Famous Quotes & Sayings

A. E. Housman

And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears.

Aeschylus

My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.

Agatha Christie

I admit," I said, "that a second murder in a book often cheers things up." - Hastings

Chris Chelios

Triple highlights. Even though we're (on the opposing team), we were cheering on the bench.

Sanya Richards

When I saw her jumping so well I was cheering her on, too. Back in the village, I told her if she kept with it, she could win a medal. I'm so proud of her, that really motivated me.

Ruth Rendell

People always tell me my books are so dark; I don't think they're particularly dark. I'm not like that. I'm quite a cheerful soul.

Marcus Vick

Our fans are the 12th man. Wherever we go, they're going to be there, and they're going to be cheering and yelling. No matter how many guys a stadium seats, they're going to be there.

Steelers fans are really fanatical, man, they really cheer for their team. You've got to respect that. I think Seattle is getting to that, but they just need a little more time.

It is a very difficult kind of transaction to stand up and cheer for.

I think spring is trying to be cheerful in a low-key way.

I saw Iraqi people in line happy to be voting, cheering us when we arrived,

I was cheering on for Ronnie, but I guess the ref thought I was talking to one of their players.

Byron Scott

I thought they did a fantastic job cheering us on.

I think we expect that the Americans are going to get the most cheers from their home crowd. I feel like I'm playing here, this is my home as well, so there's a lot of fans out there that's going to be on our side, as well.

I think we know all their cheers now.

I was kinda mad I had to sit out, but I was gonna cheer and talk loud as much as I could.

Playing at home, we hope to have an edge. We are looking for a big fan turnout to cheer us on.

Johnny Damon

Regardless of the reaction, I felt like a lot of fans wanted to see it. I heard more cheers than jeers.

Kurt Warner

Hopefully, they still like me a little bit, ... And maybe they'll cheer for us a little, too.

Mark Buehrle

When they started cheering I kind of knew what it was for.

You can't rely on the fact that people know you. At Glastonbury, when they all knew I was DJing, everyone was cheering even though they'd never heard some of the tracks I was playing before.

I thoroughly enjoyed my 11 years playing for the Winnipeg Football Club. I'll continue to cheer on the team and support it in its pursuit of the Grey Cup.

Eric Hoffer

It is cheering to see that the rats are still around - the ship is not sinking

I was in the stands jumping up and down. Because, from my angle, it looked like he got in. I was cheering and then I saw the confetti, and people were kind of looking at me funny. But I was a young kid at the time.

Anne Lamott

It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.

Don’t fail through defects of temper and over-sensitiveness at moments of trial. One of the great helps to success is to be cheerful; to go to work with a full sense of life; to be determined to put hindrances out of the way; to prevail over them and to get the mastery. Above all things else, be cheerful; there is no beatitude for the despairing.

D. H. Lawrence

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.

D. H. Lawrence

I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It's amazing how it cheers one up to shred orange and scrub the floor.

We'll take the cheers while we can get them.

Alexander Pope

Oh! blest with temper, whose unclouded ray Can make to-morrow cheerful as to-day.

E. M. Forster

So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.

Douglas Adams

As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst, and wombats, you would expect Australians to be a dour lot. Instead, they are genial, jolly, cheerful, and always willing to share a kind word with a stranger, unless they are an American.

Douglas William Jerrold

Nature designed us to be of good cheer.