Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lindy Ruff

As far as mishandling the puck, it was a contest between Eddie and Marty, and I think Eddie was worse than Marty,

Steve Perry

Soon another test would come. He must be ready for it. So he sat, but it was not mindless meditation but mindful scheming that filled him. In a contest like this, there could be no second-place winner. To be second was to be last and to be last here was to be dead.

Bob Schwartz

This is not sour grapes. This is a person who lost a contest by misinformation.

Jackson Katz

The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.

Elena Hight

Dropping in, I was more nervous than I've ever been at a contest before. Once you're snowboarding, it's what we do every day, so it (the nervousness) kind of goes away.

Tammy Dibbs

Essay, Mr. Sterling. I'm talking about a statewide essay contest for New York kids. The winner will be used in all your ads.

Lobsang Wangyal

Even though the last date for receipt of applications for the Miss Tibet contest this year is June 30, we've already received five applications, which is encouraging.

Doug Meacham

Everything (Pratt) shot was contested and I thought David did a good job on him the whole game.

Jay Wright

We've got very good shooters, and I don't think it was a matter of them not being on their game. Texas just contested everything.

Virginia Davis

Details of those debates are to be determined.

Gerhard Schroeder

The importance of these debates will not be the same as in America.

Pat Buchanan

You don't get up in the polls unless you get on the debates, and you don't get on the debates unless you go up in the polls,

Bill Bradley

We're going to have two debates in Iowa in January, ... You can't have a debate in Iowa without agriculture being a major part of it. So we're going to debate agriculture in Iowa.

William Daley

There are three debates and I think the American people are going to make a decision after they see all three formats,

Eugenie Scott

The most toxic thing about this whole discussion is the impression that most of the public has, that there's a line in the sand, and you have to be on one side or the other.

Tara Fisher

These events are a way to open discussion that might not otherwise be talked about.

Arlen Specter

I should stay away from a discussion of specific cases,

Niels From

The whole discussion about rising protectionism, especially in the United States, is a dollar negative. It's an ongoing story.

Jami Attenberg

Young adult novels don't shy away from the discussion of weight issues, and 'Blubber,' the tale of an overweight, not-so-sympathetic fifth-grader bullied by her peers, is a refreshing take.

S. Walker

an explicit discussion of what coastal Louisiana should look like.

Christopher Cox

to stimulate discussion and promote further efforts at the development of market instruments to value employee stock options.

William Moffitt

At the end of the day, when you think about wiretaps, think about what's not there, ... There's not one discussion of planning violent activity.

Brian Arbogast

We think that there's at least an interesting discussion to have in the industry as to whether or not there is a need to have this higher operating authority.

James Flecker

A ship, an isle, a sickle moon - / With few but with how splendid stars / The mirrors of the sea are strewn / Between their silver bars.

Tom Herrion

As a team we take a lot more free throws than we used to. And we've improved greatly at it. But it's like every other team sport, the team that makes the fewer mistakes wins.

Marco Polo

At school, a few people know that I'm over here. I don't know about everybody, professors, curling people and a few kids in class.

Budd Booth

That was a big accomplishment for them. They all seem to be playing well together, and we have a lot of youth and depth, so that's encouraging for the next few seasons.

Curtis Brown

That's where we've seemed to hit the wall the past few games. We play hard in the first half. But it seems like after halftime, we just can't put forth the same effort.

Allan Bristow

That's where we start. Hard to say where this thing is going to take us in the next few weeks.

Dave Jones

Reading are up and maybe they'll be on the pop celebrating for a few weeks. No matter what, though, it's a game we need to win.

Chuck D.

Primarily, there are messages from a Yahoo group that are most interesting, ... There are memories, a few photos, a photo of Myron's hometown and some historic photos. There are links to other sites Welk related.

Firefighter Cummins

Our discussions are more meaningful than they have been in a long time and we hope to iron all this out in the next few weeks.

Lauren Fine

Rather than meeting the chef, we heard more from the CFO and even had a review of the financials.

Rick Jones

Oh, he'll hear us. When there's voters out, he'll find out about it.

Nancy Cartwright

No one wants to hear from my armpits

O. J. Simpson

No one wants to hear about my sciatica

Shirley Piel

Agate can't hear squeaky toys, so movement is her main attraction.

Andrew Motion

Actors may (or may not) read poems well, but poets have unique rights to their work, and unique insights and interests to offer as we hear their idiom, pacing, tone and emphases,

Makhosini Nkosi

Any judge can hear this matter. We just want justice for the victim.

S. Hughes

An important part of this is the immediacy and completeness of the information that's provided. If people see or hear something, they can immediately pick up the phone or e-mail their congressman.

Sathya Baba

A pure thought from a pure heart is better than a mantra.

Janne Niinimaa

He's our hidden weapon, I'm going to say that, ... He's got all the tools. He just needs to put them together.

Judy Hayles

I think she's got him hidden out someplace. She knows where he is, that you can rest assured. He left that place with no shoes, no jacket. He didn't even take his money with him. He told his roommate somebody was picking him up.

Tim Carter

There are so many things that can go wrong and so many hidden costs.

J. M. G. Le Clezio

To understand the hidden secret of the modern industrial world in which I find myself, I have to return to another world. That world is at once wartime Nice and the plantation - the sugar isles on which Europe's prosperity was built.

A. N. Wilson

We don't need another Teflon-like hidden risk at DuPont.

Dick Lamm

This is not a self-correcting problem. PERA needs to be put on a long-term program toward solvency.

Larry Cox

This is not something that needs to go before the board,

Fred Felleman

The whale has always flirted with this kind of danger. It was like that old children's cartoon, 'Are you my mother?' Orcas are very social animals, and this was the only way to get his social needs met.

Carnie Wilson

We need to eat and enjoy it but control it. That's what I do now.

Jamie Zawinski

Your needs are big because the Internet is big.

Dan Barker

Only sinners need saviors.

Charles Spurgeon

Every generation needs regeneration

Dick Van Dyke

You need someone to love, and something to do that you enjoy, and something to hope for, and that's enough for me.

Debra Winger

I do not need a lot of money to be happy.

Tom Ridge

a very unfortunate characterization of the work that people are doing.

Jake Bugg

At school, people would say I should go on 'Britain's Got Talent,' but I would never have done that because it doesn't seem genuine; it doesn't feel natural.

Renae Dreier

A year from now, people will look back and say that was nerve-racking, but it was worth it.

Randy Falco

Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.

Karla Reese

As people stop driving, we haven't been able to replace them as readily as we used to.

Michael Vick

As long as I can go out and make plays, people can say what they want to say,

Jake Barton

As long as your storytelling and emotional depth are intact, that's what people will focus on.

Ferdie Pacheco

As influential as I have been, do you think one of these people has ever called me? ... No.

Astro Teller

Really, having people who have different mental perspectives is what's important.

Black Kettle

I have not come here with a little wolf bark, but have come to talk plain with you.

Brian Nelson

They are the boss, plain and simple and we know that. We didn't do anything wrong, we just didn't have their approval.

Benjamin Disraeli

Poverty has its duties as well as its rights.

Calvin Coolidge

If the people lose control of the arteries of trade and the natural sources of mechanical power, the nationalization of all industry should soon be expected. Our forefathers were alert to resist all encroachments upon their rights. If we wish to maintain our rights, we can do no less.

Calvin Coolidge

One of the greatest perils to an extensive republic is the disregard of individual rights.

Busy Philipps

It's ludicrous that my friends in California aren't able to legally get married. It's a civil rights issue. In 20 years we're going to look back at tapes of these antigay people saying ridiculous things on the news and it's going to sound as antiquated as the newsreels of horrible racists from the '50s.

Alan Dershowitz

Individuals have the right to pick and choose which expressions to condemn, which to praise and which to say nothing about. Governments, however, must remain neutral as to the content of expression. And governments must protect the rights of all to express even the most despicable of views.

Alan Dershowitz

In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideologies - persist even after they have been exposed.

Al Franken

I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.

Jan Egeland

We receive reports now on a daily basis from our own people on the ground in Darfur on widespread atrocities and grave violations of human rights against the civilian population.

bell hooks

... the outcome of the Clarence Thomas hearings and his subsequent appointment to the Supreme Court shows how misguided, narrow notions of racial solidarity that suppress dissent and critique can lead black folks to support individuals who will not protect their rights.