Famous Quotes & Sayings

Erich Fromm

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

Jason Schwartzman

I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be

But I am optimistic that rebuilding efforts will restore lost GDP by the first quarter of next year,

Harrison Ford

I am my age. I'm not making any effort to change it.

Guy Pearce

I don't feel I'm making a conscious effort to go more commercial.

Greg Gutfeld

Al Gore completely lied about climate change in an effort to make a lot of money.

Sidney Crosby

I don't know if the effort was there. NHL teams, they've got to find a way to be prepared for an opponent. They've got a good team and a good system over there, but that doesn't make it any better.

Larry Brown

I didn't think we, other than the first seven, eight minutes (of the game), matched their energy. Their effort was phenomenal.

Byron Scott

I didn't think in the first half we were here. We were just kind of out there going through the motions and at halftime I wasn't very happy. Much better effort in the second half and we got the win.

Ivor Novello

Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having.

Irwin M. Jacobs

At Linkabit, we put little effort and energy into patenting things.

Jack Nicholson

I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.

Jack Abramoff

As a lobbyist, I thought it only natural and right that my clients should reward those members who saved them such substantial sums with generous contributions. This quid pro quo became one of hallmarks of our lobbying efforts.

Most of these guys would be flying into Naples on Tuesday or Wednesday, (but instead) they're flying in here for me on Sunday night. It takes a special effort on their part.

Mike Smith played a wonderful game. He gave a gallant effort the whole night.

Stephen Vizinczey

Modesty is an excuse for sloppiness, laziness, self-indulgence; small ambitions evoke small efforts

Moving people out of the shelters and into temporary housing has been a source of frustration for us. It is a monumental effort that FEMA has undertaken, and we understand that effort is going to take time, but we had hoped it would come about quicker than it has.

Mental mistakes absolutely, but I am happy with the effort we are getting. We work so hard, but sometimes in the fourth quarter experience takes over.

Taylor Twellman

My job is to get it on the end. . . . I'm not going to score if my teammates don't get it to me. . . . Jay Heaps played great. (Pat) Noonan played great. It was a solid effort all around.

Miguel de Icaza

.NET was a company-wide branding effort at Microsoft that spanned multiple projects.

Obviously, we were outmatched with the lineup of skill they had. We expected a better effort and we didn't see it.

It is a team effort from the groom to the trainer, its just fabulous.

Mikhail Gorbachev

It is a worthy reward for his efforts over many years. He is a man who does his job solidly and responsibly.

Jillian's effort was huge. She's a big part of what we do. When she can step up like that, it helps everybody else's game.

Jay gave us a good, hard effort on Hester. He's (Hester) a nice player. Everything they do revolves around him. If he's not the one scoring for them than he is involved in the scoring in some other way.

Last week we had a lot of effort, but we were not focused mentally. Physically, the effort was there, but we had a lot of mental mistakes. That is what we are trying to improve on this week.

Andrei Kirilenko

I think everybody did a good job helping each other out in the first half, not only Carlos, Mehmet, and myself. I would say that (rookie Deron Williams ) and Kris Humphries were also very helpful. It was a good effort all-around and we were able to establish a comfortable lead for the second half.

I saw it yesterday in practice. We just aren't shooting well right now. I saw the effort there.

Peter Budaj

Starting with me and everybody else, I don't think we put out the effort that was good enough for a win.

Li Zhaoxing

Some people are disappointed with the outcome of meetings, which was not as substantial as they have expected, ... However, we should highly value efforts made by all sides in this process.

That effort is failing completely and totally. We don't see a point in negotiations.

Reggie Watts

My thing is, I like to do things as long as they're relatively fluid or easy. Not to say that there isn't any effort involved in making something happen, but I don't like to push things or force things too much.

My teammates made a concerted effort to look for me in the low post tonight. When they do that, it's my job to finish. They understand it's my last year. I'm going to do everything in my power to keep this jersey on as long as possible.