Famous Quotes & Sayings

Merlin Lahm

We had phenomenal performances. Our top three boys and girls performances were way above expectations. I don't know what to attribute it to, I'm just really pleased. The kids are doing a fantastic job, and they came ready to compete.

Boris Yeltsin

We have extreme measures in reserve...but we have decided not to use them. We are above that. On the moral level we are superior to the Americans.

Pat Connors

What separates Brandon from so many other kids is his discipline. His training habits, his eating habits, his school life ... he puts in a ton of extra time. He basically does three workouts a day. His work ethic is above and beyond other kids.

Jaswant Singh

We want to find out exactly what they want directly, ... Our primary concern is the early termination of the hijacking, the safety and welfare of the passengers and crew, and above all, the interest of the nation.

Steven Hall

Twitter is incredibly useful. It's a great example of how the Internet is changing the way we engage with information and text. Above all else, this change in the nature of engagement is fascinating for me as a writer.

Arthur Doyle

To his pure and knightly soul not Edith alone, but every woman, sat high and aloof, enthroned and exalted, with a thousand mystic excellencies and virtues which raised her far above the rude world of man. There was joy in contact with them; and yet there was fear, fear lest his own unworthiness, his untrained tongue or rougher ways should in some way break rudely upon this delicate and tender thing.

Nikki Best

Tonight was just a wonderful team effort. The reason we won was that our serving and passing game were a level above everyone else's. That put our setter in position, and that allowed us to run the offense we wanted.

Deborah White

There is a lot of strength at $60. We have tilted above and below that level for days now and so long as the weather holds mild, we will drift down, but I'm not expecting a freefall.

Olli Rehn

Urgent efforts are needed here as nobody should be above the law,

Yotam Ottolenghi

A quick shallow fry is a great way to transform leftovers, and no more so than in the case of risotto.

Greg Johnson

I expect them to come out really hungry and with a lot of energy. That's certainly usually the case when you change coaches. There's a little fear of the unknown and you're always trying to impress the new guys.

Ruben Aguilar

For us, the case is now closed. We hope that in the coming weeks and months, relations lighten up so they can be re-established to their highest level.

National Press

If the transfer of power were to be made to an expanded Governing Council, which would be more representative than it is at present, provided that elections would be held, in that case ... that's a possibility,

Kate Achter

He would always tell us to never let our guard down. At times, we would tell him, 'You're so uptight, you just need to relax.' But if he wasn't like that I don't know if we would have taken some games as seriously as we did. It was good for him to be on our case about it all the time.

Kurt Opsahl

One of the key issues in this case is protecting the rights of journalists

Diane Polan

One of the reasons he's glad to be released is to reestablish the relationship with the daughter. This is a case where an immature guy fell in love with an 18-year-old. That's all it ever was.

Nikolai Khabibulin

I was raised that if the coach tells you something you're not supposed to argue, ... If I knew that was the case I might have said something, but that's not how I was raised.

Steve-O

I wouldn't have really committed myself to any kind of spiritual lifestyle, I don't think, if I had not endured great suffering. I think that's the case with a lot of people.

Sumner Redstone

We are extremely fortunate to have John, a top-notch executive with more than 25 years of experience in the service-oriented retail business, as the new leader of Blockbuster Entertainment,

Mike Leavitt

Schools are fundamentally local creatures, and they need, while there is a national interest, and we need a national obsession with improvement of schools, it must not become a federal agenda.

Saxby Chambliss

The young folks that are coming into each of your services are anywhere from 17 to 22 or 23. Gee whiz, the hormone level created by nature sets in place the possibility for these types of things to occur. So we've got to be very careful how we address it on our side.

Chris Copeland

Keep being aggressive, that's what my teammates and my coaches ask me to do. If I see things are going well, I know there's more of a comfort level for me to continue to do that.

Colin Hanks

The only entry level position on a movie is director.

Nasim Pedrad

John [Mulaney] likes to say I'm like a district attorney with absolutely no jurisdiction whatsoever.

Samir Haj

I wanted to get everyone's attention. We need people willing to play and put out the effort.

Jose Andres Puerta

I want e by Jose Andres to be a discovery, to be a journey. I want people to find it and be astonished.

Martin Klebba

The one thing little people don't like is the 'M' word, 'midget.'

A. N. Wilson

The ones that are flagging up the 'no' vote are the ones that haven't suffered in this war, ... And the realism about it is that the people that have suffered in this war are most of the people that are saying 'yes.'

Tom Liston

After every large-scale tragedy 9/11, the tsunami people start scamming these fundraisers. We're just being proactive.

Charlize Theron

After Monster, when I started telling people about this story, some people said 'Oh, you're doing another ugly film'.

Megan Smith

The most important thing is, we really want to make sure the American people are able to get to any Web site they'd like to get to.

Ian Logan

The most important thing is to support work on search and rescue to get those people who are injured, then immediately to look after the people who are homeless.

Roberto Aguire

The most important thing for me is to continue to impact people through my work.

Peter Warrick

It's at the point now where I'm just starting to get more comfortable. Once you get more comfortable, and you're not out there thinking, it's easy.

Anne Martin

It's at the point now where if you're going by on the highway, you don't want to stop here,

Hilton Armstrong

It was our mistake. I think we've reached a point where we have everything under control.

Billy Corgan

You just reach a point sometimes with somebody where it just doesn't work.

Robert Fitzgerald

Our selling point is, if you have to get through, it's Ricochet.

Wayne Pace

up a point of two or down a point or two.

Michael Chertoff

To be sure sometimes we differ, ... but the point is not that one society values privacy more than the other ... but the application of those values.

M. Wolfe

We're at the point now where we've got only 16 upperclassmen,

Neil Sheehan

We see nothing at this point that indicates any widespread contamination.

Conor Oberst

You could be happy, the minute you try. Why won't you try? Oh won't you try?

Clint Howard

And as an actor - or even as a person in the industry - if you're unwilling to change, you're just going to get swamped. You've got to be flexible, and you've got to go with the flow. That's what I try to do as an actor.

Danny Pudi

Stereotypes happen. I try not to embrace them or avoid them.

David Foster

Try to let what is unfair teach you.

David Foster Wallace

Not that that mystical stuff's necessarily true: The only thing that's capital-T true is that you get to decide how you're going to try to see it.

Andrew Flintoff

I can lose my temper from time to time, but I try not to lose it on the pitch because it can't help.

Ambrose Bierce

critic, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.

Ambrose Bierce

The most intolerant advocate is he who is trying to convince himself.

Anthony Horowitz

The platform underneath the balloon fell on her as she was trying to escape," she explained. "She was crushed." "I'd have been disappointed too.