Famous Quotes & Sayings

Fran Gow

Just look at what they've done by calling penalties for obstruction and just allowing the freedom to be able to skate. Look at what the style of play in the AJHL is right now - it's night and day (from the NHL). It's frustrating for players and it's frustrating for coaches. It's a rodeo out there, getting to the net.

Bill Russell

John Jones is a great initiator for us on the defensive end. He and Marques Jones did a good job of allowing us a time to get some guys with rest and also maintained the high intensity level.

Ken Bacon

He delayed for a long while participating in the oil-for-food program, which has actually been one of the hopeful and helpful measures that the U.N. has brought to Iraq, allowing it to import more food in return for the oil it sells,

Fernando Alonso

This was a good, fighting win. I just concentrated on making no mistakes. The competition is closer than we thought but this is the perfect start for us. The start was good, the second stop perfect, allowing me to come out in front of Michael. Very nice.

Melissa Collins

What will be obvious to the client in the teller line is that we can operate much quicker ... allowing us to cut client wait time.

Carlos Mosse

Having a surplus is allowing us to intervene in the exchange market and support an exchange rate we deem convenient.

Marcello Canuto

goes a long way to allowing us to demonstrate that many, if not most, Site Q monuments were looted from La Corona.

Brad Hahn

He's allowing the House to move through the process and ? he's listening to different viewpoints. As a speaker he has an obligation to build consensus.

Steven Green

He seemed to be very deferential in religion areas to allowing the government to regulate as it wishes. Sometimes that means infringing religious liberty, sometimes that means bringing down the wall.

Jill Hickman

Just then, a car was racing down the road. They barely stopped before they hit the U-Haul. God was watching over us.

Rick Anderson

John had kept the car garaged most of the time, but as with most Model A's, the floor pans and lower three inches of the body were rusted beyond repair and had to be replaced. My brother, Mike, helped me to restore the car as well. He stripped the entire car to bare metal, and then I welded in 13 different body panels to replace the rotted areas. Being 75 years old, the car had many dings and dents that had to be straightened.

Ralph Goodale

It became quite obvious that the opposition's intention was to prevent the publication of a budget in February, and therefore I felt I had an obligation to Canadians not just to provide the bare bones of statistics, but in fact to give a greater indication of how the flexibility would be used,

Ed Thiel

It barely passed, and it shows the pilots are not in favor of giving the company anything more. That's the smallest margin that anything has ever been passed by Delta pilots.

F. Schumacher

It barely opened anywhere! They didn't put any money behind it at all.

Paul Hutchison

He was barely minimum weight. He used to drink supplements and eat seconds on everything.

Ron Gardenhire

He just didn't make enough pitches today. He was all around the zone but he just missed. He was barely missing, but when you get behind these guys, those types of hitters, that's what happens.

Matt Hammons

Greer's having so much success in practice, we have to put a coach on him for his own good and the good of his teammates. I squeaked out a 2-0 win over him in practice the other day and I was so tired I could barely drive home.

Eric Alterman

Half the U.S. population owns barely 2 percent of its wealth, putting the United States near Rwanda and Uganda and below such nations as pre-Arab Spring Tunisia and Egypt when measured by degrees of income inequality.

Wayne Cornelius

I think it's a virtual certainty that the low turnout this time around will be used by opponents to say this was a misbegotten project that never should have happened in the first place.

Bertrand Russel

What men want is not knowledge, but certainty.

Winston Churchill

It is not given to the cleverest and the most calculating of mortals to know with certainty what is their interest. Yet it is given to quite a lot of simple folk to know everyday what is their duty

John Treanor

I don't know that we have any certainty about what's going to happen in the future.

Samuel Johnson

He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty

Pete Nicholas

Our $80 per share offer for Guidant is compelling. We are providing Guidant shareholders with certainty of completion, significant upside potential and substantially more value today than the Johnson & Johnson transaction. By any objective measure, our offer is clearly superior to Johnson & Johnson's.

Tim Barnett

Climate warming is a certainty for our future and ... the long-term prognosis is clear and very dire.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

If you do know that here is one hand, we'll grant you all the rest.

Pitt elder

In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.

Ian Botham

He crossed the line between eccentricity and idiocy far too often for someone who was supposed to be running English cricket

David Collier

What we have done is made sure that we've safeguarded the future of English cricket.

Ian Bradshaw

It is great to be selected in a West Indies Test squad. I've really enjoyed my time representing the West Indies at the one-day level, but Test cricket is the real test.

Rahul Dravid

Whatever the pitch we must ensure we play good cricket on all five days. It is an important series and we would like to do well.

Brad Haddin

We're pretty confident, we've played good cricket in Adelaide in the past and had a good win there this year, I think it suits our style of team.

Rahul Dravid

We're playing some good cricket and everyone in the team is contributing. We ran away with this one.

Ryan Hinds

I thought that we played really good cricket. It's just unfortunate that we lost a few wickets. That is what put us back.

Dav Whatmore

It is not good is it, international cricket was held up because of other reasons, it is not good I have not seen that before in cricket in my three years (here).

Kiran More

He has done well in domestic cricket and has experience as well.

Najib Razak

My priority is to ensure peace and harmony in Malaysia. That is uppermost in my mind.

Greg Gallaspy

What we want to do is ensure there's a balance. That's the key.

David Hartley

Having a new state-of-the-art plant is encouraging, but it does not ensure that Cott will do a better job of managing its entire plant operations.

Norm Coleman

He's actually a good man (but) an incompetent administrator, ... heavy lifting that will ensure success for reform.

Michael Chertoff

to ensure a work environment free of unlawful discrimination and retaliation.

Denis MacShane

I will be urging him to ensure any shutdown is as painless as possible for local communities,

Lord Stevens

I will personally overview the inquiry and ensure that it meets the highest standards of investigation and evidence gathering.

Charles Grassley

We must ensure that this nightmare NEVER occurs again,

Jon Postel

reserved for infrastructure purposes to help ensure stable operation of the Internet.

Kirk Walters

It is great to have Hassan back. He is one of our leaders. He is a vocal guy on the team and he has been here four years. He knows what is going on. He is an essential part of our offense and defense.

Terry Riley

La monte's idea was just to have this one big form that were just long tones, I think that was the real essential heart of minimalist music.

Kofi Annan

I think it was essential that he paid the money.

Sathya Baba

It is not enough, nor is it essential that you should repeat the name of Rama loudly; respect it in the fullness of love and admiration.

Kit Bond

For this reason, it is essential that our Nation's rural transportation professionals be provided with the necessary tools and support to promote and showcase the value, benefits, and accomplishments of rural transportation planning and development.

Terence McElroy

He is a free-market person, as I think most Americans are. The one exception is for basic, essential commodities during an emergency.

Richard Holbrooke

It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Discerning our personal gifts is essential if we are to experience harmony in our lives.

Sargent Shriver

A line has to be drawn somewhere between what is essential and what is peripheral.

Jay Alford

He's always full of excitement every spring. It's always great to see him.

Randy Halcomb

It is a good win, but the three hard reds take some of the excitement away from the win.

Andrew Chaikin

I think the excitement factor is crucial. I think that we desperately need inspiration and we desperately need an investment in our long-term future.

Tim Schuldt

I think this shows how much excitement people have for this team and these players.

Bill Spawr

He has been so upset since we got here. I'm so surprised that he ran this well. He started out in a stall that was facing the racetrack, and all the excitement just had him so unsettled. He was way off his grain, but obviously not all the way off it. He just never seemed to settle down. To have him run this well is a very nice surprise.

Virginia Woolf

What is this terror? what is this ecstasy? he thought to himself. What is it that fills me with this extraordinary excitement? It is Clarissa, he said. For there she was.

Vera Farmiga

It's terrifying to be the lead. There's a moment of excitement, and then pure terror.

Eric Kanagy

Part of the excitement about these 24-hour festivals is seeing where they will go. It will be interesting to see how everyone survives it.

John McMichael

I may be a little jet-lagged when the game starts, but I'm sure there will be enough excitement around here to keep me going all night.

Alice Lowe

I was in something called 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace' which was a real cult comedy; it's sort of a spoof horror sort of thing, and it only ever had one series, but I liked the fact that it only had one series because it's kind of got this little gemlike quality to it that there were only ever six episodes.

Howard Simon

Kids now are smarter than we were. They want the facts. They want to know what's happening. That's why being open and honest with them is so important.

Smush Parker

Kobe is always a factor in the game. I don't think Golden State stopped him from scoring the ball. He just got other guys involved in the offense. It was a game Kobe didn't have to force the game until late.

Jeremy Jacobs

Jacques agonized over it. Not so much in a financial way, but it increased our recognition factor - it's become a hook for us.

Joe Tiller

I would say it's the single most important factor of (a team), ... You hate to put it all on one position, but if you told me, 'OK Tiller, you're going to graduate 21 of your 22 starters. Which one don't you want graduating?' It'd be the quarterback.

Robert Sarver

I would say it did surprise me. When I heard Toronto was interested in talking to him, that didn't surprise me. The fact that he wanted to pursue it surprised me.

Albert Gray

Katrina just went through, and it takes a little time for water to move. That's probably a contributing factor to these high bacterial samples.

Albert Gray

Katrina just went through, and it takes a little time for water to move, ... That's probably a contributing factor to these high bacterial samples.

Chris Byrne

KB hasn't articulated a strategy about what they're doing yet, but need to stock a lot of the hot toys. It isn't really a destination store but the fact that they're mall-based helps because parents are in the mall anyway.

Dwight Freeney

I was like, 'What, we signed a free agent?' ... It's big. I think the owner (Jim Irsay) really sees the opportunity to move forward here and make that push.

Joey Porter

I would think somebody would say it, but I wouldn't think he would say it. He's too soft to say something like that. He's going to have an opportunity to back up his words and I'm going to have an opportunity to back up my words. It's something I'm looking forward to. I'm ready to get it on.

Jerramy Stevens

Joey's a great player. I look forward to the challenge.

Bill Stoneman

John has been an integral part in the success of our pitching staff. We look forward to another impressive season from him.

Jessica Wilk

JMU is a big in-state rivalry, and we're looking forward to getting back at it and getting on the right side of the win column.

Sidney Taurel

He is very well-prepared for the vital role he will play, and I look forward to having him join our senior leadership team.

W. Hull

Guys sit there and say they don't want their son to be a goalie. He's 8 years old right now, and he likes to play goalie. Go ahead, play goalie-but I want you to also play forward and learn how to play the game.

Andrew Card

Harriet is an outstanding person ... I look forward to her hearings and I look forward to her confirmation and I look for to her taking that oath. It means so much to all of us,

Mick Flattery

This was a good win for us. We've gotten better since our last home game, so we look forward to this next one.

Jeff Sessions

I would suggest we'd better spend our time investigating how a top-secret program such as this, a program fully shared with congressional leaders, was breached and provided to the media and revealed throughout the world.

George Fleming

Keep your references up to speed on your job search and its results. By communicating what's going on with you and your job search, you're using your references to the fullest capacity.

Hwang Suk

I take full responsibility for the papers and offer you my apology.

Joseph Smith

I take full responsibility for the crimes. . . . I knew I was wrong, but I couldn't stop.

Colin McRae

He was a great guy and full of laughs and great spirit,

John Ball

He wanted to play last week and perhaps he could have, ... But we wanted to make sure he had a full week of practice before he played. Now he's had that.

Jim Cole

He walked around with pockets full of quarters, handing out handfuls to people just to put a smile on their faces.

Michigan State

He could be at full speed in one step.

Bob Johnson

He knows one speed, and it's full speed,

R. Robinson

I would say that it (the visit) is not guaranteed yet,

James Rubin

guarantee the safe return of the refugees and the safety of all the people of Kosovo.

Chris Scelfo

What matters is we're playing. We'll play in the parking lot at Popeye's. I guarantee you I'll play in the parking lot at Wal-Mart if that's where they tell us to play. That's all we have is football. We've lost everything else.

Marcus Brennecke

There is a jobs guarantee and we will respect that.

Roger Ferris

There is no guarantee we will get anything.

Gary Cooper

We're only looking to have fun. It will be fun. I can guarantee that.

Mark Johnson

I will be nervous, I guarantee it, but hopefully I'll get over it real quick.

John Campbell

There are no renderings. All they have are pretty pictures of cactuses that I guarantee there will be less of when they're done (developing).

John Campbell

There are no renderings, ... All they have are pretty pictures of cactuses that I guarantee there will be less of when they're done (developing).

John McGrath

I think in terms of income for Thunder Ridge and taxes for the county, it would be good.

Larry Bloom

I don't know that they want me to get into specific numbers, but he has a yearly income that's substantial.

Ric Keller

The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program, such as the progressive income tax, were incorporated into the American system.

Warren Buffett

Never depend on a single source of income.

Walter Russell

Happy salesmen not only multiply their volume of business and their income, they also multiply themselves.

Francois Bourguignon

Remittances are hard-earned income that, in most cases, has already been taxed,

Bob Grossman

If you win big, for one thing, that's obviously taxable income -- even though it's illegal.

Nancy Snow

If you're a lower income group, you're very likely not to be online.

Richard Gardner

By year end, Microsoft will have introduced a major upgrade to every one of its significant platform and application products.

Mario Batali

I just was introduced to the writings of Lucius Beebe, and I'm going to read him.

Drake Bell

I had the opportunity to do a movie with Roger Daltrey of The Who. In the movie, I played a guitar student. Since I had to learn how to play somewhat for the movie, I was introduced to the guitar.

Cameron Mackintosh

I'm proud of the fact that I've taken a lot of big directors, such as Trevor Nunn and Nick Hytner, who were musical virgins, and introduced them to the form.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I'm going to make sure that it will be introduced again. ... And I know the legislators don't like it, but I will keep pushing.

Tommy Dolde

These kids get introduced to it in our Junior Olympic program.

Agnes Obel

I'm very happy that I got introduced to music only as something you got pleasure from.

John Hurt

Everybody, I think, that was in 'Harry Potter' was certainly introduced to an enormous lot of young people.

Martin Seligman

It used to be that whenever I introduced myself to people and told them I was a psychologist, they would shrink away from me. Because, quite rightly, the impression the American public has of psychologists is, 'You want to know what's wrong with me.'

John Tortorella

It better not be hard. We have to maintain it.

Suki Waterhouse

Acting is something I'm interested in, and I'll keep going to auditions, but modelling is my main job.

Daniel Bruhl

Eating is my main hobby now, and most of what I do on the weekend revolves around that.

Saku Koivu

He's a strong man, tough to maintain down low.

Sergio Garcia

I think it's been a solid season, but I wouldn't say it's been extraordinary mainly because I haven't putted well,

David Moody

We talked about what they already know ? that they spend a lot of time watching TV and that what they see is spread into mainstream ideals.

William McDonough

we (the Fed) will do what we have to do to maintain price stability.

Barry Hyman

I think we're going to go down to the wire whether or not it's a half-percentage point (increase). If you want to maintain market stability, a quarter percentage point could keep the market at bay.

David Pringle

It is not enough to preserve open space. We need to maintain it.

John Tortorella

It better not be hard. We have to maintain it.

Saku Koivu

He's a strong man, tough to maintain down low.

William McDonough

we (the Fed) will do what we have to do to maintain price stability.

Barry Hyman

I think we're going to go down to the wire whether or not it's a half-percentage point (increase). If you want to maintain market stability, a quarter percentage point could keep the market at bay.

David Pringle

It is not enough to preserve open space. We need to maintain it.

David Heyman

It is its own universe. But we try to maintain a real normalcy about it.

Joe McCormick

We maintain that our rates are competitive and reasonable and appropriate for the risk in Texas." ()

Randy McClure

We made some adjustments and put more pressure on the ball. The big thing was to maintain what we were doing and we did." ()

Jeff Garcia

I am going to do everything that I can to maintain my physical strength, maintain my physical conditioning. I'll even sit on my butt and throw the football, just so I can keep that motion intact.

Joel Meisenheimer

I think a lot of them have played the back nine before, but it's not one we normally play as a team. This is one of the first matches where we've had our top six together.

Alan Deal

There are other shooting matches open to the public.

Zinedine Zidane

It's promising for the future. The important matches are coming.

Tim Donovan

It was one of those matches where you play better than the other team, but end up losing. We just didn't put them away when we had the chance.

Dave Hohenthal

It was just nice to get some competitive matches played, get some nerves out of the way, and get the season started.

Zorol Barthley

At this point we still have the matches scheduled for Jamaica.

Brandon Kendzierski

It seems like whenever we wrestle, somebody wins by one point. And I think that's why our matches are so good, so intense. We know it's going to be close.

H. Hunt

They have all been winning their matches lately. We just need to keep playing like we've been playing.

Thomas Doll

It's the worst thing when something like that happens. We're missing the one or two percent we need to win matches like we did in the first half.

Bob McDonald

He just had that something, that intangible. You don't know who has it, but he had it. To do whatever it took to meet his goal.

Kate Bosworth

I don't really get star-struck, but I do get talent struck. If I meet somebody that I think is just wildly talented and brilliant, that's when I start getting nervous.

Larry Gregory

Having these meetings was more important than taking part on that panel,

Howard Stringer

He's a star. Nobody turns down a meeting with him.

Alison Goldfrapp

I thought what everyone thinks when they first meet Will,

Mike Pincus

The people that were at this meeting had no opinion at all.

Ray White

I thought the team ran fantastic. We had had two meets canceled, so I was worried about how we might do. But for the first meet, we ran pretty well. We had a lot of outstanding performances.

Tom Daschle

I think it's sort of the combination of 'West Wing' and 'Seinfeld.' We meet once a week, but nothing happens,

George Speight

I think some people are trying to do me over ... and they're going to meet with some very stiff resistance.

Jim Moran

I think it's difficult for members of Congress to be as independent as they need to be in their voting.

Brad Dayspring

I think a lot of members will be supportive of the legislation.

Niranjan Shah

It is nothing. If some members (of the board) want to speak to the press about it, we can't do anything.

Westbrook Pegler

I am a member of the rabble in good standing.

Warren Cuccurullo

Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership.

Travis Barker

Right now, one of our members needs time off, so we're granting him that,

John Thain

pleased with the resolution of this litigation, which allows our members to vote as planned on the proposed merger on Dec. 6.

Robert Sinclair

Our members are screaming. People are wondering where it's going to go and, of course, we can't tell them.

Dan Scott

Our members are hopped up and very angry.

Mark Leyner

This wasn't calculated. We didn't sit down and think, 'In three weeks, we can sell 500,000 copies.' But Billy's original idea was a stroke of genius.

Mark Leyner

This wasn't calculated, ... We didn't sit down and think, 'In three weeks, we can sell 500,000 copies.' But Billy's original idea was a stroke of genius.

Samuel Beckett

All has not been said and never will be.

William Arthur Ward

Once trust is tarnished, it is hard to restore it to its original glow.

William Ralph Inge

Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I really do not aim at any originality.

Andy Weir

I originally wrote 'The Martian' as a free serial novel, posting one chapter at a time to my website.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

I originally started off as a healer before I came to Hollywood.

Ray Stevens

I originally passed on 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head' in 1969, so they gave it to B.J. Thomas.

Justin Fishman

GW has always had talented players because of where it's located.

Michael Barrett

I think it?s going to be a lot more like home. I think players are going to end up spending a lot more time here.

Mathias Kiwanuka

Whatever it was, we took it in stride and the younger players defensively stepped up.

Don MacAdam

We talked about the things we should have done better and the players made the corrections today.

Dave Schroeder

We took the shackles off them. There used to be rules (about talking with fans). We tell the players to be themselves.

David Grewe

We've got to make our players tougher, and we've got to make our players understand the value of winning. And this sure helps.

Willie Randolph

I think we had, what, three players who had six hits. You've got to put it together more than that.

Cari Strange

I think that my team this year has a lot of team chemistry, and they play well together. And we have a lot of players who feel more comfortable shooting the ball.

Robert H. Connelly

I think it was just the combination of players we had in. It seemed we always had one player out of position.

Vinton Cerf

There was something amazingly enticing about programming.

Caroline Brown

In the programs we've run before, I would say that more than 75% of the participants have NOT truly been in this at-risk category.

Mark Roberts

In England, there are so many TV commercials with nudity in them, and there are so many TV programs that show nudity on a regular basis. It's becoming more of a norm.

Seimone Augustus

I really don't understand how a men's and women's program wouldn't get along. It's like brotherhood and sisterhood with us.

Ray Tanner

I like it the other way; I like the stability. But there are a lot of teams that make changes. There are many very successful programs that don't always stick with their rotation.

Jodie McClain

I'm excited. I know there is still more in me and I'm going to a program that will work with me. It is going to be a big change, but intimidated? No, not really.

J. C. Watts

Their program is relatively expensive, but a lot of it is conditional. We don't know what they're going to cut.

Lynn Johnston

Every time I "get with the program" somebody changes the channel.

Gary Buehler

The generic-drug program is very important to the F.D.A..

Joseph Kabila

Whatever happens, if there are summits we will be there, provided it takes place after the funeral,

Josh Duncan

It is huge. Another win provides more motivation. We'll keep going.

Amy Gabriel

We have to be able to provide these services.

Paul O'Grady

I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it.

William Cowper

Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours.

Tim Duffy

In some of these areas, we are the only provider of coverage.

Joseph Stefanov

It has to provide a return (for the village).

Jacqueline McKenzie

I have provided a soundtrack for a scene that I am in which is pretty cool.

Elizabeth Langland

Their vision is going to provide a touchstone for us,

Grace Gealey

I was raised by a single black deaf woman, so I am as independent as they come.

Trace Adkins

You can raise her up a lady but there’s one thing you just can't avoid...

William Mapother

I'm ready for conventions. You know what's interesting, the sort of questions that Lost raises are of a different sort from this movie. In other words, Lost is about figuring out the world of the show, whereas this one seems to raise questions about the world that we know. But I'm happy to entertain both.

Roger Ebert

Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn't have the answers.

David Allen

If you have a son or daughter, there is a risk regardless of how you raise them.

Jane Krakowski

I'm a New York girl. I want to stay here and raise my son here.

Larry Harris

If you can raise up and shoot from 15 to 18 feet, you can play in this league,

David Scott

It's really a pretty simple model. Raise the pay.

Mike McAleer

It shouldn't raise alarms. We want to make sure it's safe.

Jim Webb

I'm a Democrat, and I have strong reasons for being a Democrat.

John Hurt

I've done some stinkers in the cinema. You can't regret it; there are always reasons for doing something, even if it's just the location.

Steve Pugliese

It seems pretty shallow, the reasons we've been given.

Herb Thomas

There's a lot of reasons not to reinvent the wheel here.

Penelope Cruz

There are roles I have said no to, but for different reasons. And, I never talk about those because I feel it's disrespectful to say, 'Oh, I said no to this project or that other project.' I'd rather talk about the ones that I said yes to and the reasons why.

Nick Flynn

The only strategy I know of is to write every day, which I don't always do, because sometimes I just can't, for various reasons that seem out of my control.

Christopher Chute

It would solve a big bottleneck. One of the reasons video has always been cumbersome . . . is it requires so much storage space.

Kurt Barnard

One of the reasons why stores did not do better than they did is because there were not enough new designs, not enough new fashions.

John Grisham

One of the reasons we wanted to target Mississippi is, obviously, we are from there,

Kenneth Chenault

Regular feedback is one of the hardest things to drive through an organization.

Jerry Kelly

He runs on a regular basis, I truly don't know what his capabilities are.

John Servis

He's been able to train on a regular basis, and it's been a long time since he's done that.

Rabih Alameddine

I oscillate between being cynical and being naive on a regular basis. I always think that not much shocks me until something much too obvious does.

Scott Joyner

If we use three in the tournament, we should have three in the regular season.