Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Jeffords

I was lucky to be able to call Christopher Reeve a friend.His passion for life and for improving the lives of all Americans serves an inspiration to all of us. He may have played the character of Superman in the movies, but he lived the role of a superman through his life.

Pierce Brosnan

I was looking forward to making (Bond) edgier and grittier -- and for all of that to go down in one phone call was highly disappointing,

Tony Oliva

Kirby meant to me a lot. For me, it's like my own son. He used to call me 'Papa', too.

Lisa Gross

Kentucky has one of the shortest school calendars - not only in the region, but in the country. Most states have at least a 180-day school calendar.

Gregory Craig

I would urge the relatives in Miami, if they truly want to get back together with Juan Miguel and his family, that they give me a call and let's talk about timing. Let's discuss this in a civilized way, rather than having national press conferences where demands are made.

Cindy Mannes

I would not say it's an epidemic by any stretch, but it is a problem. We used to get one or two calls a year ... Now we're getting one or two calls a week.

Manny Fernandez

Jacques said any roll we can get on is a bonus. Well, I would start calling this a roll.

Rick Dunlap

I would say the ice fishing is what we call gravy. The lion's share is made in the summer and fall.

Mark DiCamillo

I would suspect his tone would change significantly if they don't make it onto the November ballot. If that happened, I could see calling the Legislature all sorts of names by the end of the campaign.

Patty Krueger

Knowing when you are done, knowing when you are through with the entire painting, is the hardest thing to learn.

Charles Clarke

I think it is a shocking state of affairs. The concern, possibly anger, that people will feel is entirely understandable.

Petro Poroshenko

He didn't look in my eyes the entire time he was reading his statement.

Patrick Swayze

He just dropped. And the entire responsibility of the family suddenly was on me.

Paul Doyle

He's devastated. The one main focus of the entire year was the world championships, so it's pretty tough.

Jerry Sullivan

His versatility and value to the offense can't be overstated. If he were healthy for the entire season, even as inconsistent as we were in the pass game, Arnaz would probably have been a 60- to 70-catch guy.

Tony Blair

I think it's entirely reasonable to talk about the possibility of withdrawal of troops next year but it's got to be always conditioned by the fact that we withdraw when the job is done,

Delia Ephron

It consists entirely of people who are not related by blood, many of whom can't stand each other.

Patrick Moore

It hurts not having Lips in there. But the entire field goal team has got to get better.

Joe Horn

I think that lingered. I think every week, different guys had different excuses why we were losing. And it happened over and over again.

Mike Ford

I could stand here and give you all sorts of excuses about why I had the season I did in 2003-04, but I have vowed to be proactive ... in everything I do this season,

Kobe Bryant

We can have all the excuses in the world. You can say we're young, we have guys hurt, but we just have man up and be ready to play every night.

Jennifer Hartshorn

It was hard. We make no excuses but we had no offense, we got into foul trouble and we did not get a lot of second shots.

Tino Martinez

It's the greatest feeling in the world. Those teams we had in the late '90s and won the World Series, they just loved our team for the way we went about our business, the way we worked hard. We weren't real flashy stars. We didn't make excuses when things weren't going our way.

Rhoberta PhD

Excuses are seldom truthful, often handy, and rarely productive. Dont make excuses: make things happen!

Fred Ketchen

The market is relatively high and people are looking for excuses to be talked into selling.

Jeremiah Trotter

It's embarrassing. We aren't making any excuses about injury, guys being out. Whoever is on the field has to perform. We just weren't ready to play.

Tom Pecora

There were no excuses at the end. We had a great dinner, but didn't have a great dessert.

Bobby Bowden

Joe's showing the world he can get it done, when nobody thought he could. That reminded me of the Penn State teams we used to see.

Carmelo Anthony

I take this as motivation. It's nothing to be upset about. I can't take away and nobody else can take away what I've done this season.

Jim McKay

It boggles my mind, ... Nobody thought it would get that high.

George Jennings

It is a little unsettling to be the first wave. It's going to be a rough deal. Nobody wants to go on a strike on Christmas.

John Hoffman

There is nobody else. We can't operate without a president.

Rena McCullough

We're pretty much the redheaded stepchild around here. Nobody respects us." ()

H. Hart

We're on the square, and a lot of the times, there is nobody there. People say it was just like reading to the Lord.

Ron Fussell

When he's on, there's nobody who can touch him.

John Salmon

When he's in a groove, he's in a groove. Can't nobody stop him, can't nobody stop him.

Todd Genke

Greg is a move-in from Oregon who can pitch and play third base. Plus, he's a left-handed hitter.

David Anders

I'm from Oregon. This is a town of no. I say no to a lot of things, and I get told no for a lot of things. Sometimes there's a yes, and you hope you see something in it.

Dave Barry

Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything.

Chip Kelly

I have some unfinished business to complete at the University of Oregon.

Andy Stahl

Special places in other states are proposed to be sold so Oregon can get its pork.

Douglas Coupland

Truth be told, John said, the one thing in this world I want more than anything else is a great big crowbar, to jimmy myself open and take whatever creature that's sitting inside and shake it clean like a rug and then rinse it in a cold, clear lake like up in Oregon, and then I want to put it under the sun to let it heal and dry and grow and sit and come to consciousness again with a clear and quiet mind.

Ron Wyden

As Members of Congress we can now engage with our constituents via online innovations like the Huffington Post, while a small business in rural Oregon can use the Internet to find customers around the world.

Skylar Grey

I lived in a cabin in the woods in Oregon, and I'd basically given up on the music industry for an indefinite amount of time. And while I was out there, I came up with a very specific vision of what I wanted my music to sound like.

Christopher Atkins

The guy who owned that island was from Oregon and he decided that he wanted to have an Oregon feeling to it, so he planted pine trees all over the place!

Charlie Smith

Her performance really surprised me, considering she's on a taper for states.

Dave Littlefield

His performance isn't up to what we've seen in the past.

Jessie Reyes

I threw some different wrestlers in there to see how they would compete. I wasn't pleased with our performance. As a team, we need to pick it up.

Bryan Clay

I'm very, very disappointed with my performance here.

David Beckham

I'm pleased with my personal performance but particularly with the way the team played overall.

Harold S. Geneen

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.

Kim Yuna

In competition, when I start performance I try not to think about all the pressure from the fans. But, I got a lot of energy from them always. They make me more perfect.

Eric Bana

I always find that 90% of the performance, for me, is about what comes from inside.

Jay McKenna

It was great. He can do a lot of things. We were very pleased with that performance.

Lofa Tatupu

He is somebody you really have to worry about and you have to know where he is at all times.

Bob Parker

He's always had illnesses. You will never get him here because somebody is always sick.

Char Quinn

I think we had somebody to walk every dog.

Gary Gilmore

There is an appropriate time to release somebody or to give them a break.

Kelly Price

A lot of times you'll have somebody who could be the most talented person in the world, but because they are plus-sized, they're not even considered for a call back.

Don Robinson

I did talk to somebody one time who said he was Doug Wood.

Jim McMahon

I don't know who had it out for me, but somebody did.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I don't always think it's necessary for somebody to be nice all the time.

Martha Karolyi

If you don't like it, too bad. Somebody else will, and they will work it and they will be the winner.

Darren Testa

He was a big surprise. He really stepped up for us.

Ozzie Guillen

He did it all today. He showed up big. He stepped up and did a tremendous job.

Robert Garcia

I think you really have stepped it up a notch, and it's been noticed.

Derrick Jackson

I thought today was the first day that we stepped up and kind of had a little nastiness to us.

Charlie Bell

I think this woke us up. As a team, we stepped it up a bit.

Anthony Gonzalez

I was just tired. When he took me down I said, ?this kid's tough.' So I stepped it up.

Sidney Crosby

I want to be the best, so whatever comes with that I have to accept, ... I don't think there was ever a time where I stepped back and said 'I wish I was doing something different.'

Bill Dushane

They were unseeded and they really stepped up for us.

Brian Billick

They stepped up to stop the run. They were going to do it and they did brilliantly.