Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Grayling

I think most people will be astonished at the way ministers seem to be using the Queen's Flight as a private taxi service.

Anne Wright

I think he was astonished he won it, ... I wasn't, of course. He considered himself a minor poet, not a major poet.

John Snow

I'm astonished every time I come to see how much has happened since the last time I came, ... the changes are nothing short of breathtaking.

Michael Korda

I'm always astonished when I go into Barnes & Noble at the number of people buying books, of course, but also at the variety of books they do buy and the extent to which they are not the big bestsellers.

Kevin Starr

I don't think Hiram Johnson would condemn it, ... but I think he would be astonished at the breakdown of dialogue between the two major branches of government.

Mary Karr

I'm always astonished by the confidence my readers put in me.

Richard Flanagan

In Tasmania, an island the size of Ireland whose primeval forests astonished 19th-century Europeans, an incomprehensible ecological tragedy is being played out.

Asim Jihad

When he came back he was astonished to find that the prime minister issued a letter ordering Dr. Ibrahim to stay 30 more days on holiday because of his disagreement and his threats to resign from office.

Gunter Grass

I'm always astonished by a forest. It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.

Roger Enrico

Recent changes in the home video market got us and others in our industry by surprise,

Will Whitehorn

Recent acquisitions coupled with further structural changes being made to the group, will provide a good platform from which to generate further growth in the next financial year.

Scott Reed

Regions is a big contributor to this community, and there have been some changes in the community. We just feel like this would be the time to reassert ourselves.

Todd Boyd

particular culture and, until that culture is changed, you're not going to see any drastic changes in overall representation.

Mario Pescante

Parliament doesn't intend making changes to the law,

Al Coates

Particularly in the first period, he made two or three key saves that if one or two go in, maybe changes the outcome of the game. He was really good, especially when he needed to be.

Bill Daly

Our league has never qualified individual records over our 90-year history, despite many significant changes in the rules and the way the game was played. (That's) including varying lengths of schedule and different rules for regular-season overtime.

Alexander Bennett

Our mission is to restore the site to that condition, in 1746. That clearly means some fairly major changes to the site.

Alice Lichtenstein

People need to make fundamental changes - they don't have to be drastic.

Eric Chavez

Regardless of what happened today, we've got to sweep. We'd need a miracle going for us to sweep them, but you never know. It was a miracle last year with Boston.

Micky Arison

Pat told me what had happened before practice Friday, and I stayed to watch. It looked like any other practice I've ever seen him run.

Stuart Sternberg

Other than what happened on the field, it couldn't have been a more successful home opener.

Dustin Pedroia

Right when I swung, I was like, 'Oh, my God!' because it was the worst pain ever. I knew right away that I'd done something. It's frustrating because it happened on my very first swing.

Brian McCann

Right place, right time. It was a whirlwind; it all just happened so fast.

Donald Rumsfeld

Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do no know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know

Mark Mann

(Pitching coach) Vern Ruhle doesn't want him to throw too many pitches in an inning. That's what happened last time out. There was no physical problem.

M. Wolfe

I'm hoping this is going to help me get through what happened 45 years ago.

Ivan Ljubicic

We never lost hope. It happened to us before, and we managed to come back. When we got the feel on the return I knew everything was possible.

Richard Midgley

Regardless of whether we won or lost last Saturday, there would've been a lot of pressure going into this week.

Jackie Williams

Recovery is a miracle. It lasts for a life time.

Sam Burns

Recessions usually last about a year. That would place the end around March or April.

John Buchanan

Our record over the last while has been pretty well exemplary, with just the odd incident.

Samuel Johnson

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Roger Short

Part of the time we do go around in pairs, but these pairs don't last a lifetime.

Jay Bly

Our line play versus the run is going to be a key. We're going to have to play disciplined on defense. No matter what offense someone plays, if you get whipped up front, you're not going to win. We saw that when we looked at last year's tape, but we've made some adjustments.

Lee Salem

Our only regret is that it didn't last longer. That was Bill's decision.

Patrick Stewart

Our last words were, 'Be safe. I love you,' ... He said, 'I will.'

C. S. Lewis

I came alive when I started loving you.

Jason Richardson

I was always getting the short end of the stick.

Bret Michaels

I will deliver, rain, snow, anything short of a tornado,

Tom Parker

I don't have a worry he'll be short of words.

Princess Anne

I didn't like netball... I used to get wolf whistles because of my short skirts.

John Carlock

He (King) comes in in short spots because he can throw strikes.

Justin Young

The only thing that's different is that now I'm the short guy,

Sam Cassell

I don't think he tipped it. I just shot it short. I shot it short over a 7-foot guy.

Thomas Evans

He's done great. He's come a long ways in a short time.

Robert Greene

I will say it's been a while since we've been this healthy,

Shane Valdez

I think that's the first time since I've been here that we had everyone qualify.

Charles Djou

I think he sincerely wants recycling. Can't we do this right?

Kenny Thomas

I'm starting. Since no one has told me, I'm starting.

Asaf Shariv

I don't know about anything since then that is new.

Dale Scott

He'd been disgruntled since the sixth inning, so it was time for him to go.

Stieg Larsson

I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since the nineties.

Ned Colletti

I take nothing for granted. I know the value of finances, I know the value of people. I've had to be street-smart since I was a little kid,

Ken Slater

Burlington will be a big challenge, to see where we're at. It (Friday's game) will be something that will tell us what kind of a team we have and if we've made improvements since Christmas.

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.