Famous Quotes & Sayings

I was encouraged by today, but not overly so. We need to see a lot more than one day.

I was encouraged by the at-bat but I'd rather have that last pitch be a strike.

Gary Sheffield

I was encouraged by that, to get there and slide and know my leg was O.K. after that,

I thought we played better each time we played. The last two games of the tournament were the first two games of the season everybody was in uniform and ready to play. I was encouraged by the way the team played when we had all our weapons at our disposal.

It is not good at all but I am remaining positive and strong for him and am encouraged by the doctors' reports today.

I am very encouraged by the response from members of the public.

Michael Chertoff

We may never know everybody who participated. But actually, I am encouraged by the fact that, as we have pulled together information that comes globally to us, we've filled in more and more pieces of the puzzle.

Darren Shan

I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, she encouraged me to use my imagination.

Lindsay Davenport

I was really encouraged by how the first set went, ... and at the same time, I got a really tight set under my belt. You get nerves whenever a match gets that close, so it was nice to experience that again.

He was a mentor to me. He always encouraged me to do all I could in school. He told me I had talents. He told me I could do anything I wanted,

Engineering college students should be encouraged to start entrepreneurial ventures in their second year itself. It is safer to fail while in college.

C. K. Williams

My father read poetry to me, encouraged me to memorize poems. But the writing of it was quite a different thing.

Paul Rice

She always encouraged her kids to do whatever they wanted.

People will be encouraged by the upgrade of U.S.-Taiwan relations from Chen's high-level exposure and high-level access,

She was my right hand woman and always encouraged me. She kept me on track.

Heather Smith

She's been a real positive influence. She's still helping me out. She encouraged me to do this (coach) and that's why I did it.

Uzo Aduba

I think of myself as a little kid, and I had a wild imagination, but it was something that was encouraged and supported, which helped steer me into the arts.

We were very encouraged to see profit up at AOL, even though revenue was down.

We were very encouraged by the number of proposals. It was particularly pleasing to support those programs which did not have enough funding for the things they need to do.

Max von Sydow

There are many documentary filmmakers who have a tough time because they don't really get what they need to do what they want. There are so many people with good visions that should be encouraged and helped. And they will deliver, I'm sure.

The Nepalese people have been encouraged by this success to install all representative bodies.

After two years in the red, we had a substantial turn between '04 and '05, and the first quarter of '06 is similarly positive. We are very encouraged about the long term.

Larry Coker

That has encouraged me about Tyrone, because he really has stepped it up a level. We knew what we had when we recruited him.

Paul Singer

It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans.

The Fed will be encouraged by this, and it dampens somewhat the probability of a Fed easing, ... but I would still look for another move in December.

I'm happy and relieved to say that the injury isn't as serious as we might have feared Tuesday night. We're encouraged with the MRI results and looking forward to the rehab process and getting back on the court.

I'm grateful to the Star for the opportunity to do these kinds of stories and sports writers should be encouraged to do more of them.

I'm encouraged that the governor is going to stop the runaway Legislature, and he's going to represent the people.

Aarti Sequeira

I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involving Indian spices.

Robert Towne

I'm excited and encouraged to see people getting involved with their public lands and forests. We really need the public's help to repair these heavily used recreation sites.

Ronda Rousey

I'm really encouraged by the progress I've seen with what they're doing with the women in WWE, but I feel like there's a lot more than can be done.

I'm real encouraged about next year. I feel we could have done a lot better this year with the people that we have. That was a disappointment, but we can't go back. We have to move forward and learn from what we did.

They have two pretty good players, but we have two very good players. Hummel is obviously a very good player, and we encouraged him to do a little more shooting-wise.