Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Washington

We'll be asking to set aside the Court of Appeals decision.

Frederica Mathewes-Green

The Christmas story has such power and such appeal every year. There are other stories we get tired of. You think of your favorite movie; you don't want to watch it 15 times.

Bobby Charlton

I've been asked about that goal every day for the last 40 years. We didn't have the technology back then to show whether it was a goal or not, which led to the controversy. I'd like to think one day we'll have the technology to show whether or not it was a goal.

Michael Jackson

What we call single-factor authentication is a basic password and ID. Now we're asking banks to use another form of identification.

Ellen DeGeneres

When I asked her what she missed the most right now she said, 'My friends. I don't know where my friends are,' ... Tonight, let's show people on the Gulf Coast that they have friends all over the world . . . to give them shelter from the storm.

E. Hicks

When I moved out here during the late '70s, I had a neighbor who was a farmer who asked me 'What do you produce? ... I said, well, I don't produce, I publish, but he meant, you know, 'Do you grow tomatoes?'

Michael Evans

You ask yourself if you could have done this differently or that differently. You worry that you're not giving your children the best.

Jerome Bettis

You ask why have the Pittsburgh Steelers been a physical, smash-mouth type of a team for so long. I think it's because the team takes the identity of its head coach. He looks for tough players. He looks for physical players. And he doesn't settle for anything less.

Studs Terkel

You ask what the score of the game was and they wouldn't know who's playing.

Jerome Bettis

You ask us to tell you something, and when we kind of skate around the truth, that's accepted. But when we tell you what we believe to be the truth, I think we've been criticized. So it's a shame that he spoke out on what he believes and he's being criticized. What Stevens said is what he believes. Their job is to make sure it's not a big block party after the game. Our job is to make sure everybody gets a ticket.

Richard Sanchez

You ask them how they're doing and at first they say, fine. But if you talk with them for a few minutes, they start their laundry list: I miss my family. I lost this or that. I don't know where to go. It's cold here.

Carrie Fisher

Saying you're an alcoholic and an addict is like saying you're from Los Angeles and from California.

Terrence Gabriel

The Nasdaq has at least the Microsoft report to look forward to, which should be strong.

Romeo Crennel

I'm sure he's disappointed because I know he wanted to be part of a victory. But he's still part of the team and we're looking forward to a speedy recovery.

Don Pierson

The larger corporations have such significant resources, they take their initiative and move forward without significant needs.

Barry Hall

It's been a long, hot pre-season and I'm really looking forward to getting a hit-out.

Ryan Moore

It's over with and done. That's all I can say about it. I'm looking forward to shooting a great number (on Sunday). It won't be easy, but it's still out there.

Chris Duncan

Considering the improvement in our schedule strength, this season was a big step forward for our program.

Kathy Osborne

The next thing will be to move forward with the timeline for transportation routes.

Tom Libby

It's somewhat surprising that they would come forward with a big incentive program at this time. Their pricing program seems to be getting some traction, and they're getting some momentum from their new models.

Joe Mullen

It's something we've looked forward to. I'm happy it's over with. We got the two points and we can move on from there.

Andre Malraux

An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.

Woody Allen

Some actors like the total freedom Woody gives them, but I like to have some parameters, some structure.

Aldous Huxley

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.

Michel de Montaigne

The middle sort of historians (of which the most part are) spoil all; they will chew our meat for us.

Michael Beasley

You always want to be remembered as one of the greats. We know the history and tradition of this program.

Joshua Simmons

I love history. I'd like to find more about the history where I live at.

Angelina Jolie

Homework's hard. Especially math. My kids joke with me. They tell me they have homework. I say, 'Okay.' And then I sit down and they say, 'It's math.' 'No! Not math! English, history, anything!'

Washington Irving

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

Pat Murphy

They're always looking to throw it downfield. We've got to get them to punt and get some turnovers.

Earl Nightingale

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

Taylor Dane

To me, it was about finding new opportunities. I know my voice touches people. It has for years. I can't give that up.

Rick Santorum

I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money.

Sophia Loren

Luck assists fortune, you need to catch the moment. Otherwise the opportunity fades.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Neither federal nor state government acts compatibly with equal protection when a law or official policy denies to women, simply because they are women, full citizenship stature - equal opportunity to aspire, achieve, participate in and contribute to society based on their individual talents and capacities.

Rush Limbaugh

When the media would call and want to interview me, I thought it was 'cause they really wanted to find out what I thought about things. I thought it was because they really wanted to find out who I am. That's not what they wanted. They already in their minds knew who I was and they didn't like it, and they wanted face-to-face opportunities to expose my defects and my problems and my racism and bigotry and all this.

Thomas Mann

What good would politics be, if it didn’t give everyone the opportunity to make moral compromises.

Tony Dungy

How you use the opportunities your given to affect the world around you will determine the legacy you leave behind.

Steve Ballmer

I'm very, very bullish about our prospects, and as I tell our board, as I tell our employees, this is the time to invest. There's so much opportunity. Let's just invest in that opportunity, and really get after it.