Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Mercer

The fact that I'm often pushing my voice as hard as I can is from playing in nightclubs in Albuquerque where you don't have a good sound system.

Angie Martinez

The fact that they're taking this service away is disheartening.

Thomas Hobbes

The Register of Knowledge of Fact is called History .

Michael Dowd

Facts are God’s native tongue.

Ashley Jensen

My mother has only just got over the fact that I will never play Shrek's sister - because of the Scottish accent, she thought I'd be perfect.

Adam Putnam

I'm still frustrated with the fact that there are so many unresolved issues a year later, ... They have been slow to respond to some of the valid criticisms.

Hank Cox

Manufacturing has already been in an a recession ... but we were looking for a fourth-quarter turnaround. With the interest rate cuts, tax cuts, and (the fact that) many manufacturers had gone through their inventory set us up for a reasonable recovery.

Rathika Martyn

I'm humbled by the fact that I've been given an opportunity to do this. It was something we felt we needed to do.

Alan Faneca

I think this team has rallied around him and what he's meant to this organization for so long and knowing that this could be his last ride. The fact that it's in his hometown means a lot to the guys in here to make it happen for him because he's meant that much to us.

Lee Humphrey

As a shooter you can tell when your shots are going good. Tonight I felt good, especially in the second half.

Mickey Irving

We felt pretty good leaving there, and we kept hanging around, and we really frustrated them, which is good.

Chris Iannarone

We felt pretty good going into the half. We said that if we were down only 10 at the half we felt like we would have a shot.

Terry Posey

We've played well to this point, but you can't let up now. The guys remember the hurt last year and what if felt like to lose in this game. That should be some motivation for them.

Alge Crumpler

We were only down by three and I really felt like we could get it done. The other team over there, they played some good football today. I am going to give those guys some credit.

Scott Eyre

What happened to guys this season reminds you it's a business. Those guys were friends, and they said some things they felt had to be said. But you have a job to do, and you have to move on.

Johan Santana

What can you do? I felt like I threw some good pitches and didn't get the calls.

J. M. Roberts

We talked this morning and he said it felt good. That's also when he told me he would be back for next season.

Jerry Bell

We sort of felt this was a Waterloo issue in this committee.

Abby Cohen

Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.

Peter Weir

With more time I like to see the actors find something of their own places, so I can get their own ideas before I put mine in. Given they have a better idea more often enough.

Louis Zamperini

God has given me so much. He expects so much out of me.

Lucian

How gracious are the gods in bestowing high positions; and how reluctant are they to insure them when given.

Francois Hollande

Nothing was given to me, nothing was entrusted to me, nothing was assigned to me. Everything I have, I took by right.

Bob Sanders

All of those really big hits I remember. I put one on him. I've given people a lot of those.

Mark Pearson

All the political appointees have been given their marching orders.

Eddi Reader

It's not what you've been given, it's what you do with what you've got.

Thomas McManus

The market's progress since then (Sept. 21) seems excessive, given the challenging environment.

Kate Buckley

That opportunity made me realize I wanted to be a director,

Earl Nightingale

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

Richard Hatch

When you meet someone with a vision, you have to give them a shot and an opportunity to see what they can do.

Dick Pound

Occasions for defining moments do not arise every day. When they do, we must seize the opportunities they present for improving everyone's life.

Dick Spring

It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I think we should leave no stone unturned to achieve that.

Desmond Tutu

We are living in an historic moment. We are each called to take part in a great transformation. Our survival as a species is threatened by global warming, economic meltdown, and an ever-increasing gap between rich and poor. Yet these threats offer an opportunity to awaken as an interconnected and beloved community.

Debbi Fields

All I need as payment is a smile. That just really pushes me forward so that I'm always capturing the next opportunity to develop myself.

Debora Spar

I certainly wouldn't go back and blame feminism, because all that feminism was really trying to do, which was huge, was to create a new set of expectations, a new set of opportunities for women, and they did.

Debora Spar

Rather than seeing the opportunities that feminism created they very easy morph into expectations.