Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes you have to be careful when selecting a new name for yourself. For instance, let's say you have chosen the nickname "Fly Head." Normally you would think that "fly Head" would mean a person who has beautiful swept-back features, as if flying through the air. But think again. Couldn't it also mean "having a head like a fly"? I'm afraid some people might actually think that.

Catherine McCartney

We've spoken out and said you can stand up and you don't have to be afraid of anybody. But it won't mean anything unless the people in the communities take that opportunity the next time the IRA comes to their door and say to them 'I'm not going to allow you to bully me'.

Chinese Proverbs

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still

Rob Varley

Bob cares a lot about the success of Cocoa Beach. He's a regular guy who isn't afraid of hard work. Let me tell you -- it was very difficult for the tourism industry after Sept. 11. We were hurting.

Leslie Brown

To me, it's interesting that they won't release it. What are they afraid of?

Elliot Morley

We should have an open mind about the kind of levers that we apply and not be afraid to think the unthinkable.

Ken Bacon

We think that the Operation Southern Watch and Northern Watch have been able to debilitate Saddam Hussein's air defenses quite a lot ... For one thing, we think that he's largely afraid to use his top of the line air defense systems, for fear of losing them to our patrolling airplanes.

Lynda Carter

was afraid of not living up to what people thought I was.

Susie Wiles

We are very oversubscribed to both Thursday and Friday of this series so I'm afraid we cannot accommodate you this week.

Bobby Bowden

I want both of 'em practicing with a No. 1 mentality.

Trent Hunter

Special teams are what usually win games. We were working hard on both sides of that.

Scott Williams

I've seen him kind of grow from ninth grade, because I was the junior varsity coach his freshman year. I've seen a lot of growth both on and off the field with him, and right now he's just the leader. He does it by actions, and he's even our spiritual leader.

Bill Spencer

I've seen Pickerington North, and they're a good team. They've gotten better as the season has gone on, especially (5-11 junior Megan Askew). We'll have to wait and see and prepare for both teams.

Mike Rounds

I've never seen a united effort like this in South Dakota before where literally everybody from every walk of life and both political parties are standing in unison.

Leigh Foreman

I've never seen anything like that before -- four fights in eight second. I wasn't sure if there was going to be 20 straight fights in the first minute. If there was, we would've showed up. I just think both teams were intense and ready to play.

Mike Brooks

I've only spoken with UPN people a couple of times. It's not real clear how this is going to shake out as far as some markets where you have both a UPN and a WB affiliate.

Larry Merchant

It was the third fight. They had both been beaten. If the fight was as significant as it may seem in hindsight, it wouldn't have been held in Manila. It would have been the Thrilla in Chicago.

Dave Higgs

It was the same lineup that I had (Wednesday) night. I was really pleased with the doubles play tonight. Both teams had a lot of energy and enthusiasm.

Joel Denney

One after the other there's been enough things hitting that it continues to push them closer to the edge. They just cannot stand a whole lot more.

George Bernard Shaw

Even the fact that doctors themselves die of the very diseases they profess to cure passes unnoticed. We do not shoot out our lips and shake our heads, saying, 'They save others: themselves they cannot save':

Donald Rumsfeld

Even that does not suggest that there cannot be a terrorist event somewhere, someplace in the world and I suspect there will be,

Granth Sahib

Between the Lord's devotees and the people of the world, there can never be any true alliance. The Creator Himself is infallible. He cannot be fooled; no one can fool Him. He blends His devotees with Himself; they practice Truth, and only Truth.

Mary Shelley

Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not.

Kevin Cory

Every time Elena steps onto the court, she expects to win. That's something you just cannot teach.

Adora Svitak

Ineffective substitute teaching is a problem that means thousands of hours of lost learning for America's students. It cannot be dismissed with a sigh and 'Just wait for the teacher to come back on Monday.'

Alan Ball

You cannot hold a child accountable to the same standards that you hold an adult accountable to.

Bennett Miller

A film cannot make it into the culture without the support of critics.

Calvin Coolidge

This is as good a time as any to comment on what I think has grown into an abuse. Congress makes holidays and every time there isa holiday it is the practice for one department to telephone over to another department and say we are going to have an extra holiday in this department and what is your department going to do about it.... If it comes on Saturday, they want a holiday on Friday, and of course they couldn't come back and travel on Sunday and so they want another holiday on Monday to get back on.

Donald Glover

When you think of the former high school football star, you think 6-foot-2, white, meathead as the model for that kind of character. Since I'm not 6-foot-2 or white, I just thought about what I could bring to it. I thought about Smash Williams from 'Friday Night Lights,' like the cocky quarterback, and played around with that.