Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stuart Murdoch

He delivered, but at first I had my doubts. He was quite brutal about taking a machete to songs if he thought they had too many verses; one song he completely halved. And he didn't like my acoustic guitar playing. Did you notice that, Chris? He would accidentally lean on the mute button. But I'm surprised and delighted with the way the record has turned out.

Keith Richard

He's always been a good, smooth acoustic player, but the electric seemed like an untamed beast for him until this year.

Jeff Ament

I think at that point we were aspiring to be a Led Zeppelin kind of a band where you could pick up your acoustic instruments or you could go out and rock or you could play a country song. I love all those bands we got mentioned with, but it never felt like we fit into that group very well. So the fact that they're still saying, 'The band that survived grunge' is kind of funny.

Neal Schon

Beyond the Thunder is the closest I've recorded to an acoustic thing.

Jonathan Davis

It should be interesting. I can't wait to hear these songs acoustic, but a couple of them I wrote on acoustic guitar, so I know it'll translate. ... Hopefully fans will appreciate it. Some will hate it, but whatever. Who cares? We're gonna go for it. We haven't practiced, we're just showing up a couple of hours early and going for it.

Jeff Hanna

That song was on the Dirt Band's Acoustic record, ... and in the time that passed between when we wrote it and when the Flatts cut it, what an amazing life that song had People would come up to all of us writers long before it was this monster hit -- I even had someone in the grocery store -- asking for copies of the lyric because they wanted to get married to it. And that's a wonderful feeling

Eric Johnson

It's an amalgamation of the different types of shows I've done. There will be some songs where I'm playing solo on the more acoustic tunes and others will be full-blown, plugged-in rock-out numbers. So the show will be done in many stages.

Chris Shiflett

It took a while once we started recording ('In Your Honor') for us to really know if we were actually going to go through with it and actually make a double record with the acoustic stuff. It was a risk, sure, but when we were done recording, we felt pretty strongly that we'd made a great record.

Jim Shirley

It will be our first rock concert, and we're real excited. We think Foreigner represents the kind of entertainment that this venue can fit well. We offer a very intimate setting and the acoustics are excellent.

Mark Brenner

It can mean thousands of dollars in additional costs to American families. And those with higher debts are definitely looking at significant increases. So those families who most need to borrow are the ones that will be most affected.

Mike Woods

He was a great advocate of cycling, a great role model for cyclists. I met him at a public meeting in Leesburg. And he got up and spoke to the presenters. He spoke in support of additional trail projects. And I think he was instrumental in bringing other people to the meetings to speak their mind.

Kent Conrad

He wants an additional $18 billion that is not in the budget. And my question to him is, this is spending you say is needed. How do you intend to pay for it?

John Sanders

He kept the place going while President Graham in particular pursued the additional ends of those involved in the presidency.

Stuart Roy

He is very good at keeping people as part of his extended family. It gives him additional reach and additional eyes and ears.

Asa Hutchinson

there are targeted flights, special flights of concern, that are particularly covered. And we're trying to make sure, through additional resources, that we really increase the number of flights that are covered.

Dorothy Attwood

What we feel that we're offering is an additional product, an additional choice. We're not taking anything away from the consumer.

Ray Mabus

Here are the choices I don't want to make: between paying additional fuel costs and flying and steaming less; between paying additional fuel costs and building fewer ships and planes.

Bryant Kitty

He's a great kid. You figure after you saw him once you would be OK, but we saw him for an additional five innings and still had a hard time figuring him out.

Darren Shan

I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, she encouraged me to use my imagination.

Cam McLeay

Having listened to family, friends, and everyone else, without exception everyone encouraged us to continue.

Jake Delhomme

I was encouraged, very encouraged -- we'll leave it at that.

Jonas Bjorkman

I play singles and doubles, and I think that's what every player should be encouraged to do.

Michael Metz

Investors were encouraged by the inflation figures. There was fear they would be considerably higher.

George Eliot

Instead of trying to still his fears, he encouraged them, with that superstitious impression which clings to us all, that if we expect evil very strongly it is the less likely to come . . .

Mel Gardner

I know a lot of parents and kids want to specialize and focus on one sport, but we've always encouraged Scott to play what he wants to play. He's been playing three sports since he was 3 years old and he loves playing them all, so we've always encouraged him to try different things.

Paul Vasconi

I have to admit, I wasn't encouraged at first.

Kelly Brownell

I'm very encouraged by what is occurring in schools. One can just see the landscape changing.... At the moment, it's still a minority of schools, but the number is growing and the state legislatures are getting involved in requiring schools to change.

Jim Haslett

I think it is a great opportunity for Todd. I think the team will rally around him and give him the support. He's excited about the opportunity.

Acie Law

I think I rushed them. I got so excited because I wasn't expecting to be wide open.

Tom Donahoe

It always is. People get excited when you win and too upset when you lose. There's never any middle ground.

Jim Rise

He is young, will make some young mistakes but has all the tools to do an outstanding job and I am really excited about him, also.

Rob Vega

There are so many reasons to be excited about Glen Erin. It has no weaknesses.

Reggie Sanders

He's a faithful guy, ... He's worked really hard this year to show this team that he's worthy, and now to get the opportunity to do this for the first time ... I'm just so very excited for him.

Doug Murray

He's a great player, great guy. Happy for the team and for Sweden. I'm excited myself.

Rick Anderson

He's a totally different pitcher. That's why he can get excited about what's gone on this spring.

Jonathan Hill

He's a swimming legend. I was excited to meet him.

Paul Scheuring

I wouldn't be surprised if you saw something like 'Prison Break,' colon, and a few other words. But it's not going to be 'Prison Broke.

Curtis Eccles

Jack is taking fewer shots because of the double-teams. He's doing a good job of finding the open man.

Anthony Zinni

I would say we're within a week or so. We're ready now but there are a few more pieces to put in.

Michael Lloyd

I would say up until the recent few weeks, it looked like CSX might be doing a better job, now the shoe may be on the other foot, ... I'd be more worried about CSX going forward than Norfolk Southern.

Greg Shivers

Katie did much better in that game. Her pitching has really picked up the last few games.

Ramesh Chennithala

Karat had first said that he would react after the full report of the CAG comes out. It is now a few weeks and there has been no reaction from him.

John Gibbons

I talked to him today about a few things and I hope he got the message. You see guys on the other side like (Derek) Jeter and (Gary) Sheffield get down the line.

Joseph Beninati

There are such very few large-scale opportunities in Greenwich.

Daniel Woodrell

I joined the Marines the week I turned 17, and that led to a few experiences that might qualify as adventure - eye of the beholder.

Neal Hersh

Kim is respectful of what the judge did and she's pleased with today. We're hopeful this will be the end of it.

Craig Biggio

Just seeing it in spring training was something that was pretty special. We wanted the winning one, and hopefully we can turn that around and maybe get one.

Dana Quigley

I taught her everything she knows, ... She played with me last year, and look what's happened. I hope I have the same impact on Tim as I did Paula.

Felipe Alou

He is the only pitcher I went (behind the cage) to see. I hope he didn't mind that.

Mark Shapiro

He'll be in the middle and hopefully we'll let him work his way toward the back.

Cokie Roberts

He's always hoped I would have one. I never have.

Dan Svirbly

His year didn't end the way we hoped it would. He got down here for the second time and won a match again, he just couldn't quite get to the podium.

Chris Coghlan

There is a kind of sense of urgency. We do need to win two of three and hopefully even sweep.

Mike Ackerman

I thought the team started out strong for their first game. I hope it will keep going from here.

Susan Jackson

We're not worried about the Mississippi River levee. Is it a concern? Yes, it is a concern, but it is not a top concern.

Rebecca West

Birds sat on the telegraph wires that spanned the river as the black notes sit on a staff of music.

William Whipple

The river route is certainly preferable, as it affords good grazing and an abundance of water.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

The revelation that we have everything we need in life to make us happy but simply lack the conscious awareness to appreciate it can be as refreshing as lemonade on a hot afternoon. Or it can be as startling as cold water being thrown in our face. How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we’re really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance?

William Blake

Dip him in the river who loves water.

W. H. Auden

Far from his illness The wolves ran on through the evergreen forests, The peasant river was untempted by the fashionable quays; By mourning tongues The death of the poet was kept from his poems.

Robert MacNeil

Change is legitimate and inevitable, for our language is a mighty river, picking up silt and flotsam here and discarding it there, but growing ever wider and richer.

Norman MacCaig

I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that.

Cheryl Ward

They look like river ships, but scaled up.

Dexter Holland

I haven't been able to write a song about flying. It just sounds cheesy. But for me, there's nothing like being up there.

Martin Clunes

The idea of being a young 50 sounds like you're trying to kid yourself, like a Harley-Davidson or something. I've bought a dressage horse instead.

Linda Tripp

You know, I was never really angry. I know that sounds crazy. I was very upset for my children.

Mark Hammond

It sounds like he wants to do what I've already done.

John Watson

It sounds like a pretty frustrating day all round.

Dan Rolfes

It sounds great. I could get used to that on a yearly basis, that's for sure.

Suzi Quatro

It sounds corny, but I consider myself an old-fashioned entertainer. I could have been in variety.

Mark Zaid

It sounds better than the truth, which is that DOD is not cooperative.

Cecily Strong

It sounds so cliched, but I've always been kind of different. I always liked being around weird kids.

Richard Wright

Goddamnit, look! We live here and they live there. We black and they white. They got things and we ain't. They do things and we can't. It's just like livin' in jail.

Richard Avedon

I've worked out of a series of no's. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative. And all these no's force me to the yes. I have a white background. I have the person I'm interested in and the thing that happens between us.

William Sharp

The desire of love, Joy:The desire of life, Peace:The desire of the soul, Heaven:The desire of God ... a flame-white secret forever.

Sarah Silverman

I'll be back. I'll be black. I'll be white black.

Sara Blakely

I didn't like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn't find anything to work underneath them.

William Falconer

The admirals of his majesty's fleet are classed into three squadrons, viz. the red, the white, and the blue.

Winston Churchill

Keep England White" is a good slogan.

Winston Churchill

At one side of the palette there is white, at the other black; and neither is ever used neat.

Rick Riordan

With her braided hair and white dress, she seemed to glow in the moonlight.