Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Ellis

I was almost positive it would be a one-year deal, so I was a little surprised yesterday. I'm happy.

Keisha Brown

Jacob has always been very big for us on defense but offensively he sometimes needs to shoot the ball more. There are times when he'll pass up wide-open shots and give them to Caleb (Simons) or Pat (Theisen). He's almost too unselfish.

Ian Rankin

Jack Harvey wrote thrillers, which are very different beasts to crime novels: lavish, almost pornographic descriptions of weaponry; sex scenes; world travel. These things were closed to me in the kind of crime novels I was writing.

Danielle Pletka

Katrina has changed many things but I don't think it will change Iraq policy. There is almost no elasticity in that policy.

Katie Gearlds

Just toughness. To have four games in four days with some players playing almost 40 minutes ... their will to get it done impressed me. We've got to come ready to play, that's for sure.

Gary Williams

Just to get that thing to six at halftime took a lot of effort. I've seen that before. You're almost in a trap in a situation, where their best scorer (Grier) doesn't play, they lose a game probably everybody in Minnesota thought they should have won. ... Good teams come back after a situation like that, and we happened to be the next game.

Jeff Bagwell

Just to get out here, get back on the field, I felt like it was a little bit of a trial camp today. I felt like I almost had to try and prove something, but yet I've got to sit back and say, 'No, I don't, I just have to get ready for April 1.

Jesse Stone

Kansas City, I would say, did more for jazz music, black music, than any other influence at all. Almost all their joints that they had there, they used black bands. Most musicians who amounted to anything, they would flock to Kansas City because that's the place where jobs were plentiful.

Patrick McGurn

Just within the last six months, these policies have spread pretty quickly. It's almost a proxy now for boardroom accountability.

Trent Reznor

Just spent the day discussing touring up through next summer, then played our asses off to the least responsive audience I can ever remember playing to. As I'm walking to the bus to leave Sacramento as soon as I can, I learn Jerome is back in the hospital. I have no idea what this means.

Glenn Stanton

John and I are both very disturbed by audience members who don't conduct themselves well, regardless of which side they are on. But that is very rare. Most people seem thankful for the way and seriousness with which we engage the issue and our obvious respect for each other.

Mike Spence

I think it is ... because the agriculture community in this country is shrinking, and their audience is growing.

Zhang Ziyi

He creates characters that draw in an audience no matter what language they speak. His insight into the human heart crosses all boundaries. I know he is also making a huge influence in the lives of younger filmmakers and actors.

Rory Bruer

Having a Jim Carrey film over the holidays is a pretty sure bet. Audiences trust he'll have the goods, and they want to laugh and have a good time this time of year.

George Pierce Baker

In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect freedom of individual treatment, and an audience eager to give itself to sympathetic listening, even if instruction be involved, have brought the great results.

Tony Jaa

I have been a big fan of the 'Fast and the Furious' franchise. The films are fast-paced, fun and keep the audience involved. There is a great mix of humor and action, something I really appreciate.

Trevor Noah

As a comedian, I'm forced to have a tough skin. Until people laugh, they are detractors. You walk into a new audience where nobody knows you, they go: 'Make us laugh. Show us what you're made of. Prove why we should be listening to you.'

Teller

Every time you perform a magic trick, you're engaging in experimental psychology. If the audience asks, 'How the hell did he do that?' then the experiment was successful.

George Washington

Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness

Bill Miller

Know your pharmacist on a first name basis and get help.

Catherine King

I wouldn't say my home was in chaos, ... but it did need some improvement. The basis of the program is to raise responsible, loving children.

Phil Roeder

I think it's a good change. It's worth a try. If it doesn't work, we don't do it anymore. Getting this board out into the community on a regular basis can't be anything but a positive thing.

Michael Oren

I think it is essential for Israel's survival as a Jewish and democratic state that we end the status quo. The preferred way to end the status quo would be on the basis of a two-state solution. We don't want the Palestinians to be citizens of Israel, nor do we want them to be subjects.

Peter Kretzmer

It assures that the Fed continues to not buck what was built into the futures contract, and will move by 25 basis points in September.

Bill Belichick

I also coached the secondary and Tom coached the receivers, so we worked together on a daily basis with each other,

Sung Sohn

Greenspan has to make sure the labor market has improved on a continuing basis before he can even think about hiking interest rates. For example, in 1992, he waited 17 months after the peak of the unemployment rate before hiking interest rates.

Tom Daschle

The only thing taken off the table -- I think on a bipartisan basis -- is the utilization of the Social Security trust fund,

Amar Stoudemire

Kobe came out and played great basketball all around. I'd give him an A-plus.

Jerry Sloan

I would think those things would make you a better basketball player.

Billy Donovan

I would say that our basketball team is totally different.

Rick Barnes

(Kelvin) lost some games when he didn't have his whole team there. Coming in (to the season) they were like us, a team that was up there. And they're a good basketball team.

Marty Simmons

Just to have the opportunity to compete for a conference championships with four games to go in the season would be something that any college basketball player would relish. Our guys have done a tremendous job of putting us in this position.

Matthew Parker

Just overall I felt that of all the schools I had recruiting me, they were recruiting me the hardest, ... I want to help with the rebuilding process they have going on with the basketball program. It was a hard decision, but of the schools that were recruiting me hard, I felt like they wanted me the most.

Doc Sadler

Just more little things. Making free throws. You've got to do the little things to win basketball games -- especially on the road.

Pazsley Looney

Just thinking about that, I get so excited. I have the feeling we're going to blow Springfield up (on the basketball court). It's crazy. I can't even explain it.

Vance Downs

Jordan's been practicing with us since January, so he knows how to run our offense, and he's been getting better every night. We knew this last two to three weeks that he was ready. As far as basketball maturity goes, he's well beyond his years. He's a pretty cool customer.

Stephen Graham

I wouldn't rule out L.A. life, but I love England. I have a lovely house and nice garden, I walk my kids to school - family is most important to me.

Ari Fleischer

Kennebunkport has a very strong sense of family for him.

Roberto Alomar

John Hirschbeck is a wonderful person with a wonderful family. I'm so glad that we have become friends.

Kelly Hoppen

Jude loves her, and he's really showing that. The whole family can see they are trying to make it work.

Jerry Davis

Jobs are a great therapy. If you have a job, you can find a way to get health insurance. You can support your family -- on and on and on.

Patricia Johnson

It ain't about the money, it's about the people. I see them more than some of their family do.

Quentin Thomas

I talked to my family back home and my mom and we just prayed on it. It was something I went through and I'm not going to sit here and say it was something I'm glad I went through ? but it's helped me.

Josh Duell

I talked to my family about that, and they're fine with it. They just wanted me to be happy.

Robbie Loomis

I think it's a good time for me to reprioritize my personal life and get things figured out there. In life, for years, I've had racing, God and family. I'm trying to get it God, family then racing.

Mike Flaherty

Historically, we've been terrible on Saturday after big Friday night games. We did just enough to get the 'W.' It wasn't pretty.

Alan Trammel

He's going to need at least one full side session to get him sharp enough to pitch, so if that comes Friday or Saturday, he's not going to be ready for this weekend,

Steve Hoffsommer

I thought we showed great improvement. We have had two pretty tough teams (Waukomis and Covington-Douglas) to open with. We're doing everything we can do to get better and maybe get a win Friday night.

Amy Hamilton

I think the loss Friday made us stronger as a team, and we really wanted to come back tonight and prove ourselves again.

Rochelle Cancienne

Last Friday set us back a day. By (this) Friday, they will all be in school.

Richard Caborn

I was down at the Oval on Friday and I said if you want to come and see me, then fine.

Shawn McDowell

We've got to make sure we're not too proud of ourselves, maintain and keep going. We need to keep up the pressure and do the things that we've been doing to make us successful. Friday is an important game.

Paul Nicholls

He went down to Exeter on Friday and worked over a mile and six furlongs with Ruby Walsh. I was very pleased, he jumped superbly.

Nick Williams

He frets when he travels and he spent Friday night at Don's yard and will do the same on his return journey.

Scott Terry

I write about everything in life. Whether it be things that plague us in the world today or what's on the front page of the newspaper or even love, it all comes down to what inspires you.

Dave Freer

just the main front in a war which has nothing to do with Iraq,

Glenn Walters

Josiah wrestled you down in front of your children, upsetting them to the point that they started to cry.

David Rudow

I think it's a good acquisition because it's the front end of development.

David Small

I think it brightens the spotlight on recycling as an issue in front of the General Assembly. It also recognizes that these things take time.

Marty Reasoner

It can be tough getting out of the way when you're standing in front of the net.

Greg Gilchrist

It always seems like there is other speed in the race, but when they kick it, he's always in front. I sure like seeing those orange silks there (on the lead) and when Russell is looking between his legs when he's three in front -- that's an even better feeling. He (Lost in the Fog) makes it look so easy.

Linda Greene

He was a good kid, and he had a great future in front of him.

Taryn Thompson

He wanted to know what it was like to kill someone, so he suffocated Jacob in front of Caleb. That's what he told me.

Jerry Brookings

I actually had a little R&B group, and Tito performed with me once.

Rob Willman

I think we could've done a little better. I'm not down at all. But we could've performed better.

Tom Roberts

They got out and performed really well today. I'm really pleased with them.

Andy Williams

They took him upstairs to the nurse, who performed C.P.R..

Rick Miller

It's not much worth just reading the play in a classroom, but it's a whole other thing seeing it performed live in a way that makes it relevant to their lives.

Madonna Madonna

This is the song I performed here back then. I think I've had enough time to remember the words.

Neve McIntosh

I haven't done any 'Fringe' shows since I was about 17. Then I performed with my youth theatre in a show where we all had this old-fashioned make-up on and giggled through our lines.

Phil Simms

The team performed even better than I thought they would,

Terry Teachout

Samuel Beckett's estate will not license productions of his plays that are not performed as written.

Patrick Freitas

He just stayed up every time. He had the respect of the gym.

Sonny Rollins

What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and to be sort of treated not in a discriminatory way. I don't think there is anything controversial about me saying that. This is just a fact.

Lenny Wilkens

I think that you have to communicate with people, and I think that respect is a two-way street.

Robbie Coltraine

The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them.

Richard Ben-Veniste

With respect to the FBI, they had problems communicating in a vertical way, within the FBI itself, so that information of importance could get pushed up to those who were decision-makers.

Rebecca West

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.

Woodrow Wilson

I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.

William Shenstone

Some men use no other means to acquire respect than by insisting on it; and it sometimes answers their purpose, as it does a highwayman's in regard to money.

William James

Regarding mutual tolerance: It is negative in one sense, but positive in another. It absolutely forbids us to be forward in pronouncing on the meaninglessness of forms of existence other than our own; and it commands us to tolerate, respect, and indulge those whom we see harmlessly interested and happy in their own ways, however unintelligible these may be to us. Hands off.

Kevin Criswell

I thrive off of these types of situations and I can't wait to get out there.

John Tortorella

We've been through a lot tougher situations than this in our past. We will get it done.

David Francis

I think what we can say is we're watching the situation carefully.

R. Halloran

He was in a stressful situation that day.

Jonathan Vilma

I don't know what to say. I've never been in a situation like this before. It's tough, real tough.

Zeev Boim

I do not think that in this situation we can transfer the towns to the Palestinians. They are not exerting any control.

Joe Torre

He's come up in situations and you say,

Russell Hoban

There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you don't make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life.

Tracy McGrady

I know I have to keep up my image. It's all about how you handle the situation.

Carol Ierulli

I did not play sports, I was the studious one and I was always in the library.

Jennifer Beals

I'm working on a studio film right now where sometimes we do three takes. That's incredible! It's like boom, boom, boom. You're out. Oh, OK.

Chris Buck

Everyone's asking if there will be a 'Frozen 2', but at the Studio there's actually been no talk about it!

Michael Dolan

It takes a while to turn a studio around.

Joe Elliott

It's big production. It's huge. It's using studio technology to your benefit. You don't go in and play live and then just take the tapes and get them mastered. You have to create.

Leslie Caron

The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra.

Lady Gaga

Off to the STUDIO in my new whip

Derek Bailey

Nowadays, I really like playing in studios.

Harry Treadaway

I was used to getting changed in pub toilets before going on set. Then suddenly I had studios in L.A. advising me on my hair.

Jim Beattie

He's getting away from what made him a successful pitcher.

John Gibbons

He does all the things successful lefties do,

Robert Collier

You must intensify and render continuous by repeatedly presenting with suggestive ideas and mental pictures of the feast of good things, and the flowing fountain, which awaits the successful achievement or attainment of the desires.

Rob Reiner

You never know if anything is going to stand the test of time or going to be successful.

Richard Dawkins

The replicators that exist tend to be the ones that are good at manipulating the world to their own advantage. But other replicators are also successful otherwise they would not be common. The world therefore tends to become populated by mutually compatible sets of successful replicators, replicators that get on well together

Rebecca West

The Portrait of a Lady is entirely successful in giving one the sense of having met somebody far too radiantly good for this world.

Russell Baker

A man doesn't amount to something because he has been successful at a third-rate career like journalism. It is evidence, that's all: evidence that if he buckled down and worked hard, he might some day do something really worth doing.

Ron Ben-Israel

The most successful person is the one who is most inspired. That is true in food and in life.

Romola Garai

I get grumpy about the innate conservatism of our tastes; I love bold theatre, and I get annoyed when a heritage piece is really successful.

Mike Martz

He'll be back, but whether it's this week or not I don't know.

Brian Goorjian

It could be two weeks or it could be the season.

Michael Campbell

It is a long way to come for one week and go back again,

Doug MacIntyre

We may see another week or two of increases.

Annika Sorenstam

I have had two weeks off and I'm rested,

Charlie Batch

I don't know. You just have to take it week by week, day by day at this point. All I can do is just be ready.

Ryan Kwanten

I'm more of a heat-of-the-moment type of guy. A friend will tell me about something coming up, maybe that weekend, and usually not an abundance of thought goes into my doing it.

Sarah Silverman

If I don't do stand-up for two weeks, I get freaked out.

Riz Ahmed

I think that with piracy and tighter funds being around, people are realising that the game to play is to try and win people's respect with bold film making and then win a special place in people's collections, rather than just having the biggest opening weekends.