Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Anne Finch

Thirst of wealth no quiet knows, But near the death-bed fierce grows.

Morris Graves

Whales have two things to do, eat and look for something to eat. So they cruise from kelp bed to kelp bed and then move on.

Morris Graves

Whales have two things to do, eat and look for something to eat, ... So they cruise from kelp bed to kelp bed and then move on.

David R. Brower

What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or decides, for some reason, that he wants to override his instruction sheet some afternoon?

Steve Wagner

We find it incredible that a man surrounded by two sober officers was able to suddenly sit up and pull a 15-inch knife from behind his back, swivel around and come out of bed in one motion.

Tom Tryon

We're just viewed as a bedroom community to service Tuolumne and Amador counties, and it does hurt,

Pat Campbell

We're just not getting out of bed until the fourth quarter. We hit the snooze button and the alarm isn't ringing.

Anthony Russo

We're getting a lot of young families, ... So most of the houses are four bedroom homes.

Robert Hathaway

We've assured the King family we will give it our best efforts to review the case and resolve it for their family.

Ted Young

We've always wanted to get out and run the floor, and if you get an easy one, great, but be patient and get the best shot available.

Josh Sims

We've always known that we can play with some of the best teams in the league and score.

Mark Fredrickson

We've always had a policy of qualifying and buying the very best technology that we can put in our systems. We intend to continue to buy disk drives from IBM, contingent on their ability to meet our standards.

Jeff Hathaway

We've always done what was best for our basketball programs and all of our programs. You have to decide what it is you need, where you're going to put it. These are projects that take some time.

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.

Odell Thurman

When we were coming into the (scouting) combine, they asked who was the best back you played against, and I said (Williams) the whole time. He's going to be great. You look at him, and you might not think he's all that strong. But he's a power runner. It's the style he plays.

Charles Bullock

When I was out looking at different degrees, I felt it was the best degree to prepare me for any type of position in business with the exception of maybe marketing. The language of business is accounting.

Chelsea Peretti

When I was little, people would ask what my favorite color was, and I never knew. I find it's really hard to make decisive 'best' answers on what the 'best' of something is.

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.

Todd Parker

We've always played hard, but as of late we seem to be executing better on offense, being more patient and getting the ball where we need to get it. Our quickness allows us to create some mismatches.

Curt Johnston

We've always done majority rule. You can't give veto power to one board member. That's a terrible choice. I think it's a real mistake and will create a lot more problems than it will solve.

Josie Bissett

When I was pregnant, I wanted to take some time off from acting, but I still needed a creative outlet for myself. My first two books were created during my pregnancies and after giving birth to my first child.

Anne Bacon

Tom's work was very important, and the way that we will honor him is to try to continue that work, maybe not for each of us going to Iraq, but we all have the opportunity to create peace in our own community.

David Singer

Tom's has a strong heritage and solid reputation in the snack food business, and we believe that this opportunity will make our company stronger. The transaction developed quickly, and we are still developing our plans. In the near term we intend to continue business as usual while we develop a plan to effectively meet the needs of our customers and consumers. We are confident that the combination of increased sales and operating synergies will create value for Lance, Inc. stockholders.

Dwane Casey

We're more in an attack mode, which creates rebounding lanes and a little bit more space where his man has to help. He can get it, catch it and has a little more room to operate.

Gary Payton

We're more focused on the road. On the road, those hills we create for ourselves look a lot higher.

Billy Hunter

We remain convinced that the NBA does not have the right to unilaterally create new ways to punish teams that want to improve by spending on player salaries. The effect of this decision is to continue to undermine player confidence in the NBA's administration of our collective bargaining agreement.

Dave Bosso

We found ourselves in a desperate situation. We were able to get a couple of breaks our way. That's something to build on.

Stephen Fleming

We're expecting a very hard conTest ? South Africa will be desperate for a series win, after losing to Australia. We have never won a series against South Africa, and we have a real hunger for this series. We want to measure ourselves in South Africa, where our results have always been poor.

Alberta Stima

We're getting desperate for help because some of our substitutes are not always available.

Kevin Lygo

We're fortunate in having Lost, Desperate Housewives and My Name Is Earl but it is fiercely more competitive out there than ever before. This May you'll see a feeding frenzy.

Al Purdy

In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid.

Cheryl James

I got to that desperate place where nobody could help me but God.

Charlotte Gainsbourg

I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest.

Charles Mackay

Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.

Al Naomi

The point is to eliminate that storm-surge threat with one of these plans. The philosophy of what we do during a hurricane would change. We could spend more time protecting our homes and less time trying to get out of the city in these desperate evacuations.

John Stossel

When we were scared about 9/11, we federalized the airport security, we spent millions for body armor for dogs in Ohio. All that over-reaction comes from fear and government - bad combination.

Rudi Zeif

We remain hopeful that there are living people among the missing that we can rescue. As we clear the beams we'll send dogs into the rubble to search for them.

Brian Rush

We're going to find out where we measure up. We feel like we've worked hard this year. We think if we get a chance to be in the game, we'll make things happen. That's what we are looking to do. We know they're going to bring their A-game and we're going to bring our A-game, and we'll see who the better dog is.

Princess Anne

Golf seems to me an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dogs out.

Kathleen Winsor

The king appeared... with his dogs and sycophants behind him.

Joe Browne

When we got to the patient, the dog was a good 50 yards away. He kept creeping up and barking at the firetruck.

Dixie Carter

When we first met, I was so impressed with him. But Hal took a dislike to me, just like his character in the play. Probably my Southern politeness, which he thought was kind of phony. It was only near the end of the shoot, when I was sick as a dog with the flu and I stopped trying to charm him, that he got over that dislike, and we started to laugh together.

Tom Colvin

What has really been a great thing, we think, for the dogs and and community, is that these are dogs that would be difficult to place.

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.

Larry Csonka

When I was playing and practicing in that heat in July and August in Miami with shoulder pads on, it just vaporized me, ... Shula would always come over and look at me and say, 'Where are you? I know you're not here. You're just on automatic pilot.' I was up here in my mind, fishing in a stream.

Tambra Flint

When we discuss things with him like going fishing and hunting, he gets excited also.

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.

Bill Hogarth

Working with the Gulf States, NOAA will continue efforts to assess fishing industry damage and long-term impacts to the marine environment,

Kevin McLaughlin

With the large number of boating and fishing enthusiasts in this area, we thought it was time for Philadelphia to host a spectacular show like the one we're planning.

Mike Hudson

We're getting a lot of fishing time in areas with no fish and very little fishing time in areas that do have fish.

Skip James

We're beginning to catch a few good trout along the south shoreline. But it's still very slow fishing with various mullet imitation plugs and Old Bayside tails in white/chartreuse or shad colors.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that Africa is a place where the people do not need limp gifts of fish but sturdy fishing rods and fair access to the pond. I wonder whether I would realize that while African nations have a failure of leadership, they also have dynamic people with agency and voices.

Chi Chi Rodriguez

I don't exaggerate - I just remember big.

Tim Graham

We've always kind of made an agreement that our sub-varsity teams wouldn't leave the area. We might go to Shelton or Elma with our C-team, but we won't go to Tacoma.

Eli Juarez

When we were down by 19 I'm sure people left to go watch the other game. It came down to earning some respect. We decided to go out and leave everything on the floor. I think the kids earned that respect with their effort.

Ned Walker

We remain deeply concerned about any interest rate relief that allows another carrier to artificially mask its obligations, potentially paying nothing at all for many years, receive all of the benefits and ultimately leave the taxpayer to foot the bill.

Paul Hawley

We're going to shoot the video in Spain, and there'll be water involved -- and I'm going to leave it at that.

JR Inman

We're going to need a second or third option. Tonight, as far as scoring, yeah, we did leave Quincy.

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.

Jim Tracy

What we're seeing right now is, in my mind, identical to what we saw last year, when it took him a few starts to get untracked, and then you see one quality start after another. His teammates recognize that's he gonna leave everything that he has on the field, and it's very easy to step up for a guy like that.

Philip Mangano

What we're saying (today) ... Macon is moving forward and we are not going to leave anyone behind.

Bruce Schroeder

What we're really concerned about is we're finding that nearly half the teachers leave in their first five years of teaching.

Fred Siegel

What he represents is that part of Giuliani's legacy that has become permanent, on crime and welfare,

Donnie Walsh

What he gave to this franchise, this city and this state, for 18 years, puts him among the elite athletes to have played professional sports. No. 31 in the rafters adds another legacy to the great tradition of Indiana basketball.

Helen Thomas

United Press International is a great news agency. It has made a remarkable mark in the annals of American journalism and has left a superb legacy for future journalists. I wish the new owners all the best, great stories and happy landings.

Geoffrey Kors

The point of the commercial is to continue to build pressure on the governor to sign the bill. His legacy and his place in history is very important to him. We need to remind the governor he is at that place.

Jeff Diskin

We are proud to welcome this landmark hotel -- fully restored and offering the latest in amenities and services -- into the Hilton brand. The Hilton Fort Worth continues our legacy of offering hotels of significance culturally or within the community that are designed to help our guests experience all of the enriching leisure or business experiences that travel can offer.

Tom Scott

We are proud to add Legacy Campus to our family of community-oriented nursing and rehabilitation centers.

Mark Cuban

The Higher Education Industry is very analogous to the Newspaper industry. By the time they realize they need to change the costs to support their legacy infrastructure and costs will keep them from getting there.

Camille Paglia

A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s.

Chris Eubanks

With the World Cup coming to the continent of Africa for the first time, 2010 presents a unique opportunity to eradicate the shocking legacy of shack housing,

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.

Chuck Gillingham

When we went to interview her, she almost canceled. But she had been with her daughter that morning and was thinking if, God forbid, something happened to her daughter that someone would come forward and do the right thing.

Linda Grant

When I was a child, on Sunday mornings the family would assemble around the blue-leather-covered gramophone to listen to records.

Peter Gignoux

What we're seeing this morning is in response to OPEC's comments and also some old-fashioned year-end book squaring. Oil prices rose sharply and then fell. The market is doing some to-and-fro action, where traders saw the fluctuations and thought about pulling back instead of buying at the higher prices.

Todd Rethemeier

What they reported this morning beat my expectations, but it's hard to overlook the slowing customer growth.

Calvin Cardillo

When we got here this morning we pulled out the paper and knew what had to happen and it all fell into place until all three of our guys lost.

James Byrd

(We) were supposed to go hunting the morning he got killed. He was a heck of a hunter, a heck of a fisherman.

Mindy Tucker

What he does not think is helpful to the country is misstatements and the spread of misinformation about the actions of the Justice Department. Anyone who reported this morning that he criticized anyone who opposed him was absolutely wrong and in doing so became a part of the exact problem he was describing.

Julia Mancuso

What has helped me prevent injuries is being connected and having my body aligned. Every morning, I roll out and then work on my core and my balance.

Rhea Wride

We've always made sure that we held date night -- that we went out on a date at least once a week.

Aleksey Igudesman

We've always dreamt of a TV series and working in film. When we first sat down to seriously write 'A Little Nightmare Music,' to write something for TV was our original inspiration. But all the stuff we were writing down is not going to work on stage. We had to rewrite it so it would work on the stage.

Ed Huydic

When we win and look good winning, it's because we've got some transition and we're knocking some perimeter shots down. We did not have the kind of transition night I wanted but we did stick some shots from the perimeter when we had to.

Ted Sim

When we were fundraising to go down to the Detroit area, we figured we had to raise $10,000 to $15,000 to finance the trip. It's four nights in a hotel plus all the means.

Tim Reznich

When it comes time to play (in the postseason), we have to be ready. We can't wait until the last game to get ready. With this schedule we'll have to be sharp every night or some of these teams are going to take it to us.

Cody Franson

When it come down to it on most nights it is about the player and the teams that work the hardest and not so much a chess match of strategy. Composure is key to playing defense and you cannot allow others to get under your skin and throw you off your game.

Jason Vela

When it came down to the last few games in district we had to win to make the playoffs and the kids stepped up and got it done. They stepped up again Tuesday night in a playoff atmosphere. Our seniors have dreamed about playing at the nice facility at Lee College. It's nice to see them accomplish that and play the way they did.

Daniel Hope

When I was a boy, the only thing which captivated me as much as music was the night sky.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Tomorrow, we begin anew, ... I feel the same tonight as that night two years ago ... You know with all my heart, I want to do the right thing for the people of California.

Dwane Casey

We're missing two of our main horses, and our young guys can keep their heads up by their performance (Friday night), competing against a playoff-hungry team.

Alan McCollough

We remain dissatisfied in the overall sales performance of our Circuit City business, ... no new trends on which to base any charges in earnings expectations." ()

Linton Brooks

We're standing at the threshold of a new era in high-performance computing.

Jim Hopson

We're sorry to see it go. It took 30 years to put that name back on a Pontiac car. GTO did what it needed to do: Give us a credible performance vehicle to attract people into showrooms. Even those who quibbled about the styling never questioned the car's performance.

Tanya Chaplin

We're going to focus on our own performance and not worry about what Stanford or Alabama is doing.

John Strachan

When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair, were there not a few softening features, by which they are brought back to the ranks of humanity.

Steve Smith

When we go from single core to dual core, and dual to quad core, we get huge performance increases. When you look at the power efficiency and the response of the computing workload, you get the benefit.

J Allard

When we get the final hardware, the performance is just going to skyrocket.

Vin Lananna

What a great, great performance. That's a big breakthrough for her, and I think there's more in the tank there.

Rose Johnson

When I was a girl, all we knew was this neighborhood, ... The beaches were ?whites only.? So Turkey Creek is where we went to fish, pick blackberries, recreate. Oftentimes you could see old people walking down to Turkey Creek with their cane poles in their hands. Churches had no pools inside for baptisms then?we all walked down to the creek and waited until the crowd got there.

Mayco Villafana

We're going to take into consideration the inspection cycles, but keep in mind poles don't deteriorate overnight.

Nancy Wood

We remove all illegal sign encroachments as we are made aware of them. That also includes signs posted on telephone poles, since most poles are on right-of-way.

Jeremy Nichols

We feel the district court was wrong. Our interpretation of the law is that a water quality violation is a water quality violation and can't occur. But we're still seeing water quality violations up at Pole Mountain.

Michael Colucci

We're not going to make a special effort to go fast. Qualifying on the pole for a 24-hour race is a little like having a date with your sister, it doesn't mean anything.

Christopher Granville

There is no question that he's in pole position, that he is being built up as the Number 1 successor. But at the same time there are several risks for him.

Ewa Kopacz

I have never said I would adopt the euro. Not today, not tomorrow, not in five years. We will introduce the euro when it will benefit Poles and Poland.

Lewis Gordon Pugh

On 15 July 2007, I swam across an open patch of sea at the North Pole to highlight the melting of the Arctic sea ice.

Richard Childress

We want to come here to win the Daytona 500, but today winning the pole was a big plus. I'm proud of Jeff for getting on the pole today and it's really great to see RCR back up front. We've won a lot of poles here and have been up front a lot.

Katie Montgomery

We've barely had enough to go five-on-five, but we're ready to be aggressive and do whatever it takes to win. We've beaten tough teams this season. We know how to double-team and help each other out. We just have to be focused and work hard.

Laura Schuler

We've asked her to dress for the games and she's been doing well in practice and proving herself. She knows that as a backup you need to be ready, and if she's called upon to go in, she's ready to go.

Angeles Mastretta

When I was in my 20s, I wanted to be tough. I discovered that I didn't want to be the woman I was raised to be - a good, traditional wife. When I went out in the world to find a husband, I found that husbands weren't ready to accept the kind of woman I was going to be.

Andy Reid

You don't let it be a distraction. That is not what you do. There are going to be things that happen and you don't focus on those things. You focus on getting the football team ready to play and you handle the other things up front the way we do it.

Denny Green

Tony is a fabulous coach, ... He was ready for his head job. I just think it's all about opportunity.

Don Alexander

Tom Welter (the OSAA executive director) told me they were getting a hearings officer ready to go (today) if an appeal is filed.

Mona Williams

Tom was just ready to retire. And Kevin was one of the outstanding talents that we felt was ready to move into a new role.

Ron Polk

Tomorrow, we'll practice, but it won't be a long practice. Then, we'll get ready for a fine Tennessee team this weekend.

Mariano Rivera

Tomorrow? We have to go there and do it, ... Don't worry, I'll be ready for tomorrow.

Bobby Bowden

We've always had problems with Wake Forest. It looks like they've figured out their problems and found themselves.

P. J. Harvey

When we closed there was a general feeling of shock and dismay. But people will be pleased with what has happened. I'm looking forward to watching this sleeping giant wake up.

Lynn Rasic

We felt it was only right that the focus of giving be made to organizations helping Katrina victims, especially when New York was given so much support in the wake of Sept. 11.

Carolyn McCarthy

With the high demand for long term care and in the wake of the worst natural disaster in history, cutting $10 billion from Medicaid for the sake of reconciliation is both socially and fiscally irresponsible, ... We need Medicaid now more than ever.

Glenn Miller

We're going to change it. White people are going to wake up. We're going to run for office. I'm running for Congress. Fifty million white men out of work, then whitey will fight. He won't fight until then.

Luis Castillo

We're fighting for the wild card. We have to get in there and try to get their pitcher out of the game. . . . You have to wake up a little bit and score runs early in the game.

Adam Ereli

We're issuing this in the wake of some comments by President Chen in Taiwan that we don't want to be inflammatory or send the wrong signal, so we thought it useful to reiterate US policy on the subject.

Dr. Prescott

We want to see him wake up. There is a medical reason (for the coma). We don't know what it is.

Chris Bosh

If you don't see anything wrong with your game, you need to wake up.