Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Harper

I appreciate Brian's contributions in the House and to the Conservative party.

Ming-Na Wen

I appreciate both... for me, I think 'Star Wars' is more science fantasy and is based on a lot of great legendary heroes and morality plays and stuff. And 'Star Trek' is just pure fun. Pure science fun. And I've always appreciated both.

Chuck Schumer

I appreciate attempts by Secretary (Bill) Richardson to cajole OPEC into increasing production, but it hasn't worked and it's time for the United States to play a little hardball.

John Roberts

I appreciate and respect the constitutional role of the Senate in the appointment process, and I'm very grateful to the senators for accommodating me,

Chris Parnell

I appreciate and enjoy mathematics and science and all that side of things. I definitely have that side of me even though I'm not by any means an expert, but I love reading about physics and math and that kind of stuff. I wish I knew more than I did. I mean, I read books written for laymen, not textbooks or anything.

I appreciate and couldn't do it without my assistant.

I appreciate all they've done for me, but this is a business,

I appreciate all the support the people in the community and friends and coaches in the area have shown. It is really nice to see. At a time when it is hard for you to give up something you truly love, it helps you get through the tough times.

David Tom

I appreciate all the people that helped me today, as well as the concern shown by everyone associated with the tournament.

John Trudell

I appreciate all of your expressions of concern, and I appreciate all of your expressions of love. It has been like a fire to my heart.

I appreciate all of this. I've never been this blessed.

I am very honored and appreciate the support from everyone in my precinct. The No. 1 issue I heard on the campaign trail was county roads. There's nothing I can do yet, but as soon as I'm sworn in I plan to meet with the county engineer and others to see what can be done.

Kobe Bryant

I am very fortunate and blessed to play this game. I try not to think about it (the streak), but I appreciate and feel blessed on what's going on.

I am worried that it seems inconsistent and unsustainable for the president to be asking for large tax cuts before we know what our continuing obligations are. I would like to see us take a deep breath, deal with Iraq....I don't believe that we really fully appreciate the cost that we may be embarking upon,

Jeff Koons

I like to look at everything and appreciate seeing the different things that have meaning to people.

Jennifer O'Neill

The best thing you can do for yourself is to accept other people’s behavior and the choices they make. You may not agree with them, you may even wish them to do things differently, but accept it. Just as you would appreciate other people accepting the choices that you make.

Marcus Samuelsson

Criticism is part of the creative man's journey, and I appreciate it.

Billy Thornton

Critics have been very, very good to me -- there are only two or three of them that really hate me, really bad. I really appreciate this award, because you're fun folks.

And this doesn't look like it will be a bubble -- Asians are buying not just as financial investments, they are buying because they appreciate the art. That's the best sort of buyer.

David Axelrod

Emotions always get cranked up after incidents of this type. It's good to step back and let common sense prevail. I appreciate Bill Duffy's willingness to help work through this with the Davis family and ours. That's how things get worked out, when people are willing to talk.

Venus Williams

Each tournament is important for me, ... Each tournament would do something to my ranking and such kind of thing, step forward for the future. Also I think it's opportunity, the opportunity to do I love, to play my best, to play for the people who appreciate what I do.

Rick Adelman

Each time one of those (milestones) happens you appreciate it more because you know when you look back how much effort went it. I have been really blessed to be in two great situations in Portland and the last seven in Sacramento.

Tom Sullivan

First of all, we appreciate the bypass. But they dropped the ball on the drainage problem.

(Farrell) gets right to what you want to learn. He has excellent communication skills, and I also appreciate it that when there's something he doesn't know, he'll just come out and say it.

Every time we have a whole lot of fans here, we win. It's a trend. We love the fans, we appreciate the fans we want them to keep coming out.

Every year, we receive thousands of scholars and experts from abroad, but it is only in recent years that the Chinese have began to appreciate New Year pictures.

Between 11 and midnight (Friday night) I'm going to make sure that I'm out on that football field for at least a half hour shaking hands and thanking students. At 6:45 a.m. (today) I'm going to hand out doughnuts to the students. I want everybody to feel a part of this. It's not a PR stunt; it's just who I am. I really appreciate all the support we've gotten this year.

Even if the yuan ultimately needs to appreciate by 10 percent or more, it doesn't mean we need to do it all at once.

Even though Milan's pool is only three years old, Monroe broke some very impressive pool records set by some very fast swimmers. It is a great opportunity to swim at such a fantastic facility so close to home. We really appreciate Milan for inviting us to swim at their pool.

Even some of my goals this year, I fell a bit short on a couple. I think that makes you appreciate hitting your goals. I think if you hit every one of your goals, they're not high enough.

Even though I was a Chelsea fan, I didn't appreciate in 2003 that Chelsea was in particular financial difficulty. So it was an eye-opener for me when we were doing due diligence to see what the financial situation was.

John Surtees

Bernie's big enough to appreciate that it's not in confrontation with Formula One on any level, ... F1 has a special niche. It expresses the engineering abilities and hi-tech developments of the world's car manufacturers. Our formula is not involved in research and development. In A1 Grand Prix, the competitors have equal equipment - the same car, engine, tyres. How well we do depends on driver skill and set-up. It is a detailed, intuitive expertise.

Because I drink the water, I take precautions to make sure it's safe to drink, ... I think if people had an inkling of what we do to make sure their water is safe, they'd appreciate it a lot more.