Famous Quotes & Sayings

Clint Hurdle

Having a winning record at home or avoiding finishing last weren't motivating factors for us. When you are 27 games under .500, can we really expect to be better at home?

Mike Kuntz

He?s good at avoiding getting served, ... He?s good at dragging things out.

John Toshack

I will now not see these players for about four months so there is no point in not saying how I feel. I have never been one for avoiding the issue,

Bob Stein

He's been working hard, but is under the radar screen and avoiding big media events. His campaign people are making very targeted invitations to likely primary Republican voters.

Mary Kelly

I am ideologically opposed to involving private businesses for the purpose of avoiding prevailing wage rates.

Peter Tatchell

He is deliberately avoiding public engagements in order to deny us a chance to confront him,

Wayne Dyer

Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you.

Bible Bible

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called. (1 Timothy 6:20)

Mark Stahlman

Previous management understood what needed to be changed, but they were unable to make it happen, ... To actually make these changes is a massive challenge. It can't be done quickly. There will be people who will resist. There's no avoiding a good deal of internal conflict.

Aaron Johnson

I was lucky enough, when I was younger, to have the chance to do as much as possible, and I found what I wanted to do. I did swimming, gymnastics, kickboxing and the one that took off more than the others was acting.

Tim Thomas

I was looking forward to showing some character by giving a good effort all the way to the end of the year. I thought there was a good chance that maybe we could end the season with a win and feel good about ourselves. But it wasn't to be.

Lyle Overbay

I was looking for a pitch to hit. I had a chance to drive it. When I saw it go in the gap I thought maybe there would be a chance to score. Next thing you know, we win the game.

Jarome Iginla

Kipper, he's played like that all year. He's been amazing. Especially early tonight, they had some chances and he made some timely saves.

Buck Showalter

Kevin made good pitches when he had to, but it took a lot out of him. It was a tribute to him that he was able to get through it for five innings and give us a chance there.

Jeff Boogaart

Jacob is a good, young kid. He's got a chance to be real good for us. ...He needs to get a little tougher, and little more physical, but he does a good job with the ball.

Alexander Veshnyakov

I would say that as of today the chance of a second round is fairly high.

Floyd Ciruli

I would say that the 7th right now is clearly the nation's most competitive seat, with the Democrats having a clear chance to win it.

Terry Dean

I would suspect when he comes here it's going to be pretty ugly for him. I would think so. I'll be interested to see, if Urban has got a chance to run it up on him, what the final score ends up being.

Carol Pearson

Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves.

Daniel Shea

Historically, when big issues confront the electorate, young voters come to the polls. In 2004, it was the war in Iraq.

Adam Arkin

To confront those fears, in a controlled environment, where there's 300 people around you going through the same thing, it's this weird sort of yin and yang.

John le Carre

I don't know the literary world; I was scared of being confronted with famous names, not knowing what they had written. It was occupied territory I was entering.

Sharon Lee

I have seen her criticize and confront politicians and public leaders because they've ignored the needs of the community.

M. Wolfe

In failure you confront yourself, ... Don't rush through failure, because if you take it step by step, you realize that it isn't.

Stephen Lewis

the first dramatic signal from the U.S. administration that it is now ready to confront the pandemic and to save or prolong millions of lives.

Ezra Miller

The escape to an unchallenging fairy tale can be very nice and I'm all for that, but film can also challenge you to confront the realities of our world.

Brian Alger

The idea of improvisation means that we confront ourselves with our own individual creativity.

Nana Sutresna

In terms of denying the allegations - they used the words 'strongly deny' - they feel that this kind of measures has no foundation.

Rob Willman

I guess we're the favorite. I can't deny that.

Leslie Bonci

If you try to deny yourself, you can end up eating more by trying to eat around your craving.

Holly Cartner

Instead of going after the perpetrators of the massacre, the Uzbek government is trying to deny responsibility and silence witnesses.

Melissa Frame

In some ways I'm a pioneer. I know my limitations -- I can't deny them -- but I really have great parents who try to let me do as much as possible, and I've had people encourage me throughout my life, so I've never let it stop me, at least in theater.

Tom Perry

If there was no ordinance prohibiting time shares in an A-1 area, there would be no reason for me to deny registration, provided that they met the requirements of the state code.

Amity Gaige

I think novels are profoundly autobiographical. If writers deny that, they are lying. Or if it's really true, then I think it's a mistake.

Jason Robert Brown

I know I'm really good at writing for the theater. I can deny it all I want. Other people can fight me on it. It doesn't really matter. It's the thing I happen to know is my gift.

Denise Bishop

In this case, there's no way to send people out. But you still can't deny people assistance.

Edwin Whipple

Knowledge, like religion, must be ''experienced'' in order to be known.

Murray Walker

You have to say what comes into your head, and sometimes the wrong words come, in the wrong order or I'd make prophecies which immediately turned out to be wrong.

Bobby Hernandez

He refused several orders to get out of the street, and he was arrested.

Dave Foreman

He's just got to be consistent. In order to pitch in the big leagues, you've got to be consistent.

Plaxico Burress

We've got to get things in order off the field, too.

Richelle Mead

For once, you're going to hear something that doesn't fit into your neat, compartmentalized world of order and logic and reason.

Ryan Kwanten

I never want to be that guy at a dinner table saying, 'I wish I could have dessert.' I actually went through a stage when I would order dessert first.

Ronda Rousey

People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.

Ronda Rousey

You have to have fear in order to have courage.

Mike Mower

We've been very public in our support of this.

Russell Baker

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

Robert Winston

I do not know of any credible evidence that suggests Dr. Zavos can clone a human being. This seems to be yet another one of his claims to get publicity.

Robert Peel

No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.

Zachary Quinto

Even the former Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder has come out to say that he believed that [Edward] Snowden performed a public service, and I couldn't agree more.

Gary Peck

If I were the public officials, I would look at this ruling very carefully.

Bryan Kennedy

I like talking to the public and straightening them out.

George Bancroft

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

Mahatma Gandhi

Journalism has a distinct place in familiarizing and expressing public opinion.