Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cher

I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas.

Charisma Carpenter

When I was eight years old, or I may have been younger, my aunt picked me up and threw me in the pool and I didn't know how to swim. It was like, "Conquer your fear and just get on with it." It must have made an impact on me.

Charles M. Schulz

Aunt Marion was right... Never marry a musician, and never answer the door.

Billy Wilder

My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?

Caitlin Thomas

[On journalists:] They are the scavengers of society who, possessing no guts of their own, tear out the guts of celebrities. They have the sycophantic, false enthusing gush of maiden aunts: who are accustomed to being trampled on doormats.

Bryan Clay

Our house was always full of grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins.

Calvin Trillin

Since nostaglia is fueled by inflation, could it be that inflation is the result of a conspiracy by the people who are trying to palm off McGovern buttons and Howdy Doody puppets and their Aunt Thelma's toaster as antiques.

Carole Bouquet

Acting is our job, not talking about it. In France, they know me like I belong to their family. I go somewhere and I feel like Im sometimes the aunt, the grandmother, the mother, the sister. They all know me. But its not supposed to be that way.

Avi

Now give me a kiss, say you love me and off you go." "Sure, Aunt Lu," I said, and I gave her the kiss she wanted. Then I ran out and caught my bus. I didn't say I loved her. I guess I did. But asking someone to say they love you--and she always asked--is like buying yourself a birthday present. It's more than likely exactly what you want. But it must make you feel awfully sad to get it.

Phil Hamilton

We've always defeated those types of things in full committee. At least when his bills die, he doesn't rant and rave.

Courtney Barnett

When I was on the road with Billy Bragg, it was cool because I was doing the whole thing solo and travel a lot by myself, which I quite like. I mean, I love being with friends, but it's kind of nice having that alone time.

Anthony Burger

When I was little I thought, 'Wow, to meet Bill Gaither, that would be great,'

Cory Lidle

When I was in Oakland, knowing that Billy had played the game meant a lot.

John Battelle

When it broke out in the mid 1990s, the web was society's first at-scale digital artifact. It spread in orders of ten, first thousands, then millions, then hundreds of millions of pages - and on it went, to the billions it now encompasses.

Brent Jones

You don't know which concussion is going to put you over the line. And I said, 'What more can you accomplish?' But when you're such a competitor, like Steve was, or like Bill is, you can't see beyond the next game.

Kevin Sharer

We remain confident in our long-term guidance of compound annual growth rate for sales and EPS of low 20s for the 2001-2005 period and sales between $8 billion and $9 billion in 2005,

Sandra Taylor

We're spending billions of dollars on a country that doesn't want us there.

Harry Reid

We're spending a lot of money in the Gulf, ... We have to do that, but is there anyone in the world that can justify $70 billion in tax cuts? I don't think so. So before I talk about offsets, let the president focus on that.

Phil Klay

We're so used to using military terminology in civilian speech that we forget those terms might mean something very specific.

Kay Hagan

Religious institutions should have religious freedom on this issue. No church or minister should ever have to conduct a marriage that is inconsistent with their religious beliefs. But I think as a civil institution, this issue's time has come and we need to move forward.

Kendrick Meek

Mrs. Parks' act of brave defiance rocked the foundation of American society and inspired generations of civil rights leaders and created a sense of hope for every American facing legal discrimination in this country.

Eugene Debs

When we are in partnership and have stopped clutching each other's throats, when we have stopped enslaving each other, we will stand together, hands clasped, and be friends. we will be comrades, we will be brothers, and we will begin the march to the grandest civilization the human race has ever known.

Thabo Mbeki

What all of us have said on the continent is the actual African experience over the last 40 years shows that where you don't have democracy, where you've got military governments, where you've got civil conflict, where you've got no observation of the rule of law, then all of these things need to be addressed as a basis for development.

Van White

What has saved the pews and what will revitalize this interest in a Frederick Douglass Freedom Center or something that gives appropriate recognition to the contributions that he and other people made in the area of civil and human rights, is an unprecedented willingness and desire to see it happen.

William Blum

We bomb homes, and these people have families -- and the U.S. refuses to apologize for these civilian deaths. The absence of concern makes their actions almost equal to a deliberate targeting of civilians.

Robert Korstad

Unions have got to find a language that justifies the actions that they are taking, they're going to have to use the language of civil rights.

Javier Solana

Unfortunately, it is highly probable that a weapon went astray and hit civilian buildings,

Edward P. Jones

In the summer of 1964, my sister and I went to South Ballston, Virginia, to stay with my aunt and her kids. They passed the civil rights bill that summer; my cousins were so happy because now they could swim in the pool.

John Lewis

I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956, with some of my brothers and sisters and first cousins - I was only 16 years old - we went down to the public library trying to check out some books, and we were told by the librarian that the library was for whites only and not for colors. It was a public library.

Gerard Daffy

We took a bet of $2500 on him straight away. By the time the count is held, West and Cousins may be very close together.

Marcos Baghdatis

I have 21 cousins here so it feels like home. I think it's a big help when you have the fans behind you and supporting you.

Mark Ruffalo

I did grow up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, around a lot of my mom's family. I had a lot of cousins and aunts and uncles around me, and my sisters and my brother. Probably the most formative part of it was that we grew up on the edge of a forest. It wasn't a big forest, but it was enough. When you're a kid, it feels gigantic.

Matisyahu

My mother's sister married a man from Barbados, and my cousins were raised in Barbados. So we traveled down there, they came up every summer for camp, and I started paying attention to their music. And that was the first place I ever remember hearing reggae and liking it.

Scott Sullivan

I worked at Sullivan's through high school. At least 10 of my cousins did, too. We would spend hours cleaning bottles in the basement, running bottles through shoots. I don't know if it was good times, but it was what we did.

Shaun Alexander

It gets serious at halftime. The first few days here, it's all about the excitement of being around the other guys. Talent likes being around each other. The end of the week comes in and you start realizing you've got aunties and uncles and cousins and best friends from high school here, and you're paying for all of them. You start counting up the bill. And you realize, we do get a little bit of money for being here, but it doubles if you win.

Tom Morong

Just before that shot, Cousins had fouled out, so I felt pretty good, but then they hit their first two shots and I said maybe I shouldn't feel too good.

Cameron Crowe

Tom's dad also passed away when he was a young man and he had that history of feeling he never really knew him properly - so he just seemed like the best guy to work with on this one,

Henry Clay

When we get an open look, we have to shoot and shoot on goal, ... We had some open looks today and passed on them.

John Dunning

What a great atmosphere for volleyball. What a great crowd, and it was good to see so many young people watch the match. Tonight we served and passed really well, and put pressure on New Hampshire. The Wildcats are a good team.

John Dunning

What a great atmosphere for volleyball, ... What a great crowd, and it was good to see so many young people watch the match. Tonight we served and passed really well, and put pressure on New Hampshire. The Wildcats are a good team.

Gordon Campbell

We can disagree on the laws that are passed, and we often do. But the foundation of our society is that once a law is passed that we agree to obey it. We do not get to obey the laws that we like and disobey the laws that we don't like,

Larry Greene

Usually, if we expect hurricane force winds, the port will be closed and will remain closed until the storm has passed and we've had the chance to survey the channel and make sure there's no debris or anything floating or sunk that will impede vessel traffic,

Larry Beinfest

We're moving on. We think that the 72 hours that have passed was more than a reasonable amount of time for him to offer some sort of explanation for his unexcused absence. We still do not have that explanation and we're moving on. He will not be with the Marlins in '06.

David Ortiz

We're fine, it's passed already. Everyone's going to come in tomorrow and try to win some ball games.

Chris Patten

We are profoundly disappointed that Zimbabwe's parliament has passed this law, which represents a fundamental attack on media freedom,

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.

Oscar Michelen

You don't lose all your rights in prison.

Nicholas Burns

We remind the Burundi government and security forces that respect for human rights and peaceful dialogue should be key elements in their efforts to re-establish security in the country.

Clare Short

We remain concerned that refugees in Macedonia are being forced onto planes and buses. This is unacceptable. We understand Macedonian concerns and will provide support to Macedonia, provided it complies with international rights and norms in its treatment of refugees.

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.

Greg Hand

We respect the rights of people to express their opinions. We ask that while they express those opinions they behave themselves.

Abby Ottenhoff

We respect the pharmacists' rights to hold personal, moral, religious beliefs, but they can't allow those beliefs to get in the way of serving their customers.

Tony Ross

We respect our employees rights to organize and engage in collective bargaining and we respect all the rules and regulations in all the jurisdictions that we operate.

Lysander Spooner

To say that majorities, as such, have a right to rule minorities, is equivalent to saying that minorities have, and ought to have, no rights, except such as majorities please to allow them.

Natalie Cole

When I was old enough to walk home alone from school, I loved seeing our house from a distance. It sat on the corner of South Muirfield Road and West 4th Street and had this proud, majestic look. But I rarely went through the front door. The back was more dramatic.

Louis Michel

We remember the victims of the tsunami in Southeast Asia. But millions of vulnerable people in Africa are exposed to natural disasters like droughts, floods and insect infestations as well as armed conflicts. These are silent tsunamis.

David Scurto

We're making excellent progress. It was a very informative meeting and it was good for us to be able to hear from residents that live in both the north and south ends of the city. It was very interesting to hear what they had to say.

Gary Sharpe

We're going to the South side on Tuesday. Our seniors have never won down there.

Al Stokes

We're going to support Mills any way we can. It's to our advantage and to the good of everyone in South Carolina if he's successful.

LeBron James

We're going to South Beach. It's on TNT. It's 8 o'clock. We'll be fired up. There's no reason we shouldn't play with intensity.

James Lilley

We're going to pull the five powers -- Russia, South Korea, Japan, China, the U.S. -- together, not to corner the North Koreans, but to begin to present them with pretty strong options and requiring them to make a move.

Bryan Hilferty

We're going to operate simultaneously throughout the entire eastern and southern part of the country so we get inside the decision cycle; so we hit them before they can hit innocent men, women and children,

Deena Pietrocola

We're going to offer our guests a great wine list to go along with their meal. All the big wine regions are represented, France, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Chile, South Africa, and of course the U.S.

Ben Sherwood

We've asked Tony to stay with 'GMA' through the end of November so that he can participate in our 30th anniversary celebrations. He has generously agreed,

Luol Deng

When we went up, we couldn't stay up. We started making silly mistakes and let them back in the game. We struggled making shots in the fourth quarter and when they got the lead, they didn't look back.

Mona Simpson

When I was in high school in Los Angeles, my mother, who was a speech therapist, agreed to stay over the weekend with one of her clients and his little sister while the parents went away on vacation. She brought me along.

Mallory Dietrich

When it comes down to it, it's just a time you are trying to beat, no matter whose it is. Hopefully it will stay for a few years.

Bryce Taylor

When it comes down to it, it seems like we are putting too much pressure on ourselves. As a shooter, you have to stay confident. It's all mental when it comes to our shooting.

Deborah Copaken Kogan

When it comes down to it, I believe that, having made the decision to bring children into the world, I owe it to them to be as present as I can in their daily lives and to try my best to stay alive until they've made it through to adulthood.

Dan Edwards

When I was a kid, Henryetta was 'town' to me. I helped build the Indian Nation Turnpike and spent many hours laboring in this area. I think Henryetta is a great place to be and I plan to stay here until I retire.

Desarae Garland

When I was a freshman living in the dorms I went home a lot, but now that I live off-campus I really can't stay home for a long period of time.

Jeff Green

We're monitoring the situation closely and staying in touch with our suppliers.

Jeff Kinney

When I was on the swim team as a kid, I used to hide out from my coach by going into the bathroom and hiding out in one of the stalls. And I would literally wrap myself in toilet paper so as not to get hypothermia.

Bob Black

We're going to take this one year at a time. Our kids have a lot of confidence that they can swim fast when they have to.

Ryan Sprang

We're going to rest a little more. We're going to be ready to swim fast on Tuesday.

Jason Hafner

We're going to get them in and have them swim tomorrow. We have to have them loosen down after swimming hard for two days. We have to start to get them ready for state.

Peter Young

What we're hoping to do through this federal process is see if we can formalize a rule that specifically says the swim with program is prohibited and that you are -- you have only so much approach to any dolphin that's out in the wild.

Dave Flaskas

What he swims at the Commonwealth Games is a matter for the coaches.

Jesse Cole

We're in the toughest region. So it's going to be difficult for us. We're going to have to swim fast to get into the finals. We're just going to have to keep doing what we're doing and hope for the best.

Bob Bowman

We're getting back to the basics. That doesn't mean you won't ever see him swim those events, but they probably won't be in the program at the end. He'll be getting back to his traditional program.

Chuck Goodman

We're being pragmatic. We want it to be open, but if the decision is made to close it and create a new aquatic center, we want to make sure it has the ability for lap swimming and other activities.