Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Chaney

What I kept pressing upon them is one of the greatest gems there is a diamond. A diamond, whether it's man-made or comes from coal, is a result of pressure. I wanted them to understand the more pressure is put on you, the more of a diamond you can become.

Luis Castillo

If you have gold and diamonds in your garden, there is no reason to live in misery.

Tom Roseen

If managers find a diamond in the rough, good research pays off.

Zsa Zsa Gabor

I never hate a man enough to give him his diamonds back.

Fred Eckhard

The information on the diamond trading, we have nothing further on but what we have seen in the press, ... the problems within the leadership of the mission have been well known to the secretary-general for some time.

Barbara Sharpe

I've heard that East Gainesville is a diamond in the rough, and I'd like to tell you that I am the one to put the sparkle in the diamond.

Jerome Bettis

Exactly. The ring is symbolic of each championship, so you get five diamonds because we have five championships as an organization. So, it's going to be a pretty big ring.

Prince Philip

How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?

Queen Elizabeth II

The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.

Tony Raines

Knowing how we ran early in the race and how I think we could have run, I was disappointed. But at the same time, I went there knowing I was going to race for a finish. I didn't race anybody.

Helen Brown

I would say that Cosmo was always a feminist magazine; it was before the movement really took shape. The early feminist movement felt I put a lot of emphasis on beauty, which was true.

Mike Ledsome

Katie was ready to go (Thursday). She got into a groove early and started hitting her spots and pitching stronger as the games progressed.

Rich Brands

Just looking at their results, I think it will be a pretty even match. We want to come out and not make any mistakes early on. We want to try and exploit some of the free kicks and throw-in stuff we've been working on.

Ben Gordon

Just like Tuesday (against Dallas) we struggled early and in the second half we were able to make a run. It was just a little to late.

Frank Warren

Joe is never going to be ready for that (November date) so we'll try to rearrange it for next year. It is frustrating for Joe but these things happen in boxing. It is a great shame. We'll do the fight early next year, maybe February.

Charles Woodson

I think it is what it is -- we come out and we play well early in the game and then just let it slip away late in the game. It is second team, third team. What we're looking at is when our starters are in there, we're doing a good job.

Kevin Merkle

I think it is too early to form a long-lasting opinion. It is good to get some feedback first.

Paul Roos

I think in the past three years we've had a number of young guys who have got in early in the pre-season and played all throughout the season. Probably the main focus for tomorrow is to see how they go.

Marcus Williams

I wouldn't say I was surprised. At these kind of games, Jeff always comes through ... he's a man-child out there. That's normal. That's what I see all the time.

Chris Healy

I wrote sports for the Sagebrush and even did some play-by-play for KNEV 95.5 FM, which was the first FM station to do games for Nevada.

Joe Torre

Just win as many games as we can and see where that leaves us when it's over.

Vince Carter

Just win as many games as possible. The overall goal is to win as many games as possible until there are no more games to be played.

Brian Thornton

Josh did a great job tonight, but it's not just tonight. He's done well the last several games and in practice. When Josh is playing well, it gives us a lot of versatility. When Josh is hitting shots and doing a great job on the boards, it gives us a lot more options.

Kristen Kovesdy

John is one of the reasons why I'm tough. I always look for him in the stands during games. When I see him, that's when I have one of the big second halves.

David Gold

I talk to the players before and after games and I would soon tell you if they weren't up for the fight.

Byron Scott

I think it's a good thing for our team right now. If we can win games without Chris, I think it gives these guys even more confidence. And it also shows when he comes back that we'll even be better.

Ian Thorpe

I think I should retire after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Principal Mary

We've done some things to kind of say goodbye.

Ryan Tucker

He wasn't saying goodbye. He said we were going forward, and he was going to improve the team.

Richard O'Brien

Not that I have any interest in saying goodbye to Rocky. I absolutely adore being involved and a part of something that is really a phenomenon.

Richelle Mead

How do you say goodbye to someone who isn't exactly gone.

Richelle Mead

He's been out for a while," she said. "You ready to take a break?" Hopper could exist in this living form or be transformed into a small statue, which helped avoid uncomfortable questions when people came by. Only she could transform him though. "Yeah. He keeps trying to eat my paints. And I don't want him to watch me kiss you goodbye.

Richelle Mead

Goodbye. Thanks for your help... I... I'll miss you. -Rose to Mason

Travis Tritt

You left me for a dream you had to follow, but I thought goodbye wouldn't last that long.

Raymond Chandler

The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little.

Raymond Chandler

To say goodbye is to die a little.

Donald Ray Pollock

I would try to write my own story about some East Coast suburbanite having an affair or something like that. So I did that for maybe two years or so, and it just wasn't working for me at all.

Jennifer Baker

I would say maybe there are more mistakes.

Doyle Davidson

I talked with him maybe three times, I don't remember what about.

Joel Klein

I think it could take a year, maybe a little more than a year,

Kyle Waters

I think in the past year, he wrote maybe one check.

Sarah Brightman

I always felt older than my years, maybe because I was married to someone older.

Tom Woods

He was a decent, law-abiding man. Maybe he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Dayton Moore

He can play first, and maybe a little outfield. But he's really a third baseman. I don't think you want to move him around.

Sam Hunt

Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.

Mike Gatting

He's got 600 but he won't be stopping there,

Josh Fodor

He was stopping everything. We had a lot of opportunities but couldn't get any in.

Robert Schumann

For me Wagner is impossible... he talks without ever stopping. One can't just talk all the time.

William Devane

The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.

Richard Windsor

The turnaround, in terms of stopping the rot, has worked,

Mark Chapman

It was like a train, a runaway train, there was no stopping it.

Julian Assange

Stopping leaks is a new form of censorship.

Mikhail Bulgakov

Well, as everyone knows, once witchcraft gets started, there's no stopping it.