Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathleen Blanco

We are praying that the hurricane dissipates or that it weakens. This state can barely stand what happened to it.

Cathy Schoen

We're seeing people finding insurance itself unaffordable and this study is showing that even those who are insured may be barely hanging on. It's a real squeeze on income and savings and economic security.

Nick Bosnic

We were in a slump and out of sync because of the injuries. The win was important because were finally starting to get healthy. We've barely had enough players to conduct a practice. Now it's just a matter of getting our timing back and working on a little conditioning.

Helio Castroneves

Unfortunately, I think we made the wrong choice on our race setup, and the Marlboro Team Penske car had a tremendous push in Turns 3 and 4. Those corners were my biggest problem. I could barely touch the throttle going through there. The team made front wing adjustments on both of our pits stops, but it didn't really help. All considering, I'm pretty happy with a fourth-place finish.

J. M. Roberts

We're barely meeting the core in rural Utah.

Pam Davis

We're barely keeping up with the growth in Naperville and the surrounding communities, ... We need more beds.

Tom Halbmaier

We're barely getting beat, just one or two possessions away from winning. We've played good basketball. But we haven't played consistent.

Paul Thomson

Three years ago, I used to go out a lot and I used to drink quite a lot. On a Sunday night, I'd think, 'Right, I have to sign on on Thursday, and I can't forget that' and now, into the space of one day, I'm cramming in what then I would have done in two weeks. I can barely remember my old life now.

Dorothy Rothschild Parker

It's a small apartment, I've barely enough room to lay my hat and a few friends.

Leonard Boswell

While many things have changed since 1963, we still must continue the battle to ensure that all Americans are treated as equals.

Joseph P. Kennedy III

Whether it's raising the minimum wage, fixing our broken immigration system or supporting an economic climate that gives our businesses that chance to succeed, I hope to continue to fight these important battles on behalf of my constituents.

Brian Rolston

When we came into the season, I don't think there were a whole lot of people who thought we were going to be close to a playoff position, maybe including the organization. We have to battle every night to get there. It's going to be tough, still. But we can be there.

Bud Hendrix

Wow, 15-for-15, I didn't know that, but I knew we were shooting pretty good. What a great game. Just a battle and a terrific battle all night long. Plymouth is a great team, and they're just so physical, and everything we had, we had to earn it.

Jeff Meyers

We're still in the middle of it, but in a lot of ways Thomas has broken through. I don't think it was easy. On a personal level, he had to have a persevering spirit. It was a battle of the heart.

David Lubell

We're still fighting an uphill battle in Tennessee, no about it.

John Stevens

We're still feeling this thing out. The thing I love about hockey is it's a man's game played like men, and you go out there and battle and play the game hard, and that's the way it should be. As long as they let us engage in the battles at the net, in the corners and the straight-up stuff -- the stuff around the waist, they're gonna call. We're all figuring this out right now, and hopefully it'll get better as things go along.

Tom Taucher

We've got Battle Mountain on Saturday, and I think that is a game we can go into and be competitive. We want to improve as a group and the standings will take care of themselves.

Edgar Degas

It requires courage to make a frontal attack on nature through the broad planes and the large lines and it is cowardly to do it by the facets and details. It is a battle.

African Proverb

We start as fools and become wise through experience

Mariel Hemingway

I wanted to share the experience of how yoga and meditation have transformed my life, how they have enabled me to observe who I am, first in my body, and then emotionally, and on to a kind of spiritual path.

Nick Woodman

Surfing is such an incredible experience with a huge ego element.

Eric Anderson

We want to provide the opportunity for people to experience space in as many ways as possible.

Anthony Davis

We have to go out, and whatever happens on one play, whether good or bad, we have to go to the next play. We gained valuable experience since the game we played them. We've executed better, so I just can't wait to see us putting it out there.

Chris Carpenter

We have a solid staff and we have five guys that have experience and know how to pitch. It's going to be a fun year. We've still got to go out and play the games, but we have the potential. We'll see how it plays out.

Sal Fasano

Whenever you don't have fastball command, it's pretty tough to get everything else to work. If anything, it's a good learning experience to know that the fastball is the most important pitch you throw.

Gayle Devin

We were trying to be everything to everyone. My experience tells me that sometimes that doesn't work. You can't really differentiate yourself in the marketplace.

Amy Heckerling

I just wanted to do something about the teenage experience; it's such a wonderful and horrible time of life.

Alan Bean

One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.

Susan Gibson

We want to show people how they can look great for very little money.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Greatness depends on where you are coming from.

Edward Gibbon

[The] vain and transitory scenes of human greatness are unworthy of a serious thought.

Audrey Hepburn

My greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings. I'm a long way from the human being I'd liked to be, but I've decided I'm not so bad after all.

Athenaeus

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

Arnold Palmer

Swing your swing. Not some idea of a swing. Not a swing you saw on TV. Not that swing you wish you had. No, swing your swing. Capable of greatness. Prized only by you. Perfect in it's imperfection. Swing your swing. I know, I did.

Willie Kemp

Wayne, he's a great player, but we're moving on. We're still going to be friends.

Denis Waitley

The seeds of greatness are ideas you learn from people who've been great in their service to others.

Alan Alda

Kids are natural scientists.

Chris Carmack

I think I was a pretty energetic kid. Well, I was energetic until about my mid-20s when I discovered alcohol. That's not entirely true, but you get older and the edge comes off.

Chingy

I want to invest and have my own record label and artists. I want to have a business where my kids, kids, kids will still have something going on long after I'm gone.

Chita Rivera

It's important that the kids stay busy. It's important that they have something to focus on, and something that they feel good about.

Chip Conley

When any of us thinks of ourselves as a role model - whether thats as a parent being observed by their kids or a leader under the microscope of their followers - it creates a natural stepping up of how we carry ourselves and what we expect from ourselves.

Eddie Murphy

I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it.

Eddie Murphy

The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood.

Dean Cain

I grew up the son of a director and grew up on sets myself, so I was the kid getting dragged around from this set to that set and I loved it. There's something about it which is really interesting.

Daymond John

I don't want to leave my kids an inheritance, I want to leave them a legacy

Natalie Massenet

When I started Net-a-Porter, I knew nothing. And I was pregnant. Starting a new venture and being pregnant for the first time are pretty similar in many ways. If you knew what was going to happen to you, you wouldn't venture down that road.

Nathaniel Smith

If the people in Britain knew the nature and disposition of the New England people as well as we do they would not find so many friends in England as I suppose they do.

Greg Nossaman

When we were down nine on Thursday night, we knew Brandon would be able to play Saturday, so we said, let's try to (win this) so he can play another game. That was motivational.

Ray Allen

When I was open, I just knew it was time to make a shot.

Mike Rumph

When I was in sixth grade, honestly, I thought I knew everything. I still don't know nothing. I'm still learning stuff.

Katie Leclerc

When I played 'Annie' in the seventh grade, I knew from then on that I wanted to be an actor.

Jim McCarthy

When we had that warm weather in January, we knew we were going to be in trouble.

Doug Baggett

When we got down 10 or 12, I knew we were in trouble.

Jeremy Northam

Years and years ago, when everyone knew that Pierce was going to be doing the job, they started selecting new people. I had this bizarre thing when I hadn't done many movies, and of going on for an interview.

Paul Stone

I told him I liked the looks of the town and would like to settle here,

Tinashe

I feel like, at the end of the day, I always would try to make music that I wanted to listen to: stuff that I liked and wanted to hear.

Tatjana Patitz

I loved making 'Rising Sun'. I got into the psychology of why she liked to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-worth.

Brock Peters

Producers didn't want to see me. They had liked my performances but couldn't see me as anything but a heavy.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

I've always liked the idea of being a father. And I've always romanticised it, because I lost my father when I was young. In a way, all of the complications that come with my career are about that.

Jim O'Heir

I've always liked the downtrodden character on different shows. Before 'Parks,' I loved the Toby character on 'The Office.' I do like playing that type of thing.

Sergio Aguero

I've always liked Liverpool. I'd play a lot of video games, and I'd be them, because they played in red, like Independiente, my first club, Arsenal, or Chelsea.

Marie Underwood

I've always liked doing things and being involved, and I really love to work with kids. I like to be able to give back to the community.

Charles McGee

I used to do a lot of outreach because no one liked having a waste management site like ours near them.

Pat Anderson

We've been stagnant for too long. This will perk us up.

Kirk Anderson

If we get rain, things could really perk up and look good.

Katie Couric

If I hear the word 'perky' again, I'll puke.

Karen Altfest

I think that will perk up her portfolio.

John Connolly

Norton-Knight is a very talented player. He's versatile. He did very well at the weekend.

F. Stone

We had so many talented receivers, but our quarterback was being very rushed.

Barry Alvarez

We weren't very talented and (Fry said), 'We can win four.' And we did. He was right on, because there were teams that weren't very sound.

Pat Riley

There's not many who have a better or more talented (trio).

Dan Hendricks

I think this is a very deep, talented group.

Mike Sillinger

He always makes the right shot, the right move. He's a talented young player.

Tommy Bowden

He's as talented a tight end as we've had here in a while, but doesn't understand the tempo.

Ricky Woods

I think they may be the most talented team we've ever played.

Carl Taylor

He's a very talented young man. He is really the only one that does that (voice call) especially at his age.

Wayne Gretzky

We've got an uphill battle, but nobody's going to quit.

Wayne Gretzky

We've got a long way to go, let's be honest. We know we've got an uphill battle, but nobody's going to quit.

John Wooden

The uphill climb is slow,but the downhill road is fast.

Jason Wiles

'Lost' did alright, you know. Not that I didn't get into it - I just never watched enough of them; but the uphill battle is that you've got to stay tuned.

Bob Ehrlich

It's always an uphill battle. You know, I'm a Republican in Maryland. This is the bluest of the blue.