Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Kennedy

As a Scot, representing a Scottish constituency for almost the past 25 years, I do not harbour an overweening ambition to pronounce on each and every matter exclusively English.

Henry Yennie

Of the almost 1,500, we suspect there's a 'nugget' who are truly missing ? washed out into the Gulf. Then there's a small subset that honestly don't want to be found. How do we know when we're done? How long do you keep looking? What do you do when you've done all the DNA testing you can, when you've called everyone and you still can't find the person?

James Laughlin

Often something comes in from which you can see that the person is good, the book may not be perfect as it is, and the person doesn't want to do a re-write. That's something we do almost nothing of.

Kristin Campbell

Of our dual enrollees, 25 percent have received their cards, 50 percent have some sort of information and 25 percent are just not in the system. Thank God for our software. When you get a prescription or a refill that comes up with no glitches, you almost want to jump up and down.

Stephen Vizinczey

Oh God,' he groaned. 'I'd almost forgotten! What a relief it was when I stopped worrying about being good!

John Murphy

North America posted a loss almost twice our estimate.

Gary Waters

Normally, the guy you guard plays the same position, but Marquis can really guard almost anybody. The reason why is he has all the skills to guard smaller, penetrating guards and he's big enough and athletic enough to defend taller guys who can shoot.

Michael Arad

No rendering can really simulate the way the light bounces off the bronze panel. From some angles, it's almost a mirror, and from others it's a matte surface.

Wu Yonggang

After the deal, there will be almost no more big ideal banking targets left.

Glenn Hoddle

I've spoken to Jackie and there is nothing in it. Jackie has just bought a house down here and he has no problems with the club.

Octavia E. Butler

I pecked my stories out two-fingered on the Remington portable typewriter my mother had bought me. I had begged for it when I was ten.

G. H. Hardy

We had been selling propeller hats as a way for students to show their support for wind power. Many of the school's administrators even bought hats for friends and family, giving us a chance to talk to them about our efforts.

Delbert Teille

When I was 13 I was diagnosed with malignant brain cancer. I spent 13 weeks in the hospital getting treatment, and my parents had to mortgage the house to pay for it. I spent Christmas in the hospital. When I got out my father had bought me my first Lionel train set, a model Union Pacific line.

Lisa Delbridge

Bought a truck full of stuff for next year and they will be out here next year.

Craig Benedetto

Everything was done legally, aboveboard and properly to get this project moving forward. No one's being bought here. This is about good government.

Mike Lieberthal

Everything that's sold in the U.S. has never had a problem testing positive. You just have to be careful, but especially with stuff bought outside the U.S. Then, make sure you keep some of it with you just in case.

John Casesa

Even though the U.S. economy's pretty healthy, there's not much growth in demand. Everybody who needs a car has already bought one.

Kurt Barnard

Even the most loyal customers won't be able to resist a very good bargain. And by the time the loyal customer has bought all the Wal-Mart bargains, there won't be very much left for Target.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

As one of America's largest exporters, GE remains committed to producing more products in the United States, which is our home and largest market.

Bob Gainey

Our team was stumbling and bumbling and we didn't have a player really who was committed to doing what they needed to do.

Terry Garcia

Salmon are in serious trouble. Regardless of the final outcome of this case, we remain steadfastly committed to our goal of recovery of these species.

P. Herbert

It would be a failure if we don't come up with something and do something, ... The governor and I are committed to taking the information received here (at the summit) and putting together some sort of transportation initiative.

Tim Richards

It was a long match, ... Jerome played well as a team. Wood River committed a lot of unforced errors.

Anthony Zinni

I sense everyone is committed to get out of this terrible situation. I think in the next few days we can start on my mission and the implementation of the plan that we've brought.

Jim Doyle

The ripples of Hurricane Katrina will touch every state and I remain committed to do all that we can to help minimize the devastation ... and restore hope,

Christopher Hill

The United States is very much committed to this diplomatic process. We want it to work and we want full participation in it and we want it to succeed.

David Gill

We hope to make one or two very big signings this summer - and we are already committed to that.

S. Walker

Ashton's just a workhorse. To have one touchdown on offense, one on defense and one on special teams really says a lot.

Doug Wojcik

As a team, we play defense well and our kids listen. Memphis did a poor job at the free throw line (26-of-41) and that really kept us in the game.

Michael Lambert

As a human being I was incensed. As a defense attorney, I was incensed.

Scott Skiles

As long as they're good shots. You have to earn the right to take that many shots, and you do that by taking good shots, making a good percentage of them, by playing good defense and staying out of foul trouble.

Derek Thomas

Our shots weren't falling, but we were able to do it by locking up on defense and we just didn't let them score. On the other end, we had guys passing the ball, not turning it over and it got exciting.

Ed Sennett

Our defense took them out of it. It looked like their kids were a little tired. They played three pretty hard games in a row. We put the defense on them, got ahead, and when you're tired, it's hard to come back.

Jack Siedlecki

Our defense stood up each time we turned it over.

Doug Palow

Our defense shut down just about everything tonight.

Buster Brown

Our defense saved us, no doubt. Our offense was not very good but Kate hit those two 3-pointers and that seemed to get us going.

Chairon Isenia

As a player, you feel good when someone remembers something like that.

Kurt Thomas

As long as I set a good pick and roll, get to the open spot, it's about me knocking down the shot. He knows when to find you.

Jon Oringer

Problems are good. Impossible problems are even better.

Barclay Tagg

Probably good judgment and good sense would say not to run, but there is only one Kentucky Derby.

Chris Long

Personally, I can't wait until we start playing those quote-unquote 'good teams' that everyone says we haven't played yet. I think we'll do well. People are going to find out we have some very good players on our team.

Doug Liman

People used to want to see the same old thing, but nothing in the marketing of 'Stealth' made it seem truly original. All I remember from the trailer is the airplane, not the characters. And all I remember from the trailer of 'The Island' is the concept, not the characters. 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith,' 'Batman,' 'War of the Worlds': Those trailers were about characters. That's good for the movie business.

Herbert Greene

People turn it up on us and instead of going (forward), we start going backwards. That hurts us. And then we get where we can't get good shots.

Pam Richardson

People think things are working. So why not support the people who do a good job?

Gene Stamm

Our test scores are going up significantly. Teachers and principals are doing a good job.

Jason Witten

Seeing some of these guys is pretty special. They've done a lot for us, the young players.

Chuck D.

It was unbelievable. ... They started two guys that normally don't start. They were up 10 on us just like that.

Dan Wheeler

It was wild. Guys were going flat-out on the field.

Jimbo Fisher

It was wild for a minute. We were just trying to keep our guys off.

Jonathan Cheechoo

It was a nice feeling. Not a lot of guys have reached it so it's pretty special.

Jeff Morrow

It was a long weekend, and maybe there was a little mental fatigue. But these guys have been through it before. At times we played really well, and then we would relax.

Tom Heckert

The second day of training camp, these guys might have to come in and play.

Bo Ryan

These young guys get to live in their moment. I don't know what people remember about Wisconsin or what people remember about Arizona. Everyone is in their own time warp.

John Titus

These women might have to work hard, perhaps even harder then the guys in their jobs.

Dennis Northcutt

As long as I'm doing what I'm supposed to do, and I'm going out and helping this team in any way, I'm going to be here, ... The only way I'm going to lose my job is if I'm messing up and not getting the job done.

Javier Solana

The solution of this problem is not only military, the solution has to be political.... We are prepared for the possibility of helping with a cease-fire,

Peter Briggs

The students get help they need, and we learn about the rest of the world by being involved with them.

Robert Reisz

So we are suggesting this was a relatively helpless little hatchling.

Juan Avila

Thank you to all the people who helped us get this house.

Kirby Moses

Ten of our 14 wrestlers scored points which helped us today. There were 15 teams and we didn't know what to expect. We were the smallest school there.

Danielle Jackson

Ryan has really stepped up and takes some of the pressure away from the rest of us. She's going to help a lot.

Daniel Burns

It was unbelievable, ... but I knew it was helping us.

Cheech Marin

It was about taking the show and shining a different light on it. Each monologue was like a separate jewel that I helped thread into a necklace.

Richard Estrada

So we said, let's organize this huge march of the pueblo, of the people.

John Fogg

Psychologically, that is a huge step forward, ... When that happens, you can think about getting back to a sense of normalcy.

Steve Lowery

It would be very satisfying after the start I had. That would be a huge accomplishment.

Paul Begala

It was a huge fireball, a huge, orange fireball.

Octavio Dotel

This is huge in my country. Just huge.

Richard Sullivan

This is the first time we have been able to predict such a huge improvement in long-term survival,

Jonathon Shockey

This (win) is a huge confidence-builder for us.

Ellen Stofan

There's a huge question of whether you really need water for life.

John Fitzgibbons

Even if can't get in on the offer price you won't have to pay a huge premium now.

Uli Hoeness

We're playing for the people, not for the regime. We want to reduce this to soccer only.

Matt Hasselbeck

The Pro Bowl. But I don't feel like playing right now.

Arlen Specter

I've been playing squash almost daily for 38 years.

Randy Carlisle

We scored that touchdown, and once we did that, we started playing with confidence.

Joseph Hunter

Us being ranked like we are and playing like we are, it's going to be that much more of a stage for us.

Al Frost

You look at him and think he should be playing basketball.

David Bullock

There's no more hit-and-giggle. They're out there playing for pride.

Anna Lee

The time I used to spend playing tennis I now use for reading or doing embroidery.

Evan Needham

I started watching it more and playing it more when Tiger started having those big years.

David Ishii

Really? I don't remember. Seventeen under? That's pretty good.

Kim Devlin

Well that's seven more votes than we expected.

Richelle Nice

We were in there for seven months. We wanted to see it through to the end.

S. Truett Cathy

If it takes seven days to make a living, you ought to be doing something else.

Tom Evans

Get transported back to the seventies !

Shaun White

I was sponsored when I was about seven by Burton Snowboards.

Michael Ian Black

The Atkins' diet is where you eat bacon for six or seven months...and the end result is that you lose weight. Because you're dead.

Miguel de Cervantes

I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.

Teri Garr

Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women

David Garrett

This is a system that we take for granted,

Farid Abdulkadir

It's the first time this system has been used.

Myles Munroe

External circumstances will not change until internal belief systems change.

Chuck Wilson

We have all new duct work and a new heating and ventilation system in there, so we won't be using the old system,

Brandon Marshall

I try to live by the principles the Bible speaks on.

Brandon Sanderson

Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you.

Brad Paisley

I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?

Brad Feld

While I'm a venture capitalist who invests in early-stage tech companies, I often feel like a professional emailer and conference call maker. I try to spend most of my time doing whatever the companies we are investors in need me to do.

Jane Jacobs

It is hopeless to try to convert some borders into seams.

Jane Hirshfield

Zen taught me how to pay attention, how to delve, how to question and enter, how to stay with -- or at least want to try to stay with -- whatever is going on.

Cameron Diaz

I haven't been worried about my image so much as I have been trying to find projects to push myself further than before.

C. S. Lewis

You never know what you can do until you try, and very few try unless they have to.

Bryant H. McGill

When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free.