Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michelle Bachelet

The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles.

Several teams were interested, but his agent ( Tom Condon ) told him to rest and wait for the right one when he was healthy.

So in other words, when they finally do get to someone, will the agent be able to solve their problems without having to transfer them to someone else?

Kate Levering

I came to New York when I was eighteen years old, and the first audition that I ever went to was this huge cattle call at the Equity building where I had gone two days earlier to sign up - I didn't have an agent or anything. It was for 'Chicago.' There were probably three hundred people there.

Despite constant vilifying by the media and congressional threats to take away the tools needed to uncover plots, FBI agents and CIA officers work silently around the clock and risk their own lives to keep us safe.

Obviously, if you prorate it over a shorter time, the signing bonus won't be as high. But teams, players, owners and agents can all get creative.

Max von Sydow

Nobody told me there was any idea for a sequel to 'The Exorcist.' But my agent called me to tell me they were going to do it, and there was a part for me. I said, 'But I died in the first film.' 'Well,' he told me, 'this is from the early days of Father Merrin's life.' I told him I just didn't want to do it again.

Donald Rumsfeld

I’m not a doctor and I’m not the kind of a person who would be in a position to approve or disapprove. It seems to me, looking at it from this distance, is that the responsible people are the combatant commanders. And the Army is the executive agent for detainees.

Carlos Garcia was an agent of change. People may not want to believe it right now, but he really was.

But we kind of knew who was a free agent before the season started, so it's really not a surprise.

Burt Reynolds fired his agent after 'Boogie Nights.' If he has a lick of sense in his head, he'll kill his agent after 'Dukes of Hazzard.'

Chris (Ryan) is a key free agent signing for us. This move will help us get back to being a championship-caliber team.

My first agent told me to change my name or I'd only play Jewish parts or Indians. Of course I refused to change it. Shortly thereafter she came up to me and told me I had to keep it, because her numerologist said it was very, very good.

My agent was talking back and forth with the general manager, and last week he asked me if I could get to Sarasota by Tuesday. I said no problem.

Amanda Peet

My agent was like, 'Oh my God, you're going to love her,'

Andy Serkis

My agent told me they were casting for the voice of Gollum. I hadn't read The Lord of the Rings, but I read the script and realized what an amazing role it was. I developed a voice for the audition tape, then met Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh at the auditions and fell in love with them both.

Alfonso Soriano

My agent told me there were a couple of teams interested. I said I don't want to worry about it. I said if it happens, call me. But don't tell me who the teams are. Don't say anything about it until it happens.

My agent thinks I'm going to hear from some teams. I hope I do. We'll see what happens. I think I'm worth at least a fourth-round pick to some team.

James Nesbitt

My agent Sue realised after 'Cold Feet' that I could have spent the rest of my life doing similar roles. So she was instrumental in moving me away from that.

Michelle Wie

my agent says he might be able to arrange for me to meet Brad Pitt!

Hugh Jackman

My agent said to me five years ago, 'Hugh, I can see one day you...if I had to plan a goal for you, it's for you to have the kind of career that Sinatra had.'

Kevin Connolly

My agent said that every Monday after an episode of 'Entourage,' at the staff meeting at the agency, that's all they do is talk about the episode the night before.

John Spencer

My agent said, before the show, I never played anyone who made over $25,000 per year.

My agent loved it because my name was flying around everywhere. My dad was looking at the internet every day. But I didn't pay attention. I was busy trying to become the player I know I can be. I was always setting myself up (mentally) to be a Mariner. I was never setting myself up to be traded.

My agent called me this week and told me that, and I said, 'You know, I wish the ball knew that, because it's not like it's going in the hole any easier.'

Tom Wilkinson

My agent asked me if I was interested in having a Web site, and I said I didn't want one. I didn't want people prying into my life. I consider myself quite private.

My agent asked me before the season if I'd be interested. I wasn't.

My agent and I felt this was the best fit for me. I definitely wanted to have the opportunity to potentially play for (a championship), hopefully get to the Finals. That's what I'm thinking about, and I think with this team, we're definitely capable of doing that.

Barry Zito

Money isn't the goal. It's more about me maxing out on the field, being where I want to be pitching-wise. This is my home team. I haven't spoken to my agent in a month or so.

Leon Russell

Mosquitoes are a very important agent for transmission of zoonotic diseases, ... I'd worry first about mosquitoes and then about water quality.

Karl Hobbs

No one wants to come down here for a nail-biter. Yeah, we'd like to make the game easier. ... My life insurance agent would like for them, too.

Debbie Ford

For your soul's sake, invoke the agent of change called risk, which ensures that things will not be the same tomorrow as they are today. All real change requires risk.

For years we've been talking about providing a single view of the customer and trying to consolidate all the different departments and initiatives in the contact center. But the agent still has to Alt-Tab between different applications and swivel-chair between different desktops. It's out of control.