Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aretha Franklin

Judy Garland is a singer with a capital S. And talk about soul. This woman was soul personified. Judy Garland is a class by herself.

Charlie Barrett

Through very, very tough times, the guy's been nothing but first class, in my estimation. I really respect him. He's become a very, very close friend, and I can't say enough about the guy. He's been good for the Port Huron Flags.

Scott Shaw

Tony was competing in a good weight class. It was great for him to dominate like that in the final.

Justin Upton

We tried to get Justin to go to private school, but he was, like, 'I want no part of it,' ... B..J. needed the smaller class size. That was no problem for Justin. So we didn't force him.

Lori Crunk

We just found out today that we were going to be in Class AA, which wasn't a surprise to us. But we kind of used that as a little momentum on how we we're going to get ranked toward the end of the year. That kind of kept the girls pumped up.

Marilyn Fitzgerald

We were really concerned about our divers that left with four years' experience under their belts. But the freshman class has been a surprise.

Patty Fenn

What started in one Sunday school class in 1996 has become part of the fabric of the community.

Edmund Stoiber

We will not be able to go without a tax cut for the middle class.

Dorothy Allison

One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.

Mark Johnson

That was a close call, but it was the right one. There was never any doubt that (Byrd) won that match.

Brad Gushue

There will either be a lot a lot of sick days or a lot of TVs in offices. In Newfoundland, nothing has ever come close to this.

Alaina Huffman

I ultimately wanna do big movies, and I've been so close so many times. They keep giving my roles to girls with just a little more exposure than me.

Walter Rodgers

This is a terribly closely contested election in a very tough campaign.

Rick Comley

This is a team that's needed validation and it's earning respect. It's all very encouraging. I don't think we've come close to peaking yet. We can get better.

Howard Rogers

This is a sport a lot of kids have taken to. They may not be playing other sports. It gives close to 100 kids something to do between the hours of 4-6 when they could be doing who knows what. Why not vote for it?

Geno Auriemma

This is the game that puts you in the Final Four. To come this close and not win and have to come back and wait 12 months and be lucky enough to do it again, it's unbearable.

Henry Tang

This is the first time that Hong Kong films have been selected to close and open one of the major film festivals in Europe,

Stephen Hess

This is not a full-fledged mea culpa. But by presidential standards, it's there, or pretty close to it, ... The government did screw up, and he is president of the United States.

Chairon Isenia

As a player, you feel good when someone remembers something like that.

Jared Bernstein

Our expectations have been pretty diminished. A good month used to be 300,000 more jobs and now it is 200,000.

Tim Parmeter

Offensively, if we don't turn it over, we're going to score, and we did a good job of that in the first half. We can shoot, so when we get a shot at the basket, good things are usually going to happen for us.

Fran Dunphy

Defensively, we were just about as good as we could be. Offensively, when the separation occurred, it was because we did some things out of character.

Ozzie Guillen

Are we missing Scotty? Yes. Are we losing because Scott's not here? I don't think so. We're losing because we're not playing good baseball.

Kym Hougham

Are they within their right to do it? Yes. Long term do I think it's a good idea? No.

Patterson Hood

a pretty good description of the things we've been writing about, the dualities of the day-to-day.

John Rash

A Prairie Home Companion' has proudly had its roots in St. Paul since the inception of the show. They have scheduled road shows, yet it's important to maintain their place of operation. It's good news for the show and St. Paul.

Natasha Leggero

Anything you can do to get more people to come to your live shows is good, because that's where you can really do what you do. Everyone's on the same page, and you don't have to win strangers over as much.

Rick Danko

Also a portion of my sales go directly to Greenpeace.

Walter Salles

I come from Brazil, which is a Portuguese speaking part of the continent.

John Killian

We have the broadest product portfolio of any provider.

John Philip Sousa

I had found English audiences highly satisfactory. They are the best listeners in the world. Perhaps the music-lovers of some of our larger cities equal the English, but I do not believe they can be surpassed in that respect.

Nicolas Malebranche

We can always make ourselves liked provided we act likable, but we cannot always make ourselves esteemed, no matter what our merits are.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

It is my great hope someday, to see science and decision makers rediscover what the ancients have always known. Namely that our highest currency is respect.

Millicent Carey McIntosh

The most important phase of living with a person: the respect for that person as an individual.

Mike McCready

Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.

John Woolman

About the twenty-third year of my age, I had many fresh and heavenly openings, in respect to the care and providence of the Almighty over his creatures in general, and over man as the most noble amongst those which are visible.

John Wooden

Respect a man, and he will do all the more.

Mason Cooley

Sentimentality is the respect the cold-hearted pay to feeling.

Mencius

He who respects others is respected by them.

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.