Famous Quotes & Sayings

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Hasty Pudding is no small potatoes (sorry to mix the food references), known for its famous alumni and much-hyped annual awards ceremonies. One year Mel Gibson recited Hamlet and escaped from a straitjacket. Tom Cruise has strutted in a bra and stilettos. This year Sarah Jessica Parker gets the prize. A recent ... episode was about money woes. I wonder if there will be any jokes about dough this time!

Nicole Davis

I think it's great that UNCA tries to keep its alumni involved with campus life through the awards and all of the other events that we invite our alumni to attend.

Gerald Myers

I think as our alumni and fans have gotten to know Mike, they have come to appreciate him even more.

Bruce Sherman

It is most appropriate that the entrance to this beautiful facility ? a facility that was constructed at the request of students ? carry the name of the Alumni Society,

Sid Bernstein

I went to James Monroe High School, a big school in the East Bronx. My first promotion was the first alumni reunion dance. I got all the names and addresses out of the yearbook. It came off very well.

Gerald Parsky

We look for UC Merced's presence, its faculty, its research and its alumni to start an economic renaissance for the Valley.

Tim White

I am delighted that coach Erickson will be the head football coach at the University of Idaho. Our student-athletes deserve the opportunity to develop and play under the tutelage of a proven, seasoned and successful head coach. I was in leadership roles at Oregon State University during Dennis' renewal of the football program in Corvallis, and know first-hand of the positive impact he had on the entire fabric of the university, its alumni and supporters.

Dan Leibovitz

I am extremely impressed with the leadership and mission of the University of Hartford under President (Walt) Harrison. I'm joining the university at a time of tremendous growth and see it as an opportunity to build a successful basketball team with a winning tradition of which our students, alumni and community can be proud.

Ron Murphy

Right now, Purvis is hurt; he sprained an ankle in the alumni game.

Howard Davidowitz

I think its a brilliant strategy. Make small improvements that will boost sales even 4 to 5 percent over the next few years and that could lead to a dramatic turnaround for the company,

Rashad Anderson

I think it hurt them more than us because we were able to take their elite scorer out of the game. That was a boost for us. And we just decided, hey, this is the time to turn it up.

Tommy Bowden

It always helps to win that last one. It boosts morale and gives you a lift going into the off-season.

Josh Pastner

He can really shoot it, so it's going to help stretch out defenses. We're excited to get him back, and it will be a big boost to our squad.

Dan Johnson

Harden at 40 percent is like most pitchers at 100 percent. When he comes back, it will be a huge boost for us. We have a lot of guys doing great already, but Harden is in an elite group, a superstar.

Ian McGeechan

Having Lawrence back is a tremendous boost for us,

Steve Barrow

History has shown currency intervention is a long drawn-out battle, ... It will take weeks, if not months, with or without the U.S., to boost the euro. It'll take a miracle.

Bill Sickles

I think you saw a lot of fund managers latch onto the stock market?s momentum in the fourth quarter, and that helped boost returns.

Bill Sickles

I think you saw a lot of fund managers latch on to the stock market's momentum in the fourth quarter, and that helped boost returns. And the mid-caps were good for investors looking for more nimble companies, but without the risk that goes with small-caps.

Justin Brouse

I was in the backfield and I came out on the wheel. And Corey Martin just lobbed it up to me.

Alex Cintron

I was in shock. I was happy, though. (Arizona) didn't have the confidence in myself. They were looking to trade me and I came here to Chicago. It is going to be good for me.

Anna Maxwell Martin

I was always a show girl. My parents were wonderful. There wasn't a lot going on where we lived, but they ferried me to classes and competitions all over the place. When I was 12, I came to London as a finalist in a singing competition and I was completely wide-eyed.

Robin Ross

Kevin is one of those success stories. Things hadn't worked out other places, he came here and now he's doing well academically and he's on track football wise. Those kinds of things are why you coach.

Melissa Arms

Kim couldn't have done that routine better. She had a great week at practice and came in very confident.

Natalie Peters

Kling has a good arm. She just came up and did what she does every day in practice.

Dave Kiser

Kelsey came in and really gave us a lift in the first half.

Kathy Lanter

Kelly and Jill are quite a pair inside. We all read how they came back from 16 down with three minutes to play to win the sectional, so we knew we couldn't let up.

Steve Jackson

Kelley is a great keeper. She came to practice and worked hard, and every game she gains more confidence.

S. Walker

I was cheering our guys on and watching those guys celebrate in the other dugout. It would have been tough for us to hold in our emotions if we were in the same situation.

Justin Doellman

It has been a tough week for us. A lot of things have gone wrong, but we're moving on. We've got to take this win, celebrate it tonight and look forward to Saint Joe's (on Tuesday).

Al Thornton

I was just trying to celebrate with the fans. I didn't know they were going to rush the court.

Ram Kapoor

Platinum for me signifies everlasting love, which needs to be celebrated in the most special way.

Rafael Benitez

I prefer to talk about this game, to celebrate our victory and to show respect for my players,

Roger Moore

Children do not stop dying while we celebrate and enjoy the World Cup games.

Rick Hendricks

I'm out of breath. This race is unbelievable, a race everybody wants to win. We're going to celebrate this one.

Kim Clijsters

I'm just really looking forward to going home to celebrate with my friends and family in Belgium,

Jackie Rubin

I'm sad they're not able to celebrate Purim with their families. Hopefully, they will be happy and excited when they get the boxes.

Suzy Merchant

Kent can be extremely explosive. I was certainly frustrated. They just gave it to us.

David Hawkins

I wouldn't say it's unusual. In terms of moving from one institution to another, if Richard felt like it was time for change, it certainly seems like a logical move to make.

Jeff Kelly

I would say that the omission is certainly damaging to us.

Tony Russa

Just look at him, he's in great shape. I don't know if he's more excited than he's ever been, but certainly he's not any less. I think he's high quality.

John Bunting

Joe certainly has experience that Cam doesn't have, so he has a head start in that regard.

James Leavitt

I suspect the district attorney's office is investigating to see whether or not there is enough evidence for any of the charges. They are certainly looking at other incidents to see if there is any involvement.

Lloyd Carr

I think it is certainly one of the better defensive teams in the country.

Eddie Jones

I think Ireland will come out with a very different approach. I think, certainly in terms of attack, they'll play a far different game. We're prepared for anything...

Billy Donovan

I think in the SEC tournament if you can get a bye that's always a great thing. It's certainly very hard playing four consecutive games in a row to win an SEC championship.

Edward Johnson

What motivated Karen Golding to do the things we have charged, I can't tell you.

Jose Fernandez

That really motivated her. In a way, it was disappointing.

Shaggy

Not everything you want is everything you really need. The standard of society is motivated by greed. Are you prepared to follow, tell me, are you prepared to lead?So perservere and you'll succeed.

Kim Il-sung

Everything is decided bya person's thoughts and if he is ideologically motivated, there is nothing he cannot do.

Drew Gooden

Zach and me are friends and he was going at me so I had to go back at him. It motivated me and I got up.

Gary King

Everything was real, it motivated me to keep a positive attitude.

Dave Bautista

Nothing can motivate me any more than I'm motivated.

Ralph Nader

Nothing can stop the power of an informed citizenry when it is empowered, organized, and motivated.

Peter Drucker

History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.

Joseph Kabila

Whatever happens, if there are summits we will be there, provided it takes place after the funeral,

Paul O'Grady

I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it.

Jacqueline McKenzie

I have provided a soundtrack for a scene that I am in which is pretty cool.

Sally Roth

They are provided with that, other than that they have to come up with the rest.

Scott Laningham

They are actually providing the service; we just provided them the location.

David DeFazio

Many of the statements (appeared) to have been provided to her.

Steve Monks

He's quicker to the ball. He provided a big spark off the bench.

Tom Zilla

I thought it provided a lot of justification for making the improvements.

Thomas Kelly

We provided about a quarter of the community's blood.

David Robertson

It could come down all at once in the rain storms on Friday, who knows.

Richard Wilbur

Happy in all that ragged, loose collapse of water, the fountain, its effortless descent and flatteries of spray...

Truman Capote

You know the days when you get the mean reds? Paul Varjak: The mean reds. You mean like the blues? Holly Golightly: No. The blues are because you’re getting fat, and maybe it’s been raining too long. You’re just sad, that’s all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you’re afraid, and you don’t know what you’re afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?

William Gibson

His eyes were eggs of unstable crystal, vibrating with a frequency whose name was rain and the sound of trains, suddenly sprouting a humming forest of hair-fine glass spines.

Richard M. Nixon

Most days I feel like the sole survivor of a shipwreck, rowing my paddleboat across a sea of people on waves made of an infinite array of hands and crests that reveal anonymous faces. On a good day, the clouds part to alight on-lo and behold-an island! I step ashore, only find that it too is made of people, mangled bodies somehow still alive. They grab at my feet, pulling me under like quicksand. The last thing I see before suffocating is the sky, a billion eyes staring down, blinking in undulating electric ripples. The cold rain I feel on my cheeks is the tears of the people.

Rich Mullins

Be praised for all Your tenderness by these works of Your hands, suns that rise and rains that fall to bless and bring to life Your land. Look down upon this winter wheat and be glad that You have made blue for the sky and the color green that fills Your fields with praise.

Roald Dahl

Rainbow drops - suck them and you can spit in six different colours.

Tori Amos

Years go by Will I still be waiting For somebody else to understand Years go by If I'm stripped of my beauty And the orange clouds Raining in head Years go by Will I choke on my tears Till finally there is nothing left One more casualty You know we're too easy Easy Easy

Robert Lowell

The Lord survives the rainbow of His will.

Ron Gardenhire

Have you watched us bunt? Does it look like we have it down now?

Alan Trammel

He's a keeper. We'll be watching him for years.

Chris Remley

When he was selected, I wasn't surprised. I'm going to watch it.

Matt Berninger

I watched R.E.M. connect with the back row of a 50,000-seat venue.

Chord Overstreet

I watched 'Full House.' I loved 'Full House.'

Mikhail Baryshnikov

I was kind of amused, and shocked. At first I was watching it with my children. Then I said 'Children, OUT!

Rob Corddry

Apparently it's cool to watch The Daily Show.

Richard Dawkins

I sympathize with politicians who have to watch every syllable they utter for fear it will be misused by somebody with an agenda.

Will Estes

I don't really get a chance to watch much television. I mostly watch BBC Worldwide and repeats of Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond