Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

John Brady

We're going to the Final Four. That's where it all is. But when I was just talking with Glen walking down the hall, he agreed with me. For some reason, this doesn't seem like the end to me. Maybe there's something more in store for this team.

Peter Moody

We brought him back for the summer racing and we have stepped him up quickly in distance, we've kept him fresh and it has agreed with him.

George Cofer

We brought everybody to the table and found the one thing we all agreed on is land conservation in the Hill Country. So that's what we're doing together.

Mitch Kupchak

We both agreed to work with each other and give each other some time to make these decisions.

Hu Jintao

We both agreed to upgrade the relationship into a strategic partnership, ... Never has our relationship been more important than today.

B. R. Hayden

We both agreed to do it as testament to the men and women of the area.

Gerhard Schroeder

We both agreed that we have to talk about the present and the future now.

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.

Bertrand Russel

What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.

Mike Trgovac

What makes John a great head coach is he is very clear on what he wants and the direction he wants to go. Some guys have gray areas and some guys away from what they want to do and might not be a fan favorite type of deal. He doesn't sway at all from that. He knows what he wants and what he believes in, and that's the way we try to operate.

Kim Sears

Universities, colleges and business schools get that information on students. He believes military recruiters should too.

M. John Harrison

World-building numbs the reader's ability to fulfill their part of the bargain because it believes that it has to do everything around here if anything is going to get done. Above all, world-building is not technically necessary. It is the great clomping foot of nerdism. It is the attempt to exhaustively survey a place that isn't there.

Jeremy Jacobs

We're fully committed to our sales process, which the board believes is the best way to deliver full and fair value to all stockholders. We've already attracted interest from potential financial and strategic acquirers and believe that Red Zone's proposed action could concern potential buyers and disrupt the sales process.

Ludwig Erhard

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.

Jim Calhoun

The person who believes less in Josh is Josh. It's a daily progress with him to get him to believe.

Glenn Wilson

We are lucky to have Doug, who has been a great coach. He really believes in what we're doing here.

Tom Reilly

We are at a crossroads - young people are moving out of state. Our future is disappearing. You need a governor who believes in Massachusetts. There is nothing wrong that can't be fixed.

Tim Scott

When I was in the 9th grade I was flunking out of high school. And that's why I'm so encouraged by the fact that America is the place where opportunity and American exceptionalism is alive and well.

Kacey Giammanco

When it became clear that the season was about to be cancelled, I encouraged Meghan to explore CSUMB. Thankfully, that will work out for her, and she will play there this season.

Kobe Bryant

When we all walked in, you could feel their spirits being uplifted, like they felt very encouraged and happy that we were there. It was just real cool to see that. To be able to go back (to New Orleans), play a game there and be able to uplift them again, that's special.

Rebecca Johnson

We found that being responsible for a pet, such as committing to walk a loaner dog, encouraged people who did not own dogs to walk more often and for longer periods.

Keeley Hawes

We're not an acting family, but my parents have always encouraged me.

Chinua Achebe

A budding writer wants to be encouraged.

Gladys Pozza

The perception is that religious education is just for children, but that's not the case. It would be unfair to leave the adults out. It's for the whole family, the community. We're always encouraged to have everyone join in and grow in their faith.

Chris Pelchen

We are looking forward to further developing the list structure through the AFL National Draft and are encouraged by the prospect of having five picks inside the top 22.

Tom Lantos

(We) strongly encouraged them to understand that in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina, the focus of the American people will turn inward,

John Beilein

When we were up 20 with 2 to go, I said to myself 'Even I can't blow this one. It was nice to not have those gut-wrenching final seconds.

Steven Bell

When we were doing that final lap I felt like I was going to break down.

Nicole Cooke

When it came to the final sprint I felt that I was in with a good chance,

Larry Brown

When I was a college coach, my dream was to play against Coach Smith in the finals of the NCAA. I always felt it would be a win-win, and I could probably say the same thing for (playing against) Pop.

John Jones

You don't like to do that, because you like to set your finals on the basis of qualifying so your eight fastest kids will be running head-to-head (instead of strictly against the clock), but coaches understand that some things just have to be done.

Mark Krikorian

Tom was like an Old Testament prophet crying out in the wilderness, and finally people are starting to listen.

Dick Advocaat

Tomorrow we will take a final decision about Seedorf,

Charles Thomson

We remain of the view that the PO inquiry is policyholders' best hope for government compensation, and whatever the outcome, the inquiry should bring independence and some finality to the question of regulatory maladministration.

Chris Harris

We're so excited to have EDGE here in Providence. Finally -- we'll have a website that can reveal all that our city has to offer.

Dean Baker

We've backed ourselves into a very dangerous situation. The economy is dependent on everyone consuming like crazy. If everyone heard my diatribe and said, 'Yeah, we better start saving,' the economy would go into a recession.

Cedric Redmond

When we were going into the locker room at halftime, we heard some fans saying that we're going to fall apart in the second half. We wanted to make sure that didn't happen.

Mike Arnold

We're situated right where the planes come into the approach into Cottage Grove Airport, so we're used to the planes coming by, and this guy was pretty low. Heard some sputtering, and looked up and his propellers were kind of not moving very fast. Right when he hit the corner over the river, they were not moving at all.

Teri Gault

We're going to go to aisle 18. I'm sure you've heard the bigger the package is the better the deal; not true.

Steve Jobs

When we announced the Microsoft deal six months ago in Boston, we heard boos which I thought was crazy. In an industry of 'flash-in-the-pan' partnerships, this has turned out differently. Microsoft is out to continue a very healthy application business on the Mac,

Jorma Taccone

When we came out with 'Lazy Sunday,' the greatest compliment I heard was that Questlove had it on his iPod.

Willie Davis

When we heard the verdict, it became a very emotional day for my client. When I left him, he was getting in the car with his brother and was still crying out of joy.

Alex McLeish

When we heard the Rangers fans erupt, we knew it was within our grasp. I got the most dramatic shiver through my entire body when I heard the Rangers fans.

Dan Doherty

When we heard the news yesterday, everyone was just devastated. He made a huge impact at Pearl River in a short time 5 1/2 years.

Richard Foreman

We've always respected Israel's right to defend itself, including going after armed groups and armed men in some of these areas. But we've always said they need to do that in a manner which has the utmost care to avoid harm to civilians, particularly when they're conducting operations in heavily populated areas. And we've said that often results in tragedies and numerous deaths. And that appears to be what's happened again.

Gregg Laskoski

You don't know with 100 percent certainty that you'll be coming back to the home you left. So you should take essential papers, insurance policies, both home and auto, and any other irreplaceable items, including family photos. Keep them in an appropriate watertight container.

Jim Hawkins

We remain very excited about our recent acquisition of Bio-logic Systems. We have made great progress in the integration of Bio-logic, including the successful combining of our two sales and marketing organizations. We are also making significant operational changes to the organization that will make their operations more efficient. We remain very confident that the acquisition of Bio-logic will be accretive to our earnings in 2006 and beyond.

Gary DiCamillo

We remain on plan to begin rolling out a number of new products, including our instant single-use camera in the second half of 1998. We are confident that 1999 will be one of the company's strongest in recent years.

James Calvin

We respect the right of Native American tribes to operate commercial enterprises, and the right of licensed distributors to supply them with legal products. But in conducting commerce with non-Native American consumers, everyone in the supply chain should play by the same rules, including collecting state and local taxes.

Mitch Kupchak

We're sorry to have to let Slava go even though it was unlikely that he would've been able to play the rest of the season because of his injury. He's been a positive addition to us for six years, including helping us win two championships. We thank him for his contributions and wish him well.

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.

Gareth Peirce

We've re-emphasized our concerns that this inquiry go from the bottom to the top and leave no stone unturned. It's been a chaotic mess and what we've asked the IPCC to find out is how much of it is incompetence and negligence, including gross negligence, and how much of it may be something more sinister.

Harvey Rosenfield

What we're seeing is a tremendous increase in the number of complaints and horror stories, including fatalities, associated with the rush to corporate, profit driven health care in our country.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

When I was a kid... if I couldn't get a ride to the comic book store, I would walk a mile and a half each way to get the latest issues of 'Batman' and 'Spider-Man' and 'X-Men.' I could not choose one over the other.

Tom Daschle

When I was accused of being an obstructionist, there was a corresponding, a very significant increase in the number of issues that my family and I had to deal with. And I worry about that,

David Kendall

We respectfully object to the committee's broad request for all information concerning all persons who have contributed or pledged more than $5,000 to the foundation. There are serious and substantial legal, precedential and public policy issues raised by this catch-all request.

Steven Campanini

We resolved several big issues involving the company that many people thought would have been the end of the company.

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.

Jake Brace

We're going to resolve as many of these issues as we possibly can,

Les Dorr

What we're looking for is to see if there are any safety issues that the FAA needs to address through some sort of action. Right now, it's too premature to speculate on any cause of action or the cause of the accidents.

Byron Hurt

Whenever people see the film, they want to talk about it afterward. So we are bringing together a dynamic panel with some of the people who appear in the film. So it should be a lively conversation about all the issues that come up.

David Wilkins

When we are facing what appears to be more and more the worst natural disaster in our country's history, many of these other issues we have been discussing suddenly pale in comparison.

Nabil Sha'ath

There is no more time for interim issues, ... Jerusalem has to be solved, and the refugees and the territorial has to be solved, if we are going to make a permanent peace.

Benjamin Netanyahu

I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea.

Benjamin Netanyahu

First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israel's capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel, the capital of the Jewish people, for ever and ever.

Bayard Taylor

I cannot assume emotions I do not feel, and must describe Jerusalem as I found it. Since being here, I have read the accounts of several travellers, and in many cases the devotional rhapsodies - the ecstacies of awe and reverence - in which they indulge, strike me as forced and affected.

Elliott Abrams

The Knesset is in Israel, and the Western Wall is in Israel, and the sooner the Obama administration realizes this, the closer it will be to a Middle East policy worthy of our country and its long alliance with our ally in Jerusalem - which is, actually, the capital of the state of Israel.

Richard Freund

We are helping to recover the Jewish history of Spain, ... After Israel, Jerusalem and Babylonia, this was the largest and most important Diaspora community. It existed nearly intact for about 1,500 years.

Mahmoud Abbas

We are all in agreement that Jerusalem has to be included in the election. And if it is not included, all the factions agree that there will be no elections.

Charles Spurgeon

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and thine own soul shall be refreshed.

David Landau

The plan, the idea, the concept is to isolate Jerusalem from the Palestinian hinterland, and to say -- at the very least - - if we agree to some kind of mini-Palestinian state, it won't be with a capital in Jerusalem.

Mark E. Smith

We didn't defend him very well. He's a nice player, but we made him look like Michael Jordan out there.

Dennis Ross

There is no question that Jordan is strongly committed to the peace process and will always be supportive of any effort to try to find ways to put things back on track,

Jerry Porter

Wow, it's going to be disgusting how good we can be. As long as we run the ball well, it's going to make defenses play us honest. We do so much off play-action. Last year we didn't have much of a running attack but we still had a pretty good passing attack as the season went on. Now, with LaMont Jordan running the ball, we will be hell to deal with.

Tommy Blalock

We've got Jordan next week, which is another rivalry. After that, we have Southern. Nothing is going to come easy, but we hope to be ready for the challenge.

Elgin Baylor

If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

William Ginsburg

Vernon Jordan is an individual who I understand helped Monica get an interview with a public relations firm in New York where she was eventually going to -- and may still -- park herself as an entry-level intern or apprentice, or whatever they call it in that trade.

Jeff Carnazzo

One of the reasons we wanted Jordan to play quarterback is he's such a threat with the ball. He takes pride in taking care of the football. He doesn't make ill-advised pitches. Not all quarterbacks think that way.

Jennifer Black

I would say he's the Michael Jordan of retail. He's done a brilliant job.

Andrew Bogut

I grew up watching him play on the Bulls. Between him and Michael Jordan I would've rather seen Toni score 30 points in a game.

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.

J. Horton

We've always believed. We feel we have the pieces to be a really good basketball team, and it's just a matter of us going out and doing it.

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.

Chris Schwartz

When we were down early, I wasn't worried about it because I knew we were trying. It was just a matter of our shots going in. Then, when they started going in, (the Rough Riders) couldn't stop us.

W. S. Gilbert

When I was pregnant I used to cook a healthy dinner in the morning. That way, no matter how the day went, there was a nutritious meal waiting at the end of it.

Nicole Miller

When I was on my honeymoon, I lost use of my right arm and right leg, and that's when we knew something was wrong. I was not totally paralyzed, but there was loss of sensation and feeling. The doctor on the ship could feel that my right side was weaker. They told me something was going on, but that it was not a medical emergency and that it didn't matter if I went off the boat that day or in four days.

Scottie Reynolds

When it comes down to playoffs, it don't matter how ugly it is, it don't matter what you do, you are going to be remembered by wins and losses. We know if we slip up one time, it's over.

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.

Joe Papin

Tomorrow we have even a tougher task. We are probably going to be facing a stronger team. We have to play for three periods no matter what the score is. You would think being 14-0 I would be happy, but right now I'm not.

Lance Armstrong

We've always had parties or celebrations on that day. It was just a way to do something for a city that has done a lot of things for me. We're basically saying thank you for all the support.

Dwight Kroll

We found it in the best interest of all parties if we separate parking on these two sites.

Madeline Albright

Unless the commitments necessary to end the violence are carried out in a way that is sustainable and mutually reinforcing, it will be difficult for the parties to change the realities on the ground,

Chuck Todd

With the likely nominations of Barack Obama by the Democrats and John McCain by the Republicans, one of these two parties is headed for a 2009 crack-up that could prove as messy as any party civil war in recent history.

Christopher Hill

We're going to discuss a way forward on the six-party talks. Obviously what we need is for all six parties to agree to a date.

Patrick Robinson

We express regret at his passing. We also regret his untimely passing has deprived not only him but indeed all the interested parties of a judgement upon the allegations in the indictment.

John Harmer

We feel that it is too early in the process to undertake that effort right now. When the infrastructure for supporting dealers has been put in place, the company will then begin to invite interested parties to become dealers. I expect that that will not happen for at least another year to 18 months.

Kenny Mossman

We're involved with ongoing discussion with the parties included in our agreement. But we have not reached any conclusion, nor have we provided any form of acceptance or denial of the proposal. The process is still under way.

Ann Wilson

We're just pleased that all parties were able to reach an agreement and that the lawsuit has come to an end. We now look forward to moving on with the business of raising money to support Iowa State University.

Louis MacNeice

Before I joined the BBC I was, like most of the intelligentsia, prejudiced not only against that institution but against broadcasting in general.

Charlie Sifford

I believe there's - now, don't get me wrong; I'm not prejudiced - there's some white people in this country who'll never accept the black man as a golfer. That's true.

H. Hart

Hunts are determined to keep going until this pointless and prejudiced legislation is repealed or replaced,

King Abdullah

Jordan also believes all final status issues, including borders, refugees, Jerusalem and settlements, should be a matter for the parties to decide. I am encouraged by what I've heard from you today, sir, that these issues are not to be prejudiced and should be mutually agreed by the parties.

Mark Gummerson

She is the one that filed for the divorce in the first place. This is absolutely prejudiced against my client.

Chuck Harrell

The only question was whether the juror had been influenced, biased or prejudiced by a reference to her father. You want to make sure anytime there's a personal reference to a juror that they're not influenced in any way.

Val Kilmer

You can ask anyone who knows me, I've never said a racist or prejudiced thing in my life.

Kat Graham

I had racially prejudiced comments directed at me on different blogs. People think that just because you're in the spotlight, you're fair game. It's hard, and I don't think you're ready at any age for it. Thankfully, I have some great fans who got me through it.

Robert Hall

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom.

Donald Steel

We've asked investment bankers to assist with the review, but that doesn't mean we're putting it up for sale. We're exploring every option, from status quo to complete sale and everything in between.

Pam Slaton

We're starting to achieve the status of a regional professional orchestra and that's attracting a different level of players.

Joe Browne

We're going to take into account the status of the relief and rescue efforts in Louisiana and the entire Gulf Coast and apply league policies and precedents in as much of an extent as possible. NFL teams play their games outside their home stadiums either in another NFL city or in a city in their home territory. There is no precedent for playing any games in a non-NFL city.

Kaya Scodelario

Who doesn't want to shoot for 'Vogue?' I remember updating my Facebook status to say 'Doing 'Vogue' today', it was so exciting. I thought it would be really intimidating, and I don't like photoshoots, but that was the most relaxed one I've done.

M. Wolfe

What he did for Chanel made fashion history and changed the direction of status brands. And his H&M deal was an extraordinary thing to do. He's the bravest of them all - he takes chances and they all seem to pay off.

Chris Chiames

We feel that we're in a good position, that this will make us a stronger airline, ... We'll be able to clean up our financial status with regard to balance sheets and aircraft that are too expensive to fly, and emerge as a stronger, more viable competitor on the East Coast, where most of our flights are operating.

Stephanie Filson

Were just not at the point where any specific alignment has been chosen. I hope that having this Web site out there will continue to show that and the current status of the project.

Scott Magruder

We're back to the status quo. After all the discussion we've had about this issue, there's no reason to make any changes.

Bill Mauldin

Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counterrevolutionaries and advocates of the status quo.