Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sebastian Faulks

As far as 'Birdsong' is concerned, I think the television program made a very honorable attempt at it, but the truth of the matter is that adaptations of long, ambitious books very seldom transfer well to the screen, and why would they?

Eric Yu

As one of the world's most ambitious IPv6 projects, all of China's major service providers and communications networks are participating in the CNGI project.

Meg Casper

People think it's a little ambitious but we feel we need to be prepared for the maximum and not get caught unprepared. We have committed to do this.

Aaron Greenberg

Our ambitious goal here is to build Xbox Live into an online entertainment network. The announcement of our deal with Epic Records is a big step in that direction.

Heather Hedrick

Commuter rail is a very ambitious endeavor. That is all the more reason we would want the Legislature to be involved in the process.

Gary Loveman

The three partners in this ambitious venture share a determination to see that international guests are pleasantly overwhelmed by their experience at Baha Mar.

John Hurt

I've never been pushy. People have said I should have been, more, but I'm not sure. I've watched hugely ambitious people: the minute they've got a success, they know where it's going, they know how to deal with it, and it all happens for them. Great. But that's not the way I - well, I don't like to use the word 'operate'.

Mike Birbiglia

I've become good friends with Lena Dunham, and the thing I had in common with Lena when I was 24 is I was as ambitious as she was. What we don't have in common is that I was not as talented. My voice was not as clearly defined.

Princeton Review

Some tell us that Hawaii is half and half, half 'study nonstop' and half 'don't know what studying means.' Others, however, feel that 'while there's a handful of students who have ambitious career objectives are focused on studying, the typical student is focused mainly on the beach or going to the clubs.'

Luisa Deason

Often time people who are involved in such tragic situations are not forthcoming the first time around.

Gareth Edwards

After JPR Williams was involved in a road traffic accident: 'Bloody typical, isn't it? The car's a write-off. The tanker's a write-off. But JPR comes out of it all in one piece

Dave Christie

It was well involved ... The whole thing was gutted in the end.

William Taylor

This is an important case. We are going to stay involved in Connecticut.

Sharon Moss

We like to wow them when they come. We want the kids heavily involved in the planning. If it's successful, they are a success. If not they take responsibility. We've never had a failure.

Mike Browning

Even though his scoring was down, he got more kids involved which made us more of a threat.

Dan Henning

There's going to be a lot of temptation on people around the league this year on (wide receiver) Terrell Owens. I can tell you right now, we won't be involved in that temptation. That's part of the plan.

Henry Ian Cusick

I like romantic comedies, as it is a fun and light thing to get involved with.

Ray Arvidson

Water was involved in practically every one we have seen so far.

Robert A. Heinlein

When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before.

Jessica Capshaw

I was never a rail-thin person.

Harry Wilson

Taxes don't seem to be the third rail they used to be.

Jamie Newberg

As long as Pete Carroll is there, I don't see any reason why anything is going to change.

David Greenberg

Personalization is one reason the school is so successful.

O. Singh

no real reason you can't all live harmoniously.

Sathya Baba

No season for Love, no reason for Love;

Robert Richardson

Any organization of reasonable size is going to be attacked.

Peter Simonson

Anything she says could be construed as a reason for discipline.

Bernard Cornwell

The one thing I will not do is read other peoples' unpublished work. The reason for that is that it doesn't help.

Al Attles

The most important thing is that they won the game. And that's what I've always said about Wilt's 100-point game. We won the game. ... That's the reason you play.

Claire Danes

It was uncomfortable, I have to say, but I did think that it was relevant and useful, ... Also, it's erotic. There's no reason to pussyfoot around that. I thought it was vital, so I stripped.