Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tina Brown

The comptroller of New York City ought to have all the characteristics of a major corporation's CFO - quiet rigor, obsessive care for detail, incorruptible judgment, an ability to work assiduously behind the scenes with the key stakeholders.

Thomas Friedman

America still has the right stuff to thrive. We still have the most creative, diverse, innovative culture and open society - in a world where the ability to imagine and generate new ideas with speed and to implement them through global collaboration is the most important competitive advantage.

Wendy Kopp

We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.

Wendy Kopp

We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership.

Virginia Postrel

What makes a loft authentic isn't its layout or its history but its ability to give people a true home - a dwelling that reflects their personalities and aspirations, including their dreams of urbanity.

Colin Morgan

For me, one of my favorites, director-wise, is Tim Burton. I also really admire the work of actors like Sean Penn. He is probably my favorite actor because of his dedication and commitment to roles, and the ability to morph and change himself when he needs to. It's about dedication and commitment and a passion.

Ben Carson

You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can - prepare, pray and achieve - to make it happen.

George Burley

The Polish guy was a lad I really wanted to bring to the club because he has smashing ability but unfortunately we've been unable to prise him away. He is a top-class player. One of the best in Poland.

Bruce Norris

The picture for California has been great, but I think it has started changing. There's certainly going to be upcoming weakness in California because we've just about gotten to the point where we've priced our typical buyer out of his ability to make the monthly payment.

Twyla Tharp

My father always said, 'I don't care if you're a ditch digger, as long as you're the best ditch digger in the world.'

Twyla Tharp

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Custard is controversial: what makes it a custard, how best to cook it and, crucially, is it to be eaten or put in a pie and thrown?

Yani Tseng

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

Thucydides

We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Timothy Noah

There's a growing consensus that the best way to defeat communism in Cuba is to get its citizens hooked on American goods.

Thomas Friedman

I can see a day soon where you'll create your own college degree by taking the best online courses from the best professors from around the world - some computing from Stanford, some entrepreneurship from Wharton, some ethics from Brandeis, some literature from Edinburgh - paying only the nominal fee for the certificates of completion.

Idina Menzel

I used to take 40 minutes to warm up before going on stage. If you want to spend time with your child as well as having a career, you have to get up there even if your head's a mess. It's made me more relaxed, and I'm having some of my best shows.

Idina Menzel

I'd been a wedding singer through college, but after a few years of doing my best renditions of jazz standards to clinking glasses and the sound of forks on salad, I thought, 'Oh God, if this is all I do, I'll never be able to live with myself.'

Susan Smith

We need to have dealt with this by Monday because we don't want to be put in that predicament.

Mark Sudduth

Who knows where this guy is, and what he dealt with 24 hours later.

Joe Gibbs

Most of the quarterbacks I've dealt with when they're young have had setbacks,

Janis Karpinski

We haven't dealt very effectively with those photographs or what they indicated,

Bill Grant

The practice of veterinary medicine is a highly regulated profession in the state of California. These issues should be dealt with on a statewide basis, not by local ordinance.

William Sheffler

Those are things that can be dealt with.

Roy Wilsher

We are in uncharted territory. This is the largest fire of its kind that we in the U.K., and in Europe, have dealt with.

Richard Branson

We are disappointed at the way this was dealt with at the boardroom level.

Jimmy Dowell

It feels good to get that first district win. After what we've dealt with the last two matches, this is refreshing.

Imelda May

I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us to have votes, for women to have votes in particular - your vote is your one weapon.

Yoko Ono

Nothing is written in stone. So don't prepare yourself for a long and lucrative career. You might die tomorrow. Your gold holdings might become dust. Just make the music you want to make now and enjoy it.

Chuck Palahniuk

When working, my diet degrades to pizza three times a day, because I don't want to distract myself from anything.

Chelsea Clinton

We have to do whatever we can to ensure that no child dies of diarrhea.

Ben Harper

I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.

S. E. Hinton

'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.

Beeban Kidron

We are increasingly offered a diet in which sensation, not story, is king.

Bonnie Tyler

I remember when the Atkins diet arrived; I lost 16 lb in the first month, but when I stopped, it all went back on again.

Chloe Grace Moretz

Well, I used to have a sister, but I never got to meet her because she died after two days, I think. So if I got a tattoo, it would probably have to be something to do with my sister. I actually want to get a tattoo when I'm older of something about her.

Namie Amuro

I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.

Michael Bell

We've talked to a lot of students and property managers about this, and we're trying to sort out the pros and cons, ... A staunch position, yea or nay, can't be reached at this point.

Donald McDonald

We've been trying to get applications out, but everything has been rejected because of his record. I would go with him to talk with some of these managers to just be a support for him.

Scott Cooley

He is one of the smartest managers around.

Arne Glimcher

I've been told I'm a good midcareer manager.

Michael Carty

We're seeing a little turnaround, after so much negative news. It's also the end of the quarter, so portfolio managers need to do a little window dressing.

Paul Anka

I wrote 'She's a Lady' on the back of a TWA menu, flying back from London after doing Tom Jones's TV show. Jones's manager wanted me to write him a song. If I have an idea and I don't have a pad of paper, I'll write on whatever is available. What's the difference? Paper is paper.

Ted Lindsay

The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains.

Ed Stern

You look for a stage manager who really is in charge, who can really smooth things out.

Tom Lewis

I think it will be a lot like our first match, where Nos. 2-3 singles will be critical,

Chris Rix

We anticipated a lot more single coverage, but we didn't get it as often as we wanted to,

Kenny Williams

We'll never let A.J. get on top of the world. Never. Not one single day.

Robbie Williams

My self-doubts are disappearing day by day... However, my first single was a cover.

Michael R. Bloomberg

had to work every single day of his life.

James Nesbitt

I don't know a single person who doesn't regret the things that they did to hurt their parents, or the things they didn't say to them.

Daniela Hantuchova

I feel fantastic. It's something really special. Now I can concentrate on my singles career.

Diane Setterfield

There was no single moment when I thought, Aha! What a great idea! Rather there was a slow and gradual accumulation of numerous small ideas.

Byron Katie

I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment.

Bobb'e J. Thompson

I was the class clown type of guy.

Taye Diggs

You just don't see the same type of all-purpose entertainers nowadays.

Morris Gleitzman

Melbourne is my type of city, much more so than Sydney.

Beck

I didn't even have a computer until like 10 years ago. I was still using a typewriter until 2002.

Barry Lopez

When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper.

B. J. Novak

Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.

Mark McNulty

Those are the type of tap-ins you like to have.

Ryan Robertson

We're not used to that type of athleticism in our league. They get in your mind.

David Morse

I was stuck as a Boomer type in a lot of people's minds.

Nevada Democrat

We're willing to work through these amendments. If they want to have these votes, we'll have the votes.

Sara Evans

We're very willing to look into it, but we're still at a very preliminary stage.

Bill Walsh

We aren't willing to concede it won't be ready.

He Yafei

We are willing to import more U.S. goods.

Ben Jonson

I have a humour, / I would not willingly be gulled.

David Jones

He's disappointed, but he understands that's what you have to do. He's willing to go in and work a little harder.

Bryan Winkler

I don't have a lot of hair, but I'm willing to do that.

Loui Antonucci

I don't know that we're willing to do that tonight.

Brooke Niquette

We're so young, but we're willing to learn. We can do well.

Evangeline Lilly

I've not worked with Martin Freeman. I've hung out with him, but I've not worked with him.

John Allen

That worked out so well, and reservations were so popular.

Dean Winters

My brother and I worked in eight bars as the brother bartenders.

Max von Essen

My career hadn't rocketed to the top of anything, but I've worked consistently and done things I've loved.

Julie Smith

Merkel and Chirac would not have worked particularly well together.

Mitch Ashmore

We have not executed well all year on things like that. We made them make a play, and it just worked out well.

Zachary Gordon

Zach Galifianakis is hilarious. I worked with him on a pilot before; he's hilarious and such a nice person.

Adam Giles

I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.

Joan Chen

I worked a year in L.A. That was... a treat.