Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carole Strayhorn

As a mama and a grandma, I appreciate, understand and absolutely believe in the sanctity of life. But I recognize that there are those tough situations where heartbreaking decisions have to be made.

Andy Blackston

(The Bulldogs) just absolutely don't beat themselves. To beat them you have to outplay them.

Mads Mikkelsen

Awards mean absolutely nothing if you don't get it. If you do get it, they're the best thing in the world.

Sophie Kennedy Clark

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option.

Teemu Selanne

Bad passes. Absolutely bad passes. We panicked at times.

Jesse Greener

Back-to-work legislation is not an option that will work in the interests of students. If imposed, there will be absolutely no trust in the process since back-to-work legislation could impose not only an arbitrator, but even a contract. In this case, students will likely not see improvements in the faculty student ratio - this would be serious set-back in the quality of college education.

Burt Aaronson

a slap in the face to the County Commission and to all the people that you misinformed. ... Whoever decided on that was absolutely out of line.

Mike Tracy

That was absolutely the pinnacle of my basketball career.

Rocco Mediate

That was absolutely the coolest thing. The fans here are knowledgeable, and they knew I was in trouble and appreciated the effort, I guess.

Lon Buchheit

As a teacher, of course I'm always full of advice.

Toba Beta

Sometimes, we feel conscious but unable to move our body. The first thing to do is focus in a prayer, then start to wink frequently. By this way, slowly but sure our body can be moved totally by our persistent willpower.

Jack Ringel

Quincy thought about what Freddie said and he respects Coach Hill's advice very much. He spent the weekend thinking about the pros and cons of it. He decided to basically test the waters and see what the response will be.

John Huarte

I separated my shoulder in practice and the three team doctors all agreed that I needed to have surgery. Ara was skeptical, so he sent me to a specialist in Chicago who told me to just leave it alone and the soreness will go away. I took his advice and it never bothered me again.

Babe Ruth

After all, there's only one aswer to be made to the young fellow who is asking constantly for advice as to how to hit. The answer is: "Pick out a good one and sock it!

Janis Joplin

When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it's the last minute of your life.

Darren Johnson

There is a real danger that the public will not heed official advice to stop wasting water if they continue to see the water company as the biggest culprit.

Mark Twain

There are no mistakes in life, there are only lessons to be learned: Adivce to the Youth.

Steve Moss

There are some post-graduate courses available in New Zealand, and we can give people advice on how to get started,

Joe Volpe

Any fee that the county implements, it's passed onto the home buyer. When you tack on fees or you tack on taxes, all that does is raise the price of affordable housing.

Jim Young

A's Baseball remains one of the most affordable entertainment values in all of sports. The average ticket price in 2006 will be $25.48, which still ranks in the lower third in all of baseball. And the average ticket-price increase from 2005 to 2006 will be 7.24 percent, which is the second-lowest increase over the last six seasons and lower than the last two seasons.

Craig Barrett

The bottom line is that we want images on PCs to become as easy to use and as ubiquitous as text is today. If digital imaging is easy, affordable and fun for consumers, we believe it will spur PC demand and contribute to the ultimate goal of creating new users and new uses for the PC platform.

John Lawrence

As people move to more affordable housing closer to work, it?s simply just a matter of supply and demand. They build more houses in Forsyth County because there is more available land.

Mike Ward

That was a big run. They are a very good basketball team. We couldn't afford to give them that kind of run.

Scott Browne

Prices for boxed beef paid by grocery stores continue in the range of $150 to $155 per hundredweight. Packers can afford to continue to pay good prices for cattle.

Michael Howard

Proof of Concept testing is a critical step in the design and development process, helping to get the design job done right the first time. No vendor can afford to let customers detect problems after the switches and routers are deployed on an enterprise backbone. Neither can manufacturers afford unnecessary delays in going to market.

Joe Higgins

Probably two years ago we would have taken the take-what-you-can-get attitude, but now we think we can afford to wait.

David Penney

People who have worked hard to pay their mortgage off suddenly to be clobbered with a compulsory purchase order are being offered social housing or shared equity schemes because they can't afford anything else. It's not a just system.

Bob Basel

As fragile as this market is, that could have really hurt. This doesn't seem bad at all.

John Dunford

A school's reputation can easily be lost through bad behavior on the buses. There is always a degree of uncertainty about the extent of power outside school and this will clarify that right.

Will Rogers

As bad as we sometimes think our government is run, it is the best run I ever saw.

Dave Adams

As bad as we played in the first half, ... you go in at halftime and say, 'Gosh, if we just played decent football, we could've been tied.'

Whit Cornell

As bad as we played at times, we put ourselves in a position to win the game. That's what good teams do.

Charlie Melancon

As bad as things are in south Louisiana right now, can you imagine how much worse they'd be without functioning local governments?

Bruce Vladeck

As bad as the situation is now. it can only get worse when the economy stops growing.

Antwan Peek

As bad as the season was, it shows that everything they talked about concerning our pass rush improving has proved to be true. We're going to continue to get better season.

Brian Riedl

As bad as the last five years have been, it's going to get even worse the next five years.

Fred Ketchen

Bank mergers are probably not high on the list of priorities of the new government.

Fritz Elmendorf

Banking was never free because consumers were not getting a market rate on their savings and were paying a lot more for loans.

Richard Peterson

Banking has been the driving force in mergers and acquisitions this year. With over $1 trillion in all U.S. deals, about $250 billion have been in the banking sector.

Edmund Mierzwinski

Bank fees are still increasing and big banks are charging bigger fees. It's a serious problem for consumers.

Ogden Nash

Bankers are just like everyone else only richer.

Pichai Lertsupongkit

Bank blue chips were hurt by the concerns that they may not meet target loan growth this year in this environment of political uncertainties and high oil prices.

Jonathan Raymond

Banks will fee you to death. If you bounce a check, the bank has a policy to re-post the check three more times to see if it will be paid. If it continues to bounce they charge a $30 overdraft every time. So, one bounced check will rack up $90 for the bank.

Francis Lun

Bank stocks were lifted today due to better than expected earnings from Bank of East Asia, but interest rate worries hurt property stocks.

Masaki Iso

Bank stocks have become a core holding for foreigners because Japan's economic recovery is looking increasingly sustainable.

Brian Quinn

The business must be based on the success of our football team,

William Frey

Back 30 or 40 years ago when people thought about where they'd move it was based on jobs. Now housing is as much of a factor.

Christoph Eibl

Prices at these levels can't be justified based on fundamentals only. While we haven't seen the top of the market yet, the risk of prices collapsing is very high.

Sadakazu Tanigaki

Prime Minister Koizumi made the visit based on his personal judgment.

Terry Thornton

Prisons have always been desegregated, but had we made housing decisions based on a person's race? Yes. It's no secret that many instances of gang violence in prison are racially motivated.

Darby Williams

People typically only buy wine in grocery stores when they already know they like it. The type they like really is based on the number of taste buds you have.

Mary Bravo

People think that you search based on objects. You think you're seeing everything, but you're really seeing very, very little.

Richard Robinson

Our third quarter was disappointing, and based on our review of these results and their impact on the fourth quarter, we are reducing our outlook for the fiscal year.

Akhilesh Pandey

Our demonstration that a proteins importance is not based on the number of interactions it has with other proteins is an important conceptual breakthrough.

Tokio Furuta

Despite the weak yen, technology issues suffered because of the lack of their main buyers -- foreign investors -- due to the Christmas holiday season.

David Kerr

Buyers are looking for a deal. It does not necessarily mean there are any deals out there. A well-priced house still sells at a premium even in a transitional market.

John Silvia

Home buyers need something visible on-screen to surprise them, ... If it's the dollar gradually losing another 10 percent or mortgage rates creeping up 1 percentage point, that's not going to do it.

Piers Handling

Which is why they're in the large venues like the Ryerson and the Elgin. The press screenings are actually happening after their world premiere so the key press, the key buyers are in those public screenings and that is important.

Daniel Gorrell

I think it has to be looked upon as a play to get new buyers in the franchise.

Richard Cripps

I think it's more a result of a fear of buyers being left behind.

Michael Marks

All of those buyers are looking to the West Coast. East Coast demand could make prices here go up, but you've got to understand that we've never experienced anything so devastating. It's hard to know how the market is going to react.

Walter Molony

It's not like all of the buyers fell off a cliff. There are still people in the market during this time, just fewer. Some people think it's a great time to buy or sell.

John Karevoll

There isn't a sense of urgency in the market. Buyers don't feel they need to stretch (finances) the way they felt before.

David Carr

As far as the records go, that has to be thrown out the window for right now when I go talk to the guys when I'm trying to get them encouraged and get them pumped up and ready to play. We have to lock it up, run the right route. I'll hit you and then we'll worry about the record later.

Justin Vernon

The way I see it is that I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual. I spent the first five years out of high school trying to make it work in Eau Claire, then I had to leave because there wasn't enough going on in town.

Jeff Conine

You sure hope so. You got to hope and feel encouraged by the fact that, if we keep this team together and play as excitingly as we have next year, that they'll come out to support us.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

The Savior encouraged brotherhood. He was not a long-distance leader. He walked and worked with those whom he led. He was not afraid of close friendships. He spent many hours with his disciples, and his relationships with them were intimate.

Douglas Zipes

We heard what we wanted to and we are encouraged that they are putting the patient first,

Sue Townsend

My second husband encouraged me to go to a writing group at our local theatre. It was my 'coming out of the closet' moment.

Adrian Leppard

I am very encouraged by the response from members of the public.

John Wilkerson

He was a mentor to me. He always encouraged me to do all I could in school. He told me I had talents. He told me I could do anything I wanted,

Kate Curran

My parents always encouraged me to do what I wanted.

Bill Gerstenmaier

At this point, ... it's so uncertain, there are so many variables out there, I think it's foolish for us to try to speculate on a particular launch date.

Matt Maldre

So many of us speak foolish when we should be speaking english.

Pastor Nicholls

God is not interested in our small mentality and our foolish perceptions. God is interested in the people of this nation.

Greg Hampton

If we stop making those foolish mistakes, we'll be fine.

George R. R. Martin

It is better to be seen as cruel than foolish.

George Eliot

It is in the nature of foolish reasonings to seem good to the foolish reasoner.

Casper Dien

I think it would be foolish to think we are the only life forms in this universe.

Iain Glen

You really are being quite foolish to smoke.

Horace Walpole

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

Roger Clemens

So they gave me some medication and I'm going to treat it and that's all I can tell you from there.

Jose Vivas

The way I see it, God gave us life for some reason and took away life from others for some other reason. It's a mystery. Only God knows why.

Laura Wade

I'm not very good at sticking at things if I can't be successful at them. I gave up on sport a long time ago.

Andy Reid

There are plenty of things to work on, but they gave a great effort.

Daryl Patton

We're a pressure team. We're going to give up some big plays at time but overall ... we gave up some big plays but the kids responded usually with something positive right after that.

Robert Atkins

When I meet vegetarians who might have diabetes, pre-diabetes or massive obesity, I tell them they would be better off if they gave up their Vegetarianism.

Flip Saunders

The only negative was I wanted to play Carlos (Delfino) and I didn't. I think he could have probably helped us. We went with Mo, and Mo gave us energy.

Caitlyn Jenner

'Esquire Magazine' just gave me 'Father of the Year'. I'll put it right up there with my gold medal. I survived; that's why they gave it to me.

Ethel Andrus

What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost;/ but what I gave away will be mine forever.

David Jones

People don't mind spending money on their homes and basement.

Kathy Miller

Originally we were going to find a home for him, but people would look at him and go, 'Ooh.' He looked so terrible.

Jim McGowan

Of course, we're retired, so we're usually home -- if we're not volunteering.

Horace Horace

Often the truth spoken with a smile will penetrate the mind and reach the heart; the lesson strikes home without wounding because of the wit in the saying

Andrew Baird

Normally we think of our home ... as a safe haven. (The suspect) made it a mausoleum for Mr. O?Malley.

Dan Parker

No sir, we don't have a home left.

Yvonne Martinez

No one was at home at the time.

John McPherson

Do you want your home to be a museum, or do you want to live in it? ... We're not trying to do a museum.

Sam Harris

Como's probably never going to stay the same. This is home though. And I can never say that I'm going to a better place. We'll survive.

Rashad Anderson

People say we may lose this tournament because of lapses. It's not happening.

Larry Nicks

Originally, we were going to lose tennis but we're one of two schools with tennis courts. So we may end up with tennis and give up something else.

Carmelo Anthony

You're kind of embarrassed when you lose like that.

Ingrid Seward

The only power they have is by the respect that the people have for them, and if people lose that respect they have nothing.

Sandra Gordon

The people of New Orleans have lost so much; we don't want to lose this.

Bob Hamley

You find out more about people when you lose than you do when you're winning. We're trying to find our identity.

Jay Hakkinen

There's just rules to what you're doing. No matter what's happening, you need to be aware, and if you lose that awareness, you shouldn't have a rifle in your hand.

Donald Trump

If you hang around with losers you become a loser

Robert Higgs

Intervene globally, lose freedom locally.

Rodney Lovell

A 'work around' simply means your system doesn't work.

Joe Wilcox

Anything is possible, but just because it's possible, doesn't mean that it's feasible. It's not that they can't do it, but can they make it successful.

Greg Gorbatenko

The telecom slowdown is probably over but that doesn't mean everyone can come out from hiding,

Ryan Anderson

The switchover means you need a digital-ready TV, not a high-definition TV.

Ross Mathews

I've met Oprah Winfrey twice, but I want to spend some quality time with her. I want to sit her down and talk at her for a minute about what she means to me and why she means that. Then I have some advice for her, too... I have an idea or two.

Michael McDaniel

The most money doesn't mean you're out in front.

Jane Mills

Stories can take you anywhere. And The Wild can mean anything it's any kind of adventure.

Steve Mullins

Streaks don't mean anything. We have snapped some pretty long streaks this year. What we did in the past doesn't mean a whole lot. It's what we do this weekend and how we prepare that is going to matter.

Mahmoud Othman

Someone should have said something. The other side is talking, and the American side is silent. To be silent here means you are on the weak side.

Shannon Staub

Englewood wants sidewalks. So do a lot of other people. I am not sure what happened.

Dan Estrin

Everything is written, and we're about three-quarters of the way through the recording. We're not sure yet when it's going to come out.

Rosamund Pike

You are not sure what to make of her, whether she is responsible for all this or she's innocent.

Ted Manning

To make sure you don't have any restrictions in your tail pipe.

Selwyn Pearson

Discussions are amicable but we want to make sure everything is right.

Larry Coker

Could there be some restructuring? Sure there could be.

Rene Preval

We are sure of having won in the first round.

Zygi Wilf

We wanna be out there making sure that the person we want, we get.

Angela King

We have about 40 volunteers who come help. We want to make sure they are safe.