Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a ""crowned head,"" although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.A king, in times long, long gone by, Said to his lazy jester:""If I were you and you were I My moments merrily would fly -- Nor care nor grief to pester.""""The reason, Sire, that you would thrive,"" The fool said --""if you'll hear it -- Is that of all the fools alive Who own you for their sovereign, I've The most forgiving spirit."" --Oogum Bem

Paula Mitchell

Knowing that my mother's alive and how she fought her way out, that's helped me a lot, ... We've heard so much bad news all week, we needed some good news.

Bernie Williams

Joe is the kind of person that will not show his emotions. He probably could have been the greatest poker player alive if he had chosen to do that. He's the epitome of that phrase: 'Never let them see you sweat.

Bill Clinton

John had a dream of black people as successful and smart and beautiful and heroic, a vision of keeping hope alive by showing black people as faces of hope. He never gave up. He never gave in. He once said 'At the end of the day, we're all just trying to give people hope.' I liked John Johnson. I thought he was a strong and wise, straight forward and kind man.

Frank Wilson

I take pride in what we did for the community with our requests. We always wish we could do more, but any recognition is progress. My main hope is that whatever we accomplished with the park won't distract from the principles behind it. A park is just a place. We need to keep Dr. King's dream alive by continuing to recognize the diversity of the people who live in this area.

Mike Hanson

He is very lucky to be alive. We were told he was lucky to be alive and his face had severe trauma.

M. Wolfe

GW is out, so it's anybody's. That's what we want. We're trying to stay alive and get an NCAA bid.

Peter Carlisle

Her goal is to compete in at least three more Olympics. It makes sense to try to keep that partnership alive for as long as you can.

Mike Williamson

He's keeping us alive for stretches of games when we're not playing our best.

Adam Eaton

I was looking forward to finally putting this last stretch out of its misery and put the illness behind us. My fastball has some life in it.

Christopher Brooks

I was in the process of tying it to my fishing rod, when I turn around and this Coast Guard boat was right behind me, ... It was the one thing I was hoping for and I guess it was like, 'Oh, well, here they are.'

Mona Sutphen

I was always complaining that there weren't enough good people going into public service, so I figured I had to get behind someone I found so compelling.

S. Walker

I was already behind when I came to camp so I had to catch up,

Jerry Tischler

Kevin has been pitching great all year long. We also played some great defense behind him.

Margo Jonker

Kent State is coming from behind and scoring a lot of runs. They are playing confidently. It should be a challenging weekend.

Mark Stahlman

Knowledgeable, high-end buyers today want AMD, ... Dell doesn't sell AMD. So they have gone into this important market with one hand tied behind their back.

Rod Slings

Knowing what is behind your target is your responsibility also. When in doubt, don't pull the trigger.

Mike Scott

Kevin was behind all that and it was him that made it happen.

David Wallace

I would support anything that will help the community to grow. Where there is a vacant lot, I would love to see development. I would love to see more retail. I would love to see more homes.

Bill Cassara

Kennedy the Cop was a great, great character. He was the definition of community policing before it was a big deal.

Bill Williams

Just look at us, ... We're a big welcome sign to the freshmen and transfers that says when you become a member of this university, you become a member of the community as well.

E. O. Wilson

Just the fact that we've been able to have the community serve together in a way like never before. What can you say, what can you do but say thank you to the community, a huge thank-you to the community?

Debbie Davis

Joel really must be credited with reviving the official work on this case, too. He pushed and poked and prodded all the right people to open it up. For that, our community should be grateful.

Peggy Jones

I think its a good example of how the community and the developer can work together.

Mary Bach

I think it's a direct reflection on the kind of community that we are.

Victoria Morgan

I think it makes our community a vibrant community. But what it means for us is that we need to make sure that people know that we are performing.

James Vaughn

I think it helps to get a sense of what the community is actually concerned and talking about.

Tracey Schmitt

John Kerry deserves credit for continuing to take himself so seriously, despite the fact that no one else does.

John Challenger

Job opportunities are described on the front pages daily as new emphasis is put on several industries, including security, communications, defense, medical equipment and supplies, as well as continuing significant opportunities in health care,

John Stevens

It can get frustrating at times, but we're really excited for the 14 guys who have played for the Flyers, not to mention those who went elsewhere. You always want your players to get a chance. It's great when guys like Eager and Meyer get rewarded for continuing to work hard. And when guys go up, somebody else has to step up.

Alan Duncan

There are signs that the long-term drivers of prosperity are weakening. The loss of our competitive edge is a continuing corrosive process, which threatens our economic well-being in the long term.

Bill Schwartz

He shot the front of the house, through the windows, through the walls, walking back and forth in front of the house more than one time, continuing to shoot multiple rounds.

Alastair Campbell

It is going to need a lot of continuing work talking to the parties before we can get to the stage of a new round of intensive negotiations.

James Reynolds

There is a large search operation that started yesterday, that is continuing today.

Mike Sanford

We're in the process of continuing to set our standards high.

Tom Casey

We are extremely pleased with our strong first quarter results, which reflect our continuing transformation from a carrier's carrier to a value-added telecommunication services provider.

Mikhail Kasyanov

There is more than a month before the inauguration, and people mustn't get distracted from work by these thoughts,

Kathy Baker

We take the puppies everywhere we go, ... Our job is to acclimate them to everyday life. A lot of it is learning not to be distracted by normal, everyday things. It takes time for them to learn that.

Charlie Coles

We told our guys early on that we're going to play or we ain't going to play. You can't let things like that distract you.

Rob Bell

It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten.

Jane Goldman

I'm not too easily distracted now I've had practice, but I write with nothing to look at. I used to rent an office that just had a view of a wall!

Bob McMillen

I hope it comes early to get it over with. It's starting to wear on me and, I think, it's starting to wear on my teammates. I'm treating this as another game to get our record to 3-2. I have a lot of respect for San Jose. I don't want this to distract from the game.

Kevin Hall

The mind formulates all the distractions golfers face, ... I'm deaf, yes, but I get distracted all the same.

Jeff Rainey

Not as many as they should. More of them are distracted by what's on TV or what catches their ear.

Jevon Kearse

It's going to show if the veterans did a good job of keeping everyone focused and will let us know if we as professionals ... didn't let it distract us.

David Leitch

I think the president himself values diversity on the courts, ... It will be something that he'll consider. But I don't think it's more or less likely to be a factor because of poll ratings or anything else going on in the short-term news cycle.

Steve Marek

I think the nature of the people that live here has something to do with it. You have a fair percentage of people that want to stay here. They find a way to make a living and stay here. You have a good work ethic. You have a diversity of different groups of people.

American Council

What Makes Racial Diversity Work in Higher Education.

John Liu

There is a diversity of thought and philosophy, diversity of languages and dialects, diversity of political spectrum, and there's a diversity of taste for food. I don't label or characterize Jews in any way.

Richard M. Nixon

For among nations - as within nations - the soundest unity is that which respects diversity, and the strongest cohesion is that which rejects coercion.

Vandana Shiva

Diversity creates harmony, and harmony creates beauty, balance, bounty and peace in nature and society, in agriculture and culture, in science and in politics.

Richard Dawkins

I am not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where facts are concerned.

Wangari Maathai

We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own – indeed, to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder. This will happen if we see the need to revive our sense of belonging to a larger family of life, with which we have shared our evolutionary process.

Tony Shalhoub

My only preference is to have a lot of variety and diversity in the material that I work on.

A. E. van Vogt

I wrote what interested me; and my method of working out my story through the dream process probably underlay the wheels within wheels aspect.

Bret Hedican

Just to have the opportunity to go back to the Olympics and have another shot at a medal is a dream come true.

Lukas Krajicek

Just to get to play the first game of the season is what I've dreamed of, and it happened.

Friedrich Schiller

Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.

Friedrich Schiller

Keep true to the dream of thy youth.

Ray Young

Just thinking about it gives me the chills, ... It's one of the things I dream about at night.

Sean Casey

I always dreamed about being a Pittsburgh Pirate and playing there on Opening Day. Let's hope it will be a lot of fun.

Lucy Jones

Hector Mine was a dream earthquake. All the fun of a magnitude 7 without any of the guilt.

Luciano Figueroa

Having a game like this is a dream come true.

Neal Hersh

Kim is respectful of what the judge did and she's pleased with today. We're hopeful this will be the end of it.

James Salter

I would say that I am a jaded man beyond most expectations, but, like everyone else, I still have hope.

Craig Biggio

Just seeing it in spring training was something that was pretty special. We wanted the winning one, and hopefully we can turn that around and maybe get one.

Jack Powell

Joel has been wonderful. I hope I'm doing things the way he wants.

Tony Delk

I think it had to do with me playing a lot of minutes. Just getting an opportunity, though, I have to make tough shots. Hopefully that will come around again.

Dana Quigley

I taught her everything she knows, ... She played with me last year, and look what's happened. I hope I have the same impact on Tim as I did Paula.

Winston Churchill

I also hope that I sometimes suggested to the lion the right place to use his claws.

Mark Yates

He wants to win things. Hopefully he's come to the right place.

Fred Smith

He used to sit right over there. We'd go over and tell him jokes. He was great. I hope he comes back.

John Tortorella

It better not be hard. We have to maintain it.

Suki Waterhouse

Acting is something I'm interested in, and I'll keep going to auditions, but modelling is my main job.

Daniel Bruhl

Eating is my main hobby now, and most of what I do on the weekend revolves around that.

Saku Koivu

He's a strong man, tough to maintain down low.

Sergio Garcia

I think it's been a solid season, but I wouldn't say it's been extraordinary mainly because I haven't putted well,

David Moody

We talked about what they already know ? that they spend a lot of time watching TV and that what they see is spread into mainstream ideals.

William McDonough

we (the Fed) will do what we have to do to maintain price stability.

Barry Hyman

I think we're going to go down to the wire whether or not it's a half-percentage point (increase). If you want to maintain market stability, a quarter percentage point could keep the market at bay.

David Pringle

It is not enough to preserve open space. We need to maintain it.

Gary Johnson

I think it's a reasonable plan. But some people just don't want parking lots.

Rusty DePass

I think a park on the river would be great. But $63 million? Let's just make sure a park makes sense.

Andrew Spano

It is one of the safest parks in the world.

Tim Smith

I?d like to get this person ID?d. I want to find out what they were doing in a parking garage.

Russell Brand

Life is not a theme park, and if it is, the theme is death.

Richard Roeper

I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park.

Rick Moore

People who try to do the right thing and not park their RVs in the street have very little alternatives within the city.

Richard Wing

Parking in particular is a problem for us at the south campus.

Bob Hartwig

Parking (at South Medford) is an issue, especially with the stadium there.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

Carlisle Floyd

I was interested in what was really going on in Salem at that time, and I resolved to investigate this seemingly unorthodox treatment of the people and the period.

Travis Bradberry

Kindness is weak when you use it in a self-serving manner. Self-serving kindness is thin - people can see right through it when a kind leader has an agenda.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Sally Quinn

I would say I think it's about time. People have a tendency to think that entertaining in Washington politically and diplomatically is frivolous, but it is not. It is part of the work.

Karen Russell

I wrote 'Ava Wrestles the Alligator' when I was 22 or 23. These people and that world have been evolving in me for a while. It's such a shift not to be in that world.

Jason Robert Brown

I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don't know quite how to get in because it's how I've always felt.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Tony Womack

Just to play, for me, is special. I take pride in playing. I know I can compete.

Kerry Collins

I take pride in the way I play, ... This organization has treated me well. I still have a lot of fight. Every time I go out there I am going to give it my best.

Paul Hatch

I take pride in being a results-oriented person.

Kevin Garnett

I take a lot of pride in how I look,

Bill Freeman

I think it's just pride in the United States, period,

John Gramuglia

We take a lot of pride in what we do here at Wadsworth.

Deion Branch

We take a lot of pride in our defense,

Anton LaVey

Man prides himself on being the only animal who can modify his nature, yet when he chooses to do so he is called a phony.

Kelly Herndon

I didn't make enough plays, so I didn't play (well). That's the way I look at it, ... I tried to do what I can, but I pride myself on making plays, and I didn't make enough today.

Richard P. Feynman

Teach principles not formulas.

William Zinsser

Never forget that you are practicing a craft with certain principles.

William James

Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.

Richard Powers

The oldest principle of composition: repeat everything.

Richard Rogers

Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.

Samuel Hahnemann

The highest ideal of cure is the rapid, gentle and permanent restoration of health; that is, the lifting and annihilation of the disease in its entire extent in the shortest, most reliable, and least disadvantageous way, according to clearly realizable principles.

Wang Jianlin

The basic principle is I command, and my employees carry it out immediately.

Sarah Dessen

That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened-good, bad, or anywhere in between-it was always, if nothing else, all your own.

Winston Churchill

It is always more easy to discover and proclaim general principles than it is to apply them.

S. Hughes

It is so important in this time of dispossession taking place that we recognize we have one another, and we have the Lord,

Bobby Gonzalez

I don't know what it was with Jason. I didn't really recognize him today.

O. Singh

I am a sacrifice to Your slaves, who recognize only the One Lord.

Helene Lagerberg

Recognize your history, in the present, to know your future.

Tanya Vanasse

If you know Stewart, you'd probably recognize it.

Victor Clark

All it does is recognize the status quo,

Jan Dawson

It's unusual, to be honest, to have a vendor recognize that there are things being done well.

Tanya Kach

It was her idea. She said it was so they didn't recognize me.

Stephanie Williams

It's supply and demand. It's better to recognize it now than wait, because recruiting and retraining (drivers) is more expensive.

Jon Lovitz

There are some actors who say, 'What do you want me to do? I'll do whatever you want,' and that's all they do, ... I kind of go to the other extreme. I say, 'I have an idea. Can I try something?'

Kiki Vandeweghe

He's a very, very important part of whatever we do. We want Melo with us for a long time.

Katharine Liell

It didn't matter. Whatever he said, he was going to be arrested, wasn't that true?

Long Qiming

I was doing my job. I'm a Chinese, and I had to do whatever was needed.

Orlando Dominguez

Whatever we can do to better our responses, we'll do.

Richard Lies

Whatever they want to do has yet to be worked out.

Chico Lynch

Whatever they did there, it has worked out well.

Robert Broadfoot

Whatever they achieve, the word that's going to be used will be cooperation, coordination.

Andre Cohen

Whatever she went through, I went through. We never separate.

Mark Richt

He's a big-league talent. I wish he wasn't a freshman. Hopefully, we won't have to play him for a while.

Darren Woodson

He's a kid, he's a talent. I wish he was on my team.

Sami Hassoun

It is him, 100 percent. I wish it was not him.

Richard Whately

If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed.

Richard Whately

It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

Richelle Mead

It was like having a genie. I'd only get so many wishes.

Russell Johnson

I wish to confess my sins, and I wish Christ to come into my life. . .

Romola Garai

I wish I was a more adventurous person in a way. But actually, security is a really big deal for me.

Umberto Eco

The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation.