Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Cross

As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and great director with an ability to think outside of conventional film comedy.

David Holmes

As a team we have the ability to win a lot of races, including most of the relays, but we don't really have the squad depth to challenge UMBC and Stony Brook.

Tom LaSorda

As a supplier, an ability to operate in multiple geographic locations simultaneously is a competitive edge.

Steve Jennings

As a staff, we are extremely pleased with the talent and ability of this year's class. There is great potential in the group and we expect them to push the level of the squad immediately.

Eric Kadooka

As a sophomore, for him to pitch well in this league is a credit to himself. He's worked hard to physically be able to (do well) and more so with his ability to throw strikes in tough situations.

Steven Aftergood

As a society we seem to be losing our ability to rationally debate complicated policy decisions. Secrecy aggravates the problem by excluding people from the debate, or by narrowing their frames of reference. Nothing less than the future of American democracy is at stake.

Debora Spar

As a society, we need to think about what fairness means. Is the ability to reproduce a basic human right? Is it part of medical care? And does it extend to all people, regardless of their age, sexual preference, and health condition? Once we get even a rough consensus around this issue (even if it is forged at a state level) we can begin to craft policies that make sense. Where should we draw the line on what kinds of children people can create, and what kinds of technology they can employ? We've already said no to reproductive cloning.

Michael Wallace

As AOL continues to expand onto non-PC services, we believe their ability to create seamless integration between their core PC service and new services like AOL TV will be key to AOL Anywhere's success,

Sean Mackey

As an example, we asked them to think about changing the meaning of the pain. Instead of thinking of it as a terrible experience, to think of it as something relatively pleasant. Then the patients were turned loose. Over time, subjects showed an increased ability to change their brain and by doing so to modulate their pain.

Brad Buckman

Any given day any player on this team can shoot the ball. Daniel did it (Saturday) against Baylor and then did it again tonight.

Slobodan Milosevic

an outrage against a whole nation and a whole people.

Stewart Gary

As far as we are concerned from our side of the ball their pressure wore us down we didn't turn the gall over a lot in the backcourt against the press but nevertheless it had an effect on us.

S. Walker

As far as the standings go, this game didn't mean much. But it meant a lot to us, just to prove to ourselves and to everyone else that we could beat them. They beat us this year, last year and ended our season in the playoffs last year. So we were starting to wonder when we were going to catch a break against those guys. That's why this game is so big for us.

Jennifer Berry

A seat belt is your best defense against a drunk driver.

Mike Fleming

As far as I know, we've never recovered a car that has been missing almost four decades. The odds against finding it so many years afterward were phenomenal.

Eric Rabe

As far as I know, that's a suit against her, and we have nothing to do with that.

Randall Edens

Ashley does so much for us, points from her are a bonus. That's not a knock against her; she's very versatile. She had some big baskets early that helped settle us down.

Dennis Taylor

Ashley and Tiny have competed against college divers and just missed qualifying for the U.S. Senior team, ... They are already close to being at a high level.

James Dimon

as good a partner as anyone would have hoped for.

Atom Egoyan

As a parent, I would feel comfortable taking a mature 16, 17-year-old to this movie. I feel dismayed that they wouldn't now be able to see it in a theater. Yet there is a double standard because anyone can watch it at their home.

Stephen Rodrick

As anyone who has read 'Sports Illustrated's Steve Rushin knows, it's quite possible to write an unreadable column without being a TV pundit. But if you want to be a consistently good columnist, you can't be on television.

Kara Swisher

As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.

John Niven

As anyone who follows me on Twitter will know, I'm fairly robust in my views on there. I get next to nothing in the way of trolling. Most women I know who regularly come close to expressing an opinion get trolled constantly. This is a men-on-women issue. Guys are pretty much doing it to the girls.

Jessica Marais

As a new mother, you're so vulnerable and make mistakes all the time. I guess there's more pressure when you're in the public eye, but I'd never stand by and let anyone exploit my daughter.

Jane Green

As a child, growing up in Hampstead, North London, I was shockingly fair-skinned. Holidays involved me spending the second and third day face-down on a bed, shrieking should anyone touch my blistered skin.

Lisa Davis

As always, the House of Bread will need volunteers that day. We will begin at 9 a.m. and finish at 2 p.m.. Anyone is welcome to come to the House of Bread, receive a great meal, fellowship and make a donation to the cause. The greatest need for donations is money, but bleach, bottled water and any canned goods with pull tops are needed.

W. Hull

Anyone who thinks that is out of their mind.

Todd Blythe

Athletically and speed-wise, I'd compare them to Baylor and Texas A&M.

Amanda Hearst

Compared to overdeveloped islands like Nassau, Bimini has kept its original charm. Walk the streets to see colorfully painted houses, funky shops, and trade greetings with friendly Biminites.

Chen Jinhua

Compared to industrially developed countries, we haven't done nearly enough to protect and encourage businesses' intellectual innovation.

Dar Williams

And there's a sunset over the mountainsI shout my scorn to the splendorous skyFor how does this light compare to all the world's suffering.

Allan Hoffenblum

A presidential visit is truly a remarkable event, and there's nothing to compare it to.

Christopher Paolini

I've never gone to a regular school. I've never held a normal job. I just don't have anything to compare this to. But my parents have taken pains to make sure I understand exactly how unusual this is.

Louis Pitschmann

Actually, problems here are very, very minimal compared to other universities.

Pat Perez

Terrible, compared to yesterday. That's about it. I've played four rounds this year, three have been in the wind and I've shot over par every time.

Ed Howat

Sometimes there are problems, but when you compare us to our conference we are doing well. We just need to continue to get better.

Mats Sundin

As a team, we are scoring some goals but we still have a lot of work to do. If we want to compete with Ottawa and the other top teams in our conference, we have to do better in our own end.

John Challenger

Dell has led the way in creating a global workforce. Its increases show, to a large degree, how it wants to compete on a global scale.

Todd Helton

Any win is a good win, especially on Opening Day, but this is a game where we found a way to win. If we are going to compete this year, that's the kind of game we have to win.

Bill Morgan

The sprinters have been developing nicely and are ready to compete on this level.

Jennifer Miller

The show will feature either vocal or dancing abilities. The try-outs will be held on the 13th and the judges will narrow it down to 10 competitors who will compete on Friday, March 3.

Bill Geivett

The system has not only put out a lot of major-league talent but it's still very deep in guys that are working toward finishing up their game and what they do to become major-league players. And not only major-league players but guys who can help compete and win.

Alan Buss

The thing about Brett is that he wants to play. He's confident in his abilities that he's going to take the opportunity to compete at the highest level and get better.

Roy Halladay

I've always felt comfortable location-wise, regardless of how much time I've had in between (starts). It's just fun to go out and compete again. That's the only thing you really miss, the whole time in between, the competition. I felt great, real happy the whole time out. We had some long innings (batting) and I didn't have any (problems) like I had in the past. I'm excited going forward, threw 90 pitches and felt good the whole time.

Josh McCown

I wanted a situation where I could go and compete and have the possibility of being there a long time. I want to be a Lion the rest of my career." ()

Michael Bennet

Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues.

Whitney Frament

After the first or second time (Rookie of the Week), teams started to realize what I could do. Some games I didn't score as much, so I had to have assists and rebound more.

Curt Smith

Again, we gave up a run in the first inning. That's three games in a row we gave up a run in the first. Hopefully, that won't happen (today).

Gao Zhidan

The National Games is a warm-up for the 2008 Olympics. A good result at the 2008 Olympics is our ultimate goal.

Warren Spector

Once we can do Pixar-quality graphics rendered in real time with interactivity, I could see games costing $200 million to make, and all of a sudden you have to sell a lot of games just to break even, so I'm a little worried someone's going to do that.

Clint Dempsey

The more games you get, obviously the more comfortable you get. When he's scoring goals like he did, that lets you know he is comfortable.

Vince Carter

The more games we let slip away, we're letting other teams have a chance. It's important for us to be who we are and win. It doesn't matter how ugly or how lucky we are.

Rich Brooks

The momentum will really get going when we start winning games. I think we've turned the corner, but we've got to get to the straightaway and accelerate.

Red Berenson

(The momentum) gives them the advantage. Their team is in sync, especially after giving up one goal in two games last weekend (against Alaska-Fairbanks). They are much better than they were at the start of the year, when they had all of those injuries.

Hilton Armstrong

As a senior, I understand that every team comes at us harder because we're No. 1.

David Lambert

As an actor, I'm always so excited about those things that I get to stretch my legs and really get to do something that's hard to do.

Anne Donovan

Awesome. She's been working hard on the sideline, obviously, because her conditioning was good, too.

Scott Thornton

At times we worked hard, we had some individuals working hard, but we also had some passengers. We can't have that at this time of the year.

Jerry Woolsey

As long as we're working hard on defense, we're a tough team to beat.

Judd Gregg

As many members of the Senate as there are, there's that many different views of how you do offsets, ... That's why it will be hard to do.

Bill Rogers

That place was hard to play. But there was so much romance to it.

Nancy Cartwright

Ralph won't "morph" if you squeeze him hard enough

Larry Kersten

Procrastination: Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now

Bill Whyde

Some people say Barstow is a hot spot in the desert, but I'm proud of Barstow.

Richard Hendrix

I've seen him get hot before, but nothing like that.

Johan Santana

They are a hot team and I didn't get the job done,

Michael Meyer

This is going to be a real intellectual leap forward. You can start looking at (geological) processes -- hot springs, gullies, volcanoes -- and we can spot many more minerals.

Marshall Brown

That team was hot from the 3-point line, and it just seemed like everything was falling.

John Benjamin Hickey

Your wife doesn't want to hear a word about how hot your mistress is, and vice versa.

Tricia Binford

You play the odds on that hedge. And unfortunately for us, Edwards is just getting really hot right now.

Janet Maslin

[On the movie "American Hot Wax:] A plot so thin you could thread a needle with it.

Bam Margera

I'd say mostly I paint hot chicks.

Garry Marshall

I think she's a find. She's got a shot. She's pretty, but she's not a sexpot. She can play a regular person in a film. And she's also very bright.

Fred Sosnoski

We were 10-10 in the regular season and just turned it on as a team in that tournament. They got a taste of a championship, and every year they want to improve.

John Servis

He's been able to train on a regular basis, and it's been a long time since he's done that.

William Katt

I like to spend as much time on the stage as possible. I don't do a regular TV series because I don't want to be overexposed.

John Carroll

We're working on trying to get some regular testing done on our own,

Cedric Benson

As a competitor, you want to be out there, making something happen, especially when the team is losing. But my time will come.

Sarah Martin

Our team worked really hard. Well, I told them to work really hard.

Jim Balsillie

No question, we took one for the team here.

Mark Ehlen

Anything that I've said to the team hasn't been effective. I've been mad, I've stomped, I've screamed, I've been encouraging and positive, and nothing matters.

Tubby Smith

Teams like this give us a lot of problems.

Jami Finan

It was a long time. Our team could not have wanted it more than anything in the world.

Kenny Rogers

They are a better team than us right now. Those are the facts.

Mark Attanasio

This is the first time the team has had to play with expectations. We'll see how we react.

George C. Williams

This is one of the best, if not the best, teams we've had here in a long time,

Al Golden

You never know it as well as you think until you have to be the teacher,

Ian Millward

And, until we get that right, we're not going to win games.

F. Stone

You have to give them you until you is what they want.

Brian Leonard

Right now it is only a scare. We won't know until after the fact.

Mark Ellis

I just feel good. I didn't think anything of it until (Mark) Kotsay said, 'If you get a chance, keep running.

Robert Harrison

I'll be here every year until I die.

Ozzie Guillen

If not then he'll have to wait until Monday.

Carol Davis

If I was the council, I wouldn't want to wait until July. It's been too long.

Rita Ora

I never knew how small L.A. was until I started to work here.

James Beattie

Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.

Frances Chaney

It would be just too embarrassing if we won again.

Daniel Handler

How can someone so wonderful do something so terrible?

Cloris Leachman

Everything is so sad and so wonderful.

Aristotle

For through wondering human beings now and in the beginning have been led to philosophizing.

Clive Barker

There is no such thing as originality. It has all been said before, suffered before. If a person knows that, is it any wonder love becomes mechanical and death just a scene to be shunned? There is no absolute knowledge to be gained from either. Just another ride on the merry-go-round, another blurred scene of faces smiling and faces grieved.

Albert Einstein

My sense of god is my sense of wonder about the universe.

Chuck Palahniuk

You realize that there's no point in doing anything if nobody's watching. You wonder, if there had been a low turnout at the crucifixion, would they have rescheduled?

Christopher Walken

No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.