Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Cusack

Our parents more or less just kind of wanted us to pursue our passions. Whatever they would have been, they would have helped light the fire. They are very liberal, artistic people, but they didn't force us into acting. They let us find our own ways.

Keith Davis

Parks was a man of perhaps unparalleled artistic talent.

Susan Baker

Paul Kellogg has been a beloved and visionary leader of City Opera and we will miss him deeply. During the past ten years we have been fortunate to have had the benefit not only of his extraordinary artistic sensibility, his wise counsel and his inspirational leadership, but also of his impeccable human values, warmth and charm. That said, we cannot help but understand that he wishes to have more personal time after many years of service to the arts and we salute and thank him for his formidable accomplishments and significant contributions both to City Opera and to opera in general. Paul Kellogg's vision for City Opera has charted our course for the coming years. We are grateful beyond measure and will miss him profoundly.

Stephanie Szostak

People in fashion treat it as a business... I guess Hollywood is a business, too, but you talk about story: you talk about a more artistic world than in fashion.

Robert Forster

People often ask me would I swap the artistic reputation of a top 20 hit but I wouldn't and that comes down to how we feel about the music. Even in the early days when we formed in Brisbane we were always shocked after playing a gig that people we had never met before would come up to us and congratulate us on the songs and in a sense we've kept that naive sort of innocence about us.

Eric Greene

Overall I am pleased. All things considered I think it went very well and from an artistic standpoint I'm very proud of what we've been able to do. The goal next year is to provide the same quality and save a little money.

Christopher Moore

Our artists are very good technicians. They have sensibility and artistic balance. But quite often they lack in creation. I have one artist here in my studio in New York. She's a good painter, but she has problems of creating her own stuff, of inventing. She can copy from a postcard, but when she has to do other things she has a tough time. She knows it. Not everybody can do great things.

John Updike

Our artistic heroes tend to be those self-exercisers, like Picasso, and Nabokov, and Wallace Stevens, who rather defiantly kept playing past dark.

Don Robinson

The artistic talent in this country is phenomenal and this is an exciting time to be a designer. We and our partners look forward to seeing the best work that the Bahamian art community, both here and abroad, will have to offer.

Jack Schweers

Regardless of who we're playing, we want to play as good as we can this time of year. We had a good practice (Monday), and we hope to be at our best (in the sectional).

Paul Bush

Regardless of whether you're looking at grapes, apples, cherries or any kind of fruit, you'll get the best color around here.

Rick Barnes

Regardless of what people are saying, N.C. State has not offered me the job. Texas is one of the best jobs in the country, and I'm happy here.

Kevin Marsh

Regardless of how I played, this was the best week of my life. It would have been the best week of my life if I had finished up on Wednesday, really. Being here for the first time you just want to soak up the experience as much as you can. But it also makes you hungry to get back, and prove that you really do belong.

Gloria Estefan

Regardless of culture or language, they really enjoy the album. And that to me, is the best thing.

Laurieann Gibson

Recently, Lady Gaga was motivated to take the helm of the creative direction of her career and as such I decided to step away. I am extremely proud of her, and in stepping away I wish her all the best.

Jim Shannon

Rebounding and defense were big keys for us. They're much bigger than us, but we more than held our own on the boards. And we got after them on defense. It was our best defensive game of the year.

Bob Myers

Rebecca and Christina are probably two of the best girls in the state; there's a very good chance they'll place in the top five at states. Those girls are just great leaders. I think we're going to win it all. The girls we have are good, they have two great leaders to follow.

David Pottruck

Recent trading volumes are propelling the company to its best quarter ever in terms of revenues and profits.

Mike Williamson

Regardless of the results, we played outstanding in the first. We played at both ends of the ice, shot the puck finally. We didn't get rewarded, but there's not many times you won't if you keep playing like that.

Jim Brandt

Rebecca is within 7 points of qualifying for state and Alyssa is with in 20 points. I see both of them qualifying at GNAC in Hastings.

Tomasz Beer

Reasons for this trend are not really known, but may include a desire to do something rather than do nothing on the part of both physicians and patients. Unfortunately, these men may be enduring significant side effects for an uncertain benefit.

George Washington

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle

David Wade

Real strength is telling the truth when troops are being killed, and one year later a lot of Americans realize John Kerry had it both right and consistent about Iraq and this president's still got it dead wrong.

Vinny Testaverde

Really, you just hold your breath and hope that he's okay and that it wasn't a concussion. I kind of had one eye on him and one eye on the field because it was obviously a critical situation for us to win the game there. But I guess you could say that we lost on both ends today - losing Wayne and the game.

Andy Reid

Reggie is well deserving of his Hall of Fame induction. In my mind, he will go down as the greatest defensive end in NFL history. He was a great teammate and a fun player to coach. As good as a player as he was on the field, he was an even better person off the field. He left a lasting legacy, both in the NFL and in the community.

Andrew Yang

President Chen has been constrained by both the opposition parties and factions in his own party. I would say President Chen has done a mediocre job on foreign policy, and an equally mediocre job on domestic policy.

Allan Hoffenblum

President Bush is in California for specific reasons that do not involve Governor Schwarzenegger, and the governor is involved in a special election that has nothing to do with the president. Both are having political problems now, so other than cordiality, there's really no reason for them to be together.

Shami Chakrabarti

reflect on the culture of intolerance that he may be promoting in his party and the country as a whole.

Volodymyr Lytvyn

Referendums are not held in an unstable country with unstable society.

King Abdullah

reject any country to have nuclear weapons, especially in the Middle East region.

John Tesh

Pat, the last election was decided by voters who listed 'moral values' as their primary concern. What do you think this means for the country and should we try to mend fences with the liberals?

Taya Kyle

Our main goal is to honor God and to honor this country by honoring and serving those families who serve.

Kit Carson

Our only idea was to get rid of the dross as soon as possible, but at the same time have as much pleasure and enjoyment as the country would afford.

Fidel Ramos

Our leaders must not only make sure that our future is enhanced but also that those who plundered the country must also be punished,

Danny Wuerffel

Our ministry's mission is to revitalize the Desire neighborhood. It was once ranked the worst neighborhood in the country. We may have an opportunity to rebuild it in the way everyone would want it to be.

Jennifer Granholm

Our Michigan troops are sacrificing so much for us serving our country and serving far away from home and family.

Thomas Poore

People have been waiting since 1992 for students to be in the hallways of John Paul II High School. That is exciting to me.

Randy Bachman

People have made a living deconstructing Lennon and The Beatles songs because of their compositional sophistication. But what's so exciting about John is that he never had any of that training on musical theory; something just spoke to him, and he just knew what sounded right.

Garth Illingworth

Suddenly whole new programs open up, things you can do that you could never do before. It'd be great scientifically, it'd be great for the nation, for educators, for students, and it'd be just great for the public at large, because Hubble is so exciting for people.

John Oliver

Some of my students have gone off to be involved in these space missions. They work on it for four or five years, then wait four or five years more for it to come back. It's so exciting if it works, and so disappointing if it doesn't.

Jeff Dohn

Some of the younger kids are nervous and the older kids are trying to lead them the right way. Every season is exciting because of the different personalities. Hopefully we'll find our way and find what we do best.

Gov. Carcieri

RISC is the hope for taking the state back. It's exciting because it is long overdue.

John Patrick Shanley

Playwriting is the last great bastion of the individual writer. It's exciting precisely because it's where the money isn't. Money goes to safety, to consensus. It's not individualism.

Joe Sakic

Pierre's done a good job filling holes. We're going to have a talented team, an exciting team. We're looking forward to the challenge.

Katie Nelson

I was about to cry. It's exciting that I got first. I would have been thrilled to be in the top three.

Louis Hinnant

People look forward to having underdogs come up and win. Fortunately for us, that didn't happen.

Dave Hobbs

Steve is just the kind of forward we have been looking for, he has all the qualities needed we need.

Carol Blazejowski

Our strategy going forward was to re-invent our team.

Ron Agor

Overall, Mayor Baptiste had done a great job as our mayor. I look forward to his reelection for four more years.

Lawrie McKinna

Overall I am just happy to get the win. Now we are looking forward to next week going to Perth.

Eric Bernotas

Right now, yes, it is a little hard to swallow. But I'll find the positive in all this to propel me forward and gain strength from it and come out stronger the next time.

Maurice Cheeks

Pierce thrives in those situations. He looks forward to his team being down so he can take the big shots and make the big shots.

Sasha Abraham

Playing them will be something we'll look forward to. We have a healthy rivalry, and they're a fun team to play.

La'Roi Glover

Plain and simple, this is just a great program, ... This new RAC Room will give kids even a greater reason to come in off the streets to hang out with their friends. I'm looking forward to meeting the kids and helping to unveil the new room.

Susan Howarth

Our partners are thrilled because we're providing them with something they can't do on their own.

Bill Gates

Partners need to come in and be the ones who pull together the solution,

Christina Richmond

Partners are getting more and more savvy in services because they have to.

Michael Griffin

Our Russian partners have steadfastly sustained the station while the shuttle has been down.

Eleanora Duse

The weaker partner in a marriage is the one who loves the most.

Brian Greene

Supersymmetry is a theory which stipulates that for every known particle there should be a partner particle. For instance, the electron should be paired with a supersymmetric 'selectron,' quarks ought to have 'squark' partners, and so on.

Tony Fadell

You need to set near-term milestones. Put the assumptions down on paper, and make it to your vision or ultimate product. Your team has to understand where they're going. Your partners need to understand where they're going.

John Burke

We've been working with our partners for years to provide them insight. Have we solved this problem? No, but we're getting closer.

Reg Alcock

We view the public service as our partners in this,

Pete Foley

That was the most phenomenal swim of the meet.

Chad Spalding

Having two triples in one inning is something that is unheard of in my time with the team. Tyler just had a phenomenal game.

Dirk Nowitzki

He's been playing phenomenal since the All-Star break. His turnaround (jumper) is money.

Ernie Kent

He's had two back-to-back phenomenal games, to score like that and with no turnovers. I thought he was great.

Gary Player

If it did end up in a tie, it has been phenomenal golf. It could happen. If it did, so be it.

Scott Skiles

He was on. When he's on like that, he can shoot over people. His threes were dialed in. It was a phenomenal display.

Tom Crean

He's phenomenal at the end of the game.

Cynthia Stevenson

I loved doing 'Dead Like Me.' That role was phenomenal to me.

Dan Scanlon

I trust every lead in every department. All of the teams are phenomenal artists. All I need to tell them is why to do something, not how to do something.

Kevin Sheridan

Remember, this has only been operational for 90 days. What you're seeing is version 1.1.

Rick Ochoa

I think the weather you're seeing in Texas is very unusual. You would have to go back to the '50s to see the kind of dryness you're seeing. I don't think we've seen anything like this in a generation.

Johnny Damon

That was good, just seeing Keith out there, doing his thing. He's only going to get better.

Reggie Bush

I'm sick of seeing us on TV. We're on TV so much, it's ridiculous.

Reggie Bush

I'm sick of seeing it on TV. I'm sure they are.

Lorne Michaels

I think you're seeing the wave of the future.

Jim Myers

I'd vote for her in a heartbeat. I didn't think that before seeing what she's about.

Tony Soprano

I was seeing a therapist myself about a year ago, ... I had some issues.

Woody Williams

When he's seeing everything good, there's not a whole lot you can do about it.

Bette Davis

You can lose everything but you can't lose your talent!

Arsene Wenger

Nobody has enough talent to live on talent alone. Even when you have talent, a life without work goes nowhere.

LeBron James

I was just showcasing my talent today and we got another win.

Ricky Woods

I think they may be the most talented team we've ever played.

Patty Coyle

L.A.'s athleticism... with talent like that on their roster they're dangerous. Thankfully we got away with a win.

Kevin Beck

I think I have a lot of talent on the team,

Sven Eriksson

I think he is a long-term name. He is a very big talent.

Dan Hendricks

I think this is a very deep, talented group.

Jeff Bzdelik

I don't know that it was anything (SDSU) did that really factored into that. But they are just so much more talented than they have been in the past.

Robert Battle

Reflection is not something you have a lot of time for.

Amar'e Stoudemire

Swag is something that I've had for a long time.

E. O. Wilson

Springtime is the time for gazing at galaxies.

Adam Carolla

spontaneous, clever, specific, oblique and at the same time very human.

S. Walker

That could be a possibility. I'm thinking, hopefully, we can get something worked out. As of right now, we'll just take it one day at a time and see what happens.

Charlie King

Right place at the right time is all I can say about that one.

Gil Brandt

Really? I think for a long time they probably didn't have a quarterback because they were a wishbone team.

Boy George

Most psychiatrists or analysts are a waste of time

Bob Rose

We need solidarity. This is a union town, and it's time to show that.

John Nersesian

Rebalancing doesn't work every time. It works over time.

Mac McCabe

Our participants can work just as well as you or I.

Romesh Gunesekera

Sri Lanka is a part of my background: it's not where I live, but it's what I want to explore. And I find it works very well to explore through fiction.

Jim Coyne

Some of the work is in dispute. Hopefully, it will be settled.

David Frum

Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us and now we're discovering we work for Fox.

Barry Ritholtz

The market is going to love it. The market always seems to applaud major mergers, even though the vast majority of them don't work out and don't increase shareholder value.

David Burnett

Well a little disappointed but we'll work with what we have to work with.

Bill Cosby

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.

Big Pun

I'd rather sell reefer than do pizza delivery.