Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bernard Berenson

I would willingly stand at street corners, hat in hand, begging passers-by to drop their unused minutes into it.

Don Waddell

He was begging us to let him on the ice, but there's no reason to put him in any kind of jeopardy.

Mike Parker

The people of this state have been begging for a long time for the politicians of this state to run a clean campaign,

Jill Abramson

We talked about this a lot during my half-hour visit with her. She is receiving a torrent of supporting mail, and the letters help sustain her as well. Times colleagues are begging to go, and there is a long waiting list.

Kim Poole

We took him out of the goal because he was begging to get on the field to score. He accomplished his mission, and so we put him back in goal to defend the lead because he is a good goalkeeper as well.

Simeon Rice

Hopefully they bring the noise. Hopefully they're a little on edge, a little crazed. We need a crazed crowd. We're begging for a crazed crowd. I'm begging for a crazed crowd. Hopefully it's sold out and you can't even hear yourself think. Forget about talk, I'm talking about just thinking.

Simeon Rice

Hopefully, they bring the noise. Hopefully, they're a little on edge, a little crazed. We're begging for a crazed crowd. Hopefully, you can't even hear yourself think. When the other team feels that, they feel like they're going to lose right out of the gate.

Jason Robert Brown

I don't come from a musical family at all, but I realized early on I was a musician. I started begging for a piano when I was 6 years old.

Mark Turgeon

He was the only kid that could make a shot. I was begging the guys, 'Give Sean shots.' It was hard to get him shots. When Sean banked the shot in, I really thought we were going to win. But they were just too good.

Kofi Annan

He leaves a legacy of inspiration and courage to his many friends and colleagues around the world,

Kathryn Minshew

There were so many lessons I learned the hard way: missing out on a raise because I didn't know to ask, having colleagues consistently get credit for my ideas because of how I spoke up in meetings. When I looked for a resource that addressed the challenges I was facing, I couldn't find it. There was nothing.

Joanne Harris

I was convinced I'd hate Twitter - but I've come to like it very much. I use it mostly to keep in touch with friends and colleagues I wish I could see more often - I sometimes feel a little isolated living in Yorkshire, and it's nice to have the contact.

Bill Shuster

There is no greater responsibility placed upon myself and my colleagues than providing for a safe and secure homeland for America's citizens.

Carlisle Floyd

If you are surrounded by colleagues you trust, and if you can use their comments and responses creatively, I think it's tremendous.

Yong Kim

I have to say that I'm personally extremely disappointed in myself and in my colleagues because we have not moved quickly enough -- we have not saved enough lives,

Tony McCoy

I have seen countless colleagues struggle to come to terms with retirement. I learned a lot from Richard Dunwoody when he was riding, and I completely understand why he took off and undertook what most people consider mad challenges.

Keith Wright

I'm sure my (Republican) colleagues in the Senate are very enlightened. I guess they just haven't seen the light totally on this issue.

Mark Costa

I?m extremely proud and honored by the people of Fall River for putting their confidence in me. I?m looking forward to working with my colleagues to get the school system back on track.

Andrea Martin

I was intimidated at first, ... But everyone was very helpful and kind.

Brian McLaughlin

I was in Pensacola, Fla., for Ivan and I just want to be able to feel like I have helped people in my life,

Patrick Hogan

(Kirby) helped people...he always wanted to help people so splitting the money up is most in the spirit of (Kirby),

Rig Veda

Knowledge increases his thinking capabilities and helps him in getting new and innovative ideas.After implementing those ideas successfully he earns wealth.

Will Peterson

Knowing the way he throws can help us. But it is a different team, a different offense now.

Luke Donald

Knowing I have played well here before helps a lot.

Robert Reed

Katrina, in some sense, helped that process be a little quicker.

Pat Callahan

Just to release a rock record with very little help from MTV, and with just touring and radio, I think it's awesome. I think it did a lot better than any of us expected. But we're a touring band. That's where our roots are and we love touring. It's a lot of fun.

Robert Ryan

John Faso, the Albany lobbyist, will need all the help he can get. At the end of the day Randy Daniels will be the nominee of the Conservative Party.

Cynthia Jeanguenat

I have done those for people who have received those letters and they find out they have a refund.

Greg Strobel

I am going to miss each one of them for special reasons. Zinck, for his maturity and the forwardness in the way he practices; Coop in terms of the way he wrestles, he's just phenomenal in the practice room; Letters with his talent; and Frick with his hard-nosed attitude.

Joanne Cortese

He'd write letters to people he'd feel should be donors.

Virginia Woolf

The best letters of our time are precisely those that can never be published.

Virginia Woolf

I was so pleased and excited by your letter that I trotted about all day like a puppy with a bone.

Salman Rushdie

I get a lot of letters - a lot of letters saying, who knew that you were funny?

Vladimir Nabokov

Only one letter divides the comic from the cosmic.

Zig Ziglar

When we separate the word business into its component letters, B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S, we find that U and I are both in it. In fact, if U and I were not in business, it would not be business. Furthermore, we discover that U comes before I in business and the I is silent-it is to be seen, not heard. Also, the U in business has the sound of I, which indicates it is an amalgamation of the interests of U and I. When they are properly amalgamated, business becomes harmonious, profitable, and pleasant.

Cathy Schroeder

Parents will be receiving the letters this week.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

The proprietor, producing neither by his own labor nor by his implement, and receiving products in exchange for nothing, is either a parasite or a thief.

Jim Rohn

Asking is the beginning of receiving...

Bonnie Brady

I travel enough that receiving faxes has always been a problem.

Sophia Amoruso

Don't act like you've arrived when you're just receiving the invitation.

Audrey Hepburn

It always boils down to the same thing - not only receiving love, but desperately needing to give it.

Cass Canfield

A publisher should always be on the receiving end. He should take an interest in almost any subject and remain anonymous, letting the author take center stage.

Jan Egeland

Somaliland and Somalia at large have been receiving now hundreds of thousands of returnees that they had to accommodate with very small resources.

Austan Goolsbee

If a lobbyist sets up shop, or a lawyer, in which they're receiving income through what is something like a tax loophole so that it's not counting as corporate income, that is what this is counting as a small business.

Joseph Roth

We are still receiving applications every day. It's wonderful. We are interviewing still.

Teresa Johnson

He wants to win and we're just supporting him.

Robert Lowe

The E.U. has a long tradition of supporting the Palestinians.

Waris Ahluwalia

Supporting causes with whatever we do can be effective.

Steve Gillis

They say they're supporting the troops, but they're not.

Nell Newman

I know I could make a difference by supporting the right causes.

Robert Maillet

You need supporting actors to help to tell the story. For me, I'm lucky to be a part of the films. Being an actor, I'll take any role, whether it's supporting or leading.

Debbie Smith

I think the winds are changing. We're all tired of supporting the scandals.

Robin Butler

I'm still undecided about who I'm supporting for governor, but I'm a person who supports the anti-Nussle campaign.

Marcel Dionne

The only thing is we didn't have the supporting cast.

Karen Evans

If it's useful and really needed, it will sustain itself.

Judd Terwilliger

We were never able to sustain (momentum). We'd get leads, but then they'd come back.

Paul Stone

We were never able to sustain a run.

Rick Adelman

He's in shape, much quicker. He can do the things he used to do. Now all he has to do is sustain it.

Scott Faieta

I talked with the contractor, who is still optimistic.

Mario Theissen

I talked to him (Ralf) on Friday, he was very positive, he wants to get back in the car.

Curtis Martin

I talked to him a lot. I showed him around. I showed him where he would probably want to live. I told him he could have my place if he wanted it. I told him I'd do whatever it took to get him here.

Ginalyn Ofamin

I talked to her yesterday, and she is doing better.

Tom Oswald

I talked to her about things like how to take notes. We weren't flirting, though. At the time, I didn't know she was going through a divorce.

Beth Combs

It can't be about wins and losses. We've talked about it's not where you start, it's where you finish.

Willie Randolph

He wants to be the best. We've talked a lot about his approach.

Kevin Garnett

He just talked to me briefly, and I could tell right away that we were going to get along.

Chris Stoneberg

We talked about what if the Seahawks and Steelers play. We never thought it would happen.

Rob Bell

As a pastor, you get invited into the most poignant moments of people's lives. Whether it's a wedding or a funeral or a hospital visit, you get invited into the center of the event, whether or not you know the people.

Mary Lasker

In Democratic administrations, I visit the White House.

Natalie Rule

I know that he's never visited this website.

Henry Rollins

I feel like a visitor that got left behind by his ride.

Ari Fleischer

These visits will be rescheduled when circumstances permit.

Mikhail Bulgakov

Foreign visitors . . . how impressed you all are with foreign visitors! But they come in many different varieties.

Charles C. Mann

The Japanese are great at inventing complex systems of rules, and not so great at explaining those rules to foreign visitors.

Ellen Gilchrist

My childhood is in my brother's house, and I like to visit there and be reminded.

Diane Abbott

I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.

Nathan Frohling

We've been waiting 10 years for this moment.

Bob Williams

I think we're still waiting for that to emerge.

Mike Trapasso

I think a lot of (pollsters) are waiting to see what we do this week.

Ann Gard

I was waiting for it. At that time, telegrams were so prominent.

Dr. Tsou

I have been waiting 25 years for this time.

Steve Adams

I don't know what's in it (investigative file). I'm waiting to see.

Ibrahim Gambari

He has said what he wanted and is waiting for a response.

Richard Dawkins

I have no explanation for complex biological design. All I know is that God isn't a good explanation, so we must wait and hope that somebody comes up with a better one.

Rose McGowan

I am going to be pretty kick a$$ by the time I'm thirty, and I can't wait!!