Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nikos Kazantzakis

Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.

Will Blalock

I'm going to keep hope alive during these next couple games that something turns. Losing three in a row, going to Oklahoma, is not what I envisioned early on.

Nick Parry

The first two innings were very quiet, but when the top of the order came back around the girls just came alive and started and started crushing the ball. They got into a rhythm.

Michael Farr

The financial sector really hasn't come alive and gotten to levels much higher than they were a year ago. I think Wells Fargo is very well positioned. It's a cheap stock. It is diversified and they haven't been plagued by Argentina to the degree others have.

Neal Shusterman

Leadership is about keeping toilets flushing," the Admiral once said. "Unless you're on the battlefront. Then it's about staying alive. Neither are pleasant.

Neal Shusterman

I imagine the center of the Earth must be a crowded place by now, but perhaps it is the spirits of those of us residing there that keep the Earth alive and green.

Morley Safer

When I did that interview with Hepburn, the only ground rule was, you did not discuss Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy's widow is still alive, and she respected that.

Jose Saramago

The only time we can talk about death is while we're alive, not afterwards.

Kevin Brockmeier

There was no one alive who did not contribute his share of mystery to the world.

Tom Moffett

The school has been around for probably 50 years. There's a lot of history here. Back in the 1980s, we had some dominating teams but we just couldn't get to the final. We've been close, but everything just came together this year.

Gilbert Arenas

The rook did (well). He came out and was confident. His shot was good; he got to the lane and did what he does in practice. (Jordan) let him play through mistakes early (in the season) and his confidence is high now.

Roma Downey

The role was written American. Suddenly the dialogue came off the page and came to life in a way that really lent itself to the lyricism of the brogue. It just worked, it really clicked. I knew the role was going to be mine, and sure enough they made an offer.

Emma Stone

The roles that have come into my life have taught me - and in that time period maybe I didn't even know it, but whatever came up or whatever it is that you have to express at that time, has benefitted me in a particular way.

Derek Jeter

The Rocket is close to his family. He really enjoys spending a lot of time with his kids. I think that's part of the reason why when he came back, he came back to Houston. He has the luxury of being at home.

Leonard Pope

I've thought about it and talked it over with the coaches and my family, and I prayed about it a lot. I pretty much came to a decision that I'm going to probably leave.

Michael Redd

I've tasted winning in this organization and I want to win again, ... That was the reason why I came back. I think our team has a great chance to do great things.

Scott Thompson

I've talked to Chandler and Gilbert, and they're the only ones who would have come close (to opening four schools in one school year). The closest they ever came was two (schools), maybe three one time.

Chris Hadfield

I've raised three kids: my wife and I have three kids. I've observed through direct contact the adults they are now is partially the product of where they came from and what we did. With them growing up, but partially how they were wired at birth.

Mark Melancon

The whole summer I was in a closing role but thinking I was going to come back as a starter. When I got here they said they weren't sure what I would do. Closing is fine with me. I have the mentality of a closer, but I would also love to get the chance to start.

Saeb Erakat

The whole situation is in a very, very critical juncture now. Something needs to happen, in terms of implementation of the road map, and the only party that can do that intervention is the United States, and I hope they will interfere immediately in order to give the road map the chance it deserves.

Shane Valdez

The whole reason we go to this tournament is to prepare for state. The top kids in every weight class go to the tournament and its a good chance to get a look at everybody.

Jim Allen

The way our government works gives the public a chance to come before us to speak their opinions, ... And they told us overwhelmingly that they do not want lodging.

Sergio Garcia

The way I was playing maybe I would have had a chance at Wentworth Club (in the HSBC World Match Play Championship) but I don't care. I'm happy here with my people and it's a wonderful feeling to come through like I did and play the last 13 holes in five under par.

Holly Vlymen

The way I'm looking at it is, you have to have a good throw, everything has to be on and we're down. Sometimes you have to take risks and be aggressive. I felt at the time that we needed to take that chance to push the run across.

Mark Bellhorn

The way I look at it, the more things you can do, the better chance you have of making a team.

Steve Bietau

These are the type of teams that we really look forward to playing because we have the opportunity to make a big mark. You don't get that chance everyday.

Rick Pitino

These are special fans. That was a great 14,000 fans - they were terrific. The NIT is a chance for some of our fans who don't have season tickets to help our team, which they did tremendously. I think our guys responded like there was a lot at stake, because there is a lot at stake.

Ken Kramer

This is the first example I can think of that gives the natural state of the coastline back to the people, rather than taking it away.

I think there should be something in science called the "reindeer effect." I don't know what it would be, but I think it'd be good to hear someone say, "Gentlemen, what we have here is a terrifying example of the reindeer effect.

Henry Spencer

C++ is the best example of second-system effect since OS/360.

Marvin Sapp

Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.

Brian Billick

We have a great example for the young guys. He placed that much value at one more opportunity.

Diego Maradona

You are an example for him because you are a conqueror.

Ross Mathews

When I was growing up I didn't know what it meant to be a happy, successful grown-up gay person, and now I do. I feel like I'm setting an example for people everywhere.

Mark Twain

Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.

Ed Anderson

We own the building, ... We as owners need to set an example.

Butch Harmon

The thing I like is he's open-minded. He works hard to get better at the things he's not good at. Other than putting there's nothing impressive about his game, but he does nothing badly.

Mick Jagger

The thing about the NFL is they run a good show. Occasionally they make a mistake but they have been quick to rectify it.

James Bay

The thing about 'Hold Back The River' that I like is that it's a good starting place, and it was the perfect first single.

Mark Tauscher

The thing I've noticed is that he's just even-keeled, ... To be a good offensive lineman in this league, you have to be that way. His personality is low key, but he's very confident.

Randy Edsall

I've never been in this situation before, ... But hopefully the kids that get the opportunity to get in and play will do a good job.

Pokey Reese

I've never done anything like that before. The game's probably going to be pretty good after all the stuff they did in there. It's going to be so real.

Mike Rumbolz

I've made a living from the industry since I was 14 years old. It's been very good to me.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I've met with the president several times in the past. We've worked together, and we have a good working relationship, ... ... We would have appreciated it if he had done his fundraising after Nov. 8.

Lee Freedman

I've always suspected he had good staying potential.

I think my new thing will be to try to be a real happy guy. I'll just walk around being real happy until some jerk says something stupid to me.

Anju George

I have worked on my rhythm and landing and they have improved since my last competition. I am happy with the situation now.

Brenda Dam

I personally was very happy to take it because I knew we would pass it.

Shani Davis

Because it's an improvement. As long as I'm improving, I'm pretty happy if it's a world record or a rink record.

Byron Young

Highland is the No. 2 team in the nation and they are talented from one to 13 on the roster and we just don't have enough horses. But I am happy for my kids because we competed tonight.

Mark Trakh

Camille made some big shots there at the end. I thought we played hard and I was happy with how we executed down the stretch.

Kerri Blaylock

I'm very, very happy for him. I just don't want to see him go because of the consistency. This will take me a while to get used to.

Ron Cole

In essence, it's money that has already been authorized. It's not new money, but we're always happy to see legislators working on our behalf.

Larry Dixon

I'm not sure what Donnie (Bender) was trying to run on that pass, but it spun the tires early; I know he wasn't happy about that. He knew that he had to make some adjustments, but we got the win light.

Matt Kiefer

That zone really threw us for a loop. We didn't run our offense like we should. Then Horner just went off. He was on fire. There's nothing we could do.

Gerald Brenan

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.

Mike Gillespie

He's poised. He's not going to get rattled. He's an experienced, quality pitcher.

Indira Gandhi

Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.

Jack McDevitt

Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue.

Jack Herer

Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry.

Jack Benny

Modesty is my best quality.

Beck

There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable.

Barry Lopez

Throughout the centuries we have projected on to the wolf the qualities we most despise and fear in ourselves.

Robert Dunn

We now know, he didn't have anything to do with the device. He didn't have anything to do with the attack. So what does that say about the quality of whatever the polygrapher was doing?.

Brett Favre

I never thought I would see it. I’m not saying it’s not possible. I’m not saying it didn’t happen. I don’t know. There’s a lot of guys getting picked on (in the locker room). Some handle it well, some don’t handle it as well. I’m not saying it’s right, and from a locker room sense or from a team sense, I’m not saying it’s wrong. It’s just the way it is.

Bobby Knight

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

Drew Gooden

I had to learn from an early age to be observant of how to fit in right away and how to make a transition a lot more smoothly by adjusting to a role or filling a role that a team needed.

Drew Gooden

I was never a guy who came into a new situation on a team being vocal right away. I kind of monitored the situation, observed the situation and then found my role throughout that process.

Drew Gooden

My main focus, whenever I put on a new uniform, was just to provide energy. ... There was one thing I knew I could never mess up, and that was going hard. That's what I really kind of relied on to get me through the transition period between two teams.

Drew Gooden

I'm a social butterfly. Once I get somewhere, I can make myself at ease and start the team bonding and build a relationship with my team, all my teammates, all the coaches, all the coaching staff.

Douglas Gresham

I have a great deal of respect for Mark Gordon’s work and am confident that together we can bring the beauty and magical delight that Narnia engenders in the hearts of those who read the books to the screen in ‘The Silver Chair.’ I am very much looking forward to diving once more into Narnia, this time with Mark Gordon and his team.

Andy Kennedy

People realize that we're certainly faced with an abnormal amount of adversity. The Cincinnati faithful is still going through a healing process with what transpired with Coach Huggins in the fall. But over the 20 games they've seen this team, I think they appreciate the fact that this team continues to fight, even though they're not always happy with the result.

Andy Hertzfeld

But typically for a project like the Mac, the size we had was pretty good. And it has different stages. The team grows as you have to write manuals and do testing... though the Mac had no formal testing.

Stu Rothenberg

This is one state, but it is really two or three states.

Eric Idle

When, in 1966, I progressed to The Frost Report, I was paid ten guineas a minute. I was guaranteed three minutes a week, so this was good money.

Emun Elliott

I actually wanted to be a forensic scientist for a while. When I was doing my Standard Grades, three of them were science subjects. The interest in science didnt wear off, but I found other interests.

James Chanos

I call it the Rule of Three. If you read a company's financial statements three times, and you still can't figure out how they make their money, that's usually for a reason.

A. Hodge

It's really, really fast. We have three mid-race sprints.

Amy Childs

I've got a personal trainer, and I train three times a week.

Kathy Bates

I hope I look skinnier in 3D. I hope I don't look three times as fat. That'll be disappointing.

Teju Cole

Sebald, Naipaul, and Joyce are three of my biggest influences, all of them for their formal freedom and their ability to create mood. So those comparisons are immensely flattering and, of course, unearned.

Selma Blair

I have three sisters, that's it for the family.

Richard Branson

To stand still today is to go backwards...and quickly...!

Bob Gilder

I think I made more putts today than I've made all year,

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Today the reason for the Zionist regime's existence is questioned and this regime is on its way to annihilation.

Fred W. Friendly

Today's reporter is forced to become an educator more concerned with explaining the news than with being first on the scene.

Maggie Stiefvater

It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die.

John C. Maxwell

Point out a great strength of someone in your life today!

James Patterson

Max-I'm not going to die today.

Elmer Bernstein

Today you have something like A Film by Joe Harry. That is patently asinine and ridiculous.

Edward Bok

The American advertiser has made the superior American magazine of today possible.

Ann Beattie

Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with.

George Washington

The business being thus closed . . . dined together and took a cordial leave of each other After which I returned to my lodgings, did some business with and received the papers from the secretary of the Convention, and retired to meditate on the momentous work which had been executed.

Harold MacMillan

We do not intend to part from the Americans and we do not intend to be satellites. I am sure they do not want us to be so. The stronger we are, the better partners we shall be; and I feel certain that as the months pass we shall draw continually closer together with mutual confidence and respect.

Gwyneth Paltrow

When I venture out to eat, I like to go to places with food that I don't know how to make. So my favorites are Japanese and Indian. Indian food has so much layering of flavor, and the dishes go together so harmoniously.

Gregory Bateson

Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.

Ingrid Newkirk

It's time for the State Department to permanently change its official policy to allow all members of U.S. citizens' families - no matter what size they are or how many legs they have - to evacuate together when disaster strikes.

Cathy Moriarty

The way I grew up, when you're married, you have to stay married together.

Atharva Veda

Live together in Love; live in Peace; and live in Service.

Gaston Gaudio

I think I've always had it in me. I just haven't been able to put it together for a whole match.