Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brandon Roy

We had a big lead and I think we just got content with trying to outscore them and not play defense and get stops. Part of it was me. I missed a lot of shots down the stretch. ... I made those shots at the end but I missed a lot that could have let us keep the lead. I'm disappointed in myself.

We had 25 families displaced by fires in the 2005 contract year.

We got humbled (Monday) and we needed this game to get our confidence back. Every (region) game is important so this was a big win for us.

We are starting to develop confidence in each other and with everyone on our team. We gave a consistent effort tonight and that was the difference between tonight and Monday.

We are so proud to honor the work of Mira Nair, who fearlessly combines independence and risk-taking with social consciousness and continues the tradition of those who make feelings visible, who make sense out of sensations, who shine light into darkness.

Sigmund Freud

We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment from a contrast and very little from a state of things.

We are so grateful to the everyone who helped us, in the school and in the parish. We were confident that we could keep this school open.

Ozzie Newsome

We are so excited to have Jamal back. If you look at his history, he always rebounds in a big way from adversity. He had a tough 2005 that started with surgery, his incarceration, and then dealing with all of the turmoil during the season with the contract hanging over his head. We expect big things from him.

We are sensitive to the prices that the general public consumers have to pay at the pump. What we're doing is focusing on what we can do to try and get more supply on the market.

We at Langley Hill will honor Tom's courage by ensuring that the work to which he was dedicated continues and that all the stories of loss, not just Langley Hill's, are told.

We assumed, as I think most consumers do, that because of the larger size and heavier weight of the SUVs, that they would naturally be safer.

Billy Graham

Any preacher who preaches beyond that which he has experienced is incapable of preaching with conviction.

Billy Graham

Every human being is under construction from conception to death.

Trying to be the type of player I want to be, it's mind-boggling. It's really confusing to me, but I know it's my problem.

Mike Pence

To those who say it would be too difficult to repeal and replace Obamacare, I say it's a two step process. We repeal the Pelosi Congress in 2010 and replace the Obama Administration in 2012.

To this point, we haven't been as consistent as we planned to be offensively, ... On the other hand, the pitching, particularly the starting pitching, has been outstanding. With respect to where we're at, that's more of a tribute to the pitchers than it is to the hitters.

Cesare Beccaria

To the extent that human spirits are made gentle by the social state, sensibility increases; as it increases, the severity of punishment must diminish if one wishes to maintain a constant relation between object and feeling.

To the extent that consumer sentiment reacts to movements in the unemployment rate rather than the meager increase in non-farm payrolls, we have to take this ... report as delivering good news to the troops.

To tell you the truth, I think our concentration on the field has been a lot better, ... Even in meetings it's been better, just because it's a welcome distraction. You don't have to think about whether your house is floating down the street. You don't have to think about finding an apartment. You don't have to worry about whether your spouse or your family is going to like their new neighborhood. On the field you're out there doing what you're good at and you're having fun. You don't have to think about all those things until you get back to the hotel and reality sets in.

Tom Harkin

Trust us' is not something the administration can say after Katrina, ... I don't think Congress is in a mood to trust. We want plans. We want specific goals and procedures we're going to take to prepare for this.

To rebroadcast something without a license would be considered to most owners of those licenses a violation of copyright law.

Bart Stupak

When I first ran for Congress in 1992, I campaigned on a pledge to make affordable, quality healthcare a right, not a privilege, for all Americans.

Too long has the public mind considered religion to be synonymous with priestcraft.

English history turned on Henry VIII and his desires, his whims almost. And it was down to Cromwell to make those desires happen. He was the guy that fixed it. He was also the guy that eased Henry's conscience. Because Henry VIII had an enormous, tender conscience and great theological knowledge.

Economists largely confine themselves to three key factors - capital, labor and productivity - when explaining how and why a country grows.

The goal for Shondaland is to continue to make very good shows that we're proud of when they're ready.

Brian Ferneyhough

Why, in such a case, should the performer essay any sort of considered approach at all?

Bruce Babbitt

Well, it's not a pleasant experience. And it's a terribly political process, because that thing was initiated by the Congress and by, you know, our adversaries in the Congress.

Brian Mulroney

It's my responsibility, and entirely my fault, Of course I regret it. It's the kind of locker-room conversation we all use, but as prime minister I shouldn't have used it.

He convinced me that if we're going to have honest government that you can't leave it up to the crooks and that honest people have to get involved in government. So I did. I got involved as a criminal prosecutor with the U. S. Justice Department.

Brian Herbert

I'll keep writing 'Dune' books as long as my mother's spirit continues to support the project.

FKA twigs

I feel confident that the work I've put in will make people see me as a music artist before anything else.

Finley Dunne

Don't jump on a man unless he is down.