Famous Quotes & Sayings

It feels good to tie the record. After working hard for the last four years, it's a great accomplishment.

It feels good. It's something I've worked hard to get. It's something that's an accomplishment.

It feels amazing. It's a new year, a new experience. Every year is so different. It's just a huge, huge, huge accomplishment that we even did this.

I tell you what, it's pretty overwhelming. It's a great honor. To be 33 years old and get a lifetime achievement award is pretty great.

I think if we can solve this peacefully it is a very great achievement. It is very important to create a peaceful condition as right now we are in the reconstruction and rehabilitation process in the aftermath of the tsunami,

We really looked up to Jamie and Justin, because they paved the way for us as the up-and-coming U.S. team. It's an unbelievable accomplishment for Jamie to come back.

John Shelby

We know it is a big accomplishment. We wanted to get it done and prove a point.

Unfortunately, today's action doesn't bring the state any closer to closing its achievement gap, which is among the largest in the nation. From the day she walked in the door, Secretary Spellings has worked diligently to listen and respond to states' needs and concerns, and she has kept her word to help states implement No Child Left Behind in a workable, common-sense way.

To be champion of the Olympic Games is quite an achievement and I'm obviously very happy. There are other elements that fit in professional football, the feelings of instability and constant analysis. But what has just happened, it is something that fills me with happiness.

To have a great season personally is just an accomplishment for myself. You do it then you move on because the team and the rest of the season are what is most important.

Howard Fast

I was born and grew up in the greatest, the noblest achievement of the human race on this planet - which was called the United States of America.

Bill Smith

We are really comparing apples to oranges when we do this. The state tests, they show how much a child learned based on instruction. ... The federal test focuses on a testing achievement using a norm scale.

Poetry is the achievement of the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Nike soccer represents one of our top three businesses today, an incredible achievement from where we started in 1994. We have great momentum. In the past four years, we have more than doubled Nike's soccer business worldwide, and we have established brand leadership in the hearts and minds of consumers. We are confident that Nike product innovation and our connection to players and consumers will continue to drive significant growth.

One of the primary strategies to close the achievement gap is to provide high-quality teachers to students who need them most, and that's precisely what our recommendations are about. Right now those students aren't getting the highest-quality teachers, and until the district addresses that, it will continue to have an achievement gap.

I was really pleased with those guys. Winning discus at that meet is a huge accomplishment. We have a great deal of respect for the throwing program at Carman- Ainsworth, so to beat their discus relay team is a tremendous achievement for our kids and for Mr. Bernie Coughlin who volunteers his time to work with them each day after school.

Tom Daschle

I would give this Congress a B for achievement, a D for behavior and the overall assessment of incomplete,

I would encourage you to roll through the over-achievement from the third (quarter) to your full year

China's achievement in manned space mission proves that some of China's space technologies can be paralleled to those in western developed countries.

Chris has had a fantastic weekend. To finish in the top six on his first Monte Carlo is a major achievement and he's done it at a very respectable pace.

Prince William

I looked up to her because (of) what an achievement it was to live to 101.

Bud Collins

Gabriela and Patrick are champions of broad, magnetic appeal. Gianni is a scholar of broad journalistic and literary accomplishment. They represent a worldwide spread Australia, Argentina and Italy.

Steve Yzerman

If anything, it shows how good he was because he played probably four or five years less than I did. So, that's quite an achievement by him than anything I've done.

For us to have four boys under a minute is quite an accomplishment.

Aristotle

For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

John Winthrop

For we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.

Given the poor grades that Texas received ... it is amazing that student achievement continued to improve over the last decade. We must, however, be concerned that the chickens will eventually come home to roost and the current inadequately funded system will no longer be able to provide the gains in achievement that we have seen in the past.

Robbie Fowler

For me to get anywhere near him is a fantastic achievement and to surpass him by one - I'm delighted. I grew up an Everton fan but Kenny is a proper Liverpool legend and to get anywhere near him is fantastic.

Tommy Amaker

To get a road win is a significant achievement. Road wins are treasured in our league. The way our guards played, especially Daniel Horton and Dion Harris, was the difference. They played with a swagger.

Jack Valenti

To endure in a volatile, unpredictable arena populated by egos the size of small planets is not an inconsiderable achievement,

Danny Devito

What would a smarter person than me do? Then do it!

James Jones

He observed neighborhoods, people in neighborhoods, and he learned how they talk. I think that is the greatest achievement that he has done - he brought that to his plays, the language of people.

Michaelle Jean

Here in Toronto, the Canadian model is showcased for the world to see. It is an achievement that has eluded many societies and one that we Canadians sometimes take for granted, and that is unfortunate.