Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Jones

This is a process, not an event. It's not going to happen over night. It's clear that we as African American men are unique and only we can articulate what it's like to attend a private college. But all of us would also agree that it was worth it, that we are successful today because of it.

Milton Bradley

This is a special moment for baseball, a special moment for African Americans. Just like it is every time April 15 comes up. I think last year was really special because I was wearing the uniform that Jackie wore.

Thabo Mbeki

Throwing money at African governments is not the answer,

James Appathurai

NATO has not received any formal request from the UN or from the AU for anything beyond what it is currently doing. NATO is continuing to do what it has been doing for many months, and that is airlifting in and out African Union battalions...as well as providing training.

David Quammen

Most Americans know nothing about the African forest, and it seems to them a very scary, spooky dangerous place. I've spent a lot of time in the forests of central Africa. I know they're beautiful places that contain a lot of different kinds of creatures, including some that carry Ebola.

Joseph Anthony

While a lot of African Americans and Latinos may have negative perceptions about the military, they can still identify with the strength of the soldier.

Herman Cain

I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American.

Willie Nelson

I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working out there. A lot of Mexicans - the blacks and the whites and the Mexicans, all out there singing, and it was like an opera in the cotton fields, and I can still hear it in the music that I write and play today.

Richard Reeves

The Habre case is more worrying for African leaders as it is more universal in its implications. They will find it a very difficult decision.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.

Jose Rizal

There now exists a factor which was formerly lacking - the spirit of the nation has been aroused, and a common misfortune, a common debasement, has united all the inhabitants of the Islands.

H. Hunt

Common sense and briefings tell us at ground zero it will take folks longer to get back home, but not because of contamination -- it's because of the process,

George Bernard Shaw

Common people do not pray; they only beg.

James Zogby

common consensus of Arab-Americans and Jewish-Americans for a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Sean Penn

Turning one's back on stardom might be the highest form of common sense. One that I would aspire to be more complete with.

Mickey Sherman

We wanted 12 intelligent people with a lot of common sense. Boy, it looks like we got what we wanted. It's an ideal jury.

Walter Moloney

This type of restrictions are not common in town houses or single-family developments.

Dr. Irwin

(We) found very little evidence for the efficacy of these over-the-counter cough preparations for cough due to the common cold.

Terrence Gabriel

The Nasdaq has at least the Microsoft report to look forward to, which should be strong.

Lee Humphrey

This is a new year, and a different team. We're looking forward to making a run.

Eric Patterson

The only time we'll have to play a Broward or Dade team is if we play them in the state championship. We're looking forward to that.

Gary Smith

Bret Harte stuck it to us last year. We learned a lesson. Our kids are looking forward to playing them again.

Sergio Garcia

You have to realize you are going to have to make some birdies. You have a lot of par-4s you are hitting wedges into, and these guys can play, so you have to make some birdies. I'm looking forward to (today).

Willie Randolph

Those are the guys we have to go through to be where we want to be. We're looking forward to that challenge.

Chris Bosh

We know it's been a tough season, but we have a good group of guys that work hard every day. Thank you for your support and we look forward to next season.

Edward Hale

Look up, and not down; Out and not in; Forward and not back; And lend a hand.

James Reed

Last year, to be honest, I wasn't as happy, ... I didn't play that much last year. I was depressed, well, not depressed. It was frustrating. Now I look forward to the games. I look forward to practice. I look forward to - if I mess up, going in there and doing it better.

Dan Shechtman

Select a subject that interests you and make an effort to become an expert in that field. I promise you, if you make the effort, and you become an expert, you will have a wonderful career.

Mario Cuomo

Scott Stringer has a record of standing up to special interests and getting results for the people of Manhattan. I know a real reformer when I see one and Scott Stringer is the real deal.

David Miliband

Al Qaeda has no place in Pakistan. It's a threat to Pakistan. And there should be a convergence of interests between the Pakistani state and the West on security issues, but also on wider economic and social issues.

Clint Eastwood

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

Nicholas Burns

We welcome the United Nations in the United States. We want the U.N. to stay, and the U.N. is going to stay.

Michael White

People train for this all year like the Olympics.

Sarah Davis

People think, 'It's a winter hike, I don't have to take as much water,' but they do.

Richard M. Nixon

People see me and they think, "He's risen from the dead.

Jon Jansen

People say this stuff like they just thought of it, ... Everyone thinks they're so clever. I'm like, 'Heard that two weeks ago. Where ya been?'

John Abraham

People talk about the money, but it had nothing to do with the money,

Jay Jacobs

People stumbled into the war by making mistakes.

Tom Daschle

People still would have the right to go to court,

Jodie Sweetin

People still watch 'Full House' all the time. It's on three times a day!

Gary Koenig

People still want it, that's why the old stars are still doing it.

Grady Jackson

I'll be ready for Detroit. I just have to get the footwork down, get used to pushing and everything again.

Nicole Perrot

Winning is always great, I'm ready for it to happen, but I'm not pushing it,

Ben Foster

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests.

Donna Mills

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!

Anthony Hopkins

I don't have any [favourite role]. I'm just a working actor.

Renee Fleming

I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.

Robert Lanza

Until we recognize the essential role of biology, our attempts to truly unify the universe will remain a train to nowhere.

Sherilyn Fenn

The studios have their list of five actresses and whether they're right or wrong for a role doesn't matter. It's how much money their last movie made.

Tionne Watkins

A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.

Mike Tyson

I am not a role model.

Neil Gaiman

What do I do now?” “I don’t know. Fade away, perhaps. Or find another role.