Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andre Gide

Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.

Marcus Pollard

Joey had an excellent game. He really threw some good balls. When you start playing with confidence, you can do that.

Roosevelt Kiser

Josh is our leader and everything, but we had all our confidence in Chris. We knew as a offense we were going to win this game because we knew the defense was going to play until the end.

Joe DeSantis

Job shows us every day in practice that he can make his free throws. He's a freshman but we have confidence in him when he goes to the line.

Eddie Johnson

I think it's a group where we can have a lot of success. I think we can go in with great confidence and match up really well.

Gina Martin

I think it is a critical number. It's one of the first readings we get on consumer confidence post-Katrina.

Cheryl Buffo

I actually wanted her on the line. There were three players I wanted on the line and she was one of them. I had confidence in her. She stepped up and made the free-throws.

Rashad Janahi

I also wish to place on record my gratitude to our shareholders and investors for the trust they have vested in us which gives us the confidence to pursue our growth-oriented investment strategy.

Jose Vidro

He'll be all right. This team goes as far as he goes. It's early and we still have a lot of confidence in him.

Chris Hill

Kelvin seems a lot more energized now. He finally got his legs back.

Savas Kyriacou

I think it's a day that Toronto has finally lost its innocence. It was a tragic loss and tragic day.

Robert Torricelli

I think it is all over but the final act.

Paul Ryan

It also tells the American people that we're finally getting serious about saving the Social Security surplus for Social Security benefits.

Jade Gribble

He is taking up some new styles. I just showed him a new offensive shot and he had three takedowns in the finals with it for six points.

Peter Gregory

What we weren't able to do was give him a good rest because of his fitness test before the final Test match.

Ron Averill

Having those three guys in the finals is going to nail our name to the wall pretty well.

Kevin Kinel

I think its finally getting to the fun time. It's getting to the point to where we'll find if Mat is up to the challenge.

Steve Smith

I think the offense was there, we just weren't able to finish our chances. We hit the post twice. We had one goal taken away. We've been around two years and that's the first game we've won in the final five minutes of a game.

Gene Carswell

I thought we accomplished a lot over the weekend. We're making progress as a team and we know what we have to work on heading into the season.

Jimmy Johnson

I think we're getting some momentum back and heading in the right direction.

Don Thompson

I think we are heading toward a military dictatorship.

Maureen Allyn

I think we are heading into the worst of it. Investors think there we're heading towards a recovery in the next six months and I hope that they are right, but I just don't see the valuations for a huge rally going forward.

John Yates

He did whatever we needed him to do this year. He's really versatile. I think that had something to do with it. But when we were heading down the stretch in our duals and (Nick) Garber was banged up, Dustin did whatever we needed. One night we'd need him at 125, one night we'd need him at 135. He just did what we wanted him to do. I think that might have hurt his seed a little bit. His seed wasn't high, but we liked where he was in the bracket. He showed there that it didn't matter.

Deion Sanders

I like what I see. I think the league is heading in the proper direction.

Ciaran Hinds

The joy of just being involved in something, of being part of a big process, just as a human being, it's nice to be part of people who are in the same enterprise, heading for the same goal, rather than, 'Oh this is all about me and my role. The story's about me.'

Mark Elliott

Everybody's heading for the door, everyone wants to get out. It was always going to happen.

Hudson Riehle

The November performance of the Restaurant Performance Index is a positive sign for the restaurant industry heading into the new year. Of particular note is restaurant operators' optimistic outlook for the overall economy, which rose to its strongest level in nine months.

Brian McLaughlin

I was in Pensacola, Fla., for Ivan and I just want to be able to feel like I have helped people in my life,

Patrick Hogan

(Kirby) helped people...he always wanted to help people so splitting the money up is most in the spirit of (Kirby),

Robert Reed

Katrina, in some sense, helped that process be a little quicker.

Joseph Beaulieu

Having that backlog helped IBM through the worst part of the recession.

Chris McConnon

Having three lines has helped us out a lot." ()

Marco Coleman

I thought we'd get at least 12 wins, so I'm not too surprised. It's more of a surprise about other teams that have lost that I thought would be better, which helped us out.

Bernie Bickerstaff

I think we played well. Our small lineup really helped us.

Paul Wagner

It helped that I knew Gail's story. If her Web page had just said, 'I need a kidney,' it wouldn't have pulled me in.

H. Hunt

It helped strengthen him at a young age, ... It was tough, but it only made us stronger.

Tom Nutten

It actually works, and he obviously has no inhibition to show it. I think it has some kind of a gravitational pull, because everything does go towards him. That's why he is the center, and he is in the middle.

Jamie Campbell Bower

'Hamlet' is obviously a role a lot of actors want to portray or be involved with in some way and that I'd like to be involved in.

Kate Middleton

It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.

Burt Stellers

I thought we rebounded harder, and defensively we were a lot more intense. They took it to us the first time. For us to come back and get a victory was obviously a positive.

John Gordon Sinclair

I think the problem I have is that first impressions are the ones that stick with people. And people's first impressions of me are obviously from the film, from 'Gregory's Girl.'

Robert Wiley

I think that his performances (in the WAFL) have been outstanding and (he's come into the side) obviously to replace Phillip Matera,

Kerry Haigh

We're obviously disappointed for the spectators who were unable to see the finish. We all wanted to see a finish, obviously.

Peter Beattie

He'll obviously want to return to the U.S. as soon as possible,

Taylor Twellman

A lot has changed, ... With it being one game, them obviously playing well of late, I don't think we're the favorite.

Buck Showalter

I would say there were some unknowns about him. I've been pleased with the progress he's made.

John Ferguson

He's here and we're pleased to have him.

Richard Carpenter

We're pretty pleased with the services that were rendered.

Paul Armstrong

It is one of the things that I am most pleased about,

Gayle King

It is just really exciting. I have always been pleased (with the care), but now it will be even easier.

Tyrone Willingham

I have been very, very pleased with the play that we have received from Isaiah,

Jean Prahm

I never thought I would be so pleased with a sixth-place finish.

Derek Wright

I'm very pleased with our effort--with our attitude. I think we've turned the corner.

Dave Barry

I'm very pleased that we made the top four. But I feel that we could have had a stronger showing.

Paul Collingwood

We're two down, but are taking a lot of positives from these matches.

Libby Smith

I'll try to think of it as just another tournament; just think of it as the first round of about 120.

Sarah Brightman

I have the sort of round face that you complain about when you're younger, but which serves you well as you get older.

Samantha Fox

It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.

Rich Miller

This is really like our first round of the playoffs.

Cliff Thompson

Overall, I'm happy. During the first round of the state tournament, you just want to get a win and get the jitters out.

Lefty Grove

You've got a little round ball and a little round bat and anything can happen.

Simon Spurr

Spring 2010 is the second season that I'm showing the double-breasted suit. I think the right double-breasted suit is young again.

Doug Tolin

I thought we would come out and play better in the second half. But we could never really get anything going. It kind of went the other way on us.

Bruce Bainter

I went down there and it was up over the second step.

Manny Acta

I don't know Soriano as an outfielder. He is here to play second base.

Umberto Guidoni

And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.

Vladimir Putin

Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots.

Voltaire

It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected.

Trevor Brooking

Unfortunately, we don't get a second chance. We've already played them twice.

Tracey Gold

You don't have the judgment after you've had the drink. If something truly catastrophic had happened that evening, I don't know how I could have lived with myself. I feel like I've gotten a second chance.

Chris Mack

He's a linebacker with the basketball. He's so doggone strong for a guard.

Steve Trimper

He's got a strong arm. It was a game-saving throw right there.

Larry Taddeo

He's got a strong arm. I think he'll get some looks.

Lance Armstrong

I think we have fielded our strongest team ever with this formation,

Anton LaVey

In this arid wilderness of steel and stone I raise up my voice that you may hear. To the East and to the West I beckon. To the North and to the South I show a sign proclaiming: Death to the weakling, wealth to the strong!

Sara Atuaia

He's become our go-to player. We need him to keep being strong up from.

Brian Urlacher

He doesn't look any different to me. He was as strong as ever.

Robert Collier

Something must be done when you find an opposing set of desires of this kind well to the fore in your category of strong desires. You must set in operation a process of competition, from which one must emerge a victor and the other set be defeated.

Rob Thomas

There weren’t many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.

Brad Richards

I would say it was one of the better teams I've seen.

Trey Smith

Just the way they work together was really unique. A lot of other teams don't have that.

Dave Orlandini

He can penetrate. He can take it to the hole. Other teams have to worry about him.

James Spithill

Going to the gym on my own I struggle with, but when I'm in there with a teammate or a group of guys, it's the ultimate environment.

Alejandro Canizares

He's a valuable player. He's one of the top three on the team, so we had a much weaker team this week.

Sergei Samsonov

He's a terrific player. He's tricky. He makes a lot of plays. He makes that team a lot better. Him being out of their lineup works to our advantage.

Matt Wichorek

I was down on myself. Our team was all over the place.

Willie Williams

We just have to go there and finish. This is a different team from 1995 and, hopefully, we will have a different result.

Stephen Cervantez

We treat every team the same. We just try to play our game.

Brenda Ellis

King's is a tough team. We're going to have to come out and give it everything we've got.

Mark Grudzielanek

Just try not to think about it. It's a tough situation. You don't wish it on anybody.

Barry Alvarez

He's a tough little guy. He's only 175 pounds, but he's a tough guy.

Glenn Mason

He's good, he's durable, he's tough and he's smart. I'm going to try to get him another year of eligibility.

Pete Domenici

I think it's going to be very tough for them,

Ai Sugiyama

I think it's going to be a tough match,

Dawn Fraser

It is going to be a very tough series,

Avery Johnson

We thought we had it won in regulation. Carmelo made a tough shot. If we had to do it all over again, we probably would have fouled.

John Silvia

I think it's way overdue for this administration to get tough on spending,

Trudi Canavan

It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow streets because it is grieved by what it finds there.

William Wordsworth

The wind, a sightless laborer, whistles at his task.

William Sharp

A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of forests. I too will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of seed on high.

William Shenstone

Written on a Window of an Inn,

William J. Clinton

Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off: it is the economic equivalent of a force of nature - like wind or water.

William J. Clinton

We simply have to transition from an economy based almost exclusively on oil and coal and natural gas to one that's far more diversified, that uses solar energy, and wind energy, and the power of the tides, and bio-mass energy, and eventually, develops hydrogen.

Rebecca Pidgeon

If you want to know how far gossip travels, do this - take a feather pillow up on a roof, slice it open, and let the feathers fly away on the wind. Then go and find every single feather and re-stuff the pillow.

Robert Plant

As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls.

Samuel Johnson

He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear, not only the violence of the storm, but the leaks of his vessel.