Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tammie Adair

The big thing was just getting them to focus. We just want them to take with them a positive attitude and still have their goals and dreams in focus.

Sufjan Stevens

program. ''It puts us in the attitude of respect for our audience. I think it's important on every level to have a kind of attitude of unification in some way. . . . I don't really have that naturally. I'm not a great performer, so we have to do everything we can, do the exercises, to prepare.

Ashton Eaton

I knew I could compete with most people in high school. It didn't quite give me an attitude, but it made me think I didn't have to try hard sometimes.

Ayn Rand

You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the secondary consequences.

Brian Tracy

For every difficulty that supposedly stops a person from succeeding there are thousands who have had it a lot worse and have succeeded anyway. So can you.

Brian Tracy

Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.

Brenda Ueland

Now before going to a party, I just tell myself to listen with affection to anyone who talks to me... to try to know them without my mind pressing against theirs, or arguing or changing the subject. No. My attitude is: "Tell me more. This person is showing me his soul. It is a little dry and meager and full of grinding talk just now, but presently he will begin to think, not just automatically to talk. He will show his true self. Then he will be wonderfully alive."

James E. Faust

What is worthy or unworthy on the Sabbath day will have to be judged by each of us by trying to be honest with the Lord. On the Sabbath day, we should do what we have to do and what we ought to do in an attitude of worshipfulness and then limit our other activities.

Kourtney Kardashian

I know that, for me, I need to try to cover myself while breastfeeding so that no one snaps a picture. If this wasn't the case, I probably wouldn't mind as much because my son is my biggest concern. My attitude is, if someone sees a little somethin' somethin', don't look if you don't like it.

Ian Shepherdson

These are spectacular numbers and confirm that the labor market is not at the moment the source of anything that could be plausibly described as inflationary pressure.

Nat Harrington

I can't confirm or deny it. It's inappropriate to discuss personnel matters.

Steve Norton

I can confirm we will miss the target date of January 1 for implementation with our CAFTA partners.

Larry Lucchino

I can confirm that we are in the process seeking to sign Millwood.

Chris Brathwaite

I can confirm that it will be converted to a Sears off-mall format.

Jaroslaw Wojtasik

I can confirm seven dead, but the situation is changing.

Bernard Arnault

I can confirm our objective is for very significant growth this year. This is the first time that we have done this at this point in the year, which demonstrates our confidence.

Linda Giguere

I can confirm it's the largest spill of crude oil on the North Slope that we have record of.

Mike Ruddock

I can confirm I resigned. It is for family reasons. I would like to thank the Welsh public, players and fans for all their support during my time as coach. It has been an incredible time.

Yasser Arafat

The Amman Agreement failed because there was American pressure, and Israeli pressure, on Jordan to deal alone.

Tom Foreman

You can say for sure that the U.S. did not know about the Israeli raid before it happened.

Ariel Sharon

for a better government, for better security for Israeli citizens, for a better peace process.

Steve Landes

When Salah was arrested, it was a very public event. It would not have been smart for Israeli officials to subject Salah to the torture he is claiming.

Rafiq Husseini

We understand that Mr. Sharon has to show the Israeli people that he is conceding on one side and strengthening his position on the other. That worries us, but I think that in the end, justice will have to prevail.

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Charles R. Swindoll

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Desiderius Erasmus

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

Daniel H. Pink

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

Daniel H. Pink

If you understand the independent worker, the self-employed professional, the freelancer, the e-lancer, the temp, you understand how work and business in the U.S. operate today.

Daniel H. Pink

A lot of times when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will take the low road there. They'll become myopic. They'll crowd out the longer-term interests of the organization or even of themselves.

Daniel H. Pink

We have this myth that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.

Bobby Knight

I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

Brian Sullivan

At the local level, to be able to say that you're doing better than you were, or you're not, is pretty important.

Nathan Moss

I got to thinking of the school system, especially our local school here.

E. B. White

Its important to do things locally as well, ... impeach.

Paul Decker

We've been briefed by the local organizing people.

Alan Bennett

I don't want to see libraries close; I want to find local solutions that will make them sustainable.

Azzedine Alaia

I used to spend my nights oversewing dresses for a local dressmaker in order to pay for my school equipment.

Rep. Arza

We don't want the state solving local problems, but we want to be partners in the local problem.