Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Hall

When I was in government I always paid close attention to whistleblowers. While sometimes people consider them a thorn in the side, many times they're very conscientious individuals who are trying to do their job.

John Travolta

When I was a kid in the 60s, believe it or not, most of you are younger and don't know that, but it was a blast to fly! You dressed up, you got in your Sunday best, women wore white gloves, you had room to stretch your legs out, you had a very nice meal, the stewardess paid particular attention to you. It was an event. It's so different today.

Chris Bailey

To most people, when they drive by, it will be the ABC Columbia building. You get extra recognition. It draws a little more attention to what you're doing.

Keegan Bradley

It's very difficult to consistently hit good iron shots if you get off to a bad start. That's why I'm always paying attention to my setup and takeaway.

Billy Donovan

What they've been able to do this year is great for basketball. Most teams don't get a chance to experience what they've been able to experience. In this tournament, they were able to inspire a lot of people. There was no resentment on our team for feeling like they got all the attention or we got slighted.

Fredrik Modin

When we are on and when we're playing well, everybody feels that confidence. But at times we have had problems staying with it. But we do have stretches when we pay attention to the details and play well and we have that confidence.

Andy Moog

What he did there was very smart. He deflected attention from the players, and he let them play, and I think that was coaching as much as anything.

Thomas Mason

What happens is that people will not pay attention to eating and drinking and be caught up in the emotions. You need food and water and fundamental caring and reaching out to these people.

Helen Christensen

We found that, on average, men aged 64 years have smaller brains than men aged 60. However, despite this shrinkage, cognitive functions -- like memory, attention and speed of processing -- are unaffected.

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.

Scott Walker

We've always had the rallying cry of, 'Hey, nobody out there thinks we can do it,' and that was fun. We've never really had a star player, and there's never really been a case of 'So-and-so didn't produce and that's why we're losing.' So it might take a little adjustment, but I think we're definitely a lot better team with him.

Marty Schottenheimer

When I was playing, it was 10 or 12 plays that determined the outcome of a game. Now, because of the balance of talent in the league, it's come down to three or four plays a game. All you're looking for is to be in a position where you have a chance to win at the end. We haven't been able to do that, in a number of cases but we just keep chipping at it, trying to find a way to turn that corner.

Dan Bartlett

When it comes down to it, Hillary Clinton will very much excite the Republican faithful to get out and work hard. I don't know if a similar case can be made if Obama is the candidate.

Joshua A. Norton

To Mr. Seward: It is my desire that, in case Maximillian will surrender, he be sent here a prisoner of war, but that in the event of his continuing the war, or refusing to surrender, then he be shot.

Steve Grossman

Tom Reillys case to the people of Massachusetts does not rest on where he stands on one particular issue or another. It rests on his integrity, honesty, and a hundred-percent commitment to giving the people of Massachusetts a full days work for a full days pay.... He is as honest as the sun, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with him.

Malvinder Singh

We remain undeterred in our resolve on this issue and we will press our case in the US court of appeals for the federal circuit.

Kevin Marino

We remain hopeful that when the attorney general's office has completed its review of the charges against him, it will elect to dismiss this case rather than seek an indictment.

Henry Hyde

We respect and appreciate the bipartisan agreement established by this Senate, ... We intend to use the time we have been provided to present a compelling case on the serious charges pending against the President.

James Forni

We're going to maintain the largest customers in a mode that is sell-with and involves a lot of participation. I think that's natural.

Francie Tolan

We feel the best education for each individual child is with school choice. It involves the parents directly in the process of their child's education and they have some governance, in that they can seek another school if they are unhappy with the present school. And historically, our kids do well at whatever school they attend.

Al Edwards

When you talk about changing the rules, that takes time, and it always involves more than just a committee.

Miranda Hart

Writing humour certainly involves pain. A sitcom is 6 months of writing pain!

Kenneth Branagh

I had a friend who introduced me to a meditation practice which involves a couple of half-hours a day of meditation, where essentially you try to achieve a stillness that allows you to just be there in the moment.

James E. Faust

I testify that inspiration can be the spring for every person's hope, guidance, and strength. It is one of the magnified treasures of life. It involves coming to the infinite knowledge of God.

Lawrence M. Krauss

No one intuitively understands quantum mechanics because all of our experience involves a world of classical phenomena where, for example, a baseball thrown from pitcher to catcher seems to take just one path, the one described by Newton's laws of motion. Yet at a microscopic level, the universe behaves quite differently.

Daniel Barber

After defining an idea of what I want to achieve, through a series of storyboard images, I'll go to the ends of the earth to create it, whether that involves obscure camera lenses or the latest electronic techniques.

Kate Thompson

If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves.

Bob Romeo

We've averaging 61 points per game, but the thing that makes me the proudest about this team is its defense. We've held teams to an average of 31 points per game. A lot of players get to play (as a result of big leads), and that means the kids on the bench are doing a good job defensively as well.

Steve Manzuik

We've assigned it our 'High' rating, which means the vulnerability allows for code execution,

Graeme Smith

We've always wanted to play positive, winning cricket, and if we can win this series, it means we can put a tick against this summer.

Mark Berry

When we were leaving, Jerry (Narron) said, 'You're going to come to Cincinnati and see us play next year,' ... He moved his thumb. His mother said that means 'OK.' I got pretty choked up. Jerry did, too.

Vicente Fox

When it comes down to it, for Mexico, the FTAA means being able to go forward toward development, in the fight against poverty, in job creation and economic growth,

Doug Mosier

We're making criminal enterprises look to different means to conduct their business. We see it as a desperation move.

Chris Harper

We're so young that when they start to press, we think that means we need to speed up.

Glenn Miller

We're going to take back our country by whatever means necessary.

Nitin Gupta

We're going to see some type of portable device that offers some PDA elements but is very consumer-focused, and that means more entertainment functionality.

Jon von

We've always stood up well in comparison with our competitors in technical tests but users disliked that they had to pay $39 and that we had ads. We decided to eliminate these obstacles in order to attract users.

Bob Davis

We've always had a focus as a company on bottom line and fiscal responsibility, ... And I think especially now in the days of Internet consolidation and I think more of a discriminating investor, it pays off very well for us.

Mitchell Hurwitz

When we were making 'Arrested Development,' it was the hardest thing I'd ever done. You know, nobody was watching. We weren't getting feedback. The job wasn't paying very well. But the one thing I did feel confident about was: No one will ever be able to do this again. Because no one would be stupid enough to try.

Ken Henderson

We're making less money now than we did 30 years ago. If they have to pay more, they're going to have to cut back somewhere else.

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.

Ken Dey

We remain confident we will continue to see an increase in wages if we can successfully bring in more companies that pay higher wages. Our ultimate goal is to get ahead of inflation.

Larry Krantz

We respect the rights of Texans to have fun. But people need to realize that everyone pays when the state has to constantly stop what it's doing to repair this kind of damage. It takes away from our other responsibilities like building and maintaining roadways.

Dennis Phillips

We're going to pay user fees for water and sewer and it's my understanding the burden of extension lines will be on the shoulders of the developers, not the city,

Bill Smith

We're going to pay it one way or another. We think paying based on what the actual costs are over a 5 percent difference is a good way to do this. It's not that we're unconcerned; it's just the price of doing business.

Tony Vecchio

We've always taken a special interest in the health of coastal ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest. This fascinating lecture is a way we can educate the public about the importance of our coastal environment and its fragility.

Bartolo Colon

When I was just a year old, my dad was always talking about Nolan Ryan, ... He is my favorite player of all time, so it is a very special feeling to do it as an Angel.

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.

Phil Jackson

We remind our players that this is something that was a special night in a heated situation but it's not going to be a steady diet for us. The onus on Kobe is to stay inside the team offense. The onus on the players is to pick it up a little bit better.

Mike Mularkey

We're going to play more because we need to be in a rhythm on both sides of the ball, special teams, altogether before we come out of this game. Hopefully, it happens early, but we'll just wait and see.

Jeff Tedford

We're going to play in conference games that are going to be close, and those type of things will come back and haunt you. Special teams had a letdown tonight and we didn't play to our potential.

Brian Idalski

We're going to enjoy this one. Any time you can win a championship, it's special. It's even more special to bring the first one (O'Brien Cup) home that is a tribute to Frank O'Brien.

Chip Williams

What they want to do is drive the line with nine players and make you throw. Their game plan coming in is to score a couple, either off the special teams or a run off the offense, and then shut us out, not allowing us to run.

Kareem Rodriguez

When we came back from down seven (points) late against Fort Myers, I knew these guys had something special in them.

Paul Johnston

We've apparently struck a reasonable middle ground and will continue to try to meet the needs of all the authorized purposes.

Phil Garner

What hurt was, we struck out for five of the last six outs, ... We didn't put the ball in play, and we had a guy on third base. And that's what hurt us.

Susan Campbell

The other thing that's always struck me is that the kids in very little day care had scores that were very low,

Bill White

We believe that the most reasonable interpretation that you'll be able to draw from the evidence is that Courtney had come into the room and had seen this struggle and had turned around to go back to the back of the house and was struck once in the head and fell.

Terry Pendleton

We struck up a conversation right then like we'd known each other for years. Since then, it'd been that way.

Frank Poirot

We struck a fair balance. We feel we've been fair with all our customers.

George Postolos

We stand ready to honor the bargain we struck with the sports authority, and we hope and expect that the sports authority will do the same.

Tom Jurich

We spent many years in the same league with Tulane and Southern Miss and still consider them members of our family, ... Many of our fans visited New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast while we were competing against those schools and have been struck by the images of the devastation in those areas. I hope this can help.

Laura Mvula

My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They sang with such passion and conviction. By the time I turned 15, I had plucked up the courage to ask if I could join the group. Acapella is a different discipline from singing with an accompaniment - it is much more exposed.