Famous Quotes & Sayings

Darren Shan

I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, she encouraged me to use my imagination.

Doug Mirabelli

Kids, I want to encourage all of you to keep your eyes on the finish line and finish your goal.

Darrell Jackson

Jaime and all the other girls showed patience at the plate after that first inning. I always encourage them to be selective at the plate and they did that and seized the opportunities to score when there were offered.

Jean Price

Jack gave him that right encouragement. You never know when that special pat on the back is going to be the one that influences them.

Jack Waymire

I always encourage veteran hunters to try to take an adult. It can be a little more difficult, but it is a fun challenge.

Patrik Elias

He didn't have to say that. We all knew what the score was. We all knew what was still on the line and every one of us tried to encourage each other here. Let's give 100 percent and we'll see where we end up.

Ramel Bradley

He just told us he needed us to encourage him. He said we needed to help him get out of his slump.

Tamika Jackson

He just encouraged me to do it and not to expect someone else to make my moment happen for me, but rather to go out for it myself.

Quentin Blake

With my pictures, what I hope is that it encourages the reader to imagine more pictures of his own.

Amilcar Arroyo

I was lucky I met her. But if not, I knew I had to marry somebody else.

Mariangee Bogado

I was looking at the scoreboard a lot. I knew I had the no-hitter, but I think it's all mental. I was just thinking about getting everyone out.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Know thyself""? If I knew myself I'd run away

H. Hunt

I think it could have been better, though. We started out and could have done better than what we did. We knew (we could press).

Tamba Hali

I think in the back of his mind, he knew we were coming. He still had to do his job, but he knew we were coming.

Joan Bonvicini

It all started with our practices. We knew that we just had to be tougher.

Matt Thornton

He wanted to make sure he knew I can compete, for me to pitch like he knows I can, like I know I can.

J. Taylor

He didn't know what was going on, he just knew something was going on.

Daron Wildermuth

He can shoot it. We knew he'd get some points. We just tried to limit him.

Paula Radcliffe

I wouldn't be putting myself on the line if I didn't think I could go in and win both.

Frank Martinez

We've been told to say that. (And say) whatever it takes to get that phone line in the receiver.

Diane Rullan

We're not worried, though. People are just starting to get into the Valentine's Day spirit. Pretty soon the line in here will be out the door.

Mike Boyajian

We've got to keep on scoring. Right now, all three of our lines are starting to score. A team can't concentrate on one of our lines. We're pretty deep.

Mario Lemieux

I thought the other lines were pretty good, as well. We'll see what happens.

Mark Schmidt

I think we got the line a lot more than we have been. We played more aggressively.

Nariman Behravesh

I think that whole line of reasoning is overdone.

Steve Cameron

I think that we've managed to put together a competitive line up.

Lindy Ruff

I think that we're getting there, ... Those are two lines that could stick for a while.

Scott McCallum

What you don't read about, it's never a story of the 98 percent who are doing things right and view this as a public service and want it to work.

Robert McGrath

He's able to do about 80 percent of what he did this year.

Paul Reiser

He's 50 percent Peter Falk, 50 percent my own father,

Michael Andretti

He's all but signed. It's not 100 percent done, but we're down to the piddly stuff.

John Rittenhouse

He should be at about 95 percent for states.

Walt Jocketty

I think you need to turn the roster over. I think turning a percentage of your roster over every year is healthy.

Ed Peterson

We're probably doing 60 percent as many ships as we had been before the storm.

Terry Semel

We've done that, and they now represent approximately 40 percent of our total revenue.

Eric Price

What you see here on the facility, we are probably running about 90 percent of our workforce.

Trevor Noah

I'm a quarterback. I don't need to score the touchdown. I just need to spot the pass.

Lorenzo Hands

He's just like another Dwayne Collins. He can score on the inside, but he may actually be better from the perimeter. He can really shoot the ball, too.

Jim Chaney

Whatever is going to work. We've always been very pragmatic. Let's find a way to score points. We have no shame.

Jim Boeheim

We've got to score on the perimeter. There's no secret there. ... If we don't score on the perimeter, we're not going to score. Offensively we have to get better.

Dan Hawkins

We make one of those catches, we probably score and make it 38-7, ... and it's probably on and you're trying to keep it from being 60-7.

Derek Jeter

Well, you don't have to look at the scoreboard anymore.

Keith Ballard

I don't get to score that often, so when I do it's fun. And to get the game-winner, it's exciting.

Judy Garland

I could sketch out a score in different keys, a new way each time.

Dustin Byfuglien

I never thought I'd score in my first game.

Jonas Jennings

Have you ever tried to write with one hand?

Vernell Brown

He's got some big ones. If I was a coach, no way I'd have tried that.

Jim Gallagher

I didn't get a sense of what the temperature is on that. I tried to allay the fears, and there are significant fears.

Nate Robinson

I am going to go at him (Iverson). I am going to make him play defense. That is what I tried to do tonight.

Marc Grossman

had some questions, we tried to give some answers... it was not negotiations.

Lloyd Jones

If you have tried to do something and failed, you are vastly better off than if you had tried to do nothing and succeeded.

Michael Campbell

I just tried to give us some confidence.

Travis Garrison

I just tried to do what I could.

Kwame Brown

I just tried to play the right way.