Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard LeVine

The outstanding performance by the Investments Office in the past year has matched a record of achievement over time that has earned (Chief Investment Officer) David Swensen and his colleagues the highest possible praise and admiration from their peers,

Nicholas M. Butler

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

Cecelia Ahern

How presumptuous they had both been never to consider growing old as an achievement and a challenge. Aging was something they'd both wanted so much to avoid.

Bertrand Russell

To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement.

Walter Pater

The aim of a true achievement must lie, not in futile efforts towards the complete accommodation of man to circumstances in which he chances to find himself, but in the maintenance of a kind of candid discontent, in the face of the very highest achie

Marc Abrahams

The achievements speak for themselves, all too eloquently.

Gloria Davis

The Achievement Scholarship Award was originally founded during the 1960s Civil Rights Act and is specifically for African-American high school students. It's a much smaller program but operates in a very parallel way.

Mack Douglas

The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.

William Vickrey

The achievement of a reasonably full degree of employment without accelerating inflation will require development of some additional tool.

Christoph Waltz

It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.

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.

Carl Sagan

The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before,

Bette Davis

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition.

Kathleen Hohl

The (arch)bishop was very impressed with it. He acknowledged that all people ? Catholics, non-Catholics, even people of no faith ? would still have a sense of appreciation for the beauty of the pieces.

Jim Gillespie

That way, it's cheaper for the student and the parent earns the appreciation.

Chris Cameron

We have always done well with attendance here, with passionate fans who love this team. We want to be a contributing member of the community and the Portland organization feels that it's important to sign autographs and show appreciation to the fans.

Stella Young

The mere suggestion that not speaking for a day can give you an appreciation of the social isolation that comes with the experience of disability, particularly those whose impairments prohibit them from communicating verbally, is insensitive at best.

Rani Mukerji

I would not want to be a part of any project that I feel would not work. An actor like me always wants to work to get appreciation of the audiences. And appreciation can only come if people will come to watch the film.

Ibrahima Fall

The political process in the Congo is due to end with the swearing in of a president on 30 June. The conference will be held after this.

Tiffany Jackson

The past two games have been a huge confidence boost. After we lost two games on the road, we had a sense of urgency because we knew the conference is going to get tougher and tougher as we go.

Tony Pullen

That was huge, a sophomore on the mound. You go on the road for the first conference game, and he comes up big for us.

Dave Vestal

That was a very impressive win for Blackhawk last week. They've gotten better and better each game. Blackhawk is so well coached, there's no way there would be a letdown. In the conference we play in you have to be ready each week.

Terri Sullivan

That win was very critical for us. We obviously want to be in it till the end in the conference race. You have to get some wins. That's not easy, especially in this conference, but that's why it's an honor to play in the Big Ten.

Mark Kellogg

That will be a good test or us a big conference game at home.

Darren Alexander

That was a huge conference game for us. We needed that bad.

Damon Coupe

We have a much tougher schedule this year than in years past. I have focused on playing as many ranked teams as possible. Our conference schools have become much more competitive this year. We do not have any walkover matches.

Ashley Langen

We have two games left, but we want to keep on winning. We don't want to go into the conference and region tournaments on a downfall.

Ice T

When I was in the 12th grade, I got my girlfriend pregnant. I just got out of school, she was a 10th-grader. I'm a teen parent, and I'm at a point where I'm like, 'Man I've got to do something.'

Sebastian Thrun

That was a turning point in the race.

Dwane Casey

That was a turning point in our season. I think it took a little starch out of us.

Nick Burgess

That was a turning point in his career. He had the ultimatum to quit or work harder. You can see which one he picked.

Bruce Bochy

That was the turning point of the game.

Jeff Lebo

We could never really get it to that point where we made it interesting.

Joseph Garcia

We could have had 50 points in the first half.

Curtis Shaw

We have a lot of Marriott points that we'll never be able to use.

Pat Metheny

Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me - it was actually my first instrument.

Bryan Whitman

That was rumored a year ago and never proved to be confirmed.

Patricia Marx

I write the shopping column. I think I've proven my superficiality.

Derek Dennis

We hadn't been down like that in a long time. It was up to us to go out and prove why we've been on top of the state rankings all season.

John Gibbons

We wanted to make sure he was all right. He proved that he was today.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

When faith burns itself out, 'tis God who dies and thenceforth proves unavailing.

Todd Pratt

I think Ryan's proven everything he can prove.

Paul Doerrfeld

We proved we could play with them. We just have to relax and play our game.

Folarin Campbell

We proved we can play with anybody. We proved we don't back down from anybody.

Hines Ward

We proved all the prognosticators wrong. This is a big win for us.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Stay with me tonight. Let me hold you even if that's all it is. Let me keep you safe.

Mark Campbell

We haven't had any complaints. Tonight will be the first true test.

Bobby Frasor

Just watching him out there tonight was something special.

Buck Showalter

Kam made a lot of friends tonight with his teammates, getting them on and off the field. That's always good, especially after a late-night arrival.

Dusty Baker

We've got to make a decision, probably tonight or tomorrow. We can't go short-handed.

Mike Davis

I didn't want us to take any 3s tonight because of their size.

Buddy Hackett

Ya know, if you treat every comic the way you treated me tonight, you would never see a bad show.

Antonio Villaraigosa

You all know I love L.A., but tonight I really love L.A.,

Bill Maher

The comedy gods are smiling on me tonight...