Famous Quotes & Sayings

One of the highlights continues to be the awards banquet. I think that the simple act of honoring excellent individual effort and outstanding school programs adds an air of excitement to the conference.

Anna Popplewell

One of the hard things in my life has been balancing my education with my acting career, because I've been acting since the age of seven, on and off, just doing little parts and things. I've always been very keen to stay in school.

Jason Lewis

One of the questions I get asked a lot is, 'What do you do to stay in shape?' My glib answer is, 'I play.' But I mean it. Sure, I go to the gym, but I don't spend my life there. Most of my activity is outdoors, whether it's basketball or mountain biking or rock climbing.

I was greatly saddened to hear of the death of a British soldier on duty in Iraq. As always, my thoughts are with the family and the families of those injured in this appalling act of violence.

Paul Simon

I was greatly reassured that she was acting in the best interest of journalists and the public.

I was for Gore. I thought that Gore and the Democrats were pretty clueless as to what Nader and the Greens represented, and they acted like bullies.

Dorien Bryant

I was fooling around at school. I was acting like a kid. Once I signed and knew I was going to prep school, everything pretty much fell off. I didn't feel like BC treated me right.

Alex Rodriguez

I was staying real active in here. I just wanted to make sure I had a full sweat for each at-bat. But I wasn't tested.

Damien Chazelle

I was really trying to sell to people who hate jazz: to make a case for the art form as youthful and energetic, not the sort of rarified intellectual activity it's painted as.

I was talking with Vanessa and I knew she was active in softball. She mentioned she might be interested in taking this on and after she talked about it with Kari, they came to us with the idea of a team approach.

I was talking to a good friend of mine on the cruise and we decided it would probably be a good thing to put together a show with two or three strong acts and perform at different venues (other than blues bars).

I was surprised that they didn't make an announcement that they were going to close it. There hadn't been much action in our ballpark for a while, so we were only checking twice a day.

I was surprised that the sales numbers went up, even with the good weather. It doesn't change our view that the general trend in housing activity is downward.

I was surprised that a few companies did as well as they did, ... I was also surprised there were 10 companies that actively invite e-mail questions on their Web site and just don't bother to answer them.

Gary Bauer

I was surprised. I knew they would be down, but I didn't think by this much. Especially since there was a lot of sales activity in February.

Roger Federer

I was struggling in the beginning with his way of acting on the court,

I wouldn't give this a lot of weight and say this is leading the economy. It's sort of catching up to what has been strong economic activity for several months now.

I would say half the action comes in the last two or three days before the season.

Paul Azinger

I would rather be the action than reporting the action, ... Unfortunately, I've played so poorly that reporting is my best alternative.

I would have to go with Felicity Huffman. What Felicity did was a kind of acting that has never been done in any other movie on the planet. She has opened up the portrayal of something. Imagine changing your aura to play something that people know so little about.

I would have to consider taking some action on setting the date.

I would be very troubled about how to deliver the project without active support from the city.

Etty Hillesum

I would . . . be so exhausted by my determination that I had no strength left to do the actual work.

John Macdonald

I wish there were 1,000 people here. Still, it's a good start. As Catholics, we need to be concerned with what the future of Canada will look like. We need to take an active interest and be a part of future developments.

Kofi Annan

I would expect the summit to come up with a program of action not just for the United Nations but also for the members states,

I would have liked more close games, obviously. We switched around a lot. It was a clean, good start. I hope we get better games tonight and I'm hoping with the marquee teams we have tomorrow and going into the weekend, we'll have closer action on the court.

Jalen Rose

I would have been totally surprised had it not been a team that had been speculated practically since the Vince Carter trade. Everybody understands Toronto's actively in a rebuilding mode.

Louis MacNeice

I would have a poet able bodied, fond of talking, a reader of the newspapers, capable of pity and laughter, informed in economics, appreciative of women, involved in personal relationships, actively interested in politics, susceptible to physical impressions.

Donald Rumsfeld

I would guess there will be an end, ... Can I tell you for sure? No. ... This isn't World War I or World War II, that starts and then ends. Take Afghanistan. We've moved from major military activities to a point where at the present time, the vast majority of the country is in a stabilization security mode.

Rafael Palmeiro

I wish I could have turned in the vial for testing. But when I found out, it was long gone and I couldn't come up with it. If something happened that I'm not aware of, an intentional act by someone else, I don't know. I can't rule out anything.

I would definitely call this a historic decision. A mainline denomination like the Presbyterian Church said for the first time that an acting minister has the right to perform same-sex marriages.

I would characterize hiking as the best nature-based activity for a lifetime of activity, ... It requires a minimal level of gear. Anyone can hike. You can set your own pace, and you can experience the outdoors on your own terms.

I would be happy if they would fix some of our problems and act like we are part of the city instead of just taking our tax money.