Famous Quotes & Sayings

O. Henry

Decisions are made on a case-by-case basis in the best interest of the individual. So we need to look at how much rugby any given player has had since the beginning of the year, the amount of contact, their position, plus any injury history.

Jim Barlow

Bobby has continued to become more comfortable communicating with the guys in front of him, sorting out problems quickly and leading the defense. All of his teammates have a great amount of respect for him and listen to him when he has something to say.

James Nesbitt

Because I grew up with women, I have a certain amount of charm, and I'm all right to get on with, kind enough, funny enough, blah blah blah.

Cynthia Zea

Every time gets on the field she gets a little bit better. She has a huge amount of potential.

John Magaro

Everything that David Chase does has a tremendous amount of specificity. He is very detail oriented.

Bill Bennett

The higher amount you put into higher education, at the federal level particularly, the more the price of higher education rises. It's the dog that never catches its tail. You increase student loans, you increase grants, you increase Pell grants, Stafford loans, and what happens? They raise the price.

Ben Brantley

Theater criticism should be visceral, at least on some level, an articulation of that fierceness and passion. I usually do a fair amount of research before I see a show - on the history of previous productions (if it's a revival) and the creative team.

Judith Martin

Etiquette does not render you defenseless. If it did, even I wouldn't subscribe to it. But rudeness in retaliation for rudeness just doubles the amount of rudeness in the world.

Jack Reynor

'Transformers' gives people the ability to relax and rest for three hours. That's a substantial amount of time, given how plugged in to our devices we are. People don't give themselves enough time to sit down. They're no longer comfortable with themselves.

Jeff Justice

If that's the only evidence you've got, it's a sad day in the justice system to prosecute people for murder on the basis of that.

Nick Vujicic

Sometimes even on an hourly basis we need to keep praying and keep our peace in God and remind ourselves on the promises of God that never fails.

Lee Tien

What's offensive to me is that you have the government selling Registered Traveler on the basis that we will get you through security lines faster, when they created the inconvenience on dubious grounds in the first place.

Mahmud Abbas

We are ready to negotiate with the Israelis if they want on the basis of international legitimacy.

Adam Ereli

We recognize that they have need for fuel, and we think that deals to supply that fuel should move forward on the basis of the joint initiative, on the basis of steps that India will take but has not yet taken.

Pamela Liebman

To make a decision on your home on a purely financial basis makes no sense. Will your kids have to change schools? Will your rental have enough room for all your things?

Richard Kolko

Under the law, no private person may possess classified documents that were illegally provided to them. There is no legal basis under which a third party could retain them as part of an estate. The documents remain the property of the U.S. government.

John Landgraf

We get more e-mails and mail on a daily basis about 'Nip/Tuck' than any of our other series.

Edward McKelvey

We had expected an upward revision in the second-quarter G.D.P. estimate on the basis of other recently released data, ... but trade kind of goes in the opposite direction.

Richard Hunter

I think the days of ups and downs are behind us. I think people are beginning to realize that the growth here is being sustained. Obviously our goal is to be a profitable company and return those benefits to shareholders. That's why I'm here.

Phil Jackson

I was disappointed with our fourth-quarter beginning. We put ourselves in good position, then didn't score for three minutes. We gave it away.

Tyrone Parham

We're obviously beginning this investigation and doing a deep and determined investigation into what happened.

Brian Fischer

What I see here are people beginning to take pride. There's no neighborhood where people are more deeply involved in each other's lives than this neighborhood at this moment of time.

Tarence Kinsey

I think we've been guarding better, playing better defense and rebounding better. We didn't prove ourselves at the beginning of the year and we're trying to make up for it now.

Derek Jeter

I think it's what a lot of people expected at the beginning of the season, us and Boston back in the playoffs.

Roger Crouch

I went to a movie called 'Destination Moon,' and that was the beginning for me. I always wanted to go to the moon. It was a whole new frontier, because (being an astronaut) is what I wanted to be.

John Whitehead

I will be coming after you. You will pay the price. This is only the beginning and you will pay dearly for what you have done. You will wish you had never written that letter.

Barclays Capital

Unless upcoming speeches indicate that other FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) members are beginning to shift their views, we do not believe Olson's dissent represents the start of a broader movement within the FOMC toward slowing the pace of rate hikes.

John Longo

That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did, ... I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.

Mike Burgess

People can register the day of the race, but it's like anything else. You have to stand in line. It's always best to pre-register.

Luc Robitaille

Definitely you could tell tonight the guys wanted to win. That's probably the best game we've played in the last three weeks. We all gave it a little extra, and I'm thankful for that.

Carl Pettersson

Definitely, to me it is anyway, ... As a kid you always dreamed of playing on the PGA Tour and dreamed about winning. This is the best tour in the world, and this would be a dream come true.

Jana Lindsey

Definitely, the best in the world miss sometimes. You're always trying to go for it and go big and give it all you've got. Sometimes you pull through and sometimes it isn't your day.

Drew Brees

Definitely, it's best for both of us. Obviously, I'm not surprised by anything that happens any more. I've made it known I want to be here and, hopefully, that will happen. I'd like to say if it were up to me, they'd sign me long term and I'd be the guy here for my whole career. . . . You win football games and everything takes care of itself.

John Roberson

Definitely. Earl Campbell, whoever you got. That's the best I've seen him play...ever.

Adam Ereli

decisions about who should govern a country are best made by the citizens of that nation through an open and transparent process.

Tom Morgan

Defense and homeland security is driving increased demand for military applications utilizing RF/microwave technology. Our research showed that a new publication was the best way to meet the information needs of this underserved market.

C. S. Lewis

Good and evil increase at compound interest. That's why the little decisions we make every day are of infinite importance.

Abby Cohen

Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.

Peter Weir

With more time I like to see the actors find something of their own places, so I can get their own ideas before I put mine in. Given they have a better idea more often enough.

Louis Zamperini

God has given me so much. He expects so much out of me.

Lucian

How gracious are the gods in bestowing high positions; and how reluctant are they to insure them when given.

Francois Hollande

Nothing was given to me, nothing was entrusted to me, nothing was assigned to me. Everything I have, I took by right.

Bob Sanders

All of those really big hits I remember. I put one on him. I've given people a lot of those.

Mark Pearson

All the political appointees have been given their marching orders.

Eddi Reader

It's not what you've been given, it's what you do with what you've got.

Thomas McManus

The market's progress since then (Sept. 21) seems excessive, given the challenging environment.

Jack Nicholson

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.

Alan Rickman

You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.

Jennette McCurdy

When you're the object of everyone's affection, make no mistake about it: you are an object. People don't have any interest in loving you for you. Their love for you is for who they think you are.

C. S. Lewis

But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise. ... The world rings with praise -- lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game. ... I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.

Mark Cooper

My players should feel embarrassed, especially the seniors.

Ian Holloway

Sepp Blatter and all of them lot Mr Platini I know he was a good player but he aint very good at what he does, I don’t think. I think he’s useless you can quote me on that.

Ian Hacking

The bad player is the one who tries to calculate and play with the odds, as if his game, his life, were one of a large number of games. To do so is at best to succumb to another necessity, the necessity of large numbers. The good player does not fool himself, and accepts that there is exactly one chance, which produces by chance the necessity and even the purpose that he experiences.

Hugh Laurie

I would just hear piano players and I would hear music, and just think - I don't just want to sit here and passively listen; I want to get inside it.

Scott Niedermayer

If I can't go they'll have work to do, another player will need to go and they need to get organized.

Trey Anastasio

Ideally the point of music is community, not the player. Musicians are simply channels to link the audience to the music and to each other.

Santana Moss

Big time players make big time plays in big time games.

Vladimir Kramnik

In the current FIDE World Championship, on the knock-out system, weaker players have good chances. Those, who in a long match would practically have no chance, here may creep through.

Gloria Naylor

Lord keep her safe since you can't keep her sane.

Kelly Slater

I haven't surfed since Japannot even one wave.