Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Williams

These dissidents contend that all the people in Leisure World are poor, downtrodden, sheepish people who can't protect themselves, ... But the truth of the matter is, a lot of people are just that way because they don't want to get involved. They want to retire in peace.

Alex Figert

This is a real crucial time for our team. It might determine if we contend for a playoff berth at the end of the season, so we just need to focus on getting as many points as possible.

Greg Martin

We had small pockets of weather to contend with in the Northeast and some wind at O'Hare, but overall we got off to a good start.

Victoria Jackson

We have a team that can contend for a national title.

Zach Johnson

Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, contend in majors, win majors. I thought they were crazy.

Tim Marshall

If we are going to contend in the conference, we will have to win our home matches.

Cappie Pondexter

I feel we have all the necessary pieces to contend for a national title. We really got a chance. We still got a lot more to go, and I'm looking forward to it.

Davis Love

I feel like I can contend every week but, when you get to a place like here or Hilton Head where you've done well consistently, it gives you a lot of confidence.

John Shaw

But I contend that it has worked very well for us over the past six years,

Richard Clark

As part of our strategy going forward we are aggressively looking at alliances and joint ventures and acquisitions of biotech companies.

Lara Azar

Randall's a good guy, and the governor looks forward to working with him in his role as speaker.

Wendy Braun

People really look forward to this tourney because they have a lot of fun.

Randy Belote

Northrop Grumman is pleased to see the process moving forward and we welcome the opportunity to respond to the upcoming request for information and subsequent request for proposal.

Steve Renfroe

Again, we're just evaluating this, and if we go forward with this, it would be great news for Jackson County.

Terrence Gabriel

The Nasdaq has at least the Microsoft report to look forward to, which should be strong.

Jeff Francis

Once the season is over. I just kind of go back through it, look at the things I wrote down over the year -- what I did, what I need to do, what I'm happy with, what I'm not happy with -- and look forward to next year.

Jarome Iginla

Defensively, we've been doing really well, and offensively, we'd like to score more goals. I don't think that's a secret. Personally, I think the first half could have been better and I'm looking forward to the second half and contributing more on the offensive side of it.

Tom Powers

Deanna is very, very good. We are looking forward to see what she can do for us.

Yingxi Yu

Technical trends are looking very strong and people find it very risky to go short right now. I think that's why the rally has been continuing.

Wayne Gandy

It was the normalcy we've been looking for.

Mike Browning

You're looking at the young guys. You're not looking to win, just to get a win.

Chuck Koons

We're looking for what we could do that was ecologically sound.

Eva Simons

Sometimes when I'm dancing and don't put in enough hairspray, I wind up looking like a... what's the animal with needles? Porcupine.

Jeff Bryant

We really don't know our starters yet, or where everyone will play. We're looking for the right combinations.

Robert Wood

We've seen the report and are looking into it.

Robin Wagner

At that particular time, I was looking for something in her that maybe she wasn't ready to give me.

Nick Vujicic

If you're looking for happiness in things, you'll never find it.

Jesse Ventura

The national Reform Party did nothing -- zero -- to get me elected,

Al Ferris

The national picture is not the picture in the state of Florida.

Troy Smith

The national championship is here next year. We like that.

James Cole

The National Audubon Society is going state by state. The program is in 46 of the 50 states now.

Edward Sapir

The supposed inferiority of a constructed language to a national one on the score of richness of connotation is, of course, no criticism of the idea of a constructed language.

Scott Peterson

I've seen them on every national broadcast. It's pretty amazing.

Marcus Williams

This is a team I thought that could get to the national championship game.

Khaled Suleiman

This is not the right national position to take.

Richard Shelby

This is perhaps just the tip of an iceberg. We need security at our national labs. ... It has been too loose, too long, and it's too important,

Shane Osborn

We did it right, ... No apologies necessary on our part.

Ariel Sharon

do what is necessary to protect the people of Israel.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

You are the only person in the world that was ever necessary to me.

Sterling Ivey

We wanted to take all necessary safety precautions.

Tim Jones

When this occurs we have to start investigating and if necessary start a search.

Bob Poole

If we can get it into the township and get the necessary approvals, we can get it under way as soon as possible.

John Egan

If DSS isn't going to do anything, then it may not be necessary for us to do anything.

Nicolas Sarkozy

If you want to have me say that it would have been better to have not launched into this affair, I rather agree. But once we were there, it was necessary to find a way out of it, quickly and as painless as possible.

Max Baucus

If I were the president, I would be very concerned, ... and I would do what was reasonably necessary to find a way to get my people confirmed.

W. S. Gilbert

We feel we have all the pieces of the puzzle here.

Joe Jones

We saw them getting little pieces of mussels that got broken.

Frank Garcia

We've questioned everyone we could, ran down every lead, and we still have no answers. What can we do? There are pieces of these puzzles missing, and we just don't have them yet.

Alejandro Amenabar

Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much.

Alfred Kazin

To have a sense of history one must consider oneself a piece of history....

Alexander Herzen

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.

Douglas Rushkoff

What makes a great standalone piece of hardware is not the same thing as what makes a great networking device. One can work as an essentially closed system. The other is absolutely dependent on its openness.

Dodie Smith

The one Bach piece I learnt made me feel I was being repeatedly hit on the head with a teaspoon.

Chuck Close

If you're overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces.