Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think college administrators should encourage students to urinate on walls and bushes, because then when students from another college come sniffing around, they'll know this is someone else's territory.

Frank Thompson

Rockefeller College is one of the premier places in the country to study politics, governance, policy, and public administration,

Henry Giroux

With the corporatization and privatization of higher education, it is increasingly more difficult for colleges and universities to expand and deepen democratic public life, produce engaged critical citizens, and operate as democratic public spheres.

Tom Rose

Once he adjusts to the college game, he's going to be a very good player. He's already very strong.

Julia Stiles

I'm going to Columbia University but I'm trying to keep that low-profile because I don't want weird people following me there. I want the experience of normal college life.

Kim Harrison

Can we get back to how we’re going to kill Nick? And what’s this about a dead body? You’d better start talking quick, Ivy, ’cause I’m not going to play hide-and-seek with a dead guy in my trunk. I did that in college, and I’m not going to do it again.” A smile quirked Ivy’s mouth. “Really?” she asked, and I flushed.

Mark Twain

Some people get an education without going to college. The rest get it after they get out.

Sandy Barbour

At the pro level, the mission is to win. At the college level, it's to experience success within the context of an educational environment. I don't have a problem going with a pro guy, but they need to understand the context under which they're operating.

Josh Radnor

In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.

Reggie Evans

If you do your normal routine, you tend just to focus on that. You're not really thinking about (the test).

Charlie Bell

By keeping our focus on our customers, McDonald's competitive position is strengthening, ... McDonald's U.S. performance for the month and quarter was particularly impressive considering the hurricanes and heavy rains.

Larry Silverstein

Clearly, there are some issues that need to be resolved. But for today, my focus, like that of all New Yorkers, is on getting the Freedom Tower underway.

Joe Horn

Being for real, it's not about the New Orleans Saints; it's about those people sitting on those cots, trying to find their kids. We love the people around the nation who have poured out their hearts to us. We're going to do what we have to do to win football games. But the game is the game. Afterward, our focus is right back on New Orleans.

Steve Pikiell

His focus wasn't on what is important. Forget about the NBA, he needs to get his degree.

Bill Fisher

Hey, but that is OK. I have to focus on the restaurant, too.

Scott Jackson

Can we be better, absolutely; we can be a whole lot better. We have a lot of talent on our pitching staff. (We have been) solid for the most part (but) we've had our moments. We tend to lose focus at times.

Ramel Bradley

I'm worried about it, and on the other hand I'm not worried about it. We've got six games left to play. We've got to focus on that.

Steve Holcomb

I'm trying to focus on my lines, and see how I can go faster. We'll see what happens during the four-man. We'll be in the mix. We are by no means out of this thing.

Tommy Lasorda

You wait till you see that Dominican team. You wait till you see Puerto Rico. You wait till you see Venezuela. . . . Matsui is a great player. The Japanese team needs him.

Ken Johnson

You really hope that he's OK. He's a great player and you never want to see a player get hurt like that.

Mike Dunne

You're a great neighbor and we all know what you're doing, and we know you're going to do this with care,

Tino Martinez

We all think it shouldn't be, because he's done such a great job here.

Eric Brock

Every guy here has great talent. Guys are just sitting around waiting for their chance. When the opportunity comes a lot of guys are ready to step in and prove themselves on a national level.

Jonathan Freeman

As theater artists, it's a great luxury to have time.

Jon Kyl

At 47 percent, the (estate) tax today is a great inhibitor to growth, ... and is also a business-ending event.

Seth

As I get older and I see all my friends starting to have children, I see them have different reactions to the material that was probably not of great interest to them when they were younger, because they're re-experiencing it through their kids.

Danny Sullivan

At this point, I think everyone understands that maps are a great way of presenting information and there are probably opportunities there, and that's long overdue.

Sonakshi Sinha

I enjoy my work, no matter who I am working with. Even if you give me a solo silent film, I will enjoy it.

Erinn Smart

Being one point ahead at the end - that's all that matters.

Angelina Jolie

We'll be on our way to Pakistan in a matter of days.

Fritz Haber

Death is death no matter how it is inflicted

Ben Braaten

No matter what, we are going to pressure the ball.

Galvin Morris

No matter what the score is, they've now been in that situation. They now can say we've been there before and we can come back.

Peter Medawar

The attempt to discover and promulgate the truth is nevertheless an obligation upon all scientists, one that must be persevered in no matter what the rebuffs—for otherwise what is the point in being a scientist?

Laurell K. Hamilton

If you can't impress yourself, then no one else really matters.

Maggie Stiefvater

It matters, like this: I belong to Malvern, you don't.

Roy Keane

You shouldn't have spoken to the players like that. No, you should have.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is the nature of strong people that they can bring out crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills, And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me, And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’d To dwell in presence of immortal youth, Immortal age beside immortal youth, And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus

Angelina Jolie

I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt. I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and that I had no reason to think I wouldn't live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren.

Amy Carmichael

If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what I think of as my strong points; if I adopt a superior attitude, forgetting "Who made thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou hast not received?" then I know nothing of Calvary love.

Amy Carmichael

The word comfort is from two Latin words meaning “with” and “strong” – He is with us to make us strong. Comfort is not soft, weakening commiseration; it is true, strengthening love.

Amy Carmichael

Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger, Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist.

Aly Raisman

I'm focused now, definitely. I absolutely need to show everyone that I'm powerful and strong and can be graceful and artistic, too.

Ally McCoist

One thing about Germany - they'll be organised, they'll be big and they'll be strong.

Ally Condie

I'm just a butterfly, a mourning cloak, sealed inside a cocoon with blnd eyes and stiky wings. And suddenly I wonder if the cocoons sometimes do not open, if the butterfly inside is ever simply not strong enough to break through.