Famous Quotes & Sayings

Timothy Noah

Whenever a Kurd wants to measure the depth of some foreign leader's commitment to Kurdish autonomy, he listens for one particular word. That word is 'federal.' Anyone who will say he favors Kurdish federalism can be counted a friend of the Kurds.

Imelda May

I tried to be a goth for a while. I'd pour baby powder on my face and paint my lips black, but that didn't last long. I thought I looked cool at the time. But then you look back and wonder, 'Why did anyone let me out of the house looking like that?'

Ian Mckellen

Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson would fall for market forces around him rather than artistic integrity doesn't know the guy or the body of his work.

Igor Ivanov

Resolution 1441 does not give anyone the right to an automatic use of force. Russia believes that the Iraqi problem should be regulated by the Security Council, which carries the main responsibility for ensuring international security.

Zac Goldsmith

Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.

Wentworth Miller

Prison has a universal fascination. It's a real-life horror story because, given the right set of circumstances, anyone could find themselves behind bars.

William Kirby

So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for example, Japan's interests in the Taiwan area would be the last thing that anyone would want.

Wendy Kopp

Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.

Vivek Wadhwa

If anyone tells you that you're too old to be an entrepreneur or that you have the wrong background, don't listen to them. Go with your gut instincts and pursue your passions.

Martin Lapointe

The overtime calls hurt the game. It's a big game, a big rivalry. the refs should let us play. I guess this is the new NHL. To lose a game on a cheap penalty is not the way to play hockey.

Ben Elliot

With offices in 64 cities around the world, it is sometimes a challenge to ensure that I've got my finger on the pulse with every one, everywhere. Staying in touch means early rising for calls with China and Japan, and late calls with the U.S.

Ray Lewis

My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding.

Lesley Sillaman

That would cost precious seconds because those calls would then be routed to Dane County because we are the only ones that have a dispatch center that can dispatch fire and ambulance service throughout the county.

Mike Tice

That would be a perfect scenario, where he works with that offensive staff through the whole week and works with Steve to formulate how the game will be called. Maybe Steve calls the game in, with the help of Jerry. But anything that can lighten the load of what I've taken on will be certainly fun.

Mike Tate

We have volunteers coming in a couple nights a week already to be making phone calls and talking to voters.

Roger Stone

Big brother listening in on your phone calls - I got a problem with that.

Pat Conroy

Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.

Michelle Ryan

We were getting five, six phone calls an hour going, 'Oh my God, you're closing?'

Keith Cieplicki

The only frustrating thing is that we haven't had all the pieces in place. The group that's healthy has gotten a lot better. They have great team chemistry, so really, and it's even hard for me to believe, that I've really enjoyed coaching this team. None of us like losing, but it's a pretty mature group. I hope for their sake we get a few more wins.

Shek Borkowski

The payoff is to make the national team. The pay is very good there, as well as in the reserve pool. So the reason these players come here is so they can train under high quality coaches and hopefully get a shot with their national teams.

Joshua Johnson

The past two games the coaches were trying to see who was going to be their go-to guys.

Carmelo Anthony

The past two days, George (coach George Karl ) has been stressing that if the playoffs were today, this is who we'd play. We wanted to make a statement right away and tell them this is what they'll see if they play us.

John Schweitz

The 3-pointer is normally not part of our game plan, but today it was. I don't like to do it, but I have to coach to our players' strengths. I'm a fool for not doing this sooner.

Denis Fitzgerald

The announcement has been made now to end the ongoing speculation in regard to the coaching position next year.

Matt Hasselbeck

That was fun n a little sloppy at times, but some of the most exciting plays I've seen all year. Coach Fox promised, by the end of the week, 'We'll put a smile on your face.' All the Seattle guys were smiling.

Jennifer Wilson

That was the kind of do-or-die games that the fans love. But for coaches and players, that was a tough game.

Jamar Smith

That was vital to the game because until then we'd just been trading baskets. I wasn't nervous because coach told me I'm not a freshman anymore. I'm a sophomore.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

What is lovely never dies, But passes into other loveliness.

Jordan Gross

We need to be able to protect and get the passes off to make them back off.

Christian Moody

His passes were perfect. Look at his shooting. I think he's the best.

Sherill Baker

We deflected a lot of passes and turned them into transition baskets.

Tom Armstrong

We worked a lot on our high-low passes and our post players sealing. That worked well for us.

Brenda Frese

When we're focused, we can go on runs like that. In the second half, we started making more unselfish passes and made things happen.

Mark Hagen

I think we just strung six passes together, ... That's what we need to do consistently.

Kyrie Irving

I'm not really a big X's and O's guy, but if you want to go there, I'm more of a space-the-floor type of coach: Five out, zero in, and that's the way we play basketball, screen and roll here and there, pocket passes everywhere; it's what it's about.

Nell Fookes

She often comes through for us in big passes or getting big turnovers. Tonight, she had big plays.

Paul Davies

I don't think you can shut down all three of us. If it happens, somebody (else) has got to step up. We do have the personnel to step up and score for us.

Mike King

I can't get into specifics regarding personnel issues.

Pat Coyle

We're always physical, we'll always play like that. We're going to play a lot quicker than we have played. We're going to press a lot more. We have the personnel that can play the way we want to.

Gerald Myers

It is pretty unique. They probably have all the Texas Tech tapes, and know what the different personnel does.

Jim Tracy

I think the personnel is here to get that done.

Markku Niskala

If we don't get money, we must withdraw personnel and slow down the reconstruction of houses.

Chip Hester

They're starting from scratch on defense, so we don't have any film of their personnel playing that defense. We do have an idea what they'll do, but we know we'll have to make some mid-game adjustments.

Chauncey Billups

We wanted nothing but a win, not showboating or any of that. That's just how we play. ... We don't have the personnel to play that other way.

Kevin McCarthy

That was thrown on us, so we'll look at it and see which way we go about doing it.

Mike Conroy

We've had lefties thrown at us all year. We're used to it now.

Rand Paul

William Lloyd Garrison was up there with Frederick Douglass being thrown off trains and going through what happened in the 1960s in 1840 in Boston.

Philippe Petit

I didn't go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Even the best of us are thrown off some- times.

Alan Trammel

If someone is going to get thrown out, it should be the manager.

Kate Michelman

Now, the gauntlet has been, I think, thrown down.

Gwynne Shotwell

What would air travel look like if airplanes were thrown out after each flight? No one would be flying in airplanes.

Heath Lane

We really didn't have a play at first, and we shouldn't have thrown the ball.

Tim Sims

He was just wild enough to keep them off balance.

David R. Brower

We cannot go on fiddling while the earth's wild places burn....

Chief Seattle

This We Know. All Things Are Connected

Cheryl Strayed

You can't replicate walking 94 days through the wilderness by yourself with a really heavy pack until you do it.

Bryant H. McGill

The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.

Baltasar Gracian

There is no wilderness like a life without friends.

Brigitte Bardot

My wild and free side unsettled some, and unwedged others.

Denis Waitley

Imagination plus innovation equals realization.

Aldo Leopold

Wildlife administration, in this respect, is not yet a profession.