Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gail Carson Levine

Encourage children to write their own stories, and then don't rain on their parade. Don't say, 'That's not true.' Applaud flights of fantasy. Help with spelling and grammar, but stand up and cheer the use of imagination.

Phil Garner

That was a great at-bat. You never know if that has anything to do with the next guy, but when a guy makes a bunch of pitches on you, and he nubs the ball to shortstop and he beats it out, I think it takes something out of you. You've got to applaud Willy for hanging tough in that at-bat.

Jodi Picoult

I think libraries are an important part of the community. If it wasn't for librarians recommending our books to people coming into the library unsure of what to read, where would authors be? I really applaud this community for being so serious about giving to their libraries.

Jim Hayes

I was happy with the performance, if not with the result. We should have scored more points in the first period when we made them look ordinary. Ultimately however they were too strong for us. I must applaud the way Hawks play the game. They are the fourth professional team in Scotland.

Diane Kruger

I think Charlize Theron is just as good when she is looking really pretty in a movie as when she gains 10 pounds and puts on a nose. I applaud her - good for her that she doesn't care. But she's just as good, whether she's pretty or not.

Larry McReynolds

You have to applaud them for doing something because it has gotten out of control. But it's going to be a tough one to police. It's a ball-or-strike call on what's blatant and what isn't blatant.

Alan Keyes

I wish I could applaud all of you in the media for such fairness, ... But I certainly can't.

Joseph Unser

We support them and applaud them because it also brings about change.

Kevin Connors

We are fully cooperating and we applaud the FTC's efforts to keep the Internet safe for consumers,

Daniel Kahneman

If you think in terms of major losses, because losses loom much larger than gains - that's a very well-established finding - you tend to be very risk-averse. When you think in terms of wealth, you tend to be much less risk-averse.

Bill Vaughan

Western audiences can gain an impression of China from my films. This is an excellent channel for promoting China`s culture.

Peter Cardillo

We've made some nice gains for the year, and now we're consolidating near the highs,

Mary Wilhelmus

We really like the diagnostic part. We really think the ten-year plan offers us some opportunity. We don't think simply moving the test gains us any value.

Sue Olds

We are pleased that there were more gains in more schools than in previous years.

Dr. Waddell

Nitrogen levels in the soil are high after peas. When wheat is planted next, it gains the nitrogen left in the soil from the peas. When you increase the phosphorus in the peas, the nitrogen production increases, leaving more nitrogen in the soil.

Alex Wong

Gains on Wall Street overnight and in Tokyo this morning helped the market recover.

Masahiro Kami

Gains of stocks give investors another reason to sell bonds.

Katsuhiko Kodama

Given the New York market's setback on geopolitical concerns, the market here may wipe off half or more of the gains it saw yesterday.

Yotam Ottolenghi

You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.

Yanni

The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.

Yanis Varoufakis

I was told once by a leftwing scholar that as a Marxist, you have to do two things: always be optimistic and always have a view about everything. That advice still sounds good to me.

Thierry Henry

I've always loved New York; I've been visiting New York since 1996. People don't look at you like, 'What are you doing? What are you wearing?' There is also that thing that when people know that you have worked hard to get something, people have that respect for that here. You worked hard - good for you.

Iggy Azalea

I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviously biographical. With 'Bounce,' I wanted to make sure people know there's a fun side to me as well as the somber and serious one.

Ice T

I'm in a very good place to make records. Needing to make money off music is very dangerous.

Idina Menzel

I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?

Idina Menzel

I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.

Ivar Giaever

Understanding truth is the primary objective of science, not doing good for the world.

Neil Cavuto

If Edwards gained 60 pounds and lost all his hair, he'd look like Dick Cheney!

Tom Ford

Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It's just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.

Brian Anderson

He runs a 4.9 in the 40, bench-presses 450 pounds and squats and dead-lifts over 600,

Dave Barry

A full-grown manatee, which can weigh more than 1,000 pounds, looks like the result of a genetic experiment involving a walrus and the Goodyear Blimp.

Bryce Harper

I'll lose about 20 pounds during the season.

Carnie Wilson

Going from 300 pounds to 150 pounds was the biggest change of my whole life.

Billy Bob Thornton

I’m not much of a drinker, so I’m going to eat seven pounds of pork.

Kendra Wilkinson

I gained about 60 pounds when I was preggers with Lil Hank, and I'm desperately trying not to do the same with our daughter.

Benjamin Franklin

Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves.

David Whitehead

It essentially puts our little town on the map.

Mack Strong

He comes out to compete. He comes out and puts up MVP numbers.

Kofi Annan

Usually, because society's inequalities puts them at risk -- unjust, unconscionable risk.

Larry Coker

This puts us right where we want to be ? things will get real interesting.

Jim Stone

This puts them on the same side of the table as you,

Francis Bradley

There are those who understand everything till one puts it into words

Jeff Long

Certainly, I don't think it puts us at a (recruiting) disadvantage.

Phil Rizzuto

Well, that kind of puts the damper on even a Yankee win!

Mike Erlandson

It puts him (Warner) in the top three on the stage for 2008.

Barry O'Farrell

Bigotry should never be sanctioned, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Pontius Pilate

Whether will the twain will ye that I release unto you?

Dick Hill

You can always find Curtis, whether it's the Jeep or the Big Bird.

Kevin Lowe

Whether I can get it done is another question.

Bill Smith

Whether he didn't see him or doesn't want to say, I don't know.

Martha Stewart

Whether you're a programmer or a seamstress, it's all about new techniques, simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster - but not worse.

Cary Finberg

Whether you win by one-point or 20, it doesn't matter. You still get the title.

Jim Lehrer

Whether you're 9 or 90, you can play this game.

Hugh Shelton

I'm not going to say whether I'm a Republican or a Democrat.