Famous Quotes & Sayings

I admired the way he approached last week. He approached it just like he was playing. He was into the game plan. That's what you want out of your leaders.

Chris Carter

I admired shows like 'Six Feet Under.' That was an amazing show. Never boring, always inventive, smart. Loved the characters. Completely original. Those are shows that I admire.

I admired our effort, but our execution wasn't great. We were a step behind all night.

Martin Jacques

I admired Margaret Thatcher - while abhorring much of what she offered - because she was so clearly a leader of huge substance. Blair was the dismal opposite.

I admired her for that, she's more interested in her degree than playing ball. She could go and easily play Division III, but her degree means more to her right now.

I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it

Al Montoya

I always admired him, was so inspired by him,

Fay Wray

I always admired good writing and read everything that came out. When I was married to John Monk Saunders, he read everything, too.

Dan Smith

I always admired from a distance how close he got to his graduate students. I can't be him, but I want to be like him.

I always admired churches that start new churches, but I thought I would be the guy who stays put, ... But Grace Community grew beyond my scope, and I needed to be starting something fresh. I heard a call from God. He said it was time.

I always looked up to him and admired him. Now, we're running two competitive programs in the Quad East.

I don't feel when I'm writing that I'm drawing from any other writer, but of course I must be. The writers I've admired have been not so very different from myself: Evelyn Waugh, for example, that kind of crystalline prose. And I've always admired W. Somerset Maugham more than any other writer.

Michael Ignatieff

I'd always admired the intellectuals who had made the transition into politics - Mario Vargas Llosa in Peru, Vaclav Havel in the Czech Republic, Carlos Fuentes in Mexico - but I knew that many of them had failed, and in any event, I wasn't exactly in their league.

For years we have admired Don's expertise and presence in the community. We are excited to have him join our team.

Joe Sacco

The people whose work I've admired are people like George Orwell and others like Michael Herr and, of course, some of Hunter S. Thompson's work.

Alan Hovhaness

There are certain composers I have always admired very much, but I have always admired nature mostly and the music of the Orient.

James Galway

Until this time in my life Julius Baker was one of the most admired names in the flute world.

Andre Leon Talley

I have always admired stylishly confident women who dress with great authority. This lifelong love of elegance began with the humble wardrobe of my late grandmother Mrs. Bennie Frances Davis.

Randy Forbes

While many of us never knew Ronald Reagan personally, we felt close to him because we shared his lighthearted sense of humor, admired his uncommon virtue, and were moved by his remarkable wisdom.

Caroline Kennedy

U.S. Rep. John Murtha and Alberto Mora exemplify the kind of courage my father admired most. When others were unwilling to do so, each man recognized a moral obligation to speak out against policies he believed were misguided and contrary to our national interest.

Tao Okamoto

I always admired Hugh Jackman as an actor in movies but also in theatre because I'm a big fan of Broadway musicals.

Ezra Klein

When I first came to Washington, what I admired most was that people were just really, really smart with a tremendous amount of intellectual horsepower and the ability to look at an issue and say something fresh.

Lance Gross

Working with Angela Bassett is by far the best. I've watched and admired her for years. I'm very intrigued by her work. She's so cool. I still call her 'Mom' when I see her.

Katharine Graham

I always liked Barbara Howar and admired her spunk. I know that she considered me - and Alice Roosevelt Longworth - an exception to her negative feelings about Washington widows and single women, whom she basically found dispensable.

When George first proposed the idea of moving my home and studio to Arnaudville, I didn't have to think about it for too long before I made the move - it felt right. I've loved small towns since I was a boy and had previously admired the uniqueness of Arnaudville.

Don Cornelius

My father worked real hard. I admired him. My father taught me you needed to work with your brain and not your back. I've made that a passion.

O. J. Simpson

When will you Australians learn? In America we stopped using corporal punishment, and things have never been better! The streets are safe. Old people strut confidently through the darkest alleys. And the weak and nerdy are admired for their computer-programming abilities. So, like us, let your children run wild and free, because, as the old saying goes, ""let your children run wild and free"".

Aerin Lauder

Growing up in New York, I loved watching my grandmother Estee put on her make-up - I always admired her sense of style.

Walter Salles

That's why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you understand much better where you come from, much better than fiction, I think.

Lucy Hale

I'm overjoyed and honored to become a member of the Hollywood Records family. I've admired the careers they've made and can't wait to see how my musical path is paved out.

Kevin Smith

In anything I've ever written, all the characters sound like me, which I don't think is a bad thing. It makes sense. But I had always admired filmmakers who made movies that didn't sound like them at all.

You lose a person of this magnitude, it's a hard pill to swallow. He is someone I've admired for years.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Throughout human history, people have developed strong loyalties to traditions, rituals, and symbols. In the most effective organizations, they are not only respected but celebrated. It is no coincidence that the most highly admired corporations are also among the most profitable.