Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathleen Blanco

To kick us when we're down and destroy hope, when hope is the only thing we have left, is absolutely unthinkable for a leader in his position,

Kathleen Blanco

To kick us when we're down and destroy hope... is absolutely unthinkable,

Mike Stanton

To do that is just absolutely unacceptable. Frank gave me the ball. I had a job to do, and I didn't come anywhere close to getting the job done.

Doug Biega

Todd did a great job. I can't say enough about him. He's absolutely wowed me.

Ron Greene

We were extremely disappointed that we didn't play well. We absolutely went on the field and didn't do what we had to do to win the game. On offense, we never got into a rhythm. Part of that was us and part of it was them.

Fred Miller

We were effective and we did what we needed to do. The defense played absolutely great that game and kept us in it. The special teams did a great job. We didn't turn the ball over.

Sandra Shewry

While we cannot absolutely prevent a pandemic, we can mitigate its impact.

Marta Howell

While we absolutely will want visitors to Hershey to be able to experience and learn from The Hershey Story, this is first and foremost a community asset that must be easily accessible to the people who live and work here. A downtown location guarantees that accessibility. It also will provide a high-quality, first-class destination that will be a catalyst for the continued momentum for the positive redevelopment of Milton Hershey's town.

Mary Osako

While we absolutely believe companies have a responsibility to identify appropriate practices in each market in which they do business, we also think there is a vital role for government-to-government discussion of the larger issues involved.

John McGrath

We heard Bob Dylan singing up on the hill.

Folks still remember the day ole Bob Riley came bouncing down that dirt road in his pickup. Pretty soon, it was bouncing higher and higher. The tires popped, and the shocks broke, but that truck kept bouncing. Some say it bounced clean over the moon, but whoever says that is a goddamn liar.

Shaquille O'Neal

I got into foul trouble early and never got into the flow of the game. The foul trouble is very frustrating, and I knew when I saw (referee) Bob Delaney I was going to be in trouble anyway. We did still have chances to win the game; we just made mistakes you can't make in this building.

Dave Harris

If every deputy took this physical fitness test as serious as Bob, no one would be failing. Bob is the department's fitness poster child.

W. Hull

If I had my choice, we'd be listening to Neil Young or Bob Dylan.

Macy Gray

I definitely wanted to have a good time listening to this album. If you listen to Bob Marley records, you just sit back and party to them. I wanted this record to be like (that): You chill out, no matter what.

Riley Wallace

He's matured as a player. He has worked hard with (associate coach) Bob (Nash) with a lot of extra stuff to try to improve his scoring output. He's called on to defend a smaller, quicker guy most of the time, too. Some nights he got hurt with it, but most of the time he's been good.

Esai Morales

How often do you get a movie where the coolest character has your own real last name? I played Bob Morales as a cross between my own father - the passion, the fury - and the real Bob Morales. I loved that movie. People, kids always come up to me and tell me how much they still love 'La Bamba.'

Richard Katz

I can confirm that we have been in discussions with the university concerning our request for the restoration of the four-year rollever, or an extension of the contract so that Bob can retire as the head coach as the head coach of the University of Cincinnati.

Steve Berkowitz

The opportunity to work in the online space for a company like Microsoft, with its vision, capabilities and global reach, is truly exciting.

Richard Ryan

The opportunity to lead a company pursuing a strong growth strategy is an exciting challenge.

Jeff Hall

The operating risks are all on the operating company.

Tim Ferguson

The recent declines have been sharp and fast, but Putnam continues to have confidence in the fundamental strength of company earnings and the world economy.

Bill King

The original intent was a means to predict future workers should a company decide to expand.

Tetsuya Ishijima

There is no such thing as Chiyoda shock because we've somewhat expected a rise in company failures as a result of Japanese banks' bad-loan write-offs.

Steve Barrow

There is speculation in the market that a Dutch company is selling euros.

Tim McKegney

The recruiter really needs to go to the higher levels of the company and get the truth.

David Bone

The records left by the company were sketchy at best, ... We had very little to work with.

Eckhart Tolle

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.

George Santayana

. . . until the curtain was rung down on the last act of the drama (and it might have no last act!) he wished the intellectual cripples and the moral hunchbacks not to be jeered at; perhaps they might turn out to be the heroes of the play.

George Jean Nathan

Great drama is the souvenir of the adventure of a master among the pieces of his own soul.

Hugh Laurie

I never went to drama school, I don't have any certificates saying: 'He's a qualified actor.' But I did think that 'House' was something I didn't have to apologise for. It was something I was really proud of and it was sort of... whether you liked it or not, it was undeniable.

H. P. Lovecraft

When I say that I can write nothing but weird fiction, I am not trying to exalt that medium but am merely confessing my own weakness. The reason I can't write other kinds is not that I don't value & respect them, but merely that my slender set of endowments does not enable me to extract a compellingly acute personal sense of interest & drama from the natural phenomena of life.

Holly Hunter

I don't think that this family is odd. People may have greater or lesser elements of drama in their Thanksgiving Day. But I recognize these people.

Rebecca Eaton

If you spend any time on the shooting of a drama, for television or movies, it's very slow and there's a lot of standing around.

Willa Cather

Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there - that, one might say, is created. It is the inexplicable presence of the thing not named, of the overtone divined by the ear but not heard by it, the verbal mood, the emotional aura of the fact or the thing or the deed, that gives high quality to the novel or the drama, as well as to poetry itself.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Do remember, though, that unless you're a playwright, the result [dialogue] isn't what you want; it's only an element of what you want. Actors embody and re-create the words of drama. In fiction, a tremendous amount of story and character may be given through the dialogue, but the story-world and its people have to be created by the storyteller. If there's nothing in it but disembodied voices, too much is missing.

Sophie Kinsella

There is something exciting about saving up for a special treat. Bring back the piggy bank!

Jeff Malone

You have to be on top of your game, be prepared and guys have to compete. It's one of the most exciting things in sports.

Steve Arnett

To say the girls meet was exciting would be an understatement.

Donalyn Woeste

We didn't get to play Dike/New Hartford last year because of weather, so we weren't sure going in what they were like and what they had for players. The girls handled them just fine. Connie Beyer had the most exciting match as she was down 4-7 and fought back to win 10-7.

Chopper Mello

We don't need any extra motivation for this one. It doesn't matter what the records are or what's on the line. It was nice to have two full lineups, and it was an exciting atmosphere.

Kevin Hall

We continually test new recipes, spices, flavors and unusual combinations to make breakfast, brunch and lunch the most exciting meals of the day.

Abby Cohen

Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.

Peter Weir

With more time I like to see the actors find something of their own places, so I can get their own ideas before I put mine in. Given they have a better idea more often enough.

Joe Girardi

He struggled. He's given us his all, it just hasn't worked out for him.

Ronnie Bond

He's an outstanding man. He's truly loves the kids, and he's given a lot to his profession.

Scott Hinkel

Jason really loves this sport. He just needed the opportunity. Just given his chance, he has made the most of it.

Joanne Sanabria

My son has given me the strength to continue. I wish I could retrace my steps.

Willie Randolph

I think if it was anything serious, they would have given me a heads-up on it. I don't think it's anything big.

Tim Whitehead

If he wasn't nervous, I'd be surprised. I thought he was great, especially given that it was only his second collegiate game.

Michael Flanders

If God had intended us to fly, he'd have never given us railways.

Mark Calcavecchia

But only because I had to go inside and register,

Peter Cohan

Demo: presentation of a specific set of capabilities needed to solve the customer's critical business issue.

Rachel Dratch

Since I was little, it was instilled in me to conserve water. In terms of what can you do as an individual, it's an easy issue to get behind.

Rachel Dratch

Personally, I don't even read bummer news stories about the environment because it makes me feel helpless to fix anything and reminds me that the general population doesn't treat these issues as an important part of our political life.

Queen Rania of Jordan

The more time goes on, the closer I am to the ground. I've been exposed to so many issues and people living under different pressures. It's helped me realize that a lot of glamorous things that people prioritize really don't matter.

Koichi Haraguchi

I want them (the North Korean delegation) to understand that it would be difficult to see progress of the normalization talks unless we see their sincerity over the abduction, nuclear and missile issues.

Koichi Haraguchi

If the North Korean side shows no sincerity in solving the nuclear weapon, abduction and missile issues, then the likelihood of normalization of diplomatic relations is very slim.

Kofi Annan

I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow.

Patrick Fitzgerald

The by-product of fewer technical support issues is also an increase in customer satisfaction, which can be reflected in reduced subscriber churn.

Justin Sane

There are ways that we can manipulate the corporate media to talk about the issues that we care about.

Warren Buffett

A stock doesn't know that you own it.

Mark Twain

I have told him all I know about it. And now he knows nothing about it himself.

M. J. Rose

If no one knows your book is out there, no one will think about buying it. It's as simple as that.

Andres Nocioni

If my team knows I improved, that's enough.

Larry Tripplett

I mean, losing a child. Who knows how long to grieve? I sure can't imagine. A lesser man, I don't know if he'd ever have come back.

Yolanda Griffith

I'm excited, but everyone knows I want something more,

Charlie Whitehurst

I'm not sure he knows what he's talking about, anyway. Honestly, people in the know tell me that he doesn't know. I don't know if he likes me or not.

Jose Bergamin

A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.

Khaled Hosseini

It was you Nabi. It was always you. Didn't you know?