Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ivan Allen

The city of Atlanta has always had a good spirit.

Mark Vaughan

We have a new story to tell convention planners. Big meetings have always come to Atlanta because it's an easy city to get to and has the infrastructure to hold them. Where we were lacking was in terms of, 'What do I do when I get out of the meeting?' Now we have more to offer.

S. Hughes

To maintain the integrity of the process and the confidentiality of interested parties, we are not commenting on individual discussions we have had concerning the Atlanta Braves. We will say that our initial assumption, that the franchise has significant marketplace value and that there is widespread interest in it as a possible acquisition, has been confirmed. We continue to have meaningful discussions with outside parties about a possible sale of the Braves.

Gary Bettman

We have a lineup because we owe Atlanta and Phoenix All-Star Games. We have a long to-do list. ... It's hard to predict because we owe two and have a couple in the hopper that were being worked on.

Michael Drake

We're very pleased with the growth of the independent programs in the metro Atlanta area.

Arthur Blank

My commitment to Atlanta and passion for sports and competition make this acquisition a perfect fit for me.

Thomas Davis

Most definitely it's going to be pretty high for me going there. And Georgia is going to be playing the next day (in the Sugar Bowl). Everybody from my school is going to be in Atlanta on that day. I'm really looking forward to playing.

A.J. Burnett

Wild card or not, playoffs or not, our season ain't over. The game ain't over when it's 3-1. The game ain't over when it's 3-3. It's called the big game of baseball. It happens. Teams fight back. Atlanta fought back.

Curtis Barfield

We have people coming from Atlanta and other cities every week to buy goats to take home to eat. Most of them are from Mexico or India or somewhere where goats are a regular part of people's diets.

Preston Sturges

I am quite sure that a little man who braves ridicule to improve the lot of his fellow men, and is thanked by their jibes, is an interesting character.

Hebrew Proverb

Who is the bravest hero? He who turns his enemy into a friend

Paul Kinzer

He's confident he will still be playing at a high level then. The Braves made a good effort and the Cubs did too. He turned down longer terms from other teams. We probably could have gotten close to this much money and twice as many years. But this was the right thing and the right team.

Dontrelle Willis

When you think of all the players in the Braves organization, when they were in Milwaukee and now Atlanta, to be one of five players to be on the wall, that's special,

Todd Coffey

We're so close to Atlanta. We used to come down here and watch Braves games,

M. Wolfe

What he did for Chanel made fashion history and changed the direction of status brands. And his H&M deal was an extraordinary thing to do. He's the bravest of them all - he takes chances and they all seem to pay off.

John Schuerholz

This winter we have set our sights on going back to sort of the old-fashioned Braves way of building championship teams with dominant pitching. That's what we think we have done and we are excited about the pitching staff we have put together for the season.

Kip Pardue

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

Steve Cox

We're excited about the staff we will have coaching with the Braves this summer. Lance is certainly familiar with the Braves and the Valley League, and we think he's going to do a good job as our head coach. Coach Christy worked with Lance last summer and Mark has worked with Lance in the past so we should have a staff that works well together.

Zubin Mehta

It seems always to have been difficult to have been a New York Philharmonic conductor because of the nature of New York. We are in direct competition with the great orchestras in the world who come to play in our hall or in Carnegie, and we are constantly compared. I think that 's a good thing.

Rob Puterio

The overall quality is down, but the competition is up.

Chuck Grassley

Imports create competition and keep domestic industry more responsive to consumers. In the United States, we import everything consumers want. So why not pharmaceuticals?

Carl Sagan

What began in deadly competition has helped us to see that global cooperation is the essential precondition for our survival. Travel is broadening. It's time to hit the road again.

Danielle Brown

We need to keep the competition going. We want to prove to everybody that last year wasn't a mistake. We want to prove to everybody that we deserve to win.

Jerry Angelo

We could have taken a tight end earlier. We want to create competition at that position. There will be some veteran players flushed out, with all the guys who were drafted, and we will look at those.

Miles Avery

We just didn't obviously have enough. Obviously we weren't prepared enough to come in here and not finish fourth. That's our one goal: Relax and just not finish fourth in this competition and just get to the second day and we obviously did not do that.

Robin S. Sharma

While their competition is asleep, world-class leaders are up - and they're not watching the news or reading the paper. They are thinking, planning and practicing.

Kim Pfeifer

We have three infielders and a pitcher who have experience, but the rest of the team are all inexperienced. We have a great group of hard-working girls who are hungry to fill so many open positions and the competition has been great, so in that sense, youth has worked to our advantage.

Daniel Radcliffe

I was fortunate enough to meet Sophie Dahl. And I'm slightly in love with Scarlett Johansson: she's just stunning. And she's bright, which is incredibly sexy.

Reese Witherspoon

I think, like every working parent, I sometimes feel that there are not enough hours in the day. But overall, I'm very fortunate that my job has a lot of flexibility. I spend a lot of time with the kids, just around the house.

Dan Boyd

That was indicative of the trust he had in his principals. I was really fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with him.

Mike Rutter

That was a very physical game. Amarillo is a very good team, and we're fortunate to get way with a victory.

Skip Harlicka

That was a special time in our lives in a number of ways. I was very fortunate to be in that group and to have played for Frank McGuire.

Dave Bristow

That was a good bust. We were very fortunate that someone saw this.

Danielle Renfrew

We were so fortunate to shoot in Columbia. We were just overwhelmed by the support offered by the community.

George Crooks

We have a good group of hard-working kids. Hopefully when the time comes, their weight will be scattered out like it was this year. With only 17 kids, we were very fortunate to be able to spread them out to make a team.

David McGinnis

Usually this time of the year, the weather is real hit or miss. We've been real fortunate most of the time, getting all the games in, and it looks good this week.

Yotam Ottolenghi

You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.

Yanni

The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.

Yanis Varoufakis

I was told once by a leftwing scholar that as a Marxist, you have to do two things: always be optimistic and always have a view about everything. That advice still sounds good to me.

Thierry Henry

I've always loved New York; I've been visiting New York since 1996. People don't look at you like, 'What are you doing? What are you wearing?' There is also that thing that when people know that you have worked hard to get something, people have that respect for that here. You worked hard - good for you.

Iggy Azalea

I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviously biographical. With 'Bounce,' I wanted to make sure people know there's a fun side to me as well as the somber and serious one.

Ice T

I'm in a very good place to make records. Needing to make money off music is very dangerous.

Idina Menzel

I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?

Idina Menzel

I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.

Ivar Giaever

Understanding truth is the primary objective of science, not doing good for the world.

Nelly

I love speed. I love racing cars, whether it's on the streets or wherever. Don't tell the St. Louis police, though.

Bob Jones

We were still getting some oysters from waters in Louisiana and Texas and those may stop as soon as Rita makes landfall.

Jennifer Marusak

Voting is a right, but it's also a responsibility. The state of Louisiana spent over $2.5 million trying to find everyone and let everyone know what their voting rights are.

Andy Kopplin

We are providing ways to keep homeowners as homeowners. You can successfully rebuild South Louisiana with the package we have proposed.

Pat Riley

I have a Louisville Slugger in my locker. It's like 42 ounces. We corked it also, with cement.

Mickey Loomis

If we can uplift anyone, obviously that's worthwhile to us. We're representatives of the people of Louisiana and the people of New Orleans.

Wes Brown

Love the show 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.' Being from Louisiana and a big outdoorsman, I'm a big fan of 'Duck Dynasty' as well.

John Davidson

People I know purchased the St. Louis Blues. It's a purchase in principle. They don't own the team yet. The sale has to be ratified by the league. For me to speculate what I might do with the St. Louis Blues, well, they don't even own the team yet. I don't have anything to tell anybody.

Blake Ahearn

Just from watching Louisville on TV, they seem like a physical team. We have to be tough and strong with the ball. Going on the road, that's a big emphasis.

Yahya Jammeh

Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.

Yossi Vardi

In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs.

Yancy Butler

Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.

Ian Mckellen

I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'

Ian Mckellen

People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'

Irwin Thomas

I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.

Irwin Rose

I don't have any hobbies. You know, I'm very embarrassed when people ask me what are my hobbies; I don't have any hobbies. I mean, it's just enough to keep up with the things I'm trying to solve.

Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

Usually, when you're working or you're on set, everything is very guarded. At parties, people have a tendency to relax.

Imani Hakim

When people say, 'If you could do anything else, what would you do?' I would be an actress. That's something that I would do - I can't see myself doing anything else.

Bryan Whitman

That was rumored a year ago and never proved to be confirmed.

Patricia Marx

I write the shopping column. I think I've proven my superficiality.

Derek Dennis

We hadn't been down like that in a long time. It was up to us to go out and prove why we've been on top of the state rankings all season.

John Gibbons

We wanted to make sure he was all right. He proved that he was today.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

When faith burns itself out, 'tis God who dies and thenceforth proves unavailing.

Todd Pratt

I think Ryan's proven everything he can prove.

Paul Doerrfeld

We proved we could play with them. We just have to relax and play our game.

Folarin Campbell

We proved we can play with anybody. We proved we don't back down from anybody.

Hines Ward

We proved all the prognosticators wrong. This is a big win for us.

Gaines Adams

I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.

George Allen

It's time for an American comeback... where leaders in Washington listen to 'we the people.'

Zadie Smith

We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are.

Zadie Smith

Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.

Vivienne Westwood

I am in my own head most of the time.

Zubin Mehta

New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.

Zubin Mehta

I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.

Yakov Smirnoff

When you like something, you find time to do it.

Evangeline Lilly

I'm a bit delusional, but every time I do a job, I think I'm retired.

CC Sabathia

It's not as bad as it was last year. It feels good today.

Cecelia Ahern

Aim for what u want and the year will all make a sense.

Cecelia Ahern

I had a million plans. I knew what I was going to do. I had the next few years of my life all figured out. But what I didn’t know was that within a few hours all those plans would change. Ms. Know-it-all didn’t quite know it all so much then.

Carrie P. Meek

Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars.

Carrie Fisher

Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything...I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It’s better than being bad at being insane, right? How tragic would it be to be runner-up for Bipolar Woman of the Year?

Carrie Underwood

At first, it was hard to sit down and read the things that people were saying. A lot of people would've worked their way up to this position and would've gotten a thick skin over a few years' time. For me, though, all this happened in a few months.

Carrie Underwood

I stopped eating beef at 13 and stopped eating all meat a few years ago. I would feel guilty that what was on my plate was walking around yesterday. Either I could live with that or stop eating meat. I choose the latter, and I'm happier for it.

Carrie Underwood

I feel like I am a celebrity for no reason, like people are resentful I didn't have to play bars for 10 years to get a record deal.

Carl Rogers

Over the years, however, the research evidence keeps piling up, and it points strongly to the conclusion that a high degree of empathy in a relationship is possibly the most potent and certainly one of the most potent factors in bringing about change and learning.