Famous Quotes & Sayings

American commentators always ridicule the Japanese as being outdated because of company loyalty. 21 year olds that work in coffee shops don't want to admit it, but their system of "being in a band" is working the same way.

This is a professional patient who understood the system well enough to get admitted to a hospital and the illness well enough to emulate the symptoms.

Javier Solana

This is not the moment to discuss anything. This is moment to transmit and to admit sorrow, to transmit friendship.

This is really criminalizing well-intentioned, honest mistakes, and singling out -- I think unfairly -- the one company that up front admitted its mistakes early on.

Howard Dean

There was no middle-class tax cut, ... I don't know which is worse -- that he wants to repeal the tax cuts, or that he won't admit that they ever existed.

Lara Logan

There isn't a journalist alive who won't admit to you they use every advantage they have.

There is not much courage out there. Like an alcoholic, the first thing you have to do is admit you have a problem. The flip side of it is, Americans are vehemently opposed to every possible solution.

a real sense of arrogance. Loyalty and never admitting a mistake matters more than the truth. It has a Nixon feel to me.

Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.

Seth Shostak

As far as I can tell, the only unambiguous consequence of the claimed invasion of Earth by beings from another star system has been a nonstop torrent of TV specials. So if you're one of the many who believe the aliens are here, you really do have to admit this: They're the best houseguests ever.

James Gunn

As for the "torture" of fans waiting for the other shoe(s) to drop, I hope that it is true - that there are readers out there panting to know what is going to happen to Adrian and Frances and Jessica, and who can't wait to find out who the aliens are and why they sent spaceship plans and what they want with humans. I must admit that I am curious, too.

Brett Favre

As bad as I hate to admit it, age is working against me, as it works against everyone, ... But, if you can help it, you can't afford to be slow. Not one step.

As a rule, when I have heard some slight indication of the course of events, I am able to guide myself by the thousands of other similar cases which occur to my memory. In the present instance I am forced to admit that the facts are, to the best of my belief, unique.

George Bernard Shaw

As an old soldier I admit the cowardice : it's as universal as sea sickness, and matters just as little.

Doc Watson

The bottom line is a man's got to have a vocation of some kind. But performing in concert has its own rewards, though I have to admit that up until a few years ago I was very nervous being up there. I finally learned to be who I am and relax. When you do that, it's just like being down there with the audience.

The bottom line is when you're caught admitting a crime on tape, there are no explanations that can get you out of it,

They made no effort to win and admitted that themselves afterwards,

Brian Kelly

They don't put themselves in a position to give up big plays, although I think Coach Ross would be the first to admit that they're probably not as efficient on offense as he would like at this point in the season. It's a team that's obviously looking for its first win. They played Boston College and UConn and took Iowa State right down to the wire and Baylor. Obviously, they feel like if they're going to win a game it has to be against Central.

Mike McCurry

This president has an especially difficult time admitting he's wrong, so when it happens, it probably has greater significance, but he's got such a long list of complex problems now because of Katrina and other things, this is probably the least of his worries, to be humble enough to admit error." ()

George Stevens

When a guest blogger can't even be bothered sharing their own post on their social networks; they're pretty much admitting 'I don't care about this post, and I don't want to be associated with it'. In the end these guests posts are just another form of spam.

David Miliband

I can't admit to myself that the creation of a Palestinian state won't happen. What I know is that with each passing year it gets more and more difficult to happen, not least because there is more and more bloodshed, generation upon generation.

Bob Mould

I can be difficult. I'll be the first to admit to that. I try! I try to Clint Black.

Ishmael Reed

I challenged that and said that he hadn't read much. I mean, how can you make that superlative statement? And he admitted he hadn't read much.

Christine Gregoire

I am willing to take risks, and willing to tolerate failure as long as we admit it, can learn from it and keep moving forward.

Michael J. Saylor

I basically got an education in software on DuPont's money because they were too stubborn to admit that a recession was coming.

critique this entire incident and see what we did right; what we did wrong; admit the things that we did wrong; and then try to make sure we rectify those things in the future.

And what would that accomplish? Why don't they just admit to the fact that they didn't do the work they should have and try again next year.

James Nesbitt

Before I read the 'Bloody Sunday' script, I have to admit I hadn't thought about it that much. There was probably even part of me which assumed there was no smoke without fire. That the Catholics who were shot must have done something to provoke such a response from the army. I was extremely ignorant of the whole situation.

Jodi Picoult

Betrayal was a stone beneath the mattress of the bed you shared, something you felt digging into you no matter how you shifted position. What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?

Jeff Goodell

Even the biggest coal boosters have long admitted that coal is a dying industry - the fight has always been over how fast and how hard the industry will fall.

Stella Young

Even those among us who are lucky enough to love our jobs would have to admit that at least part of the reason we work is to earn money. In between all this work, we like to eat out at restaurants, go on trips, buy nice things, not to mention pay rent and meet the cost of living.

Ben made the play of the game. In fact, it was the play of the season. I have to admit I was talking to the crowd when Jerome fumbled. I couldn't believe it. All I saw was a guy running to the goal line with nobody in front of him.

Bill Maher

Bob Dole admitted he used cocaine when he was in college, but then Coca-Cola changed its formula.