Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marc Shaiman

We're making fun of people who pick ridiculous targets to blame anything about what's going on in their lives, so Canada was just the perfect, ridiculous, innocuous choice for a target.

Bill Self

We're spoiled with the crowds we get here. We can't blame the crowd for us being dull, because we didn't give them much to get excited about. But I expected it. It was a sandwich game.

Brian Butch

We're so uptight half the darn time. And you can't blame us. We're playing at a level where we had three big games against three great teams and we needed to play hard. We played hard; we didn't make shots. The shots will come. We can't stress here and think we're not going to make any more shots for the rest of our lives.

Greg Anderson

When we blame, we give away our power.

Frank Murkowski

When we had $10 a barrel a year ago, it was the market that was making the determination, ... To blame 'big oil' on profiteering is a little misleading ... the market is setting the price, not U.S. 'big oil.'

John Salmons

We were supposed to switch everything. We went small so that we could switch. I'll take the blame on this one; it was on me.

Lance Johnson

What hurt us is that we haven't had a game in 10 days. We were out of connection, and it showed. I blame myself for that. We were out of sync but were proud of keeping it close. We're a better team than this, and we know it.

Daniel Barry

What has really helped the quarter is very good sales because of El Nino. El Nino, is blamed for many things, but this time it can take credit for the boost in sales.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

You can blame circumstances, but backsliding always begins in the heart.

Scott Bosse

When we had abundant cheap power there is less incentive to develop alternative sources of power. Now that we face scarce electricity supplies and much higher prices, that is changing.

Michael Clarke

We felt in a game like tonight that if we could get the quick, cheap score that would put the pressure back on their offense to get out of mode.

Larry Smith

U.S. stocks are cheap and will make up the gap in performance with other markets around the world.

Zachary Liggett

With Nintendo content, it's going to make it hard for Microsoft, and (Nintendo) is probably going to come in at a cheaper price.

Brian Arbogast

We're investing a lot at being able to store massive amounts of storage in the cloud, as cheaply as possible. We want to give customers the choice of what they put up in the cloud and what they keep on their PC.

Doug Rogers

We are probably 20 to 30 percent cheaper than the average view lot around the county. I'm sure that over the next six months there could be some price raising. Any lot that is bought right now, my guess would be that they'll gain 20 to 30 percent over the next one to three years.

Andre Williams

We are please to have this feature completed. This feature will help us get a true sense of what our members prefer to use in caring for their pets. The feature will also allow First Pet Life to track the most popular products and offer those products to our members at cheaper rates.

Michael J. Saylor

We're in an inflection point where it's cheaper to learn to read on a tablet computer than it is to learn to read on paper. And that being the case, it's only a matter of time before every 6-year-old kid has a tablet computer, and we know for a fact, 3- to 4-year-old kids are using tablets and iPads, and 75 and 80 year olds are using them.

Joseph Shatz

We're in an environment where shorter duration securities will be cheapest to deliver. It (the 30-year bond) does not have a chance of being the cheapest to deliver.

Greg Abbott

working diligently to get something out by the end of September.

Jay Jacobs

We're going to diligently look at our options and make the best decision for Auburn. We're going to try not to rush anything. We'll be deliberate and keep things moving, but we're going to explore and make sure we know what's best for Auburn.

Maia Carroll

We want the hospital to continue to look diligently for cost-saving measures.

Menander

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

John Stokes

worked diligently and tirelessly and obtained over $750,000 in compensation for and on behalf of (Questa).

Bud Selig

I wish to thank the Department of State and the Department of Treasury for their assistance in securing the approvals necessary for Cuba to participate in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in March. The federal government thoughtfully and diligently helped us bring the application process to a successful conclusion. Now, with Cuba?s entry in the tournament approved, the World Baseball Classic promises to be an historic event and will guarantee our fans the greatest possible competition among the best players in the world.

Pat Riley

If it's two to four weeks, then I'll be happy. He'll work very diligently to get it healthy. He'll stay in condition. Just as long as he's ready to play when it counts the most.

Rig Veda

He who works diligently accomplishes his work with perfection.

Robert Johnston

He is incredibly excited. He is working diligently to really reinvigorate and rejuvenate the company.

Tom Ceraso

We're going to take a second in someone's life and examine it over a couple of days. This was a tragic accident. ... Is this an accident or is this a crime?

Art Larson

We're going to examine this report and carry on a dialogue with this organization. But we feel that we have walked the walk in being a responsible and environmentally sensitive corporate citizen.

Jim Peterson

We're going to examine this decision very carefully. My message is very simple: We want the U.S. to live up to and respect the Nafta.

Robert Morgan

When we examined budget issues last year, we realized if we kept going the way we were going, we would have to increase taxes 28 percent over four years and we had to look at ways to compromise.

Jeff Cheah

What all this tells us and is certainly telling the Fed is that maybe we need to examine what the sustainable growth rate really is. The risk is that we have an economy that is growing at a pace that historically suggests we should see inflation pressures, but we're not seeing that yet.

Rudi Giuliani

We believe we found the letter that explains the reason why the woman there was infected, and the original powder that was examined turned out to be negative,

Lee Baca

We're going to look at every aspect of this shooting, we're going to examine the intensity of what occurred, we're going to examine our policy, and we're going to again learn from this there is no such thing as a safe shooting anywhere in urban America,

Mario Schootman

Very few studies have examined the influence of neighborhood conditions on physical disabilities. We found the quality of the neighborhood had a very high impact on lower-body function in the people we surveyed.

Wu Bangguo

Work safety incidents, which always involve losses of human lives, attracted wide public attention. Therefore, in 2005, the NPC Standing Committee examined the work safety law implementation from various aspects.

Eric Osmer

When it comes down to it, a rule is a rule. I messed up. But, in a way I'm kind of glad it's all over. There is a sense of closure. We can move on.

Tony Wagner

We're sorry about the circumstances, ... but we're glad to have a young man and a football player of his caliber.

Tanith Belbin

We're so glad to be a part of this generation of ice dancing. It's a combined score.

Pat Sullivan

We're so close to being 4-2 in the conference. But we have the big three coming in a row, and I'm glad we have the bye (in the seven-team league) next week so we have more time to prepare.

Steve Alford

We're going to enjoy this for 48 hours. I'm glad we don't play till Friday because playing three games of this caliber in three straight days, it gives us an extra day to get some rest.

Kevin Rollins

When we got out there (Tuesday), the weather had turned kinda bad. It was cold and windy and not at all like the weather we'd practiced so well in during the past few days. We're just glad to see the kids still perform and not get thrown off by anything, then go out and get the win.

Jerry Eaves

What a legacy. It's something that needs to be done. I'm so glad the school is doing it.

Joe Kain

What a game. I'm just glad the kids competed at the end. We were up seven, we had a run, and they came right back at us. It was good that we were able to finish and come away with a win. A lot of momentum to build on.

Joe Kain

What a game. I'm just glad that our kids competed at the end. It's a lot of momentum to build on.

Grant Woods

When I was a boy, we all learned the story of George Washington and the cherry tree and accepted it as gospel truth. The present, more enlightened younger generation, however, is well aware that this incident never happened, but that it was the invention of Washington's most famous biographer, the Rev. Mason Locke Weems.

Bob Moulton

We're making a transition from a seller's market to a buyer's market. Inventory is starting to swell.

Sung Sohn

We're going to get an economic boost from not only production, but from inventory buildup during the current quarter, and probably for the balance of this year.

Ned Rifkin

What they were trying to do was to invent a new visual language for the 20th century. And what they did was they took the Renaissance window -- one point perspective illusion -- and it's as if they took a piece of glass over this painting and shattered it, creating all these fragments and planes. And then took those planes together and reassembled it.

Samuel Hoffenstein

What a lucky thing the wheel was invented before the automobile; otherwise, can you imagine what awful screeching?

Phil Garner

We're going to have to take a personal inventory as a team. This is September, and this is no time to fool around. We need to pick it up a little bit. It is fortunate to lose two ballgames the last couple of days after having a nice streak and not lose any ground to the leaders.

Phil Garner

We're going to have to take a personal inventory as a team,

Mike Hargrove

Usually it's two guys holding the victim, but this was even better. I think this trick was invented when Abner Doubleday started this game, and every year there's somebody who hasn't seen it. We had to go all the way to Japan to find someone this time.

Larry Medina

Work with your business process and legal advisers to develop a records management policy, and from that, develop procedures and a retention schedule (after performing an inventory of existing records) and assessing who creates, receives and manages what information for your organization.

Will Holman

We've asked management that question (when a new contract would be imposed) and they haven't given us an answer. It could be immediately or they could use it for additional leverage at the bargaining table.

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.

Dan Beck

We've always had an aggressive e-commerce strategy. Since our first Web site in 1994, we realized a Web site was more than just a corporate brochure. It had to be an advanced business tool providing everything companies need to design, print and manage their documents online.

When we were growing up, old man jenkins would never fail to come out every morning to nail tadpoles to a wheel, spin it around and around, like a wheel of fortune, and then say, "Tadpoles! Tadpoles is the winner!" We all thought he was crazy, but then, we had some growing up to do.

Stacy Adams

When I was manning these gates with the military, we had between 20 to 25 officers. But the normal operation for this management is 10 to 14.

Gerard Houllier

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

George Burley

When I was manager at Ipswich and Derby, if we took 3500 to away matches that was good. To take over 6000 is unbelievable. The fans appreciate the effort the players are putting in.

Steve-O

When I was a kid, I loved a heavy metal band called Motley Crue. I was thirteen when they came to my city, and I called every hotel in the Yellow Pages asking for a room by the name of their manager in hopes of meeting the band. After two or three hours of calling hotels, I got through, and the manager's brother answered the phone.

Elvis Presley

When I was a child, ladies and gentleman, I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times...I learned very early in life that: "Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bed -- without a song." So I keep singing my song.

Elliot Diringer

We've asked the OPEC nations to keep an open mind about increased oil production, and we continue to believe an increase is good for both producing and consuming nations.

Wayne Chrebet

We've always taken great pride in going to other people's stadiums and sticking it to them. We have a great opportunity this week to not only show ourselves, but show everybody with a national game, that were certainly better than a 2-4 team.

Billy Graham

We've always needed God from the very beginning of this nation but today we need Him especially. We're facing a new kind of enemy. We're involved in a new kind of warfare and we need the help of the Spirit of God. The Bible's words are our hope. . . .

Franco Harris

We've always been very close. But right now I feel there needs to be a change in the direction from where our national administration has taken us and where the Republicans in state government want to take us.

Gerard Houllier

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

Rodney Lewis

When it comes to a big game, a national championship game, either a five hundred or thousand dollar board.

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.

Dick Gephardt

You don't lock into a ten-year family budget. You take it a year at a time - maybe even six months at a time. And then if the income really comes in the way you hope it does, then you can make some of those expenditures that you've been waiting to make. We think that same principle should apply to the national family we call America.

Gernot Erler

We remain in talks about what should be decided there, and what the role of the United Nations should be.

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.

Rivers Cuomo

When we were putting the album together and finishing up the artwork, I didn't know what was going to happen in the future, and I told everyone that. I told them, 'Let's commit to this year, and see what happens,' ... And that was one of the reasons why I put that quote in there, because I thought it's a really nice way to say goodbye, if it is a goodbye.

George Burley

When I was manager at Ipswich and Derby, if we took 3500 to away matches that was good. To take over 6000 is unbelievable. The fans appreciate the effort the players are putting in.

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.

Wayne Coyne

We remixed them in 5.1, which doesn't sound like much, but let me tell you it's really a crazy, complicated thing to take these things that you did almost 15 years ago and revisit 'em in this format that only became available a couple years ago. A lot of bands can't do that because they don't have their own recordings. But we've always recorded ourselves, so it's a matter of me just going to the back room and grabbing the tapes and sort of putting them back on the reel. It's a weird treat.

Michael Kilpatrick

We're making a profit every year, but the thing is, we keep putting that profit back into the business.

Brian VanGorder

We?re making a lot of the same mistakes which is kind of disappointing. Offensively we have some guys who can make big plays. We are getting better in compartments but need to do a better job putting everything together. That comes with experience and better communication.

William Rhodes

We're sort of putting out a notice here that there's been a lot of progress here and we want to continue to see it.

Joe Johnston

We're sort of putting a slightly different spin on Steve Rogers. He's a guy that wants to serve his country, but he's not a flag-waver. We're reinterpreting, sort of, what the comic book version of Steve Rogers was.

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.

Tom Hoffman

We find by educating, talking and working with homeowners we achieve a high level of compliance. We want to be flexible and work with them, but if we're not seeing progress or they refuse to work toward compliance, we have that citation authority available.

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.

Dave Forney

We are getting way too cute with the puck. I don't know why but we just refuse to shoot. We've been doing this the entire series. We've got to get dirtier.

Lincoln Chafee

U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee said yesterday that, contrary to a statement from a campaign aide, he would refuse to vote for confirmation of any Supreme Court nominee who will not pledge to uphold the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision.

Juan Williams

Years ago, NPR tried to stop me from going on "The Factor." When I refused, they insisted that I not identify myself as an NPR journalist. I asked them if they thought people did not know where I appeared on the air as a daily talk show host, national correspondent and news analyst. They refused to budge.

Chris Simms

We refuse to win games easy. That's the truth, for whatever reason.

Chris Simms

We refuse to win games easy. That is the truth.

Jim Hoffa

We refuse to wait any longer for the government to rule on our challenge. We are stepping up the fight against these regulations that put Teamster drivers at greater risk.

Arlen Specter

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

Charles de Gaulle

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

Charles de Gaulle

Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.

Charles Caleb Colton

It is seldom that statesmen have the option of choosing between a good and an evil.

Ken Livingstone

one of the greatest statesmen of our time and help bring this internationally important public space into the 21st century.

Max Cleland

He was a true, honest-to-goodness statesmen and a real, real dear friend of mine. I mourn his loss. There are a lot of tears on the floor of the Senate today.

Mark Twain

Statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by an

Will Rogers

Statesmen think they make history; but history makes itself and drags the statesmen along.

David Ellefson

I think reuniting original lineups is awesome. Ultimately, that's what people want to see. You know, you see elder statesmen of classic rock doing it whether it be REO SPEEDWAGON or STYX doing it. You know, getting as many of the original members that are still around. You see them doing it, you see metal bands doing it, pop bands DURAN DURAN , everybody's trying to do that. I think what everybody realizes at some point is that if you can make those things work it's really cool. Ultimately, that's what the fans want to see when they go see those bands. They want to relive that piece of their youth or that piece of their life when that band was doing what they do best. So, I think given the right circumstances, those things usually fare pretty well for everybody. And most importantly, the fans are happy about it.

Rachel Tucker

When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!

Alia Faraj

We're going to study the matter further and review all the information that will be provided to our office.

John Bolton

We're going to study it very carefully, and based on what's in there, decide what our next course of action might be,

Don Phillips

Whenever one or two people think they want a study group or discussion - boom - you've got a class. And that's what makes SAGE so great. They're drawing on personal experiences. Been there, done that.

Walt Harris

When we finally get to the game, I'll be looking forward to it. But right now, there are so many details that we need to take care of just to get on the plane and be able to have a good Friday study session that it's kind of overwhelming right now. I really haven't had the time to think that this is my first game at Stanford.

Joe Pannunzio

We're going to have a two-a-day, but it's going to be academic. We're going to study two times today.

Harry Reid

We're going to have an independent commission to study what went wrong, ... Mark my words, it's going to happen.

Andrew Marvell

Ye living lamps, by whose dear lightThe nightingale does sit so late;And studying all the summer night,Her matchless songs does meditate.

Andrew Marvell

Ye living lamps, by whose dear light The nightingale does sit so late; And studying all the summer night, Her matchless songs does meditate.

Daniel Rosenfeld

Unfortunately, my satellite measurements reveal that almost all pollution sources produce many small aerosols that work to reduce the size of the cloud droplets, thus the precipitation.

James Loewen

Unfortunately, marketing textbooks is like marketing fishing lures: the point is to catch fishermen, not fish. Thus many adopted textbooks are flashy to catch the eye of adoption committees but dull when read by students.

Sami Gayle

Working with Adrien Brody was like going to Julliard, but instead of four years, I went for four weeks. He was like the Albert Einstein of professors, it was just the best experience of my life. Adrien was the most influential mentor in my acting career thus far, and even after the movie he continues to mentor me.

Ramesh Chandra

We want to see small people at the village level act as tour guides and performers, and provide hospitality for tourists thus avoiding the middle men benefits.

Louis Leakey

I put a bullet into the back of the crocodile's neck just behind the head, thus killing it. If a crocodile is hit in any other part of its anatomy it disappears into the water and is irrecoverable.

Michel Onfray

I discovered philosophy in my youth when I read 'wildly,' and thus I was exposed to the world of ideas.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The poet should size the Particular, and he should, if there be anything sound in it, thus represent the Universal

William Williams

The poem, to me (until I go broke) is an attempt, an experiment, a failing experiment, toward assertion with broken means but an assertion, always, of a new and total culture, the lifting of an environment to expression. Thus it is social, the poem is a social instrument.

Melih Abdulhayoglu

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