Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kwame Brown

The thing is, the whole thing stems from Gilbert telling them not to put me in the game. I didn't come to practice because I was going to be a distraction. I was going to slap ... him. I'll admit it, what I did was wrong -- not showing up was wrong -- but I ain't saying what I would've done if I showed up would've been right. Being that I didn't show up I didn't put my hands on nobody. How a teammate, a supposed friend, would go to a coach and tell him don't put me in a game, I would've done something seriously wrong to him.

Elijah Cummings

You're saying to the people of the United States that you all made no mistakes. I've got to go back to my district and explain to them why we've got a federal agency that, to me, made some mistakes and won't admit it.

Guillermo Canas

The only negligence I admit to is that of not having checked what I was taking,

Unknown

To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up.

P. J. Harvey

We find ourselves in situations where we are imposing minimums. Yes, I admit it, it's minimums. Can staff on its own impose a higher standard? No, we cannot do that.

Tim Clark

To get through the first eight holes in 3-under as I did was really good, but I must admit I am happy in the wind.

Steve Chabot

We all know the president's behavior has been reprehensible. President Clinton, however, refuses to admit what all of us know is true. To this day, he continues to deny and distort. He continues to dispute the undeniable facts that are before the Senate and before the American people.

Gwen Wilkinson

To my mother, I will finally admit she was right 40 years ago, when she told me that anyone who talked their way out of as much trouble as I did was destined for a future in the courtroom.

Blaise Pascal

Two extremes: to exclude reason, to admit reason only.

Kris Alexander

As far as track meets, it's by far the best meet in the state.

Charles Bofferding

As engineers, we have a different perspective. If a company really wants to get its product to be the best in all areas, then it must listen to all sides. A union is the best vehicle to carry the engineers' perspective.

Jeff Bingaman

As best as I can determine, the process is going to be fair, ... explained in some detail the various steps that they were taking to ensure that the bids were appropriately considered and the factors that needed to be given the greatest importance were in fact going to be given the greatest importance.

Gerald Grinstein

As Delta continues its transformation to become a more customer-focused airline, we are incorporating the best of Song into the best of Delta, ... Our new Song service will set the standard in transcontinental travel, making Delta the first choice for customers on these routes.

Steve Fleming

As a father, I did a poor job at dealing with my son. The Special Olympics taught me how to deal with my son, and now he is my best friend. We do everything together.

J. M. G. Le Clezio

A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness.

Russell Baker

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems than you have to.

John Longo

That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did. I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.

John Longo

That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did, ... I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.

Martha Thomas

A woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and society.

Philip Howard

What is special about Fisher is not the tedious stuff about six teaspoons of dry mustard, but the literary dressing around the sides of the recipes.

Brad Davis

We feel like the stadium is second-to-none, and we like playing on the surface. They have redone the dressing rooms, and Abilene is a very hospitable place.

Mike Trapasso

We will use as many players as possible. It is fun to play this game, especially with so many new guys. We need a dress rehearsal to make sure everyone knows the game-day routine.

Dolly Parton

If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.

Tony Greig

Only ever had a dress on once, mate.

Ian Poulter

He was, and probably is to this day, the best-dressed man in golf for the time he was around. His dress sense was awesome.

Jim Beattie

He won't be dressing for the rest of the year. We felt it wouldn't be appropriate for the organization.

Patrick Robinson

She no longer needs the big shoulders of the '80s; she no longer needs the pin stripes. She can wear these softer, easier, more feminine silhouettes. She can wear just a dress to the office and look very professional.

Richard Lewis

Back in the day, people used to have more patience for the long form and for storytelling,

Thomas Kyd

Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs

Paul Richards

The thought was that it was better to withdraw the proposal rather than risk a formal veto at this stage,

Walther Bothe

During conversion, the newly formed nucleus is not always immediately in the ground state, but is at times in one of the possible activated states.

Alan Greenspan

While these forms of protection have often been imposed under the label of promoting so-called 'fair trade,' oftentimes they are just simple guises for inhibiting competition.

Seth Godin

We've had people who were yoga instructors. ... We have a former marine, and we have everything in between,

Jacques Rogge

We are still in the preliminary phases of the general outlook of the torch relay but the route is not yet defined. The practical circumstances of the torch relay and the whole format is still under discussion.

Jason Robert Brown

You have to understand the medium you're writing for. People jump into writing musicals without realizing how complicated they are. Knowing one form doesn't necessarily mean you know the other. You have to be comfortable with it.

James Patterson

There is a lot to be said for collaboration, and it should be seen as just another way to do things as it is in other forms of writing, such as for television, where it is standard practice.

Manuel Miranda

These counsels are people who are not only people of high intellect, they have forgone much higher paying jobs to work in public service.

Michael Butler

The stakes are much higher than they used to be.

Fadel Gheit

Oil prices, ... are probably going to go over $26, which will mark the highest level outside the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

Matt Rosoff

Some versions of the product are priced higher than they need to be.

Shawnee Smith

So much of life is just talk. At the end of the day, you're just serving the higher thing.

Alan Greene

Pound for pound, they get higher concentrations of pesticides than adults do.

Fadel Gheit

These stocks are not reflecting $50 or $60 oil. They are probably reflecting $40 oil. But this is not realistic. The fundamentals support a higher price.

Peter Mueller

The short end was pricing in too many rate hikes from the ECB. Yields are high enough, and I see more potential for recovery in the short end than the long end.

Steve Chercover

The stock (Monday) is trading higher than I think it's been in a long while.

Robert Scoble

The problem with Flipboard is that it's an app, not the Web, and I keep hoping someone will show me a really well-designed Web app that shows me that the Web can still win.

William Mitchell

We are hoping the trend for housing continues.

Jason Williams

Scoring is up around the NHL, so I'm not going to think too much about it. But it's obviously it's a milestone I was hoping to reach.

Harry Masch

Neither team played well last time we played. I'm just hoping we can play better and see what happens.

Mario Bailey

He's just a freshman. He's just great. I'm just hoping he can stay humble and keep working hard.

Tim McRae

If Ciccone learns how to squat-clean, the sky's the limit. He's been power-cleaning, so I'm hoping to get him squat-cleaning by next year.

Kinky Friedman

How sad for him to be hoping for a small turnout.

Ron Gardenhire

He likes to play and he'll play through anything, so when he has to sit out, you know he's hurting. That's a little scary. I'm just hoping it's not a lingering thing.

Dennis Ruedinger

He seems to be doing all right. We're hoping by (today) he'll be able to do some light workouts and get some shooting in. It looks like he'll be on pace to do that. We'll be able to go pretty solid on Wednesday and Thursday with him.

Rupert Graves

I'm crap at interviews. I'm just not very good at sentences.

Michael Moriarty

Interviews don't go to the core of my life,

Freddie Mercury

Interview? Oh don't be ridiculous.

Christina Aguilera

I am very honest, even in interviews.

Bob Ross

I never turn down requests for interviews. I'm just rarely asked.

Genesis Rodriguez

I like when a guy has his shirt off and I can see his chest and his abs. When it's all smooth, you can see a lot.

Cynthia Nixon

I'd do a show about garbagemen if it was good!

Anthony Jeselnik

I never knew if I would get my own show, but I knew I loved stand-up.

Alice Barrett

But this is called show business, not show family.

Veronica Roth

Come on,'he says.' I have something else to show you.

Tommy Tune

I like a show to unfold and keep presenting itself, surprising you.

Steven Van Zandt

I'd never go onstage in my life without fully intending to do the best show you've ever seen.

Pete Carroll

If anything, it shows that we can finish.

Douglas Muzzio

But, ... he shows no inclination of doing anything like that.

Irwin Shaw

I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it

Gene Miller

The students are coming, and we're going to have to do something to accommodate the growth.

Sathya Baba

The teachers of tomorrow are the students of today.

Ray Romano

I would get my student loans, get money, register and never really go. It was a system I thought would somehow pan out.

Willie Smith

If the students see it as something they can put to use, then they are interested.

Richard Skaggs

Some of the students were still out of control.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Human reproduction can be a sticky subject—” “Ewww!” groaned a chorus of students

Roy Barnhart

Our students will not be the only ones using this building.

Kurt Vonnegut

George W. Bush has gathered around him upper-crust C-students who know no history or geography.

Jane Asher

I'm a creature of habit, so I like going to boutiques, rather than larger stores, where I know I'll find something that suits me every time.

Azzedine Alaia

In an ordinary suit and tie, I'd look like a little macho. I'd be ridiculous.

Rosa Bonheur

But the suit I wear is my work attire, and nothing else.

Mamata Banerjee

Our policy is very clear: whatever policy will suit the people, whatever policy will suit the circumstances, whatever policy will suit my state.

James Galway

They are all different and I find it hard to tell what flute suits me best.

Richard Dawkins

The deceitful misquoting of scientists to suit an anti-scientific agenda ranks among the many unchristian habits of fundamentalist authors.

Brian Anderson

I'll go back out, yeah. I just need a new (wet) suit and a new board.

Alan Shepard

I woke up an hour before I was supposed to, and started going over the mental checklist: where do I go from here, what do I do? I don't remember eating anything at all, just going through the physical, getting into the suit. We practiced that so much, it was all rote.

Daniel Barenboim

The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything becomes so scrambled you can't understand it.

Ralph Murphy

We want to make sure they (companies) have a place to come.

John Thomas

By this afternoon, I'm sure there will be some emergencies.

Gar Heard

He'll be back, I am sure he'll be back.

Tom Fisher

He's a veteran quarterback. I'm sure he'll be on top of his game.

Chance VanGundy

I thought for sure we were a top-10 team in our district.

Richie Sexson

I was wondering why, when he left, he kind of got the boos. I wasn't really sure of why exactly,

Tom Costello

I'm not sure where we're going to go from here,

Bob Shoop

I'm not sure what to make of them.

Bob Brenly

I'm pretty sure Tony has already been ejected from this ballgame,

Paul Kuschel

I would have been better off wearing nothing on at all.

Marie-Chantal Claire

I like wearing classic pieces with a modern twist.

Don Cherry

I never, ever said 'don't wear a visor,'

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The key to wealth is that it doesn't matter. Once you've had it, you don't think anything of it; you can wear cheap watches.

Natalia Kills

I really can't break away from wearing black and leather!

Harry Graf Kessler

I am utterly, consummately intense, wearing sunflowers and poppies and dahlias in my buttonhole.

Bill Young

We're wearing out our troops, we're wearing out the equipment,

Arthur Conan Doyle

I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.

Cameron Diaz

What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have.

Jane Austen

With women, the heart argues, not the mind.

Jane Wagner

A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?

Bella Abzug

Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The weakness of their reasoning faculty also explains why women show more sympathy for the unfortunate than men;... and why, on the contrary, they are inferior to men as regards justice, and less honourable and conscientious.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments...?

Doris Lessing

There is a great line of women stretching out behind you into the past, and you have to seek them out and find them in yourself and be conscious of them.

Ani Difranco

i found religion in the greeting card aisle now i know hallmark was right