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.

Steve Alford

It was the same scenario. The last 5 minutes, I just thought they were the tougher basketball team.

Kevin Stallings

I've been saying our team has been playing good basketball. We just don't have a lot to show for it.

Tom Barker

This is a sport where the kids that aren't big enough or fast enough for sports like football or basketball can come in and compete. It's a great way to build up a kid's confidence.

Adam Morrison

That's just a sign of a great program and great people. They had enough guts as a man in their moment of victory to pick another man up off the floor. That's more than basketball and I would thank them if I could.

Beth Young

That's great for Plano. It shows how much basketball talent we have in Plano.

Maurice Cheeks

That game was a prime example of a team effort and a team really trying not to lose a basketball game.

Chris Kuhblank

That game right there is how basketball should be played.

Harris Smriko

That game hurt. I remember everything about it. They were very big and played like a basketball team. They scored two of their goals on long throw-ins in front of the net to several players who were at least 6-foot-4 and headed the ball in.

Jim Calhoun

Albany was magnificent for 30 minutes. We were equally, if not better or more magnificent, the last 10 minutes of the basketball game.

Jodi Picoult

As it turned out, hell wasn't watching the people you love get hurt; it was coming in during the second act, when it was already too late to stop it from happening.

Susan Hazen

The science is still coming in on PFOA, but the concern is there. This is the right thing to do for our health and our environment.

Tony Nunan

The scary thing is that the hurricane season is not over yet... so I don't see prices coming down.

Max Mosley

(The rule) should be there. Otherwise it would have been like having them going around with flamethrowers coming out of the back.

Ernie Els

The rough is pretty thick. It's a half-shot penalty coming out of there.

Bobby Cox

I've seen him enough in videos and I think he's better now than he was with us, now that he's coming inside the way he is. I really mean that. Before, when he was outside, outside, outside, guys would just dive over the plate at him.

Matt Huntley

I've told him all year that sometimes you just need to make that one big save, tonight he made three. I hope tonight was a coming out party for him.

Amar'e Stoudemire

I've thought about (not coming back this season) more this week than I have. Every time I play hard, the next day there is a lot of pain and discomfort. If this was my left knee, I probably would have played (by now). But my right knee is hurting more than my left, and I didn't count on that.

Mats Sundin

I've told Tomas already that if I'm coming in on him one-on-one, he'd better move over.

Dave Bloom

The 'Wizard of Oz' is her favorite movie, and this past December, she was a part of the lullaby league in a production of the 'Wizard of Oz' in Flatwoods.

Of all the tall tales, I think my favorite is the one about Eli Whitney and the interchangeable parts.

Bob Holthus

I'm very happy with the draw. If Lawyer Ron could win this, he'd be one of the favorites for the Kentucky Derby. It's your lifelong dream.

Valerie Hoffman

Dandelion has always been one of my favorite herbs and it's an important ingredient in this weight loss kit.

Jay Christie

Eventually, the smell of her favorite treats won over her stomach.

Dan Wheldon

That statistic of most race wins in a season is something pretty special to me. I love the Indianapolis 500, and that's always going to be my favorite race in the world, and it's going to be one of the fondest memories of my life, but that statistic somewhat means as much to a championship for me.

Phil Simms

That's the favorite question. Everyone wants to know what the surprise team will be.

Phil Kessel

That's one of my favorite places to shoot the puck. It went in today.

Jason Bohn

That's a fun day. It's my favorite day of the year.

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.

Joby Scroggs

We knew going in that they were going to zero in on Kevin, who still had 115 yards in the game. Now, we've got another weapon - teams have to prepare even harder.

Lorenzo Romar

Phenomenal player, phenomenal person. We knew that about Marcus.

Andre Agassi

Pete Sampras was great. I mean, no question. But there was a place to get to with Pete, you knew what you had to do. If you did it, it could be on your terms. There's no such place like that with Roger,

Sgt. Maynard

Police do not know why he was out here. I don't think he even knew why he was out here.

Will Blalock

Points - we always knew he could put them up, but now he's being more defensive-minded and that's what we really need on this team.

B.J. Surhoff

Nobody really knew what to do. Bernie didn't, Crosby didn't, I didn't. After a little while it was pretty obvious something was wrong.

B.J. Surhoff

Nobody knew what to do. After a little while, it was obvious he wasn't going to pick it up.

Rick Howard

Nobody knew it was coming. There was no security intervention or mitigation for it.

Larry Johnson

Because we had been receiving applications for two years, people knew we already had a non-profit organization to do the work.

Pete Hald

I've never had three players at the same time who can score like they do.

C. S. Lewis

But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise. ... The world rings with praise -- lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game. ... I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.

John Newman

I was a big rugby player and into my motocross, so I lost loads of weight and a rumor went around the town that I had picked up a drug addiction!

Phil Jackson

The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.

Lee Ann Womack

There's no great guitarist that doesn't sit down and listen to Chet Atkins and Eddie Van Halen, and all these other great players.

LeBron James

Messi is the best player in the world. If he's not already, he'll be the best footballer of all time.

Lance Henriksen

I learned a lot. I really did. Millennium is a state of mind. I always thought of Frank Black as the greatest chess player that could take random pieces of information and string them together into a scenario that was accurate. I never thought of him as a psychic at all. We need people like that.

Mark Teixeira

It's an honor to be playing with these four players and to be a part of their fifth World Series title and my first.

Nick Johnson

You look at all the great players that they've had and the potential of playing in Yankee Stadium.

Bonnie Jo Campbell

I have a second-degree black belt in Okinawan kobudo weapons training.

Gina Carano

I am always training because I love it.