Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Franck

The boys approached me and asked if they could do it. The seniors grew up with him. It was a nice thing to do.

Gianfranco Fini

As of today, the organizers of the conference had asked for entry visas for six Iraqi political exponents notorious for positions which are radical, extremist and not unequivocally hostile to terrorism,

Joseph Tate

As lawyers, we recognize that a person's recollection of events will not always match those of other people, particularly when they are asked to testify months after the events occurred.

Hale Irwin

As long as I have a chance, that's all I've ever asked of myself.

Joseph Bridges

As Matt indicated, we essentially looked at the comments and asked which were complete and which were substantive.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

RANK, n. Relative elevation in the scale of human worth.He held at court a rank so high That other noblemen asked why."Because," 'twas answered, "others lack His skill to scratch the royal back." --Aramis Jukes

Geoffrey Nice

Proof will include truth, but it will not present the full picture. We have a limitless field of evidence from the wars, but we are not inquiring like scientists; we are asked to extract from it.

Bob Long

Pro asked us questions like 'Who are your competitors?' and forced us to look at all the crevices of our business,

James Humphrey

Probably if you had asked me 30 seconds after I finished it, I could tell you.

Tommy Fabian

Deanna was mediocre when she started. But she decided after her freshman season that she was going to work her tail off at becoming the best pitcher she could be.

Mike Degory

Coach is trying to instill core values, trust. We're becoming more of a team. Eight months ago, it wasn't really like this. Will it pay off in September? I hope so.

Rabih Alameddine

A phoenix, Beirut seems to always pull itself out its ashes, reinvents itself, has been conquered numerous times in its 7,000-year history, yet it survives by both becoming whatever its conquerors wished it to be and retaining its idiosyncratic persona.

Brian Kerr

A player getting a whack is becoming a daily occurrence. Yesterday Shay (Given), today Richard,

Robert Rosen

An experienced technical person can make $70,000 to $80,000. Someone with management skills can make $100,000 or more. It's all moving toward becoming a seller's market.

Bob Kerrey

The skills and methods of video games are becoming a part of our life and culture in so many ways that it is impossible to ignore.

Tom Wallin

The size of the supply hole is gradually becoming clearer.

Greg Simon

The situation was dire and becoming worse by the minute -- food and water running out, no power, 4 feet of water surrounding the hospital and ... corpses outside,

John McFarland

The site of flags flying amid the rubble of Camille is the most endearing memory of that storm, and is already becoming a symbol of our neighbor's determination to rebuild again, ... There just aren't enough flags.

Mickey Edwards

The Bush administration is certainly not the first administration to do this kind of thing, ... but they seem much more heavy-handed about it.

Larry Birns

The Bush administration has tried to make Venezuela seem like a spooky, murky place. But they have cried wolf too often. Without serious evidence, you can't take their accusations seriously.

Ryan Ford

The Bush administration has squelched freedom of speech.

Mark Gottdiener

The Bush administration has never cared much for cities, and by extension, the people who live in them,

Scott Ritter

The Bush administration has its sights set firmly on Tehran. The same deception is taking place right before our eyes and most Americans remain blind. It is going to happen. It is happening as we speak.

Edward Markey

The Bush administration has given a pass to the cargo industry,

David Yalof

The Bush administration has done a great job in reviewing the candidates, going through their opinions, backgrounds, and speeches,

Russ Feingold

The Bush administration has been very successful in one thing: in intimidating people into not uttering the words timetable or timeframe,

Barbara Kellerman

The Bush administration has been charged from the start with being cavalier about democracy. The tension between on the one hand protecting our democratic privileges and on the other hand trying to protect the American people is one we've had with us from the start.

Emilio Butragueno

The situation of the team was such that it was decided we needed a change. The performance wasn't up to expectations. It was worrying for us and Madrid supporters.

Mitch McConnell

The Senate last week decided it wanted to go down this road, so my view is if the majority of the Senate wants to go down this path, let's make sure it's effective," ()

Chris Rupkey

The selling abated, prices stabilized and people decided the path of least resistance is up.

Niranjan Shah

The selectors decided this at a meeting on Friday night.

Edward Fleming

The shots just didn't go in. The inside game wasn't getting open so we decided to shoot it. I didn't think we were patient enough.

Roland Dumas

The then prime minister, Michel Rocard, decided in 1989 that the sale should go through,

Raymond Domenech

I've listened a lot, I've seen a lot of people. After a long reflection, I've decided not to decide. We will take a decision peacefully.

Lynn Williams

I've already decided I can walk if it goes up too high,

Robin Cook

A European operation will only occur where NATO, as a whole, has decided not to act,

James Flecker

A ship, an isle, a sickle moon - / With few but with how splendid stars / The mirrors of the sea are strewn / Between their silver bars.

Tom Herrion

As a team we take a lot more free throws than we used to. And we've improved greatly at it. But it's like every other team sport, the team that makes the fewer mistakes wins.

Marco Polo

At school, a few people know that I'm over here. I don't know about everybody, professors, curling people and a few kids in class.

Budd Booth

That was a big accomplishment for them. They all seem to be playing well together, and we have a lot of youth and depth, so that's encouraging for the next few seasons.

Dave Tragethon

People should make reservations, because if they wait until they get to the mountain we might be full. There are people who come up, make a few runs, come in and party a little bit, then go back out. Then there's those who come just for dinner, the party and the fireworks.

Lori Wachs

People pulled it off with few true disappointments.

Andre Caminada

People are taking some profit because it (the index) rose strongly over the last few days; that's normal.

Lorenzo Romar

People, for some reason, just because Arizona's lost a few games, think that they're down. They're crazy. They've kind of hit a stride. They're very good.

John Biggs

People come in and pawn a few things to get back and forth from work.

Rob Neyland

That's where the rubber meets the road in this - the lasting impact.

Atharva Veda

See yourselves in all; See all in yourselves; that is the road to lasting peace and joy.

John Sherman Cooper

Rather, like the anarchists of the last century, he didn't care if he was killed or not. They just wanted to be known. We found no trace of any conspiracy.

Michael Redd

I've thought of guys, whether they were here last year or not, and doing something special for them.

Shane Olivea

This is probably the worst performance we've all played, together, in the last two years.

Sylvia Hatchell

This is the 11th time in the last 13 years we've played for an ACC championship. I wish we'd won all those, but just being there is an honor.

Brooks Bollinger

This is so tough, ... People on the outside don't realize how tough it is to get to the playoffs. Last year, we were one victory away from a championship game.

Julie Vallese

This isn't the last lead-jewelry recall you will see.

Gennady Onishchenko

The vaccine has undergone immunizing power tests, and sterility tests have been launched to last until mid-March. Then we will try it on a limited number of volunteers.

Charles Singley

Ruth was my girlfriend's name at the time.

Willie Gary

Your name is all you've got. People can take away a lot of things, but if they take your name away, you're ruined. That's what they tried to do.

Randy Ferreira

You name the pie and we do it. They are all made from scratch.

Richard Beck

You name it and we're going to do it.

Brett Favre

Well I would say that we're regular people first of all and we're normal and it's obvious by some of the things that have happened just because our name is famous we're not immune to tragedy.

Arthur Adamov

What is there? I know first of all that I am. But who am I? All I know of myself is that I suffer. And if I suffer it is because at the origin of myself there is mutilation, separation. I am separated. What I am separated from -- I cannot name it. But I am separated.

Jamie Farr

It makes you famous, you get money from it, you go on and do the best you can, but it really is dreadful that people don't know your name.

James Van Der Beek

I've been through quite a few hurricanes. I worked in North Carolina, where there's a housing development whose name was Landfall.

Jane Smiley

Charles Dickens was an avid seeker of names - he read directories and looked for odd names on gravestones.

Jessica Valenti

As a kid, I wasn't sure that I would ever get married - I was not the kind of little girl who played at being a bride.

Adam Sanders

Sam hasn't played for quite a while but he's right in the mix.

Larry Usher

Sam didn't play like a sophomore tonight. He played a lot like a seasoned senior.

Barret Jackman

Sandy played great. We let him make that first save and he made a ton of them tonight.

Elena Dementieva

I've waited a long time for this moment, ... I've played three finals, but this is the first I've won.

Grady Sizemore

I've never played in the postseason in the big leagues, so I can't really say what it will be like,

Lance Berkman

I've never played in that ballpark. It's going to be fun.

Juliet Landau

I've never played an attorney, and I'd like to do so on a show like 'The Practice' or 'Law & Order.'

Charles Terry

I've played 654 concerts. That's never been done.

Ed Goeas

Running away from the president makes the situation worse.

Ben Nelson

Any time the president talks, you listen.

Ben Nelson

Anytime the president visits Nebraska its good for Nebraska.

Barbara Olson

Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.

Augusto Pinochet

Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation.

Calvin Coolidge

I always figured the American public wanted a solemn ass for president, so I went along with them.

Calvin Coolidge

The words of the President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately.

Calvin Coolidge

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.

Calvin Coolidge

If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible

Jason Katims

Any show I'm working on, I want the stories to always be about something, and to have the potential to be emotional. That's the kind of story that I like.

Brett Ratner

I'm not tied to budgets. I'm tied to the story that I want to tell, and how much it's going to cost is up to whatever the economic situation of the studio is.

Brad Meltzer

Stories aren't the beauty of what did happen. They're the beauty of what could happen.

Jane Campion

When I read Andrew Motion's biography, I wept. It's something about the purity of the story and how fresh it was because of the love letters Keats wrote.

C. S. Lewis

The birth of Christ is the central event in the history of the earth-- the very thing the whole story has been about.

Burt Reynolds

All you really have in the end are your stories.

Alan Dean Foster

How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.

Charles Colson

The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it.

Bela Lugosi

I'll take any story if it's good.

Joseph Barber Lightfoot

This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency.

P. J. Harvey

It's so much in me to want to keep experimenting all the time. It's just inherent. Therefore I keep reaching for instruments I don't particularly know how to play, and then I become excited.

William Shakespeare

She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd She is a woman, therefore to be won

P. J. O'Rourke

I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him.