Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gene Johnson

We've always tried to have a good mix of stuff on our albums -- something that's fun, something that's very radio friendly, something that's going to touch someone's heart, maybe even something that's pop influenced. More than ever, on the 'Completely' album, we wanted to show more than one musical side of Diamond Rio.

Rich Miller

We've always said that's probably the widest mound in the league ? and maybe all of baseball. I really think the mound is too wide. That ball by Heintz was hit hard and then it hit the side of the mound. But that's not what lost us the game.

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.

Chris Cornell

When I was maybe nine years old, I listened to the entire Beatles catalogue, non-stop, for about a year,

Susan Minot

When I was in my teens and twenties, I could see friends expressing how radical they were, and I envied them, the way they lived, the way they dressed. Maybe there is a part of me that is reserved, even in rebellion.

Nicolas Kiefer

When it came to the important points, maybe I took too much risk. But to beat this guy, you have to take a lot of risks; you have to play at your limit.

Hideo Kojima

When I was a child, there really weren't very many video games, but I do have memories of 'Pong.' Maybe it was 'Pong.' It was a home system in Japan, so maybe it wasn't the real 'Pong.' It was just sort of a Japanese game that was similar to 'Pong.'

Dee Bradley Baker

When I was a child, I thought I was going to be a paleontologist because I loved dinosaurs. I loved monster movies and sci-fi, and then 'Star Wars' came out, and I was completely out of my mind with that, with 'Close Encounters,' and then I thought maybe I was going to go into special effects makeup, which I thought was awesome.

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.

Christa Carone

We found some unexpected problems related to our customer receivables in Mexico, which we announced two weeks ago, and we have launched our own thorough internal investigation. We are fully cooperating with the SEC and will be in a position to provide more information when we release second-quarter earnings.

Judy Miller

Very few parents do save for college in their child's early years. When I counsel young parents, I make it clear that they have emergency reserves to protect them for unexpected events and so they don't have to use these education funds as a first line of support.

Robert Morgan

With the latest increase, New Jersey families will spend another $543 to send their children to Rutgers this year. That's an unexpected expense that will put a strain on most families' budgets. We're asking our colleagues in the state Legislature to join us in supporting this bill's passage so that this does not happen again next year. We have a historic commitment to make higher education available to our students.

Alan Greenspan

But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions as they have in Japan over the past decade?

Charles Baudelaire

That which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal; from which it follows that irregularity – that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are a essential part and characteristic of beauty.

Robertson Davies

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power to present things in unexpected lights to question received opinions and to suggest unforeseen possibilities

Howard Pien

We believe that our confirmatory testing indicated that the problem was confined to a limited number of lots. Therefore, today's action ... is unexpected and disappointing. But we respect the regulatory authority's judgment, because we believe it's fundamentally based on concerns for safety.

Scott Cooley

When you think back in the last couple of years, there have been so many unexpected twists and turns in the market. It really makes sense to stay diversified.

Mark Cuban

Expect the unexpected, and always be ready - everyone has inside them what it takes to be successful. You just have to be ready to unleash it when the opportunity presents itself.

Mary Gibbs

We're focusing on life-safety issue. But at the same time this could be an annoying problem. We get complaints about blocking the road and about the debris on sites.

Alan Arkin

There's a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me. People want a relationship with you that they haven't earned.

Charlaine Harris

Should I just bite you, and end it all?", he whispered. "I would never have to think about you again. Thinking about you is an annoying habit and one I want to be rid of.

Clarice Lispector

Facts and particulars annoy me,

Elizabeth Wurtzel

Belief is a good thing in principle, but an annoying thing in human beings.

Bayard Taylor

The most annoying of all blockheads is a well-read fool.

Linus Torvalds

I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys the hell out of me.

Jeremy Clarkson

I like to be loved by my children, and I quite like the 'Guardian' hating me. I like it when I read they want me to die painfully. Then I think I've really got under their skin. It's like annoying a teacher. Once they've shown signs of weakness, you really can go for them.

Bo Burnham

I like to call everyone that I find slightly annoying a 'sociopath.'