Famous Quotes & Sayings

Graeme Smith

We are very similar and it is a very hard place to come and tour. In the past South Africa have had a big fear of failure but I think we have come to terms with that. We have come here and I know people have called us unimaginative but we are more open. We are looking forward to playing in front of Australian crowds and playing in Australia.

Herman Cain

I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American.

Jendayi Frazer

I don't think China seeking oil in Africa is a threat to the United States' interests.

Thabo Mbeki

I am very pleased with the particular focus he is paying to South Africa and to the African continent, generally,

Tim Worrell

He's in Africa - Ethiopia - drilling wells for people.

Julie Powell

I clawed the stuff out bit by painful, pink bit, ... until my knife was sunk into the leg bone up past the hilt. It made dreadful scraping noises - I felt like I could feel it in the center of my bones. A passing metaphor to explorers of the deep wilds of Africa does not seem out of place here - there was a definite Heart of Darkness quality to this. How much more interior can you get, after all, than the interior of bones? It's the center of the center of things.

Nelson Mandela

Whatever mistakes he may have made, and it is possible that he has made very fundamental mistakes as many of us have done, I hope South Africa will not forget the role he has played,

Bruce Jackson

It is not possible to link anybody in this hemisphere to any ethnic group in Africa at this time.

Olusegun Obasanjo

In Africa we are emerging. We have taken responsibility, and know change is required so that we can be empowered in the way of human and capital infrastructure. And then America and Europe and ourselves will be the better for it.

Jack Rogers

I've been asked for a list of things that these folks need, ... They need everything.

Bobby Charlton

I've been asked about that goal every day for the last 40 years. We didn't have the technology back then to show whether it was a goal or not, which led to the controversy. I'd like to think one day we'll have the technology to show whether or not it was a goal.

Bryn Terfel

I've asked Tom in the past, but I don't know what was wrong with him as Tommy boy didn't return any of my calls,

Drew Davis

Some buddies from church went out playing and they asked me to come.

Aaron Stockstel

One day I took a visit and my mom asked me how I liked it. I said it wasn't too bad. She said good, you're going there next year.

Carol Booth

One customer told me he asked his wife if she wanted to go out to dinner, ... She told him, 'No, let's just go down to the Cafe.'

David Storrie

Rather than debate it in public, they've asked me to postpone it so we can discuss some unresolved issues.

Paul Allen

I've really enjoyed being the owner of the Trail Blazers. I've tried hard to bring the city a championship. Now we are in a tough rebuilding process with a broken financial model. We have asked for help in fixing it. If I have to sell the team or if it can't continue, that will be sad.

Jerry Howard

It was very frustrating to deal with Fannie Mae in the past you weren't asked for your opinions but were told what to do. They are now a partner where you can conduct conversation and dialogue.

Walter Rodgers

This is a terribly closely contested election in a very tough campaign.

Karl Rove

What is important is that members of Congress have the time to get fully briefed on this. We intend to work closely with them in order to give them a comfort level on this.

Brian Spears

The printout doesn't lie, ... The printout shows how many times the weapon was discharged. And the last discharge of the Taser corresponds very closely with the time he stopped breathing.

Jeffrey Kaye

Many times workers work very closely to each other in the 'cube' environment, and that is very stressful because it's noisy, there's little or no privacy, and there is a forced conviviality.

Masamichi Koike

The market is closely watching if there are any other comments on the US economy or interest rate hikes as the Fed meeting (on January 31) is getting closer.

Jamie Sandison

The performance of European equities corresponds closely to the strength of the dollar.

Peter R. Grant

We observe closely related species in sympatry and infer how they evolved from a common ancestor.

Bashar al-Assad

We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue.

Gary Flowers

We confirmed we'd continue to monitor the situation very closely and rigidly enforce the protocols on any and all breaches.

Tim Roberts

Things went well. We went over some concerns and discussed some alternatives and options.

Ken Clarke

This is a special inspection related to concerns that have been raised about inadequate security measures at the plant.

Bill Daly

We do not yet consider the matter closed. We are hopeful to be able to sit down with the Russian federation in the next several days to discuss whatever concerns they might have in entering into a new agreement.

Juan Felipe Herrera

All voices are important, and yet it seems that people of color have a lot to say, particularly if you look through the poetry of young people - a lot of questions and a lot of concerns about immigration and security issues, you name it - big questions.

Daniel Griswold

This is nine parts politics, one part legitimate concerns about national security.

Wendell Perkins

The revenue numbers looked really impressive. There were concerns out there about how Microsoft would grow the top line.

Bobby Shelton

They can contact our traffic management division at 455-6100. We'd take their concerns and issues and put it on a list to study.

Quinn Bolton

Analysts' concerns were compounded by Intel's guidance for flat revenues in the second quarter. Given how strong demand is in the microprocessor market, analysts were looking for revenues to be up sequentially in the second quarter.

Bruce Alston

The market's extremely skittish. There's concerns about strong economic growth and tomorrow's (jobs) number.

Steven Levy

At this point, we don't see any connection with the other incidents, ... We are looking at all options. It could be coincidence, or it may involve friends of friends. We don't see any trends involving the same people, at this point.

Dan Donegan

We figured that since we've been gone from the road for a while, let's make it a little more intimate, do multiple nights (in some cities) and get the connection back with the fans.

Shawn Jordan

I feel like, if the crowd doesn't like it, then we haven't done our jobs. We always try to create a story and make a personal connection with the audience. We really try to make it fun and interactive.

Wendy Cheung

There are a lot of events happening this month and we hope lots of people will come to them.

Kevin Mawae

What Pop Warner does for kids on and off the field is great. It's nice to take part in events like this. It is all about youth football and it is the future of our sport.

Tom Williams

We will try to exploit our depth. We would like to send two kids (to state) in five to six events that can score. That's one factor we can control.

Jim Fuller

We won more than half of the events. That was one of the goals I put on them. To win more events than the other teams.

Roger Milla

It's true I'm more widely recognised now and get invited to take part in all sorts of events and projects but as a person, I haven't changed.

Tim Farmer

Who knows how he'll do in other racing events in the future?

Jim Amoss

Like our readers, we're also the ones to whom the events happened, at once narrator and subject. The intersection of these two roles has been excruciating.

Rene Cook

I was very impressed with Cassie today. She hit on all four events and it's nice to see her do that.

Bruce Rueben

We must understand how and why these events happen and what must be done to keep them from happening again.

Lee Humphrey

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

Brandon Jenkins

I've never felt this way. I never lost this many games in my two years here. We're just a young team. We've got to get tougher.

Lynsey Addario

I've always wanted to do a photo book, but I've never done one because I've never felt ready; I just didn't feel my work was good enough.

Ben E. King

I always felt I never chose music, it chose me.

Andy Roddick

First round of the U.S. Open, the last time that happened I was 17. It's not something I expected. You know, I just felt like I was going to have a pretty good run here.

Gloria Naylor

I wrote what I felt I had to write, and I'm willing to put my own sanity and my reputation behind it.

Grace Paley

Writing poetry, which for me was then saying how I felt about this and that, didn't help me to understand the world I lived in.

Rod Smith

Before I got on the phone with him, I felt terrible because I'd let him down.

Ken Roberts

Everything from this tournament was positive for our team. ... I felt that we played with the intensity level that we have to play at in our league schedule and the rest of the year. But we have to do it the whole game.

Fadel Gheit

Oil prices, ... are probably going to go over $26, which will mark the highest level outside the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

Matt Rosoff

Some versions of the product are priced higher than they need to be.

Shawnee Smith

So much of life is just talk. At the end of the day, you're just serving the higher thing.

Fadel Gheit

These stocks are not reflecting $50 or $60 oil. They are probably reflecting $40 oil. But this is not realistic. The fundamentals support a higher price.

Curtis Armstrong

I've been going to this high school for 7 and 1/2 years, I'm no dummy.

Don Bowers

The worse the hurricane does to us, the higher the prices are going to go.

Lysle Brinker

This is a tax story. What we don't know is how long the higher tax rate will be sustained going forward.

Rich Olson

That took the wind out of our sails. It just made the hill a lot higher to climb.

Cheng Chin

At the moment, I don't see how this can be done at much higher temperatures.

Alfredo Alonso

When the population is over 40 million, people take notice, including advertisers and broadcasters.

John Browne

The recent hurricanes in the US have impacted our results.

Tim Beck

This doesn't take away from us winning the region title.

Alice Cooper

How old are you? Sixteen? S-seventeen? [asks security guard] Is seventeen legal?

Hamid-Reza Asefi

We are not worried by the Security Council, but it is the wrong method.

Gloria Naylor

Lord keep her safe since you can't keep her sane.

Isla Fisher

You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid.

Asaf Shariv

I don't know about anything since then that is new.

Chelsea Clinton

I have voted in every election that I have been qualified to vote in since I turned 18.

Kelly Slater

I haven't surfed since Japannot even one wave.

Saku Koivu

I haven't been back in Montreal, at all, since the playoffs ended two years ago. It's been a while.

Theresa Carroll

All I can say is that it's been better every year since I've been here. And I don't know how long it is, but it was here before I got here.

David Blunkett

I've had a guide dog since 1969. Not the same one, of course: I've had five.

Bill Smith

It's always been in the air, since the day it opened.

Steve Mottinger

These are things the state wants you to forget.

Mary Parsons

There are a lot of conflicting statements from the proponent.

Corrine Brown

Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate.

Sallust

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.

Micah Rasmussen

We're just going to let the governor's statement stand.

Mike Huckabee

If the state surplus is used in part or in whole for this, it will have been used for as valid a need as we've ever had,

Gary Fischer

If they make the state meet, it could be fun.

Henri Frederic Amiel

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

Elaine Chao

it is a wonderful statement about who we are as Americans.

Jim Veltman

After you win, you think to yourself, 'Is it time to get out?' But I don't feel like I want to.

David White

Some still have enough time to do so.

Rob Allison

Now it's time to really find out what we're going to do and how we're going to do it.

Curtis Sliwa

Now I'm going to have to do a lot of rope-a-dope, never go the same way at the same time to the same places,

Jane Hamilton

Our mission in life is not to discover our fate as we go along, or even to procreate, but rather to fill up the endless gray void that is time.

Mike Davis

Before, I just used vacation time when we did tours.

Jack Parker

We were dominated. At no time were we in this game.

Douglas Adams

Time doesn't necessarily happen in chronological order.

Ambrose Bierce

OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an "old man". Discredited by lapse of time and offensive to the popular taste, as an "old" book.