Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Olsen

I was looking for the complete package. I felt that it was everything I was looking for from the academic standpoint, the coaches and the environment. Plus, it had that mystique and tradition there. It was just awesome.

Kevin Hipps

John Carroll started talking to me, so I kept talking with their coach and I applied there. The coach said, 'I want you over here next year.' It's a smaller program with high academics and a good wrestling program. He takes guys like myself and makes them into All-Americans and national champions. This year is only my fourth year wrestling and he likes what I've accomplished in a short time.

Daniel Sullivan

I think it's a great advantage. It allows you to get a gauge of where you're at, get some people healthy, either those who were injured in camp or in the game, and it allows you to settle into an academic routine.

Robert Greene

I also have a lot of questions on the academic side about the four-day week, ... Only if we are in some kind of catastrophic situation can I see going with that. Right now, I don't think that is the thing for us to do.

Darryl Phipps

He knows that signing day isn't the end of the world. If those are the only visits he makes before then and he knows where he wants to go, that's fine. But he's interested in academics of the program and just the perfect fit for him.

Beckie Francis

He is very humble. I did mention to him earlier that I saw his 200-page media guide and he's on page 84. It's all about Ohio State, it's all about his players and the academic service center. I told him I respected that.

Stephen Vollmer

We studied in the streets. We studied academics and the people the human spirit.

Mark Johnson

To do what we have done in four years, yeah, it's a little bit surprising. But at the same (time), if you bring in good players and you bring in kids who are committed not only for the academic standpoint but also committed to becoming better players, things can happen.

Bob Beatty

It is pretty bizarre to see that many girls from the same class choose to go to the same college, ... especially when you consider the size of the school and the (high) academic standards. I think all of the girls will be happy with the choice. It looks like a great school. We're very happy Sam got in there.

David Lowery

Knowledge of music business gives us access to artists, talent and a unique approach to performing services for advertising. Not to mention the branding implications of unique music with original sense for linking an advertiser, its message and its target.

Glena Records

Kids have access to computers in so many places. You can't police it anymore. You have to communicate with children and children have to be able to communicate with their parents.

Scott Olson

It can give you full cycle control network access control capabilities and be up and running in an hour or two.

Graham Cluley

It appears whoever wrote Zotob had access to the Mytob source code, ripped out the email-spreading section and plugged in the Microsoft exploit.

Mark Ferrulo

He clearly has the best access of any elected official in the country to the White House. And this is a White House plan to open Florida's coast to drilling.

Jeffrey Maxick

There are so many poor people in China, and they don't need a super-powerful system. As long as they can get something cheaper and still communicate, that's all that matters. Access to the Internet is the most important thing.

Richard J. Roberts

Hard as it is to imagine, there's a move afoot in Congress to take away the public's free online access to tax-funded medical research findings. That would be bad for medical discovery, bad for patients looking for the latest research results, and another rip-off of the American taxpayer.

Charles Freeman

He should have access to a lawyer that he trusts. He's really a novice when it comes to procedure.

Porter Goss

He's got something that (agency heads) don't have, and that is immediate access to the president if the president wants to get this job done. And believe me, the presidential cache will go a long way on this one.

Mary Mitchell

I was looking at the images and role models of women and girls in the media and it's distressing. It seems like our culture is crying out for change. We wanted to offer lots of hands-on activities today because it's such a great way to bond with people.

Ron Hershberger

Joe had a distinguished record of service and commitment to U.S. Figure Skating. He was a major contributor to the growth of figure skating in the Chicago area. Beyond those activities he was truly a gentleman, and he always placed the best interest of the skaters as his first priority.

Lee Kreindler

He was a fairly high-ranking officer in the Libyan Intelligence Agency and his activities appeared to have, and can be reasoned to have, government involvement.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

All developmental activities for the common man such as education, healthcare, shelter and food distribution should be handled by reputed private sector institutions. It should be a competitive market in order to prevent the formation of monopolies.

William Taylor

He seemed to have orchestrated a lot of the activities going on, or at least was a main player,

Kelly Cooper

I think it's important to let students to be involved because if you have big activities all the time people feel obliged to go but with smaller activities more people can enjoy them.

Liu Jingmin

To ensure Green Olympics not only needs the government support and the efforts of BOC OG, but also depends on the participation of the public. The release of the logo will help to promote the various educational activities organized by BOCOG to encourage citizens to live a green life, to take part in green activities and to support the Green Olympics.

Ron Bailey

It gives kids who may not excel in other activities a chance to shine.

Michael Vatis

It is not at all unreasonable to expect the people and the groups who engage in those activities every day might focus their activities at the same time around the date change.

Ron Woods

We were barred from so many hotels, the entire Holiday Inn chain, that we had to check in as Fleetwood Mac lots of times.

Peter Kretzmer

It assures that the Fed continues to not buck what was built into the futures contract, and will move by 25 basis points in September.

Bill Belichick

I also coached the secondary and Tom coached the receivers, so we worked together on a daily basis with each other,

Anton Corbijn

For me N.M.E. was a very big thing. When I first came to the United Kingdom I started taking pictures for them and I became their main photographer for five years, and that's really been the basis of everything I've been doing since.

Salvatore Satta

His vocation was orderliness, which is the basis of creation. Accordingly, when a letter came, he would turn it over in his hands for a long time, gazing at it meditatively; then he would put it away in a file without opening it, because everything had its own time.

Albert Dunlap

It is obvious the company no longer felt it had a legal basis to pursue its defenses without Al,

Steve Bennett

Intuit had another solid quarter. We beat consensus estimates for pro forma profitability. Our Quicken Loans mortgage business was profitable for the quarter and grew revenue on a year-over-year basis for the first time in four quarters.

Michael Ganal

In 2005 we were the world's most successful supplier of premium automobiles and in the first two months of 2006 we have further increased our lead over our competitors. This is a good basis from which to defend our leadership position this year.

Jim Melcher

If you get foreigners moving money out of U.S. Treasuries in a quick way, then you are talking about interest rates moving up quite a bit, maybe 150 basis points.

Milos Forman

If you look at the natural dispositions of the economies, a union does not make sense. Their economy has an agricultural basis and ours relies a great deal on tourism.

Amar Stoudemire

Kobe came out and played great basketball all around. I'd give him an A-plus.

Jerry Sloan

I would think those things would make you a better basketball player.

Rick Barnes

(Kelvin) lost some games when he didn't have his whole team there. Coming in (to the season) they were like us, a team that was up there. And they're a good basketball team.

Matthew Parker

Just overall I felt that of all the schools I had recruiting me, they were recruiting me the hardest, ... I want to help with the rebuilding process they have going on with the basketball program. It was a hard decision, but of the schools that were recruiting me hard, I felt like they wanted me the most.

Doc Sadler

Just more little things. Making free throws. You've got to do the little things to win basketball games -- especially on the road.

Vance Downs

Jordan's been practicing with us since January, so he knows how to run our offense, and he's been getting better every night. We knew this last two to three weeks that he was ready. As far as basketball maturity goes, he's well beyond his years. He's a pretty cool customer.

Greg Anthony

Joe understands team. Basketball is not about having the five best players. It's about having five players that play the best together. It's a puzzle.

Brittany Hunter

I think in this setting it's a little odd because I haven't seem them in basketball gear in a while.

Billy Donovan

He was a great guy. It was such a tragedy, what happened. He touched a lot of lives. I know with St. Francis, he and (athletic director) Randy Maris had a lot of plans, he wanted to give Bud the chance to build a basketball program and unfortunately it didn't work out. At least his family, his kids, will have something they can hold to and remember him by.

Matt Harris

I would say it's very closely being looked at. Growers want to know, sheds want to know: Are they going to continue dumping duties or are they finally going to drop them?

Roy Wilsher

Hertfordshire has had six recent training exercises on site in the last six months - the last one three weeks ago - and has worked closely with the site for many years to prepare for any incidents.

Doug Bournique

There is a grave concern as far as the fresh fruit industry's future. We are going to work closely with Commissioner Bronson and the USDA to ensure that the new management plan safeguards our crops and our markets.

Richard Franulovich

We're oil traders now because currencies are trading so closely off oil. All the risk now is that the hurricane does not have all the negative effects for the U.S. economy.

Jeff Kamis

We're obviously monitoring the situation closely at this time. We're remaining on schedule, but if we have to adjust, we will, because we want to be safe.

Tyrone Willingham

I think we're going to look very closely at our situation to make sure we have things in the right order. I think we've got to make sure we've got that situation where it needs to be.

Jason Chaffetz

I have worked closely with my Democratic allies. Elijah Cummings is a good friend.

Brad Wheeler

If you can't count, you can't play music. Music and math are the two most closely related subjects.

Walter Leger

I haven't heard a lot of differences yet and I'm watching very closely. I think the next few weeks we'll start seeing if there are different policy visions butI can promise you this we're gonna be watching closely and trying to be ready to respond to any deviations.

Ron Sims

King County has completed a remarkable financial turnaround that any corporation would envy.

Landon Donovan

I would not say it is greatest moment. I would say it is the most gratifying, ... It's been strange. I am used to everyone telling me how great I am and how wonderful things are. This year has been the complete opposite. It's validating and gratifying at the same time.

Dan Fink

Jake had a great sophomore year. He was the focus of everyone's scouting report, and he was still able to get his looks. He is turning into a complete player as he continues to work hard on his game, and more recognition and team success are in the near future for him.

Jack Campbell

Kelly made everyone else better tonight and that's tough when you've got that scoring mentality. She was the complete player and played within herself.

Jose Gil

Jorge is the complete package. He is a great team player. We wanted him to always have the ball, but he constantly was finding ways to get it to the open guy. He's very unselfish.

Michael Robinson

Joe has complete control of this team, honestly.

Tommy Russell

It can be labor intensive. But with any industry, machines make it possible to complete the job fastest and make it less stressful on the employees. We've been integrating these machines into our repairs a little at a time the past 20 years or so.

Rod Thorn

He was a big piece to our puzzle and a quality player. So if it works out that we don't complete the trade, then we've lost a quality player.

Steve Sampson

He's a great goal scorer. I think he has deceptive speed. Technically I think he's gifted. He's got the complete package. He just lacks the experience at this level. We don't want to rush the situation.

John Bunting

I was looking at the scoreboard all night, ... You can really get mesmerized by that thing. It goes on and the fireworks continue to go off (after each score). I thought at one point they might run out of fireworks. That's a big number and, basically, I'm numb at this point.

J. Hoover

Kids have a tendency to rest on what they do well and it's human nature to continue to work on the things that you do well. But this summer, I saw him working on the things that he needs to work on to be effective at the next level. I have no doubt that he'll contribute as a freshman. He's highly competitive and he knows what he'll have to do to compete.

Patterson Hood

I write a lot of songs (about the South) and will continue to, but we wanted to do a record that wasn't so specific in the geography. We're from the South, but that's not all we can do.

Tom Davis

Keeping our staff intact enables us to continue to recruit as well as teach.

Charlotte Ronson

Just watching the people on the streets of N.Y. is inspiring; there are so many styles and unique points of view. Fashion is very much inspired by the streets, has always been, and I'm sure it will continue to do so.

Lofa Tatupu

Just that success only comes one way -- that's through hard work. Just continue to try to improve on getting better and it'll happen.

Dave Wannstedt

Joe's a good player for us and Joe will continue to be a good player for us, but we need to threaten people,

Rick Curran

John has suggested there is continued interest in having Bryan. We're willing to be patient. He would prefer to stay in Toronto.

Daniel Chan

Job prospects will continue to improve. Job security has increased and this will lead people to spend more.

Cindy Fisher

Kiva has improved daily and is going to evolve into an impact player in this program.

Glyn Meek

I think it's important because this is, after energy, the second most influential industry in the world. It's important that we leave something to remind people that it effects their lives on a daily basis.

Winston Churchill

It is a gaping wound, whenever one touches it and removes the bandages and plasters of daily life.

George Casey

We are fighting with them side by side on a daily basis, improving their capabilities day by day, ... We are measuring this very carefully, and we're not going forward with this capriciously.

Mike Hanson

It is something that they think about, not only when they go on similar calls, where their incident may have happened, but also something that they think about on a daily or weekly basis.

John Givhan

It is just a way for the city, public officials to show their thanks to the American soldiers. By showing their support it also shows God's involvement in the soldiers' daily activities.

David Edwards

I weigh now 162 pounds, a dramatic drop from the 250-plus pounds I weighed when I laid down on the surgeon's table, ... Since that surgery last year, I've been able not only to lose weight, but to quit taking all but one medication, down from the seven forms of meds I required daily to stay alive.

William Feather

The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can.

Rick Petri

If you have competition, then you are going to have better effort and focus at practice daily because if you want to play on Saturday, you have to get the job done Monday through Friday.

Doris Goodwin

His whole philosophy was not to waste precious energies on recriminations about the past

Willie Nelson

I think it's time we start looking seriously at alternative energies so we don't have to go around the world looking for oil,

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Seeing life from an eternal perspective helps us focus our limited mortal energies on the things that matter most.

Chris Evert

Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis.

Michel Faber

My energies get used up quite quickly, and the psychic space I'm in when I write is a very lonely one, so I found that harder and harder to get back to.

Orison Swett Marden

One of the secrets of a successful life is to be able to hold all of our energies upon one point, to focus all of the scattered rays of the mind upon one place or thing.

Ron Hutchins

John is a very pleasing young man to have. He's very focused on what he does. You'll see him moving up.

S. Walker

It all seems to be focused on him (Rodriguez).

Brian Beckwith

There are so many different scenarios that could play out that we can't be thinking about that. We have to focus on Friday and then on Saturday.

Larry Hoff

Her scoring numbers are actually a little down from last year. Part of it is because we have other players who can score, but the main reason is that Jessi has focused on getting her teammates more involved.

Scott Coffey

He's been so focused on proving his innocence, and now he'll try to put his life back together.

Santino Quaranta

His suspension, it's not good the day of the game. I respect Peter's decision, I respect the head office and it's their decision. It's between Freddy and the team. We have a job to do and we're focused on winning MLS Cup.

Mark Patton

I think it's going to be important to stay focused and use that adrenaline. It's the last game here but I'm going to treat it as any other game and play hard.

Ricky Mathews

I think it's great that the governor is focusing so heavily on preparation.

Tony Anderson

I think that he has focused on regaining his sobriety.

Jim Moran

I think it's difficult for members of Congress to be as independent as they need to be in their voting.

Brad Dayspring

I think a lot of members will be supportive of the legislation.

Niranjan Shah

It is nothing. If some members (of the board) want to speak to the press about it, we can't do anything.

Westbrook Pegler

I am a member of the rabble in good standing.

Warren Cuccurullo

Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership.

Travis Barker

Right now, one of our members needs time off, so we're granting him that,

John Thain

pleased with the resolution of this litigation, which allows our members to vote as planned on the proposed merger on Dec. 6.

Robert Sinclair

Our members are screaming. People are wondering where it's going to go and, of course, we can't tell them.

Dan Scott

Our members are hopped up and very angry.

Nastassja Kinski

Just now, I've been working all the time and I don't have much of a personal life.

Roger Lemerre

It is not a personal thing for me, it is a voyage for the Tunisian team and people.

Dan Bartlett

He doesn't have a personal relationship with him.

Rob Zombie

The studio experience fluctuates depending on who you work with, it's not like it's all one experience. Every studio is different, every producer's personality is different. You never know what you're going to do.

Tullian Tchividjian

An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion.

Will Smith

I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likeable.

Vivienne Westwood

If you dress up, it helps your personality to emerge - if you choose well.

Ryan Stiles

I'm Jim Phillips, I have multiple personalities. I'm also a skindiver, a puppeteer, and I was the tenth president of the United States.

Wilhelm Steinitz

I am fully and entirely concentrated on the board. I never even consider my opponent's personality. So far as I am concerned, my opponent might as well be an abstraction or an automaton.

John Roberts

I was a staff lawyer, ... I didn't have a position.

Paul Tagliabue

I think that I see (finding a replacement) as one of opportunity. I told the staff that we have a lot of things in place, a lot of initiatives under way.

Andy Miller

Right now our support staff is really under the gun,

Chris Morgan

I'll tell you. If Arturo ever wants to go into coaching, he can be on my staff anytime.

Fernando Rodney

They have the better staff for starting pitching. I know that. We have the better bullpen.

Cherry Loney

We are already strained in terms of our staff and space.

Ray McDonald

(Ray) wasn't going to say anything. But to me, it was up to the staff to say,

Brian Marshall

The staff told me they were going to do this. I told them it wasn't necessary.

Oliver North

The teachers that teach here could make more money. The staff could do something else.

Ahmed Hussein

Khartoum supports the Chadian rebels, financially, politically and militarily.

Teresa Johnson

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

Joe Pemberton

Her support was important to me, ... I could sense her smiling.

David Newhan

He's a teammate. You're supportive of your teammates.

Gary Larsen

We feel it's safe, we feel it's a viable technology and we're supportive of it,

Joseph Lieberman

We support a woman's right to choose, ... The other ticket does not.

Rob Woodall

There are bills being discussed to raise the amount that Members of Congress pay in to their benefits and I support these pieces of legislation.

Ryan McGinley

Most of the e-mails I get nowadays are from students who ask me how I got my start. In truth its from having a really supportive family but also having a good patron who will help you - like financing all those early trips I took.

Rose Byrne

It's important to have female solidarity and support each other and other actresses.

Brad Richards

I would say it was one of the better teams I've seen.

Trey Smith

Just the way they work together was really unique. A lot of other teams don't have that.

Dave Orlandini

He can penetrate. He can take it to the hole. Other teams have to worry about him.

Mike Eaves

He just has to do his part, let his teammates do their part and we should come out all right.

James Spithill

Going to the gym on my own I struggle with, but when I'm in there with a teammate or a group of guys, it's the ultimate environment.

Alejandro Canizares

He's a valuable player. He's one of the top three on the team, so we had a much weaker team this week.

Sergei Samsonov

He's a terrific player. He's tricky. He makes a lot of plays. He makes that team a lot better. Him being out of their lineup works to our advantage.

Matt Wichorek

I was down on myself. Our team was all over the place.

Willie Williams

We just have to go there and finish. This is a different team from 1995 and, hopefully, we will have a different result.