Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Gordon

I was looking to be a closer again. That was the biggest thing.

Marcus Williams

I was always around. I ended up talking to him a lot and got really cool with him. But the biggest thing with me was, I wanted to get away from home and grow and build myself up somewhere else.

Mark Martin

Just to be able to put an exclamation point on Richmond was the biggest goal, but in hindsight, knowing that when you have a chance to win the last regular-season race, it just propels you right into the Chase.

Yasser Arafat

is very important for the international peace all over the world, which means it is very important for the biggest power all over the world -- America.

Vicki Phillips

Having heard about this, my biggest concern is that we should go back and look at all of the projects he did ... to be sure there isn't anything we should have a concern about, ... Out of fairness to the citizens ... that's the only prudent thing to do.

Scott Hoyt

Going forward, sales growth will be more modest and inconsistent. Fundamentals are mixed. The biggest drag is high and rising gasoline and other energy prices.

Scott Paxson

He's a little different. He's a little more nifty, a little quicker. He reads the blocking pretty well. He's not the biggest guy, but he can hide a little bit. When you get to him, you've really got to wrap up because he can spin out of things.

Vince Young

He's already gained the respect of the guys, and like I told him all year, that's the biggest key.

Mark Recchi

He's a very intelligent hockey player, No. 1, that's his biggest thing. He made people better around him. He had a terrific competitive edge to him that kept him playing for a long time.

Jason Statham

I was like, 'Well, we'd think he'd be useless around kids,' ... But I think he finds himself more comfortable around children than he realizes.

Kerry Nelson

Kids at the children's shelter are coming out there and getting a lot of one-on-one because there are so few children out there. The reading program out there is really helping these kids a lot.

Britt Ekland

I would teach U.K. parents how to stop their children throwing litter. London is a beautiful city but its streets are disgusting.

John Romano

Keeping an elderly couple in their home for another 10 to 15 years makes good financial sense. If they stay in their home, their cost to the town is minimal compared to the family with four children that would replace them.

Tony Buzan

All children are much more intelligent than they are told they are or the school thinks they are; they just have different intelligences.

Sugata Mitra

It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing children like more than passing on information they have just discovered to people who may not already have it - an elderly grandmother, for instance.

Sugata Mitra

In most schools, we measure children on what they know. By and large, they have to memorize the content of whatever test is coming up. Because measuring the results of rote learning is easy, rote prevails. What kids know is just not important in comparison with whether they can think.

Sugata Mitra

If children know there is someone standing over them who knows all the answers, they are less inclined to find the answers for themselves.

Ann Veneman

There are still too few helicopters to reach more than 1,000 remote villages with lifesaving supplies that children urgently need.

Ji-Hae Park

I would not want the limitations held by the name of a classical musician. I want many people to enjoy my music much beyond just classical music fans. I think the term, 'violinist,' keeps me distant from the audience. I want to communicate with them more.

Jo Beverley

I taught woman-centered childbirth classes for five years and have a particular interest in the history of childbirth practices.

Patrick Esteruelas

He is weighed down by this transformation over the years from a self-described revolutionary and former opponent of the dictatorship of the fifties to ... the darling of the middle class and intellectual elite of Venezuela.

Tom Traynor

Hampton is well-coached and they are very good. Joe has done a great job with them and they've been a strong team in Class AAA for a number of years.

George Thorogood

The reason it has lasted for 30 years is for one reason and one reason only: Classic Rock radio.

Q'orianka Kilcher

I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.

Ashley Donnell

He's a friend because I had class with him.

Grace Park

Going into today's round, I knew I would have to have my 'A' game. She was top class but I'm still pretty happy.

Ken Chan

Going forward, this company will only have one class of debt, which is this bond.

Rick Barnes

He is the difference in this team. We know he is going to give us everything he?s got, and he does every night he goes out there.

Carlos Rivera

He's a great person. He has helped us so much this year. You can see a difference from when I first started three years ago.

Norm Gagne

It hurts to lose. What we did, the things I didn't want to see us do, stay out of the box, and that's what killed us. The two five-on-three goals, that was the difference in the game.

Jocelyn Thibault

There is a difference but I don't think it's going to be a big deal. I have been using the new equipment since the summer. I got used to it pretty well. It will be different, but we're all on the same playing field.

Charles Haynes

There is a difference between what is required and what is the right thing to do.

Noah Hawley

There is a difference between movie actors and TV acting, especially with movie stars, which is they know their face is 20 feet high on the screen. They know they don't have to do much.

MaChelle Joseph

We talked about the fact that rebounds would be the difference in the game. We were getting out-rebounded at halftime and to finish the rebound with over 50 rebounds just says so much about our heart, effort and determination.

Fred Jones

What you saw was the difference between a veteran team and a young one like ours. The veteran teams do the right things down the stretch to win games. They make the right decisions. We're young and we didn't do the things it takes to win.

Doc Rivers

I thought the difference in the game was that we had two turnovers in the second half, after going for a record it felt like in the first half. We scored 29 points off of turnovers ourselves and that is why we won the game.

Adam Hall

He comes up with his own drills. He sets up the shooters where he wants them, and tells them where to shoot so he can get that extra practice.

Loren Jacula

I was disappointed with our performance. I thought we needed to use some extra reps on Sunday. That's all we did, it was only about 45 minutes. It wasn't too bad.

Roy Williams

I was disappointed in Aaron's involvement. I didn't see it. I'll need to look at the tape. If we need to do some extra running for Aaron, it's what we should do. Our guys don't need to do those kind of things. Just shut up, get hold of your own player and get out of there.

Deon Butler

I didn't really put any extra pressure on myself because Derrick wasn't there. We've got so many good receivers, guys who can get open, that there's no need to do that.

Brent Mitchell

Patrick is trying to extract as much as possible out of Toll.

Darrel Owens

In the second half, it felt like we played an extra three games.

Joel Fey

In the first 51 seconds (of the fourth quarter) we had those turnovers and (their lead) went from six to (14). That was the big difference. You can't give a team like Grinnell extra possessions, and we gave them too many tonight.

Chad Jones

Instead of walking around their homes in shorts and tank tops, just try turning the temperature down and using an extra blanket.

Kathleen Blanco

I just felt we had to go the extra mile to do this right.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

It's the libertarians who want to reclaim decision-making for themselves. It's the small government folks who see government as a great Leviathan gobbling up more and more of their treasure and freedoms.

Andy Graham

We take the mobile phone with the GPS capabilities and turn it into a lifestyle recorder for those who run or cycle, or even walk. A lot of folks want to see how well they're doing on a mile-to-mile basis.

Steve Carpenter

If outside folks come in, we have provisions to give them spare radios. If we go somewhere and help, we'll get into that then.

Jay Blanton

I hope folks keep in mind that it's a movie. In a lot of ways, UK was a leader in integration in the South in the 1960s.

Clay Harpster

I knew that house in and out. I use to go there with my folks and spend time with (the King family).

Stan Hubbard

Their plan overall has been to shift folks to the XMR platform. But the XMR served more of a high-end business. How do you get people looking for a low-cost platform to transition over to it?

Manuel Miranda

And I think there are folks in the White House ready to receive that pitch,

Karl Johnson

These folks up there, they all grew up together, ... They grew up playing football together.

Michael Moore

These folks have been held up on their vested rights.

Geno Zamora

I am grateful to have had Tom Udall as my mentor in the practice of law.

Saint Patrick

I am just so grateful. I am grateful to be here. I am grateful to be alive. I am grateful to the jury. I am so grateful for the jury. They worked supper hard there was a lot that they had to take in,

Travis Barker

My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful to be alive. I'm just grateful to be here at all.

William Zinsser

Be grateful for every word you can cut.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

Sara Bareilles

I'm grateful to have the chance to be inspired by the incredible artists that are out there.

Valerie June

I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.

Sarah Waters

I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day.

Wentworth Miller

I've never seen American Idol but I am grateful to them. That show is one of Fox's biggest moneymakers, and some of that money goes to pay for shows like Prison Break. Simon Cowell's been signing my paychecks and for that I say thanks.

Mark Slotsve

It actually helps to have played them, we know a little of what they're about.

Sufjan Stevens

I think it just helps us to feel kind of unified,

Marcus Spears

I think it helps us a lot to know we can be better than we were, ... and we still played effectively.

Bobby Smith

It ain't easy. When you can't do what you want to do on the field, it's tough. But I still want to be able to help out the team.

Bouna Ndiaye

He wants to play for the Lakers, and I think he can help the Lakers. We can wait for the Lakers for about a week to make a decision. He has high interest from teams in Europe. But Ronny wants to play for the Lakers.

A. Hodge

He wants to do whatever it takes to help the team win a championship, whether it's two rebounds or whatever. That's admirable. We know it's going to be a process.

Kiki Vandeweghe

He wants to be helping his team. Let's just leave it at that.

Doug Mitchell

He did everything he could to help this team succeed.

Stephen Jones

He can really help solidify our offensive line. We needed some flexibility there as well.

Aaron Lowe

Being (here) has been wonderful. It's very rewarding after all of this time.

James O'Boyle

It's very rewarding work. There's a lot of variety; I can sit here and do books, write checks, wash cars, garden, embalm. That's what makes it interesting.

Jack Wilson

We've been through some very rough times. But we survived. Now we're on the rebound.

Jon Lieber

It was just a rough day. Things snowballed.

John Hartford

A banjo will get you through times of no money, but money won't get you through times of no banjo

Mia Washington

It was a rough game. We just weren't competitive tonight.

Zach Pollakoff

Our shows can be uplifting for somebody having a rough day.

Dwyane Wade

Every time we play them, it's a rough game.

Mike McCoy

We just got out there and it got really rough and we couldn't get back in." ()

John Jones

We were pretty physical. That was the plan. We wanted to get rough with them and win the match.

Hanya Yanagihara

Jaipur, like Florence or Kyoto, other artisan-rich cities to which it roughly compares, has always been known for its craftsmanship.

Zeke Jones

I think in some spots we competed well and there were some spots where we could have done a little better.

Riccardo Muti

I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.

Sarah McLachlan

I didn't get hugely famous really quick. It was a slow, gradual process, so I was able to sort of grow into myself and figure out who I was and what I wanted without the glaring spotlight on me telling me who I was.

Vincent Cassel

I always had the sense of being in the spotlight, being on stage, being looked at.

Nelson Mandela

It is your duty to examine the conduct of public figures and to place them in the spotlight - that is your duty.

Marion Cotillard

It's pretty refreshing to be in a situation where the spotlight is on someone else.

Bobby Howard

We just trying to find a spot for him. It's still early.

Patricia Heaton

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.

Marianne Williamson

The cosmic spotlight isn't pointed at you; it radiates from within you.