Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jennifer Granholm

Her greatness lay in doing what everybody could do but doesn't. She was unexpected. She was untitled. . . . (She was) an improbable warrior that was leading an unlikely army of waitresses and street sweepers and shopkeepers and auto mechanics.

Gene Luen Yang

I think the 'Boxers' book was easier for me to envision as a comic, because they were on this epic journey. These teenagers basically gathered into this army and marched to the capital city where they had a showdown with the Europeans and Japanese. On the 'Saints' side, it was a lot trickier.

Justin Ramsey

We took very seriously our responsibilities with the government. All of us have a very strong belief in the Army and how it operates and what it does for us. We took a lot of pride in supporting the soldier in whatever way we could. When we left the Arsenal, it was very difficult for us. We wanted to let them know we would support them in any way we could.

James Barber

He had his mind set for what he wanted. And he was going to get it no matter what, ... He went into the Army thinking, 'I'll give it a try.'

Truman Capote

[T]he army of wrongness rampant in the world might as well march over me.

Trey Songz

I grew up poor, but I didn't really know it because of amazing places like the Salvation Army where we got a lot of our Christmas presents from.

Rick Riordan

Oh, lord. I was beginning to think like Neith. Soon I'd be huddled in an underground bunker eating army rations and cackling as I sewed together the pockets of all the boys who'd jilted me.

Woody Hayes

Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.

William G. Boykin

Those Muslims in Americas army that stand with the Constitution, I support them, and I think we all have to.

Eric Shelton

We take a lot of pride in earning the number one seed. However, we also realize that means all the other teams will be gunning for us. It is always a little more difficult beating the same team twice in a season. Hopefully we'll be up to the task of defending our title.

Joe Tiller

I don't have a problem with him being held accountable. But when it is brought up and repeated, it is like beating a dead horse.

Josh Satin

I'd like to prove a point that our league is better than any other league. The only way to do that is by going out and beating a quality Big 12 team.

Carlos Rodriguez

I'd lock myself in my room and take out my frustration by beating my drums.

Zach Schade

I don't know that it's a rivalry -- it's a lot of support. We don't talk about one beating another. We kind of push each other to keep training.

Carolina Kluft

I am capable of of beating my personal best (7001 pts set at the 2003 world championships in Paris) but the world record seems too high.

Lenny Bernstein

He's certainly built a lot of confidence throughout the year. I think he's had some milestones to get over, and now he's beating some guys who are ranked in the top 20.

William Kelly

He's beating himself up because he managed to get out and she didn't,

Ned Yost

He's beating himself. That's what is frustrating. He's not making the other team beat him. He's beating himself. His stuff is too good for that.

Kay Redfield Jamison

I believe that curiosity, wonder and passion are defining qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers; that restlessness and discontent are vital things; and that intense experience and suffering instruct us in ways that less intense emotions can never do.

Alex Guerrero

I was like, 'I can't believed I missed that.' It was a one-in-a-million that I'd miss that. That goal could have taken us to OT. I wanted to win this one. I'm so bummed out right now. This one was tougher than our last lost to them. We had our chances, and that's what kills me. We had more chances.

Hal Miller

I was lucky to get away from that with only a few small injuries, ... The next day I looked at the car and just couldn't believe I had survived it.

Chad Vollmecke

Knoxville brought a tough team to town last night and we wrestled the best we could under the circumstances. There were some very high points for us and we made some big strides in a few weight classes. A few of our boys still need to learn better position and mat sense, but that comes with time. Time is running short for this year, but I believe we are seeing things at this stage of the season that were not here last year.

Robert Browning

Kiss me as if you made believe You were not sure this eve, How my face, your flower, had pursed It's petals up ...

Tom Shaheen

I wouldn't say it's scientifically an absolute, but I believe it personally from my experience in the lottery.

Gisele Bundchen

I wouldn't say I'm going to quit modeling and become an actress, especially because I can't do that because I have contracts, but I definitely enjoyed it. I wouldn't call myself an actress, but I at the same time, if there is an opportunity... I believe in taking chances and living your life.

Richard Scrushy

I wouldn't believe anything that man said. This is horrible that there are people who would do something like this to a company.

Mark Hogan

Jac says he'll bring this to everyone first, but we believe we're in the lead.

Joe Nemechek

I was looking to get back to the front on the next (green-flag) run, but the car got loose -- it was a struggle just to maintain our position.

Steve Schmidt

Kerry's sham economic indicator says that our economy was better under Jimmy Carter than under Ronald Reagan, a deception few Ohioans are likely to believe.

Chris McKay

Key would be the detection of carbon and nitrogen containing particles.

Gary Griffiths

Kids need to be connected to the school and they need to feel someone cares about them. In a large school setting it can be extremely impersonal. There's nothing worse than a student in a large setting not being connected to anything. That's the height of loneliness.

Ayn Rand

know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity. I know not and I care not. For I know what happiness is possible to me on earth.

Courtney LaVere

Knowing it's the end of the season and the end of my career possibly, I don't want to regret anything.

Anthony Principi

Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan . . . deserve to come back to 21st-century medical care, ... Whatever it costs, we need to incur that cost to provide that world-class care to an extraordinary group of men and women in harm's way.

Dave Forney

I would think that the committee would certainly look at that and say that South Carolina has done well and deserves a chance to be part of this new format. I don't think it would be automatic. I think a lot would depend on how we play in our next couple of games, win or lose.

Walt Jocketty

I would think it's a good fit, ... but that's not something for me to decide. He started his career there, and he's obviously one of the top managers in the game that's not employed as a manager. Jim is going to manage somewhere in 2006. Definitely.

David Healy

The question is, does it make sense to pour more money into a new Chevy Cavalier to reduce losses from $3,000 per vehicle to $1,000. It's probably a necessary competitive move.

Ryan Hollins

Knowing it could be your last game, you want to finish with no regrets in your mind. There is no could have done this, or could have done that. This is something I am not taking for granted.

Brent Newman

Jake was trailing most of that race. He finished super strong and just out-touched the other two.

Johnny Roscoe

Hartsville made plays and we didn't. We had them down, but let them back in the game. We have to finish the job and be more aggressive, or the result will be the same.

Roy H. Williams

You have to finish the job. I've never been one to be big on moral victories.

Clint Bowyer

It is a good finish for us. A good way to turn things around.

Mary Thomason

I thought going in that we could finish in second place but we didn't shoot as well as we had been.

Willie Roaf

I thought about (retiring). I talked to Will and some of the guys. Then last year we finished so strong at the end of the year. It was great seeing Will come back. That helped, too.

Zach Braden

I think you would be lying to yourself if you were not surprised that we were 23-6. A lot of people said we would be lucky to finish .500. We surprised a lot of people, including myself.

Greg Puhalski

It is good for our team to finish as high as possible.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Darius Miles

Kevin had a great game. We have some smaller guards out there so he was able to do a lot more things. He had it going and was on fire.

Alden Ehrenreich

I would say that it's mainly about the director. It's a hard quality to find, but I always know whether I want to do something or not. The character is important to me, as is getting to work with people that I feel like I can learn from and make a great movie with.

Chuck D.

Joey wrestled a great tournament, and we don't want him to get lost in the shuffle. He was solid all weekend.

Tim Ehresman

Joe was great tonight. He did things tonight he's been practicing all year. Come heck or high water, he was going to make it (to the regional tournament) again.

Fay Vincent

John is the hero. He did a great job. Now Rose admits John was correct.

Donnie Henderson

I think it's a great opportunity. You always want to hear your name, and now a team has actually called. It's exciting.

John Gibson

I think it's a great opportunity to showcase our city.

Randy Smith

I think it's a great opportunity to be able to talk to him, but more important than that, I think it tells me that he's listening and that's really important to me.

Gregg Langbehn

His two-out RBI was a big run for us. It seems like he's handling all the pressure pretty well. He's holding his own.

Peter Jackson

We take as much inspiration from what he's doing and how he's handling it as he takes from the club.

Brit Hume

He was unapologetic of the handling of the information and insisted it was appropriate.

Ken Darnell

These are two ladies who are very experienced in handling rattlesnakes. They put on an educationally intensive show.

Bob Richardson

We can no longer tolerate handling prisoners in public hallways and restrooms for safety and security reasons,

Tim Padgett

We've had numerous trees and power lines down, numerous homes that are damaged, and we are still handling emergencies.

Jaren Jackson

We talked about containment and handling ourselves on the boards.

Rick Barnes

Right now, if there's any one thing I can change, it's handling the basketball. Sixteen turnovers at this time of year just kills you.

Jay Dillon

People were very upset but were handling it well.

Susan Murray

kind of hard to get to your car.

Laura Lange

I wouldn't say I've progressed since last year. I don't think I'm going to play in college, so this is my last year playing and I'm going to play as hard as I can.

Mark Mulder

Izzy told me the first time you're traded or released and go somewhere else is the hardest. After that, it's no problem. I can now understand why people say that. It wasn't hard making an adjustment. It was just different.

Ron Polk

He used to be a power pitcher, but after shoulder surgery he's had some hard luck.

Joey Cora

He didn't pitch that bad. He threw strikes, and that's the key for him. He didn't get hit hard at all. He just wasn't lucky.

Ben Braun

He can take a lot of pride knowing he is playing for a championship now as he leaves Cal. He has worked so hard over the years.

George Herman

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.

Sufjan Stevens

It's hard to say if actual places really affect the way you write.

Danny Shafer

There are so many people who are working so hard to have so little these days. It's disturbing, because this is the most politics I've ever talked about out of 500 interviews.

Ted Cruz

I think issues and substance, policy and vision and record should be the meat of politics.

Judith Sayers

There are still treaty issues that First Nations will have to negotiate on the rail corridor, but those negotiations will be between First Nations and government.

David Neumark

I think what the living-wage movement has done in the past 11 years is incredible. How many other issues are there where progressives have been this successful? I can't think of one.

Paul Robertson

I think some of the technical and infrastructure issues haven't been completely realized,

Duane Lewis

He's doing fine. I think it was just a routine procedure. It had been prescheduled. It was not the result of any issues the last two weeks or three weeks.

Bill Graham

I did point out (that) his is a minority that is even less strong than ours and on many of these issues he knows that not only (does) he represent a minority of members of the House, but also in terms of the electorate.

Werner Herzog

Once in a while I come across a director who hasgrown up thousands of miles from me, and the work touches me.Through these issues/50/images I am connected and something is illuminated.And I know then that I am not alone.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth.

Wangari Maathai

Unfortunately, the issues of climate change, unlike many other issues, are very subtle because the changes we observe are very, very subtle.

Scott Rice

Joey's a talented kid. He did a nice job on his routes.

Matt McKay

Joe did an outstanding job on Biggs. We didn't want him shooting 3s.

Galen Hall

Joe did a miraculous job keeping that squad from not splitting offensively and defensively.

Garrett Gravesen

Jobs can wait, but the lives of these kids cannot. And because no one else was doing anything else about it.

Allard Baird

He comes into Spring Training where it's his job to lose.

Phil Garner

He just likes going out and pitching, doing his job and saying, 'Thank you very much,' and going home.

Randy Foye

He's a big part of what we do. If he's out for the year, we just have to come together as a team. We still have a job to do.

Brian Sears

He's a superior horse, and Brett does a wonderful job with him. I knew he'd have him in peak form. He knows how to top them off.

Claude Brown

I thought we were more disciplined than that. We made too many mistakes and had too many penalties and Steubenville did a nice job of capitalizing on them.

Bob Lilley

Joey and J.J. matched up well up front. We were unlucky not to get a second and third.

Al Horford

Joe was all over the place. He was terrific.

Bobby Bowden

Joe is not with us and that's all that I can say about it.

Grant Stevenson

I knew I had Joe on the flank there with me.

Aaron Rowand

I'm going to try and pick my words nicely, because Joe might be reading this,

John Roberson

You can't tell there's pressure on Joe at all.

Alex Rodriguez

Any time you can be mentioned with Joe DiMaggio in any sentence, especially in this rich tradition of the Yankees, it makes you feel very humble. It's something that I'm proud of.

Michael Robinson

It's Joe Paterno. What more can I say. Who wouldn't want to play for Joe Paterno?

Hideki Matsui

It's getting better. I told Joe I could play. It's up to him.

Rodney Melville

I will look for ways to restrict testimony.

Shayne Ward

I have been to see a specialist and they have told me that singers often suffer from this problem, but that it's nothing to worry about and that I need to rest my voice for a week or so.

Wasim Akram

First of all, convince yourself that you are the best because the rest of your life is going to go proving this to others.

Alain Vigneault

Rest is as important as anything else right now.

Richard Sanchez

I just talked the whole time and didn't let them rest,

Meg Mallon

I'm going to take the saddle and spurs off, and let Rosie have a rest.

James Forrestal

For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade.

Nick Swisher

You can't really look at what other teams are doing. The rest of the season's in our hands.

Jeff Arnold

They will probably be there the rest of the week,

Kenoy Kennedy

I think I took off before he started to slide. I'll take a look at it on the film.

Chas Freeman

We took them to the cleaners on that trade.

Greg Paulus

We took them out from what they wanted to do.

Anthony Davis

It has to be like Hawaii. We went in there and it was about basketball, and we took them one at a time.

Kimberly Smith

It took a long time, in part because it was a donation.

Pete Carroll

It took all day long to get this win, ... It took every second.

Karlyn Supple

It took a little wind out of our sails.

Gina Jones

They just don't know what they took away from me.

Brett Nelson

It was like our other matches. He took fifth, so he did pretty good.