Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Liu

I know many people on the left are suspicious of words like Americanization. To them, it can sound like a cover for white privilege and warmongering. It suggests arrogance and groupthink. But these connotations are not fixed. It is in our power to reshape them by recalling the best of America.

David Mitchell

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

Chen Shui-bian

We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behavior.

Catherine Drinker Bowen

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.

Mike Massucci

During our timeout with :06 left, Travis told me he wanted the ball. It wasn't said with arrogance. It was just an inner-confidence.

Derrick Mason

Coach Billick, he just has a personality about him that you don't understand unless you're playing for him, ... He's all about his players. Did I think it was arrogance when I first got here? Yes. But now that I am here, I truly see what type of coach he is.

Woody Allen

I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me

Morshed Khan

This is not a proposal but an ultimatum that smacks of arrogance of the minority in parliament.

Joe Gill

Both of them were very classy when they played here - never any baloney, never any arrogance. They just came to play. You couldn't get them out, but you appreciated how they played.

Christa B. Allen

I want to play a princess or some woman from royalty or aristocracy. If I get to have an accent, even better. And I want to play a butt-kicking superhero, like Catwoman.

Sharon Horgan

Any big televised event that starts at the crack of dawn is worth getting up for. I've done it all my life: big boxing matches, royal weddings, even TV-A.M.'s inaugural episode was enjoyed in pyjamas in my house.

Martin Short

I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.

Oscar Wilde

Varnishing is the only artistic process with which Royal Academicians are thoroughly familiar.

Euclid

Sire, there is no royal road to geometry.

George Herbert

The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach. [The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]

William Brown

Jack's teams will always be prepared. They came out ready and we came out sluggish. I take the blame for this loss. I never should have kept us in that zone defense. We've got to be able to play our style of ball. I'm going to learn from this game.

Antwaan Randle

I take the blame for that. It was a poor decision by me. I should have taken the gain and been done with it. I think the pitch was too hard for Hines to handle. I should have just held on to the ball.

Tom Mashek

I take full blame for that match. Kyle wasn't ready to go after the break. Give all the credit to their kid - he's well-coached.

Matt Cavanaugh

I take credit or blame for a couple of the losses. I thought I called some poor games offensively, and I didn't give our players a chance to execute some plays. ... So, I've got a lot of improvement to make. It's not just the players.

Kevin Towers

The Rangers knew they had a commodity. The only way they were going to part with him was if some team grossly overpaid. I don't blame (them). I'd do the same if I were in that position.

Ron Walker

There is always those people who are lured by huge purses and we don't blame them.

Tony Stewart

He was proactive about it. He didn't blame the teams and the drivers, ... He did his part and worked on the racetrack. It's made it better. We're not seeing the problems we had in testing.

Larry Bird

I ain't gonna sit here and blame it all on Ronnie, because other things happened, too. But in the pros, when you don't win, people are disappointed. I see it and I'm disappointed, too.

Greg Stumbo

I don't guess I really blame him for that.