Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Chamberlain

When you've never had much money and earned little as an actor the first two years, you tend to save your money.

Holly Lisle

I earned my writing stripes with a large man's shoebox overflowing with rejection slips... more than 100 before I got my first, 'Yes, we want this,' accompanied by a check.

Ken Hitchcock

We want first badly. As hard as we've worked, we've earned that right. At one time, before we were decimated by injuries, we were first overall in points. Today and Friday are points we must have.

Natsuo Kirino

One of my books, 'Rain Falling on My Face,' earned me the 39th Edogawa Ranpo prize. It's a very prestigious literary prize in Japan, mostly for mysteries and thrillers.

We're extremely proud of where we are. We didn't know much about Prince Edward, but we knew they earned the right to be here and we had to be ready.

They played well, and they earned their time.

They had only one earned run. We out-hit them. We had 10 hits. We had two home runs. You look at the numbers and wonder how we got beat.

Steve Alford

They've earned it. They worked awfully hard. But there's a lot that can happen in February.

Jack Johnson

For every point I'm given, I'll have earned two, because I'm a Negro.

Dave Allison

They earned the respect of North American players. They played gritty. They were winners. They made people around them better.

They earned it. They have good kids and so do we. I am proud of the way my guys wrestled.

There were some guys who earned their varsity spurs today.

Pete Carroll

It's all up to the individual. I think they've earned that right. They earned that by hard work.

They're in my league, I've seen them for four years, and they're special kids. You don't wake up one morning and play that way. It's taken a lot of time and effort and they've earned everything they get. I'm pulling for them with all my heart and strength. I'm proud for the Hartford school.

They respect what I say. We seniors have earned our respect here.

There was a lot of unsung heroes for us. It was a team effort. Sometimes people get lost in the shuffle. But it takes an entire group. They earned it and there was nothing given to them.

It's a reward to our kids for their hard work for the last 115 or 116 days. To be able to play a championship game at their home place, they have earned the right to play it, but they haven't earned the right to win it.

E. O. Wilson

It was the first time in their lives that these Romanian women earned money for their work. And for us to be able to make that happen was amazing.

It's awesome. We earned it. We did a month's preparation.

Chad Harbach

I've earned my living in all sorts of terrible ways - as a janitor, a copy editor, a psychotherapist.

Kenneth Oppel

Flying into a storm, even its outer edges, did not seem like a good idea to me. And this was no ordinary tempest. Everyone on the bridge knew what it was: the Devil's Fist, a near-eternal typhoon that migrated about the North Indian basin year-round. She was infamous, and earned her name by striking airships out of the sky.

Norman Foster

In Britain, the idea one could go from blue-collar beginnings to the university was so far out, it was quite unthinkable. I took a variety of jobs to pay for tuition - from ice-cream salesman to night-club bouncer. Whatever earned the most money in the least time.

John Stevens

We know him well and he has already earned our respect and admiration,

Elon Musk

Our earned revenue will be $35 million after a little more than two years of operation. By comparison, the X-Prize was a one-off of $10 million, and it took Burt something like five years to do it.

Gary Patterson

After a game like this you always feel like you are No. 1. We wanted an opportunity to finish high and jump into the top 10 in the final rankings. I feel like we've earned it.

Ron Pearson

quality funds in a well-diversified portfolio that earned 9.3 percent (all accounts) in the last 12 months, whereas the S&P 500 lost 14.8 percent.

The scary part of the whole thing is now this week we play a struggling team, Chicago, and everybody's going to try and give us the W before we've earned it,'' said Tice of Minnesota's nationally televised home opener Sunday night.

I've told the players since the start of the playoffs that they have earned the right to be here. They've responded. Everyone has stepped up and is doing what it takes.

It was about the same list as I usually use. I earned five points less than at district, but I think I did a lot better.

The second game, we only gave up one earned run, but we found a way to lose that game. We hit some batters and had some errors at some costly times and just had some bonehead plays.

Jack Rio

This is obviously a big win in a big game. We've earned our 4-2 record. I'm real proud of our guys.

Mark Turgeon

You never want to say you're in because you don't want to jinx yourself. We're going to prepare like we're in that tournament, and I think we've earned it.

This win was even more enjoyable than last week, because we had to work harder for it. We really earned this one.