Famous Quotes & Sayings

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Kirk Shelmerdine

I've sacrificed an awful lot and put up with a lot to be here. Somewhere there's a not very long list of men who've raced in this race. To add my name here means a lot. I'm really not sure that's for sale.

Dee Roberts

It would be too far of a commute every day, and it would add a lot of miles to my car. There are so many cars on the highway, if everyone commuted to work, I think it would do away with a lot of the traffic on I-95.

Tommy Bailey

It would be status quo. More than likely, we would not be able to add any of these additional (employees) if we did not have funds coming in through incorporation or through assessment increase.

Tony Smith

It would be foolish to ignore those qualities. He's a born leader. he will lead from the front and add a bit of steel to the team.

Dan Reeves

It was tough because they were booing when we were in the huddle and guys had difficulty hearing. And, to add to that, John had to get the plays off without taking penalties. Like I said, I didn't prepare him because I had no idea it would be like that.

Jay McKee

It was very much on our minds that we wanted to leave with momentum. What this does is just add to everyone's confidence. Hopefully, we can carry on.

Gordon Fleming

It was wonderful. It was great. SunTrust (Bank) sent us $2,000. We will put $1,000 of that toward a named SunTrust scholarship and add to it.

Clint Dempsey

It was a little bit of payback but at the same time they've got the rings and we don't. This was just a little battle that we won and hopefully we can add upon it ... but you can't really say that this is as good as a ring.

Grant Heslov

A film like 'Good Night And Good Luck,' you make that for $7 million because you know it's a black-and-white film, and it's not an easy sell. If you make it for $7 million, then everybody can have a chance to make a little bit of money, and you get to make the film you want to make.

Dan Wheldon

The one thing I've learned about this league is don't get excited too soon, ... It's going to be a difficult race. My teammates are going to push me really hard. Last year, I struggled a little bit on the short ovals. The boys have been a big help to me. It's nice to have your first pole. I'm still a rookie until Japan so I have a lot to learn.

George Hickton

The one that would concern us most of those three is Japan because we know the Japan market is a bit fickle at times.

John Vaughn

The one in overtime I just yanked it a little bit and it came out a little bit left.

Trent Dilfer

The one hit, I thought I was done. There was a sharp pain, I didn't think I would be able to get up. But that's happened before and you get up and move it around a little bit and you realize it's not a catastrophic injury at the time. When I realized it wasn't, I wasn't going to come out.

Nigel Davies

The old rag doll brings back a bit of tradition and that's nice to think in this modern, professional era.

Jai Courtney

After 'A Good Day to Die Hard,' I had a bit of an identity crisis as far as where I wanted to place myself in the business. When it's all new and fresh, there is a lot of pressure to know what you represent, and I didn't really get that.

John Clarke

After John received his degree, he joined DSV, a venture capital firm in Princeton, and when I had my third child, I stopped working, ... We loved Philadelphia and had a great old house in Center City, but we decided to give Princeton a try. At first, I was a bit confused after the move. I wasn't sure what to do. The girls were now five, three, and six months, and they really grew up here. Now, I love Princeton. It's a great place to raise children, and John has his own venture capital firm, Cardinal Partners, on Nassau Street.

Sasha Cohen

After my skate, I took off my dress, I changed and I really didn't think I was going to get a medal. I was just a little bit in shock, just sitting there.

Suzi Quatro

My own musical ambitions were born when I was five, watching the Ed Sullivan Show on TV. When Elvis Presley burst on to the screen, singing 'Don't Be Cruel,' I felt my first sexual thrill, though I didn't know what it was at the time.

J. R. Bourne

My niece was born with cystic fibrosis 15 years ago, and she's incredibly healthy and an incredible competitive dancer, so I'm going to do some events for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Jamie Cullum

My mother was born in Burma, but my grandfather on her side was Indian-Spanish. So I have this quite exotic mix, which is reflected in my earliest memories, in our Wiltshire country kitchen, of gran, and aunts, cooking spicy stewy, casseroley curries, a version of Indian food with a Burmese twist.

Robin Braig

NASCAR was born right here in Daytona and they can't ever take that away from us, and we'll continue to promote it as a world center of racing.

Cindi Williams

Nationwide, one of 100 children are born with congenital heart disease and the mortality rate is up to 9 percent. Over a five-year period, our mortality rate is 0 percent.

Douglas Brinkley

My wife and kids were born in New Orleans,

Mary Barra

My parents were both born and raised in the Depression. They instilled great values about integrity and the importance of hard work, and I've taken that with me to every job.

Randall Park

My parents were born in Korea. They spent a good part of their life in Korea.

Roz Chast

My parents were born in 1912; they graduated from college into the Depression. They kept notebooks of every nickel they spent, and these habits of frugality from having grown up so poor never left them.

Jorge Posada

There's nothing he could do. I'm right in front of the plate.

John Swiatek

We were learning what we were doing while we were doing it! We put a front office staff together, and we put a marketing plan together, and we just went for it.

M. Wolfe

I would probably give him some room. He's probably a little quicker than me, so I'm going to give him some room and keep him in front of me.

Piper Jaffray

I would say anything with an 8 on the front would be a positive.

Tim Conway

I would get ill before going onstage - something about getting in front of people, and if they don't laugh, I'm a bomb. I got over it when somebody laughed.

Dave Harris

If we do get large pieces of wood in front of the gates we might pick it up and move it.

Michael Todd

I got off to a great start with a 34 on the front side,

Mike Birbiglia

I gravitated toward stand-up because there's no overhead. I mean, literally, there's no overhead: Often, you're outdoors performing in front of groups of people.

Kathryn Flicker

If this job was fluff or I was used as a front man, I would not be here.

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Bobby Knight

I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

Bobby Howard

We were leading 7-2 in the game. We just didn't get it done.

Darrin Walter

We have a strong three that will lead the team.

Dave Roberts

We haven't had a lead in two games.

Vicky McClure

I'm strong. I like to mother people, look after people. I lead the gang.

S. Walker

Well, mines was a sub machine gun. That was my personal weapon with being the first person in the patrol. I used to lead the patrol. Used to have a leading scout, a second scout and then the officer. The officer would be third. As I say, it was educational.

Richard Marcinko

Conventional wisdom is no wisdom at all. Conventional wisdom is taking somebody else's word for the way things are It's the followers of this world who rely on assumption. Not the leaders.

Tony Robbins

Effective leaders know that resources are never the problem; it's always a matter or resourcefulness.