Famous Quotes & Sayings

Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk freely, make my own meals, and even hurl large rocks at their heads. It was only later that I discovered that they were not Indians at all but only dirty-clothes hampers.

Marsha Blackburn

To get our economy back on track and keep it functioning properly without the problems of our financial institutions, we need reasonable regulations that will protect Main Street while at the same time allow Wall Street to do what it does best - make money for American investors.

Dave McDonald

To incorporate fun, hands-on activities, we designed five stations that allow students to benefit from while they learn.

Mitchel Resnick

With 'Scratch,' our goal is to allow people to mix together all kinds of media, not just sounds, in creative ways. We want people to start from existing materials - grabbing an image, grabbing some sound, maybe even bits of someone else's program, and then extending them and mixing them to make them their own.

Brian Dawkins

You have to get to him. You have to get into his face, harass him, and not allow him to sit in the pocket back there. You can say what you want to say about him. He may hold onto the ball, but he has a rifle to get the ball where it needs to be on time if you allow that to happen.

Doug Wilson

To me everybody has to share in the blame for the lack of success we had last year. The bottom line is that my job was to remove all the distractions and allow everybody to be completely focused on solely doing their job, having a great camp and getting ready for a great start. We don't dwell on last year anymore. We're excited about where we're at. To me how people respond to last year is the most important thing. I don't care about lip service. You can see the focus and the chance at redemption. Nobody wants to go through what they went through last year again.

Stan Magee

There is a lot of wisdom at this table and we all bring something good to the table that will allow us to made a decision amongst ourselves without committing taxpayer dollars to do it.

Frank Jezioro

There is a lot of interest in coyote hunting in West Virginia. However, the majority of our hunters are unfamiliar with the techniques and regulations that are involved. Because of this lack of knowledge, DNR will be hosting these seminars to provide our hunters a chance to meet firsthand with experts on coyotes and coyote hunting, which will ultimately allow our hunters to become more successful.

Liz Boyd

Up to this point, no one has identified any clear legal authority that would allow the governor to intervene in this matter.

Landon Donovan

The good thing is it's over and it's not like that's going to have ramifications on our season. If anything it will help us. You don't play in games of that intensity and atmosphere but a couple of times a year.

Lucian Freud

It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

She seemed to walk in an atmosphere of things about to happen.

Perhaps, if I am very lucky, the feeble efforts of my lifetime will someday be noticed, and maybe, in some small way, they will be acknowledged as the greatest works of genius ever created by Man

Kevin Appleby

We're at a critical time in the debate and we want the American public to receive a positive message. We don't want to do anything to create a backlash.

Katherine Jenkins

After doing 'Doctor Who,' I'm open-minded to doing more acting. Part of the reason you do a show like this is because it creates other opportunities you haven't had before.

Robyn Anderson

All of the kids worked so hard to create this engineering feat. We are equally honored when they decided to paint a mermaid on the sub.

S. Hughes

At first I looked to create and get everybody involved in the game, then I looked for myself. I don't think it's too hard for me. I know when it's the time to score and it kind of comes easy for me.

Jill Soloway

At East Side Jews, we can take a risk because it isn't all about the rules. I started it to create a space for all those people who wouldn't go to temple because they were scared of getting the rules wrong.

Toshifumi Suzuki

As we value what each one of us have, we want to create a new model through our merger.

Ellen Hansen

As we move into the realm of electronic medical records, we're trying to look at the way we do work, and determine how we can create good workflows and a good setting for the patient in an electronic environment.

Tom Hines

About 50 percent of heat gain in homes is because of the sun hitting the windows. Anything you can do to create shade on the outside is seven times more effective than shading from the inside.

Alan Watts

We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time

Monica Bellucci

I like when I have to act and direct; then, when you have to dub, you're by yourself in front of the wall, and I'm always scared that you're not good like when you are in real when you act.

Kevin Mahoney

I heard kids yelling out back (and) went in the front door.

Willie Ponder

It's pretty nice to have a 6-(foot)-4 guy who can run a 4.5 out in front of you,

Paul Posluszny

Donnie Johnson has really come to the front and stepped up. Justin and Tony have done really well this spring.

Bill Ryden

It's nice to come out and have a great meet in front of our fans. I want Tucson to know we have a great team and a great product.

Jon Garland

That guy uses a tree log for a bat. The pitch was down and away, I thought. But he got out in front of it.

William Doherty

It turned out he had been skeptical and wanted to have them talk in front of a therapist.

Dan Schultz

It will look like a big front yard.

Roland Lescure

The war is at the front of everyone's mind.

Joanne Pratt

The Web is a great place to shop and spend money, but it's pretty great for making money too.

Marcus Thames

That's what I work for every year. It'll be a great feeling.

Sean McMahon

Zach had a great race for us as he mixed in with some of the top runners in the state.

Tommy Lasorda

You wait till you see that Dominican team. You wait till you see Puerto Rico. You wait till you see Venezuela. . . . Matsui is a great player. The Japanese team needs him.

Thomas More

Your sheep, that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters, now, as I hear say, be become so great devourers, and so wild, that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves.

Ken Johnson

You really hope that he's OK. He's a great player and you never want to see a player get hurt like that.

Mike Dunne

You're a great neighbor and we all know what you're doing, and we know you're going to do this with care,

Tim Duncan

Beno has been playing great for us. With Nick out right now, Beno is getting a lot of minutes and he has really responded well.

Phil Colicchio

We wanted to take away their penetration. Our big guys did a great job of meeting their guards in the lane.

Kirby Moses

Ten of our 14 wrestlers scored points which helped us today. There were 15 teams and we didn't know what to expect. We were the smallest school there.

Deon Grant

We didn't play bad, ... But we sure didn't do a lot to help ourselves.

Michael Allen

None of these people are lazy, ... Why wouldn't you want to help somebody like that? All they needed was a jump-start.

Kathleen Tierney

More than 80 percent of the housing was destroyed. It's an island; there was nowhere to go. They didn't know when help was going to come. Law enforcement was rendered ineffective. They didn't know when they'd see another meal.

Paul Lanclos

I wish he'd stick to the script more. But when you have that type of athlete, nine out of 10 times when he does things like that he's going to help you.

MaryEllen Elia

She's been very positive. That will help her and help other people realize, hey this can happen.

Tom Jones

Shannon did a nice job today. We had some rabbits out there to help her out there on the track. I'm very pleased with her.

Peerless Price

I feel like I can help us win games.

Robin Walker

That was misinformation on our part. We apologize. The important thing to remember is that thanks to the help of the community, a suspected killer has been taken off the streets.

Bill Hicks

How many people disapprove of the job the Conservatives are doing? Seventy percent. Of those same people, how many will vote for them again? ...Seventy percent. What the f-k? Where did they take this poll, at an S&M parlor?

Barack Obama

Every single thing I`ve done, from the Affordable Care Act to pushing to raise the minimum wage, to making sure that young people are able to go to college and get good job training, to what we`re pushing now in terms of sick paid leave,everything I do has been focused on how do we make sure the middle class is getting a fair deal.

Douglas Coupland

MCJOB: A low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, no-future job in the service sector. Frequently considered a satisfying career choice for people who have never held one.

Adam Savage

That aesthetic of the Star Wars universe: the do-it-yourself, hotrod ethic that George Lucas exported from his childhood, is exactly the same kind of soul behind what we do and build for the show. It may not look pretty, but it gets the job done.

Adam Carolla

The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.

Adam Carolla

Everything seems overwhelming when you stand back and look at the totality of it. I build a lot of stuff and it would all seem impossible if I didn't break it down piece by piece, stage by stage. The best gift you can give yourself is some drive--that thing inside of you that gets you out the door to the gym, job interviews, and dates. The believe-in-yourself adage is grossly overrated.

Anna Wintour

Go get a job. Whether it’s working as a designer or working in a restaurant and then doing your own thing in your own time, it’s a reality of life. In the end it’s going to be helpful to you and so many others.

Angus T. Jones

Committing yourself to some kind of job that isn't committed to God is going to bring so much trouble into your life. It's not good and not something I would suggest that someone seek.

Anish Kapoor

I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is spatial as much as it is to do with form

Andy Johnson

Some people think that because it's a threatened species, that every one we save is good. But not if they never get to live in the wild.

Andrew Niccol

Some people think 'Lord of War' is a political film,

Liam Hemsworth

Southern people remind me a lot of Australia.

Mark Rylance

So there's a lot of people tied into believing that the traditional response to the authorship question. In terms of actors, some people get very angry about it.

Lois Lowry

Nowadays it seems as though people sit down to write what they know is going to be a trilogy.

Robin Cook

Tell the people of Serbia how much wealth you have sucked out during the same years they have been impoverished in Serbia,

Nick Hanauer

Tech innovation is something societies have to pursue as vigorously as they can. We have to innovate civically and socially at the same rate; otherwise, you create unfortunate disruptions, and that's where you have people opposing technological innovations.

Harvey Pekar

Sometimes I want to convey something complex philosophically, and sometimes I just want to portray myself in a situation that I think other people have been in many times, but it hasn't been written about much.

Ron Moody

Pressure makes people react in different ways. Some people plunge in, and others take the way out.