Famous Quotes & Sayings

Will Rogers

Nothing makes a man broad-minded like adversity.

Winston Churchill

Everything trends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared up & happy. Is it not horrible to be built like that?

Winston Churchill

There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.

Winston Churchill

I am weary of a task which is done and I hope I shall not shrink when the aftermath ends. My only wish is to live peacefully out the remaining years - if years they be.

Winston Churchill

I look like a down-and-out drunk who has been picked out of the gutter in the Strand.

Winston Churchill

If I stay on for the time being, bearing the burden at my age, it is not because of love for power or office. I have had an ample share of both. If I stay it is because I have a feeling that I may, through things that have happened, have an influence about what I care about above all else, the building of a sure and lasting peace.

Winston Churchill

I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget... we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat... All is over. Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, Czechoslovakia recedes into the darkness... We are in the presence of a disaster of the first magnitude which has befallen Great Britain and France. Do not let us blind ourselves to that... Do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning.

Rufus Jones

If you have not clung to a broken piece of your old ship in the dark night of the soul, your faith may not have the sustaining power to carry you through to the end of the journey.

Persian Proverb

In the hour of adversity be not without hope For crystal rain falls from black clouds

Andy Cerroni

Jake Wagner had one of his better games for us on Thursday. He's beginning to gain more and more confidence with each game.

Leon Panetta

Just when we should be getting ready for the 21st century, our education system is beginning to fall down in terms of preparing our students for that future.

Neal Cotts

I think in our case it's come together pretty well. I think Ozzie instilled that from the beginning in spring training, that we're going to be together six months and make the best out of it.

John Snow

I think it's clearly beginning to show signs of a strong recovery, and a recovery that's accelerating, ... Late Edition.

Fran Cohen

I think it's beginning to sink in. More and more faculty are reporting plagiarism.

Barry Hyman

I think the movement we've seen since the beginning of the year, with a few weeks up, a few weeks down, is likely to continue at least through the end of the quarter.

Winston Justice

I thought from the beginning of the season that we could be a talented line. I think that when you actually like the guy playing next to you, it helps out during the game. I've played on lines when it's different. Now you want to play well for the guy next to you.

Teddy Atlas

I thought from the beginning he would be an outstanding pro. He has a pleasing style, is strong, and likes to come forward. I am looking forward to Friday's broadcast.

Aaron Johnston

I thought from beginning to end, that was a very complete game. We've had complete games in terms of our intensity and focus before, but we haven't necessarily done it on offense and defense.

Hanya Yanagihara

I was interested about how relationships change as you get older. You are great friends in your 20s. In your 30s, you get married. Your 40s are all about your kids. In your 50s, you get divorced, and your friendships become primary again.

Barry Collier

Kansas didn't just cut our hair. They shaved our head. They scored 196 or 96 or one or the other on us. It'll take a tremendous effort to slow them down and change that.

Mike Lowell

Josh was crying to me for five years with the Marlins that he always wanted No. 19 so I told him I'd be willing to give it up. I think change is good sometimes. So I figured why not? I'm on a new team, new number and everything is new. I'm kind of starting from scratch. I feel good about that.

John Silvia

I suspect that there's a little optimism that the Fed will signal that they are just about done, that they'll change their language from saying 'further policy firming may be' to saying it 'might be' needed.

Craig Hansen

I think it really changed the way some scouts look at Northeast kids and how they play ball.

Jim Zandri

I think it is a combination of things. A lot has changed in New Year's over the past few years.

Jim Duquette

It all started in his mind right after his wife went into the hospital. He started thinking about whether he really had the desire to keep going. We let him take a couple extra days just to make sure that was his final decision. He's not going to change his mind at this point.

Mack Brown

It¹s a compliment, because it¹s a place we haven¹t been in a long time and it sets our standard even higher. We also understand that the percentage points and the rankings can change weekly. What we have to do is concentrate on winning. That's the only thing we have control over. It¹s only October, and what we want to do is to be one of the top two teams in December.

Laura Miller

It also would help, of course, if we had the movie shot here, so we could change some of the old ?Dallas? TV show stereotypes that have lasted all these years.

Darren Kalina

Going unbeaten (in the league) for a second straight year is a big deal to the coaching staff and the kids. I don't know if it's ever been done before, and we're trying to make it happen.

Mike Miello

He's a leader, not just in statistics, but a true leader on our football team. He leads by example. He's not a rah-rah guy. He's got a real sense of maturity about him. He leads and people follow. He's the kind of kid that makes coaching worthwhile. That's how we all feel about him, and he's having a great year on top of it, individually.

E. B. White

He's definitely auditioning for a head coaching job, maybe not here but he's going to get a head coaching job. He's a great coach, a players' coach and he's going to give it his all. He played the game and played it well.

Sean Brady

I don't have a good coaching voice, that's for sure.

Kevin Stallings

I don't get too worked up, but coaching in an SEC game and watching your son play in a big game are pretty comparable (on the nerves). But I want him to do well, that's for sure.

Tommy Bowden

I don't know of anybody. I know he doesn't, and he's been coaching 50-something years.

Adam Kless

He doesn't have much coaching experience, but he's going to be a great coach. He knows a lot about football and relates well with kids.

Warren Gatland

A lot of coaching is about results and if you don't get the right results, you're going to get criticism, but if all things are going well then you can enjoy yourself.

Warren Gatland

Coaching is about not being afraid to be challenged and, above all, trying to enjoy the experience.

Lars Tiffany

Josh has the potential to be an impact player at the Division I level given his size and shooting skills. We look forward to working with Josh so that he can realize his potential.

David Abel

I think the division race will come down to the final week.

Phil Harmeson

We're pretty much the standard in Division II. People look to us in Division II.

Billy Blanks

I had full rides to Nebraska, West Virginia, Marshall, Youngstown State and Pitt, ... But I struggled with my grades and couldn't play Division I.

George Heath

The entire division is going. They'll start going next week and will leave out in regular flights through September, October and November.

Hasim Rahman

The heavyweight division needed a good fight. I think we put on a good fight.

Nick Underwood

You can't even explain it. To be knocked out two years in a row after being tops in our division ... it happens. But we weren't going to let it happen again, not these seniors.

Ahmad Dorsett

Their (Montrose) talent level is so high. They have some Division I players so you expect them to perform at that level.

Doug Wojcik

You've got to make shots to be a Division I player. We did a good job of limiting our turnovers and got good shots, but couldn't make anything.

Paul Gascoigne

Kevin has done a tremendous job here and now it's a matter of trying to work together and move the team forward. We want to give the supporters something to look forward to and get them in the Football League.

Dirk Koetter

Keegan Herring has been outstanding, but he is making the jump from high school football to the largest stage in college. I just think it is much better for us to have Randy help transition Keegan in as well.

Scott Schmitz

Joe is just a hard-nosed football player. He loves the game.

Josh Aciukewicz

He just kept pushing me around. At times, it seemed more like a football game.

Damon Allen

He is the heartbeat of this football team and possibly the heartbeat of this city.

Rob Ciarlo

He likes to show off his guns. He?s a good kid. He played football and he?s trying to be more of a leader.

Jim Duncan

He's a good player for us, ... He's not a huge bulky linebacker, but just a good wrestler-type of a football player.

Tom Coughlin

He's a football guy, ... He's always around the office. He's always looking at tape. He's always grabbing guys and talking football.

Joe Theismann

For me, Monday night still is the big night for football in the NFL. It's the last football game of the week and it's a showcase for all the players.

Jonathan Spira

Knowledge sharing and collaboration are a key foundation of research and development.

Tracy Morgan

Stand-up is my foundation. That's where it started at. And I love it because it's personal. It's mine. It's all me. It's my experience in life.

Jim Fassel

I'm trying to tweak things, ... because we've got to get our running game going. It's the foundation for us.

Hans Urs von Balthasar

A truth that is merely handed on, without being thought anew from its very foundations, has lost its vital power.

Christie Brinkley

This marriage is forever. We have a foundation of love and honesty and respect, and we're a real team. Peter is the greatest father, so involved.

Carl Jung

I know only that I was born and exist, and it seems to me that I have been carried along. I exist on the foundation of something I do not know. In spite of all uncertainties, I feel a solidity underlying all existence and a continuity in my mode of being.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Even theories must have foundations.

Mahmud Abbas

President Mahmud Abbas on Friday November 11, 2005 laid the foundation stone of the mausoleum of the late president Yasser Arafat,

Robyn Jones

Perhaps the foundation should be established first before $1.6-million is spent.

Zack Greinke

I was about 20 times smarter before this season started than I am now.

Walter Savage Landor

Falsehood is for a season.

Kelly Rowan

In the first season, (Kirsten) seemed really together, but there's this undercurrent of 'something's got to be up.' And (last) season you got to see kind of the underbelly of her,

Steve Owens

It may be that we simply go from one high-pollution season to another.

Gwyn Howat

It was a wild weather year. The big thing this season was extremes.

Dave Molina

Colfax will be the big one. We can make our season with a win.

Jonathan Lewis

The season is not lost. We're still Virginia Tech.

Bobby Jones

During the season on Saturdays, I usually sleep in until about 1.

Patrick Rice

As the season went on, she got better and better.

Larry Brown

I'm sure I've been 0-3 a lot, ... And most of my teams have struggled early.

Tiki Barber

It was a tough sled. We struggled a little bit.

Peter Zoppi

We struggled offensively. We didn't make enough contact. We couldn't deliver.

Jim Parsons

I've been a working actor for many years, but it's not always been successful for me. I certainly struggled in the past.

Stephen Merchant

Generally, I'm terrified of shopping. I like the idea of being well-dressed, but I've always struggled to get anything that fits. I envy those that go into old vintage shops.

Andrea Gaston

She's one of our top players, but she's struggled all semester.

Bill Beasley

She hadn't thrown all year, so she struggled a bit.

Jim Richards

We really struggled offensively and lacked the timely hit,

Brad Skene

Our tackling was off today. We struggled with that and that was the difference.

Tre Cool

Life is like breakfast: you just mix all ingredients 'cause in your stomach it will all come together.

Kelley Armstrong

If you say ‘we’re in this together,’ I’m going to hurl.

Khalil Gibran

And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.

Jonathan Safran Foer

We cracked up together, which was necessary, because she loved me again.

Jonathan Safran Foer

...accepting the compromise of the way we have been, the way we are, and the way we will likely be...may we live together in unwavering love and good health, amen.

Narendra Modi

A youth is capable of bringing things together and changing the direction too. They can come together and bring changes. There is no need of breaking anything, but need is to bring changes.

Louise Bourgeois

I always had the fear of being separated and abandoned. The sewing is my attempt to keep things together and make things whole.

James Altucher

When we die our entire legacy is simply the added together strengths of all the connections we make with others. This is the ghost of ourselves we leave behind. This is showing up.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I love storytelling, you know, beyond anything. I love a great story beyond a great performance. Storytelling is about what we all do together and how we collaborate together. A performance can be a collaboration in ways, but oftentimes it's one individual thing.

Bryan Ball

I was just battling. Trying to give us a chance.

Kevin Madden

It can be done without trying to browbeat people.

Drew Brees

We're trying to be that franchise that year-in and year-out is competing for a championship.

Greg Bowers

We've been trying to play at Brooke's level, and we've been disappointed in past, but this is an accomplishment.

Andre Iguodala

I was just trying to put on a show.

Robert Fick

I don't give a ----. I was trying to make a play.

Reginald Delk

I don't know. We're soul-searching right now, just trying to get a win.

Shay Espinoza

I don't know why, but that's what they were trying to do: take my baby.

Jeremy Corbyn

I am just an ordinary person trying to do an ordinary job.

Bobby Cox

I think you've got to do what you have to do to win right now.

Gerhard Schroeder

There is no alternative to this struggle, which we must win and will win,

Chad Qualls

We've got to win the first before we win the fourth.

Amani Toomer

To get a win we've got to play good. And we really didn't play that well at all.

Richard Petty

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Richard P. Feynman

Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something.

Retief Goosen

You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win.

Trudi Canavan

It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow streets because it is grieved by what it finds there.

Rick Cook

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.