Famous Quotes & Sayings

Katherine Legge

We achieved what we needed to achieve, we finished the race and finished well but I'm a racer and you always want to do better. I made some mistakes but overall I have to be pleased. I think for me, the record is great but the less of a female novelty that this thing becomes, the better. I'm just trying to be a race car driver and do what these guys do.

Vyacheslav Lysakov

We achieved this by ourselves. No parties helped us.

Jamie Oliver

We achieved such a lot in England with the school dinners campaign. Could we do the same in the States? Absolutely.

Rijkman Groenink

We achieved strong results during the year, driven by strong organic growth in all our consumer and commercial client businesses. This organic growth reflects the benefits of continuing focus on the strong local relationships we have with our mid-market clients.

Bob Starkell

We achieved some of our goals that we were looking forward to doing. Overall we made an improvement from last week, and now we can start working on cleaning things up and being really sharp.

James Cayne

We achieved solid results this quarter, despite more volatile market conditions and declining trading volumes, predominantly in the fixed-income markets. Furthermore, weakness in the Nasdaq, particularly technology shares, led to a decline in equity new issue activity.

Kevin Kennedy

We achieved significant gross margin improvement driven by the strong performance of our recently acquired Communications Test and Measurement business,

Robin Li

We achieved robust earnings growth while making significant investments in search technology, products, network capacity, sales and distribution, and most importantly, in people.

George Bell

We achieved profitability for the first time this quarter, and we now are poised to drive broadband growth more aggressively than ever,

Ricky Stokes

We are looking forward to working hard and having a winning season. This should be an exciting team and brand of basketball. I think we will all have a lot of fun along the way.

Jamie Johnson

There are certain vulnerabilities and insecurities that go along with not being linked to another person in a contractual way, even if it's an unspoken contract. People in New York manage that pretty well. I prefer choice and desire over convention and limitation.

Mike Pedersen

There are some great people in education. The people I have worked with and the students I have met along the way have been amazing. On occasion, I run into kids and you get to see they have gone on with life and done well. It is nice to see that you really made a difference.

James Rubin

There are some extremists, and the U.S. is going to step up its effort to enforce security along the border and enforce security in the U.S. sector. And there may be some problems, but I don't think we should blow this out of proportion.

John Nolan

We started mixing it together in the summer time, and it became a really nice blend. The kids get along and there's not a lot of jealousy, and if there is it's hidden very well, because I don't see it.

Todd Phillips

Where teams score on us is when they score easy baskets. (Wheat is) very talented with the ball in his hands, but we're trying to bring him along in his mind. These kids are all we've got and they're going to keep giving effort and heart. Maybe the learning on the fly will translate into some rapid growth.

Latrell Sprewell

And for the first time in a long time, I'm playing along somebody that has that same energy and fire and plays pretty much the same way I do. So, that was just nice to say.

Marisa Miller

The food and drink that goes along with football is one of the best things: hamburgers, hotdogs, chips and dips. At the stadium I would probably get nachos, but when I'm at home we order pizza a lot.

McKayla Maroney

I just know that all my fans who are with me and going along for the ride, that's what means the most to me.

John Wright

The people who enjoy classical music, opera, even classical ballet, would come to classical theatre if it were well-acted and imaginatively presented.

Todd Apo

What the public wasn't envisioning was a swim through, swim with the dolphins kind of thing. They were looking for a truer aquarium, so the plan has developed into a classic aquarium with of course interactive features.

Charlotte Bronte

Reader, I married him.

Charlaine Harris

Why don't they just take him out?" I asked. I'm not politically minded, as I guess you can tell. Mr. Cataliades was smiling at me. "So direct, so classic," he said. "So American.

M. H. Abrams

Secular thinkers have no more been able to work free of the centuries-old Judeo-Christian culture than Christian theologians were able to work free of their inheritance of classical and pagan thought. The process... has not been the deletion and replacement of religious ideas but rather the assimilation and reinterpretation of religious ideas.

Andre Holland

When I was in school, and even after, I did a lot of classic plays, and I guess it sort of extended into film.

Rick Moody

writing about the classics is a really important exercise, because you really need to dig deep to do it

Arthur Conan Doyle

Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he.

Birdy

I love Adele and Lykke Li. I also listen to classical music as well.

Kevin Quinn

We started the program nine years ago with kids that were just learning to play hockey, so this is a fulfilling day for me and a lot of original parents who helped for the organization. We're extremely proud of these kids, particularly, and for all the people who laid the groundwork.

Robbie Stancil

We started out in a match-up zone. But we've worked and worked and worked on our man defense, and we did an outstanding job with it after the first quarter. I think we got Murdock extremely frustrated, and we kept (Marietta's guards) pretty contained.

Sam Allardyce

Where our finishing was very, very good last weekend it let us down tonight. We really should have put the game away in the first 90 minutes and we haven't done that and have paid a heavy price for it. We are extremely disappointed.

Don Flanagan

We want people to come support us, and I think they're going to see a great game. They are an extremely quick team that plays hard. It should be fun to watch.

Gene Kimmelman

We'll be extremely disappointed if antitrust officials do not require more substantial divestment of assets.

Kevin Norrish

US product markets remain extremely weak at present, with most of that weakness focused in gasoline markets.

Jan Nash

We're doing extremely well ... it's so exciting.

Jim Sweeney

We're extremely glad to get the win, ... but we're still making too many mistakes.

Scott Shockley

We're extremely disappointed that the governor vetoed an important property rights piece of legislation, and we'll work to override the veto.

John Anderson

We're not going to play differently because it's Florida State. We're going to be a team that's going to steal; we're going to put runners in motion.

Helen Pitts

When we got her down to Florida and started training her, it didn't look like she'd lost that much.

Carl Hiaasen

Disney's something to be a little alarmed about. It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.

Billy Gardell

I chewed up a lot of Florida highway when I was starting out. Used to come to Tampa two or three times a year for about 10 years straight.

Betty White

I always tape my Christmas show in advance. That way I can spend the season of joy and goodwill with my only sister in Florida. She’s kinda a creep but she’s got a pool.

Cheyenne Trussell

We faxed the application to about 12 other (state high school) associations, and Florida was one that posted it.

Pat Fowler

We're just hoping the University of Florida will do the same as other state universities.

Abbie Letz

We're just happy to be in the tournament. We're not worried too much about the seeding. I remember Florida being pretty quick, pretty athletic, much more of a run-and-gun team than we were.

Willie Reid

We're back to normal now. We're back to Florida State football.

Chris Williamson

As we saw last month, there were signs of increased overseas spending on UK services.

Jeff Cogen

As revenues have increased, Mr. Hicks has increased the payroll accordingly.

Elaine Chao

This has been an across-the-board gain, ... All that (data) bodes for increased hiring.

Mike Lomas

There will be an increased interest from visitors who want to know how to get in this club.

Zachary Mann

There's been no specific increased activity. We make detentions and seizures all the time.

Craig Williams

That was 31/2 years ago, and the controversy has only increased over time.

Hideaki Furumaya

Oil and geopolitical tensions have increased the reasons to sell the dollar, so I think it will remain sluggish for the time being.

Keith Gumbinger

A quarter point here, a quarter point there, and soon you start to feel the pain of significantly increased monthly payments,

Michael Campbell

I've actually increased my lead by one shot.

Lauren Stanich

There's a opportunity in this 30-something demographic for a lifestyle magazine, a magazine that would really show people how to do things.

Dominic Cooper

In whatever work environment, whether we admit it or not, there is always a little part of us that has been or will be tempted by a lifestyle for the wrong reasons.

Chris Evans

I've managed to do movies and still keep a lifestyle where I can go to ballgames, go to a grocery store like everybody else.

Anne Hathaway

I love the short-haired lifestyle.

Olivia Toca

The quality of work is twice as good. The baseboards remind me of the old baseboards my mother had. In general, the lifestyle here is just much better.

Martin Scorsese

You have to put yourself in a situation, a lifestyle, that makes you do the work. Even if it's a monastery.

John Paxson

He would have an above-average lifestyle that would put him in a position that most other people aren't in,

Jacqueline McKenzie

You have to have a lifestyle if you live in LA, otherwise it's deadly.

Evan Dando

Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle.

Jon Abernathy

We wrestled a very solid match. We're pleased with our progress and we have two weeks of practice to sharpen up before the VOL Tournament.

John Fuchs

We're right on schedule with where we should be. I'm very pleased with how things are going.

Maurice Greenberg

We are also very pleased we could reach an amicable settlement with Prudential,

Kobe Bryant

We're pleased with the way we played. We feel good.

Brian Oxman

We're pleased with the results. It's time to get on to new and better things.

Randy King

We're pleased with the distinction, but we think there's more to do.

Chris Greene

We're pleased with our wildlife rehabilitators in this area,

Rick Ernst

We're pleased with how the project is going so far.

Jayson Ahern

We're pleased when a test like this is able to demonstrate the efficacy of our technology.

David Brin

What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?

Al Gore

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

Jeffrey Archer

The popularity of an individual in life often only manifests itself in death.

Johnny Depp

That would really send my popularity to the depths.

Kathleen Hanna

Popularity is totally overrated.

Mark Twain

The best of us would rather be popular than right.

Margaret Thatcher

I will not change just to court popularity.

Tim Calkins

Slogans shouldn't just be popularity contests. You don't want them popular. You want them to really say something about your state and your brand.

Van Orden

He never put on airs. He never tried to outdo anybody. Because of that, his popularity simply grew,

Thomas Kochan

until we have a revision that reflects the way work is done today.

Ken Starr

Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.

Jeremy Corbyn

NATO expansion and Russian expansion - one leads to the other, and one reflects the other.

Sam Brownback

I do think she reflects the president, and I think that's the strongest thing, really, that she has going for her,

Peter Orszag

Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.

Mike Stevens

That got my attention. They were asking, 'What are the values we have between us and how can we take all that and put it into a venture that reflects our values?' That is the right way to think about being an entrepreneur.

Edward Gibbon

Rational confidence [is] the just result of knowledge and experience.

Jason Terry

We accomplished most of our goals, and now it's time to put it all together. The results will be sweet if we do.

Bob Riley

When money follows results - we will get more results for our money

Romeo Crennel

When we get the results on that, we'll let you know.

Bill Gates

I am results-oriented.

Mirek Porosa

It was a total domination. We outplayed them with every volleyball skill and the results speak for themselves.

Clint Hurdle

As a player, I was a quick-fix type guy, ... I wanted it now. The society we live in wants everything now. We're results-oriented. Well, I've come to understand that results are just that. And sometimes they come in their own time.

Joel Parkinson

As long as I'm getting waves and having fun, the results tend to take care of themselves.

Sal Sinatra

The tests from New Bolton were inconclusive. More tests are going to be done at Cornell University, and I should know the results by Tuesday.

Alan Bennett

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Al Sharpton

We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.

Al Jourgensen

It certainly is gravy every day above ground right now, after kicking that heroin habit. I've been given a second chance in life, and I don't want to let a minute go by without enjoying it.

Al Jarreau

I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.

Bertrand Russell

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the second chance were offered me.

Nick Whaley

We were better in the second game, so it's disappointing that we didn't play more relaxed.

Chet Williamson

Publishers love to compartmentalize, and Second Chance was not an easy novel to define.

Charles Rangel

I am a firm believer that upon release, ex-offenders should be afforded a second chance to become productive citizens by providing rehabilitation and education that will help them join the workforce.

Dick Wilcox

When we did shoot it, we shot it well. We got a lot of second shots.

Charles Dickens

The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control of the Southern states.

Fred Coan

We've got kids, I'm sure, who have never been out of South Carolina.

Belle Boyd

The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.

Charles Kuralt

A true Southerner will never say in 2-3 words what can better be said in 10-12.

David Sibley

They talk about Southern hospitality, but Southern hospitality has nothing on this place,

Jimmy Barros

It's tough to come back in on that ledge when the ocean's flat. With today's 3-foot south swell and the easterly wind swell, it was even more dangerous.

Randy Julander

Southern Utah is having a terrible year, unbelievably bad.

Ryan Holmes

South America's most populous country, Brazil, is also emerging as one of the region's most social-media savvy.

Larry Coker

There's always been talent in South Florida, it just didn't stay here.

Alan Greenspan

I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University.

Alan Ball

Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.

David Hilbert

A mathematical problem should be difficult in order to entice us, yet not completely inaccessible, lest it mock at our efforts. It should be to us a guide post on the mazy paths to hidden truths, and ultimately a reminder of our pleasure in the successful solution.

David Douglas

Have the models been successful in predicting anything? They, of course, predict substantial global warming. This is not surprising given the expressed belief of some of the model builders in the global warming Hypothesis and the many parameters in the model that need to be introduced. However, the models also predict unambiguously that the atmosphere is warming faster than the surface of the earth; but all the available observational data unambiguously shows the opposite!

David Brenner

Entrepreneurs with disabilities are overwhelmingly successful.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

You don't really see a muscle as a part of you, in a way. You see it as a thing. You look at it as a thing and you say well this thing has to be built a little longer, the bicep has to be longer; or the tricep has to be thicker here in the elbow area. And you look at it and it doesn't even seem to belong to you. Like a sculpture. Then after looking at it a sculptor goes in with his thing and works a little bit, and you do maybe then some extra forced reps to get this lower part out. You form it. Just like a sculpture.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I will not change. Because if you are successful and you change, you are an idiot.

Roxanne Dey

He was ramming vehicles out of his way. That's how it was described to me.

Sgt. Frevola

We were having so many headlight thieves, on high-end vehicles with halogen lights.

Ray Carter

You can't get any vehicles to come into the city, and we can't get any out.