Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andy Blackston

(The Bulldogs) just absolutely don't beat themselves. To beat them you have to outplay them.

Brennan Bilberry

People understand the disgusting length this organization will sink to, to attack a woman who has dedicated her entire life to children. It will absolutely backfire.

John Schuerholz

Our doctors say that injury heals itself. I hate to lose him for one day (but) it just takes time. It should take no more than that time and maybe not even quite as much time as the 15 days will provide. To be absolutely certain that he is healthy when he returns, we're putting him on the list.

Lou Lefevre

Coach Just has his team in absolutely splendid condition. We're not a deep team and we're not in good enough condition.

Joann Johnson

devastation is vast and unimaginable; the positive, 'can-do' spirit among the people was absolutely remarkable. The vision to overcome a heart-wrenching experience is alive and well with the wonderful people of South Mississippi.

Steve Johnson

Despite significant interest in personalization, there is growing concern among consumers about the security of their personal data -- even with established, trusted brands. To address these concerns, we as an industry must be absolutely vigilant in our efforts to safeguard consumers' personal data.

Phyllis Bennis

Despite the urging of some U.N. and U.S. officials for Washington to enter the race for membership on the new Human Rights Council, it is absolutely appropriate for the United States to remain absent.

Roger Hill

Any other hurricane chaser has absolutely no respect for this guy at all.

Cliff Drysdale

And there are so many more beside those where replays would have made a huge difference. I absolutely think some big matches would have gone the other way.

Brooke Burke

I don't idolize anyone or aspire to be like anyone.

Barry Marshall

In high school I had B's and C's, not too many A's, but I must have done well on that medical school test, and I must have had some charisma in the interview, so I ended up in medicine. Being a general practitioner was all I aspired to.

Dana Quigley

You hit one shot and it might be two or three holes before you hit another one. Raymond really didn't have a putt on that back nine until he had the putt to win all the money on 17. It's a little different thing. It's a very tough format to hold your patience and the patience to keep going. And Raymond aspired to that.

Victor LaValle

Lumpy and lazy; I aspired to lethargy. In the second year of university, I missed half my classes just because I couldn't pull myself out of bed.

Max Stirner

We do not aspire to communal life but to a life apart.

Bret Ellis

Mailer is a genius. He's the one I most connect with in terms of fiction his range is so wide. That's the sort of boldness I aspire to.

Jesse Garza

Before you edit your closet and spend money on new clothes, you need to know what it is style-wise that makes you comfortable. We're all a combination, but every person has a core style that they lean toward or aspire to. We encourage people to commit to being consistent. Fashion should work for you; you shouldn't work for fashion.

Alan Greenspan

One may aspire to succeed Chairman Greenspan, but it will not be possible to replace him.

L.K. Advani

Swami Vivekanand, during his last days, had expressed the need for a man-making machinery in India. The RSS formed by Dr Hegdewar in 1925, did the same work Vivekanand aspired for - making men,

Bruce Vladeck

As bad as the situation is now. it can only get worse when the economy stops growing.

Peter Power

The boycott is bad for all those concerned.

Kristen DeTienne

Bad service is something everyone can relate to -- we've all had an experience with an obnoxious employee or had to call to correct an error on a bill. What we often can't relate to is the great way a company recovers from a service failure and wins our future business.

Andrew Baird

Bad science is being used to drive bad policy. And that policy is resulting in the large-scale dispossession of some of the poorest people on the planet.

Pat Schneider

Bad public officials give us all a bad name. If we're going to have systems in which people have trust, then there's got to be integrity.

Marco Sturm

Bad penalties. We let them back in the game.

Whit Ayres

Bad news tends to move in bunches, and this White House has had more than its share. When you are in one of these periods, the best thing is to keep your head down, stay focused on the job and wait for your luck to change.

Matthew Dowd

bad news for the Bush team and declared 'the sky is falling' once again.

Kelly Fero

bad news for Kinky. If a voter was going to go independent, they may want to go somewhere that they won't waste their vote.

Lauren Fix

After battling months of snow and icy roads, your car is undoubtedly in desperate need of some serious tender-loving care. A cleaner engine, for example, can give your car better performance -- ensuring less hesitation and smoother acceleration.

Kyle Lohse

I've been out there battling my butt off all year,

Joe Blanton

When I came up last year, we were battling them for a playoff spot just like we are now. Any time we play each other it's a big series and every game is right down to the last pitch, for the most part.

Paula Begoun

Cosmetics Cop ... Back to School Blues: Battling Blemishes

Mike Burns

We had problems focusing in this game. Montana did a good job changing defenses and we did a good job battling through that in the first half. In the second half they did essentially the same thing, but they did it with more energy than we did.

Matt Barnes

What an effort by my kids. These kids kept battling and battling. We had a chance. We kinda showed what Olympus is all about. We've got a lot of character and heart. O We knew we were heavy underdogs coming in. We were under the radar, and we were one shot away from going to the championship.

Mark Clifford

Battling heat, the long preseason, continuing to lift weights, I think the kids are ready. I think mentally, we're ready.

Ryan Miller

Most people look at him and don't think much of his size, but he's actually a very strong kid. When he's in there battling he's great on his feet and he's good with his stick. He's coming up with pucks most people don't believe he can get. He's making things happen.

Bryant McFadden

Me and Wayne were battling for the ball. He was juggling it. I kept trying to fight, fight. I was falling, because I jumped before he did. Coach always says play to the whistle, and that's what I did.

Rekalin Sims

The bye factor is huge. You get the extra day off and you're ready to go on Friday. That's crucial for us.

Stanley B. Prusiner

It is crucial for scientists to be willing to be wrong; otherwise, you might not do the most important experiments, or you may ignore your most important findings.

Ramon Sanchez

Cuba is the most crucial issue that motivates us. Each family has been divided.

Kathy Leitke

Discipline at the plate is crucial to being a good hitter. We made good adjustments as hitters this weekend.

Taran Adarsh

This year is crucial since there is strong competition. Nobody can take things lightly.

Evan Mann

The timing of (the upgrade) makes sense given that the fourth quarter is such a crucial part of a retailer's year.

Will Dunman

If we have a first grader and they are late 50 times and they come in at 8:15 a.m., they have missed 12 and a half hours of school. As a first grader, reading is crucial for them and we've lost that time. We can hold them in at recess and do interventions, but that's not (fun for the child). We have older students that come in an hour and a half late. Do the math on that one. Plus, they are missing math first thing in the morning.

Jim Scroggins

Much as they are today, lotteries during America's crucial formative years were an important revenue source for building, linking, educating and protecting our country. In America's infancy, an investment in lottery was viewed by the public as an investment in the country.

Gus Logie

Mental toughness is crucial at the higher level at which they are going to be playing and there is no room for complacency.

Epiphanny Prince

After I scored 29 points in the first quarter, I didn't think much of it. After I had 58 points at the half, and especially after having in the 80s after the third quarter, I just decided to go for it.

Scott Borg

The Russians aren't waiting for standards. They have decided to move forward. We have declined to participate (in the drilling). We don't feel it's ready.

Joe Veltri

This is similar to when we decided to get into the pickup truck segment.

Mary Adams

This is something we knew was going to be ultimately decided by the Law Court. We're prepared to do that.

Bryan Davis

This is our third league game decided on penalty kicks or controversial calls. But we have to take some responsibility.

Shanna Carpenter

The whole entire Office of Student Life and UPB decided on the theme. We wanted something catchy.

Gerry Adams

The White House has decided not to invite the Irish parties to the White House; that would be a disappointment. But do I interpret this as a movement by this administration away from the peace process? No, I don't. I don't. And if I did, I would be very very perturbed,

Donald Booth

The United States wants this desire to be realized and has decided to dedicate even more resources to ensure that Tuesday's (run-off) elections will be free and fair,

Tim Ries

This could have been a very expensive mantelpiece for my shelf, ... But I realized that if I couldn't sell this, I shouldn't even be in the business. Instead of investing the money I earn with the Stones in the stock market, I decided to have faith, leap in and invest in myself.

Jason Witten

Seeing some of these guys is pretty special. They've done a lot for us, the young players.

Dan Richardson

Right now we are still struggling to find a lineup. We are trying to get some guys who can play well under the pressure of a tournament.

Mike Adras

Right now, the guys are so hurt. I don't want to shortchange the NIT because we're going to be a part of it. It's not the tournament we wanted to be in. But you know what? It's still an accomplishment for us to get our team into the postseason.

Mark Dacey

Quebec can throw some serious heat. Those guys throw it a million miles an hour, so if you're ever two down to them you are working hard to get your points back.

Gary Waters

Quincy called one and I told them we only had one and told them we needed one at the end. But those things happen I understand and we had no timeouts. I even told our guys if we had a time-out we would have won this game.

Gard Shelley

Realistically, we never presumed to be the guys who would play for it.

Matt Osborne

I've seen him do it 100 times in practice. The guys know if they get open, he'll find them.

Marvel Smith

I've seen a lot of guys talking to him lately. He's become a popular guy.

Andre Patterson

I've told every one of these guys to make the most of this. You never know when you're going to get back.

Richard Estrada

So we said, let's organize this huge march of the pueblo, of the people.

John Fogg

Psychologically, that is a huge step forward, ... When that happens, you can think about getting back to a sense of normalcy.

Steve Lowery

It would be very satisfying after the start I had. That would be a huge accomplishment.

Paul Begala

It was a huge fireball, a huge, orange fireball.

Octavio Dotel

This is huge in my country. Just huge.

Richard Sullivan

This is the first time we have been able to predict such a huge improvement in long-term survival,

Jeff Burton

You're looking at teams that are going to do tire tests. There were teams that went to do tire tests the last two days. We're not testing anywhere, and with the limited testing, that is a huge disadvantage.

Mike Dove

You need to hug your kids every day and every night. Don't let them out of your sight.

Jonathon Shockey

This (win) is a huge confidence-builder for us.

Catrina Thompson

During the first match everyone always has nerves. And even though it is going to be tough, we will be ready.

Mike Thibault

Once we made that first run, they weren't able to match it.

Marcos Baghdatis

I've played him second round, third round, quarters. Now it's the final. So every day is different. I just go into the match and play my game, just try not to make a lot of mistakes, just try to make him play. I'll try to find a solution in the match.

John Corcoran

It was the pivotal match in the whole tournament and it was a big win for them and a big win for the team.

Bob White

It was very frustrating. The talent doesn't match the attitude.

John Rittenhouse

This is states, so every match is going to be a challenge.

Holly Brown

The way we've been playing, we're going to be a tough match for them.

Annika Sorenstam

That's just match play, ... That's what makes it so exciting.

Davis III

You see that in match play, and that's why we don't do it every week. It's a little too volatile to do it every week.

Steffen Schmidt

There are moments when people have to realize their credibility, which is the only thing politicians have, is hurt.

Livia Landry

There are moments when I am so distraught, I can't function.

David Arner

There are moments in the music that are really talking about the violence, as a society, that we do to our water.

Brent Weeks

Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.

Brennan Manning

God is loving us - you and me - this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.

Arthur Schopenhauer

You can do what you will, but in any given moment of your life you can will only one definite thing and absolutely nothing other than that one thing.

Eckhart Tolle

Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment.

Eckhart Tolle

The future is only a thought form. Work with the present moment. Be with what is.

Deepak Chopra

The present moment is the only time that is eternal and the only time in which we can experience happiness.

Ben Mendelsohn

As soon as you start acting in an accent, you're sort of out of your comfort zone. Maybe people start getting used to accents after a long period of time. But as soon as you do that, it's not so much as capturing the sound of the way other people speak, it's being able to actually be and move around in the sound.

Barbara Kingsolver

I did it to win love, and to prove myself capable. Not to move mountains. In my opinions, mountains don't move. They only look changed when you look down on them from great height.

Barbara Kingsolver

Ah, the mysterious croak. Here today, gone tomorrow. It's the best reason I can think of to throw open the blinds and risk belief. Right now, this minute, time to move out into the grief and glory. High tide.

Jon Rogers

There are well-documented structural impediments to moving quickly in this industry.

Ayn Rand

Your emotional capacity is an empty motor, and your values are the fuel with which your mind fills it. If you choose a mix of contradictions, it will clog your motor, corrode your transmission and wreck you on your first attempt to move with a machine which you, the driver, have corrupted.

Ayn Rand

Who was it that said he needed a fulcrum? Give me an unobstructed right-of-way and I'll show them how to move the earth!

Brad Falchuk

The East Coast, and certainly Boston, has a provincial quality to it that makes it harder to bust out and move up. Try to be too different and they'll pull you down.

Jane Hirshfield

When I write, I don't know what is going to emerge. I begin in a condition of complete unknowing, an utter nakedness of concept or goal. A word appears, another word appears, an image. It is a moving into mystery.

Carl Sandburg

Poetry is a section of river-fog and moving boat-lights, delivered between bridges and whistles, so one says, 'Oh!' and another, 'How?'

David Rakoff

Arts and crafts, or getting to be in a play with people, or making a little short film, that's pure sugar, because the stakes are so low.

Bruce Roper

Silliness, pure silliness. There was Roy Rogers' Sons of the Pioneers, there was the Sons of the San Joaquin. It was in that spirit, and tongue-in-cheek, but we've had it for all these years and it's served us well, I think.

James Maxey

I wanted us to leave, purely as a precautionary measure,

Ovid

Pure women are only those who have not been asked.

Cade Bernsen

As I understand it, it's going to be done rather quickly.

W. C. Fields

On the whole I would rather be in Philadelphia.

Keeley Hawes

I am not into action and adventure on holiday; that doesn't really do it for me. I would much rather go and lie down.

Joel Edgerton

To me, I think I'm just going to keep focused and forward on what I'm doing, work-wise, rather than searching for any kind of meaning in it.

Dedrick L.

To be honest, I'd rather be the underdog. We always play better when we're the underdog.

Suzanne Farrell

So I think it is rather strange that I got into ballet, something that I hadn't seen.

Adam Linkenauger

No other place I'd rather do it than at Virginia Tech.

LeCharles Bentley

I would rather sit out a season than play for the Saints again.

Darius Walker

Hopefully, he'll be rooting for us. We'd rather have him on our side.

Arthur Ashe

Martina's like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she's going to do, but there isn't a thing you can do about it.

Clive James

John McEnroe looks as if he is serving round the edge of an imaginary building.

Donald Young

I love tennis. Without it I don't know what I would do.

Andre Agassi

My only good result in 1997 was marrying Brooke Shields.

Anna Kournikova

It's not really a shorter skirt, I just have longer legs

Althea Gibson

Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.

Andy Murray

Well, my mum's been a tennis coach - she coached me till I was 12.

Andy Roddick

Is that the longest fifth set ever? It was? So, no, I've never played one longer than that!

Andy Roddick

I don't want to live and die with every point that's being played out there now. I'm going to let my coach live and die with every point.

Jaime Contreras

Some days, work is truly a four-letter word.

Shaukat Aziz

This truly encapsulates China's world view in this century,

Jonathan Todd

We think he will be a truly independent adviser.

Barbara Green

Those who complained truly feel that they are discriminated against, they truly feel that way.

David Williams

They are truly the ones that do all the real work.

Jillian Messenger

I truly have a lot of all-stars on this team, I really do.

Julie Foudy

It wasn't just that we were together; we were truly a family. There was always laughter.

Dianna Agron

Without love we are not truly living.