Famous Quotes & Sayings

Og Mandino

The only certain means of is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

I mean, I really don't want the federal government to be determining whether or not a person who feels certain ways about the environment or about animals or about certain religious issues should be considered an extremist. That to me is a type of thought control, mind control, which is very dangerous.

Olly Murs

I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, 'Oh. you're from the 'X Factor.' There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the 'X Factor,' yet they'll play another song from an artist from another TV show.

We have had some increase in flight attendants leaving the company and expect that to continue as we continue our restructuring. We certainly understand that it is difficult to make these kinds of adjustments in one's personal and professional lives.

We have had inquiries all week but they reached a crescendo this morning - the odds suggest the happy couple are a certainty to get married.

We have a network of tippers. We got a tip that Jolie was going to a certain place (Alfajiri).

David Stern

We have a minimum standard that we've set that reflects on the professionals in our sport, and you're going to do it, ... We're certain that it will be complied with.

We have also taken note that the inspection is ongoing and there are certain pending issues.

Nick Park

We could have done the Were-Rabbit in CGI. But we chose not to because I find with traditional (stop-motion) techniques and clay there is a certain magic that happens whenever the frame is hand-manipulated. I just love clay; it's an expression.

John Mayer

We could finish our season on a winning note. That was certainly our goal. We're real excited. We really are. We're getting there.

We have very talented kids in certain positions, but we need to have some surprises in other positions.

We have two real strong players at No. 1 doubles. John Coleman is a freshman who is certainly a force. He's a powerful player. He has a serve over 100 miles an hour. I think they're going to be a good team.

Billy Martin

We have tried to prevent certain evidence, not because it is harmful, but because it is not admissible.

Raven-Symone

I've definitely had obstacles in my career - my whole entire career - to stay a certain weight, to get smaller than I have been, but I look at my family, I look at where I come from and that's not really in our genes.

Raquel Welch

My father was Bolivian, which makes me half-Bolivian. It's where I got some of my exotic features and certainly my skin tone.

Sebastian Stan

You have license in front of the camera to do things, feel certain emotions that you don't get to in real life. It can be addicting.

Sebastian Faulks

My ideal relationship with the reader is that at certain points they will have said, 'I'm finding this quite tough, but I'm going to hang in there,' then at the end they will say, 'Oh God, I'm glad I hung on, it was so worth it.'

Rodney Brooks

It's reasonable to say that certain things we understand should perhaps have limits on how they're used and how certain technologies are deployed. That's very much what we should do as a society.

Rodney Brooks

We have to accept that we are just machines. That's certainly what modern molecular biology says about us.

Marlon Wayans

One of the greatest compliments you can ever get is when you make fun of a certain sect of people and they are laughing the hardest. When we did 'Men on Film' on 'In Living Color,' gay men wrote in how much they loved it.

There's no question there needs to be higher-paying opportunities for women. It's not that it hasn't existed in certain categories: Certain women have made a lot of money... Jennifer Lawrence... is being paid a lot of money, rightfully so, for the franchises she's in.

Patrick Carman

There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'

Paul Bremer

It is certainly not unrealistic to think we could have elections by mid-year 2004 and when a sovereign government is installed -- my job here will be done.

Patrick Kavanagh

In the country places of Ireland, writing is held in certain awe: a writer was a dangerous man from whom they instinctively recoiled.

Nothing will ensure war more certainly or entrench rivalries more seriously than for or against thinking!

Patrick Modiano

That's the miracle of fiction. I use it to spray on certain moments or places from my youth.

Ruth Ozeki

I've always played that edge of fact and fiction. I used to be a filmmaker, and certainly in film that's a line that filmmakers cross more readily and more easily than novelists.

Marissa Jaret Winokur

I'm certainly not 10 pounds away from being an ingenue! Of course I would love to lose 10 pounds. I would never lie and say I don't think about it, but I don't think about it on a daily basis. I love my body. I don't like wearing clothes that hide or cover it. I love wearing costumes that show it off.

Pierce Brosnan

When you go through a long illness, certainly one of cancer, there's a certain release from it and relief that it has come to an end, because the suffering can be unbearable, as opposed to an abrupt stop to life when they go out the door and there's a loved one who never comes home because of some accident.

Patti Stanger

I have a great track record, and I have never been sued. If I can't find someone for someone, I refer them out. I have an affiliate division of matchmakers all over the world that I work with. Men like certain types of women, and I can subcontract that out to foreign countries.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

I'm not interested in who am I. I'm interested in what's gone, the disinheritance, what I've been able to become or learn or fuse with or not fuse with. A certain freedom comes... I like it that way.

Raymond Kelly

I don't think I have the demeanor to be a politician. I'm used to making decisions and to a certain extent being in charge.

I can say without hesitation that there is certainly no greater show to be a contestant on than 'Price' - the prizes can be huge, and the whole world loves and watches the show. It's an American institution!