Famous Quotes & Sayings

My husband and I did what we could after Katrina. We donated to the Red Cross and the Humane Society. But I kept thinking about the birds. It kept me awake at night, wondering how I could help them.

Jake Epstein

My dad is a huge folk music fan, so growing up, there were always records playing in my house. Carole King, James Taylor, Simon and Garfunkel, the Beatles - I grew up with this music, and I was aware of how special this music was to a lot of people.

Maybe the R&D growth isn't as fast as the overall growth of the company, but it's still significant growth. We want to award companies that do that.

Maybe the driver was foreign and new to the area. Workers who have been here some time will be aware of the problem.

Robert Altman

No other filmmaker has gotten a better shake than I have; I never had to direct a film I didn't choose and develop. Eleven years ago, I had a heart transplant. I got the heart of a young woman who is in her late 30s. So by that calculation, you may be giving me this award too early, because I think I've got 40 years left, and I intend to use them.

Now, we're not aware of any of that, but we'd like to explore that.

Joss Whedon

Now that that paradigm has worked, the market will be inundated, ... It's a revenue source companies weren't aware of. If money can be made, it will be made ... I was just in the video store and those awaiting the first season of 'McMillan and Wife' need wait no longer.

Deborah Kerr

Fred Zinnemann, on From Here To Eternity and The Sundowners really brings out of me, in a completely different way, an awful lot that perhaps I'd never have the courage to lay bare, to open up. He just knows how to get you to do it, to bring out some inner quality

From day one, we will focus on the service levels and improving customer service. We're fully aware we're charging people to go on the road. So, we see it as quite important for us to keep the road in good shape.

Joe Thornton

From Day 1, I just played real well with Cheech. You don't plan for something like this. These two awards are definitely team-oriented, and we're just happy for each other.

For right now, we are operating under the correct principles. We hear an awful lot of exceptional cases. This is a big system and there are many ways through it.

Bob Geldof

From the very get-go, everyone was aware of this: what's the point of signing up if no one's going to do it?

Jim Courier

I don't think you know the magnitude of the award you're receiving.

I don't think you can replace a guy like Daniel Alfredsson. He does so much for this team and he is having such an awesome year. He's doing it all for us: Killing penalties and scoring big goals. I don't think it's up to just one guy to step up when he's gone. Everybody has to get the job done.

John Smoltz

I don't think it's real serious, but it just comes at an awkward time.

Bill Self

I don't think panic's set in by any means. But in fans' minds, they're thinking it's awful early to be struggling this much.

Jeremiah Trotter

For what he does for that team, I don't see another one out there that's better. He's the closest thing I've seen to Barry Sanders. He's just that good. He does everything. We've got to always be aware of where he's at - at all times. You've got to concentrate on stopping the run first and go from there.

If the dam were to fail, it definitely would pose a threat to the people in the downstream areas. That's why we reacted quickly, as soon as we became aware of the situation.

If the general public had a better awareness of what's a bacteria and what's a virus, they would be more willing to let it run its course, and not get an antibiotic.

If the government ends small business contracting programs, then the $119 billion in awards currently reported as going to small firms will go to large companies which make up only 2% of U.S. employers. Small business owners need to get on the phone or on the Internet and let their Congressional delegates know that they don't want the government to eliminate Federal programs for small business. Once these programs are gone, we will never get them back.

I was surprised at how vastly different these ideas were from my ideas. I became aware that school boards are thwarted by the guidelines we are given. If you just follow the books, you might be doing a good job in the eyes of the writer, but not in the eyes of the voters who elected you.

Rainer Maria Rilke

I have never been aware before how many faces there are. There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.

Steven Cojocaru

I have a big mouth and I'm very opinionated, like most of my friends are, especially my girlfriends the day after an awards show,

I can't say enough about how mentally tough our kids stayed throughout this match. Even though we have a lot of talent, we still are very young. For the match to come down to two freshmen and for them to prevail, that says an awful lot about the heart of this team.

Andre Agassi

If I was coaching him, I'd fine him $100 every time he hit a groundstroke, ... In his most difficult moments, he was more awkward than I anticipated.

I found out this morning actually. So I wasn't really aware of it all, all week, so I was pretty happy when I found out I was going to get that opportunity.

Jeffrey Tambor

The Emmy should be an ensemble award, too. I kept howling at everyone else's performances.

Jacqueline Carey

There are those who are awkward in the face of sorrow, fearing to say the wrong thing; to them, I say, there is no wrong in comfort, ever. A kind word, a consoling arm ... these things are ever welcome.

Eva Mendes

I'm an actress. To be honest, it's a very awkward business. It's one of those things where it's almost like a first date. There's a way you want to come across. You want to show your goods. The truth starts to slip out sometimes.

Ernest Hemingway

Something, or something awful or something wonderful was certain to happen on every day in this part of Africa.

George R. R. Martin

I'm honest. It's the world that's awful.

Henning Mankell

I love Sherlock Holmes. There's still an awful lot to steal from Conan Doyle. But within a tradition you can work in many different ways.

Christopher Buckley

How many times had those awful words - "I know what I'm doing" - been uttered throughout history as prelude to disaster?