Famous Quotes & Sayings

Philippe Petit

When I was learning by myself, despite my parents, despite my teachers, despite society, when I was fighting for building my life as a young wire walker at age 16, I didn't have feelings, I had certainties.

Mark Twain

When I was a boy on the Mississippi River there was a proposition in a township there to discontinue public schools because they were too expensive. An old farmer spoke up and said if they stopped building the schools they would not save anything, because every time a school was closed a jail had to be built.

John McCullough

We're making progress, and my challenge to them was to play at this level the rest of the year and keep building on that," ()

Edgar Bronfman

We remain focused on building on the momentum in all of our businesses to produce strong quarterly results, and I am confident that we will meet our growth targets for this fiscal year.

Larry Krantz

We respect the rights of Texans to have fun. But people need to realize that everyone pays when the state has to constantly stop what it's doing to repair this kind of damage. It takes away from our other responsibilities like building and maintaining roadways.

Janie McCarthy

We're slowly building confidence, we know we have it in us, we just need to get it out.

Jessie McCartney

We're going to take this whole weekend certainly as a positive. I think as a whole we learned quite a bit and we're just building right now, taking each game as a building block.

Marios Maratheftis

We're going to see significant sterling weakness this year. Although the Bank of England is on hold for now the pressure is building for rate cuts in the second half of the year.

Gary Clausen

We're going to open it up and consider candidates from inside the building and outside.

Will Friedle

When we did Batman: Return of the Joker, the Joker is played by Mark Hamill, so I got to sit next to Mark Hamill for two straight weeks.

Christine Mockert

When we got there we were given the TV treatment. They put the shine-proof makeup on us, and during the breaks we would joke around and pretend we were news anchors.

Christiane Amanpour

U.S. soldiers, with whom I now have more than a passing acquaintance, joke that they track my movements in order to know where they will be deployed next.

Jose Reyes

We're just good friends. We joke around here in the clubhouse, but if we see each other outside, we're friends. We joke, try to have fun.

Bob Saget

A lot of the comedians don't even tell the joke. Like only three tell the joke, the rest of them dissect it.

Connie Stevens

We are a generation of women that has listened to the much louder voices of parents, teachers, employers, husbands and children while our own voices were small or muffled or totally ignored. Aging Out Loud gives us permission to not only listen to that voice but heed its warnings, laugh at its jokes and follow its directions, without guilt and without looking back.

Sam Brown

We are a very united group. We like to have fun, we like to joke around.

Lauren Worsham

I was one of those kids who liked a lot of attention. I was always the kid in class who'd be telling jokes and getting in trouble. Theater was a natural way for me to channel that and also become a productive member of society.

Louis C. K.

I could never sit down and write jokes.

Steve Matlock

We've assembled a team of dedicated, energetic people whose experience and enthusiasm for this industry is unparalleled. With these talented leaders in place, La-Z-Boy is in for an exciting ride.

Susan Dunn

We've asked the congregation a lot of different things during this period, getting opinions, because we want the whole body to be working toward the same goals. And we believe that the church should get outside its walls and reach out into the community and meet needs of people that live around the church and in the same town, as well as other places beyond our boundaries.

Bob Collins

We've asked all our section pros to put their program up on the Web site and I'm really, really excited the way they're starting to get involved. We're trying to create some awareness in the area and to get people to play. People always want to know, where do I go for a class? Where do I go if my kids want to learn? You can find it in there.

Paul Stamm

We've approached the other trusts and have gotten a verbal commitment, but they would like to be able to be the monies that put us over the top in the project. This has a great chance of being a reality and we really need $10 and $25 donations from people in the community.

Joe Hudak

We've always wanted to try to figure out ways to improve our attendance. There's no doubt it's a great advantage if you can have a lot of people in the stands cheering for you and cheering against your opponents.

Randy Honebrink

We've always tried to reduce the number of people getting bit by sharks through education and awareness. We try to get our safety tips out through our Web site and in publications.

Charlie Sands

We've always tried to have the thing that people want.

Tim Coghlin

We've always thought they were a very skilled team but they're even more skilled than people know. They skate really well, they swarm the puck, the protect they puck well. They all have exceptional puck skills, stick skills, and they compete.

Terry Lickona

We've always known there was a reason to keep all these original masters. We've never erased a single tape from any show we've ever done. We've just about run out of space to store these tapes, but they've turned out be gems. We're proud of these old shows and we think they deserve to be seen by new generations of fans and people that have been fans all along.

Tom Ryan

We've battled and we've competed. It's just a question of playing seven solid innings. I still think we're pretty solid all the way around.

Jen Kasel

We've basically been trying to clean up our game in general. Making better passes, playing smarter, hitting the slide on defense, talking, communicating. We've been doing a lot of seven-on-seven to get prepared to play such a talented team.

Erin Delaney

We've basically been playing a similar offense, we run the same offense. The purpose of the junior varsity is to work together. It's not about wins, it's about getting better.

Tim Saunders

We've asked Matt to do some new things to help us get a couple more athletic bodies into the lineup,and he's more than held his own in left field. Most catchers don't run very well and couldn't make the switch to the outfield, but Matt dominates with his quickness when he's playing hockey, and I think that's helped him make the transition.

Joe Balogh

We've always said that you can't win the league in the first round of the season but you can lose it. I think that is the great part of playing in the NCC.

O. Winston

We've always said it's about us, and it's about us getting better, ... We've got a lot of confidence right now. We're playing well, the defense is playing unbelievable, and I want to get back out there and keep that going.

Scott Rolen

We've always had a tough time playing them.

Katie McMahon

We've always competed against D-I teams in our division. Now we're playing big name East Coast schools and we're getting more recognition. However, the team is not eligible for the playoffs for another two years.

John Hoch

When we were up seven at halftime, coach told us to keep playing our game. We knew we had to keep rolling and in the second half we just shot lights out.

Max Baucus

What Hurricane Katrina destroyed in hours will take years to rebuild, ... The public expects the government to be careful with taxpayer dollars and put them to use in a smart and practical manner.

Kate Allen

What's particularly interesting is that, while some of the new human rights courses focus narrowly on human rights law, others concentrate on practical skills such as campaigning and lobbying. That's very valuable.

Chogyam Trungpa

It's all Ati. Now, let's be practical.

Chinua Achebe

We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: 'He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.'

China Machado

I'm practical. I see something, and I do it.

Charles Sanders Peirce

Consider what effects that might conceivably have practical bearings you conceive the objects of your conception to have. Then, your conception of those effects is the whole of your conception of the object.

Richard Cohen

The other side said (there are) 799 federal and state laws mandating the use of English. ... We would say those kinds of laws are not at issue here. I think that English is the official language of this country in a practical sense already. And I think that most people who come here both learn English and want to learn English.

Michael Fishman

We are practical people who will endorse people who work for working people - whether they are Republican or Democrat.

Alistair Darling

We are looking forward to working with these authorities to develop practical solutions to congestion problems and support the development of a national road pricing scheme,

Aiden Wilson Tozer

We are often hindered from giving up our treasures to the Lord out of fear for their safety; this is especially true when those treasures are loved relatives and friends. But we need have no such fears. Our Lord came not to destroy but to save. Everything is safe which we commit to Him, and nothing is really safe which is not so committed.

Ron Hays

The people you are helping are your neighbors, friends, relatives -- maybe even your co-workers.

Ramesh Chandra

We request all members of the community to advise and inform their friends and relatives who are planning to come to Qatar about the seriousness of the situation, before they fall victims to illegal recruiting agents in India.

George Rockwell

I was subjected to everything German as a young lad growing up, like traditional songs and talk of the old country. All my German relatives lived in New York City, and we used to visit frequently.

Mark Ferguson

What we discovered were teeth similar to those of crocodilesnot surprising as birds are the closest living relatives of the reptile.

Sidney Jones

There are people who have suffered unbelievable trauma. There are people who have seen their own relatives being killed. There are people who have survived horrendous attacks.

Annette Singletary

The people that were in the building were the principal's relatives and she was playing a practical joke on them. They had come to tour the school and it was a practical joke.

Brandon Darby

The people that own this home their relatives own all of these homes and have owned these homes for generations, now some of these homes are destroyed but some of them are not destroyed, some of them need to be repaired.

Brad Milton

We try to make it back (to Iowa) when we can, but it's really tough to get away and get back here. The last time Brian was here was in 2000, and I haven't been here in a couple of years. It's a struggle to balance our time with relatives in addition to the Marine Corps and our own families.

Mark Joseph

We've always had a School Committee member or two on these committees, and I feel very strongly that should continue. We need to know what we're bringing in.

Katie McMahon

We've always competed against D-I teams in our division. Now we're playing big name East Coast schools and we're getting more recognition. However, the team is not eligible for the playoffs for another two years.

Alex Chiu

When I was in Taiwan, I was taught in school that Taiwan is part of China.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

When I was in sixth grade, they slashed the budgets for all of our school art programs, so my grandparents enrolled me in art classes at Worcester Art Museum, which I attended from sixth to 12th grade.

Ricky Williams

When I was in school, at the time he was the governor of Texas, ... Sometimes he would work out in our weight room. I had a chance to talk to him a couple of times. I was lifting, he was just riding a bike. I think he's a nice person.

Jennifer Anderson

When I was in school and we had a test coming up, we never had a party like this.

John Parks

When I was in school 20 years ago, it wasn't all that important. And if the coach was mad at you, denying you water was something they used as punishment.

John Goodman

When I was in high school playing against those guys I really didn't feel friendly towards them at all. I tried to make myself think I hated Unionville at the time, and there was definitely a lot of trash talking. You run into those guys all the time. It's pretty important to have those bragging rights so you can walk with your head a little higher. But now that I'm out of school and you see those guys there's no hate there. I have a lot of respect for them.

Mike Birbiglia

When I was in high school I saw Steven Wright, a brilliant one-liner comedian, and I thought: 'That's what I should do; I should write one-liners.' And I did. My first album is mostly one-liners.

James Sutherland

We've announced the tour program six months ahead of what we normally would and that's just (because of) the sheer demand and public interest that's out there right now.

Gerard Way

We've always wanted to give something back to our fans, and to play the kind of shows we know they want to see, ... And we really think this tour is exactly that.

Dave Klingel

When we were at the drawing for the tournament seeds last week, we were praying that we wouldn't have to face Meade. We didn't play well against them during the season and we knew they would be a tough team to face early in the tournament.

David Wong

When we went to them and told them that we want to do a heritage tour of Hong Kong, a lot of them were very skeptical,

Margaret Teo

We remain confident that we will have very strong proposals from the remaining companies and that the Request for Proposals exercise will fulfil our tourism objectives.

Angie Murphy

We're going to need a lot of help to win conference. But our goals are still there. We're getting ready for the tournament and hopefully a run to the state tournament.

Tommy Amaker

We're going to face a team that has played in the tournament and won in the tournament. That's one of the things that is concerning me.

Keegan Bradley

People look at me weird because I'm a Howard Stern fan, but he's very misunderstood. It's the first thing I do when I get in my car at a tournament - just pray that I get Howard 100 on Sirius or XM.

Keegan Bradley

The best part about winning the PGA is getting great pairings at tour events. It's fun to play with Phil Mickelson and other past major champions.