Famous Quotes & Sayings

Evan Osnos

There was a docudrama that was made, called 'The Death Of A Princess,' which was about a true story in Saudi Arabia. It was about a public execution for adultery. And when the movie was aired on British television, the Saudi government threatened to cut off oil exports and to cut off diplomatic relations.

Greg Rusedski

There's a great opportunity for me to become British number one and it could happen very soon.

Greg Rusedski

There's a great opportunity for me to become British No1 and it could happen very soon,

Dana Allin

There's a general sense I think at least in the British Foreign Office and the British military that the U.S. tactics have been too heavy-handed and may be responsible for some of what we're seeing.

Alan Smith

When I was seven I started BMX racing. I could do tricks and when I was eight I was British champion - but the BMX trophy is the only thing I've ever won!

Tony Blair

We the British are a people that stand by our friends in time of need, trial and tragedy, and we do so without hesitation now.

Ann Macbeth

The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads.

John Reid

The death of this British soldier in Iraq deeply saddens me. All our thoughts and sympathies are with the family at this very difficult time.

Freddy Adu

The contract is for six years. We'll see after that. It has always been a dream of mine to play in the British Premier League for a team like Manchester United.

Dave Peterson

It would be great to have water from Tiber reservoir,

Reuben Droughns

It would be great to get that tradition back and get it going again,

Robert Gibbons

It would be great if we had the HOT to Massaponax,

Paul Farmer

It would be great if people would acknowledge that the state of Haiti was because of the resources we took away.

Jim Adkins

It would be great if it could stay in Pasadena. Part of the proceeds from the sign will go to LIPS, that's Ladies Into Purchasing Stock.

Fifi Camara

It would be great if I could play for New York. Whatever happens at this point, I'm not going to regret anything.

Willie Roaf

It would be great for me to be a part of Larry Johnson rushing for 2,000 yards, at this time in my career. That's something I never imagined being a part of, and that would be exciting.

Aurelio Rodriguez

It wouldn't be a shock if Portugal won because is a great team,

Richard McMillan

It would have been great to have Stephen here, ... It would have put Pittsburgh on the map. He's the one it was fashioned for.

Frank Beamer

These are all unusual things that can happen in a ballgame,

Alfred Adler

Life happens at the level of events, not words

Percy Hall

He was a sick little kid. He had to learn to walk all over again, start all over. It was the most devastating thing to happen to me in my life but I learned you're not always responsible for what happens, but you are responsible for how you respond.

Rick Torres

I happen to know the man is a multi-millionaire.

Jack Kerouac

Nothing ever happened - Not even this

Felipe Alou

My wish is for tomorrow. It's going to happen very soon.

Jake Bacon

That will not happen again. We've improved, and we're much better than that now.

Dwight Howard

That's the secret to success -- not worrying only about what's going to happen in the future, trying to work only on the stuff you can work on in the present.

Richard McMillan

I think most shows happen like this for actors, ... They're like a river. You hop on it and you take it where it goes.

Alex Ferguson

Myths grow all the time. If I was to listen to the number of times I've thrown teacups then we've gone through some crockery in this place. It's completely exaggerated, but I don't like people arguing back with me.

Robert A. Heinlein

To assess the intelligence of a committee, divide the IQ of its stupidest member by the number of members.

Vernon Jordan

A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.

Nicholson Baker

You can register a political objection in a number of ways.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Why do photographers start giving numbers to their prints? It’s absurd. What do you do when the 20th print has been done? Do you swallow the negative? Do you shoot yourself? It’s the gimmick of money.

Alexei Mordashov

My wealth is reflected in the price of Severstal, and the number of shares I have in my possession doesn't have any impact on the company.

Irv DeGraw

I would like to think they can get in the 20 percent range, but with that number of shares it could be difficult.

Alex Brown

I don't know that we've got his number yet.

Richard J. Needham

When people are against profits they're against business; when they're against business, they're against employment; when they're against employment, it's not surprising that a large number of them are unemployed.

Jonny Lee Miller

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

Kate Buckley

That opportunity made me realize I wanted to be a director,

Earl Nightingale

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

Richard Hatch

When you meet someone with a vision, you have to give them a shot and an opportunity to see what they can do.

Richard King

We should all have the opportunity to express what we want to express.

Abraham Lincoln

As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man.

Haywood Nelson

I had the opportunity to do what I enjoy.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Only an extraordinary person can turn opportunity into reality.

Alec Guinness

Much of the day I have busied myself making notes on the small parts in Shakespeare, often nameless, which are rewarding to the actor if only he'll not dismiss them as beneath his dignity. If I can work it up into a talk I might call it, 'Only a cough and a spit ' -the phrase so often used by actors to explain away a lack of opportunity.