Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edwin Eisendrath

Just yesterday he diverted another $1.1 billion from pensions to pay for his election-year budget. He continues to reward contributors and his lobbyist friends in ways that give Illinois a bad reputation and have attracted the investigations of the U.S. attorney. Every where I go, people say it's time for a change.

Ray Brooks

Joe sees a reflection of his wife in Pauline. That was his first instinct which attracted him, and it remains the underlying reason for his affection.

Craig Zadan

There are so many psychological and deep ramifications to this story -- that's why Neil and I were attracted to it. Like (Storyline's 'Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'), this is not just another biopic.

Nadine Velazquez

I'm attracted to men who just love what they do, have confidence in what they do and have potential to be on their own if they need to be.

Jeff Robinson

The overwhelming success of this year's event shows the continued momentum we are experiencing in this space. It was exciting to see the number of executives interested in improving their pricing processes. Overall, this year's event attracted a diverse group of corporations and organizations representing over 25 industries.

Andrew Forrest

I'd like to see the University of Western Australia and the other four or five universities in Western Australia really excel through having some of the greatest minds in the world attracted to it.

Tom Donohue

Roberts has attracted broad, bipartisan support for his fairness, keen intellect, open-mindedness, and judicious practice of the law, ... He is highly regarded and well respected by the legal and business communities.

Sufe Bradshaw

If you think about 'Person of Interest' with Taraji P. Henson or 'Scandal' with Kerry Washington - any of those black women could have been any race; they just happen to be black. And those are the characters that I'm more attracted to. It's not so much about separation of race, but really, more uniting us.

Carla Gugino

I guess I've always been really attracted to period pieces and always felt visually I was probably more made for the '50s or the early '60s than I am for a modern day.

Greg Brunner

Just looking at their team and the caliber of players and looking at their record. Any team that has 25 wins, you know you can't underestimate what they can do. Especially for a senior-leaden team.

John Doolittle

have somebody of a high caliber and someone with a demonstrated track record of making courageous decisions by the Constitution.

Mike Ferda

I thought we responded well after the Libby game (a 49-6 loss in Libby on Oct. 7) and came out and played the caliber of football, at least emotion-wise, that we can play.

Doug Johnson

We're proud of Michelle. We're grateful to be able to participate in such a wonderful honor . . . It's a big deal, and what's really wonderful about it is that it's a person of Michelle's caliber that will be representing us.

Brian Carter

I'm curious to see the caliber of team we'll be playing.

Sunny Hale

I love this level of polo. You're out there and 90 percent of the players are better than you, so I have to step up my game to match them. Being a woman isn't a factor for me, it's just an honor being out there with that caliber of players.

Rowan Atkinson

I'm not really a writer, so my main problem always is finding the writing talent to write something of the caliber that you would like to do.

Peter Scheer

The high caliber of these stories demonstrates the value, to journalists, of public records laws as tools for reporting.

Matt Hall

The incoming freshman class is unbelievable. We've got kids coming from all over the nation that are top caliber and will help our chances of going to the CWS (College World Series) again.

Gary Enis

Just like everybody else, we want them to throw strikes and let the defense make plays. They've all been working hard on location and hitting their spots, and we feel confident no matter who's on the mound.

John Proctor

I think it's going to be close, ... Two-thirds, though, is a lot of votes. I wouldn't say I'm confident by any stretch of the imagination. I do feel like it has a lot of support statewide.

Arun Sarin

We expect to see good growth and profitably in Japan in the following years. I am confident we can return Vodafone Japan to its previous heights.

Arun Sarin

We expect to see good growth and profitably in Japan in the following years, ... I am confident we can return Vodafone Japan to its previous heights.

Tim Funkhouser

We're pretty confident up and down the order. It's definitely a plus when you can get offense from anybody.

Nicholas Haysom

We're pretty confident that we're going to be able to get it done.

Jed Connelly

We're pretty confident that we have the right equation with this vehicle.

John Sullivan

We're pretty confident that the market can handle it.

Lenny Bernstein

We treated it like other matches and went in with a workman's-like attitude. We knew what we had to do and feeling that we matched up pretty well with Maryland, we were confident going into the match.

Mark Zandi

It's at the top end of what's desirable for the Fed policy-makers and investors. Inflation is low, but it is rising.

Rod Nielsen

Stress is not a desirable state and it may lead to the development of other disease, particularly cardiovascular disease,

Sheldon Steinbach

Eastman Kodak in its heyday might have paid more, but there are different benefits, including tuition remission, which often make it a desirable place.

Mike Randle

Tupelo would obviously be desirable for manufacturing in the life sciences field.

Aldous Huxley

The indispensible is not necessarily the desirable.

Susan Sarandon

I'm happy to be considered desirable. I love it!

Richard Greene

If they're (cities) desirable places to live, ... it can explain a sustained high house price for years to come.

Hisashi Hieda

It is desirable for us not to take too much time.

John Oates

You've got to pay me to leave my house, spend the night in hotels and fly in airplanes. That's what I get paid for. Playing I actually do for free.

David Paulison

These people in hotels and motels must take the next step to find a better housing solution.

Terry Hall

There were more hotel rooms in our town than we had people.

Grant Mayer

It's about getting players used to the surroundings. We're probably going to be in the UK 15 times this year and it's important we get used to the travel, the hotels and the food.

John Hamilton

When we got here on Monday, we rented a hotel and started to get help.

John Elderfield

Ed moved into the hotel so he could work with us,

Karen Hechler

I was overwhelmed by the number of hotels -- there were over 12. They would invite someone to stay in their hotel for $3 a week.

Geoffrey Zakarian

I've been working in boutique hotels my whole life.

Bill Cowher

He's a very poised quarterback and he has a feel for the game,

Tommy Bowden

He's as talented a tight end as we've had here in a while, but doesn't understand the tempo.

Milan Kundera

Disgust at having to talk about oneself is what distinguishes novelistic talent from lyric talent,

Barbara Corcoran

Don't teach talent that isn't there.

Gedde Watanabe

It's the most extraordinary and saddest thing, the amount of talent out there not being seen.

Haruki Murakami

You can have tons of talent, but it won't necessarily keep you fed. If you have sharp instincts, through, you'll never go hungry.

John C. Maxwell

You have no control over how much talent you possess. You control only what you do with it.

Elaine Stritch

If somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! You're wasting my time.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What you have inherited from your forefathers, it takes work to make it your own.

Gordon Ramsay

I like finding talent. That's what really turns me on, I suppose.