Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carrie Fisher

People are still asking me if I knew it was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George.

Chris Lasoya

People ask me what makes a professional player and I don't know. I guess I was really marketable.

Lester Piggott

People ask me why I ride with my bottom in the air. Well, I've got to put it somewhere.

Francois Hollande

After what happened yesterday -- notably at the Sorbonne -- with these images of brutality, I ask the government to end its obstinacy and stubbornness and open talks toward withdrawing this law.

Steve Morton

Once the shootings occurred in Jonesboro and people asked if there is hope for the future, is there hope tragedies like this can be avoided, we stood up to be counted and said yes, there is hope.

Chris Kelly

Delta employees continue to rise to the challenge every time something is asked of them, ... Delta employees know how important their job is and how every passenger matters.

Todd Holmes

An official business will never ask you for your information. They already have it, and people have to be careful, because everything looks so legitimate.

Baruch Fischhoff

Are we prepared to lose a major city every year? ... It's cowardice not to ask the question and cowardice on the public's part not to get engaged in the answer.

Mitch Stoller

Approximately 1.3 million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer this year. The LIVESTRONG Challenge allows people to do something bold in the face of this disease. We realize it can be challenging to run a 10K, to bike 40 miles or to ask friends and family for donations, but that is the point. We want participants to challenge themselves and their friends and families to make a difference for cancer survivors. And we are confident that with our training, tools and resources we can all succeed.

John Johnson

As for going on the show, I would not have minded one bit to meet him face to face and look him in the eye, ... But I feel the deck is stacked on that one and the show is Dr. Phil, not Jerry Springer. The title is ?Falsely Accused,? not?Guilty as Sin.?

Rand Paul

As a doctor, I will take it and make it my mission to heal the nation, reverse the course of Obamacare, and repeal every last bit of it.

Jim Furyk

Our team tends to be a little more loose, ... We have a little bit more fun during the Presidents Cup.

Sean Dillon

Our defense kind of locked them down a little bit during that run.

Jools Oliver

People pick up on some bits of the book in particular, like the bit about Jamie's sperm,

Michael A. Stackpole

People downloading my stories from the bit torrent sites were never going to buy them anyway. It's no money out of my pocket.

David Harman

After yesterday's sharp rally it's not surprising we are seeing a bit of consolidation but it doesn't look as if it will be too prolonged.

Chris Campbell

Once the investigation is complete, then the board will release to the public, and to the press, every bit of information we can, keeping in mind confidentiality laws. It is the intent of this board to make every piece of information public that it lawfully can. We want this to be a very open conclusion.

Guy Tauer

The monthly decline in the retail sector was a bit stronger than normal because there was more seasonal hiring than over the past couple of years.

Ed Perlmutter

This is a personal issue because it holds out hope for a lot of people.

Mary McCarty

The way this thing is playing out, Commissioner Addie Greene holds this thing in her hands.

Mike Bauer

We're holding our own pretty well. I thought we'd be depleted, but the meltdown is more at road level.

Oprah Winfrey

Every show you'll see here holds such profound meaning for me,

Estella Olguin

We think his name is David, but we don't know. He doesn't talk. He is very clingy. He will not let go of whoever is holding him.

Gary Edwards

We were just holding on. When we tried to get that push, we just didn't have it.

Ron Sisler

When you can hold a team to under a 10-spot every quarter, you're doing the job. I think they understand the concept.

John Williams

The plans have been put on hold for the time being.

George Becker

China's a rogue nation, ... We should hold our congressional leaders accountable.

Babe Ruth

The most important thing that a young athlete must do it pick the right sport. Not one that they like just a little bit, but one that they love. Because,if they don't really love their sport, they won't work as hard as they should. Me? I loved to hit.

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Charles R. Swindoll

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Desiderius Erasmus

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

Daniel H. Pink

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

Daniel H. Pink

If you understand the independent worker, the self-employed professional, the freelancer, the e-lancer, the temp, you understand how work and business in the U.S. operate today.

Daniel H. Pink

A lot of times when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will take the low road there. They'll become myopic. They'll crowd out the longer-term interests of the organization or even of themselves.

Daniel H. Pink

We have this myth that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.

Jose Canseco

Proof Positive, I'm a very positive person and I've moved on.

Otis Smith

You want me to tell you that moving Steve was big? I told you that when we moved him.

Anna Kendrick

When I was 12, I did this show on Broadway called 'High Society,' so we moved to New York for the run of that.

Jay Wright

You get past that first one and now we are in the tournament. We've moved on and I think that makes them feel better, that they can just go play basketball.

Julianne Hough

Well, I was in the generation of CDs, so when I moved to L.A., I think I probably brought my Shania Twain 'Come on Over' CD and that's about it.

Michel Therrien

He played really well. He moved the puck, and he was solid defensively. He played like I was expecting.

Maria Sharapova

I feel a lot stronger in my arm. I moved quite well today. I don't think I've moved that well in quite a while.

Eddie Davis

I was very upset. They pulled it Saturday. I thought I was going to USF. But they said that since I moved on they were moving on.

Patti Smith

I was actually born in Chicago, and then when I was a toddler, my parents moved to Philadelphia.

Kay Yow

Offensively, we never got it going. We didn't play well on the inside. We didn't play well on the outside ... (FSU) played very well defensively.

Jason Leffler

We did not come here to run outside of the top 10,

David Rossi

At this point in the semester our students would have already been suspended outside of school 700 days.

Hayley Wickenheiser

We are a pro team in every sense of the word outside of being paid like pro players.

Mike Parks

We just had one today outside a restaurant.

Thom Mayne

I've been such an outsider my whole life.

Jackie Kennedy

The trouble with me is that I'm an outsider. And that's a very hard thing to be in American life.

John Reynolds

He's outside the country, and we'll make him stop right away.

Tim Shea

One of the things I'm trying to do, and we all need to do, is look outside our public schools.

Uli Hoeness

We're playing for the people, not for the regime. We want to reduce this to soccer only.

Matt Hasselbeck

The Pro Bowl. But I don't feel like playing right now.

Arlen Specter

I've been playing squash almost daily for 38 years.

R. Robinson

We wish we were playing for something, but we're playing for pride and that's a big thing in itself. Also, just to let 'em know that, hey, if things worked out a little differently, this is what y'all would've got.

Ricky Skaggs

I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like my best days are ahead.

Rodney Atkins

With videos, I find I'm better off if I'm playing a role inside of it. The more you do it, the more you understand it.

Romeo Miller

When I was playing college basketball, I had to work out every day; it benefited me physically.

Jim Thome

I got to see more pitches. I got over 30 at-bats in three days. When I got back to playing in the regular games, it just seemed to click.

Rashard Lewis

I feel like we weren't playing hard. We were just kind of going through the motions.

Rhys Ifans

When I was taught Shakespeare in school, it was such an alien, sanitized puzzle, it made no sense.

Freddie Roach

I thought it was something I could go to the sideline and shake it off.

Howie Mandel

I know intellectually that if I shake somebody's hand that I'm not going to get sick and die.