Famous Quotes & Sayings

Clint Eastwood

Half of them are suicides or accidents, Martha. Don't exaggerate.

Carlo Ciampi

Last Monday, a tragic series of errors, negligence and accidents suddenly cast us into darkness, tears, wounds and mourning.

Kevin Honea

We're on a bit of a spike from December until now, with the fatal accidents.

Karen Moore

I can hear the accidents as people cut through to get to Henny Penny. They think one way is safe and the other one isn't. You can hear the noise in here.

Lou Torres

Roads really aren't in bad shape. We've probably had 15 or 20 weather-related accidents in the region that required ODOT crews. The snow seemed to come down heavy from 5 to 8 a.m.

Melissa Savage

Research shows these measures can reduce accidents and fatalities. That's why legislators around the country are thinking about this.

Leland Yee

Relief is finally coming for San Francisco pedestrians and bicyclists, ... The loss of human life and suffering caused by the staggering number of accidents along 19th Avenue clearly warrants this legislation.

Todd Spencer

If you post speed limit signs lower than people perceive as reasonable and prudent, they ignore them and then you have more accidents.

Dave Jones

If you look at the number of accidents out there you can always find something that could have been done to prevent it.

Katherine Paterson

Some say it is the elements of hope and wonder in children's books that make them special. But there are many dark young adult novels these days. Adults loved Harry Potter, though it was written for the young. In the end, it is probably up to the reader of any age to decide if this book is for him or her.

Jack Shafer

I also think that anyone in late years of college is anxious about their future, asking themselves, 'What do I want to do? Also, I think that we all live vicariously through children and these kind of trend stories are an expression of adult anxiety.

George Herman

You're an actor, are you? Well, all that means is: you are irresponsible, irrational, romantic, and incapable of handling an adult emotion or a universal concept without first reducing it to something personal, material, sensational - and probably sexual!

Bobby Vinton

I was able to stay on because in those days I was selling songs like 'Blue Velvet' and 'There I Said It Again'. But they were kind of adult hits.

Rick Derringer

I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults.

Yehuda Berg

The truth is that we were born to have it all. And part of our handicap as adults is that we no longer understand our potential.

Lloyd Kolbe

Part of the problem is if you've got an adult population where 64 percent of the adults are obese, that's the model that the upcoming generation sees every day. So the potential for it to become the norm, that's part of the self-perpetuating cycle.

James Howe

I like to read fiction, and I particularly enjoy reading young adult fiction. But I also read children's books, adult books, current authors, and classics, but I like fiction the most.

Michael McCoy

I tend to have them submit to psychological testing, and what I find is they're not predators, but they're immature and, males especially, flattered girls find them interesting. Treating them as if these people are grooming these young females for some illicit relationship ? my own judgment is most of the time, that never happens. They're ceasing to be the adult in the situation." ()

Jen Warden

Kim is a player who does a lot more than score. She is a player that really gives tremendous attention to the Mountain West . . . and she is earning all of the attention she is receiving.

Al Feldstein

Kids are no longer interested in reading comic books; they've got television and the electronic games that they can bury themselves in like ostriches. They don't have to pay attention to what's going on in the world around them.

Cedric McGowan

James brought it to my attention in one of the timeouts that we had that I needed two more rebounds to get (20). I just worked hard to get it.

Rasheed Wallace

Keep us on the back-burner. We won't lose our swagger at all, because when you put that food on the back-burner, it's just simmering and it tastes better. When you got that food on the front burner, that's the one you're paying attention to the most, and that's the one that might burn. We're on that back-burner.

Jerry Cohen

Joyce is a perfect example of someone who saw an issue that needed attention and brought it forward to AARP. We were pleased to work with Joyce and Representative Hunt to change this law and help protect those using handicapped placards from identity theft. Working together, we have the power to make it better.

Roger Fox

I think it kind of got everybody's attention when it failed and we established a new citizens committee that really stepped up and helped us pass it this time.

Mark Cavallone

I think it has to change. You're going to see more attention to tie corporate strategy to the Internet. If that happens, not every stock is going to go up.

Ken Wade

Having this kind of support means so much to communities that continue to endure a long cleanup and rebuilding process. This national attention comes at a critical time, providing survivors with much-needed help and hope.

David Greene

Having our own Chase would be a way for us to get more attention. And it's a way to take away attention from the Cup guys racing in our series.

Aaron Johnson

I was lucky enough, when I was younger, to have the chance to do as much as possible, and I found what I wanted to do. I did swimming, gymnastics, kickboxing and the one that took off more than the others was acting.

Tim Thomas

I was looking forward to showing some character by giving a good effort all the way to the end of the year. I thought there was a good chance that maybe we could end the season with a win and feel good about ourselves. But it wasn't to be.

Lyle Overbay

I was looking for a pitch to hit. I had a chance to drive it. When I saw it go in the gap I thought maybe there would be a chance to score. Next thing you know, we win the game.

Jarome Iginla

Kipper, he's played like that all year. He's been amazing. Especially early tonight, they had some chances and he made some timely saves.

Buck Showalter

Kevin made good pitches when he had to, but it took a lot out of him. It was a tribute to him that he was able to get through it for five innings and give us a chance there.

Jeff Boogaart

Jacob is a good, young kid. He's got a chance to be real good for us. ...He needs to get a little tougher, and little more physical, but he does a good job with the ball.

Alexander Veshnyakov

I would say that as of today the chance of a second round is fairly high.

Floyd Ciruli

I would say that the 7th right now is clearly the nation's most competitive seat, with the Democrats having a clear chance to win it.

Alan Trammel

Just to even say there's a possibility, wow. But I'd have to say chances are we're going to have to make an adjustment.

Bob Murphy

I was leaking oil at that point. I was very fortunate after 8 to be even.

Bill Bullock

He wanted to get back in the area, and we feel very fortunate that it worked out. It will be really good for us.

Terry Adams

There are still some exceptional teams in the section. Obviously, at the moment, Upper St. Clair and Peters Township are the top two. We're fortunate that we got the first victory.

Jimmy Chupp

Hard work gets us here, but the hard work started after last Christmas. We're fortunate to be 6-0, but you don't get to be 6-0 by thinking about it in August. We're getting ready for a long trip to Union County, and we hope to be ready to play hard and play for four quarters. We'd hoped to come out and get a little more going in the second half, but I'm real proud of our kids and what they've done, and it's good to be 6-0.

Benjamin Franklin

Happy that nation, fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting.

Matt Murton

He's a great pitcher. We're fortunate to get some good swings off him.

Davis Bunn

There is more of a joy now than there was before. I was just so fortunate so blessed.

John Dowd

We're one of the fortunate towns that are growing, and that's providing (additional) operating funds ....

Liz Boyd

We are fortunate to have had her talents for as long as we've had them.

Pat Hanlon

I wouldn't say disappointing. I think surprising is the right word. And that includes sales to the general public, not just the waiting list members.

Andrew Miller

It can't be right that ministers be given such wide and general powers.

Roland Hemond

There are so many demands, on general managers especially. Doug listens well to the scouts and player-development people. People are loyal to him because he's loyal to them.

William Hazlitt

His sayings are generally like women's letters; all the pith is in the postscript

Bill Donald

I think it's going to be important, if we can get markets open in the same general are of the world. It will help instill trust in the product we were used to before the ban.

Richard Hughes

I think it's going to be a great adjunctive therapy. Patients generally like the robot. Many think of it as similar to a video game.

George Savile

It is a general Mistake to to think the Men we like are good for every thing, and those we do not, good for nothing

M. Wolfe

I am impressed that the stock market generally speaking hasn't been taking it worse than it has,

Rick Dinse

He is an individual that during our investigation, generally speaking, he never volunteered a lot of information,

Nate Robertson

He wants our expectations to be greater than maybe they've been.

Randy Perreira

Hawaii people have a greater tolerance for fairness.

Bill Tierney

His role is no less than mine is. And it is a lot greater than mine in some ways.

Dante Alighieri

There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.

Frank Tyger

There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.

Jim Hunter

The range is greater for sound than for sight.

French Proverbs

Report makes mischiefs greater than they need to be.

Marcel Achard

Its risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.

Bill Cowher

It's required a greater focus. We're studying them and trying to find any little idiosyncrasies to give us an edge.

Bill Gottschalk

I don't have time to fish. I take my time off in the hunting season.

Richard Paul Evans

Some people spend so much time hunting treasure that they fail to see it all around them. It's like sifting through gold to find the silt.

Rick Riordan

Artemis grit her teeth. "I need a favor. I have some hunting to do, alone. I need you to take my companions to Camp Half-Blood." "Sure Sis!" then he raised his hands in a "stop everything" gesture. "I feel a haiku comIng on." The Hunters all groaned. Apparently they'd met Apollo before. He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically. "Green grass breaks through snow. Artemis pleads for my help. I am so awesome.

Woody Allen

You can't anticipate in the room the riches of what you encounter when you're location hunting for a movie.

William Wells Brown

I was not only hunting for my liberty, but also hunting for my name.

Walter Cronkite

The perils of duck hunting are great- especially for the duck.

Wayne Pacelle

The definition of obscenity on the newsstands should be extended to many hunting magazines.

William Golding

Which is better -- to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is? Which is better -- to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill? Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?

Sam Abell

I did a story for the Geographic on Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and Stephen Ambrose was the writer. He said, "I've got the easiest job in the world. I just have to re-tell the story of the greatest fishing, camping, hunting, canoeing trip of all time. You, Sam, have the hardest job, which is, pretend like nothing has happened in the last 200 years.

Harvey Pekar

I write about my life, choosing incidents that I think will be, for one reason or another, significant to people. Often because they may have experienced the same things.

Bernard Parks

Having known Mr. Patton for a number of years personally, it was a shock to me to find this incident had occurred,

Gerard Kennedy

It is not inevitable that our schools have incidents like this. We can make our schools even safer,

Joschka Fischer

It is not only because of the incidents with the Swiss, Swedish, and Spanish embassies. There is an urgent need for discussions,

Diane Feinstein

In view of the 5,000 'air rage' incidents each year,

Brian Doyle

The incident was resolved before anything was moved.

John Peck

The incident is of a de minimis nature; and since the resources of this office are limited, I will not expend the resources upon a prosecution that lacks merit,

F. Stone

The jury's still out on the new system, because we haven't run that many incidents on it yet, ... But day-to-day, the hand-helds are working out quite well.

Gary Davidson

These incidents were not reported to us. When something isn't reported, there's nothing we can do.

Eric Swanson

I think in the long run, it'll pay off,

Harry Anderson

What you get when you come here is you pay way too much for my stuff, but you get it signed by me, demonstrated by me,

Josh Thomas

He really works with you and pays attention.

Darren Clarke

He said, 'You do know which TV tower I was talking about, don't you? I said, 'Yeah, the one on the right.' And he said, 'No, it was the one on the left.' It was all my fault. I didn't really pay that much attention.

Bryan Colangelo

He's a thug, and I want him out. He's always been a thug. I'll do everything in my power to see that he pays for it.

Bill Dudley

I think you have to be somewhat skeptical about the payroll number.

Keith David

I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa.

Tyra Grant

He does a lot of different things for me. He pays for me going to camp. He's a very big part of my life.

Woody Hayes

You don't get many chances to pay back what's been done for you. Take them.

Willie Randolph

It could be someone else toward the end of the season who could be the swing guy.

Zack Greinke

I was about 20 times smarter before this season started than I am now.

Walter Savage Landor

Falsehood is for a season.

Kelly Rowan

In the first season, (Kirsten) seemed really together, but there's this undercurrent of 'something's got to be up.' And (last) season you got to see kind of the underbelly of her,

Jose Guillen

I'm pretty sure if we lost, the season was done.

Flip Saunders

I'm sure they will want to get a win and split the season series. We'll want to be competitive, and stay sharp.

John Abraham

I'm in shape, I've been working since the season was over with,

Steve Owens

It may be that we simply go from one high-pollution season to another.

Pete Seeger

To everything there is a season.

Ken Starr

I also know that there's a time and a season, and I think that time, had there been one, has long since passed.

Michael Hayes

He's crazy. He's always been like that, since we were 13, he's been the same way.

Mike Donato

He's a thoroughbred. We have worked out together since our first year here.

Roy Harper

I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.

Shane Valdez

I think that's the first time since I've been here that we had everyone qualify.

Asaf Shariv

I don't know about anything since then that is new.

Matt Kiefer

He had a long rehab. Ever since he could play (again), he has been a leader. A vocal leader.

Samuel Smiles

The truest politeness comes of sincerity.

Zane Grey

These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them.

Kevin Hassett

I think it's the only way it works politically,

Irwin Cohen

I think this works for New York City.

Sienna Guillory

I think that, with homoeopathy, if you get the right mix, it works 20 times quicker than conventional medicine.

Dan Ryan

It (mousetrap car) always works better at home.

Chris Squire

The way Yes works is when we have a new member come in, as in Jon Davison, it's appropriate that we see what differences we can get out of a new contributing member in order to keep Yes interesting.

Frank Thomas

If I'm in a cast, I can't do it. We'll see how it works out, but I'll be around.

Jim Hodges

My latest works are these things with light bulbs.

Romesh Gunesekera

Sri Lanka is a part of my background: it's not where I live, but it's what I want to explore. And I find it works very well to explore through fiction.

Shane McAnally

When something works on a huge level, everybody does it.