Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes you have to be careful when selecting a new name for yourself. For instance, let's say you have chosen the nickname "Fly Head." Normally you would think that "fly Head" would mean a person who has beautiful swept-back features, as if flying through the air. But think again. Couldn't it also mean "having a head like a fly"? I'm afraid some people might actually think that.

Catherine McCartney

We've spoken out and said you can stand up and you don't have to be afraid of anybody. But it won't mean anything unless the people in the communities take that opportunity the next time the IRA comes to their door and say to them 'I'm not going to allow you to bully me'.

Chinese Proverbs

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still

Rob Varley

Bob cares a lot about the success of Cocoa Beach. He's a regular guy who isn't afraid of hard work. Let me tell you -- it was very difficult for the tourism industry after Sept. 11. We were hurting.

Wesley Hill

What I try to emphasize more than anything else is don't be afraid to make a mistake. That's how you learn what you can't do, and what you don't like to do.

Robert Green Ingersoll

All the punishment in the world will not reform a man, unless he knows that he who inflicts it upon him does it for the sake of reformation, and really and truly loves him, and has his good at heart. Punishment inflicted for gratifying the appetite makes man afraid but debases him.

Nate Robertson

Leyland's not afraid to yell at you from the dugout. It's situational things, not pitch selection. When he says something, I take it to the bank. I trust what he says.

Antonio Villaraigosa

Leadership is not about being afraid to lead or make mistakes, ... the whole culture is about being safe and risk averse.

Susan Chapman

So many bad things have happened, they are afraid to hope. Until it's actually voted on by the commission, they're afraid to have any trust in the process.

Taurean Green

Everybody had us in the NIT. We wanted to prove ourselves. After that tournament, everybody bought into the fact we could be a special team.

John Waterman

It's amazing. One lady came in and saw her daughter's classroom up there and bought everything on the list.

Jake Krause

It's great. These seniors have bought in to what I've brought since day one and this just validates their effort and how hard they've worked to get here. It puts a stamp on the program.

Leslie Betts

They bought me when they bought the business, and I think they got a pretty good deal.

Michael Hutchison

It was kind of the consensus that the stock would be bought out for as much as $30. It seems in line with expectations.

Jeff Joseph

It makes every consumer seem like a potential pirate. We have grave concerns; it seems a crime to disenfranchise so many consumers who have already bought these products in good faith.

Jay Butler

It's a popular area. People who bought their homes at a good price have little incentive to move on.

Damien Wilkins

It's going to be a lot of fun. I just bought my mom a house there. She'll be there. I'm really excited about that trip.

Holland Roden

I bought a car, but not just any car; I bought a Volvo, which was the safest on the road at the time. It's not any more, so I upgraded to the Mercedes.

Christopher Bell

We're in here for the long haul. We've got a successful and strong company ... and we intend to keep make it even stronger.

David Hilal

This is just part of the software world. And because there's a remedy for these problems, investors don't lose too much sleep over it.

Merle Shain

Friends are like windows through which you see out into the world and back into yourself. If you don't have friends you see much less than you otherwise might.

Robert B. Parker

Send it to someone who can publish it. And if they won't publish it, send it to someone else who can publish it! And keep sending it! Of course, if no one will publish it, at that point you might want to think about doing something other than writing.

Steven Price

I go into the whole composer thing quite open to keep on going and keep on trying different things because you never know... the next idea you have might be the one.

Rick Chryst

If it's a part, it's just a part. Each institution is different. TV might be a part for some schools, and nonexistent for others.

Todd Moody

I was surprised that Dayton was moved into our district. I thought that it might be Barbers Hill.

R. Ingram

I was pleased with what we saw, It might be several years before we go out there again.

Brian Lara

If we had rested him we might have had his services in Durban and here.

Walt Jocketty

If we had won that game, ... the whole Series might have been different.

Randolph Morris

If we retrieved the ball, it might have been a different outcome.

David Miller

The performance of the stock is going to come down to the movies. It's that simple. And there are no sequels in store for next year.

Carolina Kluft

Everything I do is geared towards improving my next performance.

Troy Nickerson

People are really going to be watching the pre-numbers for this next quarter. We need to get some sort of reversal if we're going to be able to stabilize.

Jeff Bourne

Over the next several years, I don?t see this getting anything but more difficult.

Richard Boucher

Our view is that it should be referred to the U.N. Security Council. That's where we think the next steps are.

Anthony J. D'Angelo

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

Eric Fellner

You never get time at Working Title, sadly, to enjoy any film's success, because you're worrying about the next lot.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Next to faith in God, is faith in labor.

Leslie Hope

I don't know so much about making it, because I think of myself as a working actor who's always got my eye on what's going to be the next job. I've been acting for 22 years, and I think there's something to be said for simply staying in the game.