Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gladys Knight

I was just being obedient to what my parents saw in me. I was more interested in the things the women in my family, my mom, grandmother and aunt were all about: homemaking and cooking and housekeeping. I wanted to be a housewife and mom.

Martin Landau

His mother died when he was a little kid, his father didn't understand him, and he was raised by an aunt and uncle and a grandfather on a farm. He had a lot of darkness, without question.

Barbara Boxer

He's a wonderful uncle to my grandchild, and Hillary's a wonderful aunt to my grandchild, so I have a very soft spot for that relationship, ... Now, having said that, I have a bright line between my work as a United States senator from the largest state in the union, and what the president has to do.

Jeremy Davies

He's finally starting to get into a groove. He's had a lot to deal with this year with the knee and his aunt dying. He was pretty close to his aunt.

Mary Quant

As a child, I used to spend nearly all my summer holidays with my aunt in Wales, and we used to catch mackerel in a boat and then cook them on board.

John Updike

My last vivid boyhood fright from books came when I was 15; I was visiting my uncle and aunt in Greenwich, and, emboldened by my success with 'The Waste Land,' I opened their copy of 'Ulysses.' The whiff of death off those remorseless, closely written pages overpowered me. So: back to soluble mysteries, and jokes that were not cosmic.

William Shenstone

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last.

Robin Tunney

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.

Tyra Banks

My aunt used to call me light bulb head because my head is small at the bottom and bigger at the top. But it was a term of endearment.

Jarome Iginla

Kipper was good on that one. I was trying to go five hole and he closed it down pretty good.

Greg Yurek

Kevin has made significant contributions to American Superconductor since he joined our team. While we are sorry to see Kevin depart, we wish him every success in his new position. At the same time, we are pleased to have Tom Rosa, who has worked very closely with Kevin and me, move into the position of interim CFO.

Mike Archer

Knowing what I know now, I'd still come, ... My kids were here. I wanted to be close to them.

James Blake

Knowing that I was that close to a semi or final, it makes me realize that the goal going into these Slams isn't just getting to the second week. Maybe I can get in there and win one.

Lawrence Cohen

Kids actually experience more conflicts with close friends than with acquaintances. At first that might seem weird, but if you think about it, you can get over what an acquaintance says, but what a friend says and does really matters. And because you are friends, you are motivated to work it through.

Duncan Fletcher

Key has had a shoulder operation and Shah has a knee injury which didn't look too serious at first but a closer look has shown it is a far more serious.

Jim Pendergast

Kevin Wood has come close to scoring several times for us this season. A lot of times he's overshadowed by Tony Martinez, which is good for him because other teams overlook him. He showed his skills today, especially in the second half.

Niels From

I wouldn't position for sharp movements -- so close to the New Year investors won't want to take massive positions. My traders say that liquidity flowing is half of a normal market.

Ron Nelson

I wouldn't be surprised if you saw him close a couple of games. We wouldn't want to throw him more than an inning, though.

Adam Kennedy

I wouldn't say I'm surprised. You just deal with it.

Ken Smith

I would think the APA survey confirms what we know and what we're dealing with every day.

Nancy Pelosi

I would not make a big deal of this.

Rick Carlisle

Jamaal plays a big part of our success. We're going to have to deal with it. It's tough. We got guys that can step in. We'll re-evaluate where he's at after three games.

Peter Schultz

Jaco signed a three-year deal with NEC and it's unlikely they'll release him.

Dave Musgrove

Jack the Ripper remains an iconic figure today, and perhaps is seen as the forerunner of the serial killers that society has had to deal with since.

Richard D. James

I would say the Borg presented us with a great deal of imagination.

Tom Renney

Just something we have to deal with internally as a team when it comes to penalties.

John Smoltz

Joey Devine has such an incredible upside. I don't know any player in the history of the game that has gone through what he did. His personality will deal with it.

M. Wolfe

Kenny Smith and I started working on a grant after Ivan. We finally got it and now we are ready for the worst. We never lost water after Ivan, but it got close. It made me real nervous.

Bobby Perry

I wouldn't say it was a slump. It just was not a good period. I knew I could still do this. It was just a matter of time, even though I was wondering when that time was finally going to come again.

Chris Hill

Kelvin seems a lot more energized now. He finally got his legs back.

Mark Shrader

Jon has had that potential all year. He's finally started to shoot that way here at the end of the year.

Savas Kyriacou

I think it's a day that Toronto has finally lost its innocence. It was a tragic loss and tragic day.

Nick Licari

I think it made me realize that I just need to get back and just play the way that I was playing before and just work hard every shift. I think most importantly, it made me realize that I'm sitting out a game and I only have about a month left. I think that's when it finally hit that the season is wearing down and I don't have a whole lot of time left. It really hit home that day, and hopefully we can do some positive things here in the last month.

Kenny Chesney

I think it is important for this record to finally get out to remind people I'm not in tabloids for a living. It comes with the territory right now and I understand it, but I'm looking forward to getting back to the music, because that's what is most important and what got me here in the first place.

Paul Ryan

It also tells the American people that we're finally getting serious about saving the Social Security surplus for Social Security benefits.

Stephen J. Cannell

I finally get to the place where the book has matured in my mind and I can hardly wait to start writing it. Then I just sit down and I start. I hit the go button. I have an outline, which is 70 pages, but I don't look at it. I never have to look at it.

Norv Turner

Jake had his knee scoped this morning. It was a very short procedure. He has a slight torn cartilage edge, and it was scoped. It's probably in that three-to-four week range.

Brian Hendricks

I also had to get used to going down on my knee again, but that didn't take long to get totally comfortable with again.

Ben Braun

He'll be fine. He survived two knee operations, so he'll be alright. He really put us on his back tonight. He's a real warrior.

Ron Gardenhire

He's going to run around in the outfield and see if his knee swells up. So we're guarded. I'm just in a wait-and-see to see how he does.

Felipe Alou

Last year, I saw him favoring his knees. I didn't see him favoring the knee today. I didn't see it when he was batting. When he was swinging the bat, it was OK with me.

Jim Calhoun

He needed to get that proof that his knee was fine. He'll be ready for next week.

Robert Collier

Everything in God's store is on the bottom shelf...you have to get on your knees to get it.

Ron Atkinson

The ball goes down the keeper's throat where it hits him on the knees to say the least.

William Safire

Better to be a jerk that knees than a knee that jerks.

August Wilson

It ain't nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself.

Tom Coughlin

He is starting to go through the throwing motion, ... He's doing soft-toss, not for any distance.

Nick Saban

Guys, let's get off this starting quarterback thing.

Sheray Thomas

I think we'll have another five-, six-game winning streak, starting with (Tuesday).

Kammron Taylor

I think we're starting to get our swagger back.

Anquan Boldin

I think we are just starting to get where we need to be.

Marcus Williams

I think that we know we're good. I wouldn't say it's 100 percent, but we're starting to see flashes.

Rob Niedermayer

I didn't want to go. I really wanted to stay. Things were starting to go well. I was pretty disappointed when I got traded.

Dan McCarney

I don't know who the starting kicker's going to be.

Gary Payton

He didn't like the 19 (points) and 10 (rebounds, actually 7.8) he was getting (in the playoffs). This year we'll get him back to 26 and 12 or 13, and we'll be fine.

Jeff Hammond

He's a different person than he was a year ago.

Emily Cederholm

I think the expectations are higher, but they don't feel so much pressure. This whole year is different.

Todd Genke

We're pretty much getting on his back. We told him going into the year that he's going to be our guy.

Brandon Roy

I think this is the year it can happen.

William Wilberforce

The first years in Parliament I did nothing - nothing to any purpose. My own distinction was my darling object.

Two Chainz

In my 8th grade yearbook picture I had on 2 chains.

Richard D. James

My filing system's really crap because I can never decide whether to sort things by studio, or year, or where I lived.

Richard D. James

If it takes you three years to set up a studio, and you've made one track with that setup, then the logical thing to do is not change anything and just do another one using the same set of sounds.