Famous Quotes & Sayings

Christin Baker

He is still hoping and cautiously optimistic that the EU will present a strong proposal next week comparable to the level of ambition that the United States has shown on domestic support.

John Milton

Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven

Carla Gugino

I think the level of ambition of this piece is something that attracted all of us, ... doing something in a genre where you can deal with supernatural elements, but really see them through the human beings.

Julia Stiles

What I look for in a guy is passion and ambition and there's nothing sexier than intellect, so hopefully that would be reciprocated.

William M. Thackeray

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

Derartu Tulu

It has always been my ambition to win this event. I have tried two or three times before but on this occasion I knew I was coming into the race injury-free.

Jason Gardener

It has always been my ambition to win a major outdoor title and that will be the plan at the Commonwealths.

Wolfgang Reitzle

It is our ambition not to be below the average growth rate in the gases business.

Celso Amorim

I think that we may have to be content with a little less, ... But if that happens, it does not mean lowering the ambition of the round.

Michael McNamara

Growth rates (on sales) are comparable to what we saw before the hurricanes nationally.

Jim Davidson

His track record is comparable to Peter Lynch and Warren Buffett, ... statistically ... shouldnt exist.

David Hidalgo

To find something comparable to that, but in our own culture, that was refreshing.

Jay Jacobs

I think what they have is comparable to what we want to end up with.

Craig Miller

It gives them all the detailed information - tax bills, improvements made, square footage, number of bathrooms - all the things you need to search for comparable assessments. The state is promoting putting this out in the public to do what the assessors are supposed to do: provide fair and equitable assessments.

J. Taylor

If she could get work in Roanoke comparable to what she could get there, she'd be here. I think that goes for a lot of people. I think we need to provide more upscale jobs to keep our young people in Roanoke.

Richard Hastings

If Wal-Mart's December comparable sales do go up 3 percent, that means they did much better in the last two weeks of the month,

Mario J. Molina

In contrast to the troposphere, the stratosphere is extremely dry and practically cloudless - the concentration of water vapor is measured in parts per million and is, in fact, comparable to that of ozone.

Jack Evans

The current issue with the U.S. program is not comparable to the concerns raised in Europe. We have a program here that is successfully operating with 26 licensees and a dozen products shipping.

Ken Salazar

I think it is paramount that we take proper steps to ensure the safety of our food supply and domestic livestock herd.

Thomas Piketty

I am afraid that if you don't find peaceful domestic solutions to our inequality and social problems, then it's always tempting to find other people responsible for our problems.

Megan Challender

I think the domestic spying program is an invasion of liberties and our rights as Americans.

Wang Guoliang

We suffered losses because the increase in the domestic price of oil products was much lower than the rise in international oil prices.

Susan Vreeland

To feel the grace of God in a painting of the dear, quiet commonness of a domestic interior, or in a landscape, seascape, cityscape, trains us to feel the grace of God in the thing itself in situ.

Wang Li

There is an urgent need for integration of the enterprise laws for foreign enterprises and domestic enterprises.

Chris Avery

There is an increasing process of consolidation that's taking place around the industry. Globally, we've been seeing the buildup of these great alliances ... And I think outsiders have been expecting this in the U.S. domestic industry for some time.

Tom Kelly

He had a history with local police in domestic violence cases.

Salma Hayek

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

Ariel Sharon

I talked today to the secretary-general of the United Nations. I talked to every European leader about this issue,

Laurent Fabius

Italy is one of the pillars of Europe and one could be quite worried, ... So I think there is a need for a clarification at the level of the heads of government.

Tony Judt

Nationalist, anti-European, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim public political figures, seem a worrying picture of a possible European future. We could still fall back into pre-Europe... and it worries me.

Michael Owen

What would happen to me if I stayed at Madrid? How much would I miss European football if I signed for Newcastle?

Dieter Zetsche

Here in the European Union, we need to learn from the American experience, because if we don't, we may end up reliving it.

Zoran Djindjic

Historically we are a region of disintegration. EU enlargement could reverse this process and lead to integration so we no longer think so much only in terms of nation states.

Michael Hughes

It could be late in the fourth quarter before we see any signs of recovery in the U.S. Europe lags the U.S. by about six months, so the fear is Europe will take a lot longer to come out of any downturn.

Andrew Douglas

It is going to change, quite dramatically, the way European markets work.

Vojislav Kostunica

There is no better landmark than the EU

John Herrera

He knew the structure. I knew him, and I was hoping he would come up and provide a kind of moral support, and I would teach him the personnel side.

Ron Gardenhire

He likes to play and he'll play through anything, so when he has to sit out, you know he's hurting. That's a little scary. I'm just hoping it's not a lingering thing.

Matt Koff

Going into the game, we were hoping to limit ourselves to no more than 15 turnovers. Any more than that, we knew we'd be in trouble.

Paul Mainieri

He's a little sore still. But we're hoping everything we'll come out okay after the tests.

Jeremy Reichert

He (Salazar) wrestled impressively in his first time on the varsity. Luis should be a solid part of our line-up for years to come, be we're hoping to squeeze as much out of him this year as we can.

Jon Gruden

He's distraught, he's nervous, he's uptight about this, as he should be. ... He's put a lot into this. We're just hoping he can come through this better than maybe we anticipate.

Dennis Ruedinger

He seems to be doing all right. We're hoping by (today) he'll be able to do some light workouts and get some shooting in. It looks like he'll be on pace to do that. We'll be able to go pretty solid on Wednesday and Thursday with him.

Steve Hudson

I think it's just refocusing. Some of it is that it's do-or-die time. They don't want to stop playing. Part of it is a new season. What we did before doesn't even make any difference. I'm hoping that they've learned some things.

Peter Davenport

I thought we played very well, a big improvement and I'm hoping that things are starting to click,

Lamar Owens

I would've been satisfied with a one-point victory. But we wanted to prove that we're on a different level ... To come out and play the way we did was phenomenal.

Eddie Hoffman

I wouldn't be racing without them. At least not at this level or this often.

Gene Contino

I would say so. I don't think we're quite at that level yet but it's come along.

Kurt Browning

Just watching as a kid, I never thought I would reach this level so soon and I would actually get to do this stuff.

Greg Miller

He just sets new levels of expectations for himself.

Siobhan Finneran

'Downton' has really pushed me to a new level in my career, but it's not like I have a big career plan. They are about as useful as a birth plan; they should be burned.

Brad Goreski

There are so many levels in fashion that I'm happy to dip in and dip out of it all.

P. J. Harvey

going on at the acquisition level and the requirements level.

Tommy Bowden

He's a tough guy. He's a mean guy. Whether those are appropriate words to say, I don't know. But again, that's how the game's played, and there's a level we need to play with defensively we haven't reached yet in those aspects.

Martina Hingis

Just wait until the next matches, I'll be even better.

Monica Crowley

Just when you think you've heard it all from Team Obama, the next day brings another jaw-dropper.

Meredith Ostrom

John Casablancas was saying, 'You will be the next Claudia Schiffer!' But I said, 'Actually, I have to go to college.'

John Currie

I think, in the short time, it would stay there until the next flight.

Matt Herting

I think in the next three weeks, he'll make a decision.

Chris Ault

He did not past his test so he is not going to be with us right now. If he passes it, he is welcome to come on our program for a semester as a walk-on and we can put him on scholarship next year.

Patrick Biancone

He could be anything, ... He could be the next Secretariat. I don't know if he could be, but he does it so easily.

Dennis Erickson

He'll be back to play next year, but obviously he's out for Saturday.

Stephen Colbert

All I can do is today and tomorrow and have some idea of what we're doing next week. That's all I can worry about.

Andrew Zimbalist

I think the press has been sucked in by the rhetoric of brinkmanship. I've been optimistic all along.

Tom Hudachko

We're pretty optimistic that we can reach some sort of partnership.

Beth Martin

We're optimistic that we'll restore the rest of them tomorrow.

Ray Green

We're optimistic that we'll get back on track.

Mike Cox

We're optimistic that there's going to be a peaceful outcome to all this.

Charles Bickers

We're optimistic and businesslike. We're working together well.

Constance White

I think it's partly the war. Pink is very sweet, childish, optimistic color.

Russ Granik

I don't have any reason to be optimistic here.

Richard Jefferson

I'm insanely optimistic. For odd, weird reasons, things always work out.

Nicole Perrot

The only thing I thought about was: Just stay in the present, ... This is my first win. It's special.

Steve Mansfield

We try to present users with what other users have found.

Doug Anderson

I think we need to put it in a referendum and present it to the people,

Shimon Peres

I think this is the end of the present government,

John Burton

I was actually present when she was examined. She wasn't pregnant. I know she wasn't pregnant.

Sheridan Samuels

I am here to work. I will have to work with the present administration because they are in charge.

Source Unknown

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Ed Goren

Present me a team, and I'll give you a story line.

Peter DeLorenzo

In the film, I present them as wanna be mobsters.

Antonio Banderas

I think it actually will be an interesting play. I think it is a very smart proposal for theater.

Robert Rubin

You've got a lot of proposals that have been advocated by a lot of people,

Jeff Tittel

That is the only part of his proposal that would work.

Joan Claybrook

It's virtually a nothing burger. This proposal is useless.

Noam Chomsky

My proposal happens to be very mainstream.

Paz Vega

It's very difficult to decide. And I'm very open to proposals.

Condoleezza Rice

There is no U.S.-European proposal to the Iranians. I want to say that categorically,

Wayne Peters

We're here. We're ready. We have proposals on the table that haven't been responded to.

Ann Coulter

The Democrats have no actual policy proposals of their own unless constant carping counts as a policy.

Gail Begley

He just didn't show up and he still hasn't shown up.

Heather Stewart

I think we've shown that we're a team that can compete.

Carly Syverson

I think that we've shown how we can be. We don't want (the Bears) to think they have a chance.

Scott Hoffman

Had they not have shown up, it could have been tragic.

Jim Riccitelli

He has shown us little glimpses here and there, and I told him tonight he had to be better than the other goaltender, and he was.

Larry Coker

He has shown me a lot. He's going to be an outstanding player.

Dusty Baker

He doesn't have to show more. I like what he's shown already. He has to show more of the same.

Greta Gnagy

Everyone has shown up (offensively) at different times in the clutch.

Mark Gurwell

It's the first time it's actually shown the difference.

Kate Saunders

It is not unprecedented that the two will be in the United States at the same time.

Shyam Saran

This was not something that the United States wanted,

William Whipple

I hope in time N. H. as well as the other States will feel the importance of Sovereignty.

Will Durant

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Richard Powers

What I really like to learn how to do is to build sentences that are equal to mental states.

Samuel Johnson

The present is never a happy state to any human being.

Vladimir Lenin

Every cook must learn to rule the State.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A nation to be great ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself.

Tony Wilson

If you live in Birmingham, then being awake is not necessarily a desirable state.

Michael Culver

I wrote: Vicki and Michael, stronger than fire.

Susan McGrath

Katherine has always been a very strong player. She was all over the place today.

Rusty Agte

Her voice is much stronger than it was, and getting better each day.

Chris Mack

He's a linebacker with the basketball. He's so doggone strong for a guard.

Steve Trimper

He's got a strong arm. It was a game-saving throw right there.

Larry Taddeo

He's got a strong arm. I think he'll get some looks.

John Gibbons

He should be strongly considered, 13 wins, 200-plus innings. I'd vote for him.

Bob Wagner

He's a strong commit. He visited BYU the first week of January.

Lance Armstrong

I think we have fielded our strongest team ever with this formation,

Stephen Pope

He's been the most beleaguered of any archbishop in the United States. It's like a battlefield promotion.

H. Hunt

I don't know of it being in this county, but I do know it's in the western United States.

F. Lee Bailey

I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'

Rose Kennedy

There can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed

Robert Reich

Most Americans are on a downward escalator. Median wage in the United States, adjusted for inflation, keeps on dropping.

Robert Torricelli

The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life.

Robert M. Gates

The United States has been a global power since late in the 19th century.

Sanford I. Weill

The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States.

Virginia Foxx

In the face of terrorism, a united front is one of the strongest weapons.

Mike Martz

He'll be back, but whether it's this week or not I don't know.

Brian Goorjian

It could be two weeks or it could be the season.

Michael Campbell

It is a long way to come for one week and go back again,

Doug MacIntyre

We may see another week or two of increases.

Annika Sorenstam

I have had two weeks off and I'm rested,

Charlie Batch

I don't know. You just have to take it week by week, day by day at this point. All I can do is just be ready.

Ryan Kwanten

I'm more of a heat-of-the-moment type of guy. A friend will tell me about something coming up, maybe that weekend, and usually not an abundance of thought goes into my doing it.

Ryan Lochte

After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.

Sarah Silverman

If I don't do stand-up for two weeks, I get freaked out.