Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Waller

He certainly made big plays. He recognizes that he?s the guy who can make them. He has a great work ethic and I think he?s more assertive going after the football. We must have had 25 seven-on-seven (games) and you could see his confidence level rise. He expects to get the job done.

Dave Johnson

I think it's Rachel starting to show what Rachel can do. Rachel's a very quiet kid who I think has always been very unselfish. We want her to be more assertive and now she's starting to be more assertive.

Mark Porter

If you're an acquiescent, quiet management type who is not making any kind of assertive position on the company, then you're going to be a liability, ... The buzz is what can save you.

Kristanna Loken

In the whole period of making the film, I carried myself more aggressively and was much more assertive than I normally would be. It took me a while to decompress after the film ended, to step back and say I didn't need to be this strong and have this kind of mentality any more.

Gordon Ramsay

Being assertive and somewhat really firm has to be backed up with being fair.

Jim Calhoun

Rudy needs to be more assertive. He's an incredibly talented kid, but he's a young kid. Today he was assertive and made his moves. At times today he was unstoppable.

LeBron James

We didn't want to get blown out on national TV. I just wanted to be assertive and just try to hit the open shots and drive to the basket, which I'm always capable of doing. So the MVP was never in my mind; just winning the ballgame.

Chris Paterson

We are delighted to win because it's the first time we've beaten the Ospreys, but it was a strange day. We were really motivated and we are usually positive and assertive but it wasn't the case early on and we got ourselves into a bit of trouble. But I think huge credit comes out of the way we fought back.

Lorelei Sims

I'm an assertive person who happens to be female. I think you have to be assertive to run for political office.

Bob Swank

Having Scott in the top five made me very happy. We would like to have beaten Western, but we were two points short.

Sandy Botham

Hats off to Butler. They played an incredible game. On top of that they came in with a chip on their shoulder. They haven't beaten us in a while. They came in and played with great confidence and great intensity and held strong.

Mark McGrath

He's a good wrestler, and tonight he wrestled extremely well. Who's to say he wouldn't have beaten Malachi if he'd been healthy.

Darrell Royal

He looked like he was going to score every time he touched the ball. They probably could have beaten us every time we played them.

Ron Gardenhire

Our outfield's been beaten up pretty bad, and Jacque's the one guy that needs to step up. And he's been doing that.

Terry Wallace

In the past two years, sides beaten by 100 points or more - 70 per cent have won the next week. It doesn't mean it happens automatically, but people come out pretty determined.

Arthur Newman

In the past, they have beaten earnings estimates somewhat spectacularly.

Linda Jay

In the case of the tech sector, I think they've been so beaten up that I don't think there's much more negative news that can hurt it.

Sam Stovall

If you were to buy those industries that in the prior 12 months had beaten the S&P 500, if you had purchased those, held them for another 12 months, you indeed over the past 10 years would have beaten the market seven of those 10 times.

Kazuo Ishiguro

I don't hang out with the glitteringly successful people; I hang out with people who've been friends for many years, and to some extent I feel my worldly success is a bit uncomfortable for them.

Mike Cameron

I was kind of using it as a joke. But I wanted a team with a little bit of character to it, some diversity. I wanted (the Padres) to get some young, talented athletes.

Chad Reitz

I was looking forward to the 2005 season when things fell apart. I ended up in a dispute with my sister (Chanda) and father (Les) about our race team, and we parted ways. It was a bitter ending and there are still a lot of hard feelings.

Jack Rew

Kevin knew quite a bit and he got me into more and more. I liked it and I got to be pretty decent.

John Beilein

Kevin came in here on a mission. I thought we were a little bit out of character at Pitt. We probably tried to do a little bit too much and probably didn't realize what good defense Pitt plays. We took shots we thought were good and they weren't because Pitt guards you.

Shawn Reynolds

Kent pitched a good game. His pitch count started to get high and I didn't want to kill the kid. We talked a little bit before and he was getting a little tired. We can rely on (Weaver) to close it out.

Nicole Sullivan

kick in a little bit of money for the house.

Kaley Cuoco

I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.

Rick Adelman

Kenny came up huge in the end. He was the guy they were leaving open and he hit that one shot with a little bit of luck, then the second one was dead center and he hit the free throws.

Dave Roberts

Khalil and I talked about it, ... He's just extremely confident that he can hit it out in this ballpark, because no matter where you hit it, it can go out of this ballpark. That's not the case in our park.

Joe Pistone

John and I go way back. We worked a lot of cover cases together,

Nigel Worthington

Johansson is a player that we have monitored for some time but with all transfers it is a case of waiting for something to happen and it being right for the club and player.

Patrick Guerriero

John Kerry and John Edwards would be smart to make their case for gay and lesbian fairness by not mentioning Mary Cheney.

Douglas Johnson

Judge Casey said his ruling was dictated by a 5 to 4 Supreme Court ruling in 2000, which held that Roe v. Wade protects partial-birth abortion.

Mike Ford

I suspect that this is another case of a senator hyperventilating on a Sunday talk show.

Neil Miller

I think I solved the case myself in jail just by sitting up there and thinking about it, the many holes that I found.

Richard Perle

I think in this case international law stood in the way of doing the right thing.

Phil Gramm

I think in the end, we'll have a trial, ... We will render a verdict, as the Senate has on 15 other occasions, in those 15 cases where there was an impeachment in the House and where the person impeached did not resign first.

John Chambers

I would say this for Montserrat ? one of its credit weaknesses is that it's in a zone that depends greatly on external savings.

Josh Towers

I think I threw more strikes than I got credit for. I was around the zone a lot. I definitely got my work in.

Danny Ardoin

He didn't get enough credit. Winning 14 games as a rookie is not bad.

David Meltzer

He deserves a ton of credit for making the sport what it has become. He's the Vince McMahon of his generation.

Kenneth Turan

He credits a watching of 'King Kong' on TV when he was a kid with making him a film director,

Bruce Heppler

He just plays. I know that he wants to win a tournament, and he works at it and is competitive as anybody. I think now he just has to get out of his own way. He's more than good enough to win. The great thing about Roberto is before the tournament is over, he's going to finish around the top 10 or higher, and that's a real credit to his competitiveness. That's a sign of a really good player who just plays well every single time.

Bob Hamley

He's a leader and a true professional that does a lot for me and the team on and off the floor. It's a credit to my team that I'm even going, so it's fitting that they are there as well.

George Campbell

He's credited with quite a spectacular job of revitalizing the (arts) school,

Karl Gawell

We've got to have a longer term policy. These tax credits need to be extended.

Mick McCarthy

Kelvin has been great and I'm delighted he's proving what a good keeper he is.

Steve Bleasdale

He is young, he wants to improve as a player and we are delighted to have him here.

Mark McGhee

I was delighted with Joe. Physically he is a real presence as a centre-forward. His touch is good and he wins headers. It was a shame we couldn't provide a platform for him to win the game for us.

George Gray

I was delighted to be invited to the Dutch Consulate in Edinburgh to receive their medal from Michael Hughes, the Dutch Consul.

Ken Schanzer

Whatever it is we're paying, ... we're delighted to be in this relationship. We want to keep going forever.

Mike Baker

We are extremely delighted that we are on the eve of a launch that will mark the start of the cornerstone of the space station.

Ian McGeechan

Lawrence is one of the giants of the English and world game and we are, of course, delighted that he is remaining with us for a further 2 years.

Lamine Diack

I am delighted to see such strong interest from so many different parts of the world.

Aguri Suzuki

I am delighted to have signed two drivers with such great experience.

Tony Raines

Knowing how we ran early in the race and how I think we could have run, I was disappointed. But at the same time, I went there knowing I was going to race for a finish. I didn't race anybody.

Helen Brown

I would say that Cosmo was always a feminist magazine; it was before the movement really took shape. The early feminist movement felt I put a lot of emphasis on beauty, which was true.

Mike Ledsome

Katie was ready to go (Thursday). She got into a groove early and started hitting her spots and pitching stronger as the games progressed.

Rich Brands

Just looking at their results, I think it will be a pretty even match. We want to come out and not make any mistakes early on. We want to try and exploit some of the free kicks and throw-in stuff we've been working on.

Ben Gordon

Just like Tuesday (against Dallas) we struggled early and in the second half we were able to make a run. It was just a little to late.

Frank Warren

Joe is never going to be ready for that (November date) so we'll try to rearrange it for next year. It is frustrating for Joe but these things happen in boxing. It is a great shame. We'll do the fight early next year, maybe February.

Kevin Merkle

I think it is too early to form a long-lasting opinion. It is good to get some feedback first.

Jim Schmitz

He comes out early all the time. But he's struggling.

Amir Peretz

He (Sharon) also insisted that we must go to early elections as early as possible.

Jim Haslett

I think it is a great testament to the guys that they fought this hard.

Keith Cieplicki

I thought we were physical in the first half, fought for balls.

Jill Officer

It is a disappointment but you can learn something from everything. We did really great this week, we fought really hard and we should be proud of ourselves.

Charles Kennedy

Labour politicians for generations have fought to bring democracy to the House of Lords.

Joe Nemechek

We took our licks, but nobody knocked us out. We fought like our soldiers right to the end.

Tim Madden

I thought we fought really hard throughout the lineup. I was really impressed with how some of our guys were able to come back and gut out some wins.

Laura Watten

I think we had a good day. We had one rough inning, but we rebounded and fought back. The team has a lot to be proud of; they have shown growth and improvement.

Marcus Hall

I think that's where the maturity of our team comes in. We kept our cool, kept our heads and just fought it out.

Pat Fitterer

I think we're healthy and ready. We got hit with some sickness at the end of the season but we fought through it and won some tough games. I like the way we finished.

Chris Coste

Kirby was the first name on everyone's list. That smile and that magnetic personality. He was a huge role model for so many people in that area. He was a huge influence in the way that I hit.

Bud Keene

Kelly really pushed the limits of women's riding by going huge and super technical.

Doc Scheppler

Just returning to the team was a huge lift for us.

Ben Howland

Josh Shipp was huge tonight. I mean, having not played 13 weeks, for him to do what he did tonight was just miraculous.

Brian Fanelli

I think it's a huge accomplishment for her.

Mike Szabo

He just stepped up and made a play. That was a huge play.

Sven Eriksson

He seems like a different player and very mature in his way of playing. He's a huge talent and has been doing very well for us

Zell Miller

His passing leaves a huge vacuum of leadership that no one individual can ever fill, ... There will never be another like him.

Mustafa Alani

His organization is going to be under pressure. He's anticipating a huge challenge, not from the Americans but inside Iraq.

Kim Il-sung

Everything is decided bya person's thoughts and if he is ideologically motivated, there is nothing he cannot do.

Peter Drucker

History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.

Craig Manning

We were motivated and started off well, but we just wore down. They were just too strong for us today.

Anselm Kiefer

But we should also not forget the difference between what first motivated me and the work that is the result.

Charles Pierce

I would say we have probably transformed ourselves from a small to a medium-sized institution.

Stephen Colbert

You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians.

Jim Morris

I thought we should have won two out of three. We shot ourselves in the foot.

Pete Lewinski

We try to pride ourselves on defense. I'd like to think that had something to do with their turnovers.

Bill Cowher

We've been underdogs pretty much every week since we got into this thing. We don't take ourselves too seriously.

J. Taylor

We've got to stop shooting ourselves in the foot.

Jason Varitek

I think we just tried to do too much. We got ourselves out.

Jennifer Nettles

We many times sell ourselves short, not only in relationships but throughout our own lives. Hopefully, we come around at some point and realize our own value.

Yuri Andropov

peace for ourselves and for all the people of the planet.

Daniel Woodrell

I think there are some folks who don't particularly like what I have to say, but on the whole, the reaction has been very positive.

Paul Nicholls

I think it's a really positive idea and I'm sure I shall be having runners in the first stage at Haydock.

Bob Poole

I think it's going to be positive for that end of town. I think it's going to be the right fit.

John Davidson

I think we will have a positive year.

Aly Michalka

I think that, as an actor, you have to break out eventually, and if you do it properly, it can be something that's positive.

P. Herbert

I think to come out of here, you have to have a positive attitude. I've had remained discipline-free for two years to get this job.

Leigh Steinberg

I don't know what happened, but I know Ricky didn't test positive for anything. Someone made a mistake.

Robert Collier

See things as you would have them be, instead of as they are.

William McDonough

We prefer to talk about 100% renewable instead of zero carbon. When you say zero carbon, you are not positively defined.

John Abraham

I don't even see the point. He's like a stranger to me.

Renny Harlin

Several times we were stranded in strange places without any money and with our credit cards cancelled - trapped in a hotel that we couldn't check out of because we had no money to check out.

Rose Macaulay

Nothing, perhaps, is strange, once you have accepted life itself, the great strange business which includes all lesser strangeness.

Truman Capote

You can love somebody without it being like that. You keep them a stranger, a stranger who's a friend.

Rick Riordan

Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish.

Sara Blakely

I knew that I wanted to start my own business. I knew that I wanted to work for myself. I was no stranger to the word no. You just have to keep going.

William Faulkner

Maybe times are never strange to women: it is just one continuous monotonous thing full of the repeated follies of their menfolks.

Richard Rodriguez

There are things so deeply personal that they can be revealed only to strangers.

Upton Sinclair

Over the vast plain I wander, observing a thousand strange and incredible and terrifying manifestations of the Bootstrap-lifting impulse.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

Mona Singh

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars.

Mitch Mitchell

It is a big one. We have to win it to be in the playoffs.

Bobby Cox

I think you've got to do what you have to do to win right now.

Gerhard Schroeder

There is no alternative to this struggle, which we must win and will win,

Chad Qualls

We've got to win the first before we win the fourth.

Trent Strickland

We've got to play with a hunger. We've got to want a win and we've got to get a win.

Amani Toomer

To get a win we've got to play good. And we really didn't play that well at all.

Lindsay Davenport

I want to win this again, and as long as I can keep going I have a chance.

Richard Petty

If you ain't trying to cheat a little, you ain't likely to win much.

Richard Petty

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.