Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joseph Kretovics

I have colleges in programs that are somewhat similar to the GEAR UP program. But they are astounded when they look at the success that this program has had.

Bruce Beehler

They were as astounded as we were at how isolated it was. As far as they knew, neither of their clans had ever been to the area.

Gene Detroyer

I've been astounded by the reception. I knew it was going to be well-received because of focus groups we did, but this has surpassed my greatest expectations.

David Keene

I've been astounded by Bush in his relationship with Republicans in Congress. In my lifetime, there has been no Republican president who has spent as much effort and as much time electing people of his own party to the Congress, or less time talking to them after they got there.

Bruce Snyder

I'm astounded at how popular Ruby has become. There's still a large gap where you're going to need enterprise-level features and that's still missing.

Michael Vaughan

He astounded me by continually calling me 'queer'

Jack Anderson

People are astounded to know that 45,000 doctors' offices nationwide do surgery in their offices, but only 2,000 are accredited.

Evangeline Lilly

I've been astounded to discover how good to their teams and crew that Marvel are. They're so collaborative, so smart with their stories. They have rich, dynamic characters which are so much fun to play.

Will Hobbs

I was astounded to learn that Alaskan caves might be hiding secrets about the earliest people ever to enter the Americas. That's when I began to picture a story that would start with kayaking and lead into the caves.

Robin Hobb

I would say that many of the characters in my stories do not live in true poverty - they are not out on the street; they are not wondering if there will be anything to eat in the next week. They are people who are at the lower echelons of the economic strata.

John Searles

I take stuff from real life and try to make a character out of it. And I try to live the world of the characters a little bit.

Gillian Anderson

I also respond very strongly to characters I have not done before ... something I can really sink my teeth into, and what's scary, and what terrifies me, because that's where I need to go.

Gale Anne Hurd

I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.

Sir Woodward

We are going to need big characters out there who can dig deep and show real fight and courage. Gareth is just such a character.

Laura Vandervoort

I've played such serious characters that no one sees me the way I actually am, which is completely cheesy and goofy, so it would be fun to do a romantic comedy and just have a good laugh.

Sue Miller

I think the plasticity of the novel is its greatest challenge. There are no rules; there is no necessary form. You can know what you want it to be, or do, and still not know how to write it. There are endless possibilities, infinite choices. What voice should it be in? What events to start with? What characters will be part of it?

Joel Edgerton

I think the great thing about characters is the ways that they can be surprising. I mean, sometimes you think you've got a lock on a personality, even just in life, and then they'll shock you by their behavior.

Eric McCormack

I think we may see a lot of the old characters come back." ()

Bobby DeBerry

It is going to be a good match. Pueblo has a pretty stout crew this year.

Brendan Gaughan

We've gone through a transition (changing crew chiefs) ... so it has been successful when you take all the factors we had to put in of rebuilding this organization.

Joyce Farrell

We look for them to be a very competitive team, ... Like us, they have a veteran crew with six or seven returning letter-winners. It should be a very exciting match.

Dennis Conner

If you want to talk about luck, we're normally sailing where it's 600 meters (2,000 feet) deep ... The good news is no one was hurt. The crew hardly got wet.

Dan Ronayne

If you look at CREW you see nothing more than a shill for the Democratic Party.

John Glenn

I know there's a lot of interest in this, ... But I'm here to be a working crew member, training as a working crew member, and that's exactly what I'm going to do.

David Starr

Not only am I going to Daytona to test to get ready, for me I am going to get acclimated with a new crew chief. This will be our first time to work together. Been to the shop, but it will be the first at the racetrack.

Hamilton Peterson

It's probably one of the most significant milestones in our effort to memorialize the heroism of the passengers and crew of Flight 93.

Carie Graves

The novice eight is great, very fast, learning quickly. This is the big time for them. They've not seen anything like the Crew Classic.

Daniel Petrie

They studio were flabbergasted when they discovered how interested everybody was in 'those old people.' And now many upcoming projects feature older people; it's become a trend.

Ken Robinson

Whether or not you discover your talents and passions is partly a matter of opportunity. If you've never been sailing, or picked up an instrument, or tried to teach or to write fiction, how would you know if you had a talent for these things?

Jim Fox

Her perspective led me into self-discovery. I got to see the other side.

Brett Johnson

It is a journey of discovery - artistically, sexually, socially.

Dan Shechtman

I think the main lesson that I have learned is that a good scientist is a humble scientist who is open-minded to listen to other scientists when they discover something.

James Hogg

He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in his life; but as soon as he discovered it was his duty to do so I can never forget with what anxiety and eagerness he learned his different evolutions.

Pierre Fermat

I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain.

Matt Reeves

I discovered the fun of genre is... you get to explore your fears, and you get to use the metaphor of the genre - whether it's a giant monster or a... 12-year-old vampire. Whatever it is, you can sink something underneath the surface and make a personal film under the guise of great fun romp.

Michael Steger

I discovered that I wanted to be an actor back when I did my first play in junior high. I've been doing theater in junior high and high school, and I just kept feeding the fire, kept wanting to pursue acting full-on.

Glen Sather

He was a great guy. He was one of those dynamic personalities you don't see very often in sports. He loved life, loved to play, always enthusiastic. He was just a terrific guy.

Glen Sather

He was a good friend to every guy who ever played this game, young or old. He was one of those dynamic personalities that you never see very often in sports. He loved life and he loved to play.

Saudi Arabia

There is no dynamic now pulling the nation together,

Mark Showalter

It is more evidence that our solar system is a dynamic place, somewhere very active.

Dusty Perdue

We lost that one in the first quarter. Their press was dynamic and they were just quicker than us.

Brad Childress

I don't feel we're struggling to run the football. I think we've been in some games with different dynamics where you weren't comfortable standing there thinking, 'I'm going to run it between the tackles.' That probably wouldn't be a good thing to do if you're down 17 or 20 points.

Phillip Fulmer

I don't know that we have been as dynamic offensively as I thought we would to this point.

Atul Lele

In the mining sector, we do see consolidation going ahead. Some of the zinc producers, given the supply and dynamics may look attractive.

Manny DeMutis

In order to finish this out, we need to focus. We're going to give people the sense that Phoenixville is a dynamic place to live, work and play.

Ken Hill

Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing.

Charles Warren

I was like, 'Wow,' something's going on here, ... Something good is about to happen.

Ramon Hernandez

I was looking for a fastball. I got it on the good part of the bat. It went where no one could get it.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Buck Showalter

Kenny was effective. They've seen Kenny so much. They hit some good pitches for hits. He bent, but he didn't break.

Kevin Towers

Khalil is an exciting, popular player. We think he's going to have a real good year, offensively and defensively.

John Crumbley

(Key West) had a tough week this week, but (starting pitcher Daniel) Foltz pitched a good game. It was good to be in this type of pressure situation.

Ernie Els

I wouldn't say I missed it, I did not miss it for a good three months. I guess subconsciously I knew I was out. I was going to be out for a long time. I think I just wanted to shut myself off. Not watch it or read about it or anything like that and concentrate on other things in my life.

Dan Chapman

I would try to get here about 6 p.m., get good parking and wait in line.

Byron Scott

I kind of marvel at the young man.

Tom Hank

And it is meant to make people think, 'How in the world did we do that? And isn't it a marvelous thing that we did,'

Mary Chapin Carpenter

It's a marvelous feeling when someone says 'I want to do this song of yours' because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.

John Wade

They did all the work. When parents and students go into the rooms, they will marvel at what took place.

O. Henry

A marvelous test match, right at the top end of international competition, I would have thought.

Jim Barksdale

This is a marvelous way to put people together on the Web.

Source Unknown

Its marvelous what you can see when you open your eyes.

The Oz

Professor Marvel: Professor Marvel never guesses. He knows!

Saint Augustine

People travel to marvel at the mountains, seas, rivers and stars; and they pass right by themselves without astonishment.

Brad Richards

I would say it was one of the better teams I've seen.

Trey Smith

Just the way they work together was really unique. A lot of other teams don't have that.

Dave Orlandini

He can penetrate. He can take it to the hole. Other teams have to worry about him.

Jack Rio

I think we're right there with a clump of teams that are on the verge.

Brad Joyner

I think it was huge. (Rocky Mount) is going to be one of the better teams in the conference.

Milan Brown

Other teams just were not going to let him do what he did.

Jim Kinyon

These teams know each other well enough that we know what to expect.

Bryan McCabe

It will be tough. Not many teams go out there and win too many games.

Devan Downey

They were one of those teams that we were so much better than them, we thought we could turn it on and off.