Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Macaulay

Charles V. said that a man who knew four languages was worth four men; and Alexander the Great so valued learning, that he used to say he was more indebted to Aristotle for giving him knowledge that, than his father Philip for giving him life.

Kirk Ferentz

By the end of the season, we're going to need all of those guys. That's part of the decision to not redshirt Ryan Bain and Alex -- we realize over the long haul of the season we're going to need a real group effort.

Thomas Haden Church

But to this day I am convinced that the real reason we met was because Alexander is from Nebraska, and he was completely fascinated that I was about to go off and make a movie with Brando - perhaps the most famous Nebraskan of all.

Hopefully, Paul Beavers, Alex Lawson and Chris Fawcett will be able to turn out. At this stage of the season, I need a full squad at my disposal.

George spoke to Alex and his family this afternoon. It's fair to say George was thrilled.

Gen. Alexander will have to clean up the mess. We need to know if the money is being properly spent.

I remember Sir Alex sent me a letter of congratulation when we won the Champions League, praising the tactical changes we made at half-time.

Warren Spector

I remember on Deus Ex there was one programmer - Alex Durand, a guy who still works for us - he decided he was going to get through the game without ever using a weapon. I would never think to do that. And that's fine.

Gia Coppola

I love so many directors. I love David O. Russell. I love David Fincher, I love Alexander Payne and Jane Campion and my aunt. Spike Jonze. There are just so many amazing directors.

David Murray

I'll stand by what I said about giving Alex a chance.

Joseph Altuzarra

I honestly think that with our generation - Alex Wang, Prabal Gurung, Jason Wu, Christian Cota, Robert Geller - there's a different expectation of what our behavior should be. People expect designers to be good businesspeople and PR people, and I don't think partying is a part of that persona the way it used to be.

Chloe Dao

I haven't read my contract yet. I can really put it back into my business, and buy some nice clothes. I would buy some Alexander McQueen. I love his stuff.

Bartolo Colon

I have to be careful with Alex, obviously, but I think that whatever happened in the past with Alex is in the past, and I look forward to tomorrow. It's a brand new start. All of them are dangerous. To me, they're all cleanup hitters. That's the way I see the Yankee lineup.

In the third inning they scored five on a couple of infield hits. They only hit one ball hard. Alex (Jenson) pitched fine, but we had a bit of misfortune there.

Hopefully, with two days of practice before we go to Alexander Central, we can get reorganized. We are a much better team than the score shows, but we just had one of those nights where we couldn't get in sync with each other.

I don't think Josh lost it as much as Alex just earned it. Alex did a nice job.

Glenn Hoddle

Michael Owen could be Sir Alex's best ever buy, even though he didn't buy him

There are some players that have a quiet confidence in what they can do. I believe Alex has that confidence. ... He believes in himself. He knows he has paid the price to properly prepare for the opportunity.

We had raised quite a bit of money for the hospital and the natural progression for us was to move on to supporting the research for the treatments Alex received.

Steve Alford

Both Alex and Carlton expressed their desire to explore other options. We wish them well and will provide assistance as they search for a better fit.

Brian filled in incredibly well. Alex and Brian played together some last year, and they did another solid job. Their performance gives me the confidence. If we do have a guy out, another can step in and we won't lose a whole lot.

Chris Mortensen

This doesn't necessarily mean Alex is leaving Arkansas. Arkansas is still very much in the mix, but he's in the process of evaluating what's best for his future.

This Buddha represents the meeting of East and West. When Alexander the Great invaded Eastern Asia he brought with him a Greek influence that had a profound effect on the way Asian statues would come to be sculpted. This is a prime example.

People understand that if I want to see Alex Rodriguez in a Yankee uniform, they're going to have to pay him $20 million. If you're not upset at players getting that type of money, then how can you be mad at a company that puts their sign on a billboard? That's how they pay for those salaries. I think the public has gotten a lot more understanding of how sports works. It's a business like any other business.

Scott Boras

The thing I'd say about that is that if Alex is a hypocrite, then everyone who is American and has parents of different heritage and wants to be respectful of that is a hypocrite, too. If that's being a hypocrite, then I'd want to be one. Alex was thoughtfully considering a difficult decision and was trying to make the right decision for him and his family.

It's a team game, but Alex had great positional play, excellent distribution. I thought he played a perfect game.

The work was great. It was a little faster than I wanted, but he did it easy, so it was fine. He couldn't have looked any better. He went off the first eighth easily, and he finished his last eighth in 11 and change without Alex even asking him.

The work was fine. He broke off nice and easy and then picked it up and cruised on home. Alex was happy with the work. He never looks like he is doing anything because he does it so easy.

The school district and Ministerium will begin the service with a welcome. Then (the Rev.) Alex Perednia will read scripture verses and give a eulogy.

Dainius Zubrus

I've never seen anything or anyone like him. The whole Washington organization and the whole city should thank, I don't know, somebody. Because guys like Alex don't come around often.

I travelled to Geneva with Sir Alex Ferguson for the UEFA coaches conference last week. He's a nice person.

David Hallberg

I have one coach and one coach only. His name is Alexander Vetrov. They brought him in for me when I joined the Bolshoi. He was a dancer with the Bolshoi, and we work very intensely together.

John Lucas

I know Alex wouldn't have wanted us to be out there thinking of him the whole time and not working. He'd want us to go out there and win.