Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Schwartz

People thought the war was over in May of 2003 when President Bush landed on the cruiser under the banner that said mission accomplished. Here we are billions of dollars and thousands of lives later and it's still going on.

Mark Ruffalo

I've been having a lot of fun with the Hulk motion-capture stuff, actually. The only distinction that I hold is that I am the only actor to ever play Banner and the Hulk.

Steve Jillard

It would have been nice to have a banner hanging in here.

Lynn Meger

They accomplished a big, big goal. You get to hang a banner on the wall in the gym. Jessica (Durr) will have three up there. You did something to create a legacy.

Dave Kelly

This is the fourth Blue Star Banner ceremony that we have all participated in here in Pawling, and basically before, we have not had the soldiers with us, except in a few rare cases. It is very gratifying to see you here this evening, and to be able to thank you and your families personally for your service.

Councilwoman Sanchez

This is not an exclusive list at all. This is to seek funding for their efforts, but other (anti-gang) groups can join under the banner of Partners.

William Brown

Fling out the Anti-Slavery flag;Forever let it beThe emblem to a holy cause,The banner of the free.And never from its guardian heightLet it by man be driven,But let it float forever there,Beneath the smiles of heaven.

William Brown

Fling out the Anti-Slavery flag; Forever let it be The emblem to a holy cause, The banner of the free. And never from its guardian height Let it by man be driven, But let it float forever there, Beneath the smiles of heaven.

Miguel Cabrita

Everyday when we practice we look up at that banner and it's lonely up there.

Michael Baird

The bottom line is, even if the player was unaware they've been given the drug, the test doesn't require intent. The standard is so strict, if the NFL wants to enforce it strictly, you're basically sunk.

Frederick Moran

The cable division came in with 13 percent cash-flow growth, which is basically the strongest we're going to see out of the whole cable industry this quarter, ... They're showing some real power.

Bill Richardson

And the president is basically saying, on Social Security, 'This is my issue. This is my proposal. Take it or leave it.'

Neal Milner

An ombudsman has an obligation when it spots trouble, when it spots patterns, basically to speak truth to power.

Cindy Cuthbertson

The state does the spraying, and basically we just have to wait until it's our turn. They've told us it will hopefully be sometime Wednesday. But even after they spray, you still have to come inside by 5:30 p.m. or 6 p.m., so we don't know what will happen.

Joe Yevoli

These next two games basically seal our season. If we can win these next two, we've accomplished our goals. That's the thing we need to do, close the season out like we wanted to.

Ashraf Laidi

The speech is as expected. He opens the door basically for further interest rate hikes. It shows he totally agrees with the last FOMC statement that said short-term interest rates hikes 'may' be needed.

Rob Stevens

The show basically charts life. Youthful optimism, brash idealism, first love, setbacks, relationships, the drive to keep on improving one's self and life, ending on an optimistic note for the future. There is no definite script of the show. Instead we follow musical paths.

Ben Wilcox

The system has basically been rigged to protect incumbents and discourage competition.

Jimmy Smith

Put those guys in those dark jerseys, those heat-seeking, heat-soaking dark blue jerseys.

Alan King

The way Blue Gene works its magic is the multiplicity of networks built into the back end. With 65,000 processors, an intelligent network was needed to work around system failures, so there was a lot of effort directed toward making this a reliable system as well as a fast and efficient one.

Dominik Hasek

That shutout shouldn't even count. That was the easiest shutout I've ever had. My team played so well defensively in front of me. That was just a great effort. I don't think they got their 11th and 12th shots until the last minute and they were from the blue line.

John Bankhead

You walk back there and see a box lying on a pile of junk -- a deceased individual laid out in a burial suit, a blue suit, obviously embalmed in the box he was supposed to be cremated in -- decomposed.

Francesco Cece

Your precious smile and your sparkling blue eyes brightens my stay in life at every moment that I am with you!

Brian Henson

We try to keep it a classy show, but it certainly is blue at times. And it all depends on the audience, sometimes we've have audiences that don't really want us to go too far in that direction.

Al Yankovic

You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don't step on my blue suede shoes.

Bryan Murray

We did not have enough depth on the blue line that we could let him go for the waiver price,

James Wright

In a pine tree,/ A few yards from my window sill,/ A brilliant blue jay is springing up and down, up and/ down./ On a branch./ I laugh, as I see him abandon himself/ To entire delight, for he knows as well as I do/ That the branch will not break.

Donna Taylor

On this memorable day, we were honored to witness 50 petitioners, representing 24 different countries, take the oath of United States citizenship at a naturalization ceremony in the courtroom of Judge Gregory Frost. Having the privilege of watching this naturalization ceremony was an experience these fourth-graders and their teachers will never forget.

Dusty Baker

It was only appropriate that we won on Sandberg's day. It was quite a ceremony and we played well.

Russ Hellickson

We are proud to be able to honor Ray. We are looking forward to sharing this ceremony with all of his family. He certainly earned it.

Deborah Benaim

We have a special ceremony to give out the medals, complete with the Olympic fanfare music. At the end of the 11 weeks, the person who has lost the most weight out of the two teams wins a trip to Italy.

Bob Uecker

The MRI scan looked like I had swallowed a cantaloupe. It was an abdominal aortic aneurysm. I was shocked because, except for the back pain, I felt good.

Gore Vidal

This is not at all bad, except as prose.

Eugenie Clark

I want to be remembered as a nice person who didn't hurt people - except my ex-husbands, maybe.

Lajos Egri

No two dramatists think or write alike. Ten thousand playwrights can take the same premise, as they have done since Shakespeare, and not one play will resemble the other except in the premise. Your knowledge, your understanding of human nature, and your imagination will take care of that.

Charles Osgood

There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.

Larry Bell

We ran really well, ... We worked them really hard Monday, looking ahead, except for one kid who wasn't there, and it's pretty obvious who it was. She had her legs today, and that was a big part of it.

Hootie Johnson

An invitation to become a member of Augusta National is very special and would never be tied to anything except personal relationships within this club.

David Todd

Everything has gone off pretty well, except for the weather.

Len Wolman

Everything you see is new except the structure of the rooms.

Ron Artest

You really feel for those families that lost everything. Hopefully we'll put on a good show for everyone at the game.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Our families should gather for family prayer morning and night.

Khloe Kardashian

Most families aren't all in the public eye as we are. It works as a blessing. It works in our favor.

Jean Prewitt

We just don't want other families to go through what we went through.

Robert Adley

We all know there are three states in Louisiana: north, south and the Isle of Orleans, ... But we are a family, and families come together in the time of a crisis.

Ezra Taft Benson

We all know of families who have obligated themselves for more than they could pay. There is a world of heartache behind such cases.

Chris Scelfo

Tonight's football game and tomorrow's practice is not as important to me as those families waiting out there in the parking lot.

Tony Clark

The Orlando parks and Six Flags have raised their prices. At a time when families are low on cash, we have them come here and not spend a ton of money as they would going to a vacation farther away.

Patti Spencer

We will be keeping families informed and involved every step of the way.

James Flecker

A ship, an isle, a sickle moon - / With few but with how splendid stars / The mirrors of the sea are strewn / Between their silver bars.

Tom Herrion

As a team we take a lot more free throws than we used to. And we've improved greatly at it. But it's like every other team sport, the team that makes the fewer mistakes wins.

Marco Polo

At school, a few people know that I'm over here. I don't know about everybody, professors, curling people and a few kids in class.

Budd Booth

That was a big accomplishment for them. They all seem to be playing well together, and we have a lot of youth and depth, so that's encouraging for the next few seasons.

Dave Tragethon

People should make reservations, because if they wait until they get to the mountain we might be full. There are people who come up, make a few runs, come in and party a little bit, then go back out. Then there's those who come just for dinner, the party and the fireworks.

Jim Bagnall

Offensively, we need to be able to respond and score a few runs here and there to get back in the ballgame.

David Gregory

Offensively, we have to move the football on them. We haven't in the last few years. And that will be tough. They are big and physical.

Matt Stairs

Offensively we have a very good team but .Ê.Ê. pitching is the most important thing and we lost a few guys.

Matt Stairs

Offensively we have a very good team but . . . pitching is the most important thing and we lost a few guys.

Sam Davis

Once we got a lead, we said make them come out and guard you. Once they opened up the floor, our perimeter play is pretty good and our kids are smart. We did a great job of running our offense in the fourth quarter.

Hugh Johnson

The stuff that worked in the fourth quarter and the first part of this year isn't working any more, like Internet stocks, large-cap tech stocks, and other large-cap names.

Main Street

I used to walk down there on the Fourth of July,

David Jones

Then all of a sudden, in the fourth quarter the other team's back in it.

Pete Carroll

I've never understood how two-thirds of the thing can vote for you one way and one third can knock you into fourth place. It looks like it should be third, third, third, but that's my simple math.

Dan Spellman

The second and fourth quarter, we didn't shoot all that well. Defensively, we did a real nice job.

Chris Raso

I've been watching these girls since they were in fourth grade. I knew what stride they could play at. I thought four years ago that we could possibly get to this level.

Toni Sacconaghi

This is the fourth straight year where your priority is to make money. It's the third where your priority is to grow . You haven't fulfilled those priorities.

Samuel Gruber

This is the fourth home of America's oldest Jewish congregation,

Bob Bowlsby

This will be one of the most gratifying professional experiences you will ever have.

Bill Nygren

I don't think it has anything personally to do with Bob.

Dries van Noten

I like to choose my own way forward. I really do want to create something that I personally like a lot.

Roy Williams

I've rarely watched film of T.O. or Jerry,

Randy Pausch

Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the reason is... We've all heard that

Rebecca Stead

I do try to write in ways that reflect reality, and I think that reality is rarely simple.

Roy Johnson

Its just not that rare if you look at the whole picture,

Stewart Butterfield

I rarely in a working day go more than 10 minutes without looking at Slack.

Donald Trump

I'm a believer in the polls, by the way. Rarely do you see a poll that's very far off.

Brandon Boyd

Very rarely is there any confusion as to when a painting or a song is finished. You just know when it's done.

Albert Einstein

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

Marianne Williamson

I went into therapy several times, but it rarely made an impact.

MJ Eckert

Sometimes you get a response, but a lot of the soldiers don't respond. I just think they are probably kind of busy.

Tammara Rosenleaf

It will not be whether it's wrong or right to be there. There's no politicking at this table. If our soldiers are over there in harm's way, they should have the very best.

Jose Maria

The start of the work is (Saturday), but they are practically working now,

Elena Dementieva

I usually start to play well when I'm in trouble.

Carnell Williams

Sometimes you need this. It's tough, but now we can stop talking about 13-0 and start talking about being this 0-1 Tiger team and what we're going to do about it.

DeShawn Stevenson

Sometimes you've got to switch up the starting lineup to get a spark, just to get a win.

Nick Jones

Tech blitzes so much, the only way you can get them to back down is start to gash them,

Linda Bannister

Things look bleak. It's unclear when things are going to start to look better.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder.

Jeff Davis

They always do that, ... because they think we're going to start some kind of trouble with him.

Ron Ward

This is a terrific opportunity, and I can't wait to really start contributing.

Stephen Evans

Thanksgiving is nothing but a toast to genocide.

Luiz Scolari

Thanks for everything and we will see you at the World Cup.

Fidel Castro

Thank you Fidel Castro, thank you for existing.

Augusto Pinochet

During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.

Ayn Rand

Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production.

Burton Cummings

I sing in key, thank you very much.

Miley Cyrus

God wants my life to be about being successful and being happy and blessing other people and being blessed.

Diane Keaton

That's what I learned. I learned I couldn't shed light on love other than to feel its comings and goings and be grateful.

Thomas Fuller

Eaten bread is forgotten.