Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brad Blew

Our seniors have made it to this game every year, if not farther. This has been a successful group and I'm certainly disappointed for them that we didn't win, because we played so hard, but I could never be disappointed in this group. They've achieved so much this year and have done so much as a group, they'll always be special.

Alain Belda

Despite significantly higher energy prices which offset more favorable metal prices, we achieved solid cost savings results from the restructuring undertaken over the last two years...,

David Williams

Despite plenty of progress, tissue engineering has not achieved tremendous clinical success or commercial success.

Alain Belda

Despite increasing softness in the construction, transportation, building, and distribution markets, as well as significantly higher energy prices, Alcoa achieved record performance as a result of rapid integration of new acquisitions and execution of its cost-cutting initiative,

Greg Owens

Despite the strong revenue growth and market momentum we have achieved over the last seven quarters, general market conditions and economic uncertainty adversely impacted our second quarter financial performance.

Juha Park

Depending on what market data you use, what we found last year is that we achieved the No. 2 position in Europe but very close to the No. 3. We want to be the definite No. 2 this year.

John Park

And that's a sign that he's continued his development. The tone I've set with him is, 'Hey, you haven't achieved all that you want to.' And winning districts in track gave him more confidence and motivation to step it up even more this fall.

Jonathan Eunice

Applications also can be connected pretty seamlessly, which is a major shift with respect to what formerly could be achieved with respect to all these islands of automation? They can finally stop thinking about application and hardware silos -- and the discrete functions they perform -- and begin shifting their attention toward the processes themselves, which is where the real business value lies.

Jim Leach

A resolution has been achieved that appears to represent a good-faith consensus in which the Treasury participated and both parties played a role, ... We believe we're at a credible resolution.

Emma Stone

I was just a ham since about the age of five. If I was performing at Medieval Times or something, I'd be the court jester. That was always my defense mechanism. I was never all that funny; I was just obnoxious and loud.

Richard Madden

I was always a bit old for my age, then suddenly I'm on set, working alongside the adults, skipping school completely for two years.

Erik Lomis

Kids love the movie. Our audience is predominantly young -- 12 and younger -- so most of the eyeballs got in at children's price. But we expect that age group to grow over the coming weeks as word of mouth spreads. The film is budgeted considerably under $30 million, so it's going to be very profitable. Frankie Muniz's last film ('Big Fat Liar') opened to $11 million and did $47 million (so) this could do $60 million.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Journalists were at the forefront. From the Civil War until the early 1900s, nothing was being done to solve the problems of the Industrial Age.

Dr. Young

I also have five children at home, all under the age of 10. So needless to say, we keep busy.

Jim Capaldi

I always felt from a very early age that whatever one's role in life is, we all have our own particular style, our own particular character.

Lorenzo Lynch

He was big for his age so they put him on the line, ... All he was doing was blocking and rushing the quarterback on defense.

Lee H. Hamilton

He certainly has kept his agenda in front of us,

Rob Maxwell

He carries himself well despite his age. We played him up a couple times last year, and he did a good job. He shows good presence in the huddle and on the field.

Roger Andrew Taylor

As Andy says, being in this band in the early 1980s made you feel like you were part of a pizza. We were always one of the band, one of Duran Duran, or one of the Taylors.

Craig Conroy

A wake-up call, sometimes it's needed. Andy was here a long time. If we didn't make the playoffs, there was going to be changes - players, personnel, everybody.

Troy Farnsworth

Austin threw a great game and what can I say it was clutch hitting. Andy worked on some stuff in the cage and was swinging well in batting practice today. He got a hold of a couple today. I'm happy for him.

E. B. White

As long as Andy is playing well and we're playing offensively as well as we've played the past two weeks, it will be tough to make the change.

Abbey Clancy

Originally, I wanted a pop career and formed a girl-band 'Genie Queen' managed by Andy McClusky from 'Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark', but it didn't work out. My brother John is the talented singer and song-writer with 'The Razz,' while my other brother Sean is a footballer for Telford United.

John Ellinger

Originally, I think we thought that Clint was going to come in and play like a forward and Andy was going to play the attacking mid. But kind of how it evolved was Clint felt more comfortable coming back and sometimes they were in the same space and it kind of complicated things at times.

Richard Fitzgerald

The Sixth Street Bridge is the Roberto Clemente Bridge, named for a sports figure, and sports is so important in this town. The Seventh Street Bridge is the Andy Warhol Bridge, which points out how important the arts are to this area. And now, the third bridge is dedicated to science, so important to the county.

Andy Robinson

The team has moved forward and I thought Andy Goode, coming in at fly-half for his first start, had a very, very good game. He showed some real composure under pressure.

Darius Vassell

The move has been brilliant for me and given my career a lift. I'm really pleased with the move and the partnership with Andy is going well. Long may that continue.

David O'Leary

Kevin is out on Tuesday and is a doubt for Chelsea,

D.J. Shockley

Joe's very smart. There's no doubt in my mind that Joe can get the job done just as well as if I was playing.

Suzy Kassem

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

Kjell Bondevik

There is no doubt we want this food distributed, and that is why I raised it with the president.

Thomas McSweeny

There is no doubt we are going to do something.

Milorad Vucelic

There is no doubt this is a question of Milosevic's liquidation by The Hague court.

David Rosenberg

There is going to be near-term inflation. Is it going to be sustained? I doubt it.

Mark Keller

We think Gillette's a very inexpensive stock right here, ... Yes, there may be another quarter or so of disappointing numbers, but we doubt that the market impact will be severe from this point forward.

Roy Wilson

We're on the move. There's no doubt about it.

Joe Battista

I think in the end, in the future this team is going to make things happen.

Samantha Bond

I lost a girlfriend when I was in my 30s. She was 46. It all sounds so trite, but I put a Post-it on my dressing-room wall. It said, 'The past is history. The future is a mystery. This moment is a gift, which is why it's called the present.'

Thomas Piketty

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return.

Eric Davis

We've got to think about everything possible that there is to think about. We have got to turn over every stone, and look into the future to find out what's waiting for us. What can physics do ... where should physics be going?

Craig Patrick

He wasn't playing like he was two years ago, and I didn't see us re-signing him. This was a good opportunity to get a player for the future and someone who can do the job defensively this year and possibly beyond.

William Winwood Reade

And then, the Earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the airless Saharas which separate planet from planet and sun from sun. The Earth will become a Holy Land which will be visited by pilgrims from all the quarters of the Universe. Finally, men will master the forces of Nature; they will become themselves architects of systems, manufacturers of worlds.

Wernher von Braun

There are flying grandfathers. But I intend to be an orbiting grandfather.

Robertson Davies

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

Robert E. Howard

Man is better without knowledge of things to come, for what is to be will be, and man can neither avert nor hasten. It is better to go in the dark when the road must pass a lion and there is no other road.

Asif Kapadia

The Monaco Grand Prix is in May right around the time of Cannes.

David Keene

The one big strategic error - which was a political error and an economic error of grand proportions - was the prescription drug bill.

Yoko Ono

Thank you George, it was grand knowing you.

Grant Thomas

It would be very disappointed if tummy taps or whacks in the guts prevented players from playing in grand finals.

Maria Sharapova

It was very difficult, I've played Nadia in the last two Grand Slams in the quarter-finals as well and we've had such tough matches and I've been able to pull through so I'm very happy.

Jeffrey Jones

I understand they are still investigating, and the (federal) grand jury is still looking at the matter.

Charles Breithaupt

This is going to be a grand experiment.

Lorenzo Snow

This is the grand means that the Lord has provided for us, that we may know the light, and not be groveling continually in the dark.

Art Modell

I don't want my grandchildren to go through what I went through

Lynda Carter

Having them go to these premieres with me and tell me that they are proud of me is pretty cool.

Rick Barnes

He had to step back and look at a lot of things. I'm proud of him, because he took a tough situation and got the most out of it.

Rex Ryan

I can't tell you how proud I am to be the head coach of the Buffalo Bills.

Robin Tunney

I'm really proud to have been in The Craft. I will always be that chick from The Craft, no matter what I do.

Robert Schumann

I sometimes lack confidence in public, although I am proud enough inwardly.

Roseanne Barr

I'm fat and proud of it. If someone asks me how my diet is going, I say 'Fine - how was your lobotomy?'

Yoko Ono

Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.

George Clooney

I'm proud to be part of this Academy. I'm proud to be part of this community. I'm proud to be out of touch.

Jeff Bower

I'm proud of the way they stepped up. We did a lot of things well for our first ballgame.

Chris Whitaker

Until you've won a title you'll never be completely happy.

Cory Booker

Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.

Michele Bachmann

Though I'm a congresswoman by title, a politician I've never been.

Tom Harkin

No one ever wore the title of 'senator' better and used it less.

Adam Lambert

I've always been fond of the glam-rocker title.

Kerri Brown

Guarding the opponent's top scorer is a lot of work, and we all know that.

Henry Rollins

I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.

Stuart Appleby

It will be one of our top 10 doing something,

Alex Kelly

It was hellish conditions, if you will, on top of the chimney.

Bobby Cox

They're very similar. They're on top of their games.

Robert M. Pirsig

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

Patrick McVerry

Defensively, again, we are going to be tops in the league.

Lance Corcoran

Anything and everything they are doing at the top is not translating to the staff, to the facilities.

Daniel Payne

That's my top goal, to go to college.

William Arthur Ward

The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem - he is challenged by it.

Rick Ross

I scoop Emmy winners like kitty litter.

Jeffrey Gitomer

You can't be a winner if you're a whiner...wiener.

Chris Paul

I've been a winner my whole life.

Richard Petty

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Richard P. Feynman

Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something.

Rick Cook

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

Woodrow Wilson

I have no happy fairyland vision that she can win.

Woody Allen

I have no regard for that kind of ceremony. I just don't think they know what they're doing. When you see who wins those things-or who doesn't win them-you can see how meaningless this Oscar thing is.

Will Ferrell

I’m just a big, hairy, American winning machine!

Richard M. Nixon

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

Richard M. Nixon

I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don't have that experience. My only experience is at losing them.

Robert Duvall

Everybody likes to win.

Mark Richt

He's a big-league talent. I wish he wasn't a freshman. Hopefully, we won't have to play him for a while.

William James

If you only care enough for a result, you will almost certainly attain it. Only you must, then, really wish these things, and wish them exclusively, and not wish at the same time a hundred other incompatible things just as strongly.

Roald Dahl

I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems. I couldn't face the embarrassment, and anyway I lack the courage. Any courage I had was knocked out of me when I was young. But now, all of sudden I have a sort of desperate wish to tell everything to somebody.

Saint Augustine

Be always displeased with what you are if you wish to be what you are not. Always add, always walk, always proceed. Neither stand still nor go back nor deviate.

William Goldman

[Prince Humperdinck] was seventy-five minutes away from his first female murder, and he wondered if he could get his fingers to her throat before even the start of a scream. He had been practicing on giant sausages all the afternoon and had the movements down pretty pat, but then, giant sausages weren’t necks and all the wishing in the world wouldn’t make them so.

Voltaire

We cannot wish for that we know not.

Samuel Johnson

Levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.

Robert Jordan

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.

Yoko Ono

You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.