Famous Quotes & Sayings

Herschel Sandler

Kevin is a great kid. I never doubt his commitment to his team and how hard he works, but to have an injury take you out of this is tough on the athlete. I feel for Kevin.

Wade Boggs

I talked to Wade and he said he regrets that he had other commitments and could not be here,

Tim Kearney

I think it's a lack of commitment. We have a real gap. We have the Comets, a 18-and-younger team. Then you go all the way to 13-and-younger. There's a five-year gap where there's no travel soccer.

Luis Figo

He did everything he could and did it with the utmost professionalism and commitment.

Peter Hughes

Her warmth and understanding, her vibrant energy and her commitment to education for all will be sadly missed.

Bill Buford

Her travel writing was characterized by a high moral purpose and an overwhelming sense of justice. What distinguishes her journalism is her eloquent outrage and commitment to fair play.

Michel Therrien

He's a leader of that team. He's a great example for young players, with his work ethic. He makes a huge commitment to fitness. He makes a huge commitment to what it takes to become a great player.

Bob Eaton

I think the primary value of this legislation is that it demonstrates Maryland's commitment to continue being a player in cutting-edge science.

Neil Callaway

I think the commitment that Shock made to come back makes him a special type person. A lot of people would have bolted, but he hung in here with us, and we're grateful for that.

Gary Powers

We have two factions on our team right now. We have guys who are trying to do too much because other guys aren't stepping up. And then we have another group of guys who are just out in left field somewhere and don't seem to get it.

Lupita Nyong'o

I thrive on structure. I find my freedom in structure.

Thomas Vinje

What Microsoft is talking about is freedom for them to innovate, not others.

Larry Mowry

There is a good possibility of a freeze or frost mainly to the north and west of Interstate 4.

Dan Rose

We're probably not as offensive on the back end right now. But we have potential. We'll concentrate on having six solid D on the ice and be as mistake free as possible.

Robert Price

We took our free shipping truck and ran over their obstacle.

Sal Sinatra

We took entries from nine shippers. Those horsemen will be required to produce a 72-hour health certificate at the stable gate, which indicates that they are free from the virus.

Chris Spencer

We talked before the game that we have to make our free throws, especially on the road.

Ben Howland

We've got to make our free throws and out-board our opponents if we're going to win any more games in this tournament.

Joan Didion

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

Mohamed ElBaradei

You in the West have been sold the idea that the only options in the Arab world are between authoritarian regimes and Islamic jihadists. That's obviously bogus.

Reza Aslan

It took many years to cleanse Arabia of its “false idols.” It will take many more to cleanse Islam of its new false idols-bigotry and fanaticism-worshipped by those who have replaced Muhammad's original vision of tolerance and unity with their own ideals of hatred and discord. But the cleansing is inevitable, and the tide of reform cannot be stopped. The Islamic Reformation is already here. We are all living in it.

William Kristol

And on this issue of the Shia in Iraq, I think there's been a certain amount of, frankly, Terry, a kind of pop sociology in America that, you know, somehow the Shia can't get along with the Sunni and the Shia in Iraq just want to establish some kind of Islamic fundamentalist regime. There's almost no evidence of that at all. Iraq's always been very secular.

Ruhollah Khomeini

When anyone studies a little or pays a little attention to the rules of Islamic government, Islamic politics, Islamic society and Islamic economy he will realize that Islam is a very political religion. Anyone who will say that religion is separate from politics is a fool; he does not know Islam or politics.

Khaled Hosseini

I have a particular disdain for Islamic extremism, and of course, in both 'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' that's obvious.

Pope Paul VI

We would also like you to know that the Church recognizes the riches of the Islamic faith - a faith that binds us to the one God.

Nelson DeMille

Even the most radical Islamic terrorist would not want to see the revered holy city of Medina go up. It would be like losing the Vatican in Rome.

Muhammad

Beware of injustice, for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection; and beware of stinginess because it doomed those who were before you. It incited them to shed blood and treat the unlawful as lawful.

Muhammad

The space of the bow of any one of you in Paradise is better than all that the sun rises upon.

Wayne White

But nobody predicted anything of this magnitude in terms of resistance. And in part, the magnitude of the resistance was spurred by our failures in reconstruction.

William Hazlitt

Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

God rescues us by breaking us, by shattering our strength and wiping out our resistance.

Bryan Stevenson

I have to get comfortable with resistance, and even sometimes with hostility.

Susan B. Anthony

I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.

Dennis Quaid

I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to.

Stephen King

Resistance to change is proportional to how much the future might be altered by any given act.

Steven Pressfield

We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.

Esther Hicks

Negative emotion is your indicator of resistance, while positive emotion is your indicator of allowance. And they are on the same meter: allowance; resistance. Allowance; resistance.