Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matt Ridley

I sense very little appetite for green efforts to persuade people to accept a frozen or declining standard of living for the sake of the environment. Recessions remind us that economic retreat or stagnation is painful, whatever the goal.

Larry Sabato

I sincerely believe he did try to talk Card out of it, he didn't want to accept this ... and I was told that by somebody who has some knowledge of it.

Lyndon Johnson

I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president,

Rob Kardashian

I've been surrounded by women my whole life, so obviously I love fashion... But I'd like to do my own thing and focus on what I love. If people accept it, they accept it. If they don't, they don't.

Wayne LaPierre

I've come to believe he (Clinton) needs a certain level of violence in this country. He is willing to accept a certain level of killing to further his political agenda. The vice president, too. How else can you explain this dishonesty we get out of the administration?

Walter Mondale

I understand that by a close vote, you have nominated me to run for the U.S. Senate, and I want you to know I gladly accept the nomination,

Bob DuPuy

I urge the City to accept this compromise. We all have worked long and hard and it's time to give the Nationals a new stadium and a strong future by bringing this matter to a successful close.

Lusia Strus

I used to say yes to everything. Now I have to be excited about a script before I accept a role. I've been able to let a lot of things go-like worrying-in a good way. I wish I learned that 'wear-it-like-a-loose-garment' attitude earlier.

Phil DeMeulenaere

I used to be opposed to the racing, but when you see how dearly these dogs love to run, you accept it.

Tatum Bell

We've been working on it all off- season. I've just got to find a way to get in there like the coaches always say. . . . Can't make no excuses.

John Jones

We'll survey all the incoming coaches to find out how many (hotel) rooms they use and where they stay.

Steve Schultze

I'm so proud of our defense, I'm so proud of our coaches and I'm so proud of our leadership, ... Our seniors stepped it up this week and everyone else followed along.

Jessie Evans

I'm saying things publicly that other coaches feel.

Pat Devlin

I had no hint it was coming. Coaches were part of the decision (to go to Miami), but Coach Coker's still there (and) still wants me.

Gary Ramstetter

I'm sure this is tougher than state, I think the coaches will tell you that. But we never won it by this big a margin before. Last time it went to the wire.

Winston Moss

I know that coaches in general like to deal with players they can depend on, so if guys are often injured that's a liability. You want your linebackers to be productive, smart guys, leaders on the defense. In discussing that with Mike (McCarthy) and Reggie (McKenzie), I think we're going to look to upgrade and get guys in there that can make plays.

Cedric Benson

I knew my time was going to come, I just had to be ready when it came. It does say something for the coaches and what they think of me.

Rich McKay

I'm not going to say the offensive coaches voted it down. We'll be back at it. . . . I'm sure it will be back.

Jimmy Roy

We're going to have to have a real strong work ethic and that 'never quit' attitude. I see us being a hard-working team.

Scott Ellis

The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.

Yutaka Miura

The slide in U.S. stocks looks non-stop. This is not a good sign for Tokyo, especially for high-tech exporters,

Kevin Lyons

The slices are thin, and the sauce is delicious. It is a very good place for lunch.

Shawn Green

The stuff he was throwing tonight was as good as you're going to see in this league.

Jeff Shaw

The students are helping their high school, they work hard, and it's a good product.

Jim Cole

The student population is at a relatively good time of life in terms of health, strength and vitality,

Liz McColgan

The standard is so high and the Ethiopians are so good that I think she would be stupid to do both," ()

Ian Foster

The squad has had a good rest this week after our trip. While we have had a short preparation this week, it has been a concentrated one.

Margaret Whelan

The spring selling season is off to a good start. It's not as strong as last year, but it's not weak by any means.

R. Robinson

I wasn't really looking to score more (in the second half), but I was looking to be more aggressive.

Joel Kulcsar

If you're not looking at what you want, you're going to miss it.

Ellis Krauss

If you're looking for the next issue, it will be very tempting for people to say 'Let's do it now'.

David Sedaris

If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.

Don Ho

If you're looking for a role model, Duke's the guy.

Charlie Vogelheim

If you're looking at a 2004 model it's winding down.

Achim Brueckner

In November, I was forecasting 18 percent occupancy and at the end of the month, we were looking at 30 percent.

Achim Brueckner

In November, I was forecasting 18% occupancy, and at the end of the month, we were looking at 30%.

Habibul Bashar

In other series, we used to concentrate on winning one match, now we are looking to the series.

Sri Chinmoy

What we call our joy, God calls our perfection. Each human being has come into the world with the message of perfection. Each human being will one day realize the highest Truth. Each human being is destined to be fulfilled. It is the birthright of our soul.

Andre Johnson

We know we're not out there trying to throw games. If we were really trying to lose, how did we win this one?

Abraham Lincoln

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

Don Herold

Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow.

Don McLean

Work my hands in the soil, what's the pay for all the toil? Dust for blood, dust for blood, dust for blood.

Dylan Thomas

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Work should be for all of us a word as honorable and appealing as patriotism.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Unless we do change our whole way of thought about work, I do not think we shall ever escape from the appalling squirrel-cage of economic confusion in which we have been madly turning for the last three centuries or so, the cage in which we landed ourselves by acquiescing in a social system based upon Envy and Avarice. A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded on trash and waste ...

Dorothy L. Sayers

We ought to recognise the profound gulf between the work to which we are 'called' and the work we are forced into as a means of livelihood.

Dorothy L. Sayers

What we make is more important than what we are, particularly if making is our profession.

Don Shula

To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours.