Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matt Ridley

I sense very little appetite for green efforts to persuade people to accept a frozen or declining standard of living for the sake of the environment. Recessions remind us that economic retreat or stagnation is painful, whatever the goal.

Larry Sabato

I sincerely believe he did try to talk Card out of it, he didn't want to accept this ... and I was told that by somebody who has some knowledge of it.

Lyndon Johnson

I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president,

Rob Kardashian

I've been surrounded by women my whole life, so obviously I love fashion... But I'd like to do my own thing and focus on what I love. If people accept it, they accept it. If they don't, they don't.

Wayne LaPierre

I've come to believe he (Clinton) needs a certain level of violence in this country. He is willing to accept a certain level of killing to further his political agenda. The vice president, too. How else can you explain this dishonesty we get out of the administration?

Walter Mondale

I understand that by a close vote, you have nominated me to run for the U.S. Senate, and I want you to know I gladly accept the nomination,

Bob DuPuy

I urge the City to accept this compromise. We all have worked long and hard and it's time to give the Nationals a new stadium and a strong future by bringing this matter to a successful close.

Lusia Strus

I used to say yes to everything. Now I have to be excited about a script before I accept a role. I've been able to let a lot of things go-like worrying-in a good way. I wish I learned that 'wear-it-like-a-loose-garment' attitude earlier.

Phil DeMeulenaere

I used to be opposed to the racing, but when you see how dearly these dogs love to run, you accept it.

Scott Taylor

In order to stay at the forefront of clinical research and expand our research capabilities to the next level, we realize that we need to enable our health IT infrastructure with the best study management applications available. With Study Manager, we expect to see improvements in many areas of clinical trial operations.

David Chaney

I noticed there was no mortgage brokerage in Walnut Cove. Most of the other areas have been saturated. We want to get this town ready for when the people come.

Tom Daschle

In areas where we agree, ... the president will have no stronger ally. In areas where we disagree, we will work with a renewed commitment to compromise.

E. Hicks

In areas where values are rising by 15 to 20 percent in a year, they don't care about the principal as much. After a few years, they are refinancing anyway.

Todd Trapp

In a meet like this, with a lot of smaller schools, our depth really helps us. We'll need to improve more in some of the areas to be the best team at the regional meet.

James Courtney

I'm not sure who spun me around. I was coming up to turn three and wasn't in any braking areas and I just felt a hit and it turned me around. Obviously it's another disappointing day.

Stephanie Beatriz

I lived in Park Slope, which is probably one of the most homogenized areas of Brooklyn. No offense to Park Slope.

Carl Risch

I like the makeup of this team. We could be a little more versatile than we have in the past. We look for significant points to be scored in more areas this year.

William Jarrell

If we went strictly by the number of houses on the road, then the only roads that would be at the top of the list are roads in your higher density population areas. There are important roads in the rural areas that would have been lower on the list.

Jerry McSwords

Ryan came through. He wrestled an exceptional tournament.

Jerry McSwords

Ryan came out on a mission. I thought he wrestled a little flat at sectional, and obviously this week he didn't wrestle flat. He had something to prove.

Terry Youngbauer

Rusty Wolfe may have only scored seven points, but they were a big seven points. He came up big for us when Clinton came back on us.

Jim Webb

Ronald Reagan came in - he was a leader. Some of my Democratic friends don't like it when I say that. He had a vision where he wanted to take the country, and things started moving again.

Brent Ellis

(Reverend Walter) McLean who came in 1927 often didn't take his salary. There just wasn't money for that.

Jason Varitek

Right now, we're just trying to get him out, just like everyone else. But he came up big for them.

Brad Smith

Pre 9-11, public health issues were seen in a different prism in Washington than security issues. After 9-11, those two worlds came together.

Madeline Albright

President Yeltsin came to this meeting with his goal to explain his view of what was going on, ... When he was here, he heard from others who saw it differently.

Douglas Brinkley

President Obama had a few historians at the White House for a couple of dinners. I was lucky enough to be one of those asked, and he was very interested in Ronald Reagan, and I came away feeling that.

Billy Blanks

A will is to make a decision how you should take care of yourself.

Jim Tharp

The term gets used a lot, but we do think this is a movie that can be carried by word of mouth,

Joan Kirner

I used to get into the government car and switch on Chopin or someone I liked to hear at the end of a parliamentary day.

Jo Frost

I've also just gone out in the car because it's so vast here. Just drive, play some music and just drive.

Ron Hawkins

I've always been good about my car maintenance and with the high cost of gasoline, I was shopping for something to make it stretch a little more.

Randa Haines

A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.

Eric Bachelart

After giving Jan an evaluation run in December, we were impressed and wanted to give him another day in the car. I'm quite pleased that he was quickest in just his second day in the car and it shows we have strong technical program and that Jan clearly has a lot of potential in the car. This test is part of our preparations toward the season, and it's of course encouraging to be quick with a driver that is so new to the car.

Mikko Hirvonen

After our pre-Christmas test, I did three days testing on gravel last week and that's helped me get used to the car on loose surfaces. But then, it's always a shock to come here, with the high speeds. This morning was very good and the car feels excellent. The traction is very good, so now we need more power! But then, every driver will always want more power!

Marcus Gronholm

The most important thing is that the car has taken a step forward.

Edward Kennedy

There is clear and convincing evidence that John Roberts is the wrong choice for chief justice, ... I oppose the nomination, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.

Bobby Martin

She's been my chief clerk for the past 17 and a half years. We've had a great relationship of working together and as for as I know, we've never had a cross word.

Ricky Rudd

I have been privileged to drive for some of the best. I also want to thank all of the talented and dedicated people I have worked with in racing over the years, the crew chiefs and the crew members, who put in so much time and effort to give me competitive cars.

Rick Mears

You hear a lot of drivers say they'll quit when they're not enjoying it. That's pretty much what happened to me. It was a combination of things, but mostly it was losing that enthusiasm I always felt before.

Brian Wilson

What they do, they do well. They are pretty goal driven and work hard.

Gary Close

We just could not consistently stop them, whether it was a jump shot, whether it was a drive to the rim, whether it was a second chance. For us to give up 94 points was really out of character.

Gordon Sr

We just ran right at them. And after that drive they got it sealed up and we couldn't run and throw, so we were stuck.

Josiah Phillips

We went for a drive and left her with my mom. It was hard; it was like, we can't leave her.

Hans Olsen

What's going to drive things over the next several weeks is how third-quarter earnings come out,

Kevin Bannon

What's going to drive prices in the end is earnings,

Rachel Nichols

I'm a girl that loves cars. I've always loved them. I love to drive with the windows down, sunroof open, and music pumping.

Virginia Miller

The day will come when people either don't want to drive or can't drive. But they still need to get to the doctor's office, get to church, see family and friends.

Brian Perry

The older they get, the harder they are to find parts for,

Frederic Coudert

It was young, idealistic and wonderful. But idealists have a hard time in this world.

Gena Rowlands

It was when A Woman Under the Influence played at the New York Film Festival. It would be hard to top that. It was one of the most extraordinary nights of my life.

Aaron Ross

It was a long year, but when you see these rings, you know all that hard work paid off. I think this is why people come to The University of Texas, but I sure didn't think the prize was going to look like this.

David Howell

It was a little hard work to be honest.

S. Hughes

It was a little hard not to jump up and down.

Mike Seward

The second and third quarters we played hard and played well but we got tired.

Duane Witter

These seniors have been working hard the whole year in practice. That hard work paid off for them tonight. You do all this preparation and when your opportunity comes, you want to make the most of it. These seniors made the most of their opportunity. We don?t get that effort, we don?t knock off that team.

John Beilein

The stats tell the story of the game. Pitt played a tremendous game. We'll learn a lot from this game. It was very hard to get open looks in this game.

Bobby Cox

He looked like a 20-game winner today. He really did. He can't pitch any better than he did today.

Phil Garner

We send them (Marlins) out of town with no change. After those first two games, it looked bleak.

Bill Masse

It looked like we were just going to go down 1-2-3 every inning. Somebody?s got to step up and get a big hit. Someone?s got to want to be the star of the game.

Adam Dunn

It looked like those pitches were right there.

Matt Rabjohn

It looked like our first game. We looked a little nervous at times and made some beginning-of-the-year mistakes.

Dusty Baker

It looked like he was out for a minute. At first, he was just there. Then he said he was OK, and wanted to get up.

Rick Carlisle

It looked like he labored a bit. I think it's a tough situation to not be in for a while and now be in the middle of a hotly-contested playoff series.

Maurice Luque

It looked like a mini war zone. I saw people on the ground, some moaning, many bleeding. They had all sorts of injuries. Others were walking around dazed.

Lovie Smith

It looked a lot worse than it was.

Ben Folds

I've gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.

Billy Blanks

Where I am today, is where my mind and will put me, where I am tomorrow is where my mind will put me.

Chan Gailey

Everything is minor in my mind right now. The worst right now is Pat Clark.

Barry Gibb

There's still this overriding thing of being commercial, which is always on your mind.

John Dillon

There's no question in my mind we will be a stronger company.

Mitt Romney

There's no question in my mind that I think I would have been a better president than Barack Obama has been.

George Phillips

There's no question in my mind it will reopen, ... We need out regional labs.

Meredith Whitney

There's not a doubt in my mind that you will see a spate of municipal-bond defaults.

Hersh Wolch

The problem is, after he testifies, he can't get it out of his mind and he has to be hospitalized.

Brett Favre

I never thought I would see it. I’m not saying it’s not possible. I’m not saying it didn’t happen. I don’t know. There’s a lot of guys getting picked on (in the locker room). Some handle it well, some don’t handle it as well. I’m not saying it’s right, and from a locker room sense or from a team sense, I’m not saying it’s wrong. It’s just the way it is.

Bobby Knight

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

Jay Wright

When you play a seasoned team like that, and you get a lead, you just know they're going to get a run.

Sebastian Telfair

Tonight as a team we went out and didn't give any effort.

Nichole Beall

To me it doesn't feel any different, we're all teammates. You look at the team as a whole, not as individuals.

Kevin Garnett

We've got a lot of new faces, a lot of variables, ... Can we win? Can we not win? What kind of team it's going to be. Our identity. How different things take shape. We'll find out pretty soon.

Bret Bielema

We will be a role-playing team at that position.

Ben Lamanna

This weekend showed our immaturity. We're not the team that we thought we were.

Seth Rice

This team worried me. That's a much better team than their record.

Abraham Lincoln

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

Don Herold

Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.

Don McLean

Work my hands in the soil, what's the pay for all the toil? Dust for blood, dust for blood, dust for blood.

Dylan Thomas

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Work should be for all of us a word as honorable and appealing as patriotism.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Unless we do change our whole way of thought about work, I do not think we shall ever escape from the appalling squirrel-cage of economic confusion in which we have been madly turning for the last three centuries or so, the cage in which we landed ourselves by acquiescing in a social system based upon Envy and Avarice. A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded on trash and waste ...

Dorothy L. Sayers

We ought to recognise the profound gulf between the work to which we are 'called' and the work we are forced into as a means of livelihood.

Dorothy L. Sayers

What we make is more important than what we are, particularly if making is our profession.

Don Shula

To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours.