Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gary Rodgers

As far as standards and academics I couldn't have made a better choice. I had high expectations for her and she's exceeded those. As a representative for IVC, she's been wonderful. I think she (represents) our best foot forward.

Robert Morse

This isn't being published for the academic community, albeit the academic community is keenly interested in it. From a student and parents' perspective, to know the relative peer standings of a school is important.

Mike Bohn

The University of Colorado is a gold mine ... and we're going to work our tail off to bring a great coach to this program to match the academic standing of this institution. That will be my sole focus.

Dennis Dunn

You show me a great athletic program and you're probably going to have a great academic program as well, ... For some reason, they go hand in hand. There's no doubt there's a huge correlation.

Robby Wine

Another guy who will show what it means to be a Penn State student-athlete, Michael is a proven college hitter who should provide some power for us. He comes from a great academic school, and we'll look for him to provide some leadership as he will be replacing two seniors at third base.

Tristan Taylor

An organization like this is vital in any academic setting. It only makes sense that the responsibility of hosting an event like this was put in our hands. We were able to do it justice.

David Baker

Evangelicals, through their own scholarship as well as the support and encouragement of such bodies as Tyndale Fellowship, the John Wesley Fellowship and, to a lesser extent, the Institute for Biblical Research, have been able to secure positions in academic institutions beyond those traditionally regarded as evangelical. This includes folks teaching at major public and private universities.

Bill Self

Brandon and his family rightfully have been waiting for positive feedback from the NCAA Clearinghouse concerning his eligibility, ... We received information from the Clearinghouse today, and Brandon is eligible to pursue a college career this academic year.

Liam Fox

Britain needs an education system that is appropriate to both society and the individual - and it is wrong to pretend that watering down academic standards in pursuit of universal achievement will do that,

Greg Gibson

Ramon has had some offers for colleges and every meet that he does well in is another feather in his hat. We're proud of him.

Steve Morgan

I've worked on my punting the most this summer, ... I'm trying to get my steps down because punting is all about rhythm. In college I've had to learn to kick it one way in one situation, then kick it another in a different situation. This year I'm definitely more comfortable with my punting.

Matt Young

The whole idea of designing a vessel like a sub in my first year of college really interested me.

Eric Myers

This program has been extremely successful and we owe recognition to the high school, the college and the community. This would not have gone off near as well without the support of each and every one of these groups.

Carrot Top

I didn't really have a plan of attack when I got in college.

Charles Colson

The average college graduate's proficient literacy in English [the ability to read lengthy, complex texts and draw complicated inferences] has declined from 40 percent in 1992 to 31 percent ten years later.

Jason Biggs

Like anyone who goes to college, you're leaving a familiar surrounding and a comfortable environment and your friends and everything, and you're starting fresh. It can be pretty daunting.

Jason Blum

I love Hitchcock movies. I took a Hitchcock class in college, so I saw all his movies. I wrote papers on his movies.

Howard Rubin

There are more college kids in IT-related programs, but universities still are not keeping up with industry demand. About 30,000 to 35,000 students will graduate this year in all computer science-related fields. But that represents a 10-1 spread between the supply of students and the shortage.

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

Derek Jeter

People say this is the greatest offense ever. But let us play awhile. Names don't win games. You have to play the games.

Mark Mohl

Osage had a very tough week with three quality opponents. We are disappointed we didn't win all three, but the kids had great effort.

Rebecca Hornbacher

Deb, on the other hand, is one of our most versatile players. She played midfield for her first two years here at ISU, played as a defenseman last year and now is switching back. Once again, she has done a great job with the transition process.

Jim Yerkovich

(Deane) plays with the greatest intensity of any big kid I've ever been around.

John Tavares

Any player in the NHL would be a great comparison, but when you name a guy like Sidney Crosby . . . but I don't know if I'll be able to do things he's done in the league because we're different types of players,

Jeff Bridges

And that's one of the great things about actors: their willingness to play and to do something.

Paul Draper

Are we serious, or are we going to have fun? It's not about winning or losing, but it is about playing basketball. We had a great group this year.

David Phillips

Are we no longer the Great White North? It's incredible.

Jason Witten

Seeing some of these guys is pretty special. They've done a lot for us, the young players.

Gilles Muller

I see these guys in a different way,

Jerry Gray

This is different . . . a little amazing. You've got to get to guys and try to find a job. It's a little humbling.

Pete Asadourian

This is great. This is all going to prepare us for our run in the states. It's all about being disciplined and how much these guys want it.

P. J. Harvey

This is an opportunity for people who did not do interviews to have some one-on-one time. These guys will be able to talk to them and make their own decision.

Nick Saban

This is an opportunity for each and every one of those guys to show what they can do.

Phil Jackson

This is a team we told our guys not to foul, and we end up sending them to the line 35 times. That was one of the things we didn't expect.

Willie Randolph

This is something we're doing because we want to get guys out here, see what we have, get acquainted, all that stuff. ... It's nice to kind of get an idea of what you'd like things to look like.

Albert Pujols

This is something I can do for my country. Definitely, I want to participate in this. It's big for me and I'm pretty sure that's the same way a lot of guys look at it.

Marlon Anderson

Zimmerman is a right-handed hitter and he may need a day off sometimes. Why not play a little third base? I'm a jack of all trades.

Fred Funk

Obviously I'm not a power hitter at all,

Randy Wilstead

She's one of the most pure hitters I've had.

Matt Parker

I could have squeezed there, but I had two left-handed hitters up, so it was a tough call.

Erik Anderson

He is the strongest hitter in this program, and he has been for the last three years.

Ned Yost

He's going to be a 3, 4, 5 hitter throughout his career. He's not going to sit in the seventh spot. And I don't know if you've noticed lately but we haven't been winning too many games, so something's broke.

Ozzie Guillen

Hopefully we can get somebody who can run. I want a second hitter so we can put Iguchi down in the sixth or seventh spot to get more (run production) out of him.

Joe Mays

I like my friends to be the hitters. The pitchers, they all have the same brain as I do. The hitters see the game from a different perspective.

Steve Johnston

I'm interested to see if he's a pitcher only or a hitter only with the scouts.

Babe Ruth

The most important thing that a young athlete must do it pick the right sport. Not one that they like just a little bit, but one that they love. Because,if they don't really love their sport, they won't work as hard as they should. Me? I loved to hit.

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Charles R. Swindoll

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Desiderius Erasmus

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

Daniel H. Pink

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

Daniel H. Pink

If you understand the independent worker, the self-employed professional, the freelancer, the e-lancer, the temp, you understand how work and business in the U.S. operate today.

Daniel H. Pink

A lot of times when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will take the low road there. They'll become myopic. They'll crowd out the longer-term interests of the organization or even of themselves.

Daniel H. Pink

We have this myth that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.

Rodney Lovell

A 'work around' simply means your system doesn't work.

Kelly Clarkson

Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to me.

Romeo Crennel

We're 2-2 and all that means is we're .500.

John Bryant

We're by no means trying to stop that type of thing. We just don't have anything to work with.

O. J. Simpson

We each offer a different quality to the group. Every member means something to the group. That's why they're here. They're a part of us.

Mark Francis

It doesn't seem to have worked so far, ... It just means somebody else is open.

Miguel Cotto

Winning the first championship is a goal for any boxer, and it means a lot to reach it.

Pat Garrity

We can't get satisfied. We have to keep playing our game, which means spacing and teamwork and things like that. I like how we're playing now, though.

Otis Smith

We have to stop talking about the playoffs. The playoffs is a means to an end, with the end being a championship. But you've got to get to the playoffs in order to get that far, so I do understand that part of it.

Bobby Bowden

You remember Michael Vick up there, don't you?

Joshua Malina

You can never entirely rest comfortably with Michael Black or Michael Paynes.

Chris Dixon

There's no question that Michael Ovitz is an extraordinarily talented person in Hollywood,

Ricky Boren

I won't say Michael is the primary suspect, ... He has been and still is a suspect in this case.

Jeff Overton

I don't even know what to think yet. Michael Putnam and I waited all summer to turn pro to play in this. Man, it was worth it.

The Children

I know it's the first time I've ever shared one with Michael Domino.

Randy Johnson

You can't do that. This is a pennant race game. ... This is a disgrace. This is disgraceful.

Jesse Ventura

I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.

Ken Dodd

I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside

Donte Whitner

Penn State's using (Williams) like we use Ted.

Jim Tressel

We always look at Penn State as good,

James Jones

We did not play fundamentally sound defensively, and we got out-rebounded 34-29 by a minus-two Penn team.

Ben Okri

If we are true, if we can love, if we have vision, if we can have courage, we can, we should, we ought to, we will...

Baha'u'llah

The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. ... So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.

Ashton Kutcher

From a purely entertainment point of view, to create a movie with a female lead that is empowered with her own sexuality I think is a really powerful thing.

Bertrand Russell

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

Benjamin Disraeli

The depositary of power is always unpopular.

Brendan Fraser

I wish I could have 25,000 years of my personal family history documented in a very powerful computer or a CD-ROM that I could just pop in and my computer would never crash

Brenda Ueland

Science and vivisection make no appeal to a theological idea, much less a political one. You can argue with a theologian or a politician, but doctors are sacrosanct. They know; you do not. Science has its mystique much more powerful than any religion active today.

Jane Fonda

I found that you're more powerful when talking from your soul.

Ken Starr

Rights are in the power of the people.

Tom Goguen

Sun has a proven track record of doing this.

Betsy Beers

On 'Scandal,' they've proven that they're not scared of shocking the audience.

Ralph Alvarez

This is our way to provide them the taste that they crave.

David Livingstone

Providence seems to call me to the regions beyond

George Washington

Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us.

Steve Monks

He's quicker to the ball. He provided a big spark off the bench.

Josh Duncan

It is huge. Another win provides more motivation. We'll keep going.

William Cowper

Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours.

Mike Drake

I want to start seeing some of the results and know the provider is up to speed.

Bob Beauprez

It's something we can do an do quickly to provide some relief,

Michael Burgess

When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications.

Mark Lasley

Most of the seniors that are starting have been starting since they were sophomores.

Abe Badmus

We're going to do everything as seniors to keep this going.

Colleen Kennedy

We have a lot of seniors this year,

Don Stewart

Are we in violation of any state statutes?

Steve Kendall

The thought was the state was going to do something.

Mike McCurry

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Tiffany Fisher

It was very frustrating. (Heritage Christian) was better defensively than any of the teams we've played. They were a lot quicker. They were just better. That's why they're state champions.

Robert Hansen

The state is already telling us what to teach

Steve Mottinger

These are things the state wants you to forget.

The Bravery

the only town in the United States of that name!

Mary Parsons

There are a lot of conflicting statements from the proponent.

Kyle Boller

We were down 34-0, so I had nothing to worry about, ... I got into a rhythm. That is how I need to play all the time, in that state of mind.

Sergey Brin

We want Google to be the third half of your brain.

Anne Robinson

I'm not going to marry a third time. It is just not necessary.

Jim Rich

Sen. Landrieu said she wanted to be our third senator.

Bartolo Colon

More than puzzled, I'm ticked off. I had two outs and I couldn't get the third one.

Manny Pacquiao

If he wants a rematch, I will give him a rematch. There should be a third fight.

Paul Duca

It's the third time I've done it. It doesn't feel weird any more.

Jack Roush

This is the third time this week you've tried to get my goat,

Dusty Baker

It was a tough day to be a third baseman.