Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Howell

It came as a big surprise, to be honest, ... We all assumed Luke (England's highest-ranked player) would pick Paul to defend the title, but Luke didn't think that was necessary and thought the man on form would be the pick.

Rabih Alameddine

I always assumed that everyone knew no country would ever be awarded a World Cup without pricey gifts exchanging hands under the tables.

John Fogerty

I always assumed I would meet him. I never got to touch base from my heart to his heart, and I'm sure that millions of us felt the same way.

Teller

I always assumed I'd spend my life happily performing in artsy-fartsy little theaters.

Caleb Spencer

He definitely has assumed the leadership role on and off the field. He took control of things this summer.

John Thompson

He just assumed that the time was so short, he hadn't served. He was born before the Great War, he was a child in the Roaring '20s, he graduated about the Depression and he married about World War II. These are very unassuming guys. It was a national responsibility, and you did your job.

George Pierce Baker

What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.

Stephen Sondheim

My parents weren't around much, but I assumed everybody's family was the same. I didn't know people had mummies and daddies who would give them milk and cookies after school. I just thought everybody lived on Central Park West and they had a nanny to take care of them.

Drew Gilpin Faust

I lived in a world where social arrangements were taken for granted and assumed to be timeless. A child's obligation was to learn these usages, not to question them. The complexities of racial deportment were of a piece with learning manners and etiquette more generally.

Keke Palmer

You have to understand that when things go wrong in your life, it doesn't mean you need to quit. It means you need to get stronger and change your plan.

Hanya Yanagihara

I was interested about how relationships change as you get older. You are great friends in your 20s. In your 30s, you get married. Your 40s are all about your kids. In your 50s, you get divorced, and your friendships become primary again.

Earl Watson

(King) changed the world. He sacrificed his life. Being in Memphis, that's huge. We played on that day. Just taking the tour of the hotel and everything, I don't think most of us (black players in the NBA) would be here if it wasn't for him sacrificing.

Amy Jones

Kevin wants to change the course of his life and just get out of the industry. It was his decision. It's a life choice.

Med Yones

Knowledge networks will revolutionize the global economy. They will change the way we think, learn and work. The prosperity of a nation and its industries will be determined to a large degree by how well they can leverage the global knowledge networks to develop their resources, collaborate, innovate, and market their products and services

Judith Regan

Knopf is an interesting choice. It's consistent with how Clinton's trying to change his image.

Flip Murray

I wouldn't say it messed my rhythm up. It changes the way you prepare for the game. You can't wait and try to get into the flow. You have to come in and contribute right away.

Richard Applegate

I would try to talk to your employer and see if they would change the investments, ... You might as well try if the choices stink or the offerings are really expensive.

Gordon Howald

I wouldn't be surprised to see a change in the price. The offer terms might need to be changed.

John Bunting

I was looking at the scoreboard all night, ... You can really get mesmerized by that thing. It goes on and the fireworks continue to go off (after each score). I thought at one point they might run out of fireworks. That's a big number and, basically, I'm numb at this point.

Paul Quesnel

Kiss is getting its flour supplies from NFM today and our operations will continue as normal. I've been told that NFM workers have gone back to work and negotiations are to continue.

J. Hoover

Kids have a tendency to rest on what they do well and it's human nature to continue to work on the things that you do well. But this summer, I saw him working on the things that he needs to work on to be effective at the next level. I have no doubt that he'll contribute as a freshman. He's highly competitive and he knows what he'll have to do to compete.

Patterson Hood

I write a lot of songs (about the South) and will continue to, but we wanted to do a record that wasn't so specific in the geography. We're from the South, but that's not all we can do.

Tom Davis

Keeping our staff intact enables us to continue to recruit as well as teach.

Charlotte Ronson

Just watching the people on the streets of N.Y. is inspiring; there are so many styles and unique points of view. Fashion is very much inspired by the streets, has always been, and I'm sure it will continue to do so.

Darren Sharper

Just not panicking, just feeling as though you can continue to play each game week by week and really keep grinding it out. You never know, because the season's so long. Teams are going to drop games, so you never really know how you're going to be in position.

Lofa Tatupu

Just that success only comes one way -- that's through hard work. Just continue to try to improve on getting better and it'll happen.

Dave Wannstedt

Joe's a good player for us and Joe will continue to be a good player for us, but we need to threaten people,

Kelly Brook

In this country we're just obsessed with making people celebrities before they've even done anything, which I think is just shocking.

Evan Wilson

I was intrigued by the opportunity to live and experience a country less well off than ours. And see firsthand the problems that plague a developing nation.

Claire McCaskill

I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away, even if it wasn't responsible in terms of what our country needed right then.

Thomas Fuller

Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof.

Troy Sunderland

Kish is a kid that pushes the tempo, even though he might not be as highly ranked as other guys, but he will be a guy ranked high in the country by the end of the year.

Brian France

I would vote no. Other people in our organization would like to see it. But I like distinguishing the elite division in the country with a unique way of settling the championship.

Mark Phillips

Katie has gotten healthy. She is stronger and more fit than she was at any time during last year's cross country season.

Ifzal Ali

Just look at the organized sector of the economy in a country such as India, which employs less than 10 percent of workforce, you are worrying about this when there is a multitude of people completely being bypassed.

Mary Osako

Just like any other global company, Yahoo! must ensure that its local country sites must operate within the laws, regulations and customs of the country in which they are based.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

Despite spending trillions of dollars and spilling the blood of thousands of Americans, we remain in servitude to Arab oil.

Jeriamy Jackson

Kenny, he's going to work harder than anyone. As for Matt, nobody's going to intimidate him despite giving up nearly 35 pounds in his weight class.

Richard Lucas

Joe was hired a long time ago, did a good job and stuck around. Despite all the changes, he's still the same. He still thinks he's a pre-law student.

Susanna Moore

Women are completely disadvantaged - despite what men will say. It is not a fair fight.

Jose Serrano

I think it says something about Freddy that, despite his ups and downs in this race, he has stayed dignified, animated, and charismatic.

Bill Gray

I think that our offensive line has really started to gel, ... We have three new faces up there on the front line and they haven't played a lot of football. Despite their experience, I think that every time we step on the football field, they get better.

Roseanne Roseanne

I think we're looking at a pretty strong housing market despite the fact that starts didn't rise, ... far from runaway.

Russ Yarworth

He's a very tough worker. Mentally, he's tough, despite what he might tell you. He's got a good feel for the water.

Byron Calame

I have had unusual difficulty getting a better explanation for readers, despite the paper's repeated pledges of greater transparency.

Alice Lowe

I was in something called 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace' which was a real cult comedy; it's sort of a spoof horror sort of thing, and it only ever had one series, but I liked the fact that it only had one series because it's kind of got this little gemlike quality to it that there were only ever six episodes.

Howard Simon

Kids now are smarter than we were. They want the facts. They want to know what's happening. That's why being open and honest with them is so important.

Smush Parker

Kobe is always a factor in the game. I don't think Golden State stopped him from scoring the ball. He just got other guys involved in the offense. It was a game Kobe didn't have to force the game until late.

Stephen JohnsonGrove

Kids live everywhere. ... This statute is far from rational, and may in fact be counterproductive.

Jeremy Jacobs

Jacques agonized over it. Not so much in a financial way, but it increased our recognition factor - it's become a hook for us.

Joe Tiller

I would say it's the single most important factor of (a team), ... You hate to put it all on one position, but if you told me, 'OK Tiller, you're going to graduate 21 of your 22 starters. Which one don't you want graduating?' It'd be the quarterback.

Robert Sarver

I would say it did surprise me. When I heard Toronto was interested in talking to him, that didn't surprise me. The fact that he wanted to pursue it surprised me.

Albert Gray

Katrina just went through, and it takes a little time for water to move. That's probably a contributing factor to these high bacterial samples.

Albert Gray

Katrina just went through, and it takes a little time for water to move, ... That's probably a contributing factor to these high bacterial samples.

David Nichols

has done everything he said he was going to do. In fact, he financed an expansion.

Mayor Bingham

I will be giving a harsh look at all the finances in the city.

Jan Hatzius

There is a more plausible explanation for the spending slowdown, namely the withdrawal of fiscal and monetary stimulus from a household sector whose finances remain stretched,

Asif Kapadia

I'd always intended to make 'Far North' straight after 'The Warrior.' We had the rights to the short story, the script was in development, and I knew where I wanted to shoot it. It just took a long time getting the script together and raising the finance.

Robert Rodriguez

The studios don't finance anymore, they get outside funds.

William Petty

Money is the best rule of commerce.

Bill Bixby

I just don't think he can stay, ... There's just no finances available.

Paul Wolfowitz

can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon.

Solomon Jones

The congressman is abiding by the campaign-finance laws.

Donald Schneider

I think the new discoveries are going to indicate that Pluto should not really be called a planet.

Pat Gillick

He's getting better. I thought this spring that he didn't indicate to me that he was that type of (one-dimensional) hitter. He indicated to me that he was a lot better.

J. Hoover

The (final) score doesn't indicate how much mat wrestling took place tonight. St. Joe's kept everything close. There were some really tight matches.

David Buik

The futures indicate a lower start with profit takers and scalpers to the fore.

Shawn Boyer

Don't be too specific about what you want to do. Indicate your interests, but let people know you're willing to try out different opportunities.

Chris Rupkey

It may come down to 59.5. This reading would not indicate a softer economy.

Sonny Jackson

All signs indicate that this was a suicide.

Alfonza Whitaker

There was no animosity, no arguing, nothing that would indicate ill-will between these parties. No intent.

Mark Regev

The repeated outrageous remarks by the Iranian president unfortunately indicate the real mind-set of the ruling clique.

Michael Friedman

I was interested in seeing how the NHS would respond. I was thrilled when I was accepted.

Cheech Marin

I was interested in a lot of subjects from very early on. And that's uniquely Chicano because every Chicano I knew always had three jobs.

Oscar Gonzalez

I would think the probability of a move (on interest rates) would be somewhere around the 40 percent range.

Grace Fey

I wouldn't be surprised to see (the Dow) trend lower because markets don't trend up in a time of rising interest rates.

John Kessel

Kafka is not interested in documenting the manners and mores of any particular place; he is not interested in probing the psyche of individual characters.

Steve Carell

Just the idea of him with a love interest is mind-boggling, ... I don't know how it could be handled.

Mark Latham

John is sure he's interested ? spoke to him about it during his trip to the West Indies last year,

Len Lichtenfeld

I suspect that there will be a significant interest in getting better tests into the mainstream.

Scott Shapiro

I think it's 18 teams that have shown interest.

Jaclyn Smith

Kmart uses such mass production that they are able to lower their prices. My hose, for instance, is made by the same factory, the same machines, the same threads as the hose made by four top designers.

Ronald Allen

I would think that (61/2 years) would be the lower limit. After all, Ryan is more responsible for this than Fawell is.

Kwame Brown

We are going to pound them down low and see what kind of success we have.

David Trone

There are substantial synergies and relatively low integration risk.

Art Hogan

There are sleepy volumes and low participation. There are no players around. Next week, unfortunately, is going to be the same.

Chris Brewer

What we have is low snow in the majority of the snowmobiling regions of the province.

Steve Hutchinson

He's been thrown into the fire. It was the lowest of the lows. In my rookie year, he was getting booed off the field. Of anybody, I'm proudest of Matt.

Nicholas Garganas

Historically rates are at very low levels, and have significantly diverged from their normal level.

David Kessler

It had been a rough previous 10 years. It was a deregulatory period, ... I did come in at a low point.

M. Wolfe

I would think he's worth it. They might not.

Chris Corrigan

I suspect it might be a while getting a suitable candidate.

Robyn Hitchcock

I think it might just be a record that people could put on when they come out of the bath... something they can put on when they've steamed.

Jim Edmonds

I think it might be why I struggled in the World Series,

Deborah Ann Woll

I always fancied someone might call me 'Red,' like Katherine Hepburn.

Ozzie Guillen

He did it all today. He might be in the lineup tomorrow.

Bryan Smolinski

(Hasek) was the reason we won. It was really tough taking those penalties in the first seven minutes, but then we got one at the end and that might have taken the wind out of their sails.

Stephanie Mills

Onstage, you can be anything you want to be. In concert, I might project a different side of myself, but I wouldn't do anything I'd be embarrassed of.

Katori Hall

I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer than that.

Mr Howard

I don't for a moment think that the Prime Minister can stop it by the wave of a wand,

Chamlong Srimuang

Our rally will persist until the prime minister quits.

Bill Clinton

In view of the American position, I don't see how your prime minister can be anything but really publicly very tough on this. I don't think he's got an option,

Chamlong Srimuang

If the prime minister doesn't resign, we'll stay here. We'll stay here for a very long time. We think that we are tougher than the prime minister.

Michel Lu

If necessary we will make proposals to the minister or even the president.

Jim Duffy

The Minister needs to work with Irish-speaking communities, not simply instruct them, as past Ministers did.

Zalmay Khalilzad

You can't have someone who is regarded as sectarian as the minister of interior.

David Blunkett

That is why with enormous regret I have tendered my resignation to the prime minister today.

Lemuel K. Washburn

If there were no ministers and no priests, how long would there be any churches?

Raymond House

River property is at a premium right now. But now, with a new judge's ruling, we don't know where we stand.

Stevie Wonder

In a time where racism was at a premium high,

Gary Player

They've got to do it -- there's not even a debate, ... There must be a premium on driving.

Ross Levinsohn

Yahoo! is committed to building the richest set of premium and personalized content experiences for our users.

Andy Engel

This year is the first time since 1983-84 that small stocks have traded at a premium to big stocks.

Brad Haley

We want to be about premium quality and premium prices.

Christine Whitman

by putting a premium on his beliefs, not a price on his bedroom.

Patrick Whitesell

We saw simply distribution was changing, content, premium content, premium stars; we're going to be able to do more in the world as it evolves.

Roustam Tariko

When you have premium brands, you have to have the right balance of communicating all of your values.

Dan Daly

I think we've just got to take a risk and go to the council.

Paul Browne

I think that we are talking about a very, very small risk -- but not zero.

Jorge Cantu

I didn't want to risk it. I'm sure it would have been a risk if I was to keep playing. Let it heal. ...I'll be back.

Source Unknown

He who stays in the valley will never see over the hill.

Robert Collier

Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.

Richelle Mead

Any life worth living is going to have risks

Richelle Mead

Most good things come with the risk of something bad.

Richard Bach

Before you'll change, something important must be at risk.

Rose McGowan

I love Cate Blanchett: she takes risks, but is still refind.

Brad Anderson

Our back-to school-season was not as robust as we hoped,

Alexei Mordashov

We appreciate size, but only if it is robust growth. Just to be big is not a target.

Renee James

Security can be enhanced with hardware. You can have a software-only solution, but it can be made more robust in conjunction with hardware.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Governments that try to shoot for a surplus hardly ever reach it.

Jenny Holzer

Any surplus is immoral.

Gray Davis

I don't care. My trademark is I say what I think, for better or for worse.

Zayn Malik

My trademark saying is probably “VAS HAPPENIN?!”

Zhu Rongji

Free Tibet before free trade.

Vladimir Putin

I hope that there will be no particular need for us to attract external funding. It is worth noting that despite the fact the turnover is smaller now we are still maintaining a trade surplus.

Bonnie Summers

You can see what the drug trade has done to this area.

William Cowper

Doing good, disinterested good, is not our trade.

Dallas Drake

That's part of it as you get older, and unrestricted. No offense, I'd trade all of us, too.

John Kasich

I have never worshipped at the altar of free trade, but I've always been an advocate of free trade.

Lucy Liu

Nobody really tells me what's going on, and I find out via the trades myself.