Famous Quotes & Sayings

He didnt miss much, ... I told Colin when he got here, if he listens to what we tell him, then hes going to make money playing this game for a long, long time. And so far hes been like a sponge. Hes soaked everything in that weve told him.

Jose Aznar

I did tell the President that we need a lot of Colin Powell and very little of Rumsfeld

Tiger Woods

I know Colin is here but I don't know how healthy he is after hurting his hand. He says he's OK but I've said I was healthy before too. The last thing you want to do is come into a tournament like this one where the rough is so high with a hand injury. Hopefully, it will hold up and he won't have any problems.

Rod Argent

I invited Colin up on the spur of the moment,

They may think that all military officers are George Patton, but what about Colin Powell? We're really a whole range of different kinds of people.

Colin was wonderful. I went into this project worried about his reputation. I didn't know if he was good enough for the part, I didn't know if he was going to be a flake, know his lines, be there on time or take his work seriously. So I had my reservations - and I was wrong.

Jim Brown

Colin should be our No. 1 man this season. The schedule sets up well this year, where it's so competitive, and if Colin plays the way we know he can then he could be an All-American.

Colin just got better as the tournament went on. All of his hard work throughout the whole year paid off for him to be a state champion.

Colin Firth

Colin is the sort of name you give your goldfish for a joke.

Scott Stevens

Colin has improved and reminds me of me when I was a younger player,

Colin had a great game for us, and their goalie also had a great game. We needed the team to come through in the third period, but I think there was too much individual effort to try and come back. Overall we played well, and the effort was there. We didn't lose the game due to lack of effort.

Colin finds a way to keep his opponents off balance.

Phil Taylor

Ronnie defeated Colin quite easy earlier tonight and that can settle your nerves, but he was a little spasmodic in this game.

Colin Powell has said over the years that Saddam Hussein is like a toothache. It recurs from time to time, and you just have to live with it. At other times, he's compared Saddam Hussein to a kidney stone that will eventually pass. But he has never said, 'You have to operate and take out the kidney stone.'

Jim McKay

This thing that Colin Powell's son is expected to do is kind of scary when you think that television and radio and newspapers are what make people think what they think.

Tom Crean

This was a big deal to him. I think his focus today was Colin Falls, and he did a great job in defending him.

Edith Bowman

We fight like we're a married couple. (on Colin Murray)

Jacques Chirac

France is waiting to see what Colin Powell says tomorrow and what (weapons inspector Hans) Blix says on the 14th,

If some larger-than-life personality -- let's say Colin Powell -- decided he wanted to launch a third-party candidacy for some office, I think he'd be an impact player. But he's not running.

Edith Bowman

Some days I fancy him, others I want to flush hid head down the toilet.(on Colin Murray)

Michael Hitchcock

Our primary goal is to win championships, and we feel that Colin is the right man to lead FC Dallas to a championship.

Ariel Sharon

I'm a friend of Colin Powell. We talk quite often.

We have a great offensive line and I think E.J. will have a big year, ... And Colin Dampier is a very good athlete. He's going to do a good job at quarterback.

We've got some versatility with our lineup. We've played without Colin in our lineup before and played pretty well. That's what we're going to need to do again.

Deborah Harkness

Films are wonderful but they do fix an identity. I can't read 'Pride and Prejudice' anymore, for instance, without imaging Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy.

First and foremost, Colin is a safe pair of hands. He's a very sound individual who understands golf, having lived and worked in it all his life. He was good enough to make it to Walker Cup level as a player, and he captained Scotland to European Championship success. In other words, he ticks all the boxes. What more could you want?

Pete Sessions

You know, I think that President Obama is a person who has a great relationship with a number of people. Colin Powell does, too. I think Colin Powell is a fine American, a great leader and sees things in President Obama that he agrees with. He's entitled to have his opinion.