Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jason Gardener

It has always been my ambition to win a major outdoor title and that will be the plan at the Commonwealths.

William Law

All the wants which disturb human life, which make us uneasy to ourselves, quarrelsome with others, and unthankful to God, which weary us in vain labors and foolish anxieties, which carry us from project to project, from place to place in a poor pursuit of we don't know what, are the wants which neither God, nor nature, nor reason hath subjected us to, but are solely infused into us by pride, envy, ambition, and covetousness.

William Shenstone

It seems idle to rail at ambition merely because it is a boundless passion; or rather is not this circumstance an argument in its favor? If one would be employed or amused through life, should we not make choice of a passion that will keep one long in play?

Richard Rorty

My principal motive is the belief that we can still make admirable sense of our lives even if we cease to have... an ambition of transcendence.

Werner Herzog

Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision.

Samuel Fuller

Ninety-five per cent of films are born of frustration, of self despair, of ambition for survival, for money, for fattening bank accounts. Five per cent, maybe less, are made because a man has an idea, an idea which he must express.

Wangari Maathai

There will always be people who think that you have ambitions.

Wangari Maathai

When I went back home, I was constantly being reminded, I'm an African woman, and so there are certain things I shouldn't do, certain ambitions that I should not entertain. That was a problem for me because I had never thought of myself as an African woman, never thought of myself as a woman to begin with. For me the limit was my capacity, my capability.

W. H. Auden

Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition.

Gordon Gee

I'd already seen the kind of discipline and quality of effort that was being put into our program. I just felt very strongly that Bobby did not need to be looking to the rear view mirror as to whether the university administration was supporting him. He needed to look through the front window,

Ned Yost

In true Bobby fashion, all he wanted to talk about was how good we were doing, ... Finally, I said, 'Bobby, look, I called you to talk about you, OK? I want to congratulate you and tell you how good you're doing.'

Glenn Hoddle

If you look at every team to win the World Cup they have an extra-special player who can lift the team. We had Bobby Charlton in 1966. A player who can lift us to another level.

Doug Melvin

I think Ned is a lot like Bobby. I think the players respect him like they do Bobby. I know he stays in touch with Bobby all the time, so there is some impact there.

Dave Wannstedt

I love that expression, I think Bobby Knight said it: It's not how many plays you can run. It's how well do your players play. That's about where we're at right now.

Jeff Francoeur

I hope he keeps doing it. Bobby always fires 'em up. When he gets going, the fans get going.

Alan Pardew

I have to say it wasn't cut and dried that I picked him. I did think about it. Bobby Zamora is in good form and he wants to play,

Paul Haggis

I'm really thrilled to be doing this. This is something Bobby and I have been passionate about doing for a while.

Cael Sanderson

I'm introduced today as Iowa State's wrestling coach because of the selfless sacrifices of my college coach, Bobby Douglas. I promise to work as hard as I did as a competitor to build upon the traditions I've inherited as head coach. Iowa State University is a special place to our family. I'm humbled and excited at the same time about my opportunity.

Gary Enis

Just like everybody else, we want them to throw strikes and let the defense make plays. They've all been working hard on location and hitting their spots, and we feel confident no matter who's on the mound.

Craig Thomas

He represents the kind of justice who will interpret the law with respect to the Constitution and not legislate from the bench. His judicial experience is second to none, and I'm confident he will do an excellent job handling his constitutional responsibility.

John Proctor

I think it's going to be close, ... Two-thirds, though, is a lot of votes. I wouldn't say I'm confident by any stretch of the imagination. I do feel like it has a lot of support statewide.

Arun Sarin

We expect to see good growth and profitably in Japan in the following years. I am confident we can return Vodafone Japan to its previous heights.

Arun Sarin

We expect to see good growth and profitably in Japan in the following years, ... I am confident we can return Vodafone Japan to its previous heights.

Michael Dicks

There is growth, but it isn't great and you can't be confident of momentum going forward.

Richard Cullen

We've been told on a couple of occasions that Tom DeLay is not a target. We are very confident that when the Justice Department completes its investigation he will remain not a target and will in fact be vindicated.

Tim Funkhouser

We're pretty confident up and down the order. It's definitely a plus when you can get offense from anybody.

Mark Williams

We're pretty confident these six are going to make it.

Matt Grow

Just like everyone, we are growing. And we are growing extremely fast.

Ron Niekamp

Jordan is a big concern, but they have a lot of other guys who have stepped up as well. They play extremely hard and are a very disciplined team.

Chris Gratton

It can be extremely frustrating. It's tough to start out like that.

Rich Phillips

He was a fine young man. I'm extremely proud to say I'm his uncle.

Ned Yost

He knows what he's doing and knows what he wants. He grew up in this game and knows the game extremely well. I think he still has to work on his defense, but he will play every day.

Bryce Kaneshiro

I thought we were going to score one before the end of the game. We had a lot of opportunities on the long throw-ins. We just didn't put it in. I'm extremely proud of my guys.

Tony Battie

It hurts to lose, but we had a good run. We would have loved the season to end on a strong note, especially here at home, to keep that winning streak alive. But it just didn't go our way tonight. We played extremely hard, but just didn't get a break.

Mark Bennett

There is huge potential for this kind of technology in Africa. It's new, but it's extremely appropriate because there are no copper-wire phone lines in much of Africa, and half the people there have never touched a phone - and never will. People are already contacting us about getting into the systems that are going up, but the question is the rate to do it so it remains sustainable.

Mark Bennett

There is huge potential for this kind of technology in Africa, ... It's new, but it's extremely appropriate because there are no copper-wire phone lines in much of Africa, and half the people there have never touched a phone - and never will. People are already contacting us about getting into the systems that are going up, but the question is the rate to do it so it remains sustainable.

Atharva Veda

God protects the virtuous ones and fulfill their wishes. He guides us, just like a guardian and prevents us from going astray.

Jason Campbell

If you do nothing else but wear (these styles), you've already fulfilled one of the season's key style quotas.

Donna Kelly

They've been so nurtured, they've been so relaxed, ... They've been so spiritually fulfilled that they just stop in their tracks.

Anatoly Chubais

To stop us, they want to scare us. They will never succeed, ... We will fulfill the goals she sacrificed her life for.

Kevin Adams

Musically and creatively, it's more fulfilling than any thing I've ever done, ... Live From Studio B.

Dana Rohrabacher

Frankly, had Medawar not had this meltdown and not been able to fulfill his obligations on his Homeland Security project, there would have been no question about this at all.

Abdullah A. Badawi

fulfill the obligations of this position honestly and with all my energy.

Damian Woetzel

Fulfilling your mission is one thing; vision is another, and having a commitment to something leads you to do better work.

Beau Bridges

Fortunately I've been able to work in a lot of different mediums in my career, and they are all fulfilling in one way or another.

Lastings Milledge

I want to get to the big leagues as quick as I can. But I want to stay there. I could be ready now or I couldn't be.

Shannon Brown

All the leagues are a rival in some sense.

Dennis Howard

They're in the big leagues now. And they're paying big league money for this chance.

Neil Strother

While they are doing well, the process to getting with the big leagues is quite a leap.

Rick Peterson

To me, that was worth the whole trip. I think he understands that young pitchers who settle into the big leagues quickly settle in not because they're fastball-curveball (pitchers) but because they're fastball-changeup.

Tom Nutten

It actually works, and he obviously has no inhibition to show it. I think it has some kind of a gravitational pull, because everything does go towards him. That's why he is the center, and he is in the middle.

Kate Middleton

It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.

John Gordon Sinclair

I think the problem I have is that first impressions are the ones that stick with people. And people's first impressions of me are obviously from the film, from 'Gregory's Girl.'

Peter Beattie

He'll obviously want to return to the U.S. as soon as possible,

Taylor Twellman

A lot has changed, ... With it being one game, them obviously playing well of late, I don't think we're the favorite.

Steve Trachsel

It's not as strong as it obviously was with Kris and Jae. Jae was on the verge of really taking off. But it's still pretty solid.

Rhoderick Chalmers

The blockade was obviously a negotiating tactic. It's an encouraging sign.

Jay Sparks

That's obviously a significant reason why she's player of the year. She does those kind of things for her team. Give her a whole lot of credit.

William McCarthy

That is obviously not a safe way to do business, and it will be reviewed,

Curt Miller

I think that's what you're going to see down the stretch, that each and every possession is important to the outcome of the game.

Cathy Allinger

If she didn't have that sort of access, the outcomes could have been different as she went through the Games.

Neale Donald Walsch

Nothing has to happen immediately, this minute, or right now. It's okay to pause for just a moment. Just take a breath. Then go quietly inside. Ask life itself to lead you to your best outcome. There's nothing you have to do, really, except get out of your own way.

John Anderson

Look there are going to be, there are already adjustment processes in place but the point is that you'll actually make them work and get satisfactory outcomes if there's decent burden sharing along the way. If there's, if you like a proper transitional assistance.

Hideyuki Suzuki

Everyone pretty much wants to see tomorrow's outcome from the meeting.

Bob Castellini

It's been an exhilarating day. We had everything go right for us but the outcome of the game, but that's baseball. The weather went right, the parade went well, the president throwing out the first pitch went flawless.

Rob Blake

Not good. It's not the outcome any of us wanted by any means.

Katsuya Okada

In elections, you can't tell the outcome until you open the ballot boxes.

Maria Brous

At this point we're monitoring to see what the outcome will be, and we'll take it from there.

Marion Bartoli

I can't permit myself to do things halfway; I never was like that.

Ed Garland

They're in violation and we're waiting to see a permit application.

Patricia Miller

Because of the new regulations, our permit for doing this work expires at the end of the year.

Scot Bunnell

Harrison is playing really well and to go over there and win will be a challenge.

Thomas Muster

I was so tired of playing tennis, so tired of traveling, of hotels, everything related to this sport.

Andy Roddick

Had I served the set out, who knows? ... But I let him back in and he started playing really well.

Jimmy Newman

When he's not playing polo or sleeping, he is concentrating on getting well-mounted and staying well-mounted.

Tony Bethel

When he (Simmons) is playing at his best, we win.

Brad Wilkerson

We've got to realize what we're playing for. Now's the time to want it.

Bill Guerin

We've got to keep playing for our lives.

Jeremy Trueblood

I thought we had a better team this year. But that was before we started playing the game, I guess. But they were a better team than they were two years ago -- a lot better.

Ryan Ghere

I thought that made them start playing harder.

Kerri Brown

Guarding the opponent's top scorer is a lot of work, and we all know that.

Henry Rollins

I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.

Tom Anderson

That's right on top of us. It would be right in our backyard.

Stuart Appleby

It will be one of our top 10 doing something,

Alex Kelly

It was hellish conditions, if you will, on top of the chimney.

Bobby Cox

They're very similar. They're on top of their games.

Robert M. Pirsig

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

Patrick McVerry

Defensively, again, we are going to be tops in the league.

Lance Corcoran

Anything and everything they are doing at the top is not translating to the staff, to the facilities.

Bob Greenly

Justus is very much a work in progress, ... but he's getting better all the time.

Mads Mikkelsen

I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right.

Dan Kane

It can happen. We just all have to work together.

Glenn Storch

I think it's going to work out fine.

Ben Kuehne

It had nothing to do with her work as a lobbyist.

Irwin Cohen

I think this works for New York City.

Sienna Guillory

I think that, with homoeopathy, if you get the right mix, it works 20 times quicker than conventional medicine.

Rod Argent

I was wondering, 'Is this going to work?'

Sophocles

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.