Greatest Quotations | Page 5

I would definitely have to say the championship game was the greatest experience. Puerto Rico was a very tough team and the defending champions. For us to go and beat the reigning champions was something that we'll never forget.

I would ask you to envision this island not as it is but as it could be, as part of the greatest harbor district in the world.

I was prepared to pay $15,000 for the passport. ... He was the greatest guy in the world. When you met him, everyone loved him. He was a fun guy.

I was posted to China in the summer of 1988, which was the greatest time ever, I think, to have been in China.

If we don't make (children) a priority we will fail because the world is going to be left to them. The greatest resource we have is people, not machinery, and children need to be our greatest priority.

If we don't innovate, we don't have new versions. Nobody needs to upgrade. Nobody needs to buy. We have to have a variety of ways to innovate?We're at the beginning of 12 months of the greatest innovation pipeline that our company has ever had.

If we had come here and finished second two years in a row, it would have hurt so bad. These have been the greatest bunch of kids I could have ever asked to work with. They just never quit and refused to lose.

If we'd gotten a lot of money, we would have spent it. We would have ended up with a high cost structure. What seemed like small-town then has turned out to be the greatest thing since sliced bread.

I got to put on the red, white and blue. I got to represent the greatest nation on earth. That is a fantastic thing. And I happened to be able to win a medal along with it.

If we could win Monday, it would be the greatest victory in Cuban baseball history.

I have four children, and they are my four greatest reasons to make sure we meet our goal of securing a strong future for Louisiana.

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and selfrespect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from.

I don't have a problem wearing suits, but that's not who I am, ... You had one of the greatest power forwards of all time, Karl Malone, and he came to the games in jeans, a T-shirt, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. It's going to be hard for me to change.

I didn't like the '50s, you know. I appreciate Elvis, but I'm not a big fan. I'm not a rockabilly fan. And the '60s and early '70s were, to me, the greatest times to live.

I don't know yet whether he's turning a corner. He's a pretty resilient fellow, so now I think he gets it. But I think a lot of damage has been done to people's view of government and that's not the greatest thing to have presided over.

I don't care if he doesn't hit another homer the rest of his life, he's the greatest player that ever played the game. If this is it for him, people get better get out there now because you're missing the greatest show on earth.

I am excited to be a part of the Franklin & Marshall football family. There will be many challenges that come with being the head coach, but the ultimate goal is to make sure that all of our players have the greatest experiences of their lives on and off the field.

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen to a man. I tell you, find a woman you can fall in love with. Do it. Let yourself fall in love, if you haven't done so already. You are wasting your life.

I believe we deserved it. We reached this point after beating many great teams including Portugal which was very good today. It's the greatest moment of my career. When I scored, I thought we could not lose the cup.

I am speechless, overjoyed. This makes me extremely happy. The Olympic victory was my greatest goal.

I am the greatest technical wrestler in the history of the WWF!

Carlos filled our greatest need last year by excelling in production from the middle of our order. He is established as one of the league's top run producers and exceeded our expectations from the outset.

But what people don't realize is that Detroit is the greatest success story in American history.

But the greatest shortage that will slow us down is the lack of trained people. So we are putting resources in training.

But the greatest love - the love above all loves, Even greater than that of a mother - Is the tender, passionate, undying love, Of one beer drunken slob for another

But the greatest injury of the 'wall' notion is its mischievous diversion of judges from the actual intentions of the drafters of the Bill of Rights. . . . The "wall of separation between church and state" is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned.

But the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view.

Bayern Munich are, in my mind, the favorites to win the Champions League. It's quite possible that we'll meet Bayern in the final. I'd even say that Bayern are our greatest challenge to winning the Champions League.

China is viewed and hyped in general as being the greatest and most gigantic market in the world because of demographics and population.

Chris is ready for this. I told him the greatest distance is that 18 inches from the assistant's chair to the head coach's seat. But he understands his responsibilities and what he has to do.

I'm a strong proponent of online dating. Dating is a numbers game and online dating gives you the greatest number of people to choose from - people you would not ordinarily reach.

I'm amazed that you could have the greatest portrait in the United States, of George Washington; you could have the Declaration of Independence desk, the desk on which it was written; you could have the hat that Abraham Lincoln had on the day he died, in buildings that really not only possibly endanger them, but the American people coming to look at them.

Imagine taking the island named after the greatest conservation president of all time and turning it into condo developments? I don't know what even to say about that.

Imagine graduating and your job is to hang out on college campuses, where people who work for you are getting people excited about music. I said, 'You're going to pay me to do that?' It was the greatest job, never having to grow up.

I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It's definitely one of my greatest joys, and I'm a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors.

I have always loved food. I began cooking for my family as a young girl, and to this day, it's one of my greatest pleasures in life.

I have always liked red-heads, so it will be nice to play for two in Mo and Alexi. But seriously, I played with Mo in Kansas City and we won a championship together so I know what he is like. I am just really happy to play for an organization that is focused on winning championships. It's going to be a great situation for my family and I. I am very excited about playing in one of the greatest cities in the world.

I have been a part of one of the greatest comebacks in college basketball history when we beat Duke two years ago. This tops that.

I have a real affinity with Ireland and Dublin and the Irish, and I'm your greatest fan whenever there's a World Cup or European Championships on.

I have lived here for so long, and this was the last piece of the puzzle. I really feel that I have found my place here. Some of the greatest moments of my life were while I lived here, and now I feel complete.

I happen to enjoy fundraising a great deal, ... I think our greatest fundraising tool is going to be the quality of the shows.

I felt like he was holding on, to go from the greatest receiver of all time to the fourth or fifth receiver on that team. In certain offenses, he probably still could be a second receiver.

I felt like it was time, ... It seemed like he was holding on from being the greatest receiver ever to playing a secondary or third or fourth role on other teams.

I feel the organization did what they felt was best. Playing in Buffalo was one of the greatest experiences for me. I hope it works out for everyone.

I feel like if I would have made the pitch and we'd scored, it would have been the greatest play in college history.

I find my greatest happiness in thinking of those days in Homestead when I labored to bring a thing to perfection entirely by myself. In the evenings, I would go into the hills and look down on my work, and I knew that it was good, and my heart was elated.

I find that my greatest difficulty and the really most painful and difficult part of my work is draining and ridding my mind of that burden of meanings which I've absorbed through the culture-things that seem to have something to do with art but don't have anything to do with art at all.

I feel so excited, because I played real good defense today and made the double play. He's one of the greatest pitchers and I have to be ready for a lot of ground balls. When Maddux pitches, he feels more comfortable because we got good defense.

I feel like it was time. It seemed like he was holding on. He had gone from the greatest receiver ever to playing a secondary or third role or fourth role or other things that he shouldn't be.

I did it because I love it, I did it because it's part of me and I did it because I had the greatest support. I didn't come (to the U.S.) to play soccer, I came here for a new life. ... Soccer is in my blood. My family is in my heart.

I cant do without God, my greatest comfort where no human can reach.

I can't imagine my life without my kids. Raising them has been the greatest joy in my life.

I can't help but tell people of the greatest story ever told - God's love and our eternal life.

If I was pinned down I'd say that was my greatest asset. I could speak to players and give them examples of injuries and how they heal.

I found that one of the greatest educations you can get comes by working with people, ... You learn a lot about people simply by talking to them. Besides, I like working with my hands and being creative.

Growing up in this business and truly wanting to be a part of the world of film, I'm a truly privileged person standing here today. But I must say, the pinnacle, the pinnacle of all that has been to work alongside one of the greatest contributors to the world of cinema of our time, and that is the great Martin Scorsese.

Getting to state was the greatest thing. As long as the team had goals, it didn't matter if it was me.

Get these people drunk. I don't know if you're aware of this, but we're horrible acoustic. We're going to play all of Neil Diamond's greatest hits, chronologically, alphabetically and scientologically.

Giant does not have a formal pandemic preparedness plan. The feeling is that we have enough employees -- we have over 25,000 employees. If the need arose, we could move these employees around quite a bit to wherever the greatest operational need within the company would be to keep our stores open.

Get yourself real close to the TV, because I'll have some good stuff planned. I still plan to be the greatest entertainer in the league.

For me, that is my ... greatest accomplishment ... getting an original song to break through and connect with people, ... And I am really, really proud of that.

For me, Romesco is one of the greatest sauces in the world.

For years, surgeons have been struggling to find the best way to avoid the greatest harm in patients with incidentally identified hernias. Avoiding harm in this case is easy it can best be accomplished by counseling and educating patients and only repairing hernias that cause symptoms.

For years, winning Key West has been one of the greatest achievements in U.S. sailing. Now the competition at Miami Race Week is just as stiff in several one-design classes. Winning the Acura Grand Prix Trophy shows a tremendous level of excellence. To put forth a consistent performance at two major regattas is not an easy feat.

Free banking has provided the greatest growth over the last two years.

Friends are the greatest labor and the greatest reward.

From a latest and greatest perspective, some customers might be feeling bah humbug about their Christmas purchases.

From 40 to 60 percent of the presidential office is not in administration but in morals, politics, and spiritual leadership. He has to guide a people in the greatest adventure ever undertaken on the planet.

Friends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem to have the greatest deference for you; but, though they may ask it, you never find them following your advice upon their own affairs; nor allowing you to manage your own.

I don't think anything else can be hopeful or accomplished if you have the fear that you will get arrested or prosecuted or censored, ... I saw a cry for help. So it was my goal to try to get writers whose work and whose name would be meaningful to the greatest number of people.

I don't think about what is the greatest thing that ever happened to me. It seems to me that things don't last long anyway.

If anyone asks me why he should love his neighbor, I would not know how to answer him, and I could only ask in my turn why he should pose such a question. It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow men who has the greatest difficulties

If being intelligent, brilliant, a superb lawyer, the greatest legal mind of your generation and well qualified is not enough, what is?

I enjoy the competition of all the games. I love to coach and be in a competitive situation where we're up against the greatest players and the greatest coaches on a weekly basis. It's very challenging but it's very exciting, and that?s true every week.

From the birth of Rachel's daughter, Lillian Rose Entwistle, last April, Rachel shared her greatest love -- that of being a mother. As the family continues to grieve, we also celebrate and are grateful for the time we had with Rachel and Lilly.

from the greatest comeback in the history of the Ryder Cup.

For the typical customer, their day-to-day interaction with the insurance provider has the greatest impact on their overall impression of the company and its brand. Having a dedicated local agent handling their insurance needs can be a big advantage in creating a lasting relationship between insurer and policyholder. However, some insurance customers with simple needs place less importance on a local agent and several carriers have made big strides in refining their direct communication channels with customers. GEICO, for example, has done an excellent job of attracting new customers and delivering quality service, whether through their Web sites or call centers.

Giving the Olympics their greatest exposure is a continuing goal for us and we're pleased that CBS has made this possible. We're looking forward to airing our third Winter Olympics on TNT,

Global warming is the greatest environmental threat we face. Fortunately, states are stepping up to the plate in taking on this great challenge. Connecticut policy-makers have shown great leadership in reducing global warming and cleaning up the air we breathe.

If it goes away, the success that I've enjoyed has been way beyond my greatest expectations so I've nothing to complain about.

If it's true, I would of course be disappointed. Lance is the greatest of our time and maybe somebody's trying to put him down. I don't know what it's about, so all of this is very speculative.

If the Fed is just neutral, what's really going to move the market higher is more progress on the earnings front. You're going to want to be overweight in those companies that have the greatest underlying earnings growth, and that's technology,

He was cool before it was cool to be cool, 'American Masters' creator and executive producer Susan Lacy stated. ?He left us a storehouse of classics, pure poetry that will live forever because they are, quite simply, among the greatest songs ever sung.

I always hoped for a show that was realistic and provocative and moving and funny. And to me, it's exceeded those expectations ... not to mention the people who have climbed aboard to join in it. As a creative endeavor, it's been the greatest experience of my life.

He was the greatest in history and to get a look at his genetic material will be pretty amazing,

He was the greatest fund raiser of all time. And guess what? We actually got more votes than he did in the 2000 presidential election. They're going to have a lot more money than we're going to have...They're for money. We're for votes.

He was the greatest athlete in Drake history. He lettered in football, basketball and track in his sophomore year and set so many school records.

He will definitely be remembered as one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play.

He will be regarded as one of the greatest leaders this country has ever had, ... He knew who he was, who we are as a people, and had an enthusiasm -- a great confidence for the innate goodness of this nation.

He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.

He taught us with his actions as well as his words -- he taught the power of nonviolence for human dignity. He was a humble man from ordinary beginnings who became a great man and a hero and one of our greatest teachers.

He taught us how to coach. His legacy will always be a relentless work ethic and unquestioning loyalty. And it was the greatest turnaround in college football history. That's as true a statement as anybody can make.

He's certainly the greatest play-by-play person up to this point that NBC sports has ever had. He literally carried the sports division at NBC for so many years on his back. ... He was a remarkable talent, and he was an even more remarkable human being.

He's a young guy. When you have the privilege of playing for the greatest hockey country, there are only so many players. It's not that he's not worth being there, it's just because he's in a situation that Team Canada has a new wave of young players.

He had the greatest nickname of any pitcher -- 'The Chairman of the Board'.

He had the greatest gift of all, the ability to love without fear.

He hasn't got enough experience. I'm not looking for the greatest manager but somebody who has the same way of thinking.

He is a real person. His power is really a moral issue more than a superhuman issue. He is for the people, fighting for the people, with the people. I think that, for generations, has been one of the greatest qualities.

He is not only infringing on Wal-Mart's trademark, but he's also making an offensive association between Wal-Mart and one of the greatest tragedies of the past century. We certainly respect the rights and opinions of others, but we also must protect our trademark or we risk losing it.

He has played all the great roles, so he's had many opportunities here, and he is arguably the greatest classical actor in the English speaking world.