Famous Quotes & Sayings

Xun Zi

Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.

Gwen Moore

It is only with the passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 that we have been able to put a dent in violence against women, and women have had a place to go.

John Vinocur

The American cemetery at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer is a great lawn at the edge of the sea, white marble crosses and Stars of David against an open horizon. very American in the best sense: no phony piety, simple, easy.

Marshall Bloom

We have to understand what the virus' tricks are ...to treat or defend against it.

Joe Paterno

We have to understand that if you are going to be really good, you can't make some little mistakes. When (quarterback) Michael Robinson got sacked and fumbled the ball (last Saturday against South Florida) without knowing there was a backside guy coming, we had a terrible job done by someone.

David Boothe

We just didn't show up for last week's game against Joshua Springs. I told our kids that they (Excelsior) would come out and hit you hard because they have some good players, and you'll have to execute our game plan better than you did last week. The other teams are looking for that opportunity to beat us and have that second-place playoff spot, and we really need to step it up.

Mike Fratello

We just didn't rebound the ball for the whole series, but that's not even fair to say because we were terrible all year. It is what it is. We just don't rebound. Up against that team, the size they have and the way they go after the ball, the truth comes out.

Jim Shannon

We just didn't hit any shots tonight, we shot very poorly against their zone and we had no inside presence.

Gary Kendall

We just didn't go after it in extra innings but they did. To their credit, they've got a pretty good bullpen and they did a good job against our bats in extra innings.

Yanis Varoufakis

My first encounter with Marx's writings came very early in life, as a result of the strange times I grew up in, with Greece exiting the nightmare of the neofascist dictatorship of 1967-74.

Imelda May

Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly - or Judy Garland.

Ian Mckellen

When I came out, I told my stepmother Gladys, and she just said she had known for years and was glad I wasn't lying anymore.

Gilbert Hernandez

I've dealt with Hollywood about having my work made into a film or cartoon but nothing came of it. That's not to say I wouldn't like to see something happen.

Donald Trump

In July of 2004, I came out strongly against the war with Iraq because it was going to destabilize the Middle East.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I'm used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.

Zac Efron

If I had a daughter, and some guy came home with her, I'd be on him like a hawk. When I meet people's parents, I know my place. It's not that hard.

Yotam Ottolenghi

The moment to tell my barber I was gay just never came up.

William Kamkwamba

People in my village had this mindset that in big cities like New York, if you are lost or without directions, no one will help you. The first time I came here, I tried to make sure not to walk by myself, because it would be difficult for me if I got lost. But people will help you.

Bertrand Russell

A life devoted to science is therefore a happy life, and its happiness is derived from the very best sources that are open to dwellers on this troubled and passionate planet.

Mike Listerman

That was very difficult. As happy as I was I had sadness in my heart because my son was hurting on the other side. ... This one's a lot easier.

Billy Gillispie

That was a hard-fought win, and I'm very, very, very happy to get it.

Olli Jokinen

We can't give him credit. He's probably happy he got his first shutout in the NHL, but we made him look good. We really didn't test that guy.

Steve Todd

We just didn't have enough speed. He has a lot more water length than we did. I was happy we stayed with him.

Kelvin Sampson

We were happy we won those games, but you could just tell that we didn't have our edge. When you lose your edge, it's hard to get back.

Chris Davis

We were happy we were able to negotiate it amicably,

Josh Wilson

We were happy to get 17 votes from his home turf.

Yolanda Griffith

We were happy in the locker room, but I was disappointed that we let our lead go away so easy. This has got to be a lesson for us.

Iggy Azalea

I always thought that there was something in hip-hop culture that was the misfit of all the musical styles, where they didn't really belong. They're kind of like, 'No, we're a real culture! We're not going anywhere, you can't get rid of us!' I really liked that there was a rebelliousness about it. I connected with that.

Isaac Brock

I made a point when I made the Ugly Casanova record to not write a song and then say, 'This is a Modest Mouse song' or 'This is an Ugly Casanova song.' The people who were open to it not being a Modest Mouse record liked it.

Brian K. Vaughan

I never liked working on editorial-driven comics. I just didn't see what was the point. They don't pay well enough for me to write other people's ideas.

Dean Geyer

I've never liked having like a set kind of schedule of training. Even when I was doing guitar lessons, I never used to practice.

David Thewlis

I met the Coens here a few years ago and they said they liked my work.

Mark Zuckerberg

Working with a lot of people at the same time is a task. I really like making stuff and getting stuff done. One of the things I really liked about Facebook was that I could always move so quickly. I wrote the original application in, like, nine days at the end of January.

Drew Frank

We were getting nice shots, high-percentage shots. I liked that.

Brian Cashman

We've liked him for a number of years.

Olga Kurylenko

It is true that women in Paris never put on make-up. It shocked me when I first got there - then I realised how much I liked it.

Arsene Wenger

I do not think about the national team too much because footballistically it is not of too much interest.

Arsene Wenger

I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region.

Arsene Wenger

One of the things I discovered in Japan was from watching sumo wrestling. At the end you can never tell who has won the fight, and who has lost, because they do not show their emotion because it could embarrass the loser. It is unbelievable. That is why I try to teach my team politeness. It is only here in England that everybody pokes their tongue out when they win.

Bill Bradley

We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly.

Bill Bradley

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous

Roy Oswalt

The 20 wins is nice, but it's a whole lot better that this team is in the playoffs,

Craig Biggio

The '98 team was probably the most disappointing.

Aaron Small

The 7-0 thing is nice, but more importantly, it's a team win,

Jim Pace

That was the most disappointing thing about this game. We have a veteran team and we should know what to do in those situations.