Famous Quotes & Sayings

Francois Fenelon

If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all

If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all.

We knew they were a desperate team and that they'd come after us. They started feeding off their crowd and seemed to be scoring every time down the floor. We sort of lost our patience for a few minutes.

We know what the crowds will look like. It is going to be busier.

Antawn Jamison

We know what our crowd is going to do. It's going to be fun.

Jason Calacanis

While people are quick to praise the wisdom of the crowd, being an old-school journalist, I look at the wisdom of the crowd and know it can quickly turn into a mob mentality.

At Keene State, I've presented here twice and each time a larger crowd has gathered?there's a reaction happening on the campus. I'm happy about that.

Luke Ford

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Skip Bertman

As you know, there is unfortunately an element in every crowd that does not exhibit good sportsmanship. And when crowds grow to the size of those on a football game day, it takes only a very small percentage of offenders to ruin the day for so many.

A big crowd really helped us at sectionals. It helps motivate our kids and perhaps intimidates others. It is great to have a big fan following.

It's just an ordinary game, and we've had one of our better weeks as far as preparation is concerned. The kids know they'll be in front of a big crowd and want to perform well.

Mike Richards

It's exciting. You don't really know how to feel. But to hear the crowd and see the hats, you just try to enjoy the moment a little bit. When it's at the end of the game and you know you won, you can enjoy it a little more.

The new procedure will spread the inspections throughout the month, resulting in more convenience to motorists and inspection stations won't be faced with large crowds at the end of the month.

After that takedown, the crowd got really loud and I felt it was my match from then on. I think that was the turning point for me.

Jay Paterno

Any time you get in front of a crowd and do things well and have some success, it means a lot to you.

Maria Bamford

The bigger the crowds get, the more nervous I get. I actually am very comfortable with a half-filled room of people who are slightly disinterested and are irritated at a Barnes & Noble.

Nobody anticipated this crowd and we didn't plan for it! We inconvenienced a lot of people. But it's our time and we just don't have any other option.

Michael Strahan

It's incredible. To watch those guys move the ball, throw the ball, and put up points like they did, it's great. And the crowd loves it because they haven't seen offense like this in years.

Jon Garland

It's been upsetting to see some of the crowds we've had, considering the way we've been playing, but you can't make people come out to the park. They've got things to do.

Chipper Jones

It's playoff time, and I think if it were 150 games into the regular season, you'd see some people dragging. But this crowd is electric when they get inside this place, and if you can't get up to play this game, then something's wrong with you.

Quique Flores

It's our obligation to delay as long as possible Barca being crowned champions.

Scott Erickson

It's our first home game. That's always exciting, ... The weather's supposed to be beautiful. We'll have a good crowd on hand.

The nice thing about publishing later in life is that you already know who you are. You don't have to hang out with the 'Paris Review' crowd to try to make yourself feel like a legitimate writer.

The New York routes out of LaGuardia are part of the crown jewels of the Delta system.

Dana Altman

That's probably the third game they've won for us this year. The crowd wouldn't let us quit.

Laura Davies

That's the deciding factor -- if you can quite the crowds on Sunday. You know the big roars are for the Americans. If we can keep them quiet and get up early, it's a big thing to keep the crowds under control.

I told the kids after our loss to St. Peter's on Tuesday that the only way we can win is to improve from the line. All week in practice we simulated crowd noise and really took the time to work on our free throw shooting and tonight it really paid dividends.

Patty Schnyder

I told the crowd 'Please support me from the first point on tomorrow,

Devon Bostick

I trained for the drums for about two weeks, and then rocking out in front of an entire crowd was sort of like a dream come true. And now, Guitar Hero, I can't do that anymore. It's nothing like doing it on stage. I kinda wish I had a fake band, and we could go on tour.

Chad Lewis

It's very disappointing. We've got the loudest crowd in the NFL and a great stadium, and to come out and not even score any points in your own place on a Monday Night Football game like this is very disappointing.

It's not quite the crowd we had hoped for but everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.

Casey Fossum

It's not like I did it on purpose. I like to pitch inside, and (Reed) likes to crowd the plate. That's the type of player he is.

It's too early to predict a sellout. But we're highly optimistic that we're going to set some really big crowds that are pro-Braves.