Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Yates

Any information that gets sent to the department seems to go into a sort of black hole,

Solomon Short

Any great truth can - and eventually will - be expressed as a cliche - a cliche is a sure and certain way to dilute an idea. For instance, my grandmother used to say, 'The black cat is always the last one off the fence.' I have no idea what she meant, but at one time, it was undoubtedly true.

David Brown

As he got older he realized that he was considered black, which is confusing to him, because he is brown. We have tried to help him understand his heritage and encourage him to be proud to be a black person. We have taught him about Martin Luther King's dream and explained that we are the realization of his dream.

Dennis Powell

As far as I was concerned, I saw (having a black roommate) as being something very natural. When Casey came in and I was chosen to be his roommate, that did not raise my eyebrows as maybe some people would think. I had a good feeling being around Casey ... and I trusted any decision coach McGuire made.

Mike Colter

As for facial hair, I think I decided it was a good look after graduate school. I always shave it myself and trim my own beard. I change the look depending on the role. For 'Million Dollar Baby,' I had no facial hair. For 'Men in Black 3,' I had no facial hair but did wear a wig.

Brittany Smith

As black people we may feel like we can't make it there. And now I feel like politics is maybe something I want to go into.

Brian Clarke

As a New York cop, you'll be faced with many decisions, ... Do I turn this evidence in to the precinct and get it off of the street, or do I sell it on the black market and pocket the money?

Don Albrecht

As a member of the school board I played an integral role in keeping the district's approximately $8 million budget successfully in the black while building several additions and making many improvements. I also played a key role in negotiating many successful union contracts for the district. This experience will better able me to keep the sheriff's department spending in check, and to work well with the department's employee union.

Anthony Prior

As individuals we must create a collective. NFL's black players have a tremendous strength. This is a power we are scared to exercise yet dream to live.

Flannery O'Connor

You have to quit confusing a madness with a mission.

Rob Reiner

Usually I don't like to act in movies that I direct because it's kind of confusing.

Ronda Rousey

The confusing thing is we now live in a society where it's not illegal to be an asshole, but it's illegal to slap one.

David Irons

I'm just trying to get in the swing of things and learn the new system. It's not what we did last year, so it's real confusing at times.

David Harcharik

Avian flu should not be considered a human health issue, but a human- and animal-health issue.

Malcolm Speed

Australia, Bermuda, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UAE and the West Indies have indicated their intention to be considered as hosts for an inaugural Twenty20 event while England, Hong Kong, Nepal and Scotland have also expressed an interest in hosting future events.

Bill Cherpak

I've never seen Nate play a better game - ever. I told him before the game: 'If you want to be considered a big-time player, this is where you do it. I saw Nate take control of that huddle in the last drive. He took over.

Petro Poroshenko

I understand that my presence in the position ... could be considered possible pressure on the investigation (into the corruption allegations).

Dave Gould

They are an icon of the '50s, ... It was considered a friendly, comfortable American sports car,

Steve Terry

This is a significant trophy trout fishery, there's a number of trout, 10 pound plus, which is considered trophy size in New Zealand so it's quite significant.

Scott Carney

This is probably the first time I have considered it.

Dan Fisher

This game meant so much more than a playoff game. We considered it the state championship for northern Michigan.

Len Klepack

This course is considered the Yankee Stadium of our sport. It will be a great experience.

Paul Dana

As a young driver, you dream about an opportunity like this with a championship-caliber team.

Dido Armstrong

At school I was pretty sociable, but I did like to come home and be on my own and make music and write my dreams down.

Julie Klausner

Babies, babies, babies! They're everywhere, aren't they? In our eyes, in our thoughts, in our arms, in our dreams. Sometimes, in our dreams, they are riding alpacas or juggling tacos - but that doesn't mean those dreams are necessarily about babies. Look, I'm not Freud.

John Keats

Real are the dreams of Gods, and smoothly pass / Their pleasures in a long immortal dream.

Marquand Manuel

Dreams do come true. You've got to keep working hard because you never know when your opportunity will come.

James Barry

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough.You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.

Bob Crawford

Dreams do come true, but you have to work for them.

Emily Dickinson

Dreams are the subtle Dower/ That make us rich an Hour/ Then fling us poor/ Out of the purple door.

William Burroughs

Dream long and dream hard enoughYou will come to knowDreaming can make it so . . .

David Carr

As far as the records go, that has to be thrown out the window for right now when I go talk to the guys when I'm trying to get them encouraged and get them pumped up and ready to play. We have to lock it up, run the right route. I'll hit you and then we'll worry about the record later.

Chris Smith

Probably the first and most essential thing is that it will encourage people to read the Bible.

John Dilts

Of course, we will hold plenty of dinners, mixers and other parties, such as the Maverick Supper Club(SM), to encourage our members to get together and have some fun. We enjoy each other's company.

Matt Swanson

Once we had this program ready and heard some encouragement from a professor, we thought this would be a great thing to go with.

Joe Donovan

The most important thing we can do is to encourage all of our students to take rigorous coursework.

Alan Keyes

Some people want to pretend we don't have an adversarial political system, but we do, ... We should not only tolerate it, we should encourage that kind of debate.

Dan Bucatinsky

Sometimes we have to take on jobs that we don't love, and I always encourage any creative person to use those as the fuel to do the things that you do love to do, even if they don't pay.

Mark Cross

Sometimes we get none and sometimes we get a lot. We encourage it every month. We always let people know they can talk to the commission.

Justin Vernon

The way I see it is that I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual. I spent the first five years out of high school trying to make it work in Eau Claire, then I had to leave because there wasn't enough going on in town.

Donald Knuth

Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been sorted with the help of a computer.

Bob Woodruff

After I explained that, he recognized his statements don't apply,

Tom Heckert

We talked to him at the combine. We talked to him here. He explained everything. That's all I can say about that.

Janet Reno

I explained I was leaving the matter in Mr. Ashcroft's hands.

Greg Lewis

I explained how it worked. At that point in time, he said 'That's what I want to do.' I thought, 'We got six long years. He needs to go to high school, let his hair grow, be idealistic and that will fall by the wayside.' But it never did. He never wavered.

Dan Monnat

She laughed out loud and explained that was a sunflower.

Joseph Wong

I think I have explained many times that there is no alternative to legislation if we want to implement this year's pay reduction with certainty. And I think it is only incumbent on the government to proceed with this piece of legislation,

Kristy Curry

We explained to all of them they were going to have to get their feet set, square their shoulders, be fundamental and knock three's down.

James Browning

Any help we get is needed. This is something more.

Rick Carlisle

Any help we can get will be appreciated.

Shawn Springs

As a player, if you're about the team, you do what you can to help them.

Ruben Sierra

As long as I can do it and I can help the club, then I'm going to keep playing. If not, then I'll go home.

Dennis Northcutt

As long as I'm doing what I'm supposed to do, and I'm going out and helping this team in any way, I'm going to be here, ... The only way I'm going to lose my job is if I'm messing up and not getting the job done.

Tamara Brown

That's where we see most (cases), ... (They're) who we tend to help the most.

Tom Starling

That's where we need help. It's rotted. We need help with signage and our Web site.

Dee Mahan

Prices are much lower in other countries. You can't help but feel as an American that you're getting gouged with the prices here.

Ali Rodriguez

Problems are solved by talking. They took the initiative; now they should solve the problem and we'll try to help them,

Drew Gilpin Faust

A university is not about results in the next quarter; it is not even about who a student has become by graduation. It is about learning that molds a lifetime, learning that transmits the heritage of millennia; learning that shapes the future

Anthony Kennedy

The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of freedom is never done.

Alice Temperley

You have to stay true to your heritage; that's what your brand is about.

Tinie Tempah

When I feel like I'm renowned enough, I'd love to do a heritage-type line, but that takes time.

Marsha Daughenbaugh

Some of the heritage is traced back to the great-grandparents.

Barbra Streisand

My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn't that enough?

Francis Schaeffer

There would have been no Bach had there been no Luther.

Gina Jones

Martin was Martin. We all have moods, ups and downs, but he is still Martin.

Jack Roush

Martin said yesterday. ''I will give anything I can to repay that. I'm going to do whatever I can to help, with one limitation: It's only on the 6.

Jason Schwartzman

He just nailed it, ... I don't know how he nailed it; that's why he's Steve Martin ... he's a scientist of the heart, or something.

Paolo Ferri

When Dick Martin said he wanted to cooperate, I thanked him.

Jeremiah Jeremiah

a pervasive problem in our society of how people look at older workers.

Bill Jones

We did not have many seniors, so most of our team is returning. We're a year older and we should be bigger, stronger and faster.

Trey Aby

We'll still play some of the older teams. But with what we did this year, some things are going to change.

Corey Clark

Older women have always been attracted to me.

Keith Richard

Getting old is a fascinating thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

Joss Whedon

I had older brothers, and I don't think there's anything worse than an older brother. They pretty much told me the end of everything they got to see before I did.

Casey Self

My partner is 11 years older than me, and I'd like for him to be able to retire.

Kim Weston

I don't know, the older I get, the more complicated I think I get, which is a hindrance.

Venus Williams

I will always be the older sister. That's never going to change.

Lou Lefevre

I've never been as proud of a player.

Jim Miller

I've always been very proud of Robbie. Every time I see him on Sundays, it's an amazement.

Robert Wise

I've always been proud of being a Hoosier, ... When I talk to people, I tell them that.

Holly Ismail

Samantha was phenomenal. She's done everything for us all year, and I'm really proud of her effort.

Dan Walker

Put it this way, speaking for myself, I'm a proud man, ... I'm very proud of what I did as governor.

Nelson Wolff

proud of what we're doing in San Antonio.

Georges Goven

The Russians are real fighters. They are a united team and are so proud to represent their country.

Robert Horan

I've seen a lot of killers, but this is the only one I've tried who was proud of what he had done,

Chris Oliver

I've very proud of her. Most of these words I couldn't even spell myself.

Chuck D.

I think they realized the timing was all wrong.

Steven Lopez

Winning had become kind of automatic, but I realized in 2008 that at any moment that could be taken away from me.

John Magnie

We realized we really do better when when we're all together.

Courtney Lewis

We realized that we had to be the leaders.

Sam Hunt

I realized that I could try to sound like Waylon Jennings, or I could try to be like Waylon Jennings... but it's impossible to do both.

Joe Gibbs

I think we realized what was at stake,

David Baker

I think we all realized that we had really been replicating things that had already been happening. I don't know if we were smart enough to realize that we were in a cul-de-sac, but we were curious.

Michael Newdow

And as soon as I did the research, I realized the law seemed to be on my side and I filed the suit.

Juvenal

We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.]

Coco Chanel

There goes a woman who knows all the things that can be taught and none of the things that cannot be taught.

Charles R. Swindoll

Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

E. B. White

We wanted to be up to par. That's one of the things Scotty taught us over the years. We've got to play together to have success.

Cory Monteith

Fox taught me how to sing and dance

E. B. White

A schoolchild should be taught grammar—for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.

Douglas Coupland

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive.

Ani Difranco

They taught me different was wrong.

Chuck Palahniuk

Find value in what we've been taught is worthless.

Doc Sadler

We tried some things. A triangle-and-two, some zone. And they made some shots.

Phil Budervic

We tried not to do that, because that's kind of unfair. But when we need a basket...that's who we're going to.

Dirk Nowitzki

We tried a lot of things that game, but he's just that good.

James Simpson

We all tried to get the word out any way possible. Did it help? Who knows. For all we know, the chopper was already on the way. But it did get attention, and now they're safe.

Denny McCrotty

We tried to manufacture some runs, it was too much. That's kind of been our story for some kind now." ()

Kylan Robinson

She tried to make it, but it was too late.

Grant Hill

I would probably say yes. I don't see getting another surgery. We tried it. It didn't work. I don't see doing another.

Bob Enos

We've tried surgery, medications, and nothing has changed.

Tom Daschle

We've tried all the voluntary options, ... They have all failed. We know what we've got to do.

John Mushtare

As I understand it, we're going to need a lot of help. We need to win out and get some help.

Rick Clausen

The most important thing is understanding your role,

Jim Roddey

I understand the manufacturers don't want the supplier network, and I can understand why.

Princess Diana

I understand people's suffering, people's pain, more than you will ever know yourself.

Bob Beauprez

I understand what you're against, but I don't know what you're for.

P. Herbert

I understand we all take it for granted,

Rita Ora

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

Lori Chappell

You really have to see the grounds to understand how populated they are.

Brad Meltzer

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.