Famous Quotes & Sayings

Adam Gacs

I was interested in German studies, and The University of Tennessee had an attractive program and a good professor. It is an opportunity for me to practice English and study German.

Gus Sauter

I wouldn't say mid caps are a screaming buy, but they are somewhat attractive on a relative basis.

Edwin Eisendrath

Just yesterday he diverted another $1.1 billion from pensions to pay for his election-year budget. He continues to reward contributors and his lobbyist friends in ways that give Illinois a bad reputation and have attracted the investigations of the U.S. attorney. Every where I go, people say it's time for a change.

Ray Brooks

Joe sees a reflection of his wife in Pauline. That was his first instinct which attracted him, and it remains the underlying reason for his affection.

Robert Hess

I take this as the last nail in (Brownsville's) coffin. We have no industry, now we have no hospital. What do we have to attract people?

Chris Konieczka

I think it has an attraction: the Mardi Gras, Bourbon Street, the fun area, it's warmer than Madison. But now it's got the attraction of a city in dire need, a physical manifestation of a way we can help out.

Bobby Baldwin

Having a good residential environment is going to be just one more thing to attract visitors.

Herb Sendek

He just seems to always attract at least one other defender. As a result, that opens everything up for the entire Cal offense.

Craig Zadan

There are so many psychological and deep ramifications to this story -- that's why Neil and I were attracted to it. Like (Storyline's 'Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'), this is not just another biopic.

Tom Walters

I think it's a great fit. (Kirk's) been really good with Department 56 and Byers' Choice.

James McDonough

I think it really puts the department on very solid footing to do its missions and do it in a streamlined and effective manner. This is a very healthy and very positive realignment.

Jerry Moran

I always assumed the Department of Agriculture was the farmer and rancher's friend.

Jenny Manley

He sees a discussion about moving FEMA from under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security as an excellent starting point in efforts to make the federal government more responsive in emergencies.

Joel Klatt

I think it's important to most of us because of exactly what it provides to the whole program. Obviously, the whole department gets a little national respect. Hopefully, we go down there and put together a solid effort and get recognized on a national stage where we feel we belong.

Tom Williams

I agree, ... In rural Kansas, in the event of an emergency, people aren't going to look to an emergency management coordinator. They're going to look to the sheriff's department for help.

Mike Herndon

I'd like to double-bunk inmates, where it can be done safely, and take in as many (state Department of Correction) inmates as possible. I made a large sum of money (for the county) when I was sheriff.

Laura Blackann

He has not been subpoenaed nor has he been contacted by the Justice Department or the FBI.

Ron Suskind

He got the documents from lawyers at the Treasury Department when he made a request after he left.

Mark Zandi

It's at the top end of what's desirable for the Fed policy-makers and investors. Inflation is low, but it is rising.

Rod Nielsen

Stress is not a desirable state and it may lead to the development of other disease, particularly cardiovascular disease,

Sheldon Steinbach

Eastman Kodak in its heyday might have paid more, but there are different benefits, including tuition remission, which often make it a desirable place.

Mike Randle

Tupelo would obviously be desirable for manufacturing in the life sciences field.

Aldous Huxley

The indispensible is not necessarily the desirable.

Susan Sarandon

I'm happy to be considered desirable. I love it!

Richard Greene

If they're (cities) desirable places to live, ... it can explain a sustained high house price for years to come.

Hisashi Hieda

It is desirable for us not to take too much time.

Clay Johnson

Katrina has sharpened everyone's focus on spending the taxpayers' dollars wisely.

Mark Dobson

I also want to make sure student tax dollars are spent responsibly. Regardless, they are spent on the students who pay them.

Chuck Adams

He needs a million dollars to be able to be noticed.

Harry Smith

I'm proud of myself. People who spent time with me afterward said, 'You're such a humble person.' I'm talking about myself now, but in the game you don't get portrayed as you always are. I want to come away with more than a million dollars with my honor and integrity. And I did that.

Susan Jackson

The last thing we want is for these dollars (for free tutoring) to go unused.

Tom Schatz

Their tax dollars are getting flushed down the drain here in Washington.

Joe Horn

I'm going to try to help, donate money and try to feed the families who have been in the Superdome, do whatever it takes. If I have to spend a million dollars to get food, I'll do that.

Andrew Nikiforuk

When governments run on petro dollars or petro revenue instead of taxes, then they kind of sever the link between taxation and representation, and if you're not being taxed, then you're not being represented.

Jesse Brown

There was a plan to make all of this stuff happen going back over 40 years. But the missing ingredient has been the dollars to fund it.

Joe Torre

Just win as many games as we can and see where that leaves us when it's over.

Brian Thornton

Josh did a great job tonight, but it's not just tonight. He's done well the last several games and in practice. When Josh is playing well, it gives us a lot of versatility. When Josh is hitting shots and doing a great job on the boards, it gives us a lot more options.

Byron Scott

I think it's a good thing for our team right now. If we can win games without Chris, I think it gives these guys even more confidence. And it also shows when he comes back that we'll even be better.

Mark LeRose

He keeps us in games. He's really stepped up recently and made a statement.

Brian Dawkins

We've been through so much before as a team, all those big games that we have lost and the way that we have been able to rebound,

Ian Livingstone

I thought there was going to be a limit to paper and pencil games and I really wanted to get into the next medium,

Sam Huff

I thought they might win 10 games last year. If they win 10 games this year, I think it would be a hell of a successful season. Right now I think Joe Gibbs would settle for 10. Who wouldn't?

Ed Pultz

I thought that was one of her better games at managing the game. She played under control, rebounded and played pretty good defense.

Stacey Phillips

I think we had a good taste of what it takes to be successful. For six games and winning a tournament -- they got a big mouthful of success.

Doug Elliott

It already seemed highly likely. It now seems a near certainty.

Thomas Needham

He seems to be a very highly regarded young man.

Bob Trezise

It is a highly unique and 21st century-like company, like the type that we'd like to inspire here in the Lansing area. They can go other places in the country.

Bill Carroll

This is a highly anticipated show and it should be. She's a bigger-than-life character,

Steven Galson

This is a very highly innovative product that will improve the quality of life for millions of Americans with diabetes.

Alan Ackerman

The world is looking for lower interest rates. Clearly, the psychology world-wide remains highly nervous.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nothing is more highly to be prized than the value of each day

Aliza Sherman

Not every website has that kind of success. We just have a highly targeted audience,

Grady Fuson

No telling where our system may be when he comes back. Obviously, we think highly of him, so, hopefully, there will be a spot.

James Howe

I was lucky in getting my first book published; my first book was 'Bunnicula,' which I wrote with my late wife Debbie, for the fun of it.

Brian Griese

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw them later in the year.

Susumu Tonegawa

Even under normal conditions, how we can distinguish various events, various experiences, and be able to reproduce it later is, of course, a very interesting question and, I think, one that we face in day to day life.

Mike Hargrove

We've got to keep those runs from scoring, especially late in the ballgame.

Henry David Thoreau

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

Melissa Foraker

I was working so many late hours, I just wouldn't wake up in the morning in time for school.

Jim Cassidy

Hopefully, the late runners will take a day off.

Allan Ray

He was just real angry, telling me I've got to take more shots when I'm open because I might not get them later in the game.

William Powanda

He was here until mid- to late morning.

Michael Strahan

I don't do anything I don't want to do. There are so many opportunities that come my way, but if there's something out there that I don't want to do, I truly don't do it, because I have to maximize my time. If there's truly an opportunity to be quiet and be by myself, I do it.

John Fithian

The reason movies are released in this sequential pattern is to maximize profit for makers.

Andy Reust

It could be a possibility he might run it. At this point, I don't know where I'm going to go with it.

Scott Arneson

I think the proof is in the pudding. The Valley produces state championship contenders every year. Some people might not think that the Valley is that tough, but no one has proven otherwise.

Mike Kemp

I think that might have been a turning point in the game.

Lois Lowry

I think teens are drawn to these speculative books that portray what might happen and what could happen.

John Higgins

I was worried when I returned that I might be booed or barracked. Nobody has waved fivers at me. I am touched by the reception since I have come back.

Ben Kay

I was worried I might end up on a pizza advert.

Brian Smith

I think they might have some more to come yet. You never know, do you?

Lena Headey

There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.

Fred Couples

Unless we get rain to soften it up, if it's windy then 2 or 3 under might not win.

James Wicklund

There are so many variables to watch. With the API numbers on the way, everyone is in a wait and see attitude.

Charles Steinberg

What we have not seen in any significant numbers is people who refuse.

John Lindsey

Here, we're running into the problem of specific numbers again,

Bob White

I don't feel that their numbers and 'facts' are very accurate.

Alex Brown

I don't know that we've got his number yet.

Robert Keats

I don't know where their number comes from.

Steve Tisch

I'd be shocked if the suggestion internally to recommend two teams ever comes up. I think the numbers are too big. I think it would be an overwhelming suggestion. Over time, possibly.

Doreen Marchione

Ideally, we'd want to work ourselves out of business. There will always be some people who need help. But, ultimately, we want to work to see the numbers going down.

Homer Simpson

Hello? Operator! Give me the number for 911!

Rebel Wilson

I wrote my own play, 'The Westie Monologues,' about where I'm from in Australia, and it was very successful. From that, I started getting offers from television.

Carl Shapiro

I think it's a very thorny issue, ... I didn't feel that I could offer a clear, strong opinion one way or another on it.

Mike Casey

I did what they wanted, and they offered it, so I think I have it coming,

Robert Duvall

As long as they keep offering me some good parts and so forth - there are some parts out there that fit me pretty well - I'll keep going for a while.

John Shaw

Our offer is the most valuable and the most straightforward, ... Our record of performance is significantly better than Royal Bank's.

Mukhtar Mai

I offer all the riches I've made out of the panchayat-enforced gang-rape to the president in return for justice.

Carter Ham

Clearly, an AAV (Amtrac) does not offer the same protection a tank does,

Jim Payne

If you can only offer one section of Spanish V it makes scheduling difficult.

Mario Puzo

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse (The Godfather)

Madeline Albright

These people have to go back, otherwise there are no people in Kosovo,

Heikki Kovalainen

Danger is part of my job. It's always there, but you can't think about it too much otherwise you start to be too slow.

Pete Sepp

No spending reduction is easy, otherwise they would have been done a long time ago.

Reed Hundt

Isn't it only appropriate that, in return for the free use of the public spectrum, broadcasters provide something substantial, something that wouldn't otherwise be provided by marketplace competition?

John Banville

I always think that if you know somebody's name then there's something slightly fraudulent about that person. Otherwise we wouldn't have heard of him or her.

Richard Shelby

Otherwise the taxpayer is going to ultimately underwrite everybody's risk,

Hicham Guerrouj

Otherwise there is not much point in me going.

Alan Greenspan

The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.

Atharva Veda

We should strictly keep away from such people otherwise it will prove detrimental for our own spiritual growth.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

Stephen Graham

I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.

Graham Elliot

I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.

Gale Norton

I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving.

Gary Sheffield

I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?

Sam Rockwell

I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry.

Sam Worthington

I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.

Stephany Sofos

It's all about convenience and pricing and Wal-Mart understands that better than everyone else -- that's why they are the No. 1 retailer in the world.

Dominik Hrbaty

I was already tired after the second five-setter, it was already quite enough.

Trevor Noah

Comedy is really getting quite popular in South Africa.

Gwendoline Christie

I quite like looking mucky; it's quite nice not having to care about how you look.

Kevin Flanagan

In San Diego, we don't try quite as hard.

Dina Emde

I really wanted the record to be quite honest.

Gabrielle Aplin

I'm quite annoying and can't imagine what it would be like living with me 24/7.

Gerald Smith

If not, it's going to be quite a nut.

Lawrence Jacobs

I have never seen anything quite like this.

Lee Janzen

I'm not going to say it could never be that way. But I don't think (Woods) is quite there right now.

Geoff Stults

In sports, every day you can be the hero or the goat.

Dick Enberg

He was the first superstar of sports television.

William Law

If you attempt to talk with a dying man about sports or business, he is no longer interested. He now sees other things as more important. People who are dying recognize what we often forget, that we are standing on the brink of another world.

Vinny Testaverde

First you have to spread on the rust performer, then you add a coat of protective enamel, and then you spray on the satin finish so you look good.

Woody Allen

I came home one night, some month ago, and I went to the closet in my bedroom...and a moth ate my sports jacket. He was laying on the floor, nauseous, y'know.

William Wilberforce

Watering places - the sports of the field - cards! never-failing cards! - the assembly - the theater - all contribute their aid - amusements are multiplied, and combined, and varied, 'to fill up the void of a listless and languid life;' and by the judicious use of these different resources, there is often a kind of sober settled plan of domestic dissipation, in which with all imaginable decency year after year wears away in unprofitable vacancy.

William Wordsworth

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

William J. Clinton

When it comes to anything that's social, whether it's your family, your school, your community, your business or your country, winning is a team sport.

William James

Effort is a measure of a Man.

Sally Ride

Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!

Will Rogers

There isn't any finer folks living than a Republican that votes the Democratic ticket.

Marcel Proust

A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has the ticket that shows its price.

Jerry Only

It's not how many tickets can we sell, it's where do we want to play, not where should we play to make the most money. We don't really care about that.

Edwin Louis Cole

Faith is the ticket to the feast, not the feast.

Maya Angelou

Life offers us tickets to places which we have not knowingly asked for.

John Perry Barlow

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.

George McGovern

I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket.

Tom Rogers

The value of stand-alone subscriptions is much more important to us than DirecTV,

Johnny Depp

There are 4 questions of value in life..

Luc de Clapiers

Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves.

James F. Cooper

Many words are in a state of mutation, the pronunciation being unsettled even in the best society, a result that must often arise where language is as variable and undetermined as the English.

Garrett Hardin

Every measured thing is part of a web of variables more richly interconnected than we know.

Alan Perlis

There is no such thing as a free variable.

Robert A. Heinlein

In a dilemma, it is helpful to change any variable, then reexamine the problem.