Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Gurdon

I take the view that anything you can do to relieve suffering or improve human health will usually be widely accepted by the public - that is to say, if cloning actually turned out to be solving some problems and was useful to people, I think it would be accepted.

Kevin McAvoy

He was a huge help. He got me used to what the kids are expecting. I just came up with an open mind and the guys accepted me.

Errol Logue

Having accepted her scholarship and doing this will allow her to just have fun and enjoy it. She doesn't have to feel pressure now.

Shannon Flaherty

His money hasn't come from the 22nd District. His Democratic values aren't accepted by the 22nd and neither will he.

Paul Moskal

I think it's fairly close. It's accepted as state-of-the-art science, and it's very powerful evidence in that it's science as opposed to personal opinion.

John Breaux

I think anything that is perceived as parliamentary maneuvering to get out of this is not going to be accepted by the American public, ... It's going to have to be out front. It's going to have to be fair.

Mark Kelly

Later, after flying in the Navy for four or five years, spending some time on an aircraft carrier, I applied to and was accepted in a program where I went to graduate school first and then to the Naval Test Pilots School.

Steve McClaren

I was very surprised, very shocked and very disappointed. Really, it was accepted reluctantly on our behalf. But as always, you only want players who are happy here, who want to play for your football club, and Mark has made it known he wants to move on, so we have reluctantly accepted that.

Bill Schwartz

I went through a challenging review process by the school's review committee. They offered me the job, and I accepted it.

Jim Mora

We started talking about this long before the collapse. I'm just grateful that Arthur has shown this confidence in me.

Richard Donovan

Arthur would ask me very direct questions, and he expected very direct answers.

Sam Adams

Arthur is free to use that word censorship if he wants. We are in the business of selling paintings and art. And song lyrics are not our expertise.

Bob Gibbons

Arthur is a McDonald's All-America kid who had some contact with Indiana before. It's possible he could reopen that door, but it might be too late.

Karen Scott

Arthur is a great reporter. I am looking forward to welcoming him to (our) news team.

Pat Bowlen

Arthur has a point. We have to be careful that we don't have owners put perks on it to help decide where we play the Super Bowl. I don't think it's there yet.

Michael Rapino

Arthur Fogel operates in his own league. He is a maverick that has earned the respect of superstar artists because he religiously strives to maximize revenue for the artist while delivering a world-class service.

Rafael Yglesias

Arthur Conan Doyle was entranced by the notion of a brilliant detective who can deduce everything a stranger has been up to from the merest clue, and yet can't have a trusting relationship with his closest friend.

Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe Jr. is a true Virginia hero, and he belongs here,

Donald E. Graham

I was lucky to become a Facebook board member in late 2008. Restricted stock units granted me at the time have increased many times in value.

Dwane Casey

Kevin did a masterful job of rebounding. We have to have somebody to help out on the boards in the paint.

Dave Newton

Kenneth didn't have a lot of numbers offensively, but his presence on the boards was felt out there and I think defensively he made some contributions as well. So did Will before he fouled out. He was playing some pretty good defense and scrambling around out there, causing some havoc.

Bruce Nelson

Just walking on board brings up a lot of wonderful memories.

Tyson Cottet

Joey had 14 boards for us, and didn't have any fouls, which was nice. Brandon was 7-for-11 from the field. He did a great job for us.

Mohamed ElBaradei

It also makes it very clear that should any serious failures come to light in the future, these will be taken by the board with the seriousness that it deserves.

Joan Maloney

I actually submitted several different designs, but the board unanimously voted for the photographic images.

Marta Tucker

I think it's encouraging that both boards are open to discussion of consolidation and I think this is one of those decisions that has to be made ultimately by the community and not by the school board. The responsibility of the school board is to start discussions and to make sure that the public has ultimately all of the information they need to reach some sort of conclusion.

Jennifer Faliero

I think it's caught up with us. The board has a totally different view on this now.

Ken Ham

Most students are presented only with the evolutionary belief system in their schools, and they are censored from hearing challenges to it. Let our young people understand science correctly and hear both sides of the origins issue and then evaluate them.

Katherine Paterson

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.

Matt Carle

I was joking with Chris and Brian up there, how all three of us were just glad this thing was coming to an end after all the hype in the last three months. Now they're both competing for a national championship tomorrow (today).

Julie Martin

Kingma is just a phenomenal player, both offensively and defensively. She really got into Dunbar in the second half and was a great leader for them.

Don Williams

Kim woke up to hearing some people screaming. We smelled some smoke and we both walked out on the balcony and saw these embers flying by.

Bernie Bickerstaff

Kevin is a big guard who can defend both positions on the perimeter, ... We liked the effort he put forth during summer league play and wanted to take a second look at him.

Ed Steadham

Keystone was a very important part of our business. We build helicopters, they did the completion that finished our helicopters. We knew the company and were impressed with the company. The marriage has enhanced the both of us.

Bob Cortelyou

Kiev will be the latest destination in Delta's expansion into the key business and leisure markets of Eastern Europe. Delta will be the only U.S. carrier to serve Kiev, and business travelers on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as friends and family of Ukrainian heritage in the United States, will look forward to this new non-stop service between New York-JFK and Kiev.

Peter Warrick

Kit and I talked about this a long time ago. He said it would be a great system for the both of us. I never really thought it would happen. Then, once I got here (for a visit), Kit told me about the coach and how he is such a great guy. Here I am.

Bob Murphy

I was leaking oil at that point. I was very fortunate after 8 to be even.

Bill Bullock

He wanted to get back in the area, and we feel very fortunate that it worked out. It will be really good for us.

Terry Adams

There are still some exceptional teams in the section. Obviously, at the moment, Upper St. Clair and Peters Township are the top two. We're fortunate that we got the first victory.

Jimmy Chupp

Hard work gets us here, but the hard work started after last Christmas. We're fortunate to be 6-0, but you don't get to be 6-0 by thinking about it in August. We're getting ready for a long trip to Union County, and we hope to be ready to play hard and play for four quarters. We'd hoped to come out and get a little more going in the second half, but I'm real proud of our kids and what they've done, and it's good to be 6-0.

Benjamin Franklin

Happy that nation, fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting.

Matt Murton

He's a great pitcher. We're fortunate to get some good swings off him.

Davis Bunn

There is more of a joy now than there was before. I was just so fortunate so blessed.

John Dowd

We're one of the fortunate towns that are growing, and that's providing (additional) operating funds ....

Liz Boyd

We are fortunate to have had her talents for as long as we've had them.

Dwight Freeney

I was like, 'What, we signed a free agent?' ... It's big. I think the owner (Jim Irsay) really sees the opportunity to move forward here and make that push.

Joey Porter

I would think somebody would say it, but I wouldn't think he would say it. He's too soft to say something like that. He's going to have an opportunity to back up his words and I'm going to have an opportunity to back up my words. It's something I'm looking forward to. I'm ready to get it on.

Jerramy Stevens

Joey's a great player. I look forward to the challenge.

Bill Stoneman

John has been an integral part in the success of our pitching staff. We look forward to another impressive season from him.

Jessica Wilk

JMU is a big in-state rivalry, and we're looking forward to getting back at it and getting on the right side of the win column.

Andrew Card

Harriet is an outstanding person ... I look forward to her hearings and I look forward to her confirmation and I look for to her taking that oath. It means so much to all of us,

Annika Sorenstam

I think it's very tricky, ... There are so many different bounces you can get on the fairways, on the greens and everywhere, really. It's not playing long, but it's really tricky. The greens are a little roughed up, so I'm looking forward to a morning tee time.

George Perkovich

It is hard to see anything meaningful emerging. The talks weren't a step forward or backwards. The administration overestimated their power and logic and underestimated the problems and they are panicking.

Annika Sorenstam

Last year, I told everyone what my goals were and then I didn't get to come in here and hold the trophy or be soaking wet, so my goal went down the tubes, ... But now, I'm here and I'm soaking wet. And now I'm looking forward to the rest of the year.

Sebastian Coe

Interviewing Hugh McIlvanney, I got to read lots of his stuff again. I'm a big fan of his writing.

Rohan Chand

I just really want to work with Hugh Jackman because he's Wolverine. That would be so awesome.

Shawn Amos

You can talk about Michael Jackson all you want, but John Hughes was the soundtrack to my 1980s life.

Danny Walker

He's a man. A man with a hugh heart.

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

I was just after Generation X. I missed the John Hughes movies; I had to watch them on TBS.

Jon Heder

I think we have a unique voice we really want to get out there.

Richard Dawkins

Saddam Hussein's mind would have been a unique resource for historical, political and psychological research: a resource that is now forever unavailable to scholars... In a small way his execution represents a wanton and vandalistic destruction of important research data.

William James

We must not just patch and tinker with life. We must keep renewing it. Embrace novelty and uniqueness.

Will Ferrell

I think 'SNL' was such a unique thing because it was material you created and you're very comfortable with it, even though the setting was pressure-packed.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

One of the most important milestones we'll all hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our unique point of view and realize how priceless it is.

Richard M. Nixon

Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. But some stand out as moments of beginning, in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries.

Werner Erhard

All it takes to make a difference is the courage to stop proving I was right in being unable to make a difference ... to stop assigning cause for my inability to the circumstances outside of myself and to be willing to have been that way, and to see that the fear of being a failure is a lot less important than the unique opportunity I have to make a difference.

Wayne Dyer

I do not concern myself with being unique, and I do not concern myself with success. I feel I just do and say what I am supposed to. I do not know where it comes from. I go where I am told, and I just allow whatever it is to come out.

Sandra Day O'Connor

For students, understanding the separate and unique functions of each branch of government can help them understand how different kinds of government officials can help solve different kinds of problems.

Susie Orbach

Dare to be as physically robust and varied as you always were.

Rachel Perry

I asked each one of them to make out with me and their reactions varied from excitable to horrified.

Charlie Ward

He said, 'You're welcome to come on full-time now,'

Samuel Rutherford

Welcome, welcome, cross of Christ, if Christ be with it.

Walter Wriston

Capital goes where it is welcome and stays where it is well treated.

Vladimir Putin

We always welcome when somebody says he or she is ready to work with Russia.

Kelley Armstrong

Are you the welcoming committee? Or has Jeremy finally chained you up to the front gate where you belong?" "I missed you too.

Yang Yang

You come. You will be very surprised. I will be there to welcome you.

Orlando Jones

All you mamas are welcome (in my car).

Paul Singer

You have got to welcome and embrace complexity.

Laura Prepon

When I have to do a scene where I feel vulnerable as an actress, I always grow from those experiences, so I welcome them. Even though it may not feel amazing at first. You have to embrace it and use it to improve yourself.