Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes you have to be careful when selecting a new name for yourself. For instance, let's say you have chosen the nickname "Fly Head." Normally you would think that "fly Head" would mean a person who has beautiful swept-back features, as if flying through the air. But think again. Couldn't it also mean "having a head like a fly"? I'm afraid some people might actually think that.

Catherine McCartney

We've spoken out and said you can stand up and you don't have to be afraid of anybody. But it won't mean anything unless the people in the communities take that opportunity the next time the IRA comes to their door and say to them 'I'm not going to allow you to bully me'.

Chinese Proverbs

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still

Rob Varley

Bob cares a lot about the success of Cocoa Beach. He's a regular guy who isn't afraid of hard work. Let me tell you -- it was very difficult for the tourism industry after Sept. 11. We were hurting.

Wesley Hill

What I try to emphasize more than anything else is don't be afraid to make a mistake. That's how you learn what you can't do, and what you don't like to do.

Robert Green Ingersoll

All the punishment in the world will not reform a man, unless he knows that he who inflicts it upon him does it for the sake of reformation, and really and truly loves him, and has his good at heart. Punishment inflicted for gratifying the appetite makes man afraid but debases him.

Nate Robertson

Leyland's not afraid to yell at you from the dugout. It's situational things, not pitch selection. When he says something, I take it to the bank. I trust what he says.

Antonio Villaraigosa

Leadership is not about being afraid to lead or make mistakes, ... the whole culture is about being safe and risk averse.

Susan Chapman

So many bad things have happened, they are afraid to hope. Until it's actually voted on by the commission, they're afraid to have any trust in the process.

Holly Cartner

Shipping people back to Morocco is not an answer to this crisis. Protecting these extremely vulnerable people should be the Spanish government's priority.

Catrin Nilsmark

She asked me - and she very well knew the answer - if she had to come to the meeting. She said, 'But it's ridiculous.' She was mocking about, asking the questions that are going to be asked, nothing we haven't talked about before. She was making a big theater. It was pretty funny.

Michael Dorf

Shaquille O'Neal, when asked about his terrible free-throw shooting, says he makes them when they count. This strikes me as a bad answer in basketball and in law, because they all count.

Mary Radmacher

Shake structures. School yourself. Look twice at a thing, once upside down. Answer yourself clearly.

Ephraim Sneh

Since the Palestinians are beginning to wage something that approximates a guerrilla war, our helicopter attack was a signal that if there is one, we have the answer to it,

Bill Rocco

Single country emerging market funds are very volatile. Do you need a Korea fund? The answer is no. Nobody needs a Korea fund.

James Bernard Frost

I love Dave Eggers. I hate Dave Eggers. If I could become any other living writer, I would answer faster than anyone else in the room, 'Dave Eggers.'

Jonah Goldberg

I have a simple answer to any American patriot who claims there is no conflict between his/her love of country and his/her desire to hitch our fate to the United Nations: 'You're mistaken.'

Mario Ancic

I had problems with my serve, but Arnaud really had an answer for everything.

Pierre Lafontaine

We're not really competitive yet, but we're sure getting there.