Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sebastian Faulks

As far as 'Birdsong' is concerned, I think the television program made a very honorable attempt at it, but the truth of the matter is that adaptations of long, ambitious books very seldom transfer well to the screen, and why would they?

Eric Yu

As one of the world's most ambitious IPv6 projects, all of China's major service providers and communications networks are participating in the CNGI project.

Meg Casper

People think it's a little ambitious but we feel we need to be prepared for the maximum and not get caught unprepared. We have committed to do this.

Aaron Greenberg

Our ambitious goal here is to build Xbox Live into an online entertainment network. The announcement of our deal with Epic Records is a big step in that direction.

Heather Hedrick

Commuter rail is a very ambitious endeavor. That is all the more reason we would want the Legislature to be involved in the process.

Gary Loveman

The three partners in this ambitious venture share a determination to see that international guests are pleasantly overwhelmed by their experience at Baha Mar.

John Hurt

I've never been pushy. People have said I should have been, more, but I'm not sure. I've watched hugely ambitious people: the minute they've got a success, they know where it's going, they know how to deal with it, and it all happens for them. Great. But that's not the way I - well, I don't like to use the word 'operate'.

Mike Birbiglia

I've become good friends with Lena Dunham, and the thing I had in common with Lena when I was 24 is I was as ambitious as she was. What we don't have in common is that I was not as talented. My voice was not as clearly defined.

Princeton Review

Some tell us that Hawaii is half and half, half 'study nonstop' and half 'don't know what studying means.' Others, however, feel that 'while there's a handful of students who have ambitious career objectives are focused on studying, the typical student is focused mainly on the beach or going to the clubs.'

Dexter Fletcher

As an actor, there's always that fear. You don't know where the next job's coming from, so you say, 'I'll do that, I'll do that, I'll do that'. Your choices are not always clearly thought out, and you can end up taking mis-steps.

Craig Venter

As a scientist, I clearly see the potential for harnessing the power of nature.

Stephane Deo

The big rise in future living standards is clearly linked to tax cuts.

Randy Cunneyworth

At times we're five individuals out there trying to do things. There were opportunities (against Peoria) where we clearly could have shot the puck but we wanted to try a prettier play or a prettier pass.

Richard Jefferies

A woman can see a woman so clearly - faluts, excellences, details - all are so clear to her.

Scott Anderson

As long as the (sewer) system was leaking that amount, it violated the Montana Water Quality Act. Clearly the leakage was an illegal discharge.

Nancy Kress

Readers want to visualize your story as they read it. The more exact words you give them, the more clearly they see it, smell it, hear it, taste it. Thus, a dog should be an 'Airedale,' not just a 'dog.' A taste should not be merely 'good' but 'creamy and sweet' or 'sharply salty' or 'buttery on the tongue.'

Cass Sunstein

People who know him in Washington, D.C., of various ideological stripes, say this is not the type to be a fundamentalist. He is clearly extremely able, and his opinions are real lawyers' opinions.

Doug Steenland

Our third-quarter results clearly demonstrate the need for Northwest to restructure expeditiously.

Shifrin

another very successful TBA sponsored event that leaves its mark on Townsend Common history.

Robert Hutchins

A world community can only exist with world communication, which means something more than extensive software facilities scattered about he globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common idea's and common ideals.

Eric Smithey

Back in Mozart's time it was very common to perform operas in all sorts of languages. His native tongue was German. The most common language to see opera in was Italian.

Audrey Miller

As it stands in Maine now, a property owner can do whatever they want - the common enemy rule - and ruin their neighbors.

Tim Watkins

Reagan was a deeply spiritual guy. We did not get to see a lot of his spirituality, but it was there and it was the common thread, the fabric of who he was.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Our Euripides, the human, / With his droppings of warm tears, / And his touches of things common / Till they rose to touch the spheres.

Colleen Hanabusa

Our experience in Hawaii has shown that we can place common sense limits on gun sales, demonstrate our respect for gun owners, and, most importantly, help ensure the safety of our residents.

Don Cherry

people think common sense is common - but it's not.

James Clyburn

People are very insecure. It's a common thread, ... All of these people have security questions in some way, whether it's Social Security, retirement security. People feel that gaping holes are being cut out in their safety nets.

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.

Arthur Conan Doyle

The mighty voice of Canada will ever call to me.

Boz Scaggs

I would say that I'm finding my voice in more ways than one.

Carol Burnett

I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany.

Alan Lightman

It's not necessarily a large number of people that affect the culture. You don't count the number of influential voices, you weigh them. A hundred people can affect the culture.

Miley Cyrus

I got the total package, you know, the curves, the rhythm, and the voice. I'm just the best.

Demi Lovato

I'm also very passionate about charity because it helps people who don't have as loud of a voice as I do.

Dean Koontz

Every writer has his own voice. Other than that I'm always trying to do change-ups and publishers haven't always been happy about that.

Daniel Handler

If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!

Coco Chanel

Arrogance is in everything I do. It is in my gestures, the harshness of my voice, in the glow of my gaze, in my sinewy, tormented face.