Famous Quotes & Sayings

I can still remember going down there and not being allowed past the gate. One of the coaches had to bring the tape out to me.

James Gunn

I can't think of any other genre that would have allowed me to have that much tonal and emotional freedom.

I can't tell you how bad this is for consumers, ... a product liability bailout for manufacturers who have weak roofs today and will continue to be allowed to have weak roofs in the future.

Kenneth Clarke

I cannot remember a time in opposition - I am talking about the last four years - when we have done less work on policy and more on slogans. But because of my European views I wasn't allowed to participate.

I don't think the erosion has been particularly bad, with the exception of the hurricane. Beaches will tend to heal themselves if people aren't allowed to build hard structures too close to them.

Jeff Lemire

I draw on a lot of cinematic influences like Ingmar Bergman and Wim Wenders, artists who let a story take its time. Comics are a visual medium, and visuals should be allowed to tell some of that story.

I am very proud of the tradition we have built here at Delta State, but I think I am most proud of the way we went about it. I tried to run this program with class and fairness and I believe that's one of the things that has allowed us to keep this run going for so long.

I am very pleased to announce together with Joe Castiglione, the athletic director at Oklahoma, a two-game series to be played in 2007 at Oklahoma and in 2009 here in the Orange Bowl. Each of us has won a national title since 2000. This will be a great series played by two of college football's legendary teams. I'm pleased that the new 12-game schedule has allowed the playing of this game and several others which we have scheduled with Texas A&M and Ohio State.

I am very pleased. Our boys continued to play hard. We were able to score early which took the competition out of their rhythm. This allowed us to work on some things and give our younger players a chance to gain some valuable experience. We have secured a spot in the final four and look forward to playing two quality competitors (today). It should be a great day of soccer.

Rick James

I assume they'll be expelled. I mean, I know the school wouldn't ever let an athlete play here if they did something like this, so why would a student be allowed to stay?

Jeff Gannon

I asked to come. They allowed me to come. And apparently there isn't a very high threshold as far as somebody's personal life to gain access.

I auditioned for 'West Side Story' and got the part of Tony, but wasn't allowed to do it. They needed me to play trumpet. But I was glad, in the end, because I learned a lot about playing that score.

Jenny Shipley

I am not a supporter of the rhetoric of, 'Dear, dear, the toys have got lead paint.' If I had a manufacturer in China that allowed that to happen, I'd fire them instantly.

Henry Hyde

If citizens are allowed to lie with impunity, or encourage others to tell false stories or hide evidence, judges and juries cannot reach just results. At that point the courtroom becomes an arena for artful liars, and the jury a mere focus group choosing between alternative fictions,

Bob Kennedy

I feel healthy for a change now, ... I would have made this transition before, had my body allowed it. Now I want to see how far I can take it.

Ben Wallace

I don't think we did a good job executing. I think we stayed on the strong side a little too much and allowed them to focus in on what we were doing.

Henry Waxman

However, I'm disappointed that he isn't trying to find out how this scandal was allowed to happen, ... I think we need a thorough, broad and independent investigation so that we can restore baseball's credibility.

However, trawling, which would damage the seabed and its fauna, will not be allowed in the reserve,

I chose bars because I knew that was our weak point. We followed with the beam, which is our second-weakest event. I thought if we could start on bars and get something rolling there that we'd be in good shape. It worked out perfectly. We didn't have any problems on bars. Nicole got a 7.8 without a dismount. If her foot would've allowed her to dismount, she would've gotten an 8.8.

Ursula LeGuin

comfort was allowed to come to them rare, welcome, unsought: a gift like joy.

Kate Beckinsale

People are controlled to varying degrees but it will still make people think - for example Chris actually says to Marian: 'I've seen you walk down the street, you are allowed out' - so to all intents and purposes she's free. But Bernie has brain-washed her to believe her only purpose in life is to serve him.

People are constantly coming in and saying we're not sure you're open or if we are allowed to come in here,

Hal Turner

People are allowed to protest in North Bergen when they get a permit to protest from the police department. There have been other protests in front of my home, but those people filed for permits. But no one told the police of any activity. They didn't know anything about it. You can't protest without a permit.

Our group of men pulled together and found a way to handle their pressure. They picked up their pressure; they were scramble-trapping us and rotating and our guys found a way to handle it with Anthony in foul trouble. I was very proud of the way our guys pulled together in that situation and allowed us to keep the lead.

Palestinians are more excited to visit the United States (because) they are not allowed outside the country. When kids are leaving (the country), everything is documented.

Oscar Wilde

Pardon me, you are not engaged to any one. When you do become engaged to some one, I, or your father, should his health permit him, will inform you of the fact. An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may be. It is hardly a matter that she could be allowed to arrange for herself.

Pallets are no longer allowed because they have too many chemicals in them.

Our pitching has been very good so far this season. I have four good guys throwing this year, and through the first two games, they've only allowed one earned run.

Our secondary, which has not allowed a passing touchdown, has to be able to cover well and we have to get a rush on their quarterback. If not, they will pick us apart.

Our full-court pressure allowed us to force some uncomfortable situations for Shiocton. That changed the tempo and helped us get some key buckets, and that was the difference.

Our undoing was the first quarter. We allowed them to shoot 77 percent and that got them going. That didn't set a good tone for us. I know we can do better.

Joe Thornton

Our work demonstrates a fundamental error in the current challenges to Darwinism. New techniques allowed us to see how ancient genes and their functions evolved hundreds of millions of years ago. We found that complexity evolved piecemeal through a process of Molecular Exploitation -- old genes, constrained by selection for entirely different functions, have been recruited by evolution to participate in new interactions and new functions.

George Williams

The outlook revision reflects the strengthening of the financial profile as pricing initiatives in the performance chemicals business and continued focus on cost reduction allowed OMNOVA to offset higher raw-material costs.