that's what we were doing out there.

I think my new thing will be to try to be a real happy guy. I'll just walk around being real happy until some jerk says something stupid to me.

John Arbuthnot

Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!)

Libby Trickett

It is completely surreal because two years ago I wasn't swimming, I was 10 kilos heavier and was on a completely different path in my life, I was still living in Sydney, I'm just so happy now.

Frank Rijkaard

We did the job we had to do and I'm very happy to be in the final.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is the nature of strong people that they can bring out crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.

Ambrose Bierce

REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.

Ambrose Bierce

CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."

Ambrose Bierce

TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

Anthony Hopkins

I know how to be strong. I know how to be ruthless. It's part of my nature. I wouldn't be an actor if I wasn't.

Anthony Hopkins

We're all caught up in circumstances, and we're all good and evil. When you're really hungry, for instance, you'll do anything to survive. I think the most evil thing - well, maybe that's too strong - but certainly a very evil thing is judgment, the sin of ignorance.

Anthony Kiedis

Having a moment of clarity was one thing; I'd had moments like that before. It had to be followed with a dedicated push of daily exercise. It's a trite axiom, but practice DOES make perfect. If you want to be a strong swimmer or an accomplished musician, you have to practice. It's the same with sobriety, though the stakes are higher. If you don't practice your program every day, you're putting yourself in a position where you could fly out of the orbit one more time.

Anthony Hopkins

I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all that. People didn't waste time feeling sorry for themselves. You had to get on with it. So my credo is get on with it. I don't waste time being soft. I'm not cold, but I don't like being, wasting my time with - life's too short.

Alicia Witt

My so-called faith went up in flames Till I believed in all your lies, For the life of me I don't know why. They got you wrong , You're not that strong. I don't belong here!

Bobby Knight

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

Morgan Wootten

To be successful in coaching you have to treat your team like a family. The leader needs backing from everyone.

Joey Logano

My reputation is different among different groups. You have your fans, your non-fans, your team, your crew, your family, your friends and then you have your peers. I think they're all different and each of them have their separate opinions about you.

Joey Logano

My friends and family and team know who I am, and they have my back. So I don't let someone who doesn't know me affect me.

Joey Logano

I’m really proud of my team. They have given me great cars all year long. Today, we finally got to show what kind of cars they have been giving me. We were up front, leading laps and showing how good this No. 22 Ford is. Once again today, my team showed they have my back and that will only make us better going forward.

Joey Logano

It's funny how the whole team gets quiet when you're about to win a Daytona 500.

Joe Sakic

You need a lot of leaders, but a hockey team needs a voice, not only in the community, but more importantly between the coaching staff and the players. There are always ups and downs in a season; the captain is the guy players look to in those situations.

Joe Nemechek

There are a lot of other things I could be doing out there, but I love to race. I'm fortunate to have the opportunity, to have the team and to have the resources to be able to do this.

Joe Mauer

I want to be back behind the plate as long as I can. I can help the team that way, and I like being in control and in charge.