Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Redden

Scoring 44 points in this big of a meet is a nice accomplishment. We did a lot of things well today.

Kofi Annan

The scale of this achievement seems to have been missed by some, ... So let's make sure we live up to our promises to the world's poor.

Victor Hobson

It would give us something to hold onto. We can't say, 'Wow, if we do this, we'll make the playoffs,' but to be a top-10 defense, that's no small accomplishment at all.

Ayn Rand

It's true that there's no such thing as free will. We can't help what we are or what we do. It's not our fault. Nobody's to blame for anything. It's all in your background ... and your glands. If you're good, that's no achievement of yours - you were lucky in your glands. If you're rotten, nobody should punish you - you were unlucky, that's all.

Powell Clayton

Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.

Albert Camus

Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.

Tom Lehrer

And we will all go together when we go. What a comforting fact that is to know. Universal bereavement, An inspiring achievement, Yes, we will all go together when we go.

Smiley Blanton

Life is all one piece. Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home. For achievement without love is a cold and tight-lipped murderer of human happiness everywhere.

Hannah Smith

Look upon your chastening as God's chariots sent to carry your soul into the high places of spiritual achievement.

Rick Stockstill

As far as the class, I'm not one to stand up here and talk about this guy and that guy and say, 'We beat this team or we beat that team on a player.' That's just not my style. We are excited about this class. I think the big thing in it is what I have said since I've been here, which is I want to surround myself with winners.

Jim Calhoun

A No. 16 seed is going to beat a No. 1. The gap is closing.

James Blake

Any of the top 100 guys in the world can beat any of the top 10 guys on a given day,

Hines Ward

A day ago, nobody wanted to give us a chance. We came out and we did what we had to do. We knew it would be tough to come into Indianapolis, and they beat us pretty good the last time. This is kind of redemption for us.

Sonny Smith

Stop Walter Berry or go home. (St. John's guard) Mark Jackson was good, but he couldn't beat us.

Jim Reynolds

Some team will have to play a great game to beat them. They toyed with a 17-1 team today.

Erik Morales

Some people feel that Pacquiao was not at his best when I beat him, but I think he was,

Eva Lawson

Some people just show up and do their own thing. They either don't hear the beat of the music or want to do their own dancing. That's fine with me, as long as they don't trip anyone.

Pat McQuaid

Some day somebody is going to play a better game than us and beat us. Last year we were 21-0 before St. Thomas beat us. Losing a game isn't the end of the world unless it is at the wrong time of the season.

Ed Renwick

Blacks got used to winning, and whites got used to losing. Now with all of this upheaval, some blacks think that maybe they're not going to win, and some whites think they're going to win.

Andy Irvine

He (McKie) is not going to wave a magic wand and find a loose-head prop that's going to demolish the All Blacks or pull out a winger that will put Rokocoko to shame. That's not his role. There is no quick fix,

Maidie Norman

When I was young, I was rather attractive, and I thought that I would be a leading lady. I always thought of myself as a dramatic actress, but of course the opportunities for blacks weren't there at the time.

Mark Johnson

That was a close call, but it was the right one. There was never any doubt that (Byrd) won that match.

Brad Gushue

There will either be a lot a lot of sick days or a lot of TVs in offices. In Newfoundland, nothing has ever come close to this.

Alaina Huffman

I ultimately wanna do big movies, and I've been so close so many times. They keep giving my roles to girls with just a little more exposure than me.

Tom Jenkins

I've been playing some good golf for the last month and a half. I knew I was coming close to winning. My goal now is to win twice in a year, I've never done that.

Jason McCartney

I've been close a number of times here - to get so close and... I guess I was watching the wrong guy for the sprint. It was great riding with John. I wish it could have been just me and him for the sprint. I'm sorry I let the team down today - I know it's a big race for them. I'll just keep coming back next year.

Mike Modano

I've been fortunate to have been around long enough to get close to that.

Adam Nelson

I've been knocking on the door for a long time, ... I've had so many close calls.

Jeremiah Craft

They are a great team and match up real well with us. The first time we wrestled them, our seniors didn't win the close matches that we needed them to. But we are in better condition now and Coach Martel has us matched up where we need to be.

Eric Takamura

They already know we are under the gun. There is no way we can close Waimanalo Gulch Landfill by 2008 and select a new landfill.

Arthur Travers

We've never seen him in here before Saturday night.

Brian Blessed

Ninety nine per cent of the time, for anyone who wins or makes money, it makes them happy.

Carroll Shelby

Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races

Jamie Redknapp

You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that.

Boris Becker

I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I love to play.

Bill Hybels

Everyone wins when a leader gets better

Doris Lessing

It's lovely to have money to give away - that's the bonus of winning the Nobel.

Dale Earnhardt

That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be.

Dale Carnegie

We can't win friends with a scowling face and an upbraiding voice.

Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People.