Famous Quotes & Sayings

Christopher Brown

Unbelievable was absolutely my first reaction and my second thought was to my son Christopher, that was a slap in the face,

Barbara Mikulski

We in Maryland are hot. We are absolutely hot about these gas prices,

Charles Harper

We want to advance real scientific research, ... Discovery Institute has never done - has never moved forward - any scientific research. On these deep issues, they've done absolutely nothing.

Rich Ballinger

We'll start those tee times at 7:30 in the morning and run them until probably 6 o'clock in the evening. If you want a cart, you will pay the cart fee, but you can walk for absolutely nothing.

Theresa May

What is absolutely clear is that we have, with the U.S., an extradition treaty which is important, I believe it is an important treaty, for both sides, the United States and the United Kingdom. It is a treaty that I believe is balanced and we work on that basis.

Steven Blum

What I'm watching in the last two years is absolutely unprecedented, unexpected and absolutely remarkable.

Sophie Kennedy Clark

What I find relatively funny is that I'm not a model. I'm five foot six and a half; I have absolutely no dream or desire to be a model, I don't live for fashion. But when an opportunity comes your way very early in your career, like Burberry, you do it.

Hans Blix

The country is not a democratic state. Therefore we fear that they might carry a recorder in their pocket or there may be bugs in the walls, and you cannot be absolutely sure that you get a straight testimony.

Jenny Pfeiffer

We have nothing to lose. Absolutely nothing to lose. I think we'll play with that attitude and see what happens.

Arlen Specter

It naturally raises cynicism when you have so many 5-4 decisions from our Supreme Court and 4-3 decisions out of the Florida Supreme Court and that is not healthy, ... But our republic will survive.

Tim Henman

At least I know that it's still possible for me to do well even if my time on the practice court needs to be limited,

Corey Parker

We definitely feel a lot better having him out there. I felt we played real good as a team and emotional-wise it was a big lift having him on the court again.

Brian Dartt

We definitely want to use the whole court and pressure you full court. Basically, we want to pressure the ball. If we can do that for four quarters, we're going to get a four- or six-point run late in the game.

Janet Reno

We are pleased that the court has sustained our judgment that Elian should be reunited with his father, ... The court's decision reaffirms our position that only Elian's father can speak for his son on federal immigration matters.

Mike Thornton

We're a team that likes to move, and I think the tight 2-3 was like a fence out there. They had everything jammed up inside and our dribble penetration wasn't working. We like to be able to get up and down the court and we weren't able to do that.

Gil Garcetti

The proponents of Proposition 22 say that (it) doesn't deny hospital visitation or inheritance rights for lesbians and gays, ... But in Florida and Virginia, arch-conservative legal organizations have used similar laws as tools in court to deny lesbians and gays fundamental rights -- like the right to visit a sick or injured partner in the hospital, the right to inheritance, or the right to health insurance.

John Cummings

We have known, as the trust has known and the court has known all along, that the day would come when the trust would monetize its investment in Johns Manville and diversify its portfolio.

Bobby Bayliss

We've kind of done a full court press as far as our doubles lately, evaluating where we are, and we're not worried as much about the combinations. It's about everyone developing better skills.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Even theories must have foundations.

Valerie Azlynn

I like a man with some extra padding.

Donny Robinson

BMX is kind of a big guy sport, you know.

Dalai Lama

I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes. After all, man can live without meat. It is only some carnivorous animals that have to subsist on flesh. Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventures, and for hides and furs is a phenomenon which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is no justification in indulging in such acts of brutality . . . Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not to die, so do other creatures.

Desmond Morris

Aquatic animals suffer from the disadvantage that they cannot scream when in pain, so we find it hard to gauge the degree of their agony. If fish could scream, angling purely for sport would be outlawed without delay.

Debi Thomas

It is great to be a part of the whole skating family, and it makes me feel ecstatic that my name will be among the greats of the sport.

Andre Agassi

But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me.

Andre Agassi

First of all, in any sport where you can measure distance, height speed and all of that, you see how athletes have changed their sport and made it better. I believe, with every generation, the sport has improved. Certainly, in the men's game, that has been the case. I think that I played Pete [Sampras] at his best, I played Roger [Federer] at his best.. I believe wholeheartedly that Roger and [Rafael] Nadal have pushed the game much further than myself or Pete ever did. Their options on the tennis court are considerably more than ours.

Andre Agassi

This sport has given me so much that my hope would be to give back as much as I can for as long as I can.

Andre Agassi

When I was 7 years old I saw Jimmy Connors make someone carry his bag, as though he were Julius Caesar. I vowed then and there that I would always carry my own.

Andre Agassi

Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together.