Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andy Blackston

(The Bulldogs) just absolutely don't beat themselves. To beat them you have to outplay them.

Jim Scherr

That was absolutely improper and something we have taken great measures to have our athletes not do,

Alex Marlis

That was a beauty. There was absolutely nothing their goalie could do.

Ross Levin

Real estate prices have somewhat moved in tandem with the stock market, and it's no coincidence real estate prices in Palo Alto (Calif.) have gone through the roof as technology stocks have gone through the roof, ... There's absolutely no doubt you can potentially make money if the market goes up.

Oscar Wilde

Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility.

Dore Gold

Prime Minister Sharon has been absolutely clear about his goals. He wants to reach limited arrangements, pragmatic arrangements with the Palestinian Authority, but there cannot be peace with terrorism.

Joanna Garcia

'Privileged,' without a doubt, was one of the best work experiences of my life. Every crew member cried when we got canceled. But I was then given the opportunity to be in New York and on 'Gossip Girl' and spend the summer in a city that I've absolutely fallen in love with.

Jack Layton

Privatization is taking place right across this country and there's absolutely nothing to stop it,

Brennan Bilberry

People understand the disgusting length this organization will sink to, to attack a woman who has dedicated her entire life to children. It will absolutely backfire.

Orlando McGuire

As Cro-Magnon as it sounds, the problem with attitudes is some people have just never had their ass kicked -- and I don't mean necessarily in the physical sense.

Stan Bergman

As always, our main goal is to go out and compete with a positive attitude and to have a good experience.

Tammie Adair

The big thing was just getting them to focus. We just want them to take with them a positive attitude and still have their goals and dreams in focus.

Sufjan Stevens

program. ''It puts us in the attitude of respect for our audience. I think it's important on every level to have a kind of attitude of unification in some way. . . . I don't really have that naturally. I'm not a great performer, so we have to do everything we can, do the exercises, to prepare.

Carlos Ghosn

Demand is down heavily, ... Now that consumers are being convinced little by little that high oil prices are here to stay, they will be shifting their attitude on the market.

Jeff Mitchell

Definitely, ... preseason-wise, this is probably one of the best teams I've ever been on. So if we can stay healthy and keep the right attitude and work ethic, we'll be doing well.

Mark Wade

Coach Williams gets in there with them and encourages them. There's no nonsense about his attitude and approach.

David Murphy

Coach told us we could do it if we took a professional attitude about everything. To win a tournament like this you have to prepare mentally and physically like professionals.

Gary Mitchell

Despite the drop in house fire deaths, there has been no improvement in getting homeowners to maintain working smoke alarms. We know that smoke alarms save lives, but there has been a very lax attitude about maintaining them.

Lawrence Eagles

As far as the Middle East is concerned, there is still strong justification for a premium to remain in the market until it is clear the situation is much calmer on the ground,

Nancy Kress

Readers want to visualize your story as they read it. The more exact words you give them, the more clearly they see it, smell it, hear it, taste it. Thus, a dog should be an 'Airedale,' not just a 'dog.' A taste should not be merely 'good' but 'creamy and sweet' or 'sharply salty' or 'buttery on the tongue.'

Viviane Reding

Product placement is a reality, but we lack clear rules,

Tom Rogers

Primarily our responsibility is to keep the lines clear so that utilities can provide reliable service to their customers.

Cass Sunstein

People who know him in Washington, D.C., of various ideological stripes, say this is not the type to be a fundamentalist. He is clearly extremely able, and his opinions are real lawyers' opinions.

Jason Goepfert

Our shortest-term measures continue to wallow around in neutral territory, and they still show no clear edge in either direction.

Dana Rohrabacher

Our discussions with the king made it very clear that he is willing, ready and able to return to Afghanistan to serve at the head of an interim government -- the unifying factor in a government that would be open to everyone.

David Attenborough

People say we have all got to join Europe for reasons which even the economists themselves aren't clear on-at the same time we're saying, well yes of course Scotland has got to be independent. And why don't we make Wales independent too? And the north of England.

Stephen Jen

People are still looking for an interest-rate cut, but it's not at all clear when that will happen. Expectations are very volatile, but the point is that the currency seems very reluctant to go down either way.

Lily James

I admire actresses like Jennifer Lawrence, who says what she thinks.

Rick Vymlatil

Years ago at this fair, I had a promoter tell me he could get me a young lady named Reba McEntire. I could've got her for $5,000, but we wanted big names that year, so we passed.

Charles Spurgeon

Scripture is like a lion. Who ever heard of defending a lion? Just turn it loose; it will defend itself.

Ann Voskamp

Satan prowls but he’s a lion on a leash

Ingrid Bergman

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up!

Greg Davis

I don't know enough about Roy's numbers to be disappointed. I don't watch enough Lions games. I think Roy will be an All-Pro. If he stays healthy, he'll be an All-Pro before he's through.

L. Frank Baum

Lions and tigers, and bears, oh my! - Dorothy in Wizard of Oz

Elizabeth I

Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.

Charles Spurgeon

The fear of God is the death of every other fear; like a mighty lion, it chases all other fears before it.

Darrell Waltrip

If the lion didn't bite the tamer every once in a while, it wouldn't be exciting.

Ted Stevens

The stability of some of the nations principally responsible for supplying oil to the United States can no longer be taken for granted.

Tom Coughlin

Storage is no longer in the background. It's not just nice to have; it's a must-have.

Wes Anderson

Sometimes when you're editing a movie, you have the thing that you don't expect - which is you make it longer and longer as you go along.

Charles Howell

The shortest 11 can play is 505. I walked it to the back and it was 513, which puts it longer than No. 13.

J. D. Souther

I've been singing and writing songs only a little longer than acting. I really enjoy both.

Fernando Lopez

There will no longer be a big eruption. It's releasing pressure.

Rick Clausen

That's kind of been the story of my life. Everything kind of takes a little longer for me in order to be successful.

Richard Mandella

Everything's going great. He'll get a little longer one (workout) next week. We'll ship the 23rd, the way it looks now.

Al Roker

I try to get in two runs during the week, after the 'Today' show, probably around 1 or 2 o'clock, Tuesday, Thursday. Then Saturday or Sunday, I do my longer runs and try to do it in the morning.

Don Ameche

I've seen my performances. I don't like them.

Aaron Nida

I was real pleased with his (Larson) performance.

Steve Adams

I was pleased with the team's performance this year and very proud, and wish the seniors well in their future.

Ken Martin

I can't say we'll see this kind of performance every quarter.

Scott Winfrey

We played pretty well tonight. I was proud of our performance, and we were threatening.

David Beckham

I'm pleased with my personal performance but particularly with the way the team played overall.

Harold S. Geneen

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.

Holly Hatton

It was a poor performance by the varsity boat.

Lee Scott

It was a solid performance, but we can do better,

Robert Richardson

Any organization of reasonable size is going to be attacked.

Frank Lautenberg

This is a reasonable standard we know will save lives.

I. Stone

You want a reasonable standard so you can receive and send help.

Benjamin Disraeli

There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes.

Charles Darwin

We are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.

Diana Wynne Jones

Nobody gets praised for the right reasons.

Brendon Burchard

Optimists are happier in life for a reason.

Aristotle

If something's bound to happen, it will happen.. Right time, right person, and for the best reason.

Kris Draper

Cujo is the reason we won the game,

Jim Yong Kim

The relationship between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala fundamentally changes with meditation.

Arthur C. Clarke

After their encounter on the approach to Jupiter, there would aways be a secret bond between them---not of love, but of tenderness, which is often more enduring.

Richard G. Scott

The key to successful missionary work is a close relationship between the missionaries and the members. Creating an environment in working with members that will bring more into the Church.

Brian Weiss

Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.

Wang Jianlin

I know Bo Xilai well. But our relationship was based on our work; we didn't have a personal relationship.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Everybody's friend is nobody's.

Eckhart Tolle

[Relationships] do not cause pain and unhappiness. They bring out the pain and unhappiness that is already in you

Britney Spears

I think it's a positive for girls not to depend on guys.

Eleanor Porter

My relationship with "Pollyanna" is a very personal one, because Pollyanna got me through my childhood.