Famous Quotes & Sayings

George H. W. Bush

he would have to break almost all of his other ones.

He would almost certainly have done all of that work from home. At work, he would be interested in applying the fascinating new technology that he had developed at home.

He won't be allowing his name to go forward any further.

Chuck Hagel

He won a majority of the vote. Well, who are we to say that they don't have that right in making that decision? My point in using that example is that at some point we are going to have to go back and allow the people to make the choices here.

Natalie Cole

One of these days, I'd like to put together a revue of all my music, which would probably turn into a marathon. There's a couple of hit songs from almost every phase of my career. At the same time, visually, if you don't handle it properly, it could be a cacophony of craziness, because there's just so many different kinds of music.

E. O. Wilson

One of the floods we had washed the bridge out. It can be almost dry as a bone or it can be impossible to cross.

Samantha Harvey

One of the most unsettling things about 'Monologue' is its long silences, in which the man sits alone, staring into the middle distance, without grip of his narrative, lost to the past.

One of the most important things we can do for the students is get them back into their routine. Working the remainder of this week and the first two days of next week will give us the time we need to get everything in order and allow them to return to class.

One of the important considerations is for the women's tournament not to conflict with the NIT, and the NIT not to conflict with the women's tournament, and I think we can do that. The NCAA has been super-cooperative in allowing this to happen.

One of the reasons I got into musical theater was Anthony Warlow. I was obsessed with the 'Jekyll and Hyde' concept album because of him.

Laurent Fabius

One of the reasons for this decision is that the share price is crawling along and that in new privately managed logic the way to lift shares is to cut jobs.

One of the reasons for Princeton's lower rank could be that it is a smaller school. Plus, it raises a disproportionate amount from alumni as opposed to other institutions with large corporate donations.

One of the reasons for having two engines is so you can have two almost totally independent systems -- separate fuel feeds, separate ignition systems -- just as kind of a backup, ... So the chances of two of them failing simultaneously makes us very curious about the cause.

Robert Towne

One of the reasons for going back into the past is that it's almost the only place that there's any drama.

One of the real risks to long-term portfolio success is allowing emotion and psychology to trump sound strategy.

Roy Moore

One of the problems is sometimes you spend too much time writing needless opinions that don't really alter anything one way or another.

Jay Thomas

One of the deals coach Durham and I cut was that if Sean kept his grades up, we'd allow him to play. He's done that in the fall. We're pulling for him, and we're excited for him that he can help the baseball team out. Overall it seems like he's done a very good job of handling both.

Jon Huertas

One of my favorite things about 'Castle' is the fact our writers and producers are so collaborative. They allow us to bring in ideas, and they try to make them happen for us.

Suzanne Yoculan

I was impressed with our performance on beam. It was just like last year at the national championships when we stuck with a plan and had a belief we would win the competition. It was tough going over to beam with the home team on floor, and Alabama is outstanding on floor.

G-Eazy

I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.

Ernie Els

I was five under on that hole for the week with an eagle and three birdies. But there you go. This was strongest field in the world this year...and to almost win is fine.

I was a very young widow. I've been by myself for almost 50 years.

Jason Silva

I was at the University of Miami, and I still had, like, a semester or so left. And through the film school, I found out that Al Gore was launching a new TV network; they were looking for passionate young storytellers to transform television, which was, like, ambiguous but magnificent-sounding.

I was at the school this morning when the buses were arriving and I saw .(the buses) had two to three kids on them and that was sad to know that one person could almost shut down a whole school.

Glen Campbell

I was standing in the old Western Studio 3 in Los Angeles looking at record albums. I saw a Johnny Rivers album with a song whose title intrigued me. I didn't know if 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix' was about the town or about the mythological bird coming out of the ashes.

I was real pleased. We had two to five swimmers in the top 12 in almost every event. That's just an astounding number.

I was really trying to anchor down the band. We should explore this new song, but we've got to have a certain element that will have our old fans listening and enjoying it while gaining a whole bunch of new fans. I was definitely worried. But first and foremost we wanted to write songs that did inspire us. That was the most important part because we didn't want to write an album that we just hated before it even came out.

I was talking to somebody the other day and it's just like the top guys have almost conceded. It's like we arrive at the golf tournament and they've conceded if Tiger is playing. That's the feeling that I don't have. I'm more aggressive. I want to go out there and take it on and if my golf game just gets around like it was, sure, I'll be there.

I was surprised that it was almost 50 percent for her. She had run in a statewide election four years ago.

Marcus Allen

I was saying earlier that it's really strange - you can almost step outside yourself and observe yourself running, and that's what I was doing.

Roger Federer

I was struggling in the beginning, obviously. I was a little disappointed about the start. I was looking for my rhythm and he keeps coming at you and he didn't really allow me to get the rhythm either. But to turn it around in the end, and not playing my best, is always a good feeling.

I was so hesitant to make that call. I almost called a timeout. I thought, 'Are we throwing into the teeth of a monster?' I could see Young intercepting the ball and taking it 100 yards for a touchdown, but we made the play.

Jerry Bailey

I was skeptical heading into the Alabama because of the distance and the competition then she handled with ease. She's pretty easy to ride. She doesn't drop out the back and she could've been a little closer in the Alabama had I wanted, but I thought the pace being what it was that I would just tuck in. She presents no problem for a rider.