Famous Quotes & Sayings

Palaniappan Chidambaram

I don't envy China. I wish to emulate China.

David Leadbetter

The focus now is on scoring. It's tough to emulate a tournament when she's at home, tough to get into any kind of competitive situation.

Shannon Bailey

The thing about Bailey, is that he just has so much fight in him. The whole time he was in his coma, his right hand would emulate the motion of hitting the throttle of his bike.

Ozzie Guillen

After Contreras did that, I knew Freddy would come down and try to emulate him. He gave me the innings, too.

Alfee Reft

This is a reflection of my coaches, teammates, my family ? people who have all had influence on me, obviously. It's me being surrounded by wonderful people and trying to emulate that ... uphold that standard. It's a big honor. It leaves me without words. Very, very humbling.

Rod Smith

(Cosell) was the best. When you heard that voice, you knew a big-time event was going on. Still, to this day, no one could ever emulate the things he had done. No one could ever try because they'd be wasting their time. He made it exciting to watch Monday Night Football .

William Wordsworth

What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star.

Tyler Oakley

Since the beginning, I have always tried to just be me. There have been moments in my career as a YouTuber where I've recognized that I'm trying to emulate something else, or I'm being heavily influenced by a YouTuber or something like that, and I realize that's not what I want to be putting out.

Sarah Pinborough

My first six books were horror, I think because when I was young I loved Stephen King. John Wyndham, Daphne Du Maurier, and it's natural to try and emulate the books you first loved.

William Shakespeare

We are gentlemen that neither in our hearts nor outward eyes envy the great nor shall the low despise.

Ned Zachar

I don't envy the FCC's job here. This is an incredibly tricky decision.

Richard Whately

Of all hostile feelings, envy is perhaps the hardest to be subdued, because hardly any one owns it even to himself, but looks out for one pretext after another to justify his hostility.

Truman Capote

It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.

William Shenstone

There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.

Robert Ringer

The greed and envy of the nonproducer is insatiable, so that eventually nothing short of 100% taxation will appease him.

Samuel Johnson

I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.

Samuel Johnson

All envy is proportionate to desire.

William Hogarth

All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.

Mark Richt

He's a big-league talent. I wish he wasn't a freshman. Hopefully, we won't have to play him for a while.

Darren Woodson

He's a kid, he's a talent. I wish he was on my team.

Sami Hassoun

It is him, 100 percent. I wish it was not him.

Richard Whately

If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed.

Richard Whately

It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

Richelle Mead

It was like having a genie. I'd only get so many wishes.

Russell Johnson

I wish to confess my sins, and I wish Christ to come into my life. . .

Romola Garai

I wish I was a more adventurous person in a way. But actually, security is a really big deal for me.

Umberto Eco

The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation.