Famous Quotes & Sayings

Roger Fleming

It was such a community deal. The orange blossoms were blooming, women got all dressed up in their spring outfits, in all their finery. It was the place to be seen.

Rick Noble

We had to get permission from seven or eight governments. Nobody had painted a line at Fort Jackson. When you cross the Gervais and Blossom Street bridges, you have to get the state highway department involved.

Maxwell Norton

So if you want to see peach blossoms you have to know where to look.

Abdul Kalam

My government is committed towards creating such an environment so that the latent potential of our people can blossom and create a new India of our dreams.

Mark Ehlen

She picks things up quickly. Diana is just starting to blossom and is only showing a glimpse of what she might turn out to be. Her teammates really respect her for how hard she works to recover from everything she has been through.

John Scott

Garth has great size potential and runs very well. With a year in our weight program, he should start to blossom into the type of player who could have a solid college football career. His feet are exceptional, and his speed is as good now as any lineman we currently have.

Sathya Baba

One's personality can blossom only when he leads a mora life.

Mark Curley

I think this team really started to blossom in January. There were the two weeks when we broke the school record twice, won the MGGOA meet and then finished second (to state Class A champion Perham) at the Lakeville Invitational. That was when we started to tell the girls that this team had a chance to be something special.

Lord Alfred Tennyson

I wind about, and in and out,/ With here a blossom sailing,/ And here and there a lusty trout,/ And here and there a grayling.

Diane Perlov

It broke all records at the science center, and I think the Tutankhamen exhibit was the only exhibit in L.A. that had more people - we've never seen anything like it.

John Adams

Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination -- everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell.

Chuck Hill

I think the analysts will now exclude more stuff than they would have otherwise. If I'm faced with all or none, I'm going to say all. If it's broken out, I'm going to be more reluctant to exclude the indirect costs.

E. B. White

When her support system broke down here in Michigan, ... she was faced with some tough decisions.

David Joyce

When he realized he was getting duped he actually broke down and started to cry. He thought these guys were friends and helping him get the pictures off the Internet.

Don Peterson

We suspect that high winds broke the pipe that holds the ramp.

John Gay

We are frustrated with the broken immigration system. It doesn't match the economic reality.

Doug Robinson

I thought we played a great game tonight. I thought we outplayed them. Trumbull has a good team. We jumped up on them, they broke back with four straight goals, we outplayed them in the third period and overtime, but they got a lucky bounce. That's what can happen in overtime.

Dawn Karpell

I thought our defensive effort was fantastic. Most of their points came from the foul line. We really broke down what they wanted to do.

Doug Cauthen

He was a champion and it was a great privilege to have been around him. Even though he'd been out of service for a couple of years, we kept him in the same stall so he still felt he was part of things. That's what he deserved.

H. Hunt

He is the essence of sports in Kansas City and why there is a Truman Sports Complex and, frankly, why the two teams are there. He is and always will be a champion of all sports in Kansas City.

Steven Gerrard

He's a great player. He scores goals in the league, in cup competitions and also in the Champions League,

O.J. Mayo

I'd like to wrap it up with three in a row and be national champions next year.

Mick McCarthy

He has some useful Premiership and Champions League experience and his versatility provides me with cover,

Nigel Collins

If you're the champion and you get beat, the fighter who wins is the new champion. It's very straightforward. We offer fighters an alternative, and we don't strip them of their belts, and we don't charge sanctioning fees. It's very simple.

Jeff Thomson

In the end, if we don't win the Champions Trophy, who really gives a toss? For Australia, as long as these other guys are getting a game and learning something, then they are ready to go when they're picked (later).

Charlie Cyr

If the world champion falls, they get a minus-3.

Orlando Early

I hold told our guys that in conference plays, other teams are going to keep fighting. A champion has to take the blows, stand back up and keep fighting.

Tim Thomas

I was looking forward to showing some character by giving a good effort all the way to the end of the year. I thought there was a good chance that maybe we could end the season with a win and feel good about ourselves. But it wasn't to be.

Lyle Overbay

I was looking for a pitch to hit. I had a chance to drive it. When I saw it go in the gap I thought maybe there would be a chance to score. Next thing you know, we win the game.

Jarome Iginla

Kipper, he's played like that all year. He's been amazing. Especially early tonight, they had some chances and he made some timely saves.

Floyd Ciruli

I would say that the 7th right now is clearly the nation's most competitive seat, with the Democrats having a clear chance to win it.

Donna Reed

Just the idea of giving a critically ill person a new chance at life. Every time I think about it I get goose bumps. My son lives on in them.

Brian France

Joe Gibbs has proven that you can take success from one sport and translate it to another. If they follow anything close to his model, and they're smart guys, they'll have a chance to be successful.

John Lucas

John has had a lot of skills for a long time, ... Sometimes, picking the wrong school, picking a system that doesn't fit, you have to go where you can. I think he's in a system now he likes and respects a lot, he's getting a chance to play with high-level athletes.

Ron Wilson

It actually gave us a chance to stop the goal from being counted. But it's just one of those things.

Brian Jensen

I think it's a great team. You get a chance to talk about poker with some great players and there's a feeling of team spirit.

Ji-Hae Park

I would not want the limitations held by the name of a classical musician. I want many people to enjoy my music much beyond just classical music fans. I think the term, 'violinist,' keeps me distant from the audience. I want to communicate with them more.

Jo Beverley

I taught woman-centered childbirth classes for five years and have a particular interest in the history of childbirth practices.

Mike Gordon

He did not go to class today. There were never any plans to actually.

Patrick Esteruelas

He is weighed down by this transformation over the years from a self-described revolutionary and former opponent of the dictatorship of the fifties to ... the darling of the middle class and intellectual elite of Venezuela.

Tom Traynor

Hampton is well-coached and they are very good. Joe has done a great job with them and they've been a strong team in Class AAA for a number of years.

George Thorogood

The reason it has lasted for 30 years is for one reason and one reason only: Classic Rock radio.

Ted Allen

It's a 12-hour cooking class for me on the set of 'Chopped.' You'd think I'd get sick of it, but it's a source of endless interest to me. The only thing I don't like about it is it's a long day and my feet hurt. Otherwise, I love it.

Q'orianka Kilcher

I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.

Ashley Donnell

He's a friend because I had class with him.

Brent Newman

Jake was trailing most of that race. He finished super strong and just out-touched the other two.

Willie Roaf

I thought about (retiring). I talked to Will and some of the guys. Then last year we finished so strong at the end of the year. It was great seeing Will come back. That helped, too.

Todd Cheney

The ranking doesn't mean a whole lot to our guys. We've finished second in the state to Davison the last two years, so we know rankings don't mean a whole lot if you don't get it done at states.

Billy Bennett

When we finished playing, everyone started booing. I looked over my shoulder, and I realized that it was because the visiting team was running onto the court.

Marty Reid

We made our free throws down the stretch and then finished them up. It was just an overall great team effort.

Libby Lenton

I am just so happy that it is all over, it is such a relief to be finished racing.

Bill Mott

He handled the ground well and finished nicely.

Bob Holthus

He hadn't run in about four weeks, so we wanted to get a good work in him, and he finished good.

Larry Rothschild

He looked OK, for where we are. He finished up pretty strong. We'll pick it up there the next time.

Jim Sheehan

This was a good win. I am really pleased the girls played as well as they did.

Javier Ramirez

What we worked on this summer was our vertical. I don't have great size. But these girls can get off the ground.

Julie Klausner

Here is how you meet women: You tell the girls you are friends with - the ones in relationships - that you want a girlfriend. You shouldn't even have to say 'Set me up' or 'Introduce me!' If they're good girls, they'll get the hint.

Todd Borrison

I thought when their guards penetrated and got good shots, our big girls made the shots tough one them and that made the big difference.

Dallas Richter

We surprised a lot of people. It's starting to sink in with the girls and the community. The town is abuzz.

Andy Scott

We threw it into high gear. The girls played with passion.

James Avery

When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies.

Kevin Edwards

I thought the girls played with a lot of heart tonight,

Kris Kleeman

I thought the girls played well tonight. We didn't handle the pressure as well as I would have liked, but they played well.

Kate Bosworth

I don't really get star-struck, but I do get talent struck. If I meet somebody that I think is just wildly talented and brilliant, that's when I start getting nervous.

Larry Gregory

Having these meetings was more important than taking part on that panel,

Alison Goldfrapp

I thought what everyone thinks when they first meet Will,

Mike Pincus

The people that were at this meeting had no opinion at all.

Mike Bohn

I'd like the players to have the opportunity to meet him before the game.

Tony Fabrizio

I don't know that the rocky start is as important as what people see at the end of the day. The real rubber meets the road when they see what their expectations were versus what they actually get.

John Grahame

I don't know Robert at all. Actually, this will be the first time I meet him. He called me a month ago and said some type of quote appeared. I never read it. He said whatever it was, it was taken out of context.

Dan Ross

If you told me a week before the meet that we were going to be 16th, we wouldn't have even went.

Greg Marsden

I never would have predicted at this point in the season we would go 197. I try not to worry about (the judging) this year, because I know from meet to meet there are going to be some real differences.

Robert Wyatt

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome.

Robert Pattinson

I definitely want to record an album, direct a film and start my own religion.

Waylon Jennings

Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.

Tony Visconti

The object is to make a great record and you have to do whatever it takes.

Tony Visconti

My profession is called record production.

Tony Visconti

Today a record producer is even more involved and is often the production's sole musician, one person playing all the instruments one-by-one.

Vince Gill

It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.

Sade Adu

I only make records when I feel I have something to say. I'm not interested in releasing music just for the sake of selling something. Sade is not a brand.

Roy Ayers

The majors, they have to control the distribution, the record outlets, the radio and, in some cases, even the venues. And downloading and pirating have also put pressure on the majors.

Richard Madden

I was at a rough high school where admitting you were an actor didn't go down well.

Ruben Blades

Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.

Ronnie Dunn

I went to 13 schools in 12 years. We moved all over the place. Music was the only thing that I could get behind... I wasn't that good at socializing. I'm still not.

Umberto Eco

The west has decided to channel money and effort into studying other customs and practices, but no one has really given other people the chance to study western customs and practices, except at schools maintained by white expatriates, or by allowing the rich from other cultures to study in Oxford or Paris. What happens then is that they return home to organise fundamentalist movements, because they feel solidarity with those of their compatriots who lack the opportunity for such education.

Tyler Hilton

Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock bands and I was a singer/songwriter. It just seems kind of lame.

Tyler Blackburn

High school is a really strange time - you're not a kid, you're not an adult. You're about to be an adult, you're going to have to make some really intense decisions. It's a really pivotal time to have as much self-confidence as you possibly can. Even if that means you have one friend who supports you completely.

Tyler Blackburn

I was kind of a floater [in high school]. I got along with different types of people but I just was not cool, and definitely a late bloomer.

Tyler Hoechlin

I will never be as busy as I was in high school and college.

Tyler Oakley

I came from a pretty accepting community, and my school had a lot of openly gay and LGBT-plus people. When I joined YouTube, I saw a lot more hostility than I saw in my everyday life.

Doug Tolin

I thought we would come out and play better in the second half. But we could never really get anything going. It kind of went the other way on us.

Manny Acta

I don't know Soriano as an outfielder. He is here to play second base.

Umberto Guidoni

And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.

Voltaire

It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected.

Trevor Brooking

Unfortunately, we don't get a second chance. We've already played them twice.

Bill Bradley

In 30 seconds you can say a lot,

Scott Wilson

In the first and third we were making the shots. There wasn't anything different in the second and fourth. We were getting the same looks, they just weren't going in.

Dontez Sanders

I just wanted to see what was the problem. Because the first half, it wasn't that bad. The second half, we just didn't play as well as a group.

Herman Edwards

because it kind of sets up what you want to do on second down.

Sergei Bubka

His statements are really crazy, we are really shocked.

E. O. Wilson

I was completely surprised at his statement (to resign).

Will Durant

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Taro Aso

international responsibilities and the state of reconstruction work.

Roger Gerlach

I just thought every year you were going to go to the state tournament, as if there weren't other teams out there that also want to go.

Jim Hood

In doing so, they have defrauded the state of Mississippi,

George Pataki

I'm very proud of what we've done with the State University and the City University. They're totally different institutions than they were when I took office.

Estelle

I'm never scared to ask a question or state the obvious, y'know.

Dave McCoy

I'm real ecstatic. This the first time we've won in the state team tournament. We did very well. I was kind of surprised." ()

Brad Richards

I would say it was one of the better teams I've seen.

Trey Smith

Just the way they work together was really unique. A lot of other teams don't have that.

James Spithill

Going to the gym on my own I struggle with, but when I'm in there with a teammate or a group of guys, it's the ultimate environment.

Alejandro Canizares

He's a valuable player. He's one of the top three on the team, so we had a much weaker team this week.

Sergei Samsonov

He's a terrific player. He's tricky. He makes a lot of plays. He makes that team a lot better. Him being out of their lineup works to our advantage.

Matt Wichorek

I was down on myself. Our team was all over the place.

Stephen Cervantez

We treat every team the same. We just try to play our game.

Jeff Bourne

We?re now a team that is a threat to them walking away with a win.

Larry Pearson

Today in the Busch Series, the independent, one-car team doesn't have a chance.

Annika Sorenstam

I have had two weeks off and I'm rested,

Tony Mortensen

It's going to be a long, long bye week. Two weeks to think about this.

Paul Johnson

We'll have to see. Two weeks into the spring, we'll have an idea of the separation.

Joe Gibbs

Two weeks in a row, he's been pretty impressive.

Charles Fletcher

He could've won by 10 lengths if he wanted to.

Curtis White

I think we should have won by more (against Muncie Central), but we've been off (from competition) for a bit, and we're kind of rusty.

Catherine Jones

I was wondering that myself. I don't know.

Vincente Minnelli

I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.

Robert Caro

As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.

Vasily Grossman

Ivan tells Anna: "I used to imagine that being embraced by a woman . . . as something so wonderful that it would make me forget everthing . . . [But] happiness, it turns out, will be to share with you the burden I can't share with anyone else.

Robert Stack

It's all malarky; even the wonderful part is malarky.

Walt Disney

The wonders of nature are endless...

Sarah Hall

You’ve been wondering lately when the moment is that somebody is truly lost to you.