Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Charlton

I've been asked about that goal every day for the last 40 years. We didn't have the technology back then to show whether it was a goal or not, which led to the controversy. I'd like to think one day we'll have the technology to show whether or not it was a goal.

Ellen DeGeneres

When I asked her what she missed the most right now she said, 'My friends. I don't know where my friends are,' ... Tonight, let's show people on the Gulf Coast that they have friends all over the world . . . to give them shelter from the storm.

E. Hicks

When I moved out here during the late '70s, I had a neighbor who was a farmer who asked me 'What do you produce? ... I said, well, I don't produce, I publish, but he meant, you know, 'Do you grow tomatoes?'

Buck Showalter

Everybody knows it's there. It's something everybody has been trying to tap in on. We've all been a big supporter of Kevin. Everybody else knows about it, too. That's why we get asked about him. He knows there's competition but we've got to get a return.

Alex Berenson

As a reporter, I embedded for modest stints with American soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. When I'm asked about those experiences, I always say - and mean - that we civilians don't deserve the soldiers we have.

Alan Ball

Somebody asked me, 'Why do people like vampires so much?' This was right after Obama had been elected and I said, 'Because we just spent eight years being sucked dry by one.'

A. N. Wilson

It seems astonishing to be paid for indulging in pure pleasure. For me to go to Coburg is rather as if a trainspotter was sent for a few weeks to Swindon or a chocoholic asked on holiday by Green and Black.

Brian Baird

When I was first elected I was puzzled why they were holding events in my honor as a mere freshman. I asked myself, why is a federal entity so involved in political activity?

Bert Blyleven

My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad said I could, and I just fell in love with the game.

Albert Camus

I was tormented by my desire for a woman ... I thought so much about a woman, about women, about all the ones I had known, about all the circumstances in which I had enjoyed them, that my cell would be filled with their faces and crowded with my desires.

Amory Lovins

Variable but forecastable renewables (wind and solar cells) are very reliable when integrated with each other, existing supplies and demand. For example, three German states were more than 30 percent wind-powered in 2007-and more than 100 percent in some months. Mostly renewable power generally needs less backup than utilities already bought to combat big coal and nuclear plants' intermittence.

Tanner Hall

My cell phone has had the message mailbox full for the last five months,

Jeremy Rifkin

Who in this room is considering hydrogen fuel cell powered boats?

John Eberle

Mark stayed calm, reached in his pocket, takes out his cell phone and dialed 911. It was just beautiful. And then from there, a couple of minutes later, the plane went under.

Shane Battier

I think people really didn't know what to think of me. A couple of kids stood about 5 feet from me and looked at me like I was some kind of statue. A lot of people took pictures with their cell phones. I'm like, 'I'm just hanging with you guys.' It was a mellow scene.

John Bankhead

We got a tip that the victims' cell phones were being used by the perpetrators, and we solved the crime.

Michael Gibbons

It doesn't change anything in terms of coming to a solution on what to do about somatic cell nuclear transfer,

Larry Goldstein

It depends on what cell lines are made available. I am for anything that broadens the opportunity for scientists to conduct research on stem cells. But the devil is in the details.

Eddy Cue

We're extremely happy with the results, ... a huge success.

Deborah White

OPEC has been extremely accommodative in its policy in the last one and a half years.

Gary Galloway

Our plan was to open one lane so ambulance and fire trucks could get through. We had a lot of people out there during the storm, when it was extremely dangerous, making sure this happened.

Greg Josefowicz

Our performance was extremely strong reporting record sales for the fourth-quarter and fiscal year.

Chris Drury

Our schedule is extremely condensed, but I think a lot of it is just keeping your focus, especially if you get on a good roll. You've just got to focus each and every game and get prepared mentally and physically for the next outing, because there's not much time between games.

Brian Durocher

Overall I think we played extremely hard. We had plenty of offensive opportunities. I think Northeastern, while they played a solid game, they had some good fortune.

Kurt Vonnegut

I was not an anthropology student prior to the war. I took it up as part of a personal readjustment following some bewildering experiences as an infantryman and later as a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany. The science of the Study of Man has been extremely satisfactory from that personal standpoint.

James Malone

We've been extremely pleased with the way these plants have come back up.

Mike Meador

We've been extremely pleased with the job Jeff has done for the county. He's been the right man for the right job.

Mike Archer

The off week comes at a good time.

Brittany Bush

The officiating was horrible on Tuesday. It still wasn't that good tonight, but we just played defense. We played a 2-1-2 zone and she (Wills) was just missing shots.

Carlos Garcia

After 10 years I know him pretty good and what he's going to do next,

Kevin Mawae

After a while, just getting to the playoffs isn't going to be good enough, ... You're selling yourself short. We want to go, and go deep, and play until February.

Lord Mayor

After ... all this talk about terrorism it is so good that Australians overcame adversity,

Mo Ibrahim

Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. Even if the overall picture looks good, we must all remain vigilant and not get complacent.

Christine Gregoire

The most urgent need right now is for money, ... We must help maintain the good work that is under way through reputable relief organizations.

Joe Sakic

The most important thing is that we put a good product out there,

Tommy Slater

The most important statistic is on-base percentage, and we're not good with on-base percent right now. It hard (to succeed) when you strike out this much. We tell (the players): When you make an out, make them hard outs. Hit the ball.

Desmond Tutu

In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that calls for the humility to say "I'm sorry. Please forgive me."

Anne Bronte

I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given to those who made so bad a use of it, and denied to some who would make it a benefit to both themselves and others. But, God knows best, I concluded. There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be useful to punish them.

Stephenie Meyer

Bella: "I'd say I'm sorry, but I'm not." Edward: "And I should feel sorry that you're not sorry, but I don't.

Stephen Colbert

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.” Sorry, Darwin-huggers, but it’s not “In the beginning, a monkey evolutioned gay marriage.

Stephen Colbert

Love means never having to say you're sorry. That's why I never apologize to my mirror.

Sophie Kinsella

Emma, I'm sorry, I can't help you. This is a disaster. You're completely vulnerable. It's like going into battle in a nightie.

Thomas Keneally

But in practice Australia - the pluralism of Australia - sorry the sectarianism to an extent stopped at the time you took your uniform off after coming home from school.

Vidal Sassoon

It's okay saying sorry, but when you are drunk you say what you really feel.

Veronica Roth

We could visit him," suggests Will. "But what would we say? 'I didn't know you that well, but I'm sorry you got stabbed in the eye'?