Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carole Strayhorn

As a mama and a grandma, I appreciate, understand and absolutely believe in the sanctity of life. But I recognize that there are those tough situations where heartbreaking decisions have to be made.

Andy Blackston

(The Bulldogs) just absolutely don't beat themselves. To beat them you have to outplay them.

Mads Mikkelsen

Awards mean absolutely nothing if you don't get it. If you do get it, they're the best thing in the world.

Sophie Kennedy Clark

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option.

Teemu Selanne

Bad passes. Absolutely bad passes. We panicked at times.

Jesse Greener

Back-to-work legislation is not an option that will work in the interests of students. If imposed, there will be absolutely no trust in the process since back-to-work legislation could impose not only an arbitrator, but even a contract. In this case, students will likely not see improvements in the faculty student ratio - this would be serious set-back in the quality of college education.

Burt Aaronson

a slap in the face to the County Commission and to all the people that you misinformed. ... Whoever decided on that was absolutely out of line.

Mike Tracy

That was absolutely the pinnacle of my basketball career.

Rocco Mediate

That was absolutely the coolest thing. The fans here are knowledgeable, and they knew I was in trouble and appreciated the effort, I guess.

Jools Oliver

People pick up on some bits of the book in particular, like the bit about Jamie's sperm,

Ken Park

The World Almanac' tells about the world. Maybe the little bits are trivia, in and of themselves, but the more you know about that, the more you know about the world.

Ellen Klages

My process is messy and non-linear, full of false starts, fidgets, and errands that I suddenly need to run now; it is a battle to get something - anything - down on paper. I doodle in sketchbooks: bits of ideas, fragments of sentences, character names, single lines of dialogue with no context.

Tom Wilkinson

I won't say I wouldn't be grateful and happy and delighted and thrilled to bits to receive a nomination. But I wouldn't be suicidal if it didn't happen.

Jenson Button

DR was definitely the front man but we needed a guy that was there 24-7 for the team and not doing other bits and pieces as well. Nick is doing a fantastic job, for me everyone is a lot closer. There is definitely a good spirit.

Joanna Lumley

Even clingfilm - if it's gone over a salad bowl, take it off, use it again. I wash out carrier bags; I save brown paper from parcels. I save string; I save ribbons. I separate all my bits and pieces.

Bette Midler

I'd never done a straight play before, never, and it was very hard work - really, really hard work. It was dense, really wordy, and I was determined to learn every word of it - not just skip over bits and pieces.

Bradley Horowitz

Video is hard to discover on the Internet. Web pages are self-describing. Video is opaque; it is a bucket of bits and doesn't tell you much about itself.

Keith Smith

We want to get bits into the customer's hands as quickly as possible.

Robbie Keane

The team spirit has always been here, it was here under Brian as well. You can't say it wasn't here under Brian because it was. But to have Mick Byrne come back has been nice. You've seen how much all the lads like Mick and that was just my way of saying 'welcome back'.

Eddie Cibrian

Brian was the guy, ... The guy who got into the costume.

Kevin Boyle

Brian is a fabulous player, a tough kid and a very good passer. I've seen him grow stronger and tougher to play.

Chad Brown

Brian has already made some adjustments. We sound better.

Jon Gruden

Brian Griese took a big step last year, completing 69.3 percent of his passes,

Bobby Cox

Brian can still run as long as his knee doesn't puff up. He can still go like crazy. I thought he had a good night.

Andy Lopez

Brian called up to tell the outfielders to stay with the ball, because they are going to lose it in the bright white dome.

Jerry York

Brian Boyle just carried us on his back a lot of the time.

Larry Bowa

Brian and I talked. We're pretty much on the same page. Nothing's been finalized.

Noreena Hertz

Back in the 1970s, Kodak tried to give $25m to a black civil rights organisation in Rochester, New York. The company's shareholders rose up in arms: making this politically charged offering wasn't the reason they had entrusted Kodak with their money. The donation was withdrawn.

James Blankenship

Colby Davis and Michael Cheshire, the two returning linemen from last year who were in there tonight, I think they really took charge of the young kids.

Gerry Adams

Are the governments in charge or is Ian Paisley in charge?

Bible Bible

And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

Bill Simpson

The state could do better to fund community colleges at a higher rate and we wouldn't have to charge as much for tuition. Things that encourage people to go to college would be helpful, but we're not sure how much that's going to help community college students.

Richard Boucher

The Taliban charge in Islamabad has told our charge that the detained employees of Shelter Now are in good condition and are being treated well.

Cheryl Sabel

The thing that's distressing is the fact that you have these male politicians leading the charge to take away women's rights.

Sendhil Mullainathan

A few drugs - such as beta-blockers, statins and glycogen control medications - have proved very effective at managing hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and strokes. Most insurance plans charge something for them. Why not make drugs like these free? Not for everyone, but just the groups for whom they are provably effective.

Christopher Hill

Once you give us the okay for payment, we check to see that you have enough money in your account; and if you don't, we'll send you a message as opposed to looking at it as an opportunity to charge you for insufficient funds,

Harry Browne

A show's a show, and this is for a good cause.

Erica White

As good as this feels, we're not done yet.

Chris Nelson

As good as (Southern Nevada) is, to come in and win in their park, that's a good thing for Derek.

Robert Esche

As good as it may have seemed, we still lost the game. So, it wasn't that great.

Jay Bilas

As good as I thought they were going to be, and I thought they would be in the NCAA tournament, I didn't think they were going to be this good. I didn't think they were going to be this mature, this polished and this resilient.

Brad Skoglund

As good as catch, maybe better, than the one at state.

Louie Golden

As good a player as he is, he's so unselfish. He makes teams go. He makes it happen.

Jessica Springsteen

As for singing, my parents say I have a good voice, but then again, they have to say that.

Rocky Carroll

As an actor, you can think your way out of a lot of good things sometimes. I trust my instincts as an actor, and I trust the instincts of the creators, so it's a good combination.

Scottie Somers

A wise man once told Me that an overnight success takes 10 years. But I may not have 10 Years. I might have to settle for a naptime success.

Claiborne Pell

The secret is to always let the other man have your way.

Henrik Ibsen

The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.

Mary McDowell

The test of man is how well he is able to feel about what he thinks. The test of a woman is how well she is able to think about what she feels.

Kym Whitley

I've always wanted to be a man for a day.

Capucine

I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.

Thomas Kempis

Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.

Lithuanian Proverb

A dunb man won't know any better, and a smart man won't say anything about it!

Jerry Lewis

the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life.

Scott Peterson

I've seen them on every national broadcast. It's pretty amazing.

Josh Pastner

We're here to win a national championship. This is not a rebuilding stage. It's not a question of talent. We've got pros on our team.

E. Helm

We're playing in a tournament where somebody's going to the national tournament. It's that simple. And we'll compete.

Calvin Hill

We didn't have to be on national TV every night talking about Duane. If we had been, then it would have been a distraction.

Jim Delgado

We're supporting the national position for a day of rest. Not purchasing anything from stores, not purchasing gasoline.

Brentson Buckner

We don't want national cameras. We just want to play football. Let the people write what they write, let them report what they want to report.

Caryn Kaufman

We're going to be in the national limelight.

Michael Unzueta

We're very concerned. When we find these tunnels, we see that as a vulnerability to our national security.

Ryan Hollins

You have to respect Zidek. He won a national title, too.

Tim Mambort

We went in pretty confident. It was all right. I don't think we were that thrilled about it.

Carolyn Clark

I am thrilled for her. It's her dream.

Harold Lewis

Bart is just thrilled to come back home.

Christopher Little

Ms. Rowling is thrilled to have been vindicated so clearly,

Michael R. Bloomberg

thrilled if I won by one vote or more.

Jim Veltman

After you win, you think to yourself, 'Is it time to get out?' But I don't feel like I want to.

Charlie Skelton

The story is timeless and can be done in any era.

Goldie Hawn

The movie actually has a little more back story, more consequence, and I think it's more real actually for this time period.

David White

Some still have enough time to do so.

Rob Allison

Now it's time to really find out what we're going to do and how we're going to do it.

Curtis Sliwa

Now I'm going to have to do a lot of rope-a-dope, never go the same way at the same time to the same places,

Chris Mills

I've never had a better time doing anything -- not just music, but anything,

Bill Cowher

This is not the time to relax. They've had their off time. You can't do that. It's around the corner.

Benjamin Disraeli

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.