Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Frauenfelder

Kids don't need to be taught the value of making; they are natural makers, at least until traditional education makes them afraid of making mistakes. The long-term value of making for kids is in learning to become an active participant in the world around them rather than a consumer of prepackaged products and solutions.

Isiah Thomas

I would say that right now we're pretty satisfied with where we are. I don't think we will be actively out shopping and trying to make a deal or anything like that.

Bill Walsh

Joe might have been more active and quicker on his feet,

Bruce Arena

Josh knows that's an area he's got to get better in. He was very active in the first half and part of a lot of good plays. However, he was also part of a lot of others where he could have made a better pass or done something better.

Janice Jackson

John is active here in our Devon Club, which he was president of at one time. He and his wife would attend a lot of the dances here.

Fred Taylor

I suspect that Venus is very volcanically active but we don't know that for certain,

Stuart Green

Harsh treatment adds nothing and undermines your authority. It doesn't make the guys work harder. People don't perform well in a state of fear or active tension.

Seth Shostak

Studying Sol's interior by looking for analogous patterns on its incandescent face is known as helioseismology, an active - if largely unpronounceable - research area that uses sound as a probe of our home star.

Rick VanMatre

This was a game where I felt like our defense was good, but our offense was average at best. Heath McNeal was very active inside, and with him and (Jeremy) Webster, it spread the interior, and the other kids did a nice job of finding them.

Albert Einstein

For there is no secret and there is no defense; there is no possibility of control except through the aroused understanding and insistence of the peoples of the world. We scientists recognise our inescapable responsibility to carry to our fellow citi

Tim White

Kids (in classes) have been the one bright spot.

Angela Bassett

I would straggle the line between being the bright and smart kid and trying to be cool in the lunch room that sort of thing.

David Briggs

(Jobs) have been one of the bright sports recently. But it's hard for me to envision the market getting any kind of legs.

Daunte Culpepper

He can play any position. He stepped in and did a tremendous job tonight. He is a very smart player, very bright player. He stepped up to the challenge when it was thrown his way.

Mike DiNovo

He just loves wrestling. This loss hurts right now, but we know he's gonna have a more than bright future.

Roy Williams

Greensboro's a first-round site? I had no idea. I couldn't name you another first-round site, and I'm a lot brighter now than I was when I came in because now I know one.

Pat Howard

He's a bright guy and he's calm in these sort of situations.

Unknown

Here's to this fine couple. May their joys be as bright as the morning, and their sorrows but shadows that fade in the sunlight of love.

Thomas Hood

Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold.

Keira Knightley

It's fantastic to have the opportunity to work abroad, and do all that, but there is a certain point where you're just like, 'Oh, I'd love to work at home.'

Chamberlain Oguchi

I was looking for my shot early and they were leaving me open. It's a certain way they play defense, and I wanted to get us going.

Suzy Merchant

Kent can be extremely explosive. I was certainly frustrated. They just gave it to us.

David Hawkins

I wouldn't say it's unusual. In terms of moving from one institution to another, if Richard felt like it was time for change, it certainly seems like a logical move to make.

Jeff Kelly

I would say that the omission is certainly damaging to us.

Tony Russa

Just look at him, he's in great shape. I don't know if he's more excited than he's ever been, but certainly he's not any less. I think he's high quality.

Jon Gruden

(Jones) has done primarily punt returns, but if pressed into service we'll trust that he'll do the job if he's the guy we choose to go with. He (Pittman) has worked on that throughout his career. Once again, when certain things happen you have to have contingency plans in place. We'll work on our contigency plan throughout this week and we'll find somebody who gives us a chance to hopefully return one for a touchdown.

John Bunting

Joe certainly has experience that Cam doesn't have, so he has a head start in that regard.

James Leavitt

I suspect the district attorney's office is investigating to see whether or not there is enough evidence for any of the charges. They are certainly looking at other incidents to see if there is any involvement.

Wilson Mizner

God sends our relatives, but we can choose our friends.

William Temple

Holland is a country, where the earth is better than the air, and profit more in request than honor; where there is more sense than wit; more good nature than good humor; and more wealth than pleasure; where a man would choose rather to travel than t

Upinder Dhillon

I think the faculty will discuss it in their classes. It's a teaching moment, a learning moment. People will refer to this for a period of years, but time always makes things fade after it goes out of context, I think people will choose something else.

John B. Robinson

Whatever gods you worship, you realize that they are your gods, the product of your own mind, terrible or amiable, as you may choose to depict them.

David Boies

What Microsoft set out to do through these contracts, and largely succeeded for the time they were in effect, was to deprive consumers of the right to choose between Microsoft and Navigator.

Jeff Chirico

The people in New Hope have been very supportive and have been overwhelmingly helpful in helping us to choose the right people to interview and to come up with a good story and really cooperating better than we could have ever imagined.

Pat Jr

We've got to look at what Georgia did and what led to a successful decision there. The one thing about our leadership in Texas Gov. Perry and some others they don't necessarily put the most money on the table, because we pride ourselves here in this state on having other competitive factors that make a company choose Texas.

Rainos Hayes

I think that's how it should be. Other countries might have more surfers to choose from, but talent-wise, we feel like we can compete with the best.

Robert Winston

I actually don't mind whether people can choose the sex of the baby - in fact humans have been trying to do it for 3,000 years. But there is a real issue about the safety of the technique.

Casey Hampton

I was joking with Hines about that. I was like, 'Man, this is kind of like a consolation prize. With the MVP, it doesn't really matter what people think of you on other teams, it's about what your teammates think of you, and obviously our teammates think very highly of us.

Doug Elliott

It already seemed highly likely. It now seems a near certainty.

Alberto Melloni

He is the most highly ranked member of the Curia that the U.S. has ever had.

Thomas Needham

He seems to be a very highly regarded young man.

Don Flanagan

I think it's highly unlikely she'll play. We don't want to rush her back and risk aggravating the injury.

Bob Trezise

It is a highly unique and 21st century-like company, like the type that we'd like to inspire here in the Lansing area. They can go other places in the country.

Yolanda Clark

I think at the end of the day, American screeners are the most highly trained

Richard Kite

It is highly uncharacteristic for there to be legitimate pedestrian traffic in that area.

Andy Roberts

Our replacement technicians are highly trained and experienced mechanics.

Troy Williamson

I wouldn't say frustrating. I would say more of a learning experience. I learned a lot of stuff.

Jody Conradt

Just when you think you've seen everything, you haven't. I've learned that during this season.

Tony Oller

I've learned the truth in these sayings: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation' and 'The right project will find you'.

Malcolm Deans

I think the lessons we learned this weekend were great, even though we didn't win.

Dick Jauron

What I learned is you better win. When you win, you're pretty smart. When you don't, you're not.

Harry Campbell

I went from summer school to merit roll. I learned that the more you do in school, the better you will be in life.

Lauren Hutton

I was making $50 a week as a house model at Christian Dior for nine months before I learned that photographic models made $50 an hour!

Angela Ruggiero

Cammi is USA Hockey, really. Every single player on our roster has learned something from Cammi Granato and she'll leave that legacy whether she's here or not.

Glenn Tilton

If there's anything I learned in 32 years in the oil business, it's not to speculate on oil prices.

Paul Otellini

I think it is going to be less than people expected. But it's probably not as poor as looking only at retail would indicate.

Fisher DeBerry

Going into Washington we probably know less about this team than any,

Frank Badillo

There is more of a risk this season that people will be less able to make payments on these offers.

Billy Hunter

When he told me that he was guaranteeing us no less $500,000 and up to a million, I said, 'Cool,'

Joe Hopkins

What you saw was the lesser of two beatings.

Dave McAlindin

It has always been our philosophy that less is better.

Vance Walberg

He's first-team all-league. I put a lot on him. He's got experience, leadership. He's just very well-balanced. He's meant a lot to this team. Without him, we'd win a lot less games.

Karel Poborsky

I do not see any reason why I should be less prepared than in a top-flight team.

Charles Coles

He is more than just a teacher. We're able to talk to him about things we can't say to teachers, because he is more like us and less like them.

Charles Moore

I don't go there. It's why they give and how they give that is important, as opposed to how much they give.

Courtney Barnett

I'm self-deprecating - I spend a lot of time telling myself that things are OK, as opposed to having to tell myself to get over things.

Dan Rice

I'm not opposed to it. I just don't know that much about it.

Jim Arthaud

(The county) being 50 percent federally owned already, we're opposed. This is the third time it has come up now, and we opposed it every time.

Nicolas Cage

It is satire, but it remains in the realm of the real, as opposed to something like 'Dr. Strangelove,'

Sarah Reeves

They're self-portraits of the way that I feel about myself physically as opposed to the way society makes me feel about myself.

Nuno Bettencourt

As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of a lot of everyday people.

Malcolm Gladwell

People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.

Chris Burke

The style of play will be to our advantage. They'll have to make the adjustments to us, as opposed to vice versa these two games.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

MC Hammer

I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek.

Stephen Graham

I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.

H. Hunt

He used to laugh. He'd get people to do it and not tell them what was going to happen.

Graham Elliot

I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.

JoAnn Carrin

He just wants to make sure the wetlands are as protected as they can be.

Janet Norwood

He just hugged me and said, 'You've done your job, mom. It's my turn to protect you now.' I was just floored, you know, it was pretty unreal.

Gary Thompson

Whatever has to be done to protect the citizens. If it's going to save lives, I know that's really important.

Darian Townes

We've got to protect our home, and we let this one get away. It's very disappointing.

Russell Schweiss

Under Gov. Bush, Florida's wetlands and waterways are receiving better protection than ever before.

John Simmons

He was just protecting us. That showed us that he'll do what it takes to protect us.

Michael Essien

I don't know why (Lauren) should make out I elbowed him on purpose. All I was doing was protecting the ball... For me, it was not even a foul.

P. J. Harvey

Ideally, you want to protect all of the important pieces, as much as you can.

Richelle Mead

I'd do a lot of things to protect you.

Dominik Hrbaty

I was already tired after the second five-setter, it was already quite enough.

Mike Schmitt

He didn't quite make it back to the house.

Trevor Noah

Comedy is really getting quite popular in South Africa.

James Williams

I was completely speechless. I really had no idea at all, and it was quite a wonderful surprise.

Helen Clark

I think this is going to take quite some time to work through simply because the writs (final results) won't be until two Fridays' time,

Kimberley Nixon

I'm a tomboy and quite clumsy, so I'm more like the anti-sexy icon.

Gwendoline Christie

I quite like looking mucky; it's quite nice not having to care about how you look.

Kevin Flanagan

In San Diego, we don't try quite as hard.

Dina Emde

I really wanted the record to be quite honest.

Azzam Tamimi

I actually have a moderating influence, rather than radicalizing influences,

Aidan Gillen

'Heroes', 'Desperate Housewives', 'The Sopranos' - they're all very stylised. 'The Wire' is much more rooted in realism and honesty. In American television, I can't think of anything I'd rather have been in because it has got something to say and that is the kind of thing I want to do.

Brian Penn

It could have been worse. They could have been using grenades rather than eggs.

Jason Alexander

There is no community service in 'Seinfeld.' But rather than lauding that, I think it shows the insane banality of it.

Yvonne Johnson

I think we need to do that rather than just talk about it.

Luigi Speranza

We look at this a temporary blip rather than a sign the recovery is fading.

Ruzwana Bashir

In the end, I'd rather wear a nice dress, and if someone is not going to take me seriously, that's so superficial.

Kelly Slater

I tend to do a lot better here when it's big rather than when its small.

Lois Capps

I read that in the Wall Street Journal, and I find it rather offensive,

Brian Reilly

He's been through it. He just says to stay patient.

Adam Timmerman

I think it says a lot about him being unselfish and seeing the talent in Steven himself.

Mark Grudzielanek

We try to get him to go out and he says 'No, I've got a show Tivoed at home. I don't know about this guy.

Patricia Watkins

When he says he doesn't know, it's the honest-to-God truth.

Nick Pappas

I think what it says is that Telstra Stadium is out of sight, out of mind,

Billy Donovan

I'd like to start Moss, unless he says he doesn't want to start.

Denise Roberts

He says he wants to be a firefighter,

Dmitri Young

He has a presence. You knew, right from the get-go, he was the manager, and what he says goes.

Dmitri Young

He has a presence. What he says goes.

Jerry Colangelo

It's a sensitive deal. It'd be inappropriate for him to be out front.

Dianna Agron

Having a dance background, I became used to rejection at an early age. Dance is very competitive, especially for a sensitive person like me. But I realized it’s better not to take it so seriously. If you beat yourself up, it’s hard to keep going.

Deborah Kerr

When you're young, you just go banging about, but you're more sensitive as you grow older.

Bette Midler

I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.

George H. W. Bush

This is a sensitive time for the budget.

Hugo Ch

This is real imperialist penetration, ... They are taking sensitive and strategic information.

Bob Dylan

Either I'm too sensitive, or else I'm gettin' soft

Serena Williams

I'm really super feminine, and I'm really soft. I'm very sensitive, I realized.

John O. Brennan

I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered and lives can be lost.

Susan Strasberg

There's no such thing as The Method. The term 'method-acting' is so much nonsense. There are many methods, many techniques.

Thomas Sharp

In terms of I-69, it's a pretty bread-and-butter interstate,

Mark Schmidt

In terms of effort, it was there. In terms of execution, it wasn't. Too many turnovers. Too many breakdowns. We had them on the ropes. We just couldn't finish.

James Blake

In terms of writing more club tracks, writing more electronically influenced - I feel like it was all electronically influenced, but now that influence has come to me in a different way.

Mike Palmerino

In terms of the outlook, there is no significant precipitation in sight.

Ralph Acampora

In terms of the Dow, that's around 7,400-7,500,

Jesse Palmer

In terms of my time, it's not today,

Gia Coppola

I knew I wanted to make a movie that hadn't really existed in a while in terms of being a teenager.

Dana Rohrabacher

I'm aghast at what American corporations have done in terms of trading American technology.

Plutarch

He [Caesar] loved the treason, but hated the traitor.

John Bunyan

I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?

Tamara Ecclestone

When I'm upset, everyone knows about it, and it's a selfish trait because everyone suffers.

Dennis Prager

Courage is the rarest of all good traits

Aldrich Ames

I'm a traitor, but I don't consider myself a traitor.

Amos Oz

If you change your diet, someone will call you a traitor.

Tacitus

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

Maximilien Robespierre

Softness to traitors will destroy us all.