Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Gurdon

I take the view that anything you can do to relieve suffering or improve human health will usually be widely accepted by the public - that is to say, if cloning actually turned out to be solving some problems and was useful to people, I think it would be accepted.

Kevin McAvoy

He was a huge help. He got me used to what the kids are expecting. I just came up with an open mind and the guys accepted me.

Errol Logue

Having accepted her scholarship and doing this will allow her to just have fun and enjoy it. She doesn't have to feel pressure now.

Shannon Flaherty

His money hasn't come from the 22nd District. His Democratic values aren't accepted by the 22nd and neither will he.

Paul Moskal

I think it's fairly close. It's accepted as state-of-the-art science, and it's very powerful evidence in that it's science as opposed to personal opinion.

John Breaux

I think anything that is perceived as parliamentary maneuvering to get out of this is not going to be accepted by the American public, ... It's going to have to be out front. It's going to have to be fair.

Mark Kelly

Later, after flying in the Navy for four or five years, spending some time on an aircraft carrier, I applied to and was accepted in a program where I went to graduate school first and then to the Naval Test Pilots School.

Steve McClaren

I was very surprised, very shocked and very disappointed. Really, it was accepted reluctantly on our behalf. But as always, you only want players who are happy here, who want to play for your football club, and Mark has made it known he wants to move on, so we have reluctantly accepted that.

Bill Schwartz

I went through a challenging review process by the school's review committee. They offered me the job, and I accepted it.

Joanne Woodward

I also had a wonderful great-aunt who was an avid gardener, who told me all about the flowers, their names and where they came from.

Richard J. Roberts

I am a passionate reader, having been tutored very early by my mother. I avidly devoured all books on chemistry that I could find. Formal chemistry at school seemed boring by comparison, and my performance was routine. In contrast, I did spectacularly well in mathematics and sailed through classes and exams with ease.

Louis Sachar

I'm an avid bridge player. I usually go to the local bridge club three or four times a week. I've always been a game-player, and I think bridge is one of the greatest games ever invented. It's too bad that not many young people play it any more.

Laura Anderson

AVID changes how public schools teach. It provides struggling students, kids in the middle with intensive tutoring and shows them how to succeed.

Jeff Hayes

The more avid readers are much more likely to buy both new and used. Those who buy only a few titles a year buy new.

Dustin Milligan

Thank you for reminding Canada that I'm a disappointment to them. I like hockey, I love it, but I'm not an avid hockey - let's face it, true Canadian - fan. I've always been more into snowboarding and skateboarding and sort of the alternative sports, I'm not crazy about hockey - but love it!

Kimberly Stewart

I used to be an avid smoker, but I stopped.

Laura Anderson

These are students who have a lot of potential but don't have people pushing them or showing them how to succeed. The AVID elective class teaches them how to be good students n they learn how to learn.

Debby Reilly

This is novel. I've never heard of anything like it, just for pets. I just stumbled upon it by accident, but I'm glad I did. I think it's great. I'm a dog lover and an avid music lover.

Andy Pettitte

I was just bad, ... I threw a lot of balls right in the heart of the zone.

Tim Doyle

I was looking to give him the ball immediately. I probably won't tell Coach that, but he'll probably see it in the paper.

Will Harris

I was looking for a ball away the entire at-bat. I fouled a couple off, pitches that I could have hit. He kept living out there and left me one up that I could handle.

Milan Baros

Kevin is a great player, like (Villa substitute Juan Pablo) Angel. He gave me a great ball and it was a shame he couldn't take his chance when I passed to him. But I think he is going to score a lot of goals for this club.

Buck Showalter

Kevin had a great spring. He started off slow, having a nagging injury, but he is starting to swing the bat well. He is seeing the ball well and centers the ball so well. Kevin is so strong that the ball has a lot of carry. He can just power the ball out of here.

Norv Turner

Kerry gave the (Houston) safety a quick pump and he just went flying to Randy. They actually had a guy underneath and both safeties running to him. When (Collins) threw the ball outside to Doug, it's a big play.

Matthew Stevens

Ken played fantastic and didn't miss more than five or six balls all the way through.

Dennis Perry

Kenny will do double duty. He runs the ball well and catches it well.

Kate Walsh

Knitting and crocheting are huge trends right now and many of the latest fashions include knitted and crocheted items or trim. Designer Nicole Miller included a crochet-topped party dress in her latest line. So, grab a few balls of yarn, a needle or a hook and join the fun.

Sandra Smith

He was a leader, he wasn't a follower. The boys are really having a hard time. Every last one of the kids is having a hard time because they really looked up to Jeffrey.

Frankie Dettori

He could win it and go on why not? He's done nothing wrong. He just lacks experience. He's got to tackle the big boys sooner or later, so Saturday should be a good test for him.

Simon Fuller

S Club 7, in some ways, was a continuation of some of the things I'd have liked to have done with the Spice Girls. It was also a shift in tone. S Club was this equality of boys and girls, very positive, very uplifting, didn't have the edge of the Spice Girls. I didn't want to repeat it.

Larry King

I've taken my boys to the house I grew up in. Taken them to the site of Ebbets Field, where the Dodgers used to play. They go to all the Dodger games, and they play Little League ball. I have infused them with New York spirit.

Joe Ehrmann

What would happen in Sacramento if we raised a whole generation of boys to love and be loved, to connect? There is the potential to spark life into these kids. The potential to change all of Sacramento by teaching kids to become part of a team and a community.

Maura O'Connor

Hockey has always been a big deal here with the boys program. But people are starting to realize what we're doing. That's good, because we really do have a good team.

Dan Hoffa

I thought we really stepped up in the fourth quarter on defense, otherwise we struggled the other three quarters. Offensively I was very pleased with what the boys did. They just seem to step up when they need to and that is something we've been doing all season. This was a good team win and I'm proud of them.

Scott Touchette

I thought everyone, boys and girls, did very well. We set a lot of P.R.'s (personal records) today.

Mike Baker

To finish second in a tough conference like this, that's something. I'm proud of the boys.

B.J. Upton

Just little things like footwork, just keeping my feet moving. I have a tendency of being flat-footed when I catch the ball. Keeping my feet moving. And that's what I've been working on.

Jake Bruner

Jordan is just an unbelievable player. But he's not the only player they have. They all can catch the football. They're a very good football team.

Spencer Havner

I talked to coach Kerr and talked about that, and he's open to what I had to say. I thought maybe that the first three plays in practice, we need to be sharp again, try to make it like that's the start of the game. I really don't know. I'm looking for ideas. We need to start faster or it's going to catch up with us if we don't. It's definitely inevitable.

Chris Kramer

I think it's a cool idea, but it probably won't get off the ground, ... There are a million nifty high-tech ideas that just don't catch on.

Ted Lilly

I think I realize how necessary it is to prepare for a long season. I thought last year I would be able to catch up and get myself ready to go to start the season. But I was just never as prepared as I needed to be.

Richard Doherty

He was about as good a renaissance-man catch as Sony could have hoped for.

Sinorice Moss

He used to give us head starts and then come and catch us a lot.

Scott Lang

Hand water daily for six to eight weeks when you first plant. A lot of people put plants in thinking sprinkling will be enough. Sprinkling won't catch the feeder roots, and the plant's going to go crispy.

Ben Braun

He's a great defender, he challenges shots and he runs the floor well. His post skills are catching up. He's been a real factor for us.

Larry Brown

I thought with this young team he was vital for us, ... I wouldn't have enjoyed watching him play handicapped as he is.

Drew Johnson

I thoroughly enjoyed the meetings. It gave us an opportunity to get together and look at the issues we felt were appropriate.

John Reed

I thoroughly enjoyed my years at the newspaper. It was a fantastic, wonderful experience, and I had the opportunity to work with some really excellent people. I leave with a heavy heart.

Wade Miller

I thoroughly enjoyed my 11 years playing for the Winnipeg football club.

Lisa Kelly

We've been through a lot together. We always had fun. We were just a group of friends who enjoyed doing things together.

Henry Ian Cusick

I was a theater actor back in the U.K., and you knew the whole play, so you could plot your storyline and character. And then I did 'Lost' and didn't know, and it was kind of frustrating, but I enjoyed it.

Billy Donovan

I think it was a great experience for our players. Obviously, it's hard to prepare for the White House on such short notice, but I think they enjoyed themselves on the trip.

Aaron Boone

Underrated by who? I think he's an underrated player, period. I've just enjoyed playing with him and getting to see first hand how good he is.

Richard Virenque

I don't know what I'll do next year but I've enjoyed this Tour.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Grief is so human, and it hits everyone at one point or another, at least, in their lives. If you love, you will grieve, and that's just given.

Janet Leigh

I was in that shower for seven days-70 set-ups. At least Hitchcock made sure that the water was warm.

Lori Cooper

Kim may also play some outside hitter for us this season.

Sue Adams

Kim hits a 3, and all of a sudden everyone just started playing.

Ryan Zimmerman

I wouldn't say I am a power hitter. I am a gap-to-gap guy. If I hit one like I did today, so be it.

Sarunas Jasikevicius

Jackson hit a lot of big shots. I thought that everyone stepped up. This was a big win for us.

Allison Johnson

Just like practice. I knew I just had to hit it hard.

Ron Whitehurst

Katy was hitting all her spots. She was able to pitch it inside and outside.

Jay Alford

He just wasn't hitting the holes like he wanted to.