Famous Quotes & Sayings

Delbert Teille

When I was 13 I was diagnosed with malignant brain cancer. I spent 13 weeks in the hospital getting treatment, and my parents had to mortgage the house to pay for it. I spent Christmas in the hospital. When I got out my father had bought me my first Lionel train set, a model Union Pacific line.

Lisa Delbridge

Bought a truck full of stuff for next year and they will be out here next year.

Tim Taylor

We talked about getting better in practice from day one. They bought into it and we never looked past anyone.

Nick DiDomenico

We just had a good group of kids who bought into what we've been teaching for years. In the past you might have a few kids who were really serious, but we had a group that did everything it had to do to be a special team.

Neil Wilson

No. I bought her something at Christmas time, but I didn't give it to her.

Tom Cruise

I bought it for Nic. I just thought it was perfect for her and she's great in it. (It's) really a tour de force performance.

Rosemary Palmer

I bought him these lederhosen, and he worked up a comic routine. Everybody thought he was very funny.

Suki Waterhouse

I bought Doc Martens when I was 13, and I wore them pretty much every day until I was 20. They stank, and my dad wouldn't even let them in the house, but I was completely in love with them.

Brian Mitchell

I bought a weed whacker last fall, and it took me 20 minutes to get it out. I had to use box cutters to cut plastic and slice through thick cardboard, and pliers to take out the huge staples. I had to unbolt things and untwist things and unscrew things. By the time I got it out of the package I was too tired to use it.

Alan Nevin

During the '70s, a long list of state, local and federal regulations came into being that cumulatively relegated too many Californians to a lifetime of renting.

Robert Lundgren

An old friend of his, Dan Stone, came to us with the idea. He talked to Coach Knight, and from Day 1 he was interested in the concept, and then I talked to ESPN about it.

John Le

The spy who came in from the cold.

Shawn Johnson

The test, as far as the intangibles go, was that we wanted to make sure that we came out with a lot of energy, and defensively we did that.

Grant Wilson

The terror warning came out overnight and that put the dollar on the defensive.

Kenneth Hoagland

The thing that we're most pleased about is that this recommendation came from the students.

Andy Harmon

The thing that impressed me most was that twice we were down to our last three outs, and twice we came back with two runs to tie the game. It was a great team effort.

Graeme Souness

The thing that impressed everyone when he came on the scene as a 17-year-old was he already spoke like a man,

Chip Kidd

The thing that I came to realize was that Schulz is the great unifier. Here's the one cartoonist that pretty much everybody can agree on.

Pras Michel

The record Clef and I did was just sitting there. So I said, Clef, I got a record, hit a verse on it. He just went in, messed around and ended up doing the hook too.

Dan Boone

We don't want others to get sucked into it and end up in the same trouble the original promoters ended up in.

Marcus Trufant

I got a hand on it, but I didn't get enough of it. It was just one of those bang-bang plays, and he ended up making the play.

Robert Miller

Somebody had to do this, ... If I have ended up where I am, the one who has to be a leader for change, I'll keep talking.

Liz Calzadilla

She ended up on the hood of his vehicle, on his windshield.

Bud Lachel

She's a favorite, for sure. I think she's improved a lot from last season. It wouldn't be much of a surprise if she ended up winning state this season.

Nicolas Massu

I had match points in the second set but I played very badly, and I pretty much gave him that second set. I could have ended this match sooner than I did but this is how tennis is, things can turn around really quickly. In the end the most important thing is the result. I am very happy I was able to come through 7-5 in the third today.

Luis Suarez

I have been hit from all sides, and I'm only human. They have ended up talking about the way I look, and it hurts. I have a family, and they suffer, too. It has gone over the limit, and I am tired of it. I have a wife and child, too, and I am not prepared to go on putting up with it English journalists.

Adanma Ekeledo

I felt like this was my last game and I had to step it up. I wanted to make sure we ended this right.

P. J. Harvey

But we are thrilled to be where we are now. Our real estate people liked the proximity to the mall.

Jeff Thredgold

Money will go back from real estate to stocks.

Paul Tate

If the industry would give it time, these people would just fall out anyway, ... They would have to do such a large volume (of listings) to make any money, and real estate just doesn't work that way.

Jim Amormino

She was involved in nonexistent or fraudulent real estate transactions.

Mikhail Youzhny

I am really happy because I finally won a tournament after two years, ... I had been playing well but, for some reason, I couldn't win a tournament.

Kiaran McLaughlin

She finished second so many times, and I'm glad she finally got a graded stakes win. She's a very good filly.

Jeff Probst

I finally met someone who could teach me about love.

Jerramy Stevens

I think so. We're finally getting that respect we've been wanting all year.

James Garner

I said, 'Well, I'll give myself five years to see if I can make a living at it.' And after five years I was 30 and I said, 'Yeah, I can go another five years on just the reputation I have now' and then I went another five, and another five, and another five, and finally -- at 50 years old -- I said 'You know, I think I have a career,'

M.I.A.

In my head, I actually think my songs are pop songs. I think, 'Damn, that's a pop song!' I can practice in front of the mirror with my hairbrush for as long as I want to. But when it finally comes out, it sounds avant-garde to people.

Brian Blume

I'm really proud of what everyone is doing. I told them we're finally getting five people on the floor playing well, where we used to have just one, two or three. We're finally getting what we want, four quarters and people playing real hard.

Fred Couples

The first day was a fluke. Today, I was finally sharp and made a lot of putts. I've been playing here 25 years, so I have a feel for the course.

David Hill

I was 28 when I finally made up my mind I could handle him and he could handle me. He's a go-getter and he's always doing something. He's not a quitter. I'm thankful to be where I'm at because of him.

Jason Witten

Seeing some of these guys is pretty special. They've done a lot for us, the young players.

Gilles Muller

I see these guys in a different way,

Albert Pujols

This is something I can do for my country. Definitely, I want to participate in this. It's big for me and I'm pretty sure that's the same way a lot of guys look at it.

Chris Ault

That Virden keeps showing up. He has done a very nice job. He might be the most improved secondary guy we have got.

Charles Barkley

If Michael Jordan was a damn plumber, he couldn't get a date. Any guy got $500 million looks good.

Craig Counsell

There are plenty of guys who have this, who are playing through it. There is no reason I can't be another one of them.

Frank Haith

We're playing better. When you're in a tournament like this, the more you win, the more guys realize they're playing for something.

Tom Craig

Bobby's the nicest guy in the world. He's so unassuming. But he's very dedicated, no matter what he does. When he worked here, it was always 110 percent.

Bill Shine

Bill's the type of guy you look at and say, 'He knows what he's doing. He's a solid journalist,' ... Could he be even stronger? We think he can be.

Chris Woods

Just be careful, ... If you feel like you need to, wave to the lifeguards on the Jet Skis and they'll come get you.

Alex Sosnowski

The reason why it's been so warm since Dec. 23 is because the jet stream is in the north and we're getting the warmer sides of the storms.

J. F. Powers

He suddenly found himself on the precipice of utility.

Kate Winslet

I don't know why I'm suddenly playing nasty people. It is very fun, though, and it isn't real, at the end of the day.

George Braun

All of a sudden we went from the penthouse to the outhouse.

Brian Eno

It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene.

Donald Miller

Everybody has to leave, everybody has to leave their home and come back so they can love it again for all new reasons.

Daniel J. Boorstin

The traveler used to go about the world to encounter the natives. A function of travel agencies now is to prevent this encounter.

Amelia Earhart

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

Thornton Wilder

Heaven's my destination.

Simon Raven

... life is short and the world is wide

Thomas Wolfe

There is one voyage, the first, the last, the only one.

Robert A. Heinlein

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.

Roger Miller

Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents. No phone, no pool, no pets, ain't got no big regrets. Two hours of pushin' broom, buys an eight by twelve, four-bit room. I'm a man of means, by no means, king of the road.