Famous Quotes & Sayings

Zach Schade

The thing that got me interested was helping the people who need help -- the athletic achievement is kind of secondary to the actual fundraising.

Troy Aikman

I've made no bones about it, that if this would happen, it would be the greatest individual athletic achievement of my life. When I think of all the great players who have played, to be considered one of the players that helped define the game itself, it is a humbling experience.

Dave Barrett

I wanted to do something, along with some other guys, because it is the 20th anniversary. It is a great accomplishment and we were proud to be a part of it.

David Turek

Advances at the upper reaches of high performance computing such as these often find powerful applications in the broad spectrum of government, industrial and commercial arenas. IBM 's close working relationship with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has resulted in another significant achievement with the potential to improve the lives of people everywhere.

Kofi Annan

Notwithstanding the embargo, Cuba's achievements in social development are impressive given the size of its gross domestic product per capita, ... As the human development index of the United Nations makes clear year after year, Cuba should be the envy of many other nations ostensibly far richer.

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.

Chris Phillips

It would be a good achievement for us. If we won (the trophy), it would just be something else that we could take into the playoffs with us, but the more important thing for us is to be playing well.

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.

Jesse Moore

Back in 1957, African American teachers were a dime a dozen.

Jesse Jackson

The tallest tree in the history of African American journalism has fallen, but has fallen gracefully. The tree that stood tall for over 60 years and a tree that planted a forest, a tree with widespread limbs and full of fruit. He connected to Africa and African Americans. He shared the pain of Emmett Till, the development of Martin Luther King Jr., and was a source of information and inspiration. He was the number one black publisher for 60 years. His impact had been felt through the whole world of journalism.

Kari Stefansson

African Americans with the variant come very close to facing certainty of having a heart attack.

Dambisa Moyo

Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation.

Carol Helble

Right now we are basically learning African and Afro-Cuban rhythms. We are not really playing songs yet. We are playing rhythm, patterns and complements. Right now, we are just getting our hands on the drums to get used to the idea.

Richard Dicker

President Obasanjo must promptly comply with the request for Taylor's surrender. Consultation with other African leaders should not buy Taylor any more time to escape facing justice for his alleged crimes.

Steve Jones

This is a process, not an event. It's not going to happen over night. It's clear that we as African American men are unique and only we can articulate what it's like to attend a private college. But all of us would also agree that it was worth it, that we are successful today because of it.

Milton Bradley

This is a special moment for baseball, a special moment for African Americans. Just like it is every time April 15 comes up. I think last year was really special because I was wearing the uniform that Jackie wore.

Joyce Banda

It's heavy, but I am able to carry it. Why? Because I'm an African woman. An African woman carries heavy loads anyway. That's how we are trained; we are brought up that nothing is unbearable. I use that now, positively. I use that now to have the thick skin that I have, and not fear, and move forward, and push; and push forward.

Kevin Lisk

The boys are probably slightly better, but the girls could go to state, too. There's only three or four teams ahead of us in the sectional.

Tim Riley

As I ponder this particular change order, I think in terms of other things that stand before us in (the way of) improvements, such as safety features and enhancing our schools with technology. I just don't feel like the price has come down far enough for us to go ahead with it,

Martin Brodeur

Definitely, it would be nice. That's what I'm planning to do. ... It's not something I'm going to regret all of my life. But it's going to be nice if we're able to do it. We know there's a lot of work ahead of us to get it done.

Heather Ferguson

Coach Coyne has told up to keep our heads up, because there is still the season ahead of us, and we need to get ready to make an impact on the tournament. We need to buckle down and concentrate on the next three games.

Terrence Royal

The sky's the limit for the young guys. I know there's nothing but greater things ahead for those guys.

Art Hogan

The second quarter is lining up to be another good quarter but people are looking ahead to the third and fourth quarters. Barring any major upsets on the earnings calendar I'd say the market is pretty range bound.

Dave Tapps

The students who go through this program are well ahead of the game. I see districts who have the resources to get these and don't, and that just doesn't make sense.

Rob Parish

The teams ahead of them in the poll were not there, so they know they have their work cut out of them. They have two months of hard work ahead of them. They can't relax, and they aren't going to be content with their performance (Thursday).

Karen Monez

The team is coming back from the break with a positive, refreshed outlook. We are ready to take on the challenges that lay ahead in the upcoming competitions.

John Varley

We have delivered what we said we would deliver, ... We have got very strong profit growth in a number of our businesses.

Ben Wagner

We are very excited to be a part of this project. Our team delivered a site that was designed under tight parameters and deadlines. It's always great to be involved in a project that will excite and embrace users.

Warren Spector

On the small scale, 'Ico,' I think, actually delivered a small new thing: holding a character's hand and really feeling like your job is to rescue this person, and establishing a personal connection.

Phil English

Clearly, NAFTA has never delivered on its promises, ... We need to redesign NAFTA so it's not a race to the bottom.

David Seibert

A lot of our supplies went to the police department because a lot of those officers lost everything they had. We delivered a lot of uniforms to those officers.

Tim Ghriskey

Its valuation means it's priced for perfection and perfection was not delivered this quarter.

Bob Williams

With software as a service and entertainment software delivered via the Internet, we're seeing interesting new Internet technologies and delivery platforms that enable these types of applications.

Joey Skaggs

As a news story, I'm just a subject, not a person. My early performances were provocative, so I was stereotypically portrayed as a counter-cultural figure by the mainstream media.

Keith Newman

Defensively, I think we've got to get off to a better start than what we have. I think we've got to go out there and set the tone early in the game.

Pau Gasol

The thing we wanted to do is jump on them quick. When a team is not having a good year, when you jump on them early and hit them first it's hard for them to get back up.

John Leslie

I usually end up having to owe a little money so why not pay at the last minute? It is hard to get things done early for me.

John Batina

I wanted to get everyone in the game, and we scored enough runs early where I felt comfortable doing that. It was nice to play kids who hadn't got a lot of playing time.

Stuart Hoffman

The NABE panel sees the economy roaring back in early 2006 following the fourth quarter's tepid 1.1 percent growth.

Tom Taylor

The music that is most special to you and stays special all through your life is the music that is special to you in junior high, high school and in your early 20's. That's when you have time to spend on popular culture.

I. Stone

Adrienne Squire is a great player. Ash played pretty complete, did a nice job early on her.

Jon Groth

After losing that first game the way they lost it, I really felt we lost an opportunity to really gain some momentum early in the (second) game.

Bob Howry

As a visiting player, it's motivating because you hear their fans get all excited and you want to quiet them down. And that's what we did tonight.

Hilery Walker

People get excited when we tell them that we're going to send the money down to New Orleans.

Sean Bergstedt

Actually, I didn't know for sure. I thought it might be around the record. When I had gotten back, I looked online and found out it was true, and I was pretty excited about it. ... It's just gratifying to know that I got my goal.

Sean Coste

The seniors are excited about it. Our players are excited about it. We can finish with a win. It would be four in a row.

Rollie Massimino

I've already got six kids on scholarship. It's going to happen. I'm really excited about it.

Mark Slough

Sammy is excited to be back and I think they're excited to have him back.

Jimmie Johnson

Race practice was really good, ... We weren't overly excited about our qualifying runs. So, we made some good adjustments and we will be fine.

Pat Green

I've probably played there about six times, over the last two years. It's one of my favorites -- I think it's incredible, ... I think that good music does well in New York City, and that's what I'm excited about.

Torey Lovullo

I've opened up in this stadium and it's been a tough go. We're excited to be going South and we're going as far South as we possibly can.

David Martin

The seniors have their own settings, which shows the growth and improvement they've made over the last three years.

Jason Bram

The story of New Jersey is one of stability and modest growth.

Brent Bracelin

The slowing growth and deteriorating margins could mean that 2006 will be a more challenging year than 2005 was.

Tim Luke

the surprising sustainability of 30 percent-plus growth over the next 10 years.

Ernie Goss

The most recent rate increases, and a rate hike at its next meeting, in my judgment will slow growth to an unacceptably low rate for the region and the nation.

Ifzal Ali

Strengthening the inclusiveness of the growth process is a precondition to sustaining high growth rates.

Daryl Strohbehn

Some sires were in the top 25 percent with superior growth and end product weight, while others did it with moderate growth and superior quality attributes.

Evan Olsen

November has had a lot better tone to it than usual. We're seeing money rotating into the growth stocks. If I had to guess, I think people are pretty positive on the market.

Stuart Fraser

Technology is here to stay. There is long-term growth in the industry.

Ben Hatfield

At that location they encountered a rough barricade structure. With 12 remaining miners that had been missing since the Monday explosion. Initial reports indicated multiple survivors, but that turned out to be a miscommunication.

Barry Ritholtz

Markets don't make a top and then slide, topping is a process. Typically markets make an initial top, back off, try to surpass it, and can't do it.

Ron Hays

If you look at the initial search and rescue (after Katrina), ... it was neighbors on boats.

Stephen Hadley

Initial reports are encouraging. In the end of the day, it's going to be deeds, not words, that matter.

Julius Jones

I know the initial response from students is, they don't like it at all.

David Menlow

The initial talk was for $3.6 billion. Now we're talking a valuation of $2.8 billion.

Paul Hamerman

The initial scenarios are pretty thin, but I think more importantly they are providing a more comprehensive vision around what kind of applications could be offered under this partnership.

Alan Stern

This is in a very real sense the capstone of the initial reconnaissance of the planets that the United States has led for the world since the 1960s.

Paul Cohen

The odd thing is that the initial rush in some stores has dissipated, ... I think the shopping rush could taper off over the weekend.

Michael McLaughlin

(Dell) is positioned in a market that is rapidly going to grow.

John Patrick

The target market is for people who have not been entrenched in Web culture.

Edmund Daukoru

The oil market has remained well-supplied with crude.

Mark Goodstein

These are all different approaches, but the market really has to validate them. ... If it's hydrogen, great. How many sales are you going to get?

O. J. Simpson

The stock market is very jittery because of the hurricane. Any positive news in regards to the storm will push the market up.

Frederick Tsang

The whole market is quite weak and there's quite a lot of selling of futures and red chips.

Alfred Kugel

You really have a two-tier market with tech stocks going down and everything else going up. Part of this is because valuations in technology stocks got overdone this year and, at the same time, the Dow hadn't performed and now they look cheap.

Arthur Cashin

What the market would like to see is some sign of bottoming and that the market is reacting positively to the past six cuts. The market is heavily oversold and we have a real coiled spring here just waiting for a release.

Billy Bob Thornton

Marketing is the devil.

Albert Einstein

We must recognize what in our accepted tradition is damaging to our fate and dignity-and shape our lives accordingly.

Albert Einstein

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express in words afterwards.

Albert Einstein

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

Albert Einstein

Truly novel inventions emerge only in one's youth. Later one becomes ever more experienced, famous-and foolish.

Albert Einstein

...behind all the discernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable.

Albert Einstein

I do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless I know the precise facts.

Albert Einstein

I think we have to safeguard ourselves against people who are a menace to others, quite apart from what may have motivated their deeds.

Albert Einstein

But nature did not deem it her business to make the discovery of her laws easy for us.

Albert Einstein

It is true that the grasping of truth is not possible without empirical basis. However, the deeper we penetrate and the more extensive and embracing our theories become the less empirical knowledge is needed to determine those theories.

Ludwig von Mises

The boom produces impoverishment. But still more disastrous are its moral ravages. It makes people despondent and dispirited. The more optimistic they were under the illusory prosperity of the boom, the greater is their despair and their feeling of frustration.

Paolo Bacigalupi

Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I was always optimistic. And I held to and was guided by my views.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has thought possible once interest and ambition are aroused.

Chuck D.

I always remain optimistic.

Christopher Reeve

I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.

Christopher Walken

Movies are terrifically optimistic enterprises.

Daniel Kahneman

People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes to enemies. They like boldness and despise the appearance of timidity and protracted doubt.

Daniel Kahneman

In essence, the optimistic style involves taking credit for successes but little blame for failures.

Kate Smith

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.

Alison Krauss

It sounded like a drag...so we recorded it.

Brian Tracy

Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.

Jon Hanson

Token sales have spiked, ... Token use has spiked.

Larry Coker

There's always been talent in South Florida, it just didn't stay here.

Brad Paisley

I can't see this world unless I go/ outside my southern comfort zone.

Carroll Quigley

To this day the Arab influence is evident in southern Italy, northern Africa and, above all, in Spain.

Mark Shields

John McCain was victimized in the South Carolina primary.

Esa-Pekka Salonen

The underlying process in Northern music tends to be slower and continuous, whatever's happening on the surface; in Southern music the underlying process is always faster.

Cal Brown

Ah, to be young and in love, in Southern California.

Joe Tex

Currently, I bowl regional tournaments out of the PBA Southern Region.

Mike Colter

You see a lot of Baptist churches in Harlem, you see a lot of the same kind of cuisine, the soul food - there's a lot of places that remind you of its southern roots.

Luke Grimes

I'm so southern Ohio. And Cleveland is a different world, you know?

Terry Tamminen

It would be much stronger if it was a law.

Kathy Emerson

The work is very exciting. In fact, we've remarked how much stronger the work is now than what it used to be.

Andrew Harrington

Zinc is a lot stronger in terms of supply characteristics than the other metals.

Barbara Kingsolver

That was when we smelled the rain. It was so strong it seemed like more than just a smell. When we stretched out our hands we could practically feel it rising up from the ground. I don’t know how a person could ever describe that scent.

Baruch Spinoza

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.

Augusten Burroughs

But feelings, no matter how strong or “ugly,” are not a part of who you are. They are the radio stations your mind listens to if you don’t give it something better to do. Feelings are fluid and dynamic; they change frequently. Feelings are something you HAVE, not something you ARE. Like physical beauty, a cold sore, or an opinion. Admitting you feel rage or terrible pain or regret or some old, rotten blame does not mean these feelings are part of who you are as a person. What these feelings mean is, you have to change your thinking to be free of them.

Azar Nafisi

The more we die, the stronger we will become

Ayelet Zurer

TV is the place that writers want to be. When you don't have a very strong indie market going on, talented writers want to have their voice heard, so they'll go somewhere else, and everyone goes to TV because their voices are heard.

Aubrey McClendon

Every day you use dozens of products that have strong chemicals in them, but remember, the only difference between poison and medicine is dosage.

Roland Swenson

This is a trend going on around the country.

Anna Deavere Smith

Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

Thomas Keller

Good food is a good trend.

Tablo

Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?

Bethany Mota

I’m not too into the trends - I like to look at trends as suggestions, not as rules.

Zhang Ziyi

Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world. And the Internet is really developed in China. We get news from all over the world.

Ellen Goodman

Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.

Eric Rohmer

You have to know how to go against the trend of the times.

Eric Ripert

I don't follow the food trends.

Barry Levinson

I do know when you look at some ballplayer and all of a sudden he is the size of a truck something is wrong.

Robert Rogers

I just went over to where all those trucks were parked to see if they were hiring, and they were,

Jaime Contreras

Some days, work is truly a four-letter word.

Shaukat Aziz

This truly encapsulates China's world view in this century,

Jonathan Todd

We think he will be a truly independent adviser.

Barbara Green

Those who complained truly feel that they are discriminated against, they truly feel that way.

David Williams

They are truly the ones that do all the real work.

Jillian Messenger

I truly have a lot of all-stars on this team, I really do.

Julie Foudy

It wasn't just that we were together; we were truly a family. There was always laughter.

Dianna Agron

Without love we are not truly living.

Kris Britton

And they went in there and turned it up.

Monty Python

-She turned me into a newt! -A newt?-I got better...

Huston Street

Ginter and Elly, they turned it so quick. Off the bat, I thought they had no chance. That right there is the game. It's another run.

Heath Sager

I think so. I thought we were much better than an 0-3 team. Now we've kind of turned the corner.

Haven Herrin

We were turned away yesterday, and we heeded that, but today, we will not be deterred.

Dudley Etheridge

He kind of turned it around for us.

Dan Hinote

I made the hit, turned around and it was chaos. I still don't know what happened.

Tamra Strano

Once I turned in the packet, I didn't have another thought about it.

Steve Olson

It turned out to be the right project.

Jason Simpson

With the US out today, volumes are pretty low.

Brett Ratner

When I was 13, Eddie Murphy was to me what Chris Tucker was to 13-year-olds when I made 'Rush Hour.' And 'Rush Hour' really came out of the fact that I grew up watching 'Beverly Hills Cop' and '48 Hrs.'

Brett Ratner

I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories.

Brandon Sanderson

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.

Ayn Rand

He, too, stood looking at her for a moment--and it seemed to her that it was not a look of greeting after an absence, but the look of someone who had thought of her every day of that year. She could not be certain, it was only an instant, so brief that just as she caught it, he was turning...

Benjamin Cardozo

The repetition of a catchword can hold analysis in fetters for fifty years or more.

Benjamin Cardozo

More truly characteristic of dissent is a dignity, an elevation, of mood and thought and phrase. Deep conviction and warm feeling are saying their last say with knowledge that the cause is lost. The voice of the majority may be that of force triumphant, content with the plaudits of the hour, and recking little of the morrow. The dissenter speaks to the future, and his voice is pitched to a key that will carry through the years.

Benito Mussolini

If I advance; follow me. If I retreat; kill me. If I die; avenge me! It is better to live one day as a lion than one-hundred years as a sheep!

Brad Paisley

Willie Nelson, out there 200 days a year, calls his band family. And it is.

Brad Pitt

I've been in these tabloids for 14 years now, and at some point you just become a Zen master of it all