Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pat Lam

We are pretty happy with where we are at so far, especially the fact that the players are backing themselves. Their confidence is coming as much from the pre-season preparation we had, including the tour to Australia, as anything else, but there is still a lot to do. We've won nothing yet.

Eddie Izzard

We stole countries with the cunning use of flags! Yeah, just sail around the world and stick a flag in. - I claim India for Britain!They go, - You can't claim us, we live here! 500 million of us!- Do you have a flag?- We don't need a bloody flag! It's our country, you bastards!- No flag, no country, you can't have one! That's the rules that I've just made up, and I'm backing it up with this gun that was lent from the National Rifle Association.

Brian Robinson

We started backing up midnight to 2 o'clock in the morning, which suggests it was Asian-inspired.

Art Hogan

We've been able to handle a lackluster earnings season so far. Energy companies haven't really come into the fray yet, so things may look a little better after they report. Another positive is that we're backing off a bit from the high price of oil.

Jermaine Spencer

When we went in the locker room, we said we weren't pushing. We weren't getting as hard after them as we should. In the second half, we brought the fight to them. Instead of backing down and letting them do what they want to do, we made them step up and play -- play defense and make tougher shots.

John Marshall

We're going to talk to the voters about the issues Colorado cares about. We don't begrudge him bringing in Eastern Bloc friends, but I suspect that the cowboys down at the coffeehouse in Delta are more interested what the candidates have to say about water and health care than whether or not the president of Poland is backing you.

Gero Neugebauer

We're still not sure whether all this is a planned strategy of the SPD leadership or if they are taking it step by step. It put the CDU under initial pressure, but it somewhat backfired, as Merkel's position has received firm and repeated backing from her state prime ministers.

Dore Gold

We've got information about who's backing bin Laden and, in a lot of cases, it goes back to the royal family.

Andy Jones

We like backing experienced entrepreneurs who have built their own companies, who have been in high-growth situations and understand the value of a dollar.

Brad Pacheco

We are pretty tough on fees. We are not going to pay a firm more because they have some overhead with a placement agent.

Anne Bremner

We still stand firm in our view that there should be two newspapers. It would be a shame if there was arbitration, and only one newspaper left standing after all of this sound and fury.

Benjamin Franklin

Stand firm, don't flutter!

David Sloane

This modest rise in July may reflect the firm July payroll rather than being a signal for August.

Bob Smith

It was the firm that releases it each month to our Web site with instructions from us as to what time to release it, and it was released by that firm early.

Nelson Warfield

It was a moment on the national stage for Pataki. And he can say that when an out-of-control, liberal union tried to shut down New York, he took a firm line.

John Hawkins

This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever pretended to equal.

Tamara Tunie

Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.

Ed Goren

People who knew Troy outside the locker room knew he had very firm opinions on how the game should be played, ... I got to see that side of Troy.

Brian Vincent

A lot of entrepreneurs are leading with the names of where they were, establishing some initial credibility.

David Card

There will be initial resistance to this type of service, because privacy and security are concerns.

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.

Alan Stern

This is the capstone of the initial reconnaissance of the planets, the first mission to the last planet.

Bruce Fein

You wouldn't need a warrant to do the initial interception, but afterwards, once you're targeting the American citizen, then you need that warrant.

Roger Andrew Taylor

You never know how you're going to be received, after all this time. The initial response we had was just overwhelming, particularly that tour of the States.

Alex Berenson

A vote of confidence from Cisco Systems can be very important to fledging technology companies, especially if they have initial public offerings on the horizon.

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.

Steve Brozak

When you make assumptions about a drug at this initial stage they are assumptions that can only be validated years down the road.

Charles Stanley

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.

Alan Autry

Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.

Al Oerter

So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's proving that there is a place for guys like me in sports. It's a persona challenge to extend myself.

Al McGuire

Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.

Al McGuire

I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

The ideal leader is one who hears the voice of God, and beckons on as the voice calls him and them.

Chris Christie

I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it...You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it.

Chris Christie

The President's biggest problem right now is he's gotta tell the truth. And we've seen this in New Jersey. I've told lots of hard truths in New Jersey that people didn't necessarily agree with, but they give you credit for looking them in the eye and telling them the truth.

Chinua Achebe

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

Pat Quinn

It was talked about, it was planned and now was the time to go.

J. M. Roberts

someone who can't be trusted to take Planned Parenthood's position on abortion.

Patsy Christie

This is not an open-ended rezoning. It's like a planned unit development for commercial. What's shown on the site plan is all that can go there.

Robert Black

The only way we have been able to do this is because Texas has planned and has drilled for years.

Stacie Temple

We had not planned to grandstand on the issue. We simply planned to do the responsible thing with taxpayers' money.

Willie Williams

We do not know whether it was an opportunistic robbery, whether it was something that was planned or whether it was a follow-up, ... We just don't know right now.

Mike Turner

We had planned on a slow ramp-up of the production of the airplanes.

Liaquat Baluch

The results are totally managed, planned and rigged.

Linda Blair

I had planned to retire when I was 13, ... I had wanted to be a veterinarian.

Dee Hock

If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this is not possible, then its essential to have a small cadre of very bright, committed people who are questioning, exploring and understanding these emerging concepts.

Mike Keenan

The position Olli is in had nothing to do with it,

Whitney Watson

We're doing everything we can to make sure that he is not put in a position to re-offend.

Larry Harris

At each position we're at least two deep,

Steve Thomas

A councillor's position is not judicial. It's emotional.

Todd Elmer

A lot of this comes on the back of year-end profit taking on what has been a successful position for the market.

Larry Brown

They were exhausted, that was one thing. And two, I didn't want to put them in that position yet.

Kim Priez

It's very controversial and we don't have a position on it.

Chad Johnson

It's the position now, the position to play.

Stephen Glover

Where is our prime minister? All that can be said is that he is out there somewhere.

Abhisit Vejjajiva

We have no problem with the prime minister's offer.

Benjamin Franklin

I am in the prime of senility.

Dan Zimmerman

This is the prime time right now. They're there.

Ehud Olmert

Every prime minister ... has the responsibility to provide security for his people.

Brian Mulroney

If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing.

George Arzt

Everyone thought she was ready for prime time, but her floundering in the Senate race showed she was not.

Doris Williams

Women can do a lot of things when they have to, and she was a prime example.

Kevin Eggan

This technique is not ready for prime time now.

Edie Falco

I didn't know that the show would be received the way that it has been, ... I couldn't be more thrilled about it. But it's been a surprise.

Dimieari Kemedi

Most of these militants received their first weapon from the ruling party.

Robert Lawson

I was unaware of water in garages in The Vineyards until I received these letters. That's disturbing.

James Rubin

We received assurances at a variety of levels.

Chris Beard

We received a lot of user requests for this.

Richard McGinn

I think we're doing a lot of things well, and I think it's been received well on the street, ... Street Sweep.

Christian Winthrop

He has received a lot of support from Yonkers and Westchester. A lot of them were contributions that were under $200 that were not itemized.

Eric Dubin

When you received Rosie, did you say, 'It's now you and me, kid?'

Horton Foote

I've lived long enough to know things go in and out of fashion, and things not well received now can be totally reversed years later.

Ron Redmond

We've been there over a week, and we've made repeated requests.

Andrew Mitchell

The UK public have repeatedly shown enormous generosity to those in need.

Don Lindburg

It really is turning out to be somewhat of a hardship.

Charles Bona

The swings are going to be very rapid, and they could be somewhat sizeable.

David Pittman

That's why I think this study is somewhat surprising.

Jeff Evans

She's cooperating, she's upset. Somewhat relieved, she said.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

If he's going there to grandstand, then I think it's somewhat embarrassing.

Gary Goddard

I think we probably get somewhat better prices,

Nick Saban

Right tackle has been somewhat of a problem,

David Spade

Everyone is so weird in L.A. that if you're somewhat normal, it's exotic.

Jack Kilby

It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company.

Carol Moseley Braun

I was very productive as a senator for my state.

Clifford Garnto

We wrestled better than we did in the first. We got after the guys, and they wanted to get to the state final.

Paul Tagliabue

to play in the state in which they're franchised.

Mark Warner

A lot of states wanted to help, but there was no place to turn.

Troy Pachner

They made the type of adjustments that a state championship team makes.

Tim Koerber

This ain't getting any easier. The top two state teams were in our region. You just never know.

Eddie Rodriguez

It's not right. The United States is nothing without immigrants. The United States is nothing without Mexicans.

Adam Campbell

It's the state tournament. Everyone comes to play.

Brian Roper

They are a very disciplined team, and you can see why they are two-time state champions.

Alan Bean

History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.

Bear Grylls

It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.

Antonis Samaras

Illegal immigrants are already a very big problem for us. We are already taking big steps to disallow illegal immigrants from coming in.

Denzel Washington

One failed experiment is one step closer to Success

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Until we see what we are, we cannot take steps to become what we should be.

Kathleen Nash

We've been able to step things up in big games.

Kevin Haggerty

What we're really in here is a race, and we're usually one step behind,

Bryan Clay

You take yourself to a place where you've got absolutely nothing left and then you find out you have to push yourself one more step. That's a tough place to be in.

Juwan Howard

With Tracy out of the game, we all had to step up.

Lauren Cercone

We're going to set our strategy and do what we think it takes to win. It won't be cheap.

Bill Gates

Every new change forces all the companies in an industry to adapt their strategies to that change.

David Baugh

There's always a strategy to it, but now unfortunately I can't tell you what it is.

Ross Rubin

It's a continuation of the strategy that they've had for some time.

Ted Forrest

A one-size-fits-all strategy is not the wave of the future.

Alan Stein

The strategy is to prevail. You make the run-off and you go from there.

Thomas Huxley

Do what you can to do what you ought, and leave hoping and fearing alone.

Tony Robbins

It's not enough to have a strategy for success. Great strategy is available for free online for everything from career success to meeting Mr. or Ms. Right. You must also tell yourself the right story.

Renata Adler

A favorite strategy was the paragraph-terminating: Right? Followed immediately by Wrong. This linear invitation to a mugging was considered a strategy of wit.

Veronica Corpuz

We're going to try and work through this to make sure no more productions will be canceled or postponed.

Jamie Shea

When we are sure what happened, we will tell you what happened.

Rich Rodriguez

What makes it tough is they're better for sure than they were two years ago,

Ed Paulk

We're just making sure there is nothing we are missing. It's just being proactive.

Jackie Rubin

They make sure everything is on the up and up.

Jake McDorman

It's true with fashion, acting, anything: Make sure it's timeless, but at the same time, there's got to be a little hint of risk.

Bill Stokes

Its sure to be one for the books,

Ron Mayers

They are talking about it as if it is over and I'm not sure that that is the case.

John Newman

There will be a new look at these chemicals, I'm not sure there's a lot we can do.

Steve Hall

We're still on a trend that is taking us downward.

Ron Everhart

We're just waiting to see what happens. He's taking his time.

Ladrika Gross

They're taking this pretty easy. They're taking it better than I thought they would.

David Carr

They're taking their time with him, and that's good,

Carol Olson

It's not like we're taking from other facilities. Everybody's experiencing an increase.

Laura McElroy

For him, repairing something is like taking a walk. He fixes everything.

Lee Gierczynski

This is very atypical. It's taking a very, very long time.

Kurt Tsue

Right now, the tides are taking it out. Should the wind change, it could come right back into shore.

David Carr

I see us taking more of a businesslike approach,

Rick Rudesill

Whether they play (against Mitchell) is kind of up in the air. You have to wonder about their stamina.

Pierce Brosnan

Whether they made the right choice, who knows?

Karen Burk

Whether someone thought it was a joke, we take it very seriously. This is a food-tampering issue.

John Podhoretz

Whether my columns are worth reading isn't for me to say.

Leonard Mlodinow

Whether it's fiction or nonfiction, writing takes me to another world.

Silas Lee

There's a lot of frustration. Whether or not all the incumbents get defeated, that is to be seen.

Teresa Heinz

I've always worked on bipartisans, whether it's on healthcare, drug reform, et cetera. All my work is bipartisan, because what I'm - as nonpartisan actually, because I look for solutions. I'm very practical.

T. Boone Pickens

I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.

Simon Sinek

Whether individuals or organisations, we follow those who lead not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead not for them, but for ourselves.