Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joseph Addison

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.

Willie Mitchell

Knowing it's a rival game, we knew they were going to play way above themselves. We just didn't get the job done.

William Shakespeare

Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me,From mine own library with volumes thatI prize above my dukedom.

Rachel Platten

I wrote 'Fight Song' as this declaration to believe in myself, and that is similar to what you are taught to believe in Girl Scouts. Building confidence. Building character. And above all else, being there for each other as a community.

Robert Frost

Keep cold, young orchard. Goodbye and keep cold. / Dread fifty above more than fifty below.

Robert Putnam

It can be heard even above the roar of a helicopter, which is important if you want to tell people anything. That's the problem with bullhorns ? over a helicopter, they can't really understand what you're saying.

Cindy Shaw

It appears they have made fundamental, largely sustainable changes in the business. The guidance they offered today was above expectations, and we're seeing fundamental improvement in margins in this business pretty quickly under this new CEO. Margins in both the PC and imaging and printing businesses, which each account for 30 percent of revenue, were better than expected.

Don Cooper

I always expect good performances out of our starters, want them to go deep and believe in them -- but what they did is way above and beyond my expectations and those of a lot of other people.

Joe Girardi

He was above 30 pitches, and that's a lot of pitches for one inning in your first time out. I wanted to protect him. He was underneath the ball a little bit and he didn't have command of his fastball. That's going to happen in his first time out. I just didn't want to make too much of it, get him out and not get him hurt.

Susan Mann

Keep your food to a half cup serving.

Benjamin Raich

Hermann is very strong. He's a great skier. He won two medals in the Olympics and has won the World Cup title several times so it's too early to forget about him.

Anonymous Toast

Here's to holly and ivy hanging up, And to something wet in every cup

Christian Vieri

Going to the World Cup is an objective and in order to do that I need to play matches.

Corey Holmes

He's a veteran quarterback who's been in this situation before. He had some down times in Calgary, but he's a Grey Cup quarterback.

Kiran More

It is a important tour for us as we will be playing at World Cup venues. It is an opportunity for players to experience the conditions.

Gary Neville

I think the Carling Cup is a big moment for us.

Kirk Maltby

There is no guarantee that Stevie is done this year. We just want to win the Stanley Cup. But if there is one thing that could motivate us more, it would be the opportunity to give Steve one more Cup before he goes out.

Lucy Punch

What I like in L.A. is that it's a lot more brutal. In England it's, 'Have a cup of tea, have a chat,' and you still don't get the part. In L.A. you go in, do your bit, and if they don't like you, you're straight out again. In a sense, that's more honest.

Buck Showalter

I wouldn't put any limits on him. He can be a difference maker defensively, one of those guys who turns hits into outs.

Paul Levinson

I think in the long run it's not going to make much difference for CBS.

Bonnie Stewart

He wants to be able to learn. He wants to be able to make a difference in someone's life.

Rick Barnes

He is the difference in this team. We know he is going to give us everything he?s got, and he does every night he goes out there.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

The primary difference that I have found between the system of education in India and other countries, particularly the U.S., is that they focus on problem solving and relating theories to reality around them. These two things are lacking in the education system in India.

Dean Bonham

Here is a substantial and growing difference between the high and low revenue teams and it's a significant issue. It has to be resolved or they're headed for the kind of disparity we've seen in Major League Baseball.

Mark Fowler

He?s a difference maker. Whenever things got tight, he either got to the foul line or he made some tough shots in the paint.

Chris Cichocki

He's a great player. He can really make a difference in a game.

Carlos Rivera

He's a great person. He has helped us so much this year. You can see a difference from when I first started three years ago.

Vince Strine

We're playing some good teams very close. We've improved a lot, we just don't have that finishing touch yet.

Sidney Govou

He is not particularly quick or physical, but his sense of timing and his finishing are high quality. He remains a threat.

Robert Doisneau

I don't usually give out advice or recipes, but you must let the person looking at the photograph go some of the way to finishing it. You should offer them a seed that will grow and open up their minds.

Pete Carroll

Right now with its first initial announcement it's just a starting point for finishing the season and where you wind up is most important.

John Swenson

Remnants of the stone shed where they did the finishing work, ... the foundation is there.

Michael Leighton

In the locker room we weren't talking about anything else. We only talked about winning, about finishing strong.

Richard Greene

If you have a stake in the community, it probably does rub off on your kids. They're going to think there's something worthwhile to finishing school.

Stephen Ross

In the end, we didn't think finishing at the ninth was going to give us much more room than finishing at 18.

Thomas Rogers

Instead of having the reorganization in the courtroom, we'll have it in the hall, which hasn't been used yet. Workers are finishing it up.

Simon Spurr

Spring 2010 is the second season that I'm showing the double-breasted suit. I think the right double-breasted suit is young again.

Doug Tolin

I thought we would come out and play better in the second half. But we could never really get anything going. It kind of went the other way on us.

Jim Court

I thought about it for 10 seconds or so.

Sue Donohoe

When he wanted to know what time it was, you had to get down there. You didn't tell him that it was 30 seconds left.

Jim Calhoun

We've got to take away 3-point shooting and not get fatigued by the shot clock. They make as many shots under 12 seconds as any team you're going to play.

Bruce Bainter

I went down there and it was up over the second step.

Manny Acta

I don't know Soriano as an outfielder. He is here to play second base.

Jerry Russo

He had trouble his first inning. His second inning was terrific.

Daunte Culpepper

He had a tremendous second half,'' Burleson said.

Brian Waldron

We can co-exist with soccer, absolutely. They're essentially a summer sport and we're winter. We'll make it work beautifully.

Rob Sheffield

God bless America - what other civilization would give Patrick Dempsey another shot to rule as a sex symbol, twenty years after 'Meatballs III: Summer Job?' His reign as Dr. McDreamy on 'Grey's Anatomy' is proof that there's nothing we love more than giving Eighties celebs a heartwarming second stab at life.

Richard Paul Evans

There are people who come into our lives as welcome as a cool breeze in summer- and last about as long.

Tyler Perry

Developing a good work ethic is a key [to success]. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you're a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.

Truman Capote

Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. And there exudes a sour extra-human smell that makes the very stone seem flesh-alive, webbed and pulsing.

Trip Hawkins

Digital Chocolate has 60% of its developers in Finland where the sun never sets in the summer and there is nothing to do outside in the winter, so we are very productive!

Rick Riordan

Looking at the elementary schoolers in their colorful T-shirts from various day camps, Percy felt a twinge of sadness. He should be at Camp Half-Blood right now, settling into his cabin for the summer, teaching sword-fighting lessons in the arena, playing pranks on the other counselors. These kids had no idea just how crazy a summer camp could be.

Rick Riordan

She'd secretly had a crush on him since they were twelve years old. Last summer, she'd fallen for him hard.

Richard Crashaw

A happy soul, that all the way To heaven hath a summer's day.