Famous Quotes & Sayings

Becky G

When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.

V. S. Naipaul

To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your history. You have to stamp on it, you have to say 'my ancestral culture does not exist, it doesn't matter.'

Wayne Fortenberry

That was the turning point, for sure. The rebounding gave us second and third chances, which we converted into points.

Michael Perry

The 10-0 run put the game away for us. We got some transition opportunities and converted on them. It really ignited our play in the game.

Madonna Ciccone

I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.

Kimo Oelhoffen

I think I've converted a lot of Washingtonians to Pittsburghers. (But) there will be some Seahawks stuff (on the walls). It's not just Steelers.

Generoso Senga

which could easily be converted into improvised explosive devices.

Andrew Connor

When you see our drives, we took them the length of the field, converted third downs and converted inside the red zone, which was something we struggled on in some of the other big games we have played this year.

Mike Cully

Just nine months ago we were living in this three-bedroom converted house, and look at us today.

John Aragon

That was a very good doubles team they just beat. They really move well together and make plays at the net.

Dave Howard

That was a tough way to give up that first run; it was a tough double play.

Rob Simmons

The 1993 Social Security tax penalizes seniors who have planned for their retirement through savings, investment and hard work. That's wrong, and that's why the double tax on Social Security must end.

Greg Shivers

That was a great day for Nikki. She was just a double away from hitting for the cycle.

Richard Davies

That was a good little double move. You can tell he's been trained in our game. Looks like he has good hands and dimensions.

Tom Duffy

We need to improve our doubles game. They're all very young ? all but one of them is a freshman. But overall I was pleased with how we played. But Miller Place is a very solid team from top to bottom.

Victor Harris

We have two in the finals, which is pretty good. ... It would have been nice to get one of our doubles (teams) through, but I'm pleased in general.

R. Robinson

We'll probably do it as an appetizer. It will be about $8, I guess. For the hearty ones, we give them a double portion for dinner.

Ally McBeal

We're women; we have double standards to live up to

Donald Trump

In real life, if I were firing you, I'd tell you what a great job you did, how fantastic you are, and how you can do better someplace else. If somebody steals, that's different, but generally speaking, you want to let them down as lightly as possible. It's not a very pleasant thing. I don't like firing people.

Dolly Parton

That little Miley Cyrus... she's like a little Elvis. The kids love her because she's Hannah Montana, but what people don't realize about her is she is such a fantastic singer and songwriter. She writes songs like she's 40 years old!

Jack Walsh

We have two great rivers and a fantastic history.

Pico Iyer

Movement is a fantastic privilege... but it ultimately only has meaning if you have a home to go back to.

Rick Riordan

There are so many fantastic stories and I want to bring Thor and Odin and the other gods into the modern world, just like I did with the Greeks and 'Percy Jackson.' I'll give the books an urban setting and have young people interacting with the Norse gods.

Charles McAfee

We've lost a fantastic person , and I just hope that we're all better for him being here.

Graham Nash

We've kind of tended toward staying in the - what's called the secondary markets, where you know, where people don't necessarily go, and it's worked out fantastic because the people have been very appreciative, you know, and they've been going wild, you've been there to some of the shows, its been fantastic.

Jerry Hall

Mick's a wonderful person. He has * fantastic qualities. He's a great father, he's very funny and we laugh together. We really like each other. He was just not a good husband.

Carol Cortright

You can come out and have a fantastic day and not spend a penny if you wanted to.

Gregg Popovich

The pieces have to fit around him. The fortunate thing for us is that it seems that, given enough talent, all pieces fit around Timmy. He figures it out.

Rene Locher

The overall figures are lower-than-expected, not only because of the catastrophe claims, but also because of the reserve additions.

Patrick Kavanagh

Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figures can be selected to prove anything.

Robert Terone

My bookkeeper is working on those figures now.

Helen McCrory

Literature is reflecting what is happening in life. More and more women are having relationships with younger men. It's partly that women are not losing their figures now.

Julian Phillips

We are seeing forecasts of gold price rises moving towards four figures from hallowed institutions. This gold market is broadening significantly.

John Dunford

Next year will be even lower. I think the figures are in free fall. We are losing a generation of linguists.

Mark Zandi

On the national level, I think you'll see weakness in jobs figures for September, October and maybe even November.

Kevin Wilson

For the right people I think those figures are a steal . . . they're by no means generous,