Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ray LaHood

People can say all types of stuff, ... When I lived in Peoria before, people tried to convince me to run for things. I had an opportunity then and I didn't. I will say I'm never going to rule that out in the future. Politics is a lot about being in the right place at the right time.

Robert Blake

I wanted to convince him (the security) problem was real. And these were the probable reasons.

Abraham Lincoln

''A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal.'' So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroad to his reason.

John Adams

Now, my friend, can prophecies or miracles convince you or me that infinite benevolence, wisdom, and power, created, and preserves for a time innumerable millions, to make them miserable forever, for his own glory? Wretch! What is his glory? Is he

Dominique Moisi

President Chirac has told him to back down as he was leading the country to the wall. He tried to convince himself he could be France's Margaret Thatcher, but forgot he was only the number two.

Tom Harkin

I've said time and time again, there is little risk of BSE in U.S. beef, but it is obvious that we have not yet convinced key trading partners of that.

Richard Lachmann

These young women aren't going to convince their boyfriends to go see chick-flicks and watch Lifetime,

Martina Navratilova

I've been talking to Martina about playing for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince her to play some doubles.

Francesco Storace

The whole world is worried and we want to convince everyone, starting with the European Union, to coordinate measures in the face of a possible pandemic.

Paul Steiger

I look forward to hearing from you further on this matter so that we can coordinate Danny's safe and timely release.

Bob White

There was nothing in Cobb County to coordinate disasters. Cobb Disaster Recovery has done all the hard work.

Phil Clark

We're saying please coordinate with the state. It's not that we don't think this help is important.

Alvin E. Roth

I gravitated to economics because I'm interested in how people coordinate and collaborate with each other. Economics studies all the ways people get along with each other.

Don Wood

We will register you and put you into teams. We have coordinators who will work and coordinate search efforts and take you out into the field. Two hours is all we really ask.

Olli Rehn

Turkey's fit to open the negotiations with the European Union,

Klaus Liebscher

I think European integration -- and this is a must for me -- must not be counteracted by nationalist, protectionist measures.

Michael Caine

I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that.

Chris Tomlinson

I feel I've lost ground. I got to 22, I'd been to the finals of the Olympics, the Commonwealths, Worlds and Europeans and you think, 'This is it, 23, time to do it.' I'm now 24 and time moves on.

Jeremy Corbyn

Taken slightly historically, the turning point in the E.U. was actually the Single European Act, the Thatcher/Maastricht-era stuff, which was turning the E.U. into very much a market system.

Jason Winston George

American television tends to move faster than European or U.K. television.

Brian Shea

For many of the European insurers, Katrina will likely push the full-year 2005 (earnings) to an above-average year with respect to large losses.

Pascal Lamy

It is the Europeans and the Americans that must budge,

Warren Christopher

At heart, ... this is a European problem.

H. Auden

Private faces in public places / Are wiser and nicer / Than public faces in private places.

Jose Theodore

People talk a lot about Pittsburgh, but Pittsburgh showed tonight they're really a good team. They have so many skilled players, it's scary to face them.

Fernando Ferrer

Oh, he went into the valley to do battle, and all the smart money was on Goliath. And, then, who had to face 'em?

Moises Alou

Anything can happen in the playoffs, especially when you face good pitching,

Armon Johnson

After a while, I think we got a hand in his face and cooled him down a little. But he's a great player. It's tough to stop a shooter when he gets hot like that.

J. Horton

Somebody out there knows this man. I know his face is covered, but if it were my husband and I saw him, I would still recognize his movements and his body.

C.C. Sabathia

Some people may not know us. But I guarantee you that in clubhouses around the league, they know who we are. We don't have to see our faces on TV every night. As long as we're playing in October.

Marilyn Miller

Protesting in the face of a grieving family is unacceptable.

Ted Shaw

Quite a few of the men I've recommended for release have failed, and I've had to face that.

Madhavan Nair

ISRO has made all security arrangements and put on red alert. We are taking all possible steps.

Kiki Vandeweghe

for working with us to make this possible so quickly.

Sean McCormack

She raised (the case) in the strongest possible terms." ()

Pete Carroll

If I'm lucky, I can see 7-8 possible recruits at these meets.

Nick Harper

I was trying to get it as soon as possible and get to where there were no defenders, find a clearing, and score.

Asaf Shariv

We have to prepare for the worst possible scenario.

Greek proverb

It is not possible to step twice into the same river

Tomas Vokoun

I don't feel any pressure. I don't think this has got anything to do with pressure. Sometimes you just play really well, and then get in a slump. Now is the worst possible timing.

Robb Felton

I'd like to see them as soon as possible and get them out. I'm sure they're probably going crazy, they're not used to being in a kennel.

DeShawn Stevenson

Sometimes you've got to switch up the starting lineup to get a spark, just to get a win.

Greg Knapp

This is the first year that he's starting off in the same offense, healthy, back-to-back.

Jim Lett

You're starting to be real competitive, aren't you?

Brian Tracy

If you were starting over today, what would you do differently? Whatever your answer, start doing it now.

Edwidge Danticat

It's not easy to start over in a new place,' he said. 'Exile is not for everyone. Someone has to stay behind, to receive the letters and greet family members when they come back.

Bob Henricks

We are at a better starting place than Sweetwater was.

Dwight Howard

This team is trying to go in a dramatically different direction. We're starting over young.

Ed DeChellis

You get in a tournament like this, everybody's 0-0. Everybody's starting in the same position.

Allen Iverson

Everything isn't starting out well, but you have to look at it like we can turn it around.

Bill Shankly

Denis, it's you, ... Where have you been? We have been worried about you.

Jon Corzine

a little nervous, a little worried but confident.

Alicia Keys

It's when we become afraid of everything and worried about everything that you are never going to reach your highest potential.

Carl Krauser

I don't think we have anything to be too worried about.

James Blake

I feel like I am getting better every week. I'm not worried about my ranking, I'm just worried about getting better.

Ed Comeau

We're not worried about the history. We're not worried about the future.

David Fuhrer

We started out sluggish. But they are just cool. They had it under control. I think I worried more than they did.

Donald Berwick

I am worried about the potential effect of casinos on communities.

Wislawa Szymborska

You know, I'm worried about Szymborska. I wish she would stop smoking.