Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mahatma Gandhi

A 'NO' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'YES' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.

Robert Kirkman

As far as the trades go, I want to avoid how comics have captions or just really stilted dialogue at the beginning of the pages.

Neal Boortz

As a radio talk show host, I can say things no one else will because they are worried about being ostracized socially or on the job. I don't avoid controversy. My job is to stir it up.

Ian Heinisch

As a team, we have a little more pressure, but I think we are going to pull it off. I'd like to pin my way through state, that is my goal. But there are some good guys out there, and we will all have to avoid making critical mistakes.

Arthur Phillips

As a rule, I am lazy and prefer to avoid anything resembling work, and research feels like work, as opposed to my strong suit, which is sitting around making things up.

Ray William Johnson

As a general rule, if you are prone to melodramatic meltdowns, please avoid purchasing a webcam for any reason.

Bill Sammons

The bottom line is this was probably a dumb call. You pick up the phone, you say, 'Let's get a statement out and get this behind us.' You avoid the kind of feeding frenzy we're seeing here today. I think the press smells a little blood in the water.

Tom Norton

The bottom line is that it would make the bonds very difficult to market. In some cases, where free roads are designed to take people to and from the same points as a toll road, they would use the free road to avoid the toll.

Joseph Lisanti

Avoid buying the highest-yielding stock in any one particular group, for that is often indication the market has beaten down the shares on fears of a dividend cut. It's better to buy something with more modest current yield and a good track record of increasing dividends.

Rod Nilsestuen

As electricity prices continue to rise in Wisconsin and the costs of renewable energy systems continue to fall, a growing number of the state's large farms are implementing anaerobic digestion to reduce their utility bills and improve the environmental performance on the farm.

Bernadette Chiaro

As huge energy bills hit California mailboxes this month, there is no better time to jumpstart a mainstream solar power market. Today's vote promises to eclipse expensive and imported fossil fuels with clean and homegrown solar power.

Jay Alan Sekulow

As a private lawyer, I could bill $750 an hour, but I don't.

Sam Bodman

As a result of tight oil and gas markets, and the damage done by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, it's likely that consumers will see an increase in their heating bills this winter,

Steve Tasker

The Buffalo Bills are a punch line. We were always the team that couldn't win the big game. But we kept getting to the big game.

F. Stone

As of 2004, the New York State wine industry brings in about $3.3 billion in New York State. It'd be nice to get a piece of that in Jefferson County.

Duaner Sanchez

As long as it ends this way, I'm OK with it. I just wanted to be sure Billy had a lead when he came in.

Jason Napodano

Off the top of my head, $1.3 billion sounds like a lot of money. I think it will be a billion dollar drug but it will take some time.

Mark Hansen

The Senate passes dozens of bills every year to crack down on drunk drivers.

Winston Churchill

The rule which forbids ending a sentence with a preposition is the kind of nonsense up with which I will not put.

Keith Brooking

You've got to respect that decision, ... It would have been tough to come in here and give it everything, knowing your job was ending at the end of the year.

Cyndi Valentin

Ending the first half on a positive note was good because they had made that run.

Louisa Willcox

We could turn what has been a success and the Yellowstone grizzly is a success into something with a different ending with neglect.

Kenny Perry

The day was great. The ending was not.

Mike Giuliano

We haven't been starting very fast, but we've been ending games very well.

William Becklean

Revenue growth is likely to be stronger in the second half (of the fiscal year ending in July) than in the first half.

Winston Churchill

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put

Jon Banner

For us, this is very much ending our mourning period and trying now to start fresh, to aggressively get back into the game. Peter's legacy is everywhere, in everything we do.

Rena Inoue

I wanted to do something special, something no one else could do. We finally did it.

Rich Collins

After a lot of years of learning, we're finally hitting our stride. We know what we're doing now.

Aaron Rowand

After playing 14 innings, when my head finally hits that pillow, I don't think I'm going to have any trouble sleeping tonight.

Carlos Baldomir

After months and months of training I finally made it. This is my opportunity. I told you guys I would surprise you. The next person is Mayweather. I want Mayweather.

Lauri Hakala

Sometimes it goes that way, sometimes it doesn't. I've been really mindful of my footwork. I'm happy it finally worked.

Erica Simpson

This game is a lot of fun and I finally won one.

Matt Riser

That's what makes you put in all that hard work. That's what kept me working hard at Picayune and Pearl River. Now it's finally happened.

Derek Lowe

You never like to end a day like that, ... But this is my 31st start and I finally got double-digit wins, so I will take it. I love this time of year because every game counts.

Darin Erstad

We're happy that spring training is finally over. It's always fun to get the season under way and to keep score for real.

Linette Johnson

Actually it was more like five times. I over exaggerated.

Mike Slive

I used to go to more games than I do now. Every game you see in person you probably miss somewhere between five and 10 games.

Mark Haley

I wanted five good innings. Kellen Raab was going to be ready if we needed him. But Jackson just kept going and going.

Ichiro Suzuki

I've seen a lot of great plays in my five years in the majors. And I know we have enough talent on our team to be able to contend.

Caroline Paul

I should really be lifting only five days. I'm sort of obsessed, and I end up going in six, sometimes seven, and that's not good. Something that I preach but don't practice - moderation.

Matt Sylvester

I've been giving him assists for five years; he owed me one.

William Rehnquist

I used to worry about every little footnote, ... Now I realize you just need five votes.

George Carlin

I've never had a 10, but one night I had five twos

Jeff Brown

The way we started didn't surprise me. We had two mercy-rule games in two weeks. Not very competitive. So the first five minutes didn't surprise me. But I thought we got a little better as the game went on.

John Wilson

As guarded, not necessarily secretive, but as private about his personal life as he used to be, for him to suddenly propose in front of reporters on the Eiffel Tower and jump up and down like the monkey in 'Curious George' on Oprah Winfrey 's couch, there truly is some problem there.

Matthew Szulik

As CEO, I had to get out in front and lead my people. I put the onus back on the CEO.

Matthew Szulik

As CEO, I had to get out in front and lead my people,

Dick LeBeau

As a defense, we didn't play very well in (the AFC Championship game) and that's going to be in the front of our minds, for sure.

Rodney Lloyd

The Bulldogs are very big up front defensively and offensively, and it's their great size that worries me the most.

Eli Broad

People think it's strange how briskly I move through museums. Sure, I could stand in front of each piece and stare at it for a good long time. But that's not me.

Joe Stellmacher

During the game I don't really think about it. We've got enough to worry about in the back end. But now that I think about it: Justin out, Coop out, Kurt out. Just to see those young guys grow up in front of your face. They're doing a heck of a job. I can't say enough about them.

Kelvin Sampson

The strength of the team is up front now. But we don't have a guy who you know can give you points when the going gets tough.

Don McKinnon

The smoke (was) so (thick) ... you (couldn't) see in front of you.

Kirk Kaczor

Any time a team shows frustration it makes you feel good because you know you're doing your job.

Richard Hyman

Any idiot can amass intelligence. It is being able to leverage that knowledge. They are good at that.

Henry Stern

Any hill is a good hill, just watch out for rocks.

Raymond E. Feist

Any good story can galvanize a person, make him/her think about things a different way, reassess their own motives and needs, but that's never my intent. That's an unintended consequence of me just trying to entertain, to write what we used to call 'ripping yarns.'

Chevy Chase

Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.

James Hogg

A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart - better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog?

Vic Rimmer

Ashdown did a good job of maintaining what they had.

Terry Stotts

As good as we were in Seattle over that five-year period, and that five-year period was as good a five-year period as there had been in the history of the league, I don't know if we had a 14-game winning streak.

Greg Zipadelli

As good as we've been in the past, we've never been as good as this.

Kelsey Grabiak

No, she was happy for us. She was really excited.

John Schuerholz

The most important thing about that is that when we did that deal, he was happy about it.

Robby Davis

We're happy with the jump we had. We've got work to do, but we're moving in the right direction.

Gary Cole

We're happy to see them. We hope they're here for a long time.

Rene Portland

We're happy to be here (at least) one more night.

Hines Ward

We're happy to be going to the Super Bowl, but we want to win. We plan to go there and win the whole thing.

Jud Honaker

We're happy to be able to help, and we wish them the best.

Randy Nelson

We're happy they're willing to sponsor us since we couldn't get sponsorship here.

Baruch Spinoza

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Hilton Armstrong

As a senior, I understand that every team comes at us harder because we're No. 1.

Kieran Crowley

Our skill level let us down big time. The harder we tried the worse it got.

Schoolboy Q

The more harder you work, the less you're out spending your money.

Paula Creamer

Annika's at the place I want to be. I think that's helping me. I have to work harder than her. I have to get stronger than her.

George Foster

Anything that's on the lower end of the pay scale would probably be harder to fill.

Don Cole

The situation is making it harder for our officers to do their jobs.

Ed Meir

The specter of progressively higher inventories is blunting the impact of geopolitical tensions, making it harder for the market to climb.

Tad Jacobson

I've never been involved in anything like that. Obviously, we need to work a heck of a lot harder in practice.

Brian Perry

The older they get, the harder they are to find parts for,

John Doran

Asher Woods kept saying, 'I couldn't get him. I couldn't get him,'

Kevin Turner

The big story of our team this year has been our old stalwarts. Someone had to pick up the slack, and they have kept our team going.

Rich Anderson

(Azevedo) didn't have his stuff today but he just kept kind of competing.

Ken Goldstein

Productivity is the wild card. It's the one thing that has kept the tension between prices and wages on a low simmer.

Torry Castalleno

People started liking The Donnas name, so we kept it but merged the music styles.

Chris Martin

Off the bat, I played bad. But I didn't let that get to me. I just kept scrambling.

Eric Gutierrez

No one was going to quit. We kept plugging away.

James Saville

and that's kept a lot of the newspapers happy.

Jacob Tamme

The second quarter took it out of us. Losing takes its toll on anybody...we kept playing hard, though.

Michael Andretti

I've led so many laps before, but it took me six years to understand that it's the last one that counts.

Jeff Gordon

We know that after Richmond (the 26th race) comes, we've got to be in the top-10 and when we are, we'd better be set on 'kill' to go out there and lead laps and win races.

David Allen

the first 15 laps were pretty scary today.

Kyle Busch

With about 40 laps to go, it's time to race and time to get after it and that's what I was doing. If I did something and aggravated Stewart, well, I'm sorry.

Rob Neyland

That's where the rubber meets the road in this - the lasting impact.

Atharva Veda

See yourselves in all; See all in yourselves; that is the road to lasting peace and joy.

John Sherman Cooper

Rather, like the anarchists of the last century, he didn't care if he was killed or not. They just wanted to be known. We found no trace of any conspiracy.

Michael Redd

I've thought of guys, whether they were here last year or not, and doing something special for them.

Mark Teixeira

I've never been more unhappy as a Ranger than the last two weeks. Nothing's going right. A lot of things are going on, and none of them are positive.

Robin Bhar

The ( zinc ) concentrate market is already so tight, this is the last thing the market needs.

Dennis Ruedinger

Things seem to be going very well. He had his surgery last year and everything I know is just fine.

Kenneth Brown

Things have progressed well in the last two years, which makes us feel good.

Carol Woods

The worst is when people come back for the last of their stuff. You know you'll never see them again.

Mark Atkinson

Yes, this is obviously a relief for us.

Russ Feingold

You are obviously very talented. And you also look healthy.

Quin Snyder

We've had some highs. This is obviously a low.

Jim Calhoun

Could he have played (Friday)? Probably. But obviously we didn't need him.

John Gamble

We are obviously relieved that so much work has resulted in a just and appropriate verdict,

Alan McCollough

We were obviously dissatisfied with the overall comparable-store sales decline,

Steve Loney

When you only have one touchdown in two games, you obviously have some things to fix.

Tyrone Marshall

You look at our record, obviously it doesn't tell the tale of the Galaxy,

Lyndsey Medders

Everything we do we're going to try to do it together. We obviously don't have any All-Americans on this team, so everything we do is going to have to be done by a group.

Gordon Richards

But that's not to say they're not here - they just got pushed over the sides,

Jake Eakin

I got up to try to stop him, and he just pushed me.

Steve Capps

He took over this project, pushed Jef out.

John Niven

If pushed to say what I like about Elizabeth, who, as I'm sure most of you know, overtook Queen Victoria this week to become our longest-serving monarch, it would be her uncomplaining, getting-on-with-it ethic.

Ann Aguirre

He is not the same person as when we met, but . . . neither am I. Time has refined us, but instead of pushing us apart, we’re closer than ever.

Simon Sinek

Pushing yourself to be the best is unsustainable. Simply push yourself to be better than the day before.

Susan Jeffers

So commit! Commit yourself to pushing through the fear and becoming more than you are at the present moment. The you that could be is absolutely colossal.

Sherilyn Fenn

They're pushing me to do Howard. Howard's a trip. My friend made me watch the Lesbian Love Connection and I was like, Oh God, get me out of here!

Sissy Spacek

When I'm pushing myself, testing myself, that's when I'm happiest. That's when the rewards are greatest.

James D'arcy

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

Ryan Baker

I think it's from each other and pushing each other and having fun. If somebody does well, then we'll give him some support.

Sally Ride

Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. That's something that is almost part of being human, and I'm certain that will continue.

Grady Jackson

I'll be ready for Detroit. I just have to get the footwork down, get used to pushing and everything again.

Jean Todt

A new team will race in the New Year.

Elliott Sadler

Now I know why they don't put speedometers in our race cars. It is very fast.

Tom Foreman

Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win.

Robert Schwartz

Race is a social construct, not a scientific classification.

Jeff Gordon

It was a long day. I think we had a shot a top 10 with that tore-up race car.

Ken Kelso

I've been waiting to win this race for a long time.

Dave Wiggins

I've been going to the race since 1996.

John George

This is a place for everyone of any age, race or religion.

Gene Pierce

This is a two-heat race. If you don't win the prelims, you don't get to run the finals.

Susan Anderson

A word spoken before the session is worth 10 during the session.

Shareese DeLeaver

It's a very tangible possibility that we could go into special session at this point.

Christopher Hill

We can't just sit there stalemated session after stalemated session.

Jose Maria

The start of the work is (Saturday), but they are practically working now,

Elena Dementieva

I usually start to play well when I'm in trouble.

Carnell Williams

Sometimes you need this. It's tough, but now we can stop talking about 13-0 and start talking about being this 0-1 Tiger team and what we're going to do about it.

DeShawn Stevenson

Sometimes you've got to switch up the starting lineup to get a spark, just to get a win.

Nick Jones

Tech blitzes so much, the only way you can get them to back down is start to gash them,

Tom Shepard

Right now walls should start going up the first week of November,

Robin Sutton

Pretty soon, we had to start turning down donations.

Joe Pinyan

Quarterback is wide open. We don't know who's going to start Friday.

Tom Craft

It was an electrifying start but I didn't have any follow-up.

Randy Moss

There's no telling what you are going to see,

Anne Frank

The young are not afraid of telling the truth.

Chris Roberson

My 7-year-old daughter is not shy of telling me she can draw better than me, and she's right.

Charles Bishop

No! ... You're telling me if three commissioners tell me I've got to sign, I've got to sign? I don't think so.

Sabrina Carpenter

Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else.

Foxy Brown

It feels so good to tell the truth

Emily Saliers

Always tell the truth and be true.

Greg Cox

When you can't tell the truth, tell *a* truth.

Grover Cleveland

WHATEVER YOU DO, TELL THE TRUTH.