Famous Quotes & Sayings

Xun Zi

Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.

Gwen Moore

It is only with the passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 that we have been able to put a dent in violence against women, and women have had a place to go.

John Vinocur

The American cemetery at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer is a great lawn at the edge of the sea, white marble crosses and Stars of David against an open horizon. very American in the best sense: no phony piety, simple, easy.

Marshall Bloom

We have to understand what the virus' tricks are ...to treat or defend against it.

Joe Paterno

We have to understand that if you are going to be really good, you can't make some little mistakes. When (quarterback) Michael Robinson got sacked and fumbled the ball (last Saturday against South Florida) without knowing there was a backside guy coming, we had a terrible job done by someone.

David Boothe

We just didn't show up for last week's game against Joshua Springs. I told our kids that they (Excelsior) would come out and hit you hard because they have some good players, and you'll have to execute our game plan better than you did last week. The other teams are looking for that opportunity to beat us and have that second-place playoff spot, and we really need to step it up.

Mike Fratello

We just didn't rebound the ball for the whole series, but that's not even fair to say because we were terrible all year. It is what it is. We just don't rebound. Up against that team, the size they have and the way they go after the ball, the truth comes out.

Jim Shannon

We just didn't hit any shots tonight, we shot very poorly against their zone and we had no inside presence.

Gary Kendall

We just didn't go after it in extra innings but they did. To their credit, they've got a pretty good bullpen and they did a good job against our bats in extra innings.

Thor Heyerdahl

Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be.

Billy Graham

Only the supernatural love of God through changed lives can solve the problems that we face in our world.

Christian Bale

'The Machinist' changed me. I learned that I really enjoy, literally, not saying a damned word for days at a time, except for what was in the scene. Whole days of... nothing. Just... standing still. I know a lot of people found it bizarre, because they'd be standing right next to me thinking, 'Why aren't we talking? What's going on?'

Mitch McConnell

The politics of tobacco have changed, and changed dramatically for the worse for our tobacco farmers," ()

Brad Coker

The overall leads and sizes of the leads haven't changed all that much, which tells me that, other than real-interested, more-tuned-in voters, the large majority of voters haven't paid all that much attention.

Andrew Gibson

The outsourcing model has changed pretty profoundly over the last three years. Outsourcing today is now viewed in a far more strategic light.

Brooke Smith

My child has changed things for me. Lately, I really wish there were greater roles for women. I think I see it in a different way now. I look at my little girl and I don't want her to think that all she has to be is pretty and quiet.

Bee Wilson

I appreciate recipes that tell you what can be changed and what must remain fixed. 'The Zuni Cafe Cookbook' by the late Judy Rodgers is superb at this.

Bruce Jackson

Technology has changed the way book publishing works, as it has changed everything else in the world of media.

Bill Bryson

I understand cricket - what's going on, the scoring - but I can't understand why.

Zaheer Khan

I thought I will use the time to work on those things. I think if it has worked well for me in domestic cricket, it should work in international cricket as well.

Paul Wilson

I think SACA fell in love with the idea of having a cricket icon as their coach,

Steve Tikolo

We are really hungry to play international cricket. We have had very little opportunities to play international games since our commendable performance in the last World Cup. We are hoping that our lack of exposure would be taken under consideration by the world cricket governing body.

Clive Lloyd

potentially the single greatest private sector investment in cricket since the Kerry Packer revolution 28 years ago.

Bob Woolmer

But as he walks away he can be proud that many people all around the world are sad to see him go - cricket will be poorer without him.

Parthiv Patel

I have been doing very well in domestic cricket during the last two years. I was hopeful of getting a berth in Team India.

Lleyton Hewitt

I don't think it should be too bad. I've seen back home in cricket, you have the third umpire for run-outs, stuff like that. It all happens pretty quickly.

David Collier

What we have done is made sure that we've safeguarded the future of English cricket.

Clive Thompson

No consumer product improves more drastically, year after year, than the computer.

Peter Kellogg

The only real blemish in the quarter has been the royalty situation, which will improve over the rest of the year,

Marcelo Porto

The political scene has improved in a big way.

Gerry Murphy

The academies have tremendously improved training for young players.

Karl Hobbs

That we had improved from last year. The program is improving every year, and that was an indication that we had improved it. This year, we improved our status.

Jim Hofher

We need to improve on offense. We're 0 for the season right now in terms of scoring.

John Bryan

We have traditionally had inspectors who really know a lot about the business. They seem to be getting the job done. And while we've seen some improvement in permits, we're still a long way from where we should be.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

If Indonesia improves governance of the fisheries sector and invests in large-scale maritime transport, it can double fish production by 2019.

Mark Morehouse

Tyler is an all-around kind of guy. This year we are just going to try and improve on what we did last year and get some kids to state.

Felipe Alou

We had one six-run inning, but that was it. There wasn't a whole lot going on. We did the same thing last night; we scored all our runs in one inning. That being said, I'd like two or three innings of scoring.

Ron Gardenhire

We'll put him over there and have him play in some live games. If he can play seven to nine innings and he makes it through it, then he'll be playing by next Tuesday.

Todd Steverson

It didn't seem like he was having much too much trouble. Two runs in six innings isn't too bad.

Elizabeth Blackwell

We got off to a slow start, ... It took us three innings to get us going. This is a better Natchez than we expected.

Greg McVey

We haven't had a lot of those innings all year. We know we can pitch and play solid defense, but when we can get innings like that, I like how this team looks.

Mike Scioscia

His stamina would be the main thing. We need to see if he can go out and throw 90 pitches. We need him to get us to the point, like any of the starters, to get us to the bullpen. But we have Esteban Yan and we have Kevin Gregg to give us innings if we need.

Scott Linebrink

We've got to remember that we've got nine innings to play, and anything can happen, especially late in the game. To get those three runs, we had new life in the seventh inning.

Shaun McGinn

He has the tendency to get a little wild at times but, with 19 innings and just 15 hits, 13 strikeouts -- that's pretty good.

Dusty Baker

He doesn't say it, but it's on our minds. The thing is he wants to pitch as many innings as he can to win.

Vince Clarke

When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't come into the room with a set of ideas, but miraculously, a song comes out of it.

Carrie Fisher

I really love the internet. They say chat-rooms are the trailer park of the internet but I find it amazing.

Bill Bruford

And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.

Madonna Ciccone

I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.

Pat Nixon

I'll have to have a room of my own. Nobody could sleep with Dick. He wakes up during the night, switches on the lights, speaks into his tape recorder.

Tony Russa

I think the thing not to misunderstand is that he has not been sitting in the training room or on a bench. He's been taking 100 swings a day.

Richard Riley

little room for testing or for any slippage in their schedules.

Terrence Holt

I still have my same room over there. I can still crash.

Richard Kovalcheck

We don't have room to not be focused,

Robert Kiyosaki

Don't do anything for the money you WILL make, but instead for the SKILLS you will learn.

Robert Kiyosaki

The key to financial freedom and great wealth is a person's ability or skill to convert earned income into passive income and/or portfolio income.

Dan Murphy

Most companies' tendency is to overestimate the skills they need.

William Shakespeare

When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness.

Randy Carlyle

He's a skilled player; as with any skilled player, if you give him time and space, he's going to make plays.

Bob Mason

He's got the talent and skills to play at this level.

Rick Barnes

He's got such a feathery touch. He's physical, but it's his skill that really impresses you.

Warren Sapp

He has all the skills but I've been trying to get him to get better at the little things. He's like a big sponge. You have to slap him around and throw him back in the water every now and then but he'll be right back to soak up some more.

Dave Franco

I don't know if this is an illusion but I would love to be able to take my card-throwing skills and be able to puncture a watermelon. Now I know I can take this question and say, "I would want to solve the economic problems in the world" - but I want to stick that card in that watermelon.

Don Yaeger

In sports, championships often define a person's legacy.

CC Sabathia

I was lucky enough to watch my son hit a grand slam at sports camp, and that was great. Yes, I may miss some things, but honestly, I think I get to see more than a dad who works a daily 9 to 5.

Carrie Fisher

Running for office is the least aerobic of the socially interactive sports ...

Carrie Fisher

Here's how men think. Sex, work - and those are reversible, depending on age - sex, work, food, sports and lastly, begrudgingly, relationships. And here's how women think. Relationships, relationships, relationships, work, sex, shopping, weight, food.

Carrie Underwood

I'm girlie in the sense that I like makeup, but I also love sports and man food.

Bethany Hamilton

I love the ocean, and I love surfing. It's something so special and unique, and surfing is unlike any other sport. Skateboarding is amazing, you get the adrenaline rush, but you don't get the feel of the ocean, of doing its own thing. Totally surrounding you. Definitely a unique thing, it's a blessing, and a huge part of my healing process I would say.

Ashley Tisdale

I definitely think cheerleaders have no fear. When I took the Hellcats job I was like whoa, this is a sport. Cheerleaders deserve a lot of respect for what they do.

Ashley Tisdale

My sister is totally my dad's daughter because she loves sports.

Ashton Kutcher

I actually used to be a front for the largest national sports-betting syndicate in America.

Bertrand Russell

If the West can claim superiority in anything, it is . . . in science and scientific technique.

Mel Brooks

I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.

Jose Maria Aznar

We in the West should stand by our core principles.

Ann Strother

To have all of us go somewhere, to be all on the West Coast, too, it?s going to be really neat.

Mariella Frostrup

Fridays are always movie night at our flat in Kensington, West London.

Djimon Hounsou

I always hope for the better for the continent and what I know comes from Africa. Living in the West we feel like we're so removed from the continent that we can somewhat shut off.

Charles Marion Russell

The West is dead... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her.

James Arness

What made us different from other westerns was the fact that 'Gunsmoke' wasn't just action and a lot of shooting; they were character-study shows.

Ai Weiwei

The world is a sphere, there is no East or West.

Francis Lawrence

Whenever you're adapting something that's a 12- or 14-hour read down to something that has to be around two hours, there's going to be some cuts.

Eileen collins

I wish I could come back up here whenever I wanted.

Jacob Burtschi

Whenever we got close, they widened the gap.

Charles Smith

Whenever we go somewhere, it's like, 'What are we going to eat?

Brandon Kendzierski

Whenever we go at it, it's like a war.

Jevon Kearse

Whenever we blitz, we have to do more than take up a guy. We've got to get to the quarterback and get him on the ground.

Ric Flair

Whenever they feel like it, the door's wide open.

Johnny Miller

Whenever there's something new, it's always roundly criticized.

Madhur Bhandarkar

Whenever I come to Delhi, I forget about eating right and watching my weight.