Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Bruener

As a member of the organization, I have to roll with it, accept the change and know that we have to move on,

David Hawkins

No question, they're being tougher, more comprehensive in their audits, ... They're actually auditing transactions, rather than just auditing by interview. They're less tolerant of weaknesses in internal control systems, and not as ready to accept management explanations.

Pat Hayes

Once we get the public's acceptance on it, we're going to save some money. We've all used a pop machine, it's not that difficult, but people are still having problems with it.

James Jones

I've learned that racism will not be taken as a given. I don't think we should ever accept it.

Michael Rogers

I wanted to do it, but they believe it would be in my best interests not to make myself available for the Commonwealth Games and I accept that.

Bob Kraft

A few weeks ago, they had a big meeting. And 78 percent of the people voted not to accept that offer.

Ned Colletti

After 25 years in major league baseball, it's a dream come true to be the general manager of one of the most storied franchises in all of sports. I'd like to thank the Dodgers for putting their trust in my leadership abilities. My goal from this point forward is to accept nothing less than winning a World Championship with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Ellen Kennedy

It would be a shame not to have an aircraft carrier because we know the public looks forward to seeing them come and the sailors being able to enjoy the sights of Broward County. It's been an honor for us because we've been the only non-naval port south of Norfolk to be able to accept an aircraft carrier.

Bill Dreher

It was very clear to us that ... this year's annual meeting had a new, more sober tone. In the past, (Wal-Mart management) was willing to accept their shortcomings, though some might say it was closer to false modesty. This year, it was very clear that management realizes they have a lot of work to do and are deep into the transition.

Jodi Picoult

As it turned out, hell wasn't watching the people you love get hurt; it was coming in during the second act, when it was already too late to stop it from happening.

Jamie Koch

The money this is coming from is already there. We're just honoring his contract.

Danny Culler

Coming to the checkered. Watch your mirror. Watch your mirror.

John Gibbons

Coming in we knew we had a good one,

David Perkins

Now, gas prices, ... they go to $10 to the gallon, we're still coming to the races.

Brad Jackson

Preston gave us a spark and played very well. We had some guys in foul trouble and Brett Weisner and Darrell Visser did a good job coming off the bench.

Tom Kotchman

Pressure is dodging bullets, not knowing where your next meal is coming from. This is fun. This is a game.

Mauvolyene Adams

Pressure for pressure. That was one of the things we talked about in the locker room. Benet is known for coming out aggressively in the second half, so when they started putting on the pressure at the end of the game, we knew we had to give them just as much or more. And that's what we tried to do.

Tre Kelley

Same old story, same old story. We just can't get it. It's crazy. It's so frustrating. It's frustrating to the high degree, to be out there knowing we can win and coming out on the losing end all the time.

Shannon Miller

So if you think being thin is enough to succeed in gymnastics, you're wrong.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What you can do, or think you can, begin it.

Frank Dixon

As a matter of fact, it would be a shock if we weren't. As long as I've been here, we've been No. 1 every year for 15 years. Very seldom have we been out of the No. 1 slot.

Brendon Burchard

No matter how small you start, start something that matters.

Lindsey Hunter

At this point, we don't even care. We know what we've got to do, and we know what we need to do -- and that's get the title back. That's our focus, our goal. All the other stuff, hey, people can say what they want to say or not. They'll put us on the prime-time or whatever. It doesn't matter to us. We just want the title back.

Tomas Kaberle

We'll take whatever is there. It doesn't matter who takes the shot.

George Bernard Shaw

What is the matter with the poor is poverty; what is the matter with the rich is uselessness.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The gravity of the time is such that every new avenue of peace, no matter how dimly discernible, should be explored.

Dr. Dre

No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down......

Dr. Seuss

A life is a life no matter how small

Doris Day

No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I’m going to come right back up.

Jon Jansen

People say this stuff like they just thought of it, ... Everyone thinks they're so clever. I'm like, 'Heard that two weeks ago. Where ya been?'

John Abraham

People talk about the money, but it had nothing to do with the money,

Mike Davidson

People do not understand how powerful that water is.

Doug Flynn

People do feel better about investing. But they are still very skeptical about the recovery and their expectations are way down.

Peter Thiel

People are worried about privacy, and its one of the reasons people are using a service like SnapChat.

David Green

People are walking all over town just going crazy. I've never seen it like this before.

Ahmed Ali

People are very, very provoked, ... They are boiling.

Richard C. Armitage

People get to know me slowly and over the course of time. I'll probably still be a newcomer when I'm 60.

Jennifer Smoter

People did need ample time to be able to transition to an alternative therapy.

Pete Hald

I've never had three players at the same time who can score like they do.

C. S. Lewis

But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise. ... The world rings with praise -- lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game. ... I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.

Dikembe Mutombo

The NBA has more than 435 players and there are at least 100-some players doing more than expected. Shaq is doing a lot. Dwight Howard, [Manu] Ginobli. Dirk [Nowitzki] is doing a lot, and not just in Europe; he's reaching out to Africa and all other places.

Joe Legerski

We've had a lot of different players step up for us (in the post).

Jerry Angelo

To get valued players you have to be willing to give value.

Andrew Bird

I'm a terrible Scrabble player.

Russell Wilson

We were 6-4 and everybody doubted us. We lost to the Kansas City Chiefs and that week we had a players meeting and really talked about where we really want to go. It's not about the record. At the end of the day it comes down to are we going to keep focusing on each other and are we going to keep getting better day by day? We ignored the noise, we ignored all the talk from the outside.

Sparky Anderson

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

Slash

I just play, just you know, If i just sit down with the guitar and just do whatever for, you know, an half an hour or an hour whatever. That's pretty much, that should do it for me.

Terry Francona

Once you give up five, ... if they peck away and get one here and get one there, it makes it tougher to win.

Steve Barrow

We think it is unlikely, but it's a tough call.

V. S. Naipaul

I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.

Jack Rio

He said he'd be back. That's a tough man.

Ryan Herrs

I think having Tommy back makes us a much tougher team.

Jayne Meadows

Marriage, even the best marriages are tough.

James Broughton

I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

Brenda Ellis

King's is a tough team. We're going to have to come out and give it everything we've got.

Mark Grudzielanek

Just try not to think about it. It's a tough situation. You don't wish it on anybody.

Aristotle

For through wondering human beings now and in the beginning have been led to philosophizing.

Albert Einstein

My sense of god is my sense of wonder about the universe.

T. S. Eliot

And indeed there will be time to wonder, 'Do I dare?', and 'Do I dare?

Tom Waits

We have a deficit of wonder right now.

Socrates

Wisdom belongs in wonder.

Socrates

Wonder is the beginning of all wisdom.

Michael Faraday

Nothing is to wonderful to be true

John Piper

O, God of wonder, enlarge my capacity to be amazed at what is amazing, and end my attraction to the insignificant.

Vincente Minnelli

I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.