Famous Quotes & Sayings

Zina Garrison

It's a great honor for me to continue as captain of the US Fed Cup team.

Tiger Woods

It might just be the difference in length, ... That sometimes can be something that deters captains from putting guys together.

Lindsay Lewis

It's a huge honor to be chosen captain. Especially with the senior class we have. It's been a goal of mine since I got here to become captain and to lead this team, but it really is the entire class. We're such a strong unit that even though the three of us many share the title, it's not just the captains leading this team, it's the whole senior class.

Dana Schultz

I took a lot of pride in being named a captain and I started more consistently this year. I work really hard at the intangibles. I still have improvements to make, but I was definitely feeling it more offensively toward the end of the season.

Pinsoom Tenzing

It's a big loss. She's a captain and a huge inspiration for the younger ones. She's a terrific, endearing one.

Levi Emerson

It will be all about the seniors leading the team. We're going to have captains this year and we never had that under coach Lane. But I don't think we're going to have a problem of clashing styles.

Helen Alfredsson

It's a wonderful honor to be captain in an event that has given me some of the most incredible memories that I've experienced in golf,

Pele

At 17, I already had responsibility because I took care of my family, but in the football I was young; I wasn't experienced or the captain - I was just in the team.

Dave Barry

Nobody understands how hard it is, being a captain.

Ben Stiller

I was a bad student. I liked archaeology actually, I was interested in maybe becoming an archaeologist but I was such a bad student and had such bad grades that I wasn't going to get into any really good college so I fell back on acting.

Barney Frank

For the trustees to turn away from the entirely reasonable request of the students that a hearing-impaired individual be made president of the college is a very unfortunate expression of insensitivity.

Ato Essandoh

My parents are from Ghana. Until I was 17, I thought you had to go to college. I had no idea. I didn't know it was not an option.

Arne Duncan

The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.

Arne Duncan

Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.

Peter Hoffman

We always encourage our students to get as much research time as they can. That's very important to further their career. It will give them more of a rich college experience.

Derek Bok

Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.

Derek Bok

The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the like. This purpose scarcely requires justification.

Denise Juneau

My parents told me that education was the path to success - and they showed me, taking me to Head Start while they were pursuing their own college degrees.

Maria Bamford

It's always the compliments from people you love that mean so much.

John Schuerholz

What they hear from him is constant support, constant affirmation, constant compliments, because that's his style. He's a positive guy. Even in the midst of difficulties, he's a positive guy.

Audrey Miller

Wow. I?m thrilled. It?s such a compliment, 100 percent. It?s great to see that they saw the value in this.

Ken Reiter

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Kathy Smith

It was a very successful event. We learned some things, and we also got a lot of compliments. All in all, it was a very good weekend for everyone.

Stephanie March

I've been embracing the red lip and just wearing it every day, not just for going out. And I get so many compliments on it. I love the Julie Hewett Rouge Noir: it's sort of a forties red.

Tom Glenn

We got a lot of compliments around the room, ... We make mistakes . . . (but) every day, we try to improve.

Thomas Fuller

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Jesse L. Martin

Women do come up to me, and they tell me what they think! I've gotten great compliments on my eyes and my smile. But I don't see myself as sexy.

Laurent Brancowitz

I always considered technical musicianship as something you should be ashamed of - I don't know why.

Scott Boras

When he got Boston's first offer, he realized that he thought of himself differently than the Red Sox did. He knew then that there was a possibility he may leave, and I don't think that he ever considered leaving prior to that.

Kypros Chrysostomides

We want improvements in the text. The intervention of France introduced some new important elements, but the general framework of the counter-declaration is not considered entirely satisfactory to our side.

Jim Amormino

There is no question that he is the same suspect, and he should be considered brazen and dangerous.

Brian Cashman

We've always considered Roger a Yankee. If he decides to play, he'll give us the courtesy of an audience. We'll have to take a look at it when the time comes.

Beatrice Mongo

We found that one firefighter was considered inactive because he doesn't come to all the meetings, but he still fights fires. He would still be eligible to vote. To my mind, if you're risking your life to fight our fires, you should get to vote.

Majora Carter

What's popular in places considered ghettos - whether that's the inner city or Appalachia - is having a decent quality of life.

Don Ellis

As we see in folk music quite often, emotion transforms what might otherwise be considered 'corny' (i.e. trite, banal, sentimental) music into valid, moving art.

Will Lewis

It's exciting for me to be in a position like that where you can kind of be a part of the game that's considered the pinnacle of your profession. The fact that you come from Millersville, or the fact that you come from USC, it's kind of the same as far as your desire or your passion for this game.

Kenneth Bonert

When I was growing up, Mandela's name was synonymous with terror. We were scared of him. You couldn't see any photos of him. A photo of him could have gotten you in jail.

Judith Clark

It's been talked about, but we haven't gotten there yet.

Noe Cerezo

It's just a matter of time. The kids are getting it together and it's one of those things that half of them don't have the experience. They can play, it's just sometimes you need the experience, too, and it's gotten better every time.

Jacob Cruz

It's just one of those things where it's just gotten worse and worse. It got to a point where I don't think I could probably play out there for nine innings.

Rob Davis

A lot of schools are interested in him because of his speed and strength. He could have gotten a lot more yards Friday, but we didn't want to show too much.

Jeff Hawkins

The young guys were really anxious. But I think they've gotten over their stage fright. They'll be calmer this time.

Mike Hatch

They never have been particularly interested in our input, and I don't know how we would have been able to give input had they asked, ... There's no way we should have gotten involved.

Shaw Wu

They had to do this to reset expectations -- things had gotten a little out of hand. I think that it was the prudent thing to do.

Arthur Vint

This has been great. We've gotten a lot of promotion out of it.

Alan Arkin

Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.

Al Michaels

As a kid growing up, I was so in sync as a fan that that served me well through the years. I can feel the game. And I try to match where the game is with my inflection, with my - the tonal quality, with getting excited.

Akhil Sharma

It's easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don't want to embrace that fear; I prefer to be kind.

Chris Carter

I wasn't a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on 'The X-Files.'

Chris Colfer

Being a best-selling author just means the world for me. Some of my happiest memories, growing up, are being at book stores and reading books I couldn't afford, as a kid, and the midnight parties, waiting for the next Harry Potter book. The fact that I have that straw in my cap means more to me than anything I've ever accomplished before.

Chris Colfer

I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up were all flamboyant and obnoxious and sometimes kind of annoying.

Chris Abani

That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women want to figure us out.

Chloe Sevigny

I feel terrible about corporate greed. Growing up in a household that was a little more humble and didn't put so much emphasis on money and material goods, I think I have a pretty good head on my shoulders.

Chinua Achebe

I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.

Aidan Turner

When you walk onto a Peter Jackson set, you can see straightaway that money isn't an issue.

Kenny Ortega

Whenever you went into any place where there was Michael Jackson footage at Sony, it was like going through Homeland Security.

Dan Abrams

This is an all-out vindication for Michael Jackson and his supporters.

Robert Latham

as of now, landfall would be west of the Mississippi-Alabama state line in Jackson County.

Robert Litan

Even if they slap Jackson down on the tying issue, there still will be the rest of the verdict.

Frankie Muniz

Dewey is so old, Michael Jackson stopped watching.

Victor LaValle

It's tough to write beautifully about ugly things, but Mitchell S. Jackson makes it look easy.

Johnnie Cochran

But that's who Michael Jackson is, he's a very, very naive person in many respects, and there's no question about that. Yeah, he does wear a bull's eye,

Tracy Rocker

Since that first day, he's been the Keith Jackson we've been waiting on. He's doing what he's supposed to do.

Charles Stanley

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.

Alan Autry

Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.

Al Oerter

So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's proving that there is a place for guys like me in sports. It's a persona challenge to extend myself.

Al McGuire

Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.

Al McGuire

I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

The ideal leader is one who hears the voice of God, and beckons on as the voice calls him and them.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

The church that can't worship must be entertained. And leaders who can't lead a church to worship must provide the entertainment.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

A true leader will have no desire to lord it over God’s heritage. He is rather ready to follow as well as lead.

Chris Copeland

When I see things, I speak my mind. But I'm a quiet leader, if anything.

Bill Richardson

Natural gas is the future. It is here.

Jerry Jarrell

It's as natural as day for us to be here.

Josh Lawrence

It's not that pretty, but I think he's just worked on at it so much. He's had that rhythm and that shot for so long, I think it just comes natural to him.

Carlos Hokama

There was some profit-taking today, which is natural after the rises we've seen.

Adriano Galliani

It's a day to remember. It seems to me (to be) the natural continuation, after much thought.

Warren Jenson

This is unfortunate, but it's a natural part of our transition.

Chuck Todd

There's a lot of optimism about her and her abilities to win that seat, it's a natural swing district.

Bill Ward

There's a lot of opportunity there. Obviously, we want to make sure we preserve and keep it as natural as we can.

Billy Idol

It was a natural progression with the band,

Sunil Mittal

You can choose to be very profitable very quickly if you don't want to grow.

David Ayer

Actors are like magicians. They'll sit there and do all their tricks to each other. It's very competitive, and the goal is to get them bonding, to get them to know the real person as quickly as possible.

Richard Martin

The thing we had a lot of requests for is American flags. Everyone wants those. We're out of them now but we're trying to get more as quickly as possible.

Marjorie Brody

Don't tiptoe. Everyone sees you. Just get set up quickly and quietly and get ready to be part of the meeting.

Thomas p Kempis

And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.

Jon Gruden

We had to do this the right way and get well quickly in the draft,

Ozzie Guillen

We're going to use him as quickly as we can.

Nicole Draper

The day they were born, they immediately started having complications and quickly went downhill.

John Steinbeck

Lord, how the day passes! It is like a life, so quickly when we don't watch it, and so slowly if we do.

Cary Elwes

I take away something from every role.

Cary Elwes

I take away something from every role. I'm still learning and that's what life is about.

Caroline Kennedy

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

Caitlin Moran

I was brought up in the '80s. I was born in 1975. So by the time I got to 10 and I kind of knew that I probably was going to have to be a grown-up lady at some point, the feminine role models that I had were kind of the cast of "Dynasty" and "Dallas." And I just found that terrifying.

Cathy Freeman

I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are.

Ed Speleers

I want to go to the extremes and transformation is something I'm fascinated by. At the same time, you can transform but you can only really put what you've got inside you into somebody, so there's always going to be a degree of you inhabiting any role.

Elizabeth Pena

Every time I work with a European director, I find they hire the person that captures the spirit of the role. Americans tend to hire the best face. The person that looks more like the role, whether they can perform the role or not is a bonus.

Blu Cantrell

I am a role model, definitely and I definitely support women.

Vladimir Putin

U.S. society doesn't want to play the role of international policeman.

Edward Gibbon

In the productions of the mind, as in those of the soil, the gifts of nature are excelled by industry and skill . . .

Arne Jacobsen

There is always a point when one senses ones lack of skill, the doubt

Antony Sher

The effort of learning. It's the same when you approach any new skill or technique, from a dance step to driving a car. The effort of learning stops you, at first, from doing it well.

Denis Waitley

Most people spend most of their time on low-priority busywork because it requires no additional knowledge, skills, or imagination-or courage. In a word, it's easier.

Charlotte Bunch

Leadership is people taking the initiative, carrying things through, having ideas and the imagination to get something started, and exhibiting particular skills in different areas.

Charlie Munger

Learn how to ignore the examples from others when they are wrong, because few skills are more worth having.

Bill Walton

Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness. The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all

Bill Watterson

I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.

Carl Icahn

Don't confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself.

Dieter Zetsche

We're sticking to the timetable for the moment.

Avril Lavigne

When I tour, I stuff fridges full of organic food and stick to that.

Gil Jackson

They're sticking together. We just want them to play well, but they want to win.

Dave Carlson

It's tantamount to sticker shock. Motorists are not getting what's advertised, and that's not right.

Andy Gugliemini

It's about family, and sticking up for each other and being there for each other. That's what we want it to represent.

Donald Rumsfeld

The strategy is working, and we should stick to it,

Greg Walker

The thing that sticks out to me about him, he's our kind of player. He's a grinder.

Charles Vennat

No, what's important is that you keep your stick on the ice.

Barbara Sher

Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.

Alan Pardew

I don't like people who drain my time and energy. If you've seen the Harry Potter films, we use the term 'dementors' - people who can draw the life out of you in terms of your energy. So we eradicate the 'dementors', encourage the positive people, and that spreads around to create the team spirit we have here

Alan Hansen

I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.

Alan Hansen

The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

Alain Prost

A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.

Alain Prost

It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.

Alain Prost

When I drove for British teams... they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.

Alain Prost

You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise.

Al Michaels

There are a number of teams that would become vastly improved with Drew Bledsoe.

Al Michaels

The Miami Dolphins have to be taken seriously. Here's a team that seems to be jelling.