Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dennis Patterson

It apparently was a similar type deal. They operated the same pitch, the same approach, no matter the government level.

Tony Blair

Having read in the papers that apparently I was warned of the chaos that was going to ensue in Iraq, I actually got the minute Jack sent me. It didn't do anything of the sort,

Alan Feldman

Here we watch it minute by minute. When you force it underground, anything is possible. Apparently that's a risk the NCAA is willing to take.

Chris Rankin

What is believed at this point, based on information obtained after the accident, is that she had a flat tire, and she apparently stopped the car in the traffic lane, ... From the preliminary investigation, we believe she stopped in the northbound lane and she had her hazard lights on.

Mark Valley

I did the voice of Cyclops on 'Shrek the Third'. I don't know how I got that. They said they wanted a Michael Chiklis type, and apparently it came down to me and Michael Chiklis, so how they gave it to me, I don't know.

Meaghan Jette Martin

I am good at baking. I don't know if that counts as a talent, but I love to bake. Everybody says I'm good at it, so apparently I make the best banana bread.

Ryan Baker

I noticed nothing was tampered with. All my gas was apparently there from the night before.

David Vitter

I just think the state is going to have to be involved in that helpful way, ... I just want to express my deep frustration about folks in Baton Rouge who apparently are completely focused on why this can't work instead of figuring out how to make it work so we can get these communities through these very crucial next several months.

Nick Harkaway

I never engage negatively with reviewers. If someone says something that enrages me, I do what I do on stage. I make a joke about myself and move on. Sometimes people say things that are manifestly wrong or even apparently malicious. That's fine, too. It's a response.

Diego Della Valle

I was looking for a name with an old English sound, very easy to pronounce in every language and easy to remember. At the beginning I used J. P. Tod's, but then in 1999 it was shortened since too many people were asking who was Mr. J. P. Tod's.

Ermias Belay

Is what is happening in Idaho an anomaly, a statistical fluke? That is possible. But once it exceeds 1.5 or 2 per million, you start asking questions. If they are all confirmed, it could be odd.

Butch Leitzinger

He wanted to come down and see what it's about. He said he's never been around the road course. Elliott Forbes-Robinson took him around in a van to show him where it went. He seems to be very excited. He's asking all the right questions about shift points and breaking points. Just the kind of boring things you need to know before you get in the car. I think he'll really enjoy it. It's a good friendly car that's fast.

Bill Bryk

He just needs a third pitch. Here's a guy who the Twins were asking for in a big-league trade two years ago. So I look for good things from him.

Mike Fox

He just had a last-minute complication. It's a 12-hour drive round-trip and that was asking a great deal. He was hoping to be able to do it, but another situation necessitated other circumstances.

Peter Cappelli

Harvard Medical School is famous for asking interviewees to open a window that is nailed shut.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

We are the rebels asking for the storm, and believing that truth is only to be found in an endless search. If the 'World Spirit' touches you, do not expect that it will be painless.

Robert Mcnair

What we've got to do is educate the union. Right now, what they're asking is just totally unrealistic. They need to get realistic about debt revenue and not gross revenue. That's where the big disconnect is.

Larry Kramer

He's a combination of a good reporter and the host of a talk show. The concept is for him to really moderate a debate. . . . That requires asking the right questions and being persistent.

Donald E. Graham

I was lucky to become a Facebook board member in late 2008. Restricted stock units granted me at the time have increased many times in value.

Bruce Nelson

Just walking on board brings up a lot of wonderful memories.

Mohamed ElBaradei

It also makes it very clear that should any serious failures come to light in the future, these will be taken by the board with the seriousness that it deserves.

Joan Maloney

I actually submitted several different designs, but the board unanimously voted for the photographic images.

Billy Donovan

I thought we played well on the defensive end to only be down at 11 at the half with the way we shot the ball. As well as we played defensively in the first half, we didn't do the things we needed to on the boards and on defense in the second half.

David Wasinger

It is a great honor and privilege to serve on the Board of Curators.

Carol Comeau

It is a lot of money for a school board election. But she must have felt, due to the competition, that it was necessary.

Steve Johnson

I think the job of the executive board is to support and elect Republicans, ... Instead, they've chosen to focus on the one issue that most divides us.

Suanne Sines

I think the qualifications are fine. I think you definitely need to have elected board members from the community. We need to get control of our public schools back into the hands of the public.

Jason Statham

I was like, 'Well, we'd think he'd be useless around kids,' ... But I think he finds himself more comfortable around children than he realizes.

Kerry Nelson

Kids at the children's shelter are coming out there and getting a lot of one-on-one because there are so few children out there. The reading program out there is really helping these kids a lot.

Britt Ekland

I would teach U.K. parents how to stop their children throwing litter. London is a beautiful city but its streets are disgusting.

John Romano

Keeping an elderly couple in their home for another 10 to 15 years makes good financial sense. If they stay in their home, their cost to the town is minimal compared to the family with four children that would replace them.

Thomas Kinkade

Keep yourself surrounded by a family that loves you. My children have never told me they dislike one of my paintings.

Reese Witherspoon

I talked to several of her children and they were so encouraging and supportive. I just hope I've done her memory justice.

Pam Saylor

He just kind of fit in, personality wise. He was funny, happy. Chandler was the kind of kid that the children always wanted around. He just was kind of the life of the party.

Tony Buzan

All children are much more intelligent than they are told they are or the school thinks they are; they just have different intelligences.

Sugata Mitra

It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing children like more than passing on information they have just discovered to people who may not already have it - an elderly grandmother, for instance.

Mary Bach

I think it's a direct reflection on the kind of community that we are.

Tom Daschle

I think it is essential we put as much pressure through the international community on North Korea to do the right thing and do it quickly,

Rep. Heaton

I think in Mount Pleasant we have a really great cross section of the community attending.

Susan Tucker

He was a visionary in the fact that he knew this community needed a place to gather. He saw this as the southwest hub, and it has really become that. His vision really has come to life.

Mark Curtis

Hamden is a great community. We look forward to a long relationship with the city.

Jeff Pollard

I think it's a risk in how the community will react.

Joe Gill

I think the Friends of the Light House Shelter are outstanding. They provide community support with an excitement that is unparalleled.

Greg Beck

I think the desired effect has happened here. I think community division was the intent from the beginning, because keep in mind there was nothing set in stone.

Dana Brown

I think the community support is crucial to this project.

Steve Lundholm

It always makes it nice when the team performs this well. I'm not surprised with the way they played. They have been playing better; I hope they peak at the right time with districts on Tuesday.

Tom Suelzle

I think it's going to be a good district tourney. If a team gets hot, anything can happen.

Chris Williams

I think it's fair to say that high schools all over the district are over capacity, but the north end is especially bad. We desperately need a new high school.

Daniel Maly

I think it's important that you go out and win every game. This game is just as important as the rest. It's not a district game, but psychologically you want to go out and play good football. This game could really help the winner.

Mike Johnson

I think that people can see the results of everything that's going on and the progress in District 8 during my time in office, ... We've provided everyone a seat at the table.

Linda Mitchell

Whatever we can do in the district to help, we're going to do it.

Dan Wright

We talked about that after our district tournament last week, and I told the kids we were in a similar situation in 2004. Everyone was sure we were going to state that season, and we knew we had to come with our 'A' game (Thursday).

Uma Bharati

I want to tour all districts of Madhya Pradesh. I want my voice to reach all people of the state.

Stephen Gussler

We may kind of fly under the radar a bit, but we have a good sound team. We were seeded fourth last year, and this year we'd like to go out and win a district title.

Greg Gallaspy

What we want to do is ensure there's a balance. That's the key.

David Hartley

Having a new state-of-the-art plant is encouraging, but it does not ensure that Cott will do a better job of managing its entire plant operations.

Denis MacShane

I will be urging him to ensure any shutdown is as painless as possible for local communities,

Charles Grassley

We must ensure that this nightmare NEVER occurs again,

Jon Postel

reserved for infrastructure purposes to help ensure stable operation of the Internet.

Martin Winterkorn

Regardless of whether we are in an upturn or a downturn, our goal is to ensure the Volkswagen Group reaches the top of the automotive industry.

Tim Frank

Our policy . . . does not require a player to take a drug test at any point during a game, and we will ensure going forward that no testing is conducted during this time.

David Emerson

Part of what we're doing right now is to ensure that what we do doesn't make matters worse.

Kip Hawley

In view of our need to establish trust with all of our stakeholders on the security and privacy of our systems and data, my priority is to ensure that we do it right, not just that we do it quickly.

Ricardo Zuniga

We're doing all we can do to facilitate the recovery of the deceased from the city.

Jake Barton

People come to museums for storytelling and engagement, and the technology needs to facilitate that.

Kofi Annan

will be to consolidate and facilitate the cease-fire.

Al Borges

We can always facilitate not having a pure fullback. We'd rather have a guy that can give us the type of productivity that (departed senior) Jake Slaughter did, but if we don't, then we'll go to Plan B.

Forrest Bird

In the human lung, there are millions of air foils, just like aeroplane wings, which facilitate normal breathing.

Jim Roberts

I think what I'm hearing is, 'Can we keep Heath students in Heath, at least through those two facilities (Garfield and Stevenson)?' And I think we could.

Chris Kelly

How would these people get from their nursing home to the dialysis facilities without an ambulance provided?

Larry Greene

It's a very low-lying area, ... There's a very huge tidal fluctuation here on a normal tide and, with a storm tide on top of that, most of the facilities are going to be under water that are on the waterfront.

Keith Thompson

The WCAM facilities are top of the line, and the staff is very knowledgeable and helpful. They really helped get me going; without the cleanroom, I don't know if this project would have gone very far.

Jennifer Clarke

Everything ages, and with other schools, their facilities and the things they can offer their students (are up to date). We need to have the most up-to-date offerings as well.

Jim Nicholson

We had people on ventilators, we had liver patients, ambulatory patients, and every patient that we evacuated from every one of our facilities made it through this evacuation,

John Woods

What separates top universities from tier two or three universities is the quality of facilities for students.

David Cherry

We're taking them at their word. The question is will the money be there in a timely manner to make sure all the facilities are there.

Edward Leigh

Far too many small and medium-sized stations are threatening places, with poorly lit, graffiti-covered passages and platforms, vandalized facilities and no staff on hand.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Buck Showalter

Kenny was effective. They've seen Kenny so much. They hit some good pitches for hits. He bent, but he didn't break.

Kevin Towers

Khalil is an exciting, popular player. We think he's going to have a real good year, offensively and defensively.

John Crumbley

(Key West) had a tough week this week, but (starting pitcher Daniel) Foltz pitched a good game. It was good to be in this type of pressure situation.

Herb Cytyrn

Jake is a very good skier and I wouldn't be surprised if he made it to sectionals.

Bill Walsh

I would say that we made a lot of good trades, but that may have been the best.

Joe Girardi

I would say that it is a good probability.

Charles Sanders

I would suspect the possibilities are good we would do that. That's the way you increase interest in the lottery.

Charles Sanders

I would suspect the possibilities are good we would do that.

Pat Callahan

Just to release a rock record with very little help from MTV, and with just touring and radio, I think it's awesome. I think it did a lot better than any of us expected. But we're a touring band. That's where our roots are and we love touring. It's a lot of fun.

Mark Slotsve

It actually helps to have played them, we know a little of what they're about.

Sufjan Stevens

I think it just helps us to feel kind of unified,

Marcus Spears

I think it helps us a lot to know we can be better than we were, ... and we still played effectively.

Mark Whipple

It always helps to surround yourself with talent.

Tom Mueller

It always helps to do those kinds of things. But my wife won't tell you that I'm a romantic.

Bobby Smith

It ain't easy. When you can't do what you want to do on the field, it's tough. But I still want to be able to help out the team.

Bouna Ndiaye

He wants to play for the Lakers, and I think he can help the Lakers. We can wait for the Lakers for about a week to make a decision. He has high interest from teams in Europe. But Ronny wants to play for the Lakers.

A. Hodge

He wants to do whatever it takes to help the team win a championship, whether it's two rebounds or whatever. That's admirable. We know it's going to be a process.

Doug Bereuter

Releasing Mr. Pollard would put vital U.S. interests at risk and send the message that we are not serious about punishing espionage.

David Miliband

Al Qaeda has no place in Pakistan. It's a threat to Pakistan. And there should be a convergence of interests between the Pakistani state and the West on security issues, but also on wider economic and social issues.

Stephen Farnsworth

The truth is that it is profitable for private interests to give things to lawmakers. And if it weren't, they wouldn't give them. If it were not profitable for them to put some of their resources in the pockets of lawmakers, they wouldn't do it.

Martha Stewart

This is what truly interests us, why we all come to work every day ... our passion is and always should be to make life better,

Dennis Woodward

Australia's trying to tread a tightrope between our various trading interests and our strategic alliances.

Dan Shechtman

Select a subject that interests you and make an effort to become an expert in that field. I promise you, if you make the effort, and you become an expert, you will have a wonderful career.

Mo Ibrahim

Young people, all too often, find their interests overlooked and their voices ignored.

S. Walker

You have to go in and find out what their interests are, and take it from there.

Jim Newberry

Many of the interests the students have are similar to the interests of the community.

Chris Murray

He didn't really get a shot. They didn't give him much opportunity in the pre-season.

Dusty Baker

He's going to play now because we're out of outfielders, ... This is an opportunity to salvage the season.

Scott White

I think they were pleased to have the opportunity to tell their story to a jury. That's really all you can do.

Tony Espinoza

I'd like to give the seniors another opportunity to prove that we're better than we performed tonight.

Ron Chernow

You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don't want too much complacency because people will be blinded to some risk.

Tyler Oakley

It feels like an amazing opportunity to positively impact the world. That's what I hope to do.

Travis Tritt

I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.

Rick Derringer

This Classic Rock 'n Blues Tour / Hippiefest roster promises a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see some of the best, legendary artists of our lifetime. I can't wait to be a part of it.

Rex Stout

The constant petty behests of life permit few opportunities for major satisfactions, and when one is offered it should be seized.

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,

MC Hammer

I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek.

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.

H. Hunt

He used to laugh. He'd get people to do it and not tell them what was going to happen.

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?

Russell Tovey

I came out to myself when I was about 15 or 16, and to my parents when I was 18. When you come out to your parents, that's when it's properly official.

Jessica Pare

I was a drama-class nerd. I did whatever school production we put on.

Julie Brown

I was always trying to do things to make school fun.

Richard Madden

I was at a rough high school where admitting you were an actor didn't go down well.

Jan Murphy

I think we've done just about everything that can be done on a school vacation.

Ruben Blades

Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69.

Ronnie Dunn

I went to 13 schools in 12 years. We moved all over the place. Music was the only thing that I could get behind... I wasn't that good at socializing. I'm still not.

Umberto Eco

The west has decided to channel money and effort into studying other customs and practices, but no one has really given other people the chance to study western customs and practices, except at schools maintained by white expatriates, or by allowing the rich from other cultures to study in Oxford or Paris. What happens then is that they return home to organise fundamentalist movements, because they feel solidarity with those of their compatriots who lack the opportunity for such education.

Tyler Hilton

Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock bands and I was a singer/songwriter. It just seems kind of lame.

Tyler Blackburn

High school is a really strange time - you're not a kid, you're not an adult. You're about to be an adult, you're going to have to make some really intense decisions. It's a really pivotal time to have as much self-confidence as you possibly can. Even if that means you have one friend who supports you completely.

Bernie Williams

The World Series and the postseason is a thing you've got to go with the flow. In the World Series, you let it all out.

Alex Barron

They've kind of turned this series into what the IRL didn't want to happen,

Douglas Adams

I remember very little about writing the first series of 'Hitchhiker's.' It's almost as if someone else wrote it.

Aileen Anderson

This is a first step in what has to be a long series of steps to get to anything clinical.

Christy Romano

Developing a series is a next step for me.

Laurel Lea

A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility.

Alan Ball

What the series is all about is: We die. So while we're here, let's live fully.

Brandon McArthur

The series isn't over. Tomorrow is another day.

Scott Hatteberg

The whole series was tough. When I look back on things, yeah, I wish they were different.

Alice Lowe

I think when a couple stays together, it's because of compromises they've both made.

David Castillo

It was one shot. The thing is, it was the same stuff in me all three times. That's what happened. That's what it was, because it stays in your system. It was the same stuff, and there was nothing I could do about it.

Sophie Aldred

'Doctor Who' is one of those things that stays with you throughout your career, and I'm very happy with that.

John Motson

Its Arsenal 0 - Everton 1, and the longer it stays like that the more you've got to fancy Everton.

Jim Ramstad

As American taxpayers know too well, the tax code is incredibly complex and compliance is all to expensive.

Robert James

The taxpayers have spoken. They want a change.

Grover Norquist

The American taxpayers are a powerful force. They don't want their taxes raised.

Richard D. James

I'm a quite erratic person: From setups to actually when I'm doing a track, it's just turning and switching and changing all the time.

Valentino Rossi

It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on

Richard Dawkins

Evolution normally does not come to a halt, but constantly 'tracks' the changing environment.

Ursula Andress

Don't take anything from me because I'll track it down.

Robert M. Pirsig

A person filled with gumption doesn’t sit about stewing about things. He’s at the front of the train of his own awareness, watching to see what’s up the track and meeting it when it comes. That’s gumption. If you’re going to repair a motorcycle, an adequate supply of gumption is the first and most important tool. If you haven’t got that you might as well gather up all the other tools and put them away, because they won’t do you any good.

Robert Farrar Capon

A good time occurs precisely when we lose track of what time it is.

Robin Trower

I don't tend to have a favorite album; I tend to have favorite tracks. There are flaws in every album that spoil it for me.

Sam Altman

In general though, if you look at the track record of pivots, they don't become big companies.

Sam Altman

Losing focus is another way that founders get off track.