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.

Dennis Fowler

Any time a team can win 20 games in one season, it?s something to remember for a long time. It says a lot for such a young team that they came together and won 14 of their last 16 games.

Tim Healy

Any game is scary right now. Tonight, it all came down to shooting.

Art Hogan

An overly robust economy came to a screeching halt, so there's much more of a backlog of production capacity and inventory,

Johnny Gray

A sense of urgency came over the team. Once a team gets down like we did, you just have to keep doing what you're good at.

Jay McKee

As disappointing as it is to lose, there was a positive, and it was the third period. We gave ourselves a chance to win, just came up a little short, but that's certainly the momentum we wanted to end this game with.

David Silverman

As far as I know, the traveling of any mummies was not an issue in this exhibition. It never came up,

KJ Choi

As far as my putting, literally 10 minutes before I went out for my first round, this feel came back to me like in 2002. That same feeling came back to me. I was able to carry that throughout the tournament.

Mathias Kiwanuka

As far as motivation goes, if we didn't have it before two days ago, we definitely found it. I think that had a lot to do with why we came out so strong.

Randy Harrison

As far as mentally and being focused for the game, we definitely were riding a high coming in at 2-1. It was the first time ever they've had a winning record. And I think they came in a little complacent. Logansport was much more focused and they outworked us.

Jodie King

Casey is our ace, but who will pitch is still up in the air. You play district opponents twice and you face people you play during the summer. It's nice to have a couple of extras.

Paul Grant

Casey Davis was big offensively and defensively, and was one of the most consistent players this weekend.

Craig Bohl

I know Casey talked to the Buccaneers, but from what I understand there has been no formal announcement. Throughout the interview, I'm sure Casey did pretty well.

Terry Madonna

You can't win a statewide election without winning the suburbs. And right now, Casey has a substantial lead in the suburbs.

Ken Jr.

It's going to be tough looking at him. I'll have to make sure I get a Sean Casey Pirates jersey for my house.

Deshea Townsend

A lot of what Casey does goes unnoticed by most people who just watch the game because he's not getting the stats.

Jeff Slayton

For a while there it was looking like Casey was going to get a monumental win. What a confidence booster that would have been.

Gene Stilp

This is very, very, very good, and I thank Mr. Casey for his support.

Joe DiMaggio

When order was finally restored, ... Casey was like a raging wild man. He poured over two strikes, and I singled off the next pitch. Tommy stopped at second.

Ted Cruz

Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.

Tom Downs

Florence was chosen for several reasons, including the availability of a skilled labor market, grant and tax incentives, and its established transportation resources.

Anne Lamott

Mother's Day celebrates a huge lie about the value of women: that mothers are superior beings, that they have done more with their lives and chosen a more difficult path.

M. Wolfe

Every time a gay or lesbian person is chosen as a leader by their non-gay and lesbian peers, I think it's a step forward for our community.

Mark Butler

Yes, we would have chosen to wait. We have a strict schedule.

Mark Knox

While we are concerned that our established HD DVD partner has chosen to make this announcement at this time, we remain supremely confident in the superiority of the HD DVD format.

Paul Kowalczyk

Every conference has the option of doing it how they see fit. What we've chosen to do is split it between the teams.

Peter Lindbergh

Heartless retouching should not be the chosen tool to represent women in the beginning of this century.

Michele Moore

There had been countless overtures prior to this particular publisher. But others finally convinced him that Dell was at a strategic point in the business, and this would be an opportunity to further the brand. Personally, he wouldn't have chosen to do it. It was difficult for him. He is singularly focused on the success of the business.

Eli Juarez

A new coach, a new system and a young 6-foot-and-under team. I'm extremely proud of what we accomplished this season. We lose only two seniors and we're still learning. We can look forward to a good season next year.

Troy Hudson

Any situation you can put me in, I've been there. You just leave it up to the coaching staff and be ready when called.

Skip Bertman

As far as I'm concerned, John is going to be our coach for a long time.

Mike Ryan

As far as leadership, I have never coached a better kid, who comes to practice and games ready to play. Her desire to win is unmatched.

Wayne Morgan

As far as what's going on in the coaching world - my focus is on Oklahoma State and Oklahoma State only. If we're fortunate enough to win that game, we will go back to the hotel and watch film of our next opponent.

Frank Hadden

As far as captaincy is concerned I will be speaking to my fellow coaches when we gather for the first time on Sunday night,

Charles Wang

As everyone in this room knows, Steve is one of the finest gentlemen you will ever meet in any walk of life. Steve gave us everything he had -- first as a coach of our prospects in Bridgeport and later leading the Islanders. He has been very instrumental in the development of so many of our youngest players. It is my hope that Steve will stay in the organization.

Justin Griffith

As fullbacks, we're coached to make our reads like we're the runner, so we make our cuts where we see the hole forming. We just don't have the ball.

John Shaw

As a result of his condition, he will be unable to perform his head coaching responsibilities for an indefinite period of time.

Scott Harris

Another thing that went into the decision to come up here was it wasn't as hectic. And we kind of felt more comfortable in the small-town setting.

Jon Tester

As a policymaker, as a public servant, I come to Washington, D.C., and I make difficult decisions and I make difficult decisions every day. And sometimes those decisions upset people.

Neal Katyal

authoritative decision to stop people from rioting in the streets.

Chris Anderson

At some point, I made the decision to live and go on. I'm grateful for where I am today, but the price I paid was too great.

Troy Glaus

A year ago, it would have been a lot different. But I saw all their moves go by on the ticker. That made the decision pretty easy.

Joseph Shatz

As long as the Fed keeps raising rates, yields are going to move higher. The Fed decision definitely left the door open for more rate hikes.

Trent Yawney

A smart decision on his part. We're talking about a professional in a field where shoulders are important.

Steve Carter

As individuals, they can make the decision to self-insure, but as an advisor, it is unthinkable. They should purchase health insurance before they do anything else.

Stewart Tuttle

Our evaluation of all of our programs is ongoing and decisions on which programs will go forward -- and how -- will move on its own timetable.

Andrew Laird

The fact that we had three reports that were the same made everyone's eyebrows go up.

Marilyn Manson

I put a mustache and some eyebrows on, and I looked just like Nicolas Cage. ... We have the same amazingly handsome good looks.

Sarah Rees Brennan

Some magicians are rich, some are famous, some are stupidly good-looking.' Jamie gave Nick a rather complicated look. Nick raised an eyebrow. 'Some of us manage to be stupidly good-looking on our own.

Patrick Ness

Schooling ain't life." "Ain't it?" she says, her eyebrows raising in mock surprise.

John Flanagan

Sit down, Will. There’s a good fellow,” he said. “Yes, sir,” replied Will, and Halt’s eyebrows shot up in surprise. “He’s never called me sir,” he said. “Probably trying to get on my good side,” Crowley replied. Halt nodded savagely. “Probably.

Denise Richards

But I always curl my lashes, even if I don't put on mascara. I'll also put on a lip gloss or lip balm. And I always brush my eyebrows. I have very thick eyebrows - I'm just now starting to thin them out a bit.

Bill Day

Any future development of those three parcels is not spelled out within the 50-year vision. At this point in time, there is nothing as far as designation for any future development.

Scott Mathieson

An out's an out. It doesn't matter how far it goes.

Ann Cooper

As far as we know the military has conducted full investigations into only a handful of incidents and made public its reports on just two of them,

Virginia Kice

As far as we know, that's the largest single seizure of cocaine at the airport.

H. Hunt

As far as we know, it's the only meeting of its kind in the Treasure Valley.

Efraim Zuroff

As far as we know he is in Spain. There is speculation he might have left.

Paul Gallo

As far as we can understand when it comes to the blueberry, it comes to a harvesting of poop,

Paul Gallo

As far as we can understand when it comes to the blueberry, ... it comes to a harvesting of poop.

Tasnim Aslam

As far as we are concerned, we are prepared to open all five.

John Curry

I've never felt anything like that. That was the most incredible feeling I've ever had.

Mark Calcavecchia

After missing so many, I had a feeling I was going to make it. That's one of my better pars of the year.

Mark Calcavecchia

After missing so many, I had a feeling I was going to make it, ... That's one of my better pars of the year.

Tatiana Totmianina

Sometimes it looks good but you are not feeling comfortable inside. But if it looks good, it means it is good.

Steve Sparks

I started feeling better and better the whole way through.

KJ Choi

I've been feeling good with my putter and I haven't missed many shots.

Adam Haluska

I've been feeling good about my shot for the last two weeks.

Kenny Phillips

I've never had a feeling like this before,

Robert McGrath

You're going to be more stress-free if you concentrate on the material you're studying as opposed to feeling pressure.

Kirk Kaczor

Any time a team shows frustration it makes you feel good because you know you're doing your job.

Richard Hyman

Any idiot can amass intelligence. It is being able to leverage that knowledge. They are good at that.

Henry Stern

Any hill is a good hill, just watch out for rocks.

Raymond E. Feist

Any good story can galvanize a person, make him/her think about things a different way, reassess their own motives and needs, but that's never my intent. That's an unintended consequence of me just trying to entertain, to write what we used to call 'ripping yarns.'

Chevy Chase

Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.

James Hogg

A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart - better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog?

Vic Rimmer

Ashdown did a good job of maintaining what they had.

Terry Stotts

As good as we were in Seattle over that five-year period, and that five-year period was as good a five-year period as there had been in the history of the league, I don't know if we had a 14-game winning streak.

Greg Zipadelli

As good as we've been in the past, we've never been as good as this.

Pete Madland

A wild guess, maybe 5 or 10 percent stay open all night.

Michael Gambon

People should be shrouded in mystery. Especially actors. No, hang on, maybe actors should be blown up.

Tim Raines

Now maybe they'll talk about us more than the Cubs,

John Talbot

The scanner's about the size of a toaster, maybe just a little longer,

Ellen Borakove

The work on the roof has only just started, so maybe there will be more discoveries to come as the work progresses.

Kiki Vandeweghe

That's interesting. Maybe it was a Freudian slip.

Rick Beggs

You might recover some hardware, buttons, maybe the back of a skull.

Golshifteh Farahani

The Iran I'm dreaming of maybe doesn't exist anymore.

Dana Stabenow

Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.

Dakota Blue Richards

As an actor you can't build up proper relationships with the people you work with, because after six months, you're done.

Daniel Sharman

As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel for.

Rick Riordan

As a teacher, I've never seen anything like 'Harry Potter.' That's why I smart when people talk about the 'next' 'Harry Potter.' There is no 'next' 'Harry Potter.'

Rocco Calo

As a stockholder myself, I want to see the stock do well but I also want to see them treat people well.

Shawn Amos

As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages.

John Eales

As a captain, it's important to have the right people around you,

Peter Ueberroth

As a lot of people said, 'The U.S. is back,' in a way. We were well received.

Ray Santiago

As a kid, I wanted to be the person running from the monster. I also wanted to be the person saving people from the monster. I wanted to be a superhero.

W. H. Murray

The big thing is getting more infrastructure in place so that people can just pull up and get the fuel.

The Mighty Hannibal

I always put dance stuff out because you have to work, man. You have to eat. You have to compromise sometimes to make it. I had to make sacrifices, and I had to raise my children.

Kent Thompson

To make this season feasible, I've got to go out and raise another $300,000 to $400,000.

Brian Rose

We don't think the BOJ will raise rates at all this year.

Peter Cardillo

Very well managed, ... I just yesterday raised it to a 'strong technical buy.'

Sally Field

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person.

Shawn Miller

He started to raise it and we all ran. We scattered. It was panic.

David Rosen

I didn't inquire about any costs. If I did that, I wouldn't have had time to raise money.

Walter Mondale

Mr. Reagan will raise taxes; and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did.

W. Clement Stone

Stand up. Raise your arms. Repeat after me: I feel healthy! I feel happy! I feel terrific!

Sgt. Urbas

As he walked in, he saw this suspect taking this photograph.

Bill Clarke

That's where we are now. You take what they give you in this offense. That what we saw and worked with it.

Julianne Moore

Actually I did, because I saw the film like everyone else, ten years ago and I remembered some of it. I just wanted to see it, to kind of remember the tone a little bit.

Andy Kennedy

The signs that I saw (Tuesday) are concerning.

Michael Douglas

The temper you saw on the set was his personality.

Emily Craig

Some things are unspeakable. We experienced and saw things that are still indescribable. Out of respect, you will never know what we saw.

Jose Cortez

Once we scored, we saw they were beatable.

Mark Richt

Right now, we think he'll be 100 percent, ... (Monday) was the first time we let him do everything, and he had no setbacks. I watched him close, and I saw no signs of him limping around or gimping around.

John Mahoney

It was very gray, very dreary. Everything was still rationed when I first saw the United States in 1951. I went over to visit my sister who was a war bride.

Aesop

He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.

Sidney Sheldon

He believed nothing he was told and trusted no one.