Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sizwe Kupelo

As a department we cannot allow a situation where our patients are put at risk.

Chuck D.

The Bush administration, with its doctrinal commitment to unfettered deregulation, has insisted that this situation can be resolved by allowing the states and utility industry to deal with it by themselves,

Dan Colen

As opposed to putting too much confidence in myself, or in an image or a scene or a set of brushes, I really want to allow the oil paint to perform, to show me the things that it wants to do, beyond my imagination.

Rahul Dravid

Reactions are always extreme when you lose or win, but these players are fully equipped and will not allow the performance to affect.

Mike Janko

Our estate tax laws allow the heirs to inherit property with a new cost basis which is equal to the fair market value.

Bob Keller

Our current facilities, although still functional, are seriously outdated and inefficient. The new facility will allow us to operate more efficiently and will provide a higher level of service to the community.

Gale Norton

Our approach has been to have a balanced energy policy, and today's decision indicates that balance. ... This does allow us to prevent the most immediate, most in-shore area of potential oil and gas development.

John Ashcroft

Our American system of justice will allow Walker the rights and due process that the terrorists he fought side by side with sought, and still seek, to destroy.

Stella Young

People get all up in arms when I describe myself as a crip because what they hear is the word 'cripple,' and they hear a word you're not allowed to say anymore.

Kris Alexander

As far as track meets, it's by far the best meet in the state.

Charles Bofferding

As engineers, we have a different perspective. If a company really wants to get its product to be the best in all areas, then it must listen to all sides. A union is the best vehicle to carry the engineers' perspective.

Charlie Bell

As CEO, I intend to maintain the discipline and focus that Jim put into place, ... The best way to pay tribute to Jim is in sticking with our plan to win.

Jeff Bingaman

As best as I can determine, the process is going to be fair, ... explained in some detail the various steps that they were taking to ensure that the bids were appropriately considered and the factors that needed to be given the greatest importance were in fact going to be given the greatest importance.

Gerald Grinstein

As Delta continues its transformation to become a more customer-focused airline, we are incorporating the best of Song into the best of Delta, ... Our new Song service will set the standard in transcontinental travel, making Delta the first choice for customers on these routes.

Sherri Carlson

As a parent, I do my best to get my kids to eat healthy foods. But then they turn on Nickelodeon and see all those enticing junk-food ads.

Jimmy Clark

As an overall football player, Chris Costello is our best player.

John Wagner

As an organization we have decided to move in a different direction and we wish Greg all the best in his future endeavors.

Dan Dougherty

As a ninth grader, over the summer, he was down in Florida working with Tiger Woods on his short game. We had never been invited to go to Florida or North Carolina for tournaments. I realize that we've got two of the best players in the United States, and I'm thankful for that.

Philip Larkin

One of the quainter quirks of life is that we shall never know who dies on the dame day as we do ourselves.

George Novak

Had he been healthy, he would have never come off the field for us. That's how talented this kid is. He's a Notre Dame kind of player.

John Beilein

There is no difference between Notre Dame and the teams in the top of the league.

Jerome Bettis

I guess they thought it was only fitting that on the road back to Detroit for everyone to wear Jerome's Notre Dame jersey.

Lin Loring

I think Notre Dame definitely helped get us ready for these guys.

Paul Jury

It's not just any other school. Notre Dame is like a family.

Ken Schanzer

It's a great linkage of brands, Notre Dame and NBC,

Kevin Logan

Prices played a big role here. A lot of the increase was due to higher energy prices, particularly for oil.

Ellen Russell

Our environmental standards will look at the impacts that will accrue in the U.S. due to the power lines and due to the plant operating in Mexico.

Tom Maier

Our fall in the last two weeks is due to several injuries and if we hadn't had them we might have fared better. But those are all part of the game.

Brian Billick

Anthony Wright is the starter for an undetermined period right now due to injury. Kyle Boller is our starting quarterback. If I left it open to interpretation, if I left that in a way that led to speculation that we did not have the faith in Kyle, that our faith is wavering, that was not my intent.

Kevin Kerr

The sell-off is due to all the locals grabbing profits before the end of the day, nothing more.

Peter Cardillo

The selling in financials is an anticipation of lower earnings due to a slower economy, ... From the point of view of interest rates not going up, it's positive.

Charles Corp

The significant increase in 1999 planned expenditures is primarily due to the company's plans to enhance its systems capacity.

James Lago

Technically, these stocks are due for a rebound after being oversold last month.

Bill Rodgers

Sometimes such an injury may be due to increased running, fatigue, sickness, etc and have nothing at all to do with your shoe.

David Carr

As far as the records go, that has to be thrown out the window for right now when I go talk to the guys when I'm trying to get them encouraged and get them pumped up and ready to play. We have to lock it up, run the right route. I'll hit you and then we'll worry about the record later.

Justin Vernon

The way I see it is that I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual. I spent the first five years out of high school trying to make it work in Eau Claire, then I had to leave because there wasn't enough going on in town.

Jeff Conine

You sure hope so. You got to hope and feel encouraged by the fact that, if we keep this team together and play as excitingly as we have next year, that they'll come out to support us.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

The Savior encouraged brotherhood. He was not a long-distance leader. He walked and worked with those whom he led. He was not afraid of close friendships. He spent many hours with his disciples, and his relationships with them were intimate.

Douglas Zipes

We heard what we wanted to and we are encouraged that they are putting the patient first,

Sue Townsend

My second husband encouraged me to go to a writing group at our local theatre. It was my 'coming out of the closet' moment.

Adrian Leppard

I am very encouraged by the response from members of the public.

John Wilkerson

He was a mentor to me. He always encouraged me to do all I could in school. He told me I had talents. He told me I could do anything I wanted,

Kate Curran

My parents always encouraged me to do what I wanted.

Bob Uecker

The MRI scan looked like I had swallowed a cantaloupe. It was an abdominal aortic aneurysm. I was shocked because, except for the back pain, I felt good.

Gore Vidal

This is not at all bad, except as prose.

Eugenie Clark

I want to be remembered as a nice person who didn't hurt people - except my ex-husbands, maybe.

Lajos Egri

No two dramatists think or write alike. Ten thousand playwrights can take the same premise, as they have done since Shakespeare, and not one play will resemble the other except in the premise. Your knowledge, your understanding of human nature, and your imagination will take care of that.

Charles Osgood

There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.

Larry Bell

We ran really well, ... We worked them really hard Monday, looking ahead, except for one kid who wasn't there, and it's pretty obvious who it was. She had her legs today, and that was a big part of it.

Hootie Johnson

An invitation to become a member of Augusta National is very special and would never be tied to anything except personal relationships within this club.

David Todd

Everything has gone off pretty well, except for the weather.

Len Wolman

Everything you see is new except the structure of the rooms.

James Steel

Any hint of recovery in industrial recovery there is a good sign, ... it was a supporting factor to the rally.

Rey Mysterio

Reading helps me be more creative, it helps my imagination and I like the fact that it gives me some quiet time,

John Challenger

People who have been out for a while say, 'I've got to get back to work,' so they take downgraded jobs, ... Maybe they can't get a job as the plant manager, so they try to get a job as a manager on the factory line and work their way back up.

James Mcewan

People hate the fact that they kidnapped people, including a little child.

Preston Clark

The spectator traffic wasn't even a factor today. With this weather, they all headed for the hills.

Peter Lehman

The technology needs to get out of the lab and into the factory to reduce costs,

Glen Johnson

After four years, people have gotten used to the fact that Accelerated Technology is part of Mentor.

Vuk Draskovic

The most important is the fact that forces would come under the mandate of the United Nations and flag of the U.N.,

Jim Calhoun

Some teams play loose, and better than what they have. They were never scared off by the NCAA Tournament; in fact they were inspired by it.

Shannon Schonrock

As long as we're winning, it doesn't matter. It's great to see different people step up on any given night. And it makes us hard to prepare for because you don't know who to focus on. A lot of our numbers are down, minutes-wise, but it makes us that much tougher knowing that we have so many people that can contribute.

Lori Bennett

Our serve and service return was very weak in the first two games. But we had a lot of things that worked well. So for the third game, we focused on serving more aggressively.

Michael Barrett

The one thing I like about this team is as great as it was, as fun as it was, there's no real celebrating what happened today. It means we're focused and moving on.

Tim McCutchen

It was the same press. We used the same press-breaker, but we didn't execute. We just were not as focused and ready to play as we were the first time." ()

Jane Garvey

The whole issue of wiring is something that people have been focused on for a while,

John Shin

This is stronger than expected, the highest since spring of last year. But it's less important since it doesn't show anything about the impact of Katrina and everyone's focused on Katrina right now.

Adrian Jones

You're not really focused on the star, but the co-stars to see what they're doing to help the whole scene.

Mike Scioscia

This win was a good win for the team and gave us a big lift. We have to focus on winning from here on out.

Bryant H. McGill

When one learns to focus energy through surrender and sensitivity, they become free, and can access the expansiveness of endless possibility.

Sorin Cerin

The soul is the quill with which God wrote his Words of Genesis.

Steve Lewis

Thank God there was nobody in the pool.

Meryl Streep

Thank God I couldn't see anything out there.

Adoniram Judson

See the hand of God in all events, and thereby become reconciled to His dispensations.

Cam Newton

I've said numerous times that I play to have a stage that people will listen to, and I pray to God that I do right by my influence.

Jakob Bohme

The virtue of Love is nothing and all, or that Nothing visible out of which All Things proceed. Its power is through All Things; its height is as high as God; its greatness is as great as God.

Cecil Alexander

The rich man in his castle, / The poor man at his gate, / God made them, high or lowly, / And ordered their estate.

Jalal Rumi

The way you make love is the wayGod will be with you.

Jalal Rumi

The way you make love is the way God will be with you.

Les Paul

We're switching the sounds, not so much the tone of the instrument. And when things seem impossible, it's back to grade school, soldering, re-developing - always building.

Paul Morse

There's some guys looking at him, so he needs to get his grades in order. There are people that want him. He's just got to get the test score to get in.

Eric Johnson

I was terrible my first year. In 10th grade I was still bad, but the team needed someone that small. I knew that I just needed to stay off my back for the team.

Melissa McCarthy

Since grade school, I focused on women's clothing.

Frank Brothers

He's still pretty green, but any time you win a Grade I at Saratoga, it's pretty good.

Evan Anderson

I didn't know much about it. Actually, I didn't know anything. My grade school coach, Alden Dahl, he really got me interested in the sport. He really thought that I could be something special.

Mark Johnson

If I had to open up a new third grade tomorrow, I couldn't do it, ... I don't have the room.

Bob Stanley

I knew him a lot of years in grade school,

Frank Raffone

That means more kids have passed it before getting to 12th grade and don't have it hanging over their head right now.

Drake Bell

My first two records were influenced by the Beatles and the Beach Boys.

Tish Olszewski

I'm not sure what influenced him to go to VNI. Maybe it had something to do with his acting. In an undercover capacity, you really have to act.

David Steinberg

In comedy, looking back is more important than looking around at your contemporaries because they are too much influenced by the same time period as you are.

Alan Evans

We're all - especially myself - influenced by old-school music, but we all listen to some new-school stuff as well. Those influences of ours, we just soak them up, and they just come out in our writing and our performances.

Johann G. Seume

People should always have something which they prefer to life.

Linda Foley

The ones who are serving life sentences are victims.

Ken Scholen

The older you are, the more money you can get because life expectancy is shorter.

Larry Brown

After a year in therapy my psychiatrist said to me, "Maybe life isn't for everyone

Gore Vidal

After adolescence, if one's life is sufficiently interesting, the desire to tell oneself stories diminishes.

Manju Warrier

After my 10th standard, my life took me into the world of cinema, but I never severed my ties with my love for reading.

Tim Howard

The most important thing in my life is Christ. He's more important than winning or losing or whether I'm playing or not. Everything else is just a bonus.

Robert Edwards

The most important thing in life is having a child. Nothing is more special than a child.

Henry Selick

Stop-motion is sort of twitchy; you can feel the life in it. If we were to remove that completely, there'd be no point in it.

Amity Gaige

There would be times when I got so much work that I didn't have time to write. School interfered with writing more than writing with school.

Brandon Sanderson

Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.

Boris Vallejo

You can not do what you want to do unless you know the correct technique. The only other way you can learn how to do it is by doing it yourself, which would take twice as long than if you went to school.

Barbara Kingsolver

I've never gotten over high school, to the extent that I'm still a little surprised that my friends want to hang out with me.

Baruch Spinoza

Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men's natural abilities as to restrain them.

Art Buchwald

Any company executive who overcharges the government more than $5 million will be fined $50 or have to go to traffic school three nights a week

Benjamin Bratt

I don't really consider myself to be an actor of any particular style. My aim with every role I undertake is to be truthful and honest in that particular portrayal. I don't have a particular methodology from any one school of thought or training.

Brian Sandoval

I worked my way through law school.

Brendan Fehr

I never liked group work in school.

Birgitte Hjort Sorensen

When I was a kid, my sisters and I used to get a little present in our stocking each day of December, usually an ornament, some sweets, or a little toy.

Shannon Staub

Englewood wants sidewalks. So do a lot of other people. I am not sure what happened.

Ralph Murphy

We want to make sure they (companies) have a place to come.

Carlos Ramirez

I am sure we will be very busy,

Gideon Ezra

I am sure they (the prisoners) will be transferred to me and we will find them a spot.

Yulia Tymoshenko

I am sure it is not the president, it is his team,

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

But what if it doesn't work ... ?/ and they jammed sticks/ In the wheels of the first locomotive/ To make sure it wouldn't work.

Davy Crockett

Be always sure you're right, then go ahead.

Josh Beekman

Now they want to be sure when you come in that you're going to graduate.

Jeff Hanna

If anything, it was, 'Are you sure you want to do this?',