Famous Quotes & Sayings

O. Henry

We wish Pedro nothing but the best going forward both on the field and off the field, ... He pitched with every ounce of his being for the Red Sox over the course of 216 games. Some of those performances were among the most memorable in Red Sox history. Who will ever forget the 1999 All-Star game? He has earned everything that he has accomplished, including his World Series ring and his reputation as one of the greatest who ever lived.

Margaret Beckett

The public utilities and the public services are among the people who have done the most preparatory work.

Wolfgang Bernhard

We are delighted to be supporting an important event such as the World Youth Day, ... The young people coming together in Cologne are our future. The message of tolerance, optimism and understanding among nations they are sending all over the world comes from Germany this year, in many ways a valuable sign in itself.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Many of the Kuomintang elite in Taiwan have relatives among the ruling elite here on mainland China.

Martha Stewart

Many of the candidates were as accomplished or more so than I when I started to build my business. Even so, there are some explosive personalities among the candidates and they really create a lot of tension in the conference room.

Bobby Darin

So let us build them shelves where They might fight among themselves and leave the people be who want to sing

Robert Rainy

Of course the case of the Christian Church planted among the nations must differ, in various ways, from that of any sect forming in connection with religious awakening in a territory of professing Christianity.

Bhagavad Gita

I am silence among the secrets, and the Self-knowledge of the knowledgeable.

Ralph Rivera

Casino games such as blackjack and poker have become wildly popular among mainstream audiences and that trend is reflected on AOL Games.

Bobby Carpenter

Seeing a lot of teams go to the 3-4, I think helps me. Looking around, it's tough to find a whole lot of guys who have the size and weight to play outside linebacker in the 3-4. You have to be a bigger, physical guy with good speed. That's something that's kind of a (rare) commodity in today's game. I think that's something I can bring to the table.

E. O. Wilson

You would have to bring that up. But now that you mention it ...

Andy Walker

You might outsource some folks and bring some up through the in-house ranks, use contractors for other roles.

Peter Stoessel

There is a respect for tradition and traditional motifs. But there are also many who bring stylized traditional forms, not just the shape, to their work.

Tom Irwin

You're trying to bring an emotional and psychological reality to a character that's on the page and make them three-dimensional.

Jim Curry

We're just trying to bring some rides back and bring some fun back to the community. There's not a lot going on (at the fair). Why should people have to drive to Fayette or Franklin County fairs to have fun with their kids?

Pete Carroll

Competition Tuesday tends to bring that kind of spirit out. That's how we practice. The competition really heated up. ... It was a good, hard Tuesday. This is a big day for us. We needed to knock it around a lot today and tomorrow to get ready to go.

Mark Kulda

Don't just take the first policy you find. Insurance is a very, very competitive business. Insurance companies are doing everything they can to compete for you and try to bring prices down.

Jen Kirkman

Don't make being a girl or a victim part of your stand-up act. If you encounter sexism in the business, don't bring it on stage; it's not funny.

Thad Schultz

We hope to have at least 50 kids, somewhere between 50 and 75. The people calling are very excited, very positive about what we did last year.

Scott Walker

Certainly political capital-slash-celebrity attention, whatever you want to call it, certainly is part of the reason why I've been reaching out to CEOs. There's a lot of folks who probably would have taken a call from me before but are even more inclined now and are interested in what we're doing because of all the attention.

Paul Nunes

So long as there is a chance that a customer will call you with a problem, you don't really know what the profit is on that particular machine.

I hate it when people say somebody has a ""speech impediment"", even if he does, because it could hurt his feelings. So instead, I call it a ""speech improvement"", and I go up to the guy and say, ""Hey, Bob, I like your speech improvement."" I think this makes him feel better.

Friedrich Muller

That fetter wise people call strong which drags down, yields, but is difficult to undo; after having cut this at last, people leave the world, free from cares, and leaving desires and pleasures behind.

Cynthia Lennon

Julian would call and Yoko or one of her people would say John was sleeping,

Marie Osmond

You just need to be honest with how you're feeling. But, a lot of women are afraid of it because they think, 'Oh, they are going to take my baby away. They're gonna call me incompetent. I'm going to lose my job. I've got to be tough, it's a man's world.'

If I ever opened a trampoline store, I don't think I'd call it Trampo-Land, because you might think it was a store for tramps, which is not the impression we are trying to convey with our store. On the other hand, we would not prohibit tramps from browsing, or testing the trampolines, unless a tramp's gyrations seemed to be getting out of control.

Lastings Milledge

I thought about it every day. It got crazy at the trade deadline, thinking of all the possibilities where I could have gone. But nothing's done until they call you and say, 'You're traded.' I feel like I'm here, and as of now, I'm going to stay until they make a decision.

Steve Payne

He's never complained or felt sorry for himself. That's been the hard part for me, having to watch him go through this. It's been an inspiration for our guys and our program to see how he's handled everything as far as being unselfish and how tough he's been.

Greg Oden

I know that's where I want to go, ... I'm not really worried about other schools or things like that. As far as signing, I just haven't talked it over with Mike or Mom yet.

Eric Myers

I knew I could do it. I just hadn't done it in a meet. I didn't think it went that far at first.

Raquel Welch

I'm far more ready to go with the flow now because I am more accepting of myself.

Javon Walker

I just want them to be safe, ... Sometimes we take for granted what our grandparents do for us. They've done a lot for me as far as keeping my head up and heading in the right direction.

Ernie Whitt

I know you are not supposed to look too far ahead, but you have to in a tournament like this.

Graham Sharpe

I hope we are trivializing it. The Booker takes itself far too seriously. We are popularizing it and making it far more accessible. It's great that people have a flutter.

Graham Sharpe

I hope we are trivializing it, ... The Booker takes itself far too seriously. We are popularizing it and making it far more accessible. It's great that people have a flutter.

Ricky Barnes

I'm a better player now by far than when I won the Amateur. I'm smarter.

Terry Pratchett

If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship.