Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ty Cobb

The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.

Michael Coleman

I never thought I would say this, but I can't wait until we get the (regular) umpires back. We still have to play ball.

Nick Nolte

I had to get some real ballplayers and real umpires to give instructions,

John Arlott

It is rather suitable for umpires to dress like dentists, since one of their tasks is to draw stumps.

John Arlott

Umpire Harold Bird, having a wonderful time, signalling everything in the world, including stopping traffic coming on from behind.

Napoleon Hill

No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him.

Julian Bond

Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service.

Nicki Minaj

I get what I desire, it's my empire And yes I call the shots, I am the umpire

Navjot Singh Sidhu

The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.

Richelle Mead

Day 24. Situation is growing worse. My captors continue to find new and horrific ways to torture me. When not working, Agent Scarlet spends her days examining fabric swatches for bridesmaid dresses and going on about how in love she is. This usually causes Agent Boring Borscht to regale us with stories of Russian weddings that are even more boring than his usual ones. My attempts at escape have been thwarted thus far. Also, I am out of cigarettes. Any assistance or tobacco products you can send will be greatly appreciated. -Prisoner 24601

Richelle Mead

My nails dug into his back, and he trailed his lips down the edge of my chin, down the center of my neck. He kept going until he reached the bottom of the dress’s V-neck. I let out a small gasp, and he kissed all around the neckline, just enough to tease.

Sarah Burton

It has been the experience of a lifetime to work with Catherine Middleton to create her wedding dress, and I have enjoyed every moment of it.

Sara Blakely

I'll mix a lot of things. I'll wear a Temperley dress with flip flops, or I might be in head-to-toe Gucci and have on a ring that I got from a gumball machine for 50 cents.

Venus Williams

I wear a lot of tight dresses, so I'm like, 'I need to do my sit-ups!'

Valerie Trierweiler

I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.

Sandra Brown

i'm going to marry you. i thought you'd like to know in case you wanted to buy a dress or something.

Sandra Dee

Me, I'm good at nothing but walking on the set with a pretty dress.

Willard Scott

I wore dresses all the time. I like to wear dresses.

Walter Cronkite

Our task is not to tell the truth; we are opinion molders.

William Cowper

I will venture to assert, that a just translation of any ancient poet in rhyme is impossible. No human ingenuity can be equal to the task of closing every couplet with sounds homotonous, expressing at the same time the full sense, and only the full sense of his original.

Wilhelm von Humboldt

All translating seems to me to be simply an attempt to accomplish an impossible task.

Helen Hunt Jackson

Like a blind spinner in the sun,I tread my days:I know that all the threads will runAppointed ways.I know each day will bring its task,And being blind no more I ask.

Nelson Mandela

Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors

Karl Marx

One of the most difficult tasks confronting philosophers is to descend from the world of thought to the actual world.

Karl Marx

The task is not just to understand the world but to change it.

Julia Gillard

If we change the way the electricity sector operates, we can bring down our levels of carbon pollution, and continue the crucial task of tackling climate change. Putting a price on carbon would do this.

Ovid

When you have set yourself a task finish it.