Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathleen Blanco

To kick us when we're down and destroy hope, when hope is the only thing we have left, is absolutely unthinkable for a leader in his position,

Kathleen Blanco

To kick us when we're down and destroy hope... is absolutely unthinkable,

Mike Stanton

To do that is just absolutely unacceptable. Frank gave me the ball. I had a job to do, and I didn't come anywhere close to getting the job done.

Doug Biega

Todd did a great job. I can't say enough about him. He's absolutely wowed me.

Ron Greene

We were extremely disappointed that we didn't play well. We absolutely went on the field and didn't do what we had to do to win the game. On offense, we never got into a rhythm. Part of that was us and part of it was them.

Fred Miller

We were effective and we did what we needed to do. The defense played absolutely great that game and kept us in it. The special teams did a great job. We didn't turn the ball over.

Sandra Shewry

While we cannot absolutely prevent a pandemic, we can mitigate its impact.

Marta Howell

While we absolutely will want visitors to Hershey to be able to experience and learn from The Hershey Story, this is first and foremost a community asset that must be easily accessible to the people who live and work here. A downtown location guarantees that accessibility. It also will provide a high-quality, first-class destination that will be a catalyst for the continued momentum for the positive redevelopment of Milton Hershey's town.

Mary Osako

While we absolutely believe companies have a responsibility to identify appropriate practices in each market in which they do business, we also think there is a vital role for government-to-government discussion of the larger issues involved.

Any man, in the right situation, is capable of murder. But not any man is capable of being a good camper. So, murder and camping are not as similar as you might think.

Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared

Ron Bonjean

Senator Kerry's comments used for campaign fund-raising purposes are simply over the top, extremely inappropriate and factually incorrect.

Tom Burke

They can set up camp and cook for themselves. Knowing their stuff will be there when they come home, it's a huge step by the city and it's about time.

Pinsoom Tenzing

They are going to fly off the handle, that's the general plan. We spent the entire preseason camp working on defense, and I'm happy with how things have turned out. I'm really not worried about the defense.

John Snyder

They've had a great camp to this point. As we re-evaluted our switch to the spread last year, we didn't do a good job running the ball. Teams were dropping eight guys and keeping just three up front. Because of how well they've been doing, it gives us the opportunity to run and throw. It's a nice situation.

Sam Keller

It was my first camp as a starter. I'll always remember that, just because I have been waiting for this my entire life. I felt like I really grabbed hold of the team. I didn't know how they were going to respond to me. I knew I had a lot of friends out here, and I knew I had a good rapport with a lot of them, but I'm just really pleased with how the guys have my back.

Jonathan Girard

I've got that in my mind, but I have more questions than you guys. I just have to go through training camp and find out. It's been a long journey without playing, so we'll just see how everything reacts with the timing and everything else. I'm just looking forward to finding out.

Ron Howard

This is a big thrill. It is like fantasy camp for me.

David Eger

I've always said there are a handful of stars out here, but there are also 70 or so very good players who could always win. If you're good enough to play out here, you're good enough to win.

Dusty Baker

I've always said it's harder to get a good leadoff man than anything,

Frances Jones

I've always wanted to volunteer to do something significant. Today's a very good time for me to do it.

Vinny Castilla

I've always (wanted) to play in San Diego. It's a great city, and I have a lot of friends there. I always hit good in San Diego, too.

Mike Trgovac

I've always thought that if you do a good job people will notice you. I don't self promote myself or all that.

Michael Redhill

I've always loved Houdini, not just because of what he did, but also because of what he stood for. He was a self-made man in a time when the idea of celebrity was still new, and he used his celebrity for good.

Lovie Smith

I've always liked him. I think he'll be a very good player in the league someday.

Robyn Hitchcock

I've been able to make a good living as a musician, but now it's time to do all the other stuff.

Warren Fields

I've always been good with numbers and good at getting numbers to where people could understand them. I never thought I would make a good (certified public accountant) though.

Brian Perry

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

Agnus Berenato

This is hard for me. We thought tonight we were going to make history.

Brad Gushue

This is going to be pretty hard to top.

Eric Schaeffer

This is a tough vote and he buckled, ... I know he's made some tough votes before. It's hard to take one vote and make it his whole record.

Dave Russell

This is a special place, and I can see people trying really hard to come back here.

George Hudson

This is ridiculous. We're so much better than we've played the last six weeks. We just have to come out and try hard (tonight). We have to win one for the coach. We have to put it together for him.

Mark Melton

This is such a huge win. This has been a really hard place for us to play.

Dana Levenson

This is something we've been working hard for. It's very gratifying.

Lisa Riley

This is something since I was younger that I've wanted to do. It's hard to explain. It's just been wonderful.

R. Robinson

I wasn't really looking to score more (in the second half), but I was looking to be more aggressive.

Derek Nicholson

It's something that's unique. Because you're looking at yourself and your sibling.

Rogers Beasley

It's something we're looking at in the very near future. We'll look at this surface here ... and then make a decision.

Doug Meredith

Stuart has been a big contributor all year. Without him, we might be looking up at Tabb.

Maureen Halahan

It's wonderful for us. It's showing that more corporate-type people may be looking to spend time here.

Curt Berger

They know they need to wrestle their next opponent, and only worry about that one. There's no sense in looking ahead, because if you do that, you might not be there.

Brad Bryant

It may not seem like much if you are unaccustomed to looking at that type data, but that's a significant increase. It means it was much hotter.

Bill Bullock

It's going to be a pedestrian-oriented kind of village. From no vantage point will you be looking at the back of the building.

Shane Casley

At this stage, Beau is looking at what else is around. If there is a better offer we'll look at it.

Ellen Glasgow

First, I was an idealist (that was early - fools are born, not made, you know); next I was a realist; now I am a pessimist, and, by Jove! if things get much worse I'll become a humorist.

Dusty Baker

We sent him out to see if he can find more consistency. One time he's real good, the next time bad.

Brian Johnson

We actually have turned work away on ethanol. Right now, we have a workload that takes us out to next summer . . . and that's just with ethanol.

Taquan Dean

It's not for me, it's for years to come. This is a springboard for next year.

Rick Parry

It's not a no or a yes - there has been plenty of speculation and we will see next week. It's always encouraging when a player says he wants to come to Liverpool.

Gail Bronson

Everyone recognizes that wireless platforms are the next rev (step) of the Internet.

Bob Cook

Students will be as safe as ever and once again, this is just for one week. Next week we will be back to normal.

Dan Wiener

These three-year numbers that are going to be popping up in the media, and in advertisements over the next week or two, are going to be astounding.

John LeClair

I want to play again. I have another year on my contract, and we'll take it from there. As of (Wednesday) I'm planning on playing next year.

Cecilia Bartoli

This is the secret-the repertoire. You have to try to consolidate your repertoire. It is a big step if you know how to do that.

Barbara Kingsolver

When I look out the window, I exhale a prayer of thanks for the color green, for my children's safety, for the simple acts of faith like planting a garden that helped see us through another spring, another summer. And I inhale some kind of promise to protect my kids' hopes and good intentions we began with in this country. Freedom of speech, the protection of diversity - these are the most important ingredients of American civil life and my own survival. If I ever took them for granted, I don't know.

Debby Ryan

One of the things I love about summer is that you can wear a bikini top and put something over it and it kind of just always looks a little beach-ready, which I think is very fun.

Angie Martinez

I went to night school and summer school, I made that whole year up and I actually graduated on time. Also, I got a part-time job at the radio station.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

We can't possibly have a summer love. So many people have tried that the name's become proverbial. Summer is only the unfulfilled promise of spring, a charlatan in place of the warm balmy nights I dream of in April. It's a sad season of life without growth...It has no day.

Fran Lebowitz

Generally speaking, the poorer person summers where he winters.

Chris Pine

I took part in a theatre festival in Massachusetts two summers after I graduated from college. Then I was in Los Angeles thinking: "I'm going to go to New York." I'd decided that I would not have a chance of a film career, so I was about to make the move. I bought a plane ticket and found a place to live in New York, packed my bags and of course the universe "told me" that I was not meant to go. Suddenly, a week before I was supposed to leave, I had three job offers and one of them was my first movie.

George R. R. Martin

What was it Catelyn Stark had called them, that night at Bitterbridge? The knights of summer. And now it was autumn and they were falling like leaves...

Garth Stein

In Seattle we live among the trees and the waterways, and we feel we are rocked gently in the cradle of life. Our winters are not cold and our summers are not hot and we congratulate ourselves for choosing such a spectacular place to rest our heads.

Christina Rossetti

I wish I could remember the first day, First hour, first moment of your meeting me; If bright or dim the season it might be; Summer or winter for aught I can say. So, unrecorded did it slip away, So blind was i to see and to forsee, So dull to mark the budding of my tree That would not blossom, yet, for many a May.