Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Twain

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!

Chuck Inglish

The Midwest is a musical melting pot and the source and birthplace of several musical genres.

Sidney Madwed

The birthplace of success for each person is in his Inner-Consciousness. The Inner-Consciousness will use whatever it is given. If constructive thoughts are planted positive outcomes will be the result. Plant the seeds of failure and failure will follow.

Marcus Belgrave

It's devastating. That's the birthplace of the music of this country. That includes all the genres of black music in this country. And it's the only place in the country that preserved it the way it should be preserved.

Jim Calhoun

It's funny, New England is the birthplace of basketball, but we are somewhat underrepresented in the Hall of Fame, ... I would like to see Jimmy Walker in there. Holy Cross. They were the epitome. Later on, with Dave Gavitt and the Providence teams.

Pope Benedict

On this night, when we look toward Bethlehem, let us pray in a special way for the birthplace of our Redeemer and for the men and women who live and suffer there.

Joe Biden

I've been waiting over 40 years to come to Cyprus, and it has not disappointed - the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Crossroads of Civilization, and, I might add, a genuine strategic partner to the United States of America.

Bill Ryan

This is the birthplace of it. Legitimately, this is where the thing was born.

John Doyle

Memphis has forever been known as the capital of blues music and, of course, the birthplace of rock 'n' roll, with Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis. What we do primarily is focus on the music indigenous to Memphis and the music it influenced -- today's alternative rock and hip-hop.

Kevin Anderson

He let us know early on. The one thing we wanted to make sure was that Dave wanted the job.

Kevin McClatchy

I think what we need is somebody with Major League managing experience. This is just my opinion and Dave might think differently. And like I've said, it's his choice. But we've gone down the road last time with somebody who didn't have Major League managing experience.

Bobby Frasor

Late in the game I was joking around with Dave saying he was scared late in the game since the freshmen scored the last 29 points.

John Krasinski

I went to Dave Eggers with this idea of doing a movie about a guy going through some sort of Frank Capra-esque journey.

Herb Behnke

I am going to resign. The only way Dave can serve is if I resign, short of confirmation. I would not want to keep Dave from serving on the board.

John Holmstrom

He went to the University of Michigan after the war and won the NCAA all by himself in match play, ... That's as big a thing as the national amateur. Dave can do it.

Glen Gardner

Having Dave in the lineup is huge. Not only is he a great player but he makes the other guys in the lineup better. Everyone sees better pitches when Dave is in there as a threat.

Bryan Williams

I'm not surprised, given the tape-recorded evidence. Detective Dave Callahan did a great job of giving him the opportunity to back out of the scheme.

Bruce Davis

I'll be giving away my Dave Mason tickets and I've never been so happy to give anything away.

Corey Dillon

I think it's a great move for me, a great move for the organization, ... I'm just happy to be a New England Patriot.

Edmund White

I always feel I'm better known in England than I am here in the U.S. Americans don't read that much, and the French are very good at knowing the names of everybody.

Luiz Scolari

I think the England team has evolved, they're much better than at the World Cup,

David Givens

I was willing to give Houston a hometown discount. I would have stayed in New England if they'd given me an offer I couldn't refuse. They didn't.

Terry Edwards

I am expecting six medals and hoping for eight. Our Sport England target is eight, which is very stiff indeed but it is up to us to rise to the challenge.

Pat Howard

He has taken that opportunity, he has played really well and I am sure he wants that England spot and it was timely for him. And (in terms of starting for England in the Six Nations) if you are good enough, you are old enough.

Ron Atkinson

His head just disappeared into his shoulders.

Ron Atkinson

He's the equivalent of the Spanish David Beckham.

Ron Atkinson

There's a snap about Liverpool that just isn't there.

Michael Schiavo

He wanted to go out into the hall and have a fistfight. It was ludicrous.

Shirley Sippel

He'd be playing that old piano at the town hall waiting for the meetings to start.

Shawn Amos

Harlem's Apollo is probably the most well-known music hall in the world.

Nancy Cartwright

I will not whittle hall passes out of soap

Mark Dobson

I am ecstatic. I want to keep representing the residence halls as true as possible.

Dorothy Jones

He was the first one to give us money for our Halloween party.

Richard O'Brien

He shook-a me up, he took me by surprise. He had a pickup truck, and the devil's eyes. He stared at me and I felt a change. Time meant nothing, never would again.

Richelle Mead

Right. Because there’s no bigger sign of commitment than a Halloween dance

William Friedkin

Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed.

Matt Cookson

He'll throw holy water out onto the vineyard.

William Vickrey

The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a depression.

Rowan D. Williams

If you think of intersecting circles, holy wisdom is that point at which the realities meet, overlap, intersect, interpenetrate.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

The stock exchange is a poor substitute for the Holy Grail.

William Wordsworth

The holy time is quiet as a nunBreathless with adoration.

Karl Marlantes

Everything is touched by the holy when it is in the presence of death.

Muhammad

The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of self.

Guru Singh

Serve the True Guru, O Holy people, He implants the Name of the Lord within.

Mother Teresa

Holy living consists in doing God's work with a smile.

Quin Snyder

We lost track of Moody. If Jimmy doesn't do that, then we don't go into overtime.

Hal McRae

If somebody else tried to do what Jimmy does, they'd leave here in a straightjacket. He's different. What works for him probably wouldn't work for somebody else. He's so gifted, and that's probably made what he's going through worse.

P. J. O'Rourke

Even Jimmy Carter can't be wrong all the time.

Tamara Mellon

I went back to the factories that I worked with at Jimmy Choo because they don't work for Jimmy Choo exclusively.

Jim Sullivan

Lots of people think it was Jimmy Page who had the first fuzzbox. It wasn't, No! it wasn't me either.

Johnny Rivers

I got to see all these incredible blues players, like Jimmy Reed.

Mark Indelicato

I didn't know who Jimmy Choo was. I think Vanessa Williams was also a very big part of that, teaching me about the designers. I had no choice but to learn, and I'm glad I did.

Todd Bodine

Jimmy just does what Jimmy does, ... If he can't pass you he runs into you.

Ron Beard

Jimmy was in the groove. He looked unstoppable.

Brian Griese

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw them later in the year.

Susumu Tonegawa

Even under normal conditions, how we can distinguish various events, various experiences, and be able to reproduce it later is, of course, a very interesting question and, I think, one that we face in day to day life.

Allan Ray

He was just real angry, telling me I've got to take more shots when I'm open because I might not get them later in the game.

William Shatner

Although I'm a business major out of McGill University, I know nothing... but then I found out much later in life, nobody knows anything.

Twyla Tharp

Later in life, one of the compensations is gliding effortlessly into focus in a thing. Since it is who we are, anything that is not the focus or supportive thereof is just not us. Even outside issues, when they arise, are interesting in that they only help define the focus more clearly.

Waylon Jennings

I ain't got no reverse. I've learned, a little later in life, it works out pretty good to have one every once in a while.

Pam Carpenter

If you have a little flexibility you can stay open a little later at one site or another.

James Smith

I'm thinking maybe September. No later than October because this time of year starts to get pretty cold.

Larry Parks

If there's no contamination now, that doesn't mean that later some won't push up somewhere. It's important to have a well-suited place for young children.

William Cowper

Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours.

Jean Lacordaire

All that I know of tomorrow is that Providence will rise before the sun.

Marcus Aurelius

All that is from the gods is full of Providence.

David Livingstone

Providence seems to call me to the regions beyond

Victor Hugo

It is sad to tell, but after having tried society, which had caused his misfortune, he tried Providence which created society, and condemned it also.

George Washington

Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us.

Hans Christian Andersen

It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed for me by a higher power.

Gary Goddard

I think we probably get somewhat better prices,

Nick Saban

Right tackle has been somewhat of a problem,

David Spade

Everyone is so weird in L.A. that if you're somewhat normal, it's exotic.

Jack Kilby

It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company.

Don Lindburg

It really is turning out to be somewhat of a hardship.

Charles Bona

The swings are going to be very rapid, and they could be somewhat sizeable.

David Pittman

That's why I think this study is somewhat surprising.

Jeff Evans

She's cooperating, she's upset. Somewhat relieved, she said.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

If he's going there to grandstand, then I think it's somewhat embarrassing.

Red Herring

Walker Digital's going to be around for a long, long time,

Frank Melton

The whole thing with Walker was for his own protection. It had nothing to do with getting his testimony.

Charles McDonald

Even the slowest walker will be done by noon.

Abraham Lincoln

I am a moderate walker, however I never stroll back.