Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Christopher Isherwood

Sometimes awful things have their own beauty.

Gary Zukav

Awareness is a blissful state, not a painful one.

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?

Before resigning from a position, consider whether or not you can improve the situation. ...In many instances, employers are made aware of an employee's dissatisfaction only after that individual resigns.

Gena Showalter

Please, I'd love to meet the guy you couldn't handle, and give him and award.

Hopefully we'll get some more people involved. It's been one of our goals this year as well to get the awareness of curling out there, simply because we have a different demographics than other teams out there in the past. We were hoping we could entice a few more young people to get out there and try curling.

I don't react to criticism from outside the camp, I react to a pretty awful performance.

Mike Jacobs

I don't know how you look at it, ... It's just awesome that it happened. It was great for me, I was pumped I was helping the team out, and then - that's it. Now I'm just hanging out waiting to help.

I didn't do the first triathlon but I used pinking shears on muslin to make numbers for the contestants, and I took care of the scoring and the awards ceremony. I have competed in the triathlon as a team member for many years; this year I was the swimmer.

Mr Romanov is aware of the players who I want to sign and we are working away on that at the moment. The wheels have been set in motion and I'll be trying my best to get one or two before the window closes.

Nick Saban

My last conversation was awhile back and was really about our heritage, trying to figure out where we came from and what we did,

Scott Wilson

My friends, that's what I think about every day. That's why my life is good. It's not because I have a good car, because I don't. It's because every time I go out, someone awesome is there.

Nobody expects it to take real long, but it takes a while to build a program anywhere. In addition, we expanded this league. The good news is we're getting better. The bad news is, so is everybody else in this league. We've lost an awful lot of close games, but we're very, very close.

One part (of the Earth Day celebration) is raising awareness of The Gardens and another part is informing the public on how they can enhance their own local environments.

One of the things that has strengthened the bond between Laura and me over the years is our shared belief in giving of ourselves to improve the life of our community. We are honored to receive this award and pledge to always strive to live up to the high ideals of its namesake and those of The Jewish Theological Seminary.

Porter Goss

One of the things frankly we have to do is demystify (the CIA) a little bit, ... You are not going to be James Bond if you sign up and five years later you're going to be driving an Aston Martin with a beautiful young lady at your side on the Riviera. You might be, but I'm not aware of that program yet.

Obviously, when you become aware of issues in instances like this, it is troubling.

It is... axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction.

It is always gratifying to be able to make education happen. Awards like this one at Whatcom Community College are a fundamental part of our partnership program to improve the educational opportunities of low- and moderate-income individuals and families in the communities where U.S. Bank operates.

I think companies should make donors aware of (where the money is going).

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Some people are weak in their faith and testimonies but are not even aware of how precarious their situation is. Many of them likely would be offended at the suggestion.

Bruce Babbitt

That book really awakened people to what was going on,

It is extremely important for individuals who may have a problem with gambling to have some place to go for treatment. It is good to raise awareness for problem gambling, but once you raise it, some of these people have no funds for treatment. It is so exciting Reno is getting this facility.

Carl Reiner

I'm signing the letter that says, let's be quiet when he gets his award and just sit there. I think it's very sad that this man is being honored and the people he destroyed are never going to have a chance to be honored.

Steve Johnson

Maybe in 10 years a loser-out game won't get so many people down here for us. It's been awesome to have so many people and such a raucous crowd, and if they're just doing it because they want to get out of school, that's fine.

Managers need to be aware and provide a workplace where people can communicate negative feelings without fear of reprisal.

Clayton Christensen

Managers are already voracious consumers of theory. Every time they make a decision or take action, it's based on some theory that leads them to believe that action will lead to the right result. The problem is, most managers aren't aware of the theories they're using, and they often use the wrong theories for the situation.

Mark Thomas

I'm horrified. We're all gay! You can say a lot of things about Cafeteria in Miami. I know we've had awful service at times and we're very aware. It's been a huge challenge to keep quality people. But not homophobia.