Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bob Bennett

It is time to get all this behind us, to get this behind the American people. The president will put his personal feelings aside about the case and resolve it, if we can do it with honor. But we cannot do it with honor at $2 million and a package deal with strings attached.

It sucks, ... When they get old and sick, the state of Missouri puts them aside like trash.

Foreman told Ray to plead guilty and he'd then give his brother $500, if Ray didn't cause any problems at the guilty plea hearing, and he could take that $500 and hire a lawyer to set aside the plea. Foreman actually put that in writing.

J. Taylor

It's not that we're shocked because we're winning. It's a shock that we got in a hole like we did. We knew we had talent in this locker room and we knew what type of coach we had. It's just about everyone putting their egos aside and that's what we're doing.

Anthony DeCurtis

You don't get that twice. I think that has crippled Michael's creativity. Setting aside all the other things that have complicated his career, he has been in a rut,

Robin Roberts

It never rains on the pass parade. It may rain before. It may rain after, but it never rains on the Pass Parade, but it is a time to for a moment, put aside all that has happened and just celebrate.

They're on a roll, they're playing really well and it's basically going to be a home game for them. It's going to be a little bit tougher on us, but we're going to have to put everything aside and just play basketball.

Brandon Cox

It's a tough game to end on, especially with the great season we've had. If we can just kind of put that one aside and look back at the season that we did have, I think a lot of people were impressed.

It wasn't that I left acting; it's just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic.

Paul Pierce

We probably don't want to build a Grizzlies Stadium, because it'd be hard to put up and hard to get rid of, but aside from that, what would you like to see,

Sebastiao Salgado

When I was starting out, when I put aside my career as an economist. I looked at every book, went to every show, did my first stories, developed my first films. A fabulous time.

We know we've got some money set aside for rigor for academics.

Bernie Williams

Very exciting. But I think this team has been very good on putting personal goals aside for the benefit of the team, and I think this should be no different. I think my goal right now is just to play as good as I can so we can win the series. This is a nice note, but still, we're looking at the big picture here.

Rob Reiner

As far as getting my start, it was really Norman Lear, even aside from being on 'All in the Family.' He helped me get my start as a director. He was the one who said, 'Let him do 'Spinal Tap.' Let him give it a try,' because I had been trying for years to get that thing off the ground.

Awesome. Aside from Ted Williams, he's the only guy I'd pay to see in batting practice.

Back when my grandfather was here, we were the only shop in what was an industrial neighborhood. Now, aside from the auto-body shop around the corner, this has become more commercial and residential.

Phillip Fulmer

Randy, in an unselfish gesture, has asked to step aside at the end of the season,

Our social fabric is increasingly frayed. Companies have been either freezing or terminating their defined-benefit plans over the past couple of decades. It's critically important that we take a look at this issue from a holistic standpoint and make sure that we're setting aside enough resources to meet our future obligations.

People can take this time to put money aside for retirement or to start a savings plan. But these are not sexy choices like buying that wide-screen TV.

Again, these are safety issues that are costing firefighters' lives. And Congress rightfully so set aside these grants for these particular things.

Companies are going to deliver good numbers. Aside from the usual company-specific disappointments, we are going to get further confirmation that things are moving in the right direction.

Coach pulled us aside when there was 2:40 left and said for us to find another gear on defense and get to the basket when we had the ball. That's what we did.

De-orbit is not perfectly risk-free, but the vehicle is in pristine condition. Our big risk now, aside from the inherent risk of de-orbiting through a fireball, would be weather.

The State Board of Education sets aside monies to pay for textbooks. The catch, however, is that the Constitution gives the Legislature appropriations authority. Though we set it aside for textbooks, the Legislature has to appropriate it.

Reggie Bush

The special thing about our team is everybody's able to put their egos aside and focus on the team.

The speaker believes the minority leader should ask Representative Mollohan to step aside from the ethics committee during this investigation.

The temptation to put standards aside in pursuit of sales volume is enormous.

Martin Henderson

I've become a lot more relaxed about my career, but maybe that's a part of growing up. I realise there are things I hold dear and value, aside from professional achievements.

Herbie Hancock

After a long day of playing, John took me aside and said, 'Was that OK? Was it usable? What's going on?' ... All I said was, 'Welcome to a Miles Davis session.'

After a few years we found that these items didn't work. It took a lot of time to deal with them, plus they took up a lot of space. So we put the other stuff aside and migrated back to the book business, something we really felt very comfortable with.

After nine legislative sessions full of name-calling, our school funding is in crisis, property taxes are up and judges are having to do our governor's job. We all know that unless we set politics aside we'll never fix what's broke.

Manju Warrier

After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.

Marcus Aurelius

A cucumber is bitter.' Throw it away. 'There are briars in the road.' Turn aside from them. This is enough. Do not add, 'And why were such things made in the world?