Famous Quotes & Sayings

Natasha Trethewey

My name is Natasha Trethewey, and I was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1966, exactly 100 years to the day that Mississippi celebrated the first Confederate Memorial Day, April 26, 1866.

The 20th Olympic Winter Games of Turin celebrate passion, a characteristic for which Italians are well known and now it's reaching its climax in Turin,

John George

We have always celebrated diversity here and it is great to see everyone thanking and honoring the King's day.

Rodney Stark

Leading Christian theologians such as Augustine and Aquinas were not what today might be called 'strict constructionists.' Rather, they celebrated reason as the means to gain greater insight into divine intentions.

We have the gala to celebrate the opening of our season,

You are an Original that can't be Duplicated! Embrace that and Celebrate Your Uniqueness because God does.

Bobby Jenks

When I saw that out call, it was the greatest feeling. I just reacted to instinct. I celebrated without thinking.

I'm in my ninth year in this district, and I've always said we've got great kids and great families. There aren't many times we get to celebrate what those things are all about.

We get to celebrate our relationship in a play about the family.

We get a huge crowd of people that come, but the slopes never get too terribly crowded because a lot of people just come to hang out and kind of celebrate the change of the seasons outdoors.

We haven't gotten to really celebrate yet because we're filming right out of the chute. But we got what we wanted.

I was too excited, I guess. I celebrate a lot every time I score. I get too excited.

Fernando Alonso

I was told that 50,000 people celebrated my win. They were dancing in the fountain in the city center, and even in Madrid as well.

It feels good, but we are not satisfied. Tonight we celebrate and tomorrow is Communications Tech.

Maurice Ager

It feels pretty good right now. They're a tough team and we can celebrate right now but at the same time we still have a job to do and finish it off this weekend.

Nelly Sachs

I think of what my father used to say on every tenth of December, back in my home town, Berlin: Now they celebrate the Nobel ceremony in Stockholm.

It does not matter who scores. We will celebrate all the same,

John Shea

We recognize and celebrate our viewers' passion for gaming and are excited to be working with Microsoft to launch such a significant entertainment product.

Antonio Villaraigosa

Today we get to celebrate football in Los Angeles.

We are part of Iowa's initiative to celebrate voting,

Edward Hirsch

Poets have always celebrated grief as one of the deepest human emotions.

Ninety percent of them are actually going to celebrate in home or in their apartments.

Only one mental health expert testified that Andrea knew that what she was doing was wrong, and that was the celebrated Park Dietz. Every other mental health expert ... testified that she was either incapable of knowing what she was doing was wrong or did not know what she was doing was wrong.

Keith Lockhart

One of the lasting ironies in classical music, ... we use this piece written by a Russian to celebrate victory over the French in the 19th century.

Julie Christie

One of the most celebrated people in the world desperate not to be recognized,

Because St. Patrick is the patron saint of the diocese, the day should be celebrated as a feast day.

Deborah Moggach

I look in the mirror expecting to be 34 and see someone who is 58. What's that all about? I haven't even thought about turning 60 yet, but so many of my friends have celebrated it by now that it's lost its terror. And I don't mind being 58; it's just such a surprise when one doesn't feel it at all.

I hated them. To think that they're celebrating their heritage, the first World Series they won, they have no right to do that. I know a lot of people feel the same way. They won the Series in '59. They can celebrate the '59 Series and everything since L.A., but they don't have to celebrate '55.

Thomas Jones

I don't think a lot of people in this locker room have been in the playoffs, so this was definitely a great feeling coming in here to celebrate knowing you won the division.

I extend my greetings and good wishes to all our citizens on the joyous occasion of Deepawali. The festival of lights, celebrated with gaiety and enthusiasm all over the country, signifies the victory of good over evil and is an appropriate occasion for us to resolve to follow the high ideals in life.

I enjoyed it for the weekend. ... The school was real excited because last year they only had one win, and we got our first win in the first game. But after that, it had to disappear, because this is a huge game coming up. So I can't celebrate it too long.

Annalee Newitz

We can celebrate how far we've come from our sexist past when women and men are equally represented in the pages of science fiction anthologies.

David Lee

Today is a day where we celebrate reading, particularly about Dr. Seuss. I was off-track this month, so I volunteered to come in and read.