Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lisa Graves

We applaud those lawmakers, from both sides of the aisle, who have demanded the truth from the government. The rule of law has been broken, and Congress and the public have a right to know. Effective and public oversight can be done without compromising state secrets. The administration must stop using national security as a blanket reason to keep their illegal activities hidden in the shadows.

Carl Pope

We applaud those in Congress who have refused to let drilling proponents manipulate them and the democratic process. Although there are some still willing to do Big Oil?s bidding, the drilling lobby and their allies will be hard-pressed to keep Arctic drilling in the budget knowing that it is dead on arrival in the House.

Ken Swanson

We applaud this as a first step. We believe every child deserves an optimal class size.

David Siegel

We applaud the understanding reached and trust it will resolve the outstanding issues that were difficult for both parties.

Paul Steiger

We applaud the Senate Armed Services Committee's action. We are hopeful that the U.S. military will now take actions to increase checkpoint safety as well as deal with the prolonged, open-ended detention of journalists in Iraq.

George Steinbrenner

We applaud the Red Sox for decisively dealing with this matter.

Wade Henderson

We applaud the five judiciary members who voted their conscience and took a principled position in opposition to the nomination of John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the United States. However, we are profoundly disappointed that the committee, as a whole, ignored compelling evidence against his nomination.

Ruth Litchfield

We applaud the FDA for defining what whole grain is. Unfortunately, the FDA has not defined any claims concerning the grain content of foods. Consumers should continue to check labels. Grains such as wheat, rice, oats or corn must be described as 'whole' in the list of ingredients to be considered a significant source of whole grain and also should be one of the first three ingredients listed.

Wenonah Hauter

We applaud the farmer who did the right thing by turning over the sick cow in question to a veterinarian for testing.

Tiger Woods

When we were taking the carts back to the tee, ... I couldn't hear anything. In my left ear, I'm half deaf, people whistling and screaming, and then my right ear, I'm half deaf. It was electric, it was loud, people were really into it. J. D. brings huge galleries everywhere he goes.

Bob Nardelli

Tom Taylor brings decades of company and retail experience to his new role. He has touched virtually every part of company and has in-depth knowledge of stores, products, associates, suppliers and customers. Tom has served in numerous leadership roles that have directly influenced merchandising and marketing efforts.

Bob Bandoni

We're going to tap into his maturity and interpersonal skills. What we are seeing right now are the younger players are comfortable playing with him. He actually brings them to a higher level by virtue of his own play, but also due to the respect he has for his players.

Mike Workman

What we're running into is that teams are really preparing for her. That brings added pressure on her, but on the upside it's made her a better player. She's been our main scorer over the past couple of years (averaging 16.2 points last season to earn Division II honorable-mention all-district honors).

Richard Boucher

What this does is it brings a common view, a unified message, a unified position of the United States and Europe,

Roger Sherman

What they're trying to do is stay in full service because what brings the customer in is the gas purchase,

Tom Pardalis

What a great addition to the program he has been. Our weakness as a team is shooting and he brings a shooter to this team.

Douglas Hyde

What I advocate brings with it no substantial or material advantage at all. It will neither make money nor help to make money.

Marty Hurney

What he does for us on the field, as well as his leadership he brings in the locker room is important. He has really helped out working with all of the other backs and made them better. He's extremely valuable to us and we think he can still help us out in that area.

Kendall Ponder

We've avoided the issue as much as we can. It's a big game for us because we are facing Hickman, not coach Riley.

Al Groh

We've asked a lot of him being a young player. ... He's been asked to come in and play a major role in a hurry, but he's a very mature kid and he takes coaching terrifically.

Bill Belichick

We've always tried to coach and abide by the NFL rules, whatever they are,

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.

Holly Johnson

When we were practicing for Italy that was one of my main things I talked to Coach Sue and Coach (Cori) Close about - how do I bring that leadership in that two spot? I think it's still coming up and being encouraging and still being positive and energetic.

Arturo Dubois

When we were 0-and-4, our coaching staff kept telling us to work hard, keep at it, keep playing hard, and we'd get better.

Gerard Houllier

When I was manager (of Liverpool) in England the national team coach was much more understanding.

Sean Payton

When I was introduced last week I said that I wanted to bring teachers in who were looking to work hard, enjoy their work and be part of a team with everyone moving in the same direction. Gary defines that description. Getting him in New Orleans sets the tone for the rest of the additions to my coaching staff.

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.

Sofia Boutella

When I was little, I went to the Sahara desert and met an older woman with beautiful earrings that came all the way down to her stomach. She told me, 'For us Tuareg, jewelry is not meant for decoration. It absorbs negative energy that comes your way.' So think twice when you buy a vintage ring!

Todd Hays

Tomorrow will be my last two bobsled runs, and you'll see every ounce of energy that I have in this sport. I've got to try to do a lot better job for my teammates.

Shane Rattenbury

We're making an assessment of our food and fuel and our own energy levels, it's very exhausting being in small boats in such a hostile environment.

Brian Archer

We're staring record energy prices in the face every day, it seems.

Augie Garrido

We responded really well to the three runs. As the game went on we played with less energy and effectiveness.

Harry Reid

We respectfully request that you reconvene hearings as soon as possible to take these witnesses sworn testimony about their roles in the Cheney energy task force and the recent run-up in American fuel prices,

Jon Huntsman

We're some weeks away from putting our budget together, but I can tell you this, that energy prices as high as they are will affect costs across the board. There's no doubt about that,

Steve Palmer

We're solution oriented. There's a lot of energy here.

Vicki Arroyo

We're going to need all forms of energy production, including more coal and nuclear. Despite the Bush administration's support for clean coal technologies, the US is not investing anywhere near what will be needed to make this work.

Michael Phelps

When we have a home crowd like this and the excitement that we have, it carries us a long way, ... We knew it was going to be tough. The Aussies weren't going to roll over and let us dominate. That's how they are, and how they've always been.

Sherry Murphy

What a huge opportunity for our community. We're just giddy with excitement over this.

David Coulthard

What a fantastic venue. I think the film played before the cars swooped onto the stage conveyed the excitement of F1. The livery looked fantastic and all six of us are keen to get a good result this weekend.

Jay Jacobs

We're going to make the best decision that doesn't put us at a competitive disadvantage with our sister institutions. I want to base it on what came here in 1999 when we were top 10 in the country. That's where we're headed. It's OK to have a demand that outweighs the supply. It's OK for us to not have enough seats to create a demand and excitement and people wanting to attend.

Jerry Dunlap

We're extremely proud of what he's accomplished so far. If he were to get drafted that would just be added excitement to everything that he's accomplished. You just hope for the best. He played in one of the top conferences in the nation and was a starter. He's a very intelligent young man and works hard. He has all the factors of what it takes. I think he's also got an upside to him where he's continuing to develop. He definitely hasn't peaked with his potential. I think he has room to grow as a football player.

Tasmin Mitchell

We're from Baton Rouge, so we don't know how to do The Second Line that great. We want to bring it home to Louisiana because of all people have been through losing their lives and homes. We want to bring some excitement back to the state.

Kevin Krone

We want to thank our Customers for their continued excitement about DING! since its introduction last February. Thanks to our hardworking Employees, fare sales were revolutionized with the creation of DING!

Chip Conley

Younger people tend to associate happiness more with excitement and the future, while older people tend to associate happiness with peacefulness in the present.

Chet Williamson

There's nothing like a headless corpse to bring a touch of excitement into one's life.

Kenny Troutt

When I was in high school, my uncle, who went to the races quite a bit, got me interested. Then when I went to college at Southern Illinois University, just a few hours from Louisville, we used to go to the Kentucky Derby, and I got to see Secretariat and Riva Ridge win.

Steve Rauschenberger

What he's going to do I think is stretch out the payment cycle. What he's going to do is essentially make the providers of the state of Illinois pay for it by paying them more re-imbursements and more slowly.

Bill Lipinski

I am committed to working with Speaker Hastert and the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation to do all that I can to ensure that Illinois' funding needs are adequately met.

J. Giertz

The performance of the index suggests that Illinois avoided the slowdown of the national economy that occurred in the last quarter of 2005.

Tim Brown

We are pleased to be working in partnership with the State of Illinois to help the agricultural community take advantage of carbon trading opportunities.

Martin Cohen

We stand with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan in this lawsuit, ... The Illinois Commerce Commission does not have the legal authority to order a power auction with unlimited rate hikes as the outcome. The ICC should tell Ameren and ComEd to take their auction proposal to Springfield for review by the General Assembly, which approved a Public Utilities Act that clearly gives Illinois regulators final say over electricity rates.

Scott Green

We?re starting to prove that we are capable of playing with the top teams, and if you beat a team the caliber of Illinois, that solidifies that. Illinois has been in the top five for a bunch of years now and to beat somebody like that would say something.

Jason Davis

We've got kids who signed who never would have looked at the University of Illinois but are now interested in Illinois because of Coach Zook. That makes you proud. He's relentless on the recruiting road. I applaud that. That brings a lot of energy and excitement to the fans.

Carol Moseley Braun

If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore.

Kate White

We've always written a lot about relationships, but our reader's particularly interested in figuring him out,

Park Chan-wook

When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies.

Jennifer Egan

When I was little, I wanted to be a doctor. I was really interested in gore. My grandfather was an orthopedic surgeon and he had a lot of books in his library that I would just pore over. A lot of them had really horrible pictures of deformities.

Mario J. Molina

When I was in elementary school, I was very interested in science already. I must have been ten or eleven years old. I started experiments with chemistry sets at my home in Mexico. I was able to borrow a bathroom and convert it to a laboratory. My parents supported it. They were pleased. My friends just tolerated it.

Darren Shaw

We remain unconvinced that an acquirer would be interested in buying/merging with Hanson, unless the asbestos liabilities were capped in law. We continue to believe that the probability of asbestos reform becoming law in 2006 is extremely thin.

Brian Cresta

We're so much interested in seeing the younger generation helping the next generation because that generation has been so helpful in the past.

Joyce Brothers

We're so interested in it because it's different for everyone.

John Marshall

We're going to talk to the voters about the issues Colorado cares about. We don't begrudge him bringing in Eastern Bloc friends, but I suspect that the cowboys down at the coffeehouse in Delta are more interested what the candidates have to say about water and health care than whether or not the president of Poland is backing you.

Dan Daly

What we're really interested in generating is UA intellectual property. It offers a revenue stream from intellectual property.

Greg Garrison

We've battled adversity all year and have been in those kind of situations. Our kids know they're never out of a game. But it looked pretty bleak there for a bit.

Bob Romeo

We've averaging 61 points per game, but the thing that makes me the proudest about this team is its defense. We've held teams to an average of 31 points per game. A lot of players get to play (as a result of big leads), and that means the kids on the bench are doing a good job defensively as well.

Tony Haynes

We've averaged 20-plus wins a year for the last five years, five straight NCAA tournaments. Kids graduate. Hey, that's a successful program.

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.

Dale Martin

We've always wanted to go. We're hoping to get away from it all. Now that the kids are gone, it'll be a little easier.

Shawn McDowell

We've always thought this senior class had the physical skills, it was a matter of them jelling together as a unit. A year can make a big difference both mentally and physically and the kids have really matured.

George Campbell

We've always made it a point to be strong from the goal out. Defense is always a priority, but these kids have offensive talent that can't be denied.

Kirk Salvo

We've always had kids from all over come here. This program has been a magnet for good wrestlers from around the state, but our link with the Navy Juniors program has been pretty good for us the past few years.

Diane Sollee

When we were saying it doesn't matter in the '60s and '70s and '80s, we didn't have the experience of enough kids in a culture when families were breaking down. It was just our best guess.

Greg Garrison

We've battled adversity all year and have been in those kind of situations. Our kids know they're never out of a game. But it looked pretty bleak there for a bit.

Ryanne Floyd

When we were first driving through the town, I was at a loss for words. It looked like the hurricane had just come through the day before we got there. I can not even imagine what it looked like six months ago.

Andrea Riseborough

When I was little, I would always try and look into the television screen along the sides. I kept thinking if you looked in there, you could see what was happening off camera.

Justine Bateman

When I was in my teens and 20s, I looked to older Italian and French women. They always seemed so incredibly attractive to me because of their confidence. And because their faces had evidence of age: lines, dark circles, and half-lidded eyes, it made that confidence so rebellious. And that was incredibly attractive to me.

Sarah Shahi

When I was in my early 20s, I looked towards exterior things to make me feel sexy - guys, clothes, shoes, etc. Now it's all about how I feel internally.

Tawny Toering

When I was in elementary school I always looked up to high school students.

Bob Watkins

When it came time for the announcers to introduce Elvis, the stadium was filled with anticipation. At the mention of Elvis' name, the modest crowd cheered and looked expectantly at the parked Cadillac.

Nicky Hilton

When I was a kid I had this funny blond hair and everyone called me 'Chick' because I looked like Tweety Bird.

Daryl Hall

When I was a kid, I always looked up to people like B.B. King and Ray Charles.

Kevin Hall

When we go out to sing, we are unofficially recruiting people to the school. After they hear the choir sing, they want to come to VCU.

Jerry Kill

We felt like we had to take recruiting to a little bit different level.

Douglas Smith

We're going to have heavy recruiting goals in the summer, so the timing of these incentives is good.

Jeff Rubin

Universities are increasingly opening Kosher dining facilities because they recognize that it shows their interest in recruiting and keeping Jewish students. More parents looking at schools are asking a threshold question of whether there is a Hillel on campus.

Roger Bubel

We're hoping that it improves our in-school recruiting for the upcoming seasons.

Rolando Gonzalez

We are always recruiting for the chapter. We try to bring in kids so they can have experience with not only animal projects, but also shop projects.

Jack Stewart

We started this vote record last year to highlight the legislators who show an understanding of the economic and employment benefits of manufacturing and the cost burdens manufacturers incur to operate in this state. With over 340,000 lost manufacturing jobs in California over the last four years and no state agency in charge of retaining, recruiting and promoting manufacturing, we count on the Legislature to make this state more competitive for manufacturers.

Cory Cook

We are looking forward to Saturday's game as we will not only have a full, team but we will even have a player to spare on the bench. Recruiting boys to play has paid off.

Mark Pudlow

Until we get the base pay for all teachers up, we are going to have these recruiting and retention problems. It's like putting a fancy porch on your house when your floor is sagging.

Jeff Arntson

We struggled. The nerves were there no matter how hard we tried to calm the girls down. We were tight and had a lot of turnovers that created a lot of opportunities for them. Then as the gap widened, we got tighter and tighter. Bozeman is a great team and their pressure is relentless n that's why they are state champs.

Jeff Lyons

We started out a little flat, then kind of closed the gap, but they just kept coming at us with relentless pressure. We cut it back and they just roared right back They're just a very good team.

Roberto D'Alimonte

There is no personality external to the coalition that they can turn to. There is no leader inside the coalition who can replace Berlusconi without starting relentless conflicts,

Jason Davis

We've got kids who signed who never would have looked at the University of Illinois but are now interested in Illinois because of Coach Zook. That makes you proud. He's relentless on the recruiting road. I applaud that. That brings a lot of energy and excitement to the fans.

Beth Broderick

Bill Clinton was relentless, eloquent and truly charming.

Billy Joel

This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we're on the verge of all things new.

Bernie Mac

I'm very much disciplined because I'm more mature. When I was young I just wanted to live, I could jump, I could run, I was quick and I was relentless.

Matthew James Thomas

New York City life is different from all other city life. It's incredibly relentless and fast, and I think when I first got here, it was incredibly exciting. It was also so hot. I didn't know New York got so hot. I'm not a fan of the heat!

M. J. Rose

I always miss my mom. Mother's Day would be just one more day I'd feel her absence but for the relentless commercialization. Thanks to that, this day is even harder to deal with.

Felipe Alou

We're going to take our time with him. It's really hard to lose Noah, a young guy who was really coming up big. He just signed a long-term contract. He was really charged up and throwing the ball well.

S. Hughes

We're going to offer them contracts. They are really important players for us, and we've very hopeful in all three cases of getting them signed up and resolved.

Joe Bailey

When we announced we had signed the agreement with the Orange Bowl to extend the contract for eight to 12 years, we said Dolphins Stadium was going to be the premier site for major sporting events in the U.S.. We're doing everything we can to basically make it a brand-new stadium.

Lanny Poffo

Yes because he was signed in 1971 by the St. Louis Cardinals as a free agent and he spent four years in the minor leagues, just knocking about,

W. S. Gilbert

With the limited knowledge I have of the situation, I would not have signed the petition.

Stephen Taylor

We're finalizing a settlement. It should be signed soon.

Luis Saenz

We appreciate Chris taking the time to endorse proposals that have already been signed into law by Governor Perry.

Jim Sexton

We've already exceeded in 2006 our revenue for 2005 in terms of signed deals.

Natalie Appleton

We've all got new priorities now, and we all know what we want. We made a point of becoming friends again before we signed the reunion deal - so it's different now. And our music is sounding better than ever.

Edward Hirsch

When I taught at the University of Houston in the Creative Writing program, we required the poets to take workshops in fiction writing, and we required the fiction writers to take workshops in poetry.

Joe Franco

When I was a freshman, I became great friends with the Student Body President at the time, Brian Bradley. We would often talk about what this university needed and how we could make it a better place. He inspired me to some day be in his position ... so I did.

Diane Quinn

What they see first is we're located in a major university environment. People realize our size and longevity mean something in terms of the program's quality.

Eunice Foster

We found out when the University of Georgia at Athens called and told us that they wanted to come and visit to see what we do because we were No. 1.

Carol Palmer

.We got to the point of identifying the value of the debt in 2003/2004, entered into four-way discussions - Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ministry of Justice, the university and the law school - to agree on the debt. The Ministry of Finance then proposed a payment plan to clear the debt and that's the plan we are working with.

Mark Cuban

We both went to school at Indiana University and we were big basketball fans. Living in Dallas, there was no way to listen to our favorite Hoosiers.

H. Hunt

We both come from academic backgrounds in the health field and had been working as researchers at the University of Edinburgh. We decided to come back to the States.

Jim Larranaga

We both agreed that this was something that doesn't represent George Mason University or our basketball program. That we needed to take immediate steps to send that message not only to Tony, but to the rest of our team and to the rest of the athletes who represent George Mason.

Rob Cuff

Weber State has some conflicts with the Big Sky events so we will probably continue to rotate the tournament between Weber State and the E Center. The University of Utah has also expressed some interest in having the tournament at the Huntsman Center so that's an option too.