Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Patrick Shanley

I adopted two children, then I got eye disease and five rounds of surgery. I went blind in one eye, then the other eye, and that went on for three or four years. I got very enamored and involved with the theater and did a lot of plays.

Mary Gauthier

I was adopted when I was about a year old. My adopted parents tried, but their marriage was doomed. Music saved my life. I couldn't relate to things in Baton Rouge, but I found songs that spoke to me.

Ed White

I think what happened is we all adopted each other.

Richard Thompson

Intelligent design is now being adopted by a number of credible scientists. If the Dover school district wins this case, you're going to see intelligent design popping up on school board agendas all over the country.

Ann Wilson

I'm a single mum and my daughter came from a really potentially tragic situation. If I had not adopted her she was kind of like a lost lamb.

Dave Walker

I'm pleased to receive this award, ... I have been a constant with this organization for many years now, but we wouldn't be here today if I wasn't surrounded by many other talented people along the way. I'm extremely proud of the Burlington community's dedication to professional baseball as evidence by the fact the Bees have survived and now prospered as the smallest full-season market in the Minor Leagues. I'm also pleased with the response we've gotten on a regional basis from the baseball fans all over Southeast Iowa and Western Illinois that have adopted the Bees as their hometown team.

Ed Smith

I never heard people speak about segregation as some great cross that they were bearing. They just went on about their lives. Some of them had good contacts with white people that they were serving in someone's home. Sometimes those white families almost effectively adopted you.

Steve Johnson

In legislation that became effective in 2005, Congress adopted a uniform definition for most people. It won't change what they can take, but it'll make it easier for them to understand.

Pat Toomey

The F.E.C.'s claims and legal theories are a bizarre interpretation of the club's mission, the Constitution, the laws adopted by Congress and their own regulations,

Frank Bruno

Just recently I got a request for a proclamation in Volusia County for a gentleman that became 80 years old, ... That is not appropriate because you are proclaiming the day because that person is 80 years old. So I sent a letter instead.

Zulima Farber

I think it became a big case only because of the names involved. I think it would have been a routine -- if there is such a thing -- illegal gambling case if it wasn't for the names of those people involved. However, because there was a trooper involved, it was big to us.

Courtney Pratt

It became pretty clear we weren't going to get any kind of wage concessions from our labour union,

Daisy Ridley

It became my solace. Because it's the only thing structured in my life right now. Training is sort of a therapy session, I guess.

Peter Steele

It became more and more difficult after drinking beer, or while drinking beer on stage, to execute vocals in between burps.

Jim Sterk

It became logical and probably the smartest thing I could do to continue with what's started. I told Dick this summer, I said, 'I hope you realize I'm telling people Tony could be even better than you.' And he loved it.

Nancy Peterson

It became increasingly evident that we needed to do something in terms of a financial turnaround plan, or the place wasn't going to be a viable organization anymore.

Detective Coody

It became evident to us that he really didn't care about the people he had in the truck with him. He was only concerned about himself.

John Lockwood

It became clear to us certain manufacturers were creating huge differentials on their products as an inducement to pharmacies, doctors and others to purchase their drug over another.

Lance Williams

He knew he was better than Mark McGwire. It offended him when people said Mark McGwire might be the greatest player who ever lived.

Ken Dunham

Historically, risk is much higher with Windows operating systems than Unix/Linux. How can I say that, look at all the major attacks. Which ones had the greatest likelihood and impact for 2005? Windows hands down.

Donald Every

I think it's his greatest accomplishment, one that has the potential for the longest-term impact.

Jamie Trowbridge

In the last two years, it has made the greatest leap, and that makes us the fastest-growing subscriber income of any publication.

Carl Edwards

I'm not the greatest qualifier, and I'm learning a lot,

Scott Graham

I literally have the greatest job in the world.

Jim Montgomery

I remember it like yesterday. It was one of the greatest moments of my life.

Carol Kaplan

I have the greatest role model that ever existed, ... She worked long before it was fashionable for women to be out in the work force.

Bharat Karnad

In all the history of the Kashmir dispute, this peace process holds out the greatest promise,

Monica Crowley

Just when you think you've heard it all from Team Obama, the next day brings another jaw-dropper.

Meredith Ostrom

John Casablancas was saying, 'You will be the next Claudia Schiffer!' But I said, 'Actually, I have to go to college.'

Ted Ligety

I think it's kind of stupid to make him do it if he isn't going to be in the next run.

Ken Warwick

When they go to school the next day, it's become the show to watch, and if they haven't seen it, they've got a problem.

Elliott Sadler

I actually am pretty pumped up for the next nine races.

Charlie Lewis

He was really on us that next morning, ... We didn't start that day.

Bon Battu

He has no personal problems whatsoever and will be back training next week.

Shimon Peres

He indicated he may do it in the first part of next year.

Ricky Bennett

He doesn't throw it a whole lot in games, but at least he's trying something he can work on going into next year.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

Stephen Graham

I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.

Graham Elliot

I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.

Gale Norton

I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving.

Gary Sheffield

I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?

Sam Rockwell

I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry.

Sam Worthington

I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.

Buck Showalter

I would say there were some unknowns about him. I've been pleased with the progress he's made.

John Ferguson

He's here and we're pleased to have him.

Richard Carpenter

We're pretty pleased with the services that were rendered.

Paul Armstrong

It is one of the things that I am most pleased about,

Gayle King

It is just really exciting. I have always been pleased (with the care), but now it will be even easier.

Jean Prahm

I never thought I would be so pleased with a sixth-place finish.

Derek Wright

I'm very pleased with our effort--with our attitude. I think we've turned the corner.

Dave Barry

I'm very pleased that we made the top four. But I feel that we could have had a stronger showing.

Al Groh

They're going to make it sticky on you for awhile. You can't get discouraged. You've got to keep grinding. I was pleased with that.

Charlie Brown

If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

Tom Daschle

I haven't ruled anything out or anything in at this point.

Antony Starr

I've always had this rule of thumb: If you have fun making it, then someone will have fun watching it.

Patrick Leahy

I want an end to this thing. But where are we? Do we know what the rules are going to be?

Peter Ueberroth

The rules have changed, ... The old thing of 'getting in line,' that's gone.

John Tory

Even the rules that are in place are not being followed.

Kevin McGrath

We all have to live within the rules.

Carlos Castillo

We're simply saying we need to stick to the rules that we've all outlined.

Jim Gallagher

give everyone a sense of equilibrium and ... of where the rule is going to wind up.

Justin Gray

I take tough shots all season. I do take a lot of them. You end up making some.

Keith Bogans

We've got to make the shots when they double-team Yao. That's what it comes down to.

Rafael Benitez

Today, every time we shot it was a goal.

Russ Crist

We made the shots to win the game. They just had enough time to get one off.

Omar Minaya

He has a real shot to make this club. He's not here for show. He's here to make the club.

David Aebischer

He faked the shot and I pretty much went for it.

Sammy Mejia

He made a tough shot at a big time.

William S. Burroughs

If I knew how much you loved me, I would’ve shot you sooner.

Andrew Johnson

I know it sounds cliche, but I tried to take it one shot at a time. I really just tried to stay in the moment.

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.

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.

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." ()

Friedrich Engels

The state is not abolished, it withers away.

Nancy Frazier

I want to make a statement to other businesses,

Khadijah Rushdan

They have what we want -- the state championship.

Trisha Meili

They wondered was I going to survive? Was I going to come out of the coma? In what state was I going to come out of the coma?

Emily Cederholm

I think the expectations are higher, but they don't feel so much pressure. This whole year is different.

Brandon Roy

I think this is the year it can happen.

Richard D. James

My filing system's really crap because I can never decide whether to sort things by studio, or year, or where I lived.

Richard D. James

I've always got to change something. All the tracks I've done in the last five years were made in like six different studios. It gets a bit complicated.

Robbie Coltraine

Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you.

Rob Sheffield

Not being able to protect her from things was the most frightening thing I'd ever felt, and it kicked in as soon as we got together. With every year we spent together, I became more conscious that I now had an infinitely expanding number of reasons to be afraid. I had something to lose.

Rob Chapman

The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed.

Rob Halford

They were and still are a groundbreaking band. Even though they haven't released any new music in ages, you can put on the first Black Sabbath album and it still sounds as fresh today as it did 30-odd years ago. And that's because great music has a timeless ability: To me, Sabbath are in the same league as the Beatles or Mozart. They're on the leading edge of something extraordinary.

Richard P. Feynman

If the professors of English will complain to me that the students who come to the universities, after all those years of study, still cannot spell 'friend,' I say to them that something's the matter with the way you spell friend.