Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rachel Platten

I wrote 'Fight Song' as this declaration to believe in myself, and that is similar to what you are taught to believe in Girl Scouts. Building confidence. Building character. And above all else, being there for each other as a community.

Robert Putnam

It can be heard even above the roar of a helicopter, which is important if you want to tell people anything. That's the problem with bullhorns ? over a helicopter, they can't really understand what you're saying.

Dan Shultis

He knows the game so well, he's above and beyond any player on the floor. He's almost like having a college player on the floor.

Richard Butler

What we've got to be certain about above all is whether it came from a country supporting these terrorists as a matter of policy, such as Iraq, which we know has made this stuff, ... And there's a credible report not fully verified that they may indeed have given anthrax to exactly the group that did the World Trade Center.

Scott Smith

Here at KGH we do between 2000 and 3000 mammograms per year, and each year we find five to ten cancers. According to the above national statistics, we can expect to find one - to two additional cancers per year, and find them earlier - in Stage I rather than in stage IV or V.

Todd Boyd

He's a Chicago guy, explosive to the basket. He has a certain style the way he does things. At this point, though, it's not about being the best basketball player. As great a player as Tim Duncan is, he's not going to sell any shoes. He doesn't have that persona. It's about standing above the crowd. Just being a good guy and clean-cut guy is not going to do it.

Stephen Briggs

Gold seems to be struggling to get back above $555 -- the halfway point between the high and the low.

Zach Hall

I think you'll find that (both policies) go above and beyond national and state standards. . . . I believe we are setting a new standard that the rest of the country and the world can follow.

John M. Smith

There is a feeling, I think, that many sectors in the market have reached what I would call decent levels, slightly above fair value, and an element of caution is coming through in certain areas.

Dave Bush

I was kind of thinking I just have to settle down, keep throwing strikes, just because of a run in the first inning I can't come out of the game plan. I feel like I've executed fairly well against them.

Tyronn Mitchell

I was just caught up in the moment, that was a shot of a lifetime. Who would think a number 14 seed against a number three seed? The emotion was just so high. I was running around like crazy.

Jai Courtney

I was always dressing up as a kid in the backyard, building some sort of fort and having battles against imaginary enemies. It's often that same feeling when you're pretending for a living, but it's with bigger toys.

Flip Saunders

Kind of how we've been for 37 games. Different guys lead us over different parts of the game, play unselfish. Thirty assists, eight turnovers, that's kind of where we've been when we win games. I think how we played tonight against New York is pretty much how this team has played through the first half of this season.

Brian Vereb

Kenyon is opening a new facility and we will be the second opponent to swim in their new pool. The Ladies are a powerhouse in Division III swimming and this should be a good test for us, swimming against a quality opponent on the road.

Jerry Ryan

Kill the Pope; that's obviously anti-Catholic, but that's against the message of the other writings where they say 'no more war,'

Matt Hasselbeck

Knowing Chike -- he's a guy with a great pass rush and he's got a motor -- I don't think any quarterback gets excited about going up against him. I think our guys, hopefully, will be up to the task.

David Parsons

Kids coming out of high school are coached better today. Nothing against the coaches I had in high school; I thought they were great coaches. But everything is so specialized now. I watch Gary Rankin (Riverdale head football coach). He was a teammate of mine at Tennessee. (Riverdale) has a different game plan for everybody they played.

Gerald Doucet

I would not put my money against it.

John Brunious

I would say that the city, state and national government just turned their backs on us because we didn't get anything to eat or drink, there was no law and order, and no plan.

Kevin Blackwell

It has been a momentous year and this was a fitting way to cap it. I would have taken a 1-0 off someone's backside for three points today but we looked a good, strong side.

Jason Alexander

I went into performing for the community. Being backstage with your company of fellows is the best part of working in live theater. That energy, that combined focus, the synergy - it's addictive.

Chris Kraus

He's been great. He's put a lot of confidence in all of us. We know if we want to try things on the court, we can switch things up. He totally backs us 100 percent, and we have 100 percent confidence in him.

Scott Reed

We made sure our defensive backs honored their passing a little bit. I thought our whole team stepped up a level in that second half.

Reggie Bush

I don't know what happened to the other running backs in the past, why they weren't successful and what they did, but I know I'm going to be successful. I know what I can do.

Shaun Edwards

He has got plenty of talent and he backs it up with his consistency.

Tony Lewis

He has something that you try to coach, but vision is something that really good running backs have. It's also one of those situations that's just innate.

Dennis Franchione

He is a bright young coach who will do a great job of developing our defensive backs and he is an excellent recruiter.

Kelly Rowland

Self-reflection is so healthy. Journaling works for me - when I record the details of what I'm going through, whether it's a relationship issue or negative thoughts, I can look back and see how far I've come. It makes me proud to see my progress and how I got through a bad situation.

Joyce Johnson

I was in really bad shape. I don't remember a lot of it. But after I got out of there, I spent a week and a half in the hospital. Half of it in the intensive care unit.

Richard Armitage

I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the appearance is that you reward bad behavior. But if North Korea behaves for some period of time, I would pretty much favor direct talks.

Curtis Anderson

I would say it's four to one we've had more bad days than good days.

Ed Muniz

Katrina dealt us a bad hand. But to say you're going to cut Mardi Gras is the wrong approach. That would be another financial hit for the city as well as a psychological hit.

Sean Casey

Just watching my teammates on TV, how close they're coming and not getting results ... it hurts a lot. I'm there on the couch, the game is close and they need a big hit, and I'm, like, 'Jeez, let me get out there.' I want so badly to be part of it again.

Jason Isringhausen

Just one bad pitch I wish I could get back, but I can't. It's just frustrating more than anything, but we'll be back out there.

James Haynes

Joe has good feet, ... If something broke down, I felt he could get away easily. The other night (against DeSoto) he got a bad snap, made this guy miss and that guy miss, and before you knew it, he broke it to the sidelines for about 30 yards.

Dan Roton

Josh won that match with heart. He's worked so hard for us for four years, and just had some bad luck and bad brackets the last two years.

James Jeffords

I was lucky to be able to call Christopher Reeve a friend.His passion for life and for improving the lives of all Americans serves an inspiration to all of us. He may have played the character of Superman in the movies, but he lived the role of a superman through his life.

Pierce Brosnan

I was looking forward to making (Bond) edgier and grittier -- and for all of that to go down in one phone call was highly disappointing,

Tony Oliva

Kirby meant to me a lot. For me, it's like my own son. He used to call me 'Papa', too.

Cindy Mannes

I would not say it's an epidemic by any stretch, but it is a problem. We used to get one or two calls a year ... Now we're getting one or two calls a week.

Manny Fernandez

Jacques said any roll we can get on is a bonus. Well, I would start calling this a roll.

Rick Dunlap

I would say the ice fishing is what we call gravy. The lion's share is made in the summer and fall.

Mark DiCamillo

I would suspect his tone would change significantly if they don't make it onto the November ballot. If that happened, I could see calling the Legislature all sorts of names by the end of the campaign.

Gary Brown

Ken Lay is what I would call a fix-it man who thinks he can pick up the phone and take care of it because of who he is, a man of power. It's as though he thinks he can call anyone, any time. They're not going to like that kind of attitude.

Rich Beem

Just think of it as a golf cart with a V-8. Call it the Silver Bullet, baby.

Paul Kim

I would say it was a shock. I think a lot of people expected him to remain in tenure for at least another two or three years.

Joe Girardi

He was a different pitcher. He pitched much better. What we got from him was what we expected to get.

Susanna Moore

'In the Cut' was not what readers expected of me. Before it was published, I was seen as a women's writer, which meant that I wrote movingly about flowers and children.

Jim Calhoun

He?s having the type of season we all expected him to have last year.

Mike Piazza

I think it's important for the teams that aren't expected to be competitive to be competitive for the good of the sport. For players of Italian descent, it's a small sort of way of thanking Italy for our forefathers and mothers.

Sheldon Brown

I think a lot of the leaders here were young guys and we expected management to handle the situation, that they'd explain what the rules and regulations were. That didn't happen.

Mark Landy

I think a lot of folks had not expected them to be back this quickly.

Mike McCarthy

It goes back to my childhood. I never expected not to win. It's about winning. Winning's fun.

Bob McNair

I think that we've underachieved this season. I think that everyone expected us to do more.

Joey Miller

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

Tim Hanson

Jake is a very talented freshman. Our varsity lineup has some guys that will be running varsity for the first time, so it will be interesting to see.

Skyler Green

Guys are trying to get back to normal as much as possible. It's getting better, but it's not quite there yet.

Ron Gardenhire

Guys are trying. Guys are out there playing. You've also got to score some runs, too. Our starters haven't been getting it done. Our offense has to pick them up.

Scott White

Guys are sore. It's very, very demanding. But he's really challenging us to play through it.

Robert Esche

Guys are putting the onus on themselves to get this right. It was an ugly win.

Justin Leonard

Guys are little more relaxed here, ... You don't have the media buildup. The intensity is there, but for whatever reason the pressure is different. This event, you don't think about it until you get here. With the Ryder Cup, six months out people start talking about this and that. The next thing you know is we're all white-knuckled.

Darrent Williams

Guys are going to make plays. You've got to come back and fight.

Tony Bethel

He's able to find guys when they're open. And if they're not, he's open. He's going to score or get fouled. When you play with a big guy like that, it's a lot of fun.

Bill Richardson

is used for national supply emergencies for a really rainy day.

Aldo Radamus

It is Julia's first year on the national team, and she's been successful in downhill.

Bruce Bartlett

Remember, personal savings is only a small portion of total national savings,

The Jerusalem

Orders have been issued regarding this by the Palestinian National Security Council.

Hong Feng

I suggest taking pictures here with an unfolded national flag.

John Hurt

The English National Opera does have some terrific productions, which are accessible, and they're not too ridiculously expensive.

Phil Ramon

We had some National Guardsmen here, but they were unarmed.

Jorunn Christoffersen

These paintings are national treasures, but also international icons.

Tasnim Aslam

The U.S. can have its own stance but we are going to do what is on our own national interests.

Jerry Brookings

I actually had a little R&B group, and Tito performed with me once.

Charlie Smith

Her performance really surprised me, considering she's on a taper for states.

Van Morrison

When I started out in this business, I was a performer before I was a songwriter, I was a performer before I was recording. Performing is the roots. That's where it all came from. You didn't start out doing it because you wanted to make an album.

William Peine

Robots don't perform the surgeries, but they are tools that give the surgeon more dexterity.

Serena Williams

I just played terrible. Sun played very well and was ready for the match. I'm disappointed I couldn't perform better today.

David Beckham

I'm pleased with my personal performance but particularly with the way the team played overall.

Harold S. Geneen

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.

Kim Yuna

In competition, when I start performance I try not to think about all the pressure from the fans. But, I got a lot of energy from them always. They make me more perfect.

Holly Hatton

It was a poor performance by the varsity boat.

Lindsey Graham

If this were a fight, the referee would have stopped it.

Reinhard Selten

I did several types of work about several investigations of application of game theory to international relations.

John Allen

I had talked to several other guys, but (Jones) was, in my opinion, a better candidate.

Rob Hartman

It's been several years since we've had this widespread of flooding, and we're not done.

Dan Smith

They're always tough. Several years ago everyone used us as a measuring stick. Now everyone uses them as the measuring stick.

Scott Kim

What I always want is to have several little 'aha' moments where your brain is very happy.

Paul Sadorf

We should do well in several of them.

Alex Knott

Those are several times more than the average. It shows you that this is going to be a very costly election.

Rob Kardashian

I won state cross-country competitions several times during high school.

Toks Olagundoye

I've several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn't pan out.

Pablo Picasso

If there is something to steal, I steal it.

Barbara Corcoran

You steal the limelight, you steal the market share

Leonard Bernstein

If you're a good composer, you steal good steals.

Jean Harlow

Women like me because I don't look like a girl who would steal a husband. At least not for long.

Brad Meltzer

All writers steal from their own lives.

Anton Chekhov

It's immoral to steal, but you can take things.

Sherill Baker

We just tried to be the aggressor. We were trying to get some steals to set up our scoring.

Jesse Jackson

I had to steal to survive.

Jeff Fenech

I didn't steal anything and I'm innocent. I didn't know he (Grech) stole anything.

Jonas Jennings

Have you ever tried to write with one hand?

Jim Gallagher

I didn't get a sense of what the temperature is on that. I tried to allay the fears, and there are significant fears.

Nate Robinson

I am going to go at him (Iverson). I am going to make him play defense. That is what I tried to do tonight.

Marc Grossman

had some questions, we tried to give some answers... it was not negotiations.

Travis Garrison

I just tried to do what I could.

Kwame Brown

I just tried to play the right way.

Bill Laimbeer

I tried hard, it was close, but it didn't happen.

Tom Johnston

I tried to deport him once because he's Canadian.

Jeremy Shockey

I tried it their way and now I wanted to try it my way,