Famous Quotes & Sayings

King Kong is one of those rare cinematic achievements that reminds us of the truly magical power of movies. From the first frame, Peter Jackson and his team take us on an unforgettable adventure that not only thrills, but also touches us on a deep, emotional level. We are extremely proud to be able to bring this one-of-a-kind film to home entertainment audiences.

Lindy Ruff

I think it's a heck of an accomplishment. It's a mark nobody would have expected at the start of the year. ... It's something they should be proud of.

He values merit-based pay systems that emphasize and recognize individual achievement and rewards it, rather than a collective, regulatory scheme that does not.

He created a record of achievement. But he also gives off an aura that the city is getting better.

This was a great accomplishment for the seniors, to go out with a win. They're second to Kent, and it's a close second.

I think Will has done a superb job and the team has too, obviously. It's a step in this process for a school that went from (Division) III to II and I, and this is not a culmination by a long shot, but to get into the dance is a tremendous accomplishment, when you look at where the basketball team was four years ago.

Robert Clarke

It has been another great year for Honda in the IRL. We've faced increased competition from both Toyota and Chevrolet this season, along with the challenges of opening of our new facility in Santa Clarita, California. This achievement is a tribute to the tremendous hard work and dedication of all our associates at HPD, our teams and drivers, and our technical partners.

Unless we are of one accord, we are just beating the bushes coming to these meetings and accomplishing nothing.

Lawrie Sanchez

If we could finish third it would be a magnificent achievement.

I do not understand why people ask for Leaving CERTIFICATE while leaving.... is leaving an achievement?

I could sense signs of confidence in training on Friday. We did a professional job and we've continued our winning mentality. I'm very proud with what is an exceptional achievement for everyone at the club.

Pablo Picasso

I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.

Christian Wiman

He has written some of the most memorable poems of our time, and his achievement rivals that of great American poets like Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop.

He doesn't like to talk about it. He wants to focus on playing. But it would be a great accomplishment for an 18-year-old kid - and, with all the things we've been through this season, it's great we still have something to shoot for.

Mark Russell

He gets the lifetime achievement award. But, it's all pretty equal opportunity. No president ever let me down.

Buzz Aldrin

Having Buzz there is a great achievement, he was on the first moon landing alongside Neil Armstrong, so getting his signature on a beautiful panoramic photograph will be an historical item to treasure.

Reid Hoffman

It is impossible to dissociate an individual from the environment of which he is a part. No story of achievement should ever be removed from its broader social context.

Will Durant

Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind.

William Feather

Achievement is by all accounts to a great extent a matter of clinging after others have given up.

Samuel Beckett

Hardly had the glow been kindled by some good deed on your part or by some little triumph over your rivals or by a word of praisefrom your parents or mentors when it would begin to cool and fade leaving you in a very short time as chill and dim as before.

Roger Ebert

In the world of bad movies, 'Death to Smoochy' is a towering achievement.

W. Clement Stone

All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual.

Zadie Smith

Don't confuse honours with achievement.

William Sloane Coffin

It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement.

Winston Churchill

Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult.

Rick Warren

Living for God's glory is the greatest achievement we can accomplish with our lives.

Vijender Singh

I knew very little or nothing about the Olympics. Having qualified was itself a big achievement for me, and then being there was quite overwhelming. Although I lost in the opening round, but the fact that I fought well was enough for me to take away from Athens.

W. Somerset Maugham

The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

Michael Buckley

Our capital base is not a constraint on our development and particularly the achievement of our budgets for 2002.

Our achievement has really contributed to us winning this award. Particularly with our English As A Second Language (ESL) students, their achievement is tremendous.

Remind me not to launch a company again on the same day as the Industry Achievement Awards. It was a bad idea.

Pittsburgh will have a world-class facility to help celebrate the achievements of African-Americans, educate visitors on the contributions of African-Americans to the arts, culture, business and industry. The project will be a showcase for Southwestern Pennsylvania, and a tourist attraction.

Carlos Pena

Playing something like that is always a sense of achievement ... It's nice there's a station that's willing to provide that type of outlet for bands. It'll be the first (time playing that early).