Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rachel Sklar

I wrote small stories here and there, then bigger ones. Some were even written for money. I signed up for a writing class and snuck my first assignment on a yellow legal pad in a partner's office while he read through my memo.

Ron Shelton

Joe's assignment was to keep an eye on him and be a role model, ... Joe never saw him, except at the ballpark. The idea of a wild, young pitcher who's out of control rooming with a veteran gave me the dramatic possiblity.

Undersheriff Hudson

He wanted some sort of deal from the district attorney's office for his cooperation, and he wanted an attorney to assist him in working through this negotiation. The sheriff and I unsuccessfully tried to get him a public defender assigned as soon as possible because of the urgency of the situation.

Eddie Jordan

He is really embracing the role that we assigned him as the defensive captain.

Dick Cheney

He legally and irrevocably assigned them and he receives no tax benefit from them,

Paul Freeman

We take the solution providers from opportunity to identification of the right service, assign a solutions architect, help with customer questions and pricing, and help all the way through closing and delivery.

Bill Belichick

What you need to think about it is, 'How do I defeat the guy who is assigned to block me?' That's what defensive football really is about,

Howell Raines

I was assigned to write the color story in the stands and on the sidelines in the Alabama-Auburn game at Legion Field in 1964, ... My first byline was in the Post-Herald and it was about Bear Bryant. So that's about as good as gets in Alabama.

Bob Stoops

I thought the secondary played solid and good the entire day. The one deep wheel route we gave up on our boundary was somebody else outside of the secondary busting an assignment and not covering their guy. They tackled well for the most part, their positions on the ball and challenging in many coverage, I thought, were really pretty good.

Keira Knightley

Film is a much lonelier process than theatre. You really don't have any rehearsal time in film. You don't shape it together... with theatre, there is a complete kind of family atmosphere. The sociable side of this business is the theatrical side, it really isn't the film side.

David Gergen

I was in the Nixon White House during Watergate, and we pretended that we were all about business as usual. And we had a president who was talking to the portraits. It was not business as usual, but you have to say it.

Jack Osbourne

I was interning at a record label - OK, cool. I'm gonna do what my mom did, you know, work her way up in the music industry, the business side of things. I was comfortable with that. That was what I wanted to do. And then just suddenly I am thrown from that. It was super insane.

Wayne Taylor

Kevin had so many friends. Businesses and individuals have really stepped up to the plate for this project.

Alan Lacy

Kevin left the company at my request because I lost confidence in his personal credibility, ... His departure is not related to business performance and does not constitute a change in credit strategy.

Kristin Degnan

Knitting is one of the fastest growing crafts in the business.

Howard Davidowitz

Kmart said it closed its worst performing stores because it couldn't maintain inventory once its vendors cut themselves off. Now that the stores are shuttered and inventory is up, Kmart is still doing less business than before. The company is still losing money and market share. I'm not sure the company can get past Christmas.

Gerry Harvey

I would think that most of the online business will be conducted by traditional retailers and that over 90 per cent of the e-retailers will, in fact, all go out of business.

Carl Peterson

I wouldn't be opposed to that. I think it's a terrific 1-2 punch. This business is a business of attrition.

Sarah Reed

Knowing this is critical because in that relaxed setting of a meal, the true personality of a person comes out. Employers need to know how the person handles themselves in a social situation. Do they let their hair down too much? Will they represent the company well with a client?

Anthony Davis

KeyCorp's management team has made much progress over the last three years in refocusing the company on profitable revenue growth.

Alexander Paris

I would not want to see them sell at this price, ... I would want to see them get the company turned around then look at if you want to go private.

Italian Proverb

Keep company with good men, and you'll increase their number

Scott Bilker

Keep all your records. By law, the credit-card company must investigate your dispute.

Gray Davis

Just the other day, we had to pay $1,900 for a megawatt hour, which a year ago would have cost us $30, ... And the reason this company named Reliant out of Texas gave us for charging us that much money was, they said, the state's credit isn't any good.

Simon Wolfson

I think it is a sad day for the company and we are going to miss him. But, typically of him, he has planned his own succession immaculately. We will have a dinner and a nice party for him.

Stephen Roelofse

I think in time they will probably make an offer (for Western Areas). I can't see them taking a passive stake in the company like that.

Michelle Pfeiffer

Having a full-blown company is just something that I don't have the time for now, ... I was just starting to feel really depleted, and the kids are getting older and the demands are different now.

Mark Morial

Half a million hardworking Americans, through no fault of their own, have been thrown out of work and, in many cases, have seen their jobs disappear altogether. We owe it to these workers to help them get back on their feet.

Jason Alexander

What you find with singers, no matter where they're from, if they have any kind of an accent, the accent tends to disappear when they sing.

Steve Jenkins

He's come to the realization that he has to be more assertive. ... In the past he's had a tendency to disappear on offense at times. He's a great shooter, and for him to shoot (only) three or four times in a game is a sin.

Tracy K. Smith

Everything that disappears/Disappears as if returning somewhere

Will Oldham

You're making something that won't be what it is until some unknown date in the future. All aspects of the personal disappear.

Arthur Miller

If you don't put something away in some type of investment plan that has restrictions, the money will probably disappear because if it's in our hot hands, it tends to get spent.

Sergio Sarmiento

It has too much power to disappear overnight. It will still keep the governorship of 19 states and a substantial presence in Congress.

David Beckham

I know I've been given a talent which can't disappear just like that. For four games I didn't perform like I can. I want to prove that's right.

Morrie Schwartz

Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?

James Awad

I would urge people not to speculate in the Internet sector.

Rod Lache

I think it's a smart move because it's less deceptive. People who are going on the Internet can get the right news up front.

Bill Clinton

We're now up over 50 percent of the schools (are wired for Internet access), from 3 percent, and over 80 percent of the classrooms, from 14 percent, since 1994.

Troye Sivan

I share every aspect of my life with the internet. Whether or not that’s a good thing I don’t know,

Rick Boucher

I have been involved in Internet-related policy for approximately one decade, and I have been using the Internet myself for almost that period of time.

Richard Curtis

The great thing about the Internet is that it will not abide by the rules.

William J. Clinton

We should set a national goal of making computers and Internet access available for every American . . . we must help all Americans gain the skills they need to make the most of the connection.

Vinton Cerf

The Internet lives where anyone can access it.

Zachary Quinto

I don't immerse myself in the Internet chatter because it opens you up to a whole source of danger.

Chris Porter

Knowing you're a part of this ... is something.

Fernando Alonso

Knowing what it takes to win a title, I think they need a year running at the top first. Next year is more realistic for them. They'll make a big step at some point.

F. L. Lucas

Knowing what it means to sometimes have a ton of money, and sometimes have no money and have to come up on-the-fly with something.

Steve Greene

Knowing Travis I don't think he has any regret. I think that he wouldn't have it any other way.

Ben Wallace

Knowing Tony, I know he wouldn't go in the stands for no reason. You've got to protect your family.

E. Hicks

Knowing they're going to have 20,000 people here, you could think of (the fans) screaming at the top of their lungs.

Katha Pollitt

knowing that it's there for them if they really need it.

Tiki Barber

Knowing Stray, he'll play. He was walking around, but he wasn't walking all right. But he's always ready to play, even when he's hurting, he's OK.

Manny Acta

Knowing Pedro, he doesn't want to participate just to participate.

Stella McCartney

I was in this stadium with 200,000 people looking at my mum and dad. That was mind-bending.

Harry Redknapp

I was looking out there with two minutes to go thinking 'Don't do this to me again'.

John Smoltz

I was looking forward. It was brutal. I was tested to the max.

Trot Nixon

I was looking for Baez to come after me like he normally does,

Flavio Briatore

I was looking at the No. 1. That's the only thing I was looking at.

Jim Crawley

I was looking at our play sheet at halftime,

Shannon Stewart

I was in shock when she told me. I would never think in a million years that she would be fired, especially after looking at her record and all.

Dwight Davis

I wouldn't be surprised to see anything at this point; this is the Wild West in terms of licensing models, ... Everyone is looking for models right now.

Dan Bonner

Just looking at the process, and seeing how things worked, I just thought that I would like to get involved.

Tammy Cox

I would send him the burritos by mail but I can't find a way to do it and keep them fresh.

Bart Simpson

I will not send lard through the mail

Warren Buffett

I sent one e-mail in my life. I sent it to Jeff Raikes at Microsoft, and it ended up in court in Minneapolis, so I am one for one.

Rick Riordan

hermes has threatened me with slow mail. lousy Internet service and a horrible stock market if i publish this story. I hope he is just bluffing.

Jeffrey Koplan

If there is a risk from cross-contaminated mail, it is very low, ... the mail is, by and large, very safe.

Padmasree Warrior

It makes me so much calmer when I’m responding to e-mails later.

Barbara Deming

There should be no censorship of mail.

Scarlett Pomers

One time I got fan mail that was from Africa. It's really neat.

Lil' Kim

My fan mail is what keeps me going.

George H. W. Bush

I also want to send the message that I think this can be resolved peacefully,

Al Gore

He wants to start this on a message of prayer and healing,

Jimmy LaFave

His message is very much valid today. He was about standing up for what was right. He took part in peace petitions. It's something we need to do now. A lot of what's going on now was going on when Woody was alive.

Ray Nagin

I think it's going to send a wonderful message to the world that New Orleans is on the road to recovery.

Bob Carr

I think the fundamental message is: your people, their character, the kind of society you are, will be on display,

Terry Wood

We try to get the message out there that the ongoing support of our organization is essential,

Ben Beakes

We thought what better tool to use to get the message out to everybody. It's eye-catching, it's different and it's recognizable.

Shirley Eaton

I don't even want to be on Twitter. I think it's abhorrent, people sending messages to say they're doing the washing-up or whatever.

Susan Collins

He was unambiguous in his message to us,

John W. Snow

I would think that next month we would see better numbers,

Susanna Moore

I lived in Calcutta for five months in 1999. While I was there, I read many journals, diaries, collections of letters and histories.

Hugh Mackenzie

What we've seen over the past month is nothing short of price gouging.

Tom Harkin

Having a plan on paper does nothing to protect us, ... Next month is too late. The United States is woefully unprepared for this, and we must get started immediately.

Penny Brown

Here we are, months later, and we're still talking about the same thing,

Bob Israel

It could be six months before many dealers reopen doors,

Martin Freeman

I think the hardest part about anything you do for 18 months is just keeping yourself together for 18 months.

Tony Mitchell

What makes Saddam so much more a threat today than a month ago?

Eddie Jordan

We've been waiting for two months for this quarter.

Josh Sharpless

I was a lot calmer and relaxed this time. I didn't feel like everything was going 1,000 mph. It just seemed like a normal game. I didn't have the butterflies this time around. I just went out and pitched.

Scott Skiles

Just to run down and double-team Shaq all over the place, it normally doesn't pay off.

Scott Johnstone

It can be as little as $1, but normally it's $500, $1,000 or $2,000.

Todd Steverson

He just didn't have it. It was not a normal performance for him.

Mo Johnston

He said he was sorry. End of story. I'm not worried about that. He buckled down in the second half. Normally in the past, he would be sent off.

Bill Ward

I think it's just going back to a more normal level.

Johnny Whitaker

We told you, you could come up here and do whatever normal tourists do, and this is not what normal tourists do.

Cindy Winstead

We're not your normal organization. We have no funding, it's just me.

Clive Woodward

We take our normal precautions which are professional and thorough,

Joan Van Ark

Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years.

Rhonda Britten

Is what I am saying loving, compassionate, kind, empowering, or insightful?

Larry Ellison

Be careful about virtual relationships with artificially intelligent pieces of software.

Katrina Kaif

I think what you learn from relationships is that they are unpredictable.

Rick Springfield

Relationships and the stress of the world going down, it puts a lot of stress on people, you know financially.

Daren Kagasoff

Relationships are important, but stay focused on all the things that are important. Figure out what you want.

Dana Brunetti

I've got to be out doing a million things. That's how I find stories. That's how I get the relationships and get the projects that I get with the writers, the directors.

Reggie Bush

It's going to be a great, long relationship.

Melody Beattie

Relationships are where we take our recovery on the road.

Ricky Williams

We talk about life, we talk about our philosophies. He always sends me books. It's a different kind of relationship.

Rachel Leon

In my experience, I would say it's rare, if not unprecedented. I think it sends a strong message.

Andrew McDonald

I mean, when somebody like my grandmother sends me e-mail, I know that it's arrived,

John Updike

Young or old, a writer sends a book into the world, not himself.

Marc Shaiman

I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if someone else did it. It's a very sweet valentine to musicals, but (it) sends them up at the same time.

Trish Stratus

There really isn't a day when I wake up and DON'T have to be someplace.

Rob Bell

There's way too much wonder and mystery all around us to not stay open to more that's going on here. You can wake up, and sense and feel and taste and hear a whole world right here within this one, right here in this breath you're about to take.

Ryan Reynolds

Any kind of crisis can be good. It wakes you up.

Whoopi Goldberg

It you want to be somebody, If you want to go some where, you've got to wake up and pay attention

William Booth

We must wake ourselves up! Or somebody else will take our place, and bear our cross, and thereby rob us of our crown.

Veronica Roth

Looking at her is like waking up.

Robert Jordan

Any day you wake up, maybe you die.

Tyler Durden

If you wake up in a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?

Natalie Coughlin

I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.

Tori Amos

When we get in a routine we can become zombie-like and shut down.

Chandler Riggs

In a zombie apocalypse, I expect insane things to happen.

Lauren Oliver

That's what Zombieland is: frozen, calm, quiet.

Scott M. Gimple

A non-frightening zombie is a lame zombie.

Scott Ian

What is it about a zombie that appeals to me? I don't know. Maybe that it's just the most possible - I don't know - of all the supernatural entities.

Tatiana Maslany

I like 'Futurama.' That's kind of the only thing that's my sci-fi thing, although I was big into zombies for a time.

Laurell K. Hamilton

Who would have ever thought I'd be afraid of a zombie, any kind of zombie? Nicely ironic that.

Lauren Cohan

Sometimes you just have to chop a zombie like a melon. What can I say?

Joyce Carol Oates

These novels [Zombie, My Sister, My Love] are so special to me. [I don't expect that they will have nearly the same significance to anyone else.] They represent a kind of fiction I would love to pursue more or less constantly, but dare not.