Famous Quotes & Sayings

Arthur Bloch

When working on a project, if you put away a tool that you're certain you're finished with, you will need it instantly.

Branch Rickey

Problems are the price you pay for progress.

Boethius

In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.

Charles R. Swindoll

Adversity is a good test of our resiliency, our ability to cope, to stand back up, to recover from misfortune. Adversity is a painful pedagogue.

Antonio Porchia

Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise.

Edmund Burke

Public calamity is a mighty leveller.

Richard Robinson

This type of adversity tends to galvanize your support.

Clark Haggans

This season was filled with adversity for us. We can say that we earned our way to the Super Bowl.

Mark Hudak

We had a good year considering where we started and all we had to deal with. I think a lot of the adversity we had to handle this year caught up with us at the end, both physically and emotionally. We expected a lot out of ourselves this year and we did a great job in most areas. I am very proud of this team.

Terry Vaughn

As an athlete, you've got to understand there's no loyalty in sports. I understand that and it doesn't bother me,

Anne Stevens

As a leader in both hybrid vehicles and in vehicles capable of operating on ethanol-based fuels, Ford is the ideal company to bring both technologies together for the first time.

Don Allen

The bottom line is they knocked them down in the fourth quarter when they needed to. We've executed our offense pretty well the last couple ballgames. We executed well on both ends of the floor.

Jack Bicknell

The bottom line is both of those guys are going to be playing like we did last year. They're both going to get an opportunity.

Ragina Averella

The bottom line--the overall cost of both ownership and operation of motor vehicles and passenger cars are down.

Tom Aldrich

The building configurations make it very difficult to do the cleanup as both parties had originally envisioned.

John Goodwin

The Broadcast Electronics deal is a great example of our efforts to deliver in both a reliable and flexible manner.

Taylor Griffin

The Bush-Cheney campaign looks for a vigorous debate at the appropriate time. But John Kerry should finish the debate with himself first -- being on both sides of each issue.

Max Cleland

The Bush campaign is trying to define John Kerry now, but for my money, the defining moment was 35 years ago when both of these young men, graduating from Yale from favored families, had a defining moment in their lives, ... John choose to volunteer and serve his country and risk his life doing so. George Bush did not.

Trot Nixon

As for my oblique, everything felt fine. I felt good in (right field). I caught a few fly balls, too. I felt reasonably comfortable at the plate. I'm happy with my day and I'm looking forward to tomorrow.

Richard Dieter

Commutation is meant for when the law hasn't caught up with society,

Alan Etter

The space heater was running, but the wiring failed, shorted and caught the material on fire.

Daphne Brown

The thing that caught my eye were all the casinos, ... I had never seen all that. There were all these lights. I thought I was in Las Vegas.

Kaui Hart Hemmings

I've never gone back to the stacks after my book's expiration at the front of the store. Not because I'm above it or anything, but I'd be mortified if someone caught me looking for my own book.

Chris Robinson

I've never caught an elephant before. She had pretty good life on her fastball. It tailed a little bit.

Gayla Curtis

I've always been interested in history and dance. I got caught up in the early dance movement of the '70s and '80s.

Brandon Breazell

I wanted that second one. When I caught it, I knew it was time to go.

Richie Sexson

A different move, one I hadn't seen before. It caught me off guard.

M. Wolfe

As of what we know, the better deal is Hilton. It's going to go up.

Rasheed Wallace

As long as we got the win. We gotta deal with that other (stuff) every night. But we fought through it and got the W.

Craig Cook

People think they need to be at a ski-in/ski-out resort, but the reality is it's not such a big deal to jump on a shuttle.

James Mansinger

Our defense has been going through this. I don't know if you can or not, but I think we've gone into a defensive slump. I don't know if we're not concentrating enough or what, but I'm not going to make a big deal out of it right now. We're going to work on it, but they know they made errors; you don't have to tell them.

Chad Prosser

Our culture, the whole deal of the South is what catches them - that sort of Gone With the Wind feeling.

Steve MacFarlane

Our evidence is that Northwest is having a great deal of trouble keeping their operation running.

Bill Richardson

Other past (DOE) secretaries have not wanted to deal with this problem, because of enormous political difficulties in the Congress, different constituencies,

Scott Medalen

People see him (Mayer) and they must think, 'Oh my god he has to be good' and it can be a hard thing to deal with. He has kept his composure. He is very even keeled. Nothing upsets him too much or gets him too excited.

Eduardo Sanchez

People can, however, do a great deal to protect themselves, their families, and their communities, ... Reducing exposure to mosquitoes is one of the most important things.

Robert Vincent

People are very sad. Our people called and gave because they knew it would be there for generations. We just never expected this.

Lord Browne

are expected to be well supported into the winter.

Shlomo Yosef

The situation is still serious, but it's stable. All the parameters ... are as expected following this type of surgery. Part of the treatment of the prime minister, in order to preserve low pressure in the skull, is sedation and respiration for at least the next 24 hours.

Stuart Rasch

I've lost about six to seven pounds. It's a lot less than I expected to lose.

Keith Sherin

The Olympics performed as expected even though in the quarter it was a loss.

Jason Tapp

South Lakes is improved and we expected a good fight. Fortunately we had more opportunities in the end.

Chris Witty

Once you're a medalist, you always hope to be a medalist, regardless of how I felt going in. I wanted to put it all together to see what I had. I just expected a race I could be proud of.

Judy Woodruff

No, we didn't have unrealistic expectations. We expected them to put up some fight.

Robbie Tobeck

Now, it's like last week. Guys were like, 'We won. We expected to win. Now, who's next?'

Tom Malone

As a punter, you get ready to go on third down. This year, we don't even get to third down very much. It's ridiculous how good the offense is. It's crazy. Some games, I didn't even punt at all.

Howard Wolfson

As a strategist, he's as good as they come. I think of guys like him and Mike McKeon as the A-team when it comes to Republican politics in New York.

Bob Howry

As a setup guy, if people are talking to you, obviously you did something bad. Otherwise you go unheard of. I guess that is a good thing.

Brian Thornton

As a senior it hurt not being out there with my team. I would have been good for something -- maybe helping out with (J.P.) Batista.

Chairon Isenia

As a player, you feel good when someone remembers something like that.

Michael Boyd

As an operating airline, Independence is as good as dead.

John Connell

As a team, we've got a lot of character. I'm very happy with that. They work hard and have a history of being good students. I feel very comfortable with this group of guys.

Jim Lee

As a gamer, I like to go up and look at people's faces and see how good of a job they did.

Derek Brown

As a framework, it's about as good as it gets.

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

O. J. Simpson

Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless.

Chris Dyer

Back then, youth issues were not very visible even in the nationwide organizations. Youth had consistently not been a priority in any of the Pride celebrations and we thought, here's a great way to help.

Don Shula

As long as they stay healthy, I think they've got a great shot at it.

Benjamin Franklin

A small leak can sink a great ship.

Mark Melton

A sloppy win is a lot better than playing great and losing.

John Wozniak

A song called Never. Which we never play. But it's a great song.

Robert Brooks

That park is great for trails and hiking. I don't really see home sites in that park.

Roger Federer

Rafael played a great match, it was tough to lose.

Marvel Smith

That's my main focus. That's my job this Sunday, really. I look at it: As long as I handle my job, we'll be fine.

Gina Uccelli

You're stepping into a school with a lot of history, tradition and now publicity. It's going to take a special person to step into that job and handle the unique pressure that comes with it.

Dave Righetti

You've really got to be able to handle guilt.

Joe Torre

You never really know until you get in a situation like this how somebody is going to handle it. We couldn't be more pleased, and he had to be proud of himself.

Camilo Villegas

You never know. I'm sure she's down about it. She's only 16 and she's going to keep learning. She's got a lot of pressure on her, but she handled herself well out there.

Anderson Hernandez

You never know. I could handle shortstop. I've been there all my life. If I had to, I could.

Ken Bell

We're just trying to get a handle on these private displays.

Scott Gernander

Even though we haven't seen a lot of it, I was a little disappointed at how we handled their press.

Kathleen Sinram

We were the three seed and we wanted to do better. Last year we lost, we didn't play well. We didn't handle their pressure well.

Martin Freeman

Actors are people who are doing a job they want to do, which isn't the case for many of the people who watch what we do.

Josie Bissett

Any job I choose has to work with my schedule with my kids. I don't want to miss any of my time with them.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

A president must be on the job 24/7, ready for any contingency, any crisis, anywhere, anytime.

Bruce Tonjes

The staff may be talented enough to do the job. They may need different materials . . .

David Hare

The silence between us was profound. I thought it was his job to say something. Only now do I understand it was mine.

Jeff Greene

I've been a job creator. I've worked in the economy myself.

Owen McClain

I use to look for a perfect job. Now I look for any job and make it perfect for me.

Natalie Cole

I've always been interested in the office. I was a secretary a long time ago, and I've always been into paperwork. My first secretarial job was 1965 or 1966.

Pat Ryan

I wanted someone who, that was their job, and they'd be reliable.

Gerry Adams

strenuous efforts, taken initiatives and stretched ourselves and our constituency to the limit.

Jim Gabella

Right now we're not playing very well. We're not putting anything together offensively. We can do one of two things ? we can feel sorry for ourselves or we can come back out (today) and work.

Claude Julien

We're putting ourselves in that situation. Over 82 games, once in a while, you like to find ways to make it easier.

Rick Adelman

We've put ourselves in playoff position now, we're right there. There are expectations, and this is good, but there's no time to relax.

Jean Fontaine

Lynx-eyes to our neighbors, and moles to ourselves

Jim Waggoner

We're setting ourselves up for some kind of rally.

Carl Edwards

I got a trick up my sleeve for when we really need it so we'll just get ourselves in position, and we're going to be alright, guys.

Dick Whittington

If we recycle the trees, we give ourselves a present.

Randy Foye

If we're going to make this program go, it had to start with us. We took it upon ourselves that we've got to do this.

Lindsey Kildow

As long as I can physically do it, I can suck it up for a minute, 55 seconds.

John Bromley

We really haven't physically merged the railroads at all,

Mark McHale

That wasn't physically getting beat. It was a miscommunication deal.

Paul Hewitt

I thought we were ready. Wake took it to us physically and we didn't respond.

Lawrence Goldstein

Physically it's very feasible, and politically it's very feasible.

Jon Gruden

You'd have to take a big yellow excavator to get me out of here. I'm here for the long haul, unless someone comes and physically removes me.

Gary Apodaca

We just didn't come ready to play; I could see it when we were warming up. We were there physically but not mentally, and we had a long talk after the game.

Bai Ling

You have to be proud of who you are.

Asa Butterfield

I can clap really fast. I can beatbox. I can type the alphabet in under 2 seconds. That's probably the one I'm most proud of.

Dennis Eckersley

I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings.

Jane Garvey

We have, I am proud to say, successfully transitioned in a very uneventful way.

Britney Spears

Yes I'm a virgin and proud of it.

Dave Ramsey

Be very proud of what you do, and if you aren't then change it.

Philip Hoffman

Be proud, Mom, because I'm proud of you, and we're here tonight, and it's so good.

Gary Bartlett

Turnout is not anything to be proud of this year.

Mats Sundin

We've had our struggles this year but we're going to do everything we can to make it in to the playoffs. I'm very proud of this group.

Brett Ratner

When I was 13, Eddie Murphy was to me what Chris Tucker was to 13-year-olds when I made 'Rush Hour.' And 'Rush Hour' really came out of the fact that I grew up watching 'Beverly Hills Cop' and '48 Hrs.'

Brett Ratner

I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories.

Brandon Sanderson

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.

Ayn Rand

He, too, stood looking at her for a moment--and it seemed to her that it was not a look of greeting after an absence, but the look of someone who had thought of her every day of that year. She could not be certain, it was only an instant, so brief that just as she caught it, he was turning...

Benjamin Cardozo

The repetition of a catchword can hold analysis in fetters for fifty years or more.

Benjamin Cardozo

More truly characteristic of dissent is a dignity, an elevation, of mood and thought and phrase. Deep conviction and warm feeling are saying their last say with knowledge that the cause is lost. The voice of the majority may be that of force triumphant, content with the plaudits of the hour, and recking little of the morrow. The dissenter speaks to the future, and his voice is pitched to a key that will carry through the years.

Benito Mussolini

If I advance; follow me. If I retreat; kill me. If I die; avenge me! It is better to live one day as a lion than one-hundred years as a sheep!

Brad Paisley

Willie Nelson, out there 200 days a year, calls his band family. And it is.

Brad Pitt

I've been in these tabloids for 14 years now, and at some point you just become a Zen master of it all