Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Jeffords

I was lucky to be able to call Christopher Reeve a friend.His passion for life and for improving the lives of all Americans serves an inspiration to all of us. He may have played the character of Superman in the movies, but he lived the role of a superman through his life.

Pierce Brosnan

I was looking forward to making (Bond) edgier and grittier -- and for all of that to go down in one phone call was highly disappointing,

Tony Oliva

Kirby meant to me a lot. For me, it's like my own son. He used to call me 'Papa', too.

Cindy Mannes

I would not say it's an epidemic by any stretch, but it is a problem. We used to get one or two calls a year ... Now we're getting one or two calls a week.

Manny Fernandez

Jacques said any roll we can get on is a bonus. Well, I would start calling this a roll.

Rick Dunlap

I would say the ice fishing is what we call gravy. The lion's share is made in the summer and fall.

Mark DiCamillo

I would suspect his tone would change significantly if they don't make it onto the November ballot. If that happened, I could see calling the Legislature all sorts of names by the end of the campaign.

Gary Brown

Ken Lay is what I would call a fix-it man who thinks he can pick up the phone and take care of it because of who he is, a man of power. It's as though he thinks he can call anyone, any time. They're not going to like that kind of attitude.

Rich Beem

Just think of it as a golf cart with a V-8. Call it the Silver Bullet, baby.

Frank Beamer

We thought we had a shot at him. But it's tough to get those South Florida guys away from Miami.

Janet Montgomery

I went to Florida when I was 15. That was my first time in America, so you learn about how different the regions are.

Vincent Bugliosi

These people have elevated audacity to symphonic and operatic levels. The Florida Supreme Court relied on new law to resolve the election dispute down there.

Jeb Bush

I'm more than happy to work with the ownership of the team and the Florida legislature to come up with a solution.

Marco Rubio

I was a member of the Florida legislature for nine years, the speaker of the house, majority leader, majority whip.

Natalie Jeremijenko

We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.

Karen Russell

I spent most of my 20s with these alligator wrestlers in the swamps of South Florida.

James Lovelock

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

Stan Smith

About 90 percent of the growth we are seeing in Florida is because of migration from northern states, instead of in-state births. The northeastern states are where most of the people are moving from.

Paul Doughty

Knowing that I have these younger girls who are playing and getting better every game is encouraging.

David Ward

Jacob pitched a really good game for us today. He was throwing pretty hard. If he can keep pitching like that, we'll be in good shape.

Larry Finucane

I would say the pressure is on them (Mills). They're the #6 or #7 seed and have the game on their home court.

Joe Torre

Just win as many games as we can and see where that leaves us when it's over.

Joel Allen

Joe has gotten the most out of his senior season and his selection to the all-star game reflects that.

Brian Thornton

Josh did a great job tonight, but it's not just tonight. He's done well the last several games and in practice. When Josh is playing well, it gives us a lot of versatility. When Josh is hitting shots and doing a great job on the boards, it gives us a lot more options.

Champ Bailey

John, he knows everything, he studies the game very hard and he'll knock you out.

Mo Rocca

It addresses a life-long concern, the risk of someone ruining your game. I just don't want you, 50 years down the road, to have your game killed by some guy with a shinier walker.

Byron Scott

I think it's a good thing for our team right now. If we can win games without Chris, I think it gives these guys even more confidence. And it also shows when he comes back that we'll even be better.

Tony Oller

I've learned the truth in these sayings: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation' and 'The right project will find you'.

Dick Jauron

What I learned is you better win. When you win, you're pretty smart. When you don't, you're not.

Harry Campbell

I went from summer school to merit roll. I learned that the more you do in school, the better you will be in life.

Lauren Hutton

I was making $50 a week as a house model at Christian Dior for nine months before I learned that photographic models made $50 an hour!

Glenn Tilton

If there's anything I learned in 32 years in the oil business, it's not to speculate on oil prices.

Pokey Chatman

I learned a lot about basketball. I learned more about life.

Marcello Giordani

I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument.

Elizabeth Miller

I learned what invasive species I have. Even in my own backyard.

Chris Lee

I learned to swallow my pride. Swallow it and walk away.

Rob Bell

The lesson that has been hardest for me to learn: there is nothing to prove.

Yolanda King

The best lessons, the best sermons are those that are lived.

Jay Rohr

I'm getting a lesson in post-Charley getting construction done.

Frank Robinson

It's going to be a work in progress. He got a little lesson today. We don't want to make the same kind of mistakes two or three times.

Elizabeth Taylor

I'm just an instinctive actress, I've never had a lesson in my life.

Eli Broad

You always learn lessons in business.

Randall L. Stephenson

The lesson of the Internet is that no audience is too small.

John Cage

I remember loving sound before I ever took a music lesson. And so we make our lives by what we love.

Chris Colfer

No matter what you do, you can never please everyone. And that was the hardest lesson to learn. In fact, I'm still learning it.

Edmund Hillary

I am hell-bent for the South Pole-God willing and crevasses permitting.

Cal Brown

Ah, to be young and in love, in Southern California.

Joe Tex

Currently, I bowl regional tournaments out of the PBA Southern Region.

Mike Colter

You see a lot of Baptist churches in Harlem, you see a lot of the same kind of cuisine, the soul food - there's a lot of places that remind you of its southern roots.

Luke Grimes

I'm so southern Ohio. And Cleveland is a different world, you know?

George Mason

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union.

David Sibley

They talk about Southern hospitality, but Southern hospitality has nothing on this place,

Charles Dickens

The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control of the Southern states.

Larry Coker

There's always been talent in South Florida, it just didn't stay here.