Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Patrick Shanley

I adopted two children, then I got eye disease and five rounds of surgery. I went blind in one eye, then the other eye, and that went on for three or four years. I got very enamored and involved with the theater and did a lot of plays.

Mary Gauthier

I was adopted when I was about a year old. My adopted parents tried, but their marriage was doomed. Music saved my life. I couldn't relate to things in Baton Rouge, but I found songs that spoke to me.

Ed White

I think what happened is we all adopted each other.

Richard Thompson

Intelligent design is now being adopted by a number of credible scientists. If the Dover school district wins this case, you're going to see intelligent design popping up on school board agendas all over the country.

Ann Wilson

I'm a single mum and my daughter came from a really potentially tragic situation. If I had not adopted her she was kind of like a lost lamb.

Dave Walker

I'm pleased to receive this award, ... I have been a constant with this organization for many years now, but we wouldn't be here today if I wasn't surrounded by many other talented people along the way. I'm extremely proud of the Burlington community's dedication to professional baseball as evidence by the fact the Bees have survived and now prospered as the smallest full-season market in the Minor Leagues. I'm also pleased with the response we've gotten on a regional basis from the baseball fans all over Southeast Iowa and Western Illinois that have adopted the Bees as their hometown team.

Ed Smith

I never heard people speak about segregation as some great cross that they were bearing. They just went on about their lives. Some of them had good contacts with white people that they were serving in someone's home. Sometimes those white families almost effectively adopted you.

Steve Johnson

In legislation that became effective in 2005, Congress adopted a uniform definition for most people. It won't change what they can take, but it'll make it easier for them to understand.

Pat Toomey

The F.E.C.'s claims and legal theories are a bizarre interpretation of the club's mission, the Constitution, the laws adopted by Congress and their own regulations,

Stieg Larsson

I am not altogether confident of my ability to put my thoughts into words: My texts are usually better after an editor has hacked away at them, and I am used to both editing and being edited. Which is to say that I am not oversensitive in such matters.

John Vane

It is sometimes said that the major discoveries have already been made and that there is nothing important left to find. This attitude is altogether too pessimistic. There are plenty of ideas and plenty of things left to discover. The trick is to find the right path from one to the other.

Hilary Clinton

It is one thing not to know exactly all we should be doing to protect our homeland. It is something altogether different not to be doing the business we are expected to do to provide as many resources effectively deployed as possible to try to ensure that so far as humanly possible we have done our job.

P. J. Harvey

Inevitably, a dramatist writes one play, his director interprets another, the actors perform a third and the public sees a fourth and an altogether different one.

George Bernard Shaw

If Pygmalion is not good enough for your friends with its own verbal music, their talent must be altogether extraordinary.

Ricky Ray

I'm just proud of the way the guys came out and played. In all three phases, we played an altogether great game tonight.

Van Baker

That's a disappointment for them but not altogether a surprise.

Ray Tanner

It was a great weekend altogether for us. We did some good things, and some things went well for us. We hit balls that found holes early. We're certainly happy to be in the position we're in right now.

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Before Arthur, I'd dismissed altogether writing fiction. You only have so many semi-sharp arrows in your quiver, I'd told myself, and I was not going to be able to write a novel.

Greg Haga

He?s always been a tough kid, but now he?s anxious to get in there and fight, to open up and mix it up. And that approach has created more opportunities for Jon to score.

Sami Kapanen

Last month I finally started feeling good, ... I was just anxious to get back -- with the new signings and the new rules -- and seeing as we were out for a year. Not being able to play the next couple of months will be hard.

French Proverb

He who is anxious for the death of another has a long rope to pull

Sam Perlozzo

He hasn't said anything to me. Until he mentions it, I won't even approach it. It does me no good to talk to him unless he really wants to do it. I don't think he's anxious right now to take a day off. Maybe later in September he will be.

Buck Martinez

He has been through this before and he understands the importance of representing your country. I think Jason is one of the best players who's ever strapped on the catching mask. He understands the game, he loves to represent his team, whether it's the Red Sox or Team USA. I'll be very anxious to work with a guy like that.

Karlyn Bowman

Iraq is just a great weight holding down perceptions of an economy that is quite robust. Whenever you have troops in harm's way, people are anxious about things in general.

George Clooney

I put it on so quickly I was anxious to get it off. The depressing thing was that I could put on 35 pounds in 30 days.

Maurice Cheeks

I'm very anxious to see how he plays. I don't have any second-guessing that he will not play the same. He's been very good at the things he's been doing - driving the ball, running the team. I'm very interested to see him out there in a game situation.

Mark DiMassimo

In a very anxious time as this, people gravitate in droves to superhero-type stories. It's entertainment Prozac. People identify with characters that will overcome human weaknesses -- and they are going to want to take a piece of that home with them.

Will Harris

I was looking for a ball away the entire at-bat. I fouled a couple off, pitches that I could have hit. He kept living out there and left me one up that I could handle.

Buck Showalter

Kevin had a great spring. He started off slow, having a nagging injury, but he is starting to swing the bat well. He is seeing the ball well and centers the ball so well. Kevin is so strong that the ball has a lot of carry. He can just power the ball out of here.

Matthew Stevens

Ken played fantastic and didn't miss more than five or six balls all the way through.

Jim Rosborough

Kirk needs to understand this is going to be a whole lot more physical. They bang you, they push you. It's a whole new ball of wax.

Bill Doba

Kids don't care. Whoever can take them down the field and score and help them win ball games, that's who they will follow. In talking to one of our players, they said, 'Coach, this ain't no church league.' We're trying to win ball games, and whoever can get the job done and do the best job is who this team will follow.

Matthew King

I wouldn't say I hit the ball well but I scrambled well and putted well and hit some good shots on the back nine and took my chances there, ... I'm feeling good. I would like to feel more comfortable with my tee-to-green game, but it is a nice problem to have.

Phil Garner

I wouldn't say he pitched poorly, I'd say that they did a good job of putting the ball in play. They are a good hitting team. They're going to get some hits on you.

Steve Fossett

I would think in Kevin's case that he has to be very pleased. He's making one of the finest balloon flights ever, and he had not previously made a long balloon flight. It's outstanding so far.

Steve Fossett

I would think in Kevin's case that he has to be very pleased, ... He's making one of the finest balloon flights ever, and he had not previously made a long balloon flight. It's outstanding so far.

Greg Nelson

I was, like, now my competition is to beat this.

Trent Dilfer

kind words after football games when they beat us up. That meant the world to me.

David Rehr

Knowing we're not at full strength, that's one plus of where we're at. Even the people we have on the floor aren't healthy, so as the year goes on hopefully we're going to get better. We're not up to full strength yet, and to beat a tough Lee College team in our first two matches, it will be fun to see what happens later.

David Barnes

Kevin would have to wait at least six months to get a British title shot but if he beats Okine it will fast-track him to a British title shot sooner and jump him up to 15th place in the world title ratings.

Jerry Warren

I would think if we can beat Norris City (Tuesday night), I think we can get one of the top four seeds. Benton will be one of the strongest teams in the complex. They beat (Hamilton County), we split with (Hamilton County), and our other two losses are to Marion and Carbondale. I think we're one of the top six teams no matter what.

Nathan Henderson

Jake had a great game for us. He was in the zone out there and gave us a tremendous effort. We're going to be hard to beat any time he pitches like that.

Cip Sanchez

Jacki beat us by herself. There's no one like Jacki. She plays a different game every time. There's no defense for her. The best thing you can do is let her score and not let the other players score. You've got to be mentally strong to play a team like St. Mary's. They're very disciplined.

Tom Brandt

I would say this week the emotions are really building. Lakeville North is a team we have our sites on. We beat Lakeville as a team last time (in going to state). We want to see if we can get there and catch them off guard.

Greg Clippinger

Kennard-Dale started out fairly strong with some energy to beat us in our flat system and we got a bit disorganized. Putting Taylor in there gave us a lift and that third goal seemed to take some energy out of them. She has become fairly crafty in there and she can score goals. We needed a little jolt and she provided that.

Dennis Deper

He can move runners, bunt and execute the hit-and-run.

Sean Cotter

I think we just get into a habit of watching Jaclyn when she starts dominating. And we have to deal with that. We still have to be able to play defense. We need to do a better job of defending the push bunt because they burned us on that a couple times.

John Geary

This is what we have been doing, we self-destruct in certain innings. I mean (Chris) Tuttle certainly wasn't on his game, he walked quite a few, but he had a couple bunt situations early on, routine plays, that changed the whole outcome of those two innings.

Ben Johnson

I was still disappointed in myself that I didn't get the bunt down because I know I can, ... but I guess it all worked out in the end today.

Ben Johnson

I was still disappointed in myself I didn't get the bunt down because I feel I can do it, but I guess it all worked out today in the end. We'll take it, but in the end we'll have to execute. Stuff like that very rarely happens.

Matt Cimo

If we get that bunt down, it would have benefited us because we would have tied the game (on the next hit), but those things happen.

Mario Cuomo

I love bunt plays. I love the idea of the bunt. I love the idea of the sacrifice. Even the word is good. Giving yourself up for the good of the whole.

David Ruark

You don't expect that out of your ninth hitter. For most teams, the ninth hitter goes 1-for-4, but today he had two hits and a sacrifice bunt that set up another run.

Mike McCain

We couldn't get the key hits today. We didn't get bunt well, either. We didn't get a single bunt down all day.

Alex Cintron

I was in shock. I was happy, though. (Arizona) didn't have the confidence in myself. They were looking to trade me and I came here to Chicago. It is going to be good for me.

Melissa Arms

Kim couldn't have done that routine better. She had a great week at practice and came in very confident.

Jay Lapidus

Joey did a good job of fighting. He did a good job of being aggressive. We have a lot of confidence in him and he came through for us today.

Robert Hammonds

Joel played with a lot of heart, tonight. He didn't score when we came over here last time. He really got after it and we have to have that out of our seniors.

Bill Brooks

Josh is still pretty young, but he gained so much experience from his dad. When I found out his dad came in I knew that would be a good team. His father reminds me of Charlie Wingate, who was a good trainer for me. That's a big plus for Josh.

Gary Walker

I talk to him all the time, ... I just tell him, 'That's what you came here for. You're a first-round pick. You're going to be fine.'

Randy Jackson

It actually came off as a nice kind of package. I actually liked it, man, I liked it.

Natalie Cole

I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.

Larry Glass

I think it came out of the frustration of the City Council meeting that we all attended, particularly the Thursday one, where they tried to cut off the debate. They tolerate the public's discussion, but they don't really involve the public in the decision.

Cam McLeay

Having listened to family, friends, and everyone else, without exception everyone encouraged us to continue.

Paul Vasconi

I have to admit, I wasn't encouraged at first.

Robert Towne

I'm excited and encouraged to see people getting involved with their public lands and forests. We really need the public's help to repair these heavily used recreation sites.

Joe Morford

The underlying trends look positive, and I'm encouraged by stability in the margin and strength in loan growth.

Princeton Lyman

You've got the general problem of poverty and lack of government capacity. In Africa, everyone is encouraged to privatize, but there is a very important role of the state, strengthening oversight and regulatory mechanisms as you open up the economy. We've gone far in one way, but not the other.

Mike Riley

It's been a long time since he's competed, but I'm very encouraged by it. Marcel had a good feel for it from the minute he walked in here, and he still has it.

Martha Stewart

They have a lot of time to think and plan for the future, and they should be encouraged to,

Paul Singer

It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans.

Laura Nunez

They didn't mind. They wanted me to play with them. They encouraged me to play.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

God does not stop at rescuing us; the purpose of that rescue is to enjoy fellowship with us.

Marvin Imel

Dr. Stratton also had a practice in an office just south of the post office and served the Odd Fellows for about 50 years.

David Simon

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Kevin Towers

Khalil is an exciting, popular player. We think he's going to have a real good year, offensively and defensively.

Herb Cytyrn

Jake is a very good skier and I wouldn't be surprised if he made it to sectionals.

Bill Walsh

I would say that we made a lot of good trades, but that may have been the best.

Alan Greenspan

Keeping out competitively priced goods would materially lower our standard of living.

Tim Kohs

Kayla can guard any kid in the state and make them miserable. In the past, I've always had one or two kids who raised the level of the team by their intensity at practice and their commitment. McCarthy and Finn are as good as any kids I've had like that.

Ken Auletta

Journalists prize independence, not teamwork. Journalists understand waste is inherent to good journalism ... that good reporting and writing is hard to quantify.

Bobby Cox

John is not 100 percent. But if he's 95 percent, that's good enough.

Hector Garcia

John has pretty good quickness for a big guy,

Matt Doherty

(Harris) may be one of the quickest players I have coached. He's a natural leader.

Richard Dawkins

Natural selection is anything but random.

Van Morrison

Performing was the natural thing originally and the rest of it [records and so on] is just like offshoots of that. That's how I see it anyway.

Omar Vizquel

I'm pretty sure he can do it just because of his natural talent,

Herschelle Gibbs

It's disappointing. I was trying to keep my end up as long as I could and at the same time play my natural game, which they didn't make too easy. We didn't get enough partnerships together, like they did in their first innings.

Mickey Mantle

All I had was natural ability.

Terry Pratchett

Happiness is not the natural state of mankind, and is never achieved from the outside in.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

All nobility in its beginnings was somebody's natural superiority.

Shania Twain

Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape

Patton Oswalt

It’s the method of consumption, not what’s on the plate.

Xiaodong Song

We're talking about 50,000 times that of plate tectonic motion.

Jerry Angelo

We've got as lot of plates in the air.

Randy Johnson

Everything I threw over the plate they hit.

Gabriel Lippmann

I got quite good results from protein plates.

Tom McKenna

He stepped up to the plate and took this like a man.

David Cash

I wouldn't say it's pressure. We played our way into this position we can play our way out of it.

Stephen Jackson

He was aggressive. He didn't let the referees get in his head, he just played well. He's getting a feel for the game.

Jerry Slocum

He just played tremendously tonight. I'm proud of the way they all battled back tonight.

Shaquille O'Neal

I've always been a leader. Every team I've played on, I've led my way.

Jeff Beeman

He's a really smooth player. I wish he played for me.

Jerry Sloan

I thought we played with a lot more purpose tonight than we did the other night.

Luke Poore

I thought we played well. They just wore us down.

Jim Ferraro

I think you?re going to see us (in the tournament). We have a lot of young girls, but they have played well together.

Derek Robey

I was disappointed yesterday with the way we played in the third quarter. We reminded them of that and told them they had to come out more determined.

Hermann Maier

This time, I took it easier. I stood up before it so as not to crash again.

Do Won Chang

When I first immigrated to the United States, there were not many jobs that stood out. So I worked at a gas station, cleaning.

Alex Villalobos

I think that if we play our style and do what we have to do and make them play our game, we'll be OK.

Ronnie Brewer

We've got to play our style of basketball. (Being physical) is not our style of basketball.

Richard Whately

Of metaphors, those generally conduce most to energy or vivacity of style which illustrate an intellectual by a sensible object.

Toyo Ito

I will never fix my architectural style and never be satisfied with my works.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Wherever you find a sentence musically worded, of true rhythm and melody in the words, there is something deep and good in the meaning also.

Vinnie Vincent

I agree with you about the music of today. It lacks style and emotion.

Robert Pattinson

I am a big fan of music and clothing style of the 1960s. Whether in England or the United States, I like everything from that time.

William Strunk, Jr.

To acquire style, begin by affecting none.

Vladimir Nabokov

All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain much kinetic matter. For me style is matter.