Famous Quotes & Sayings

I consider myself very fortunate indeed to have created a character which has captured the imagination and enthusiasm of so many children worldwide. They are my family, and Spot belongs to them all.

I'm a real genre jumper, but all good music belongs to the same family. I love Dave Sitek, a producer I've been working with a lot since I moved to L.A. He will change the game.

The protesters were shouting yesterday that this was a Chinese government because the president of the party that Snyder Rini belongs to is a naturalized Chinese ... so they were saying this is a Chinese-backed government.

We have a really good relationship, and he belongs here. He clearly knew that we wanted him to be here.

We really feel this medal belongs to a lot of people who have come before us and who have put in years and years of dedication. We definitely wouldn't be here without those people. They've been building the sport in the U.S. for years.

Selman Waksman

Streptomycin belongs to a group of compounds, known as antibiotics, which are produced by microorganisms and which possess the property of inhibiting the growth and even of destroying other microorganisms.

Lauren Bacall

That was my original dream, anyway, to be on stage. I think the stage is an actor's place because actors, it belongs to you.

William Davies

The more help a person has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.

Aaron Patzer

Be careful not to start a company that really belongs as a feature of another company, like the 25 Twitter URL shortener companies out there. Pick a real problem that's here to stay.

Wanda Sykes

Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality for somebody else. Let's pass it on. Let's pass it on to somebody else. At the end of the day, it is all about inequality.

Ben Hecht

I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer.

Those other guys have a case, too, but I think he's very close to those five guys. If he's not in the top five, he's got to be sixth. Personally, I still think he belongs there, because I've seen what he does every game.

It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound.

Vince Staples

Separation is very important to me. I don't strive to be a celebrity. My music has nothing to do with me at the end of the day. Once it's made and it's purchased, it belongs to whoever.

Perhaps the most important lesson of the New Social Historians is that history belongs to those about whom or whose documents survive.

Lewis B. Smedes

Jesus said that we should render to the state what properly belongs to the state, and though he had taxes in mind, we might reasonably infer that giving the state the job of punishing wrongdoers is one way of giving the state its due.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.

Jane Byrne

The credit for much of this rightly belongs to the late Mayor Daley who forged a coalition of business and labor that kept Chicago always moving ahead.

Theodore Roosevelt

The credit belongs to those people who are actually in the arena...who know the great enthusiasms, the great devotions to a worthy cause; who, at best, know the triumph of high achievement; and who,at worst, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Rick Atkinson

That was a pretty fine Army that we had in 1965. By 1973, it was in tatters. It was a disgrace to the country and to itself, to its own heritage, really. So it's, you know, the Army belongs to all 307 million of us. It is our common possession, it's our common heritage. As goes the Army, so goes the republic.

We are delighted that more students are discovering that FMU is a great place to continue their education. The credit belongs to the faculty and staff for the quality of education offered at this institution.

Michael Irvin

When I said 'That belongs to a brother of mine,' I guess he thought maybe he put it in, ... I don't know. I certainly don't want any problems with the police.

Our goal is to get this money back in the hands of the people it belongs to,

Some of the great success of the book belongs to Nancy Marion, who gave us our look.

I think there's a sickness in the world. People are sick at heart and mind and spirit. People are just, 'Oh God, none of this belongs to me. Not this government, not this thing called America, not the decisions made about my life.' There's a sense of estrangement that's with us again.

I think that the future belongs to democracy, but not to capitalism, because they are opposite camps.

Anne Sullivan

I think that some people look at the school and take it as their school, and other people look at it as not their school, like it belongs to the town, ... But it varies. I don't want to say 'in all instances.' We've had valedictorians, salutatorians that are native students, so not everybody pushes it away.

I think that the smaller the social group a person belongs to, the more likely they are to feel pressured to conform. For example, I think high school creates a worse environment than most colleges for generating poor body images in most girls.

I think what arouses the ire of scientists (about intelligent design) is ... the notion that it belongs in the same universe as scientific analysis.

Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age.

People who use music have to understand that the music belongs to someone else and they have to pay for the use of the property. The creator deserves fair compensation.

Our open spaces can be saved while at the same time our public schools receive fair value for the trust land that belongs to our students.

Mitch Daniels

I am honored to be summoned to service by President-elect Bush and look forward to joining him in making bipartisan progress on the issues important to Americans. The federal surplus is a hard-earned accomplishment that belongs to the American people, and I am pleased to help the president-elect ensure that it is used for responsible goals.