Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Dawkins

There's pressure that starts to rise in the playoffs because you know you can make a mistake that will cause your team to lose the game. You have to have that pressure drive you and accept that pressure.

The response to Toyota's involvement in the Craftsman Truck Series has been very positive, and we look forward to building on that acceptance at the next levels." ()

There's so much more need for experienced managers, it's become clear to us that we can't accept the kind of turnover we used to have.

Foster Friess

There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.

There's a general acceptance now that house price growth is a problem.

There's no real practical way to follow that suggestion, ... That's a dodge. It is a failure to accept responsibility for the fundamental fact that his companies have a business model predicated on theft. They need to deal with that fundamental question.

There's no question unemployment is what drives consumer confidence, which in turn drives consumer spending. We have to be realistic and accept the notion that, as we enter the first quarter and December, these sales are going to get a bit weaker. We're still in a recession.

There's no issue that these gentlemen are quite entitled to go about their business, and Ms. Kidman seems able to accept that,

There?s no acceptable circumstance to put a child unprotected in your car, and it?s a terrible shame someone this famous, who could have set an example, did not do so.

There's more to be done here. We are not intimidated and we are not going to accept a backseat to anyone.

The tone is constructive. We remain hopeful that the progress will lead us to reach agreements acceptable to all parties.

Is there one or two who wish they could have started in her spot?. They haven't told me, and they haven't shown it. I think they've done the job to accept her in the most positive of ways. I've had teams in the past that would have made it very difficult here for her. And that's not the case with this team.

Is the Copyright Office not going to accept AOL users?

Bertie Ahern

I spoke to Jose Manuel last night and was happy to share this information with him. It is a great tribute to the prime minister and to Portugal that colleagues have expressed such support for him and wish to see him accept this appointment.

We've put together the medically acceptable waiting times, the maximum time patients should be waiting. So we've done the work for them,

Diane Sawyer

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

John Roberts

What Daniel Webster termed the miracle of our Constitution is not something that happens in every generation, but every generation in its turn must accept the responsibility of supporting and defending the Constitution and bearing true faith and allegiance to it,

What causes it . . . to kick 90 goals in five weeks and play with a real spirit and intensity, to what we did today? The only thing that's changed is a state of mind. I can't for the life of me understand, or accept why our players, how hard everyone's worked as a group, to put in an effort like that is abysmal.

Throws had solid performances. The way everyone performed this weekend is a really good indication that they will accept nothing less than big performances.

Monica Lewinsky

took to the Senate floor to denounce the president's conduct as immoral and harmful because 'it sends a message of what is acceptable behavior to the larger American family.'

We just want to be consistent. We can accept a loss if we get beaten by a better team, but we've been giving away too many games, especially in the region.

We were playing well, but right now are pretty disjointed. During the Christmas break, we only had three kids who were at all the practices. Others missed for a whole bunch of reasons, so it's no wonder things were disjointed.

John Hurt

What's the difference, actually, between believing in a God on one side or the other, Catholic or Protestant? It's all the same if you accept it. Much of our morality is based on things completely outmoded. But people are wonderful. There's no harm in them, they're not the problem. It's governments and politics that make wars and do stupid things, and they should be attended to. There's no security in this life.

We lost both of our point guards at tone time, and that will hurt any team. We're still supposed to go out there and play hard. KB (Kevin Burleson) did a great job for being just thrown out to the wolves, and we have another one tomorrow. We're not down on this loss. We'll take it, but we won't accept it. We've got a game tomorrow and we can possibly win that one.

James Baker

We will then withdraw our lawsuit, and we both agree to accept the results of the overseas ballots, ... That what's best for the country, that is what's reasonable.

John Jenkins

We will shelter and feed the families three meals a day. We will accept up to eight people per family unit.

We had the worst possible result in terms of the number of medals and we humbly accept it. I apologize to people in Japan for failing to achieve the goal of winning five medals.

We had supply problems throughout 2005, worsening an already difficult situation. At the same time, terms and conditions to secure more silicon were aggressive and not acceptable to Shell. The silicon dependence of crystalline will remain a challenge to the industry and as such Shell has decided to focus on next-generation technologies.

We will not air Howard Stern on Clear Channel stations until we are assured that his show will conform to acceptable standards of responsible broadcasting,

We will not accept zero in the first year.

We will not accept this, and the world will not accept it.

We will not accept that Iraq's identity is Islamic,

Pat Buchanan

we will not accept one-sided trade deals with Beijing, where we buy 40 percent of their exports and they buy 1 percent of ours.