Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Flecker

A ship, an isle, a sickle moon - / With few but with how splendid stars / The mirrors of the sea are strewn / Between their silver bars.

Tom Herrion

As a team we take a lot more free throws than we used to. And we've improved greatly at it. But it's like every other team sport, the team that makes the fewer mistakes wins.

Marco Polo

At school, a few people know that I'm over here. I don't know about everybody, professors, curling people and a few kids in class.

Rick Woodard

The thing I'd like for us to work on is getting better quality shots. I'd rather us get fewer shots that go in than to take more shots that don't. I'd rather have quality than quantity.

Jan Popa

A few personal photos are OK, but it's pretty hard for people to walk by a wedding picture without looking at it.

Karen Evans

A few of the service providers did not do what they said they were going to do.

Kevin Stallings

(Terrell) gave us a presence inside today that we haven't had in the last few games.

Sania Mirza

Tennis players are very fortunate that unlike some disciplines of sport, in mega-sporting events like the Grand Slams, they have a huge platform to showcase their talents on the world stage once every few months.

Jeff Cavallo

Sometimes, it takes us two or three or sometimes four or five possessions before we understand what's going on. In this particular case, it took a few possessions and realized, 'OK, let me go through my reads.' When that happens, it goes to our favor.

Don Hill

Not working is a luxury, ... I feel fortunate to do the things I want to do.

Martin Brodeur

I've played enough in the NHL to know most of these guys. Most of the time I know their tendencies. I've been lucky. I've been fortunate to make some saves and help us win some games.

Jaycee Carroll

I've been very fortunate two years in a row. I couldn't be happier. ... The one thing I remember about last year's tournament, it was a little too short. I know everyone wants to come and compete.

Sean Connery

I've been very fortunate and have never had any real problems with people. But I've also had the guts to tell them, 'you're a bore'.

John Steinhilber

That's why we do conditioning. That helped us in the overtimes. It was an odd night, and we are fortunate to get a tough road win.

Herb Sendek

That's from a guy with a lot of experience. We were really fortunate he was able to come back. He was really ready to play tonight.

Al Bernstein

That's fortunate for the rest of us, because if it wasn't, Gil would have won it every year.

Marty Simmons

We were fortunate that we did knock it loose. We scored a lot from out defense. That's kind of been our trademark up to this point.

Don Maestri

We were fortunate enough to play an outstanding team and come out on top. Maybe we gained some more confidence.

Asif Kapadia

The Monaco Grand Prix is in May right around the time of Cannes.

Yoko Ono

Thank you George, it was grand knowing you.

Maria Sharapova

It was very difficult, I've played Nadia in the last two Grand Slams in the quarter-finals as well and we've had such tough matches and I've been able to pull through so I'm very happy.

Jeffrey Jones

I understand they are still investigating, and the (federal) grand jury is still looking at the matter.

Charles Breithaupt

This is going to be a grand experiment.

Lorenzo Snow

This is the grand means that the Lord has provided for us, that we may know the light, and not be groveling continually in the dark.

Art Modell

I don't want my grandchildren to go through what I went through

Brad Pitt

I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I said. He shouted 'Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like?

Jan Karon

Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.

Richard Estrada

So we said, let's organize this huge march of the pueblo, of the people.

John Fogg

Psychologically, that is a huge step forward, ... When that happens, you can think about getting back to a sense of normalcy.

Steve Lowery

It would be very satisfying after the start I had. That would be a huge accomplishment.

Paul Begala

It was a huge fireball, a huge, orange fireball.

Octavio Dotel

This is huge in my country. Just huge.

Richard Sullivan

This is the first time we have been able to predict such a huge improvement in long-term survival,

Jonathon Shockey

This (win) is a huge confidence-builder for us.

Ellen Stofan

There's a huge question of whether you really need water for life.

Brandon Roy

Washington is taking a huge step in being a power program.

Dana McClintock

We've been talking and are still talking about new platforms of all sorts." ()

Shari Arison

I don't think of myself as a powerful person. But I do use the platforms I have to make a difference in the world. Anyone who has a position where they can make a difference should use it.

Sundar Pichai

When you run a platform on scale, you have to make sure it's truly open. That way, not only do you do well, so do others.

John Grammer

As coaches, we tell the players to make plays and that's what they did. We made some big plays to win at the end, especially Derek Carver.

Cheryl Burnett

Purdue has some players that, in the time of need, are really going to step up and want the basketball.

Rick Barnes

I've never seen players take so much pride in their schoolwork.

Pete Hald

I've never had three players at the same time who can score like they do.

Joe Gibbs

There are players there that you wished you could have on your squad. . . . I had some tough conversations today,

David Noel

Big players show up in big times games. That's the type of player he's been all year.

Joe Legerski

We've had a lot of different players step up for us (in the post).

O. Henry

We want to get players into the NPC as soon as possible,

Jerry Angelo

To get valued players you have to be willing to give value.

Brett Hull

I'm realistic. And realistically, I'm not that type of player that earns that type of money any more. So I'd be willing to take a little cut to get a couple of extra years.

Brett Hull

If you have an active mind, it always helps. You know, people who don't do crosswords, their minds fall asleep. That's why I do them-my mind is always working. One day my brain is going to explode through the top of my head.

Babe Ruth

I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.

Babe Ruth

Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading.

Ashton Eaton

I want to see where I measure up against everyone in the world and everyone who has ever competed in the sport, and there's that innate sense of wanting to challenge myself. I'm competitive in all aspects.

Arthur Ashe

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

Arthur Ashe

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.

Arthur Ashe

There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I think most of my lessons come from sports. That's why I always emphasise to young kids to get involved in sports because it's where you learn about discipline. It's where you learn to keep going, where if you think you can't make it, you can.

Taye Diggs

I'm always up for going back to the stage.

Michael Jackson

I love surprising people with a present or a gift or a stage performance or anything.

C. S. Lewis

We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage.

A. Hodge

What will be very interesting at this stage is that for a lot of guys, this will be the first time that they have raced all year.

Martha Graham

The center of the stage is where I am.

Nathan Lane

I'll always go back to the stage.

Mick Ralphs

Put me on stage and I'm happy.

Lauren Bacall

I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage.

E. Hicks

They're not at that stage yet. ... The time will come.

William H. Gass

I am unlikely to trust a sentence that comes easily.

Seth

It's unlikely that you'll create something scarce without doing something risky to get there.

Homer Simpson

Unlike most of you, I am not a nut.