Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tyler Colvin

I was just a mental case, to tell you the truth. I worked on my approach and learned what pitch to swing at and it's paid off. I was just swinging at bad pitches.

Lou Holtz

Knowing Bill Snyder and the disciplinarian he is and the approach he has, yeah, I think he will bounce back, ... And he doesn't have to be real good to be pretty good in that North.

Klaus Toepfer

I would urge Presidents and Prime Ministers to make this WRI report and the findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment indispensable parts of their reading. I am sure that the conclusions will suggest to them, as they do to me, fresh, imaginative, sensible and truly sustainable approaches to the pressing development issues of the day,

Ben Saylor

I take the same approach every time. Early in the count I'm hoping they throw me a mistake and that's what I feel like happened in the first couple of at-bats. It's really important when another team makes a mistake, you've really got to bury them. You have to go right after them and make those mistakes hurt. I think our team did a good job of that.

Katrina Kaif

You don't really know how your film is going to turn out, but you can give it your best shot and hope the audience loves it. This has been my approach right from the beginning, and it's helped me a lot in my journey. All you can do is give the film your everything.

John Denham

What won't work is an approach which just says 'We have decided what we are going to do and we are just going to spend a lot more time explaining it to you'.

Steve Gardner

He's a good hitter. You put it where a guy like him likes it you're going to pay the price. We didn't pitch him very well. Our approach was to work him away, work him off-speed and elevate the ball. We just didn't elevate it enough.

Jim LaBelle

He said he had the runway in sight ... and was going to circle to land. He thought he had enough visibility to make a visible approach to the runway.

Ronald Reagan

History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20% of the people's income, there begins to be a lack of respect for government. . . . When it reaches 25%, there comes an increase in lawlessness.

Stephen Kinzer

Guatemala's ornate presidential palace, once a terrifying fortress whose every corridor was patrolled by heavily armed soldiers in berets and camouflage uniforms, is now a normal public building where ordinary citizens enter without fear.

Capt. Spirlet

He's definitely considered armed and dangerous and has extremely violent tendencies.

Rory Kennedy

I think the most significant turning point was when the militia was brought in. A few armed men and women couldn't take on the Pennsylvania militia.

Jamie Shea

Last night, NATO had a night of relative restraint. We were mindful of the Orthodox Easter celebration. At the same time, the Yugoslav armed forces continued to demonstrate signs of wear and tear.

Charles Grassley

The purpose of this letter is to express grave concern and raise questions regarding allegations that a textile contractor has been using toxic substances in the production of fabric used by armed forces personnel,

Steve Bolman

We're now considerably better prepared to deal with code-red situations, in which an armed assailant is on campus. Before then, we mainly emphasized earthquake preparedness. We've been conducting fewer drills for earthquakes lately, but we're making more preparations for them this year.

Stephanie Pell

He was recruited to travel overseas to engage in jihad or armed confrontation.

Sheriff White

He is armed and we believe extremely dangerous.

Ron Barber

Having grown up in a military family, I know that politics should have no role in determining who is best qualified to lead our armed forces.

Yubaraj Sangroula

He can use the time to make covert manipulations. He can try to divide the parties, he can even use the army again.

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.

Wesley Clark

He should be fired. When someone makes comments like that, that are so obviously racially prejudiced. We don't tolerate that in modern American society. We certainly didn't tolerate it in the U.S. Army and we don't tolerate it here. It's wrong.

Jane Harman

It clearly is not a pretty picture. I commend the Army for taking a hard, comprehensive look at how soldiers behave towards each other.

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.

Thomas Collins

What Dr. Harvey has done is directed an Army-wide review of how we notify family members,

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.

Steven Berman

I was a captain in the Army. I was told leaders lead. The problem is that a lot of elected officials are chicken.

Jeff Sessions

I am bitterly disappointed that Anniston Army Depot did not gain personnel from Red River Army Depot as the Defense Department had recommended,

Juanita Johnson

I was just blessing God. As a mother, I was terrified. But now, instead of weeping and thinking that could have been my daughter, now I'm weeping to thank God she's with me and praying for the others.

Matt Hasselbeck

Had I been a first-round pick -- which never would have happened -- and they made me play, I wouldn't have done any good. I would have been bad. So I wasn't ready. So it's kind of a blessing in disguise for me.

Pat Ross

He's a wonderful guy who cares about everyone and everything. He watches out for people and goes out of his way to help. He's the kind of person you wish the whole world was made of. We are blessed to have him.

Mark Twain

It is a blessed thing to have an imagination that can always make you satisfied, no matter how you are fixed

Albert Flores

We're praying that God would bless us. The kind of people we work with don't have money.

A. Johnson

I thought something like this wouldn't happen until maybe next season, ... I know how hard it is for offensive linemen to break in on this level. Getting back to my natural position has really been a blessing for me. I'm much more comfortable now.

Joe Mesi

I think that, as crazy as it sounds, the two-year layoff might be a blessing in this situation.

Marvin Oliver's

I think it was a real blessing for all of us. It's not always going to be sunshine. Even in a rainy situation, you can still prevail. Sometimes, you just have to see what modifications you can make.

Sam Johnson

I thank him for the gift he has blessed me with.

Paul Harris

While the struggle for religious liberty had proceeded without large-scale bloodshed in New England and elsewhere in the United States, the struggle for political liberty had not fared so well.

Shimon Peres

We were at the point where all of us could have lost control of the situation, and the bloodshed reached an unbelievable proportion. ... we pray for a day without funerals.

Yubaraj Ghimire

Things are headed for confrontation if he doesn't respond to what people are demanding. Then we would get into a phase of bloodshed and more repression.

Abdel Alani

The whole trial, the bloodshed in Iraq, the killings, the violence and everything else wouldn't have happened, had the Americans not invaded Iraq. After invasion and occupation, the occupying power is responsible for protecting the lives of the people under occupation.

Chandrika Kumaratunga

There is no individual on this Earth more determined than I am to end this country's wretched and mindless bloodshed and destruction.

Patrick Chappatte

Today, fear of bloodshed is forcing us into recognizing new taboos: those of Muslims.

Osama Laden

We call all humanitarians and those who carry peace to the world to intervene to stop the repeated bloodshed in the western parts of Iraq, ... And we say to the American occupiers to get out and leave Iraq to the Iraqis.

James Jeffords

I was lucky to be able to call Christopher Reeve a friend.His passion for life and for improving the lives of all Americans serves an inspiration to all of us. He may have played the character of Superman in the movies, but he lived the role of a superman through his life.

Pierce Brosnan

I was looking forward to making (Bond) edgier and grittier -- and for all of that to go down in one phone call was highly disappointing,

Tony Oliva

Kirby meant to me a lot. For me, it's like my own son. He used to call me 'Papa', too.

Gregory Craig

I would urge the relatives in Miami, if they truly want to get back together with Juan Miguel and his family, that they give me a call and let's talk about timing. Let's discuss this in a civilized way, rather than having national press conferences where demands are made.

Cindy Mannes

I would not say it's an epidemic by any stretch, but it is a problem. We used to get one or two calls a year ... Now we're getting one or two calls a week.

Manny Fernandez

Jacques said any roll we can get on is a bonus. Well, I would start calling this a roll.

Rick Dunlap

I would say the ice fishing is what we call gravy. The lion's share is made in the summer and fall.

Mark DiCamillo

I would suspect his tone would change significantly if they don't make it onto the November ballot. If that happened, I could see calling the Legislature all sorts of names by the end of the campaign.

Brian Finnerty

I would still call it a trading-range market. It's nice for today and the short term, but I doubt it's sustainable.

Thomas R. Insel

I was sure I was going to be a doctor of global health or tropical medicine in some underdeveloped country.

Tara Lemmey

I think that privacy is sort of the nature of your identity, and how you transfer your identity is a very important global issue.

Bill Gates

It has been a great year for global health to get more visibility. The more people know about it, the more they want to act.

Don Budinger

He's been our consultant, that's public knowledge. People are speculating that he's our prime candidate. Obviously we need a globally competent, experienced leader to navigate the road map. Somebody of his talent obviously would come on to our radar.

Igor Luksic

Regardless of our ambitions to become part of the E.U., we have to keep in mind that Turkey is also a very strong voice that can represent the needs of our region in wider terms in global platforms.

Shane Oliver

Our market will be largely hostage to what's going on globally this week.

Guenter Verheugen

In the new global situation, our strategy is more justified than ever,

Ken Ford

In terms of global warming, in terms of price spikes, this would make us really leading the planet.

Raghuram Rajan

In a globally competitive economy, it is very important you insure the individual, you have a safety net for the individual, because they're at serious risk of losing their job and so on.

Kevin Breslin

I think that the groups do get things done around here.

David Sedaris

Underneath my window, there were huge groups of people running in the streets. They tried to overturn a car. So the woman opened her window and tried to throw water on them. So then they threw rocks up and tried to smash her windows. It was very exciting.

Richelle Mead

I stared. "Canadian Satanists? You're sending me to a group of Canadian Satanists?

Reinhold Niebuhr

As racial, economic and national groups, they take for themselves, whatever their power can command.

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

How can you hope to build up a nation by fragmenting its politics into opposing camps? Whatever one group builds, the other will endeavour to destroy.

John Oliver

The British press are a group of unremitting scumbags. And sometimes they use that scumbaggery to good ends, and often not.

Edward Steichen

If it were possible for any one person or group of persons to go through a photographic finishing plant's work at the end of a day, you could probably pull out the most extraordinary photographic exhibition we've ever seen. On almost any subject. The trouble is to find the things.

Edward Burns

I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.

Henri Poincare

All of mathematics is a tale about groups.

Mohamed ElBaradei

You in the West have been sold the idea that the only options in the Arab world are between authoritarian regimes and Islamic jihadists. That's obviously bogus.

Richard Clarke

He seems to have been reduced to being a commentator on Islamic news.

Reza Aslan

The Islamic Reformation is already here. We are all living in it.

Reza Aslan

Over the last few years, the Islamic world has produced more female presidents and prime ministers than both Europe and North America combined.

Reza Aslan

The west is very concerned and actually afraid because the media is not informing them. There are too many moderate Muslims who are trying to whitewash the fears and concerns of the West. It's time for us to face reality - nobody is against Muslims. When I'm speaking about this situation, it's about Islamic doctrine. Islamic doctrine promotes violence and hatred against non Muslims. 60% of the Koran is dedicated to cursing and spreading hatred and violence against non-Muslims who are called 'Kaffir'.

Reza Aslan

It took many years to cleanse Arabia of its “false idols.” It will take many more to cleanse Islam of its new false idols-bigotry and fanaticism-worshipped by those who have replaced Muhammad's original vision of tolerance and unity with their own ideals of hatred and discord. But the cleansing is inevitable, and the tide of reform cannot be stopped. The Islamic Reformation is already here. We are all living in it.

William Kristol

And on this issue of the Shia in Iraq, I think there's been a certain amount of, frankly, Terry, a kind of pop sociology in America that, you know, somehow the Shia can't get along with the Sunni and the Shia in Iraq just want to establish some kind of Islamic fundamentalist regime. There's almost no evidence of that at all. Iraq's always been very secular.

Ruhollah Khomeini

When anyone studies a little or pays a little attention to the rules of Islamic government, Islamic politics, Islamic society and Islamic economy he will realize that Islam is a very political religion. Anyone who will say that religion is separate from politics is a fool; he does not know Islam or politics.

Yasser Arafat

Peace for us means the destruction of Israel.

Anita Elberse

What you get when you put all your resources behind a product, is you get everyone to join in.

Jacques Villeneuve

He should give up motorbikes and join us.

Willie Nelson

I don't smoke as many joints as I used to.

Willie Nelson

I'm an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.

Ellery Hanley

I'm pleased for the joint venture because I was obviously a part of the organisation,

Sean Connery

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but to join the Navy, having left school at 13.

Trip Hawkins

You'd be surprised at how many women are joining those leagues.

Greg Steinhoff

We are joining with other Midwest states to get over the fly-over syndrome that we suffer from. We are making it known that there are tremendous biotech resources in the region.

Mo Rocca

While some of my closest friends were jocks, it seemed that they spoke a different language with each other. Joining in their conversation was fraught with risk.

Queen Elizabeth II

At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.

Wallace Stevens

I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know.

Ronald Reagan

Our American tradition of neighbor helping neighbor has always been one of our greatest strengths and most noble traditions.

Leo Tolstoy

In Varenka, she realized that one has but to forget oneself and love others, and one will be calm, happy, and noble.

John Dryden

Trust reposed in noble natures obliges them the more.

Cat Deeley

There actually isn't anything better than a noble failure. It will always teach you something and you will always learn from the experience.

Brandon Sanderson

Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?

Baha'u'llah

Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.

Jane Goodall

And I thought how sad it was that, for all our sophisticated intellect, for all our noble aspirations, our aggressive behavior was not just similar in many ways to that of the chimpanzees - it was even worse. Worse because human beings have the potential to rise above their baser instincts, whereas chimpanzees probably do not.

Steve Graham

He was one of the most patriotic people I've ever met.

William J. Clinton

If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.

William J. Clinton

The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow.

William J. Clinton

To realize the full possibilities of this economy, we must reach beyond our own borders, to shape the revolution that is tearing down barriers and building new networks among nations and individuals, and economies and cultures: globalization. It's the central reality of our time.

Richard M. Nixon

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

Pat Buchanan

Our culture is superior. Our culture is superior because our religion is Christianity and that is the truth that makes men free.

Mark Twain

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

Nathanael Greene

America must raise an empire of permanent duration, supported upon the grand pillars of Truth, Freedom, and Religion, encouraged by the smiles of Justice and defended by her own patriotic sons.

Leon Trotsky

From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.

Vance Havner

Salvation is a helmet, not a nightcap.

John Green

All salvation is temporary

P. C. Cast

You and I are bound. We will be each other’s salvation, or each other’s doom.

Mahatma Gandhi

I understood . . . that those who desired salvation should act like the trustee who, though having control over great possessions, regards not an iota of them as his own.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

When we are enjoying the conscious presence of God, we are fulfilling the tenets of our salvation.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Many things about our salvation are beyond our comprehension, but not beyond our trust.

Bernard of Clairvaux

To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.

Larry Helmerick

The only salvation we'll have is if we do get moisture, and we're still waiting.

Charles Spurgeon

Not that our salvation should be the effect of our work, but our work should be the evidence of our salvation.

Roy Moore

I don't have a solution right now. I haven't studied that.

Dave Tippett

You think about a lot of situations. That's just part of coaching. You're trying to find solutions every day. We haven't had enough of them in the playoffs.

Margaret Atwood

We are very short on organs, and the pig solution is probably a lot better than the human clone solution - though maybe not for the pigs.

Paul Wolfowitz

To stay back from an intervention is not always a good solution.

Andy Miller

We'll see. We are trying to find a solution that works for all parties' interests.

Gregory Nunn

A writer is a person who has solutions for which there are no riddles.

Fadel Gheit

And there is no near-term solution for any of these things.

Craig Brown

This is not the right solution to the problem.

Michael Vickers

Essentially what we have is a two-country solution to a 60-country problem.