Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gary Anderson

Ken is the closest thing I had to a brother.

Steven Ucherek

I think the closest we've ever been to El Paso is Austin.

Carlos Lee

I didn't get to play in the Olympics so this is the closest I can get. There's a lot of pride playing for your country.

Kelis

In my life, looking at other women who have been pregnant while writing, I always feel like it's kind of their most musical or the closest to themselves. I think for me it's such a validating moment, you know. I always knew I wanted to have kids, and I've been making music all my life.

Darin Strauss

I have twin six-year-old boys. Have no mojo. The closest thing to a mojo I have is five minutes of peace.

Gene Scott

I'm not here to transplant saints. If you just want an ordinary church, pick up the Yellow Pages and find the closest one to you.

Pieter Mulder

The FF Plus is convinced that the voter day on March 1 is an ideal opportunity to also hold a referendum on those issues that are closest to the heart of Pretoria residents.

Brad Vanneman

The Husky community has been searching for a Don James replacement, and this is the closest they've come to finding someone with that style of running a team.

Nick Price

The guys who spend a lot of time on the range become his closest friends, ... He has always gravitated toward the guys who work the hardest.

Steve Saviano

(Kevin) is going to be a good goalie. I'm convinced of it. He's a big prospect for Carolina.

Ozzie Guillen

He convinced me he was ready to go. We need this kid. ... Especially with the two teams we might play, New York or Anaheim, we need two lefties (in the bullpen).

Julian Kurtz

The only thing that convinced them to obey the law was when we hired (attorney) David Carrier - 'We are going to sue you' - that got their attention. I've found that virtually nobody wants to obey the law and that nobody wants to enforce the law.

Ralph Preston

Gold is telling us that not everyone is convinced inflation is in check.

John Naughton

We're pretty much convinced it's not a rogue shark or a shark out there -- one shark that's doing all the damage.

David Clohessy

We suspect there are many more. We're convinced it's just a matter of time before it happens again.

Nick Spano

I think we need a strong New Yorker to head the ticket, ... hasn't convinced me he is the right person.

Dan Rather

I am convinced we can do so again. That must be our focus and priority.

Seiji Maehara

I am convinced the credibility of the mail is high.

S. Hughes

He just went AWOL (absent without leave) on us. I think he just lost his heart for the battle. But he was a lovely lad. They all seem to be lovely lads from Trinidad.

Daniel Inouye

Henry was an acquaintance of presidents and kings, but his heart was always with the native people of Hawaii, who are still struggling for their moment in the sun,

Roberto Torres

Have the heart of a lion and the mind of an eagle.

Robert Richardson

Her lungs were fine. It was just her heart.

Sandra Ritchey

Her heart had just been working too hard.

Nanci Griffith

...here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest.

John Tortorella

He's been so much-maligned all year long but tonight his heart was as big as the building, especially in that third period he played.

Randy Rutledge

What do you tell the guys? All I can say is I'm proud of them. They got it done heart to win for each other.

Bryce Kaneshiro

I thought we had it. We had tons of opportunities, especially on the throw-ins. I thought we'd get two or three in. Right now, it's the worst feeling, but I'm proud of the guys. They left their hearts on the field.

Anthony Anderson

Kangaroo Jack is the first movie I've been in where I was the star, or co-star, so this is my baby. This is the one that holds special meaning to me.

Alan Trammel

He wants to play, ... We're probably the ones who have been holding him back a little bit, but we have to.

Ted Cottrell

He knows when you have to hold back now. He's reacting a lot more to where the tackle is going and making his move, rather than preplanning like he did last year.

Sheila Nevins

I get very nervous when it's quiet, because I think it's dead. What I learned in the moment was to hold back a little before you talk.

Gore Vidal

God, no. Unless you hold office, there's no point in being there.

Colin Falls

He's just making one move and not thinking about it. I think sometimes he holds onto it and over-analyzes. He catches and makes his move (and) that opens us up on the outside.

Jennifer Schack

Hold on to your hat. The winds will pick up for the afternoon.

Josh Hall

I think that people actually just like to hold on to the map.

J. J. Johnson

The purpose of this planting was to hold soil where it is and keep it from going to the coast. If you can keep it from washing out, you've got plenty of topsoil.

Marcus Trescothick

It is not ideal to go into the last match with the series already decided, but a lot of ranking points are up for grabs.

David Dunn

I think that would be an ideal situation for Kerry.

Donny Robinson

I don't have the ideal body type for BMX, but just with anything, you have your pros and your cons. And being small kind of allows me to maneuver through the other bigger riders and make passes they couldn't necessarily make.

Eric Coyne

Ideally you want to do this once, and do it right.

Oliver Luck

Ideally you'd have 12 months to set this up, to get a staff and do everything necessary, and we've had three months to ramp up. But we'll be ready to go.

Robert Pattinson

My ideal of manliness is to be incapable of doing anything

Yves Saint Laurent

I don't at all search for an ideal woman, but several ideal women.

John Bennett

If you have the time and money, a week or two of total immersion is the ideal solution.

Stuart Pearce

In an ideal world, we will still qualify for Europe.

Mike Quigley

Just the circumstances of being in D.C., people give you books, and there are issues you want to learn more about, so you are tearing into as many as you can.

Ted Cruz

I think issues and substance, policy and vision and record should be the meat of politics.

Judith Sayers

There are still treaty issues that First Nations will have to negotiate on the rail corridor, but those negotiations will be between First Nations and government.

David Neumark

I think what the living-wage movement has done in the past 11 years is incredible. How many other issues are there where progressives have been this successful? I can't think of one.

Paul Robertson

I think some of the technical and infrastructure issues haven't been completely realized,

Duane Lewis

He's doing fine. I think it was just a routine procedure. It had been prescheduled. It was not the result of any issues the last two weeks or three weeks.

Bill Graham

I did point out (that) his is a minority that is even less strong than ours and on many of these issues he knows that not only (does) he represent a minority of members of the House, but also in terms of the electorate.

Judy Breselor

I don't find it acceptable. It's really got to go before the Planning Board. I had some issues with it and have to go see how it fits.

Reid Hoffman

The value of being connected and transparent is so high that the roadbumps of privacy issues are much lower in actual experience than people's fears.

Ian Shepherdson

He used the word 'pre-emptive,' which was the signal he used before the March 1997 rate hike.

Warren G. Bennis

Cicero talks, and people marvel; Ceasar talks and people march

Jim Waldvogel

In March we should start seeing what the regulations are going to look like.

Maxim Medvedkov

In March 2007, Russia could become a member.

Khaled Hosseini

In March of 2001, I revisited the short story, and found that thought it did not work well as a short story, it might work much better as a longer one. The novel [The Kite Runner] came about as an expansion of that original, unpublished short story.

Dustin Langley

The march to the U.N. is to say, 'hands off Iran.

Ismael Zayer

The clerics are the kingmakers, the peacemakers and the war-makers. People are marching by order of clerics and stopping by order of clerics.

Ken Goldstein

This is a jab, it's not a haymaker, ... What we see here in March is probably the end of it.

Jim Steiner

We still have some very serious negotiating to do between now and March 3.

Chris Murray

He didn't really get a shot. They didn't give him much opportunity in the pre-season.

Conroy Hines

He is probably our go-to receiver right now. He's making plays. He doesn't do it right all the time, but when he has an opportunity to make a catch, he'll do it.

Greg Brenneman

I pass on any opportunity I see that I can't add value on.

Dusty Baker

He's going to play now because we're out of outfielders. This is an opportunity to salvage the season.

Dusty Baker

He's going to play now because we're out of outfielders, ... This is an opportunity to salvage the season.

John Campbell

I think it's an opportunity to have some new blood,

Scott White

I think they were pleased to have the opportunity to tell their story to a jury. That's really all you can do.

Anton LaVey

There is no heaven of glory bright, and no hell where sinners roast. Here and now is our day of torment! Here and now is our day of joy! Here and now is our opportunity! Choose ye this day, this hour, for no redeemer liveth!

Parthiv Patel

I have been waiting for the past two years and now I have got another opportunity to prove my talent.

Ron Gardenhire

He did a super job. That'll be a plus for us.

Tim Purpura

He can play all three (outfield) positions, and he runs exceptionally well and has a plus arm, ... He's more of a speed-and-defense type of guy.

Micky Arison

I think that was a big psychological plus for us.

Ken Hitchcock

It's huge. He's a point-a-game guy, a big-time plus player.

Pierre Charron

The shortest follies are the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

Shannyn Sossamon

If money is the only plus, I will always say no. But, if there's more, than I'm down.

Tim Tucker

They're used to winning. Plus they understand the tournament trail.

Tom Richards

This is the first time in three years we've had a jayvee team. It's been a plus for our program.

Mike McCarthy

Throwaways are OK. When a quarterback throws the ball away in our system, that's a plus. That's a plus decision. That's the way I've always graded it.

Nicola Sturgeon

The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people.

Jeff Carter

This referendum is just not going to fly.

Steve Southerland

I think voters appreciate that I'm not sitting in the back row, waiting for my turn.

Rich Lowry

Bill Clinton was a liberal who could appeal to conservative-leaning Bubba voters.

Washington Allston

Reputation is but a synonym of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.

William Hague

It is not my policy to hit voters during the election.

John DeVilbiss

If you don't put it on as continuing, you'll have to be back to the voters all the time.

Kesha Rogers

I'm appealing to voters by actually telling the truth.

Nelson Mandela

Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way. Universal suffrage on a common voters' roll in a united, democratic and non-racial South Africa is the only way to peace and racial harmony.

Mike Huckabee

Improved AR roads, via voter-approved tax increase.

Carly Fiorina

The most effective way to beat Hillary Clinton is to remind voters of Hillary Clinton's behavior.