Famous Quotes & Sayings

O. J. Simpson

I will not charge admission to the bathroom

Michael McGovern

We have, through his lawyer, Gotti's admission that he was the boss of the Gambino family, standing in his father's shoes,

Thomas Hemingway

I don't consider it an admission that the system was flawed. I've maintained consistently that we would try to make those improvements that were necessary to the process as we moved along.

John Riddle

This is open to everyone and admission is free. It's great for people who enjoy good movies and then like to talk about them.

Marvin Miller

It's not good enough (for the NHLPA) to say they've done it like this in the past, ... That's just an admission of guilt. They've clearly violated their constitution and it makes it possible that they could be looking at a civil and criminal offense.

Richard Shaw

The Admission Committee concluded that each student offered a position in the Class of 2010 will bring unique strengths and perspectives to the Stanford undergraduate experience. We are honored to have had the opportunity to admit such exceptional and engaged students, and we look forward to the many contributions they will make to the Stanford community.

Roger Entner

It's basically an admission that Amazon can sell books really well over the Internet, but they can't sell phones very well.

Tony Castro

Even without a job offer, by their own admission they tried to disenfranchise the voters and that's egregious. There are a lot of people who vote on that line and this was just a slap in the face to them, but that's just business as usual in Westchester County. That's why I'm running as an agent of change.

Brian Kennedy

Everybody has a seat, and that's where they're going to sit. It's not a general admission where people can rush to the stage.

Nick Harkaway

I wrote the first draft of 'Tigerman' while my wife was pregnant - needless to say, I was relaxed and casual about her well-being during this tender time - and the novel clearly has its center in that panicked parental desperation that accompanies a first child and in the admittedly comedic extremes to which it drives us.

Steve Schmidt

John Kerry is right to say that this moment is a moment of truth, but that truth must include John Kerry admitting that he offers no credible alternatives to the policies in Iraq, and admitting that his suggestions are proposals that the administration is already doing: involving NATO, involving the U.N. and training Iraqi security forces.

and City

I admit it's tempting to wish for the perfect boss - the perfect parent - or the perfect outfit. But maybe the best any of us can do is not quit, play the hand we've been dealt, and accessorize what we've got.-Carrie (Sex & the City)

Jonathan Agnew

He didn't quite manage to get his leg over.' - about Ian Botham, though admittedly on the cricket pitch at the time

Charles Ruff

Having admitted that he did wrong, there's still the critical question, 'Do we want to launch the single most serious constitutional process that our system contemplates?' And the answer to that, in my view, is no.

Monica Johnson

Give up pride for good during the holidays. This is where I've been especially stubborn. As I walk more and more in this path of Christianity, I see that letting my guard down and admitting that I don't want to be alone is far better than dealing with me, myself and I, who always seem to want to keep up appearances.

David Delainey

Having to admit we were a very large trader, and frankly a good one, would put significant pressure on Enron's stock because the investment community does not put a significant multiple on trading revenues.

John Cornyn

I think the president does have an opportunity now after admittedly a very bad week to turn things around and to show why the people of this country re-elected him just one short year ago,

Martin McClain

I think the need for compensation in Alan's case is obvious, but there's also a need for rehabilitation. I definitely think there should be some compensation or assistance. On the other hand, I don't want other prosecutors to see this and be afraid that admitting a mistake is going to be costly.

Reagan Silber

Kevin brings a level of expertise and credibility that perfectly matches the status and style of the destination we are creating here in Las Vegas.

Jim Leyland

Kenny Rogers made the All-Star team this year. He's 50-some games over .500 lifetime. He brings a lot to this party. I think we got a tremendous deal here.

Roy Williams

Kevin's our third guy right now, and he brings veteran leadership to this group. But we do make fun of him because he's so small. He looks like he's 5-7 out there next to us. But he does make plays.

J. Nicholson

Ken Holland brings a wealth of experience in preparing a team and he has had great success in selecting championship teams.

Tom Doyle

Keith brings a level of professionalism to the team that will help us get to the next level. He has been working with NBA caliber players and knows how to get these guys ready to play at that level.

Jim Kubinski

Just the name Augusta brings to mind thoughts of championship golf. I feel we are ready to start playing our A-game, and what better place to do it than Augusta, Georgia.

Rob Sands

Jon brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to Constellation Europe as we continue to implement our international growth strategy.

Robert Stevens

Joanne is a highly capable and effective leader who brings vast experience to her new position. Her close working relationship with Tom Marsh over the past few years has provided superb preparation for her new role and I am confident of a seamless transition.

Austin Peck

I think it makes a lot of sense and of course I love Christie Clark. I think she's awesome; she's beautiful and fun to work with. I think she has some really unique qualities to her that would bring a lot to the show.

Ji-Hae Park

I would not want the limitations held by the name of a classical musician. I want many people to enjoy my music much beyond just classical music fans. I think the term, 'violinist,' keeps me distant from the audience. I want to communicate with them more.

James McGovern

Joe Moakley not only taught us how to live, he taught us how to die, with great class and great dignity and even a little humor, ... He's really an incredible person and all of us feel a great loss.

David Wade

John Kerry has fought for middle-class tax relief and has proposed new middle-class tax cuts in this campaign,

Kimberly Williams

I talked to a lot of women who were pregnant. I went to Lamaze class and learned how to do the breathing.

David Sowerby

I think it is still a classic 'show-me' stock.

Jo Beverley

I taught woman-centered childbirth classes for five years and have a particular interest in the history of childbirth practices.

David Warren

It always takes longer - there are more processes in a college than any business. Humility is pretty important. Because the (financial) gift won't come through, the class may be smaller than you thought ... trust me, over a decade there will be problems, and there won't be easy answers.

Mike Gordon

He did not go to class today. There were never any plans to actually.

Dennis Brooks

He knew what he had to do in the classroom to get back on the court. And he worked hard to do that and now he's back helping us win games.

Greg Shaheen

Just who the committee deems is the better quality team.

Charlie Brotman

I think it's going to be good, but I don't know if the committee has had enough time to make it spectacular,

Rich Herman

I think the efforts of the zoning committee are very much appreciated.

Steven Wood

Labor markets are very strong and payroll employment should rise by 200,000 or more in February. The Federal Open Market Committee will continue to raise interest rates.

Dennis Whitling

The people on this committee need to be willing to discuss anything and everything. Leave your sensitivity at home.

James Knightley

We're probably going to get two members who go for a cut. The data isn't pointing in one direction enough for the rest of the committee to go with them just yet.

John Carney

I think ultimately audience members like to see someone controlling the quality of a film. A lot of films you see are made by committees and studios and producers.

Jim Webb

I have decided to launch an Exploratory Committee to examine whether I should run for President in 2016.

William Cotton

I am in the legal committee , so I will make sure it gets through for a final vote when it gets to my committee. It will go through unless I get struck by lightening.

Scott Ford

It can go on and on, or someone must write 'The End' to it. I have concluded that only I can do that. And if I can, I must.(Fords pardon of Richard Nixon for Watergate)

John Fitzgibbon

We're pleased that the court concluded that they had no jurisdiction to overturn the trial judge's ruling. We look forward to going to trial where the jury will have all of the evidence.

Silvio Berlusconi

They were in disbelief at the fatality at the end of a brilliantly concluded operation, ... We were stone silent as we waited to hear of the rest of what took place.

Jakob Kellenberger

This is a very positive step. We will still have to see how the diplomatic conference goes next week, but I am reasonably optimistic after the arrangement concluded today.

John Thune

We prayed a lot about it as did a lot of other people and finally concluded that this was something that we needed to do.

David Tennenhouse

Our engineers have done some testing and evaluation, and overall we concluded this was an interesting option to discover information.

Paul Wolfowitz

selected because we concluded ... that these were people who might have important information or might themselves be senior people.

Neal Shapiro

I've concluded that it's time to move on to a new challenge,

Michael Riley

They already concluded what had happened and proceeded from there. They only took the facts that supported that.

James Schamus

We looked for the places that sophisticated moviegoers seek out to find things that interest them. These are the people who are engaged with the world, who are informed about the big conspiracies going on out there.

David Kirk

I'm passionately interested in the media and want to be engaged in it,

Tom Kehoe

I hope the village gets engaged in it because there's a lot of serious things going on.

Bernie Sanders

Senate Republicans have engaged in a record number of filibusters and other obstructionist tactics.

John Bolton

The negotiating process ... is like making sausage. It isn't necessarily pretty. It takes a long time, and that's the process we're engaged in.

Rod Parsley

Ohio was the focus of the world in 2004. It is my objective to see that 'values voters' in the state become engaged in the process.

Janelle Hironimus

None of the attaches was or is engaged in inappropriate activities.

Donald Rumsfeld

They have engaged in a number of such raids and have been successful in at least nine that I know of, ... They intend to proceed in an orderly way.

Joseph Jackson

It was a way to get faculty engaged in negotiating third-party contracts. The good news is over the last three years we have major successes in contracting.

Dwight Freeney

I was like, 'What, we signed a free agent?' ... It's big. I think the owner (Jim Irsay) really sees the opportunity to move forward here and make that push.

Joey Porter

I would think somebody would say it, but I wouldn't think he would say it. He's too soft to say something like that. He's going to have an opportunity to back up his words and I'm going to have an opportunity to back up my words. It's something I'm looking forward to. I'm ready to get it on.

Jerramy Stevens

Joey's a great player. I look forward to the challenge.

Bill Stoneman

John has been an integral part in the success of our pitching staff. We look forward to another impressive season from him.

Jessica Wilk

JMU is a big in-state rivalry, and we're looking forward to getting back at it and getting on the right side of the win column.

Andrew Card

Harriet is an outstanding person ... I look forward to her hearings and I look forward to her confirmation and I look for to her taking that oath. It means so much to all of us,

Margita Thompson

Whatever he needs to do, it should happen. If there's a fine, he'll pay it, and he will go forward and take the test to get the proper endorsement.

Claire Kiley

Whatever happens it will be good because we can move forward and have a more productive theater schedule.

John Reese

There is good progress. And there are opportunities going forward for improvement.

Meredith Vieira

I thought about this long and hard, and I am so, so honored to join this family.

Scott Ross

It is my understanding that the parents did not want the police to become involved so we honored their wishes.

Woody Johnson

I am honored to serve on this committee.

Britney Spears

I am honored to be a part of the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans this year.

Peter Schaffer

He has nothing but the utmost respect for Mr. Wilson and would be honored to interview for such a prestigious job.

Saint Augustine

Virginity is not honored simply because it is virginity, but because it is consecrated of God.

Craig Morgan

I'm honored to receive this award. I feel entertainers are obligated to give back, especially to those who make such huge sacrifices.

Ted Cruz

I honored my commitments, and as president, I will honor every commitment that I make to the men and women of this country.

Kevin Dixon

I really loved it there. I very much appreciated and was honored to work there. Everyone was fantastic.

Mike Casey

I did what they wanted, and they offered it, so I think I have it coming,

Bebe Neuwirth

In New York I was always offered the hot, sexy roles. But in L.A. I was offered the plain, dowdy roles. It says a lot about the difference between the coasts.

Lori White

If Qwest offered voluntary overtime, I think they'd find enough people to take it,

Phil Pergola

They're putting turf in and that's what made this work. And, from what I understand, they offered us the use of their facility.

Andy Wachowski

After Bound, we were offered a lot of lesbian thrillers.

Peter Mandelson

offered all sorts of positive, well-meaning, in my view misguided, justifications for a stance that is ... backward-looking, inward-looking, protectionist.

George Bernard Shaw

I've been offered titles, but I think they get one into disreputable company.

Brett Gardner

We have had a lot of requests about our Y2K status, but no one has offered in any way to give us a hand.

Kelli O'Hara

When I've done TV and film, when it's offered to me, I loved doing it, and I would do it again, but the ins and outs of auditioning is - that's time away from my kids.

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.

Tony Espinoza

I'd like to give the seniors another opportunity to prove that we're better than we performed tonight.

Robert Collier

As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!

Megan Hilty

I think the only way you can really grow is if you push yourself and put yourself in uncomfortable positions and doing things that you're not used to; it's exciting.

Paul Perry

I think that positions No. 2 through 7 could be inter-changeable all year.

Todd Borrison

I thought we got a lot of second and third shots and every time you do that, you put yourself in position to be successful.

Andre Miller

I think they know we'll be around every game. We've been in this position before. If we come out with a better tempo at the start of the game, we'll have a better chance.

Tom Lehman

I'd like to be in a position to give my spot up if I had to.

Mila Kunis

I am in the position where I don't have to work for the sake of working, so I'm very lucky, in a sense. So, I can always sit back and wait for a project that I respond to, that I want to do.

Carl Banks

He was the standard for that position in that era.

Robert Payne

It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.

Clare Short

Reckless with our government;reckless with his own future, position and place in history.

Alan Kay

I fear -as far as I can tell- that most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training. I've heard complaints from even mighty Stanford University with its illustrious faculty that basically the undergraduate computer science program is little more than Java certification.

Greg Kraft

We feel like Stanford will be the team to beat. We would really like to take them down.

Steve Jobs

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

John Pomfret

Stanford had no journalism program so I just learned by doing, effectively.

Brandon Roy

I think he made up for the Stanford game.

Greg Page

It is a collaborative effort. After 15 years of being together, we know what each other's strengths are and who should write what song.

Jim Bowden

We're right there with them. We have some strengths that other teams don't have. We have some weaknesses. ... But when you look at the whole picture, our team can compete.

James E. Faust

In many ways, each of us is the sum total of what our ancestors were. The virtues they had may be our virtues, their strengths our strengths, and, in a way, their challenges could be our challenges.

Mike Montgomery

We just got to do it with this group. Find out what our strengths are.

Nelson Gonzalez

We know our strengths and know our weaknesses and one of our weaknesses has been supply chain.

Mike Sullivan

One of the strengths of our team is our versatility,

Kenny Perry

He's a tremendous kid, a tremendous student of the game,

Wally Lamb

I love the most the students with troubled lives.

Mike Butcher

I just watch guys. It's like, when the student is ready, the teacher will come. That's it.

Willie Tuitama

I'm just being a better student of the game.

Mila Kunis

I was actually a pretty good student. My problem was that I didn't know what I wanted to study.

James Remar

James Remar is a student of life.

Louis Menand

You have to have students wanting to take the courses, otherwise you're not going, they're not going to be very effective.

Eric Hoffer

The trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.

Bill Proffitt

A lot of students thought they were real.

Jon Heder

I think we have a unique voice we really want to get out there.

Richard Dawkins

Saddam Hussein's mind would have been a unique resource for historical, political and psychological research: a resource that is now forever unavailable to scholars... In a small way his execution represents a wanton and vandalistic destruction of important research data.

William James

We must not just patch and tinker with life. We must keep renewing it. Embrace novelty and uniqueness.

Will Ferrell

I think 'SNL' was such a unique thing because it was material you created and you're very comfortable with it, even though the setting was pressure-packed.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

One of the most important milestones we'll all hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our unique point of view and realize how priceless it is.

Richard M. Nixon

Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. But some stand out as moments of beginning, in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries.

Werner Erhard

All it takes to make a difference is the courage to stop proving I was right in being unable to make a difference ... to stop assigning cause for my inability to the circumstances outside of myself and to be willing to have been that way, and to see that the fear of being a failure is a lot less important than the unique opportunity I have to make a difference.

W. H. Auden

Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.

Wayne Gretzky

I heard people say, 'Why would he want to do this?' My answer is 'Why not?' It is what I love. It's what I know.