Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathy Griffin

Why would you want to keep the bluebird houses mounted in a place that you now know is unsafe for them? Bluebirds are not ornaments for pictures, they are living things that deserve your best effort if you are going to be a landlord to them. There is no magic spell that will protect those bluebirds--they have to depend on you or they are doomed.

Peter Straub

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary.

Brandon Sanderson

Marsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler." Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact, I'm far more than just a 'mild' annoyance--people tell me I can be downright frustrating. Might as well use this talent for the cause of good, eh?

Sigmund Freud

To be completely honest with oneself is the very best effort a human being can make.

Seth Godin

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well.

LeBron James

Some times your best effort just isn't good enough.

John Wooden

Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice.

John Wooden

Success is a personal matter - only you as an individual can tell if you did everything within your power to give your best effort

Jeremy Lin

I realize I had to learn ... to stop chasing the perishable prizes of this earth ... and give my best effort unto God and trust Him with the results.

Jesper Parnevik

I would say it's like Pinehurst but maybe that's giving it too much credit.

David Jones

Greenspan is giving the markets a reality check. Good for him.

Tony Wingen

He's a force. We were willing to give up some inside points as long as we were not giving up 3-pointers. We did all that we needed to do to win.

Jeanine Pirro

Today is about thanking them for what they're doing in advance, giving them the support they need to go through the school year.

Ray Collins

He thanked me for giving (Cory) an opportunity to play. He told me how important it was to (Cory) that he played.

Gregg Zaun

He's been a good guy and steady performer all year, just giving us one good start after another.

Tommy Bowden

He is a pretty good kicker. We are giving him some heavy work right now. He is kicking just as good if not better.

Vijay Kumar

He is not giving me the paper slip because they are ignoring the Hindus.

Humberto Lopez

He is not cooperating at all. All the information that he's giving us is not taking us anywhere.

Bill Freeman

Just patriotism, ... No matter what went down, we were supporting our own nation and land.

David Eckstein

Just stepping to the plate, just understanding it's you vs. him, that's all that really mattered at that point.

Greg Puhalski

He didn't play too badly. It's just a matter of getting a little rust off.

Doug Miller

He comes up with a lot of big plays no matter where you put him.

Sally Field

The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.

Sloane Crosley

Going to a museum is one of those inexplicably tiring things. You're not actually doing anything, more shifting your weight from room to room than walking. And yet it is one of the more tiring things one can do, no matter how thrilled you are by the exhibits.

Brian Beckwith

His success is all to him. It's all a matter of how he thinks each night and how he prepares for each game.

Dave Duncan

His stuff is there, it's just going to be a matter of time. He'll get into the swing of things.

Arlen Specter

I think it's more a matter for them than us because we've got ... a lot of matters which take precedence over this for our own time,