Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Carey

Any positive thing like that will absolutely create problems. But I thought it was and still is a wonderful thing.

William Goldman

As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential.

John Martin

As far as the extent of residential housing (that should go downtown), we missed the boat in 1997. The view taken since 1997, to push forward with the extent of housing that the city has done, has been absolutely correct and it'll be proved in the long run.

E. O. Wilson

As hitters, we got dominated. This is lucky. (Clemens) absolutely shoved it down our throats. That's why you give all the credit to Kip for keeping it close.

Carl Mydans

As he came across the deck, tapping the deck with his cane, the entire ship was absolutely silent. And the sound of him coming to surrender his country -- tap, tap, tap -- affected me greatly. And my vindictive feelings about him vanished.

Graham Shear

Ashley is absolutely adamant that he will be proceeding with an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport as he remains entirely dissatisfied with the result.

Larry Miller

As far as I'm concerned, nothing has changed. One thing I always know about Jerry, he is absolutely trustworthy and always doing the best that he can.

Charles Baudelaire

As a remedy against all ills; poverty, sickness, and melancholy only one thing is absolutely necessary; a liking for work.

Rich Becker

As a team, we played great defense. We are absolutely a defensive-minded team.

Michael Korda

An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.

Kate Fox

The British male is either reticent, tongue-tied and awkward, or boorish and crass, and he usually consumes too much alcohol. English male flirting tends to be very circuitous, and involves a lot of insults rather than compliments.

Alan Johnson

The British government was disappointed that the meeting did not make more progress but relieved it did not end in failure like Cancun and Seattle.

John Scarlett

The skills of the British intelligence community are a great national asset.

Jessie Matthews

The songwriters were introduced to me as ordinary human beings; they would play their songs, and sometimes I would start to sing a song with them.

Rhona Mitra

I wanted to go out and experience the fields.

Lord Acton

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Shahid Malik

the most profound challenge yet faced by the British Muslim community.

Martin Rees

Some things, like the orbits of the planets, can be calculated far into the future. But that's atypical. In most contexts, there is a limit. Even the most fine-grained computation can only forecast British weather a few days ahead. There are limits to what can ever be learned about the future, however powerful computers become.

Kathleen Harrington

Any extra help they need can and should be provided by those other sources.

Eric Morecambe

Ralph looked down at 10 pounds of extra him that wasn't there last Christmas. In five months he had put on all this weight.

Ron Williams

Probably the most important thing will be spending the extra second with my family.

Alan Schwartz

North and South always go at it. There's always a little something extra there, and everyone plays a little higher than they normally would. This is a type of high school match where no one is going to quit out there. You're going to stay out there until the last point is played.

Jonathan Moore

Normally, three runs is enough, especially in this league. We can't give any team extra outs like we did in that fourth inning.

R. Ingram

After regulation we already knew we were going for the win. Our season has been about going the extra mile and doing what we can to win. We wanted to clinch first place with a win, not a tie.

Clifford Robinson

The second half, we did a good job of forcing those guys out of what they like to do. We did a much better job in the second half at making the extra pass instead of trying to take too much on a one-of-one situation.

Mark Lewis

The tickets are a way to get creative, get some extra money in fall and winter.

Donny Schatz

The thrill of second's really gone. We really need to get that one extra spot.

James Steel

Any hint of recovery in industrial recovery there is a good sign, ... it was a supporting factor to the rally.

Tadahito Iguchi

As far as the playoffs themselves, there's not really much difference, ... The fact I was able to hit this home run this first year playing, I'm very happy.

Jimmy Carter

a saving factor was that there was no nationwide pattern to favor any one party.

Ed Gillespie

As I've said on your show repeatedly, the fact is the president will be up. He will be down, ... Inside Politics.

Martin O'Malley

As mayor, I got used to the fact that when you walked out of the house in the morning to pick up the newspaper in your boxers, there could be a camera there.

Rey Mysterio

Reading helps me be more creative, it helps my imagination and I like the fact that it gives me some quiet time,

John Challenger

People who have been out for a while say, 'I've got to get back to work,' so they take downgraded jobs, ... Maybe they can't get a job as the plant manager, so they try to get a job as a manager on the factory line and work their way back up.

Kevin Colbert

People say we haven't signed big free agents, but they lose sight of the fact that we signed significant players of our own.

Rick Honeycutt

People say we have no true ace. The fact is, we have four veteran guys that all have had good levels of success.

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.

Allan Heinberg

As for 119, there are a few twists and turns and one revelation in particular that I think readers won't be expecting.

Jochen Clausnitzer

As a result, there will be very few orders won (by German companies).

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.

Kevin VanDam

As a group, we spend a lot of time at functions, and we are pretty tight from that standpoint. But in the events, you see smaller groups of guys who work together and try to help each other out. Stacey and I are really good friends, and he is one of the few anglers on tour that I share information with. We don't go out of the way, but I stop if I see him on the water. We help each other with patterns and stuff like that.

Jonathan Anderson

The big question is what will happen over the next few years,

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.

Russell Smith

A song is a short composition for voice and instruments. It is a piece of sung poetry set to music. It is usually only a few minutes long.

Karen Garmon

That play was the turning point. Brittany's a finisher, and she has a left hand like few girls have.

Lisa Battaglino

As a result, a lot of girls go that path.

Mark Boggs

As a team, we have a lot of work to do. This was several of the girls' first varsity race. We were also missing two runners to illness.

John Given

The big thing is they have seniors and a good point guard. Those girls have been playing together for three years. They're an older team in our league.

Ryan Tritch

At some campuses, I know girls who can't go out a lot, or go out late, and feel safe. It think it's completely unfair and we hold women to a different set of standards.

Jim Fleshman

A witness said the girl wanted to play with the elephant.

Marilyn Monroe

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesnt believe, and leaves before she is left.

Juliette G. Low

Badges are not medals to wear on your sleeve to show what a smart girl you are.

Willie Thomas

That was a big change! It was a wonderful win. It was great to see the girls get out and be able to run some.

Mackenzie Steger

Personally I am very proud of each and every one of the girls. I knew we could do it if we each did our own part, big or small, and we were able to pull it off sooner than we expected.

Bill Gibbons

Phoenix is honored to be the newest member of the Glen Raven team.

Calvin Coolidge

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

Peggy Corrigan

I was really shocked, very honored and very humbled. That was 30 years ago. I didn't really feel like I'd done anything special. I just did it because I loved it.

Unknown

She offered her honor, He honored her offer, and all night he was on her and off her.

Ethel Merman

I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time

Andy Hilbert

I said I'd be honored to go. It's real exciting, and it should be a lot of fun.

Trevor Hoffman

I was honored to have that opportunity to go out and get it done,

Mark Patton

I thought I'd be an extra. Then it comes to this. I'm honored to be a part of it.

Scott Ross

It is my understanding that the parents did not want the police to become involved so we honored their wishes.

Dave Bowman

As of now, no response from the public or business.

Dan Stessel

Some (drivers) have opted to switch to public transportation, and we're working to welcome them to the system.

Jim Bailey

public safety reasons and for your own safety.

Tom Bailey

We have a responsibility to the public to do the right thing, ... We've got 14-year-olds that read the newspaper.

Sharon Stone

My personal style and public style are very different. When I go out, I play dress up.

Ben Schott

The radio's pretty much always on, and I also listen to some American podcasts, such as for 'National Public Radio' and 'Newsweek'.

Darryl Strawberry

didn't want to make a public thing out of it.

Bob Elliott

We want a more comprehensive look at public safety.

Alicia Munnell

With public employees, the day of reckoning is more in the distance.

Mike Archer

I've been around a long time, ... and I've never seen anything like this in my life.

Carl Willis

Tell me the youngest person you have ever seen play this game.

Felix Sabates

Q:'You don't spoil your grandchildren do you?A:'Not this morning, I haven't seen them yet.'

W. S. Gilbert

I've seen it in all sorts of industries.

Claire Foy

I've seen 'Pride and Prejudice' about 4,000 times. I'm not joking: I know every single line.

Robert Williams

I've never seen anything like this in Detroit. It's different for sure.

Todd Pratt

I've never seen anything like that, ... You just sit down and go, 'This is unbelievable that this is happening.'

Doug Graham

I've never seen (a case) where they've taken the vehicles together.

Steve Rixon

I've not seen a series like it in a long time,

Marla Miller

I'm speechless - it's better than we had hoped.

Kim Coble

We need a much more supportive infrastructure for farming.

Ryan McGinley

Most of the e-mails I get nowadays are from students who ask me how I got my start. In truth its from having a really supportive family but also having a good patron who will help you - like financing all those early trips I took.

John Cena

I've been very true to know that I have a base of fans and I'm extremely loyal and extremely supportive to that base of fans. To the rest of them, I enjoy the fact that they fill the arenas and tell me to go to hell.

David Cassidy

I've always had a special relationship with the U.K. fans, because even when I wasn't working they were very supportive.

Jeff Ellis

O'Hara is not on the floor. That's tough for us. He's our brain.

Loren Loverde

Dell has a lot of momentum, and they were tough competitors.

Rachael Cook

The movie just had a really tough time,

Terry Francona

Once you give up five, ... if they peck away and get one here and get one there, it makes it tougher to win.

Tom Davies

Pretty tough to come out of there with a 'W' when you go through that.

Tom Heckert

Realistically, it would be pretty tough to get up there.

Jill Wynns

There will be tough decisions, but we have to make them.

Carole James

It was the toughest work I'd ever done.

Richard Childress

It was tough, and it's still tough. It would have been tough on anybody.

Jaime Contreras

Some days, work is truly a four-letter word.

Shaukat Aziz

This truly encapsulates China's world view in this century,

Jonathan Todd

We think he will be a truly independent adviser.

Barbara Green

Those who complained truly feel that they are discriminated against, they truly feel that way.

David Williams

They are truly the ones that do all the real work.

Jillian Messenger

I truly have a lot of all-stars on this team, I really do.

Julie Foudy

It wasn't just that we were together; we were truly a family. There was always laughter.

Dianna Agron

Without love we are not truly living.

Nelson Mandela

I voted for myself. Even if I go to my grave, I will wake up and come and vote.

Jim Mowen

You have to go where the votes are at.

Anna Howard Shaw

The millennium will not come as soon as women vote, but it will not come until they do vote.

Alice Cooper

Old enough to be drafted but not old enough to vote.

Donald Trump

We shouldn't have been in Iraq, but HillaryClinton did vote for it. We shouldn't have been in Iraq, but once we were in Iraq, we should have never left the way.

Anita Roddick

Every time you buy something consider it a vote of confidence in the company that produced it.

Steve Israel

I have always rejected the argument that members of Congress cast their vote because they're Jewish or not Jewish. I didn't cast my vote as a Jewish member of Congress. I cast my vote as a member of Congress.

Tom Brokaw

Votes are something that you earn.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Everybody expects that their vote's going to count.