Famous Quotes & Sayings

Abraham Lincoln

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

Bobby Labonte

A top-five finish in the 150 is a good start. It gives us something to build on for Sunday.

Michael Goldberg

The response has been overwhelming. We can't build them fast enough.

Michael Doyle

There's some quick learning going on. Somebody realized that just simply ranting is not constructive, the UN is a place where you build from common ground.

Mark Fields

There's no question that some of our new products reflect what was efficient for us to build rather than what the customer may want.

Randy Bennett

There's no question it'll help us. If we end up being bad, it means we would have been even worse without it. The trip just gives you a chance to build team cohesion, something you can't get any other way.

Mike Pearl

There's no better marketing or tool to use than to build momentum from the series themselves.

Johnny Damon

There's no panic, we know we're a good team. No way we thought we'd be in this situation, 1-4, but this team can build a lot of wins in a row.

Roman Polanski

There's no other place in the world where ... we could build a 19th-century London and shoot in it for months.

Scott Skiles

I don't need to take any credit for that. Tyson just kind of came to the conclusion he was putting too much pressure on himself and trying to live up to some sort of unrealistic expectations. That's the first significant contract around here for quite a while -- the Bulls have traded for some, but as far as an outright signing of a guy. ... It can be tough for a young guy to handle.

John Milius

I was never conscious of my screenplays having any acts. It's all bullshit.

Ignacio Bunye

She is here to look for more investments, create more jobs and improve the economy. This case of Michael Ray Aquino is only secondary ... it is a legal matter. The President is not concerned about police matters,

Eugene Peterson

I have my doubts (that the schools will open on time). We have a law case out of Sojourner-Douglass, and at Chesapeake we have all kinds of issues.

Cervantes Saavedra

I hate to keep things long in case they go mouldy from over-keeping.

Kevin McCarthy

If elected Speaker, I promise you that we will have the courage to lead the fight for our conservative principles and make our case to the American people. But we will also have the wisdom to listen to our constituents and each other so that we always move forward together.

David Gregory

I find myself very drawn to the experience of church. I love to be in a surrounding that's so welcoming. People come shake your hand. That's not always the case in most synagogues I've been in. I also find more of an emphasis on how to live and grow as a person. And I have to say, I'm very inspired by Jesus.

Marianne Wolk

I find it illogical to make a case that it's better to be diversified when search is growing so much faster online.

Edith Wharton

I feel that each case must be judged individually, on its own merits ... irrespective of stupid conventionalities... I mean, each woman's right to her liberty.

Jerry Jackson

I can't say how she was killed because the case is still going on and is still under investigation.

Gary Bald

I can tell you that the cooperation that we have is unprecedented in this case, and we feel very comfortable that the platform that we've developed, and the cooperation that we've received from the other jurisdictions, is exactly what we need to be able to pursue this case successfully.

Sam Cassell

We're just the same old Clippers. That's all we are. We're just the same old Clippers. We want teams to continue to take us lightly.

Karolyn Grimes

Life continues to be difficult. It always will be because that's just life. But I am so glad I have put some happiness into the world.

James Rubin

But we have made clear, while we recognize the territorial integrity of Iraq, that we think it's important and appropriate for us to meet with ... Kurdish officials in northern Iraq, and we will continue to do so as we see fit.

Stanley Asumnu

Just getting wins. Wins are the most important thing. They (fans) want to look at that win column. So far we're doing a good job. We just have to work hard and continue to be successful each day.

Mark Reed

Standards are going to continue to rise as we learn more. It's our moral and ethical obligation to meet all those.

Steven Cohen

It is critical that the Legislature continue its longstanding track record of funding reform.

John Roth

Looking forward to 2001, we expect the overall market to grow in excess of 20 percent. Given our strong market position and industry-leading networking solutions, we expect to continue to grow significantly faster than the market, with anticipated growth in revenues and earnings per share from operations in the 30 to 35 percent range.

Kathy Langston

It feels great. I think they were a little more relaxed today. It's hard to teach them to forget about the last point and move on, but they did that today. We're hoping that will continue into next week.

Carlos Beltran

It feels 60 percent and it?s not enough for me to go out there and play. I can run but not full speed, and playing in the outfield is no good. I feel like I?m getting better since the day it happened, it?s improving and I just want to continue to improve.

Ken Goldstein

The performance of the leading index is suggestive of continued momentum or growth in the spring.

Donald Trump

The plan I am proposing today does not involve smoke and mirrors, phony numbers, financial gimmicks, or the usual economic chicanery you usually find in Disneyland-on-the-Potomac.

Clara Barton

Although its growth may seem to have been slow, it is to be remembered that it is not a shrub, or plant, to shoot up in the summerand wither in the frosts. The Red Cross is a part of us--it has come to stay--and like the sturdy oak, its spreading branches shall yet encompass and shelter the relief of the nation.

John Parker

We want to see more positive growth in North America.

Shelby Seyrafi

Who wants to be No.1 in a market which is saturated and has slow growth prospects near term.

Bobby Hitt

The new Z4s are not in the market yet. It will be sometime this spring.

Andy Johnson

Some people think that because it's a threatened species, that every one we save is good. But not if they never get to live in the wild.

Lois Lowry

Nowadays it seems as though people sit down to write what they know is going to be a trilogy.

Robin Cook

Tell the people of Serbia how much wealth you have sucked out during the same years they have been impoverished in Serbia,

Nick Hanauer

Tech innovation is something societies have to pursue as vigorously as they can. We have to innovate civically and socially at the same rate; otherwise, you create unfortunate disruptions, and that's where you have people opposing technological innovations.

Harvey Pekar

Sometimes I want to convey something complex philosophically, and sometimes I just want to portray myself in a situation that I think other people have been in many times, but it hasn't been written about much.

Don Herold

Poverty must have its satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people

Yusuf Islam

Perhaps people will remember my voice and what I was able to do with it.

Jeb Bush

Perhaps people are saying, 'I'm going to hunker down,'

M. Wolfe

Quarterback is a position that people try to put too many things into it,

J. J. Abrams

I think admitting youre an addict is the first step towards recovery.

Charles Spurgeon

We are all damaged goods in recovery.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is the nature of strong people that they can bring out crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills, And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me, And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’d To dwell in presence of immortal youth, Immortal age beside immortal youth, And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus

Angelina Jolie

I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt. I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and that I had no reason to think I wouldn't live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren.

Amy Carmichael

If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what I think of as my strong points; if I adopt a superior attitude, forgetting "Who made thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou hast not received?" then I know nothing of Calvary love.

Amy Carmichael

The word comfort is from two Latin words meaning “with” and “strong” – He is with us to make us strong. Comfort is not soft, weakening commiseration; it is true, strengthening love.

Amy Carmichael

Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger, Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist.

Aly Raisman

I'm focused now, definitely. I absolutely need to show everyone that I'm powerful and strong and can be graceful and artistic, too.

Ally McCoist

One thing about Germany - they'll be organised, they'll be big and they'll be strong.

Ally Condie

I'm just a butterfly, a mourning cloak, sealed inside a cocoon with blnd eyes and stiky wings. And suddenly I wonder if the cocoons sometimes do not open, if the butterfly inside is ever simply not strong enough to break through.