Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Barnhart

Regardless of the number of participants we have on May 30, and I'm confident it will be 33, we will have again for at least the second year in a row, one of the deepest and most competitive fields in the history of the Indianapolis 500 with more cars, more teams and more drivers capable of winning than this place has had in past history.

Janet Reno

regardless of the conclusions that the department has reached concerning Microsoft's conduct, as of yet no court has found that Microsoft has violated the antitrust laws; to the contrary, the recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has raised serious questions about the validity of the department's antitrust suit against Microsoft.

Peter Goelz

Regarding some of the issues raised by Mr. Salinger in recent days, they are again a combination of falsehoods and claims that are only partially based on the truth and, when taken out of context, are completely misleading.

Donald Walker

(Reed) is a guy that all he wants to do is play defense, ... Even when we're running our first-team offense against our scout team defense at practice, he wants to be out there. He just never quits. He has played with confidence the first one-and-a-half games, which makes him that much better. Our defense as a whole needs to gain that type of confidence.

Wayne Richardson

Reece worked a little bit today on the side, and his arm feels real good. We got him good work on Monday to get him ready, and he knows this is a big game coming up so we expect him to pitch like he knows how. He'll be up against a good, hard-throwing arm with whoever Benton goes with, but we've got confidence in our guy.

Sean Miller

Recently against us, if you're that guy that can't make a 3, you usually knock a few down. It was good to see that percentage come our way.

Lawrence Eagles

Recently a former aid, giving evidence against him, said he was running short of funds. Therefore, if he was the instigator of the attacks on the US, another sponsor was likely to be involved.

Jamie Dixon

Rebounding is our biggest fundamental. It's our biggest emphasis. We didn't get it done against DePaul.

John Shoffner

Records and style of play go out the window. I think we match up well against them.

David Smith

I went to see what was going on. I seen him standing on the reef, waist deep in water. He yelled, help! then he was looking around, then bent over, look in the water, stand back up. I yelled back at him, Ed, help what?

Janica Kostelic

I watched Bent and I thought I could finish second to her. I knew I could do well. I changed a lot from yesterday.

Lorenzo Vidino

It doesn't necessarily mean that this time is going to be the same, it means that probably this group is not bent on killing her necessarily.

Bill Evans

Harrington gave us a lot of scares. He likes to cut back and he's low to the ground. We bent a few times but we didn't break, and we had a couple of goal-line stands inside the 15 that were good.

David English

Jon Beranek and Ryan Skriver worked their butts off. Jon Beranek stepped up huge. I'll tell you what, late in the fourth quarter he bent over backward. I thought his knee was gone. He gets up and 'I'm fine. Let's go.' That's how you play West Branch football.

Rudyard Kipling

But a fool must follow his natural bent / (Even as you and I!).

Joss Whedon

I have abused language. I love it, and I abuse it... I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then the way in which it's bent doesn't actually register.

Russ Meyer

From the side I could see the confirmation of those dreadnaughts. Even when she bent forward to put on sandals, the configuration of those pregnant t--s did not change one iota.

Salvation Army

If this fantasy that somehow we're a military organization bent on the overthrow of Russia -- if that were true -- wouldn't it have shown up after eight years of ministry here?

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.

Wole Soyinka

Rwanda, which is one of the younger independent states in Africa, must be regarded as a model of how great human trauma can be transformed to commence true reconstruction of people. Human trauma can lead to stunted growth and mass withdrawal.

John Delaney

We commence looking for a new manager tomorrow morning.

Charles Popplestone

Those who commence deliberately. They plod on. They stick to it. They persevere and finally reap their rewards.

James Monroe

Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete.

Joseph Wright

When we commence construction, it will also be on a permanent facility, not a temporary structure.

Phil Jackson

I know these teams have to have an answer, and it's time for the draft to commence and things to happen. I'll be off the queue here in another day or two.

Janet Reno

Because the initial inquiry period is limited to 30 days, and because of the complexity of the factual and legal issues presented by this matter, I have been unable to determine whether there is sufficient specific and credible evidence to suggest a violation of Federal criminal law. As a result, I am required to commence a preliminary investigation.

Helen Marshall

We all know Shea Stadium occupies a place in this borough, physically and spiritually. It has served its purpose well. But now, it is time to commence the construction of something new.

Heather Smith

They will probably commence work on phase one as soon as they can. That's what they started last September before the court stopped them.

Bruce George

Regrettably, despite some efforts which were undertaken to improve the process, the authorities did not exhibit sufficient political will to hold a genuinely good election.

Sal Guatieri

Price pressures were fairly mild, despite the economy operating flat out.

Mike Dubbelde

Our relationship with the parents so far has been great. Despite being a new sport, the fundraising and support has really been there.

John Longworth

Some held earlier and longer summer sales despite margins already being very tight, but there has been little sign in this survey of a response from consumers.

Melissa Richardson

Our team has always thought we were going to do as well as we did. We set our goals high. We had winning league and going to state on our goal sheet. So despite what everyone else thought, we thought we could.

Sushmita Banerjee

The Afghans, despite their backwardness, are a friendly lot, but the Taliban are as barbaric as the Huns from the past.

Jay Bavlish

That was a microcosm of our whole season. I couldn't put it any clearer. We dug ourselves a hole and despite the effort, we couldn't get out.

Mike Harper

I was proud of our kids. They found a way to win despite losing a starter right before the game.

Roseanne Roseanne

I think we're looking at a pretty strong housing market despite the fact that starts didn't rise, ... far from runaway.

Frank Moss

State and Homeland Security are still resolving if this will be a proximity or distance read.

Rob Parish

Our goal going down there was to be within striking distance of top (4A) team in the state.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

My senses of space, of distance, and of direction entirely vanished. When I looked for the ground I sometimes looked down, sometimes up, sometimes left, sometimes right. I thought I was very high up when I would suddenly be thown to earth in a near vertical spin. I thought I was very low to the ground and I was pulled up to 3,000 feet in two minutes by the 500-horsepower motor. It danced, it pushed, it tossed. . . . Ah! la la!

Becca Fitzpatrick

I was tired of admiring your legs from a distance.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Tell me what's going on here. Why can I hear your voice inside my head and why did you say you came to school for me?" "I was tired of admiring your legs from a distance.

Bill Bryson

There seemed to be a mystifying universal conspiracy among textbook authors to make certain the material they dealt with never strayed too near the realm of the mildly interesting and was always at least a long-distance phone call from the frankly interesting.

Bill Bryson

Every twenty minutes on the Appalachian Trail, Katz and I walked farther than the average American walks in a week. For 93 percent of all trips outside the home, for whatever distance or whatever purpose, Americans now get in a car. On average the total walking of an American these days - that's walking of all types: from car to office, from office to car, around the supermarket and shopping malls - adds up to 1.4 miles a week, barely 350 yards a day.

Bill Bryson

Distance changes utterly when you take the world on foot. A mile becomes a long way, two miles literally considerable, ten miles whopping, fifty miles at the very limits of conception. The world, you realize, is enormous in a way that only you and a small community of fellow hikers know. Planetary scale is your little secret.

Sandra Anderson

Part of it is due to lack of rainfall.

Brian Ainsworth

(Starter) Ike (Martinez) was getting tired. He was losing velocity on his stuff. So right now we only have the two pitchers due to all the injuries.

Nita Lowey

Stand up, delink paying the UN dues from family planning. Don't let this issue be hijacked by an extremist group in the Republican party, ... Late Edition.

Roger Cursley

Some of the sectors that have gone so far like miners and the oil stocks are due to come back a little, and it doesn't take much in those big sectors to take the index down.

David Briggs

Our pattern has been a tough month, followed by a good one, and it looks like we're due for a good one.

Sigve Brekke

Our sales and profit should grow due to higher subscribers this year.

Damien Newton

Our roads and streets are getting less safe. A lot of it's due to reckless driving, and we should be reversing that trend by having stricter enforcement.

Donn Walker

Our understanding was that this was an emergency landing due to engine trouble.

Danny Smith

Robinson is due for a major revival. We have to provide a reliable source for people.

Charlie Lester

Part of my plan included giving up red meat, which I did without a fight. I really haven't missed it. Except for one thing -- pot roast.

Rachel Farwell

Our leading scorer every game, except when we played Atchison, hasn't been more than a three-point difference. So, what's working in our advantage, is when they all can score we're pretty tough.

F. Stone

Statistically, the game was pretty even, except for our shooting percentage. Jess had a lot to do with that. She's long and you have to shoot over her.

Betty Williams

That could've been disastrous. Normally they would be in that classroom, except today.

Dale Lortz

Our pitching has been very solid all year and this was no exception a Marissa did a very nice job.

Jamie Heward

I'm hoping we can keep scoring like that. We played well except for about a 10-minute span in the third period. We're a young hockey team and we're going to learn from it.

Alafair Burke

Just as I know the usual rules of law enforcement, I also know the exceptions and invoke those frequently. I don't feel a need to bog the reader down with an explanation of why the procedures are realistic, as long as I know that there is, in fact, an explanation.

Peter Morgan

Koizumi really hasn't talked much about anything else except postal reforms,

Steve Sternberg

I think 'American Idol' wins, except during the finals of the figure skating, if the U.S. is doing well or if there's some major scandal.

Elie Wiesel

Peace is not God's gift to his creatures. It is our gift to each other.

Nancy Ford

Swapping merchandise and cashing in on your gift certificates.

Adlin Sinclair

Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.

Todd Whitaker

We need all our teachers to be as good as our 'good' teachers. Instead, we think programs are the problem or programs are the solution. The most valuable gift you can give yourself is confidence.

Andrew Young

I think there's just going to be an outpouring of gifts. People are good and hungry for an opportunity to do good.

Randy Waynick

January is a pretty strong month because of the gift cards.

Bob Sullivan

That was just an exceptional gift to help us pay someone's rent.

Erykah Badu

I was given a tremendous gift and a platform, and it is my responsibility to use my platform to do the work of the Most High.

Avery Johnson

I think I'm gifted to do what I'm doing, that this is what I'm here for.

Richard Hurd

Reason stands aghast at the sight of an unprincipled, immoral, incorrigible public; And the word of God abounds in such threats and denunciations, as must strike terror into the heart of every believer.

Bible Bible

Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. (Psalms 16:1)

Joyce Meyer

Start your week off right by getting back to what is really important - honoring God.

James Cawley

Starship Farragut has proven it's legitimacy as a respectable film project. Within six months, they produced their series trailer starting from scratch and this is a significant achievement. God Speed Starship Farragut!

George Braun

That could have hurt us. Thanks god we had a big enough lead.

Robert Brown

O thou soul of my soul! I shall clasp thee again, / And with God be the rest!

Anne Swetchine

Resignation is putting God between ourselves and our troubles

Dwight Howard

Really, it's an honor and I thank God that the team looks at me that way. I just want to try and be the kind of player that they think I can be.

Sathya Baba

Man strays away into misery and pain, because he loses the sense of value and runs after the temporary and the trivial. He ignores the voice of God which warns and guides him from within; and he pays the penalty for the transgression.

Alan Foreman

Parliament would be doing a Pontius Pilate to wash their hands of the issue this week.

Anne Mitchell

Parking limits handicap accessibility to your buses. This is especially true in Old Town.

Shinzo Abe

Surveys like this are also conducted by other countries. We should handle this calmly under international law.

Louis Hinnant

Surprised? Maybe. But not upset. This is the NCAA tournament. You don't get to hand pick where you go or who your opponent will be. For us, it's a privilege to be in Utah. It's a new experience.

Chad Campbell

Sure, it's going to be a long day, but I think it will be more mental than physical. We don't have to run around there tomorrow. So, while it's going to be tough walking around this course, we'll handle it.

Kyle Deines

Stay back, stay tall, throw your hands at it and try to take it to right field.

Dick Bennett

Stanford used their inside people well. The big kid, we were simply unable to handle him.

Michael Brown

Some of these kids think this is a game. They somehow got their hands on a weapon. They think they are playing Pac-Man or something and shooting at people.

Jose Vicente

Some low-ranking officers were passing information to the Pentagon . . . handing over secrets of the state.

Plaxico Burress

Our offense has to go out and be crisp, be sharp. We have to do everything we can, not so much to pick up the defense, but to give us some momentum heading into the playoffs.

Samuel Butler

Such as take lodgings in a head that's to be let unfurnished.

Jerry Sloan

Maybe I'll have 12 captains, ... I've got a lot of things going on in my head with that right now.

LaVar Arrington

I might have to put my head up and keep them from rolling down. I might get a little emotional. It's been a long road.

Brendan Haywood

I might have got in his head a little bit.

Jason Giambi

I was all over the place then. I had been hit (by a pitch) in the head and had been doing so much work since spring training to try and make up for last year that I was just strung out. But I knew it would change.

Danielle Brown

I was mad. They already made one run that shouldn't have happened. But we put our heads together and picked up the defense. That's where everything starts.

Paul Reilly

I think there's an over-obsession with monthly numbers. We've now had two years in a row with over 2 million jobs added, and it looks like we're headed for a third year.

Nick Barnett

I think there would be a lot of support for him to be a head coach. If that's the route that Ted Thompson and the organization want to take, I'm sure there would be a lot of support for him.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Sitting in the flickering light of the candles on this kerchief of sand, on this village square, we waited in the night. We were waiting for the rescuing dawn - or for the Moors. Something, I know not what, lent this night a savor of Christmas. We told stories, we joked, we sang songs. In the air there was that slight fever that reigns over a gaily prepared feast. And yet we were infinitely poor. Wind, sand, and stars. The austerity of Trappists. But on this badly lighted cloth, a handful of men who possessed nothing in the world but their memories were sharing invisible riches.

Bebe Neuwirth

It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.

Bebe Neuwirth

My audition song is, and has been since 1977, 'I Love a Piano.

Beck

There's an infinite amount of possibilities and detours and things that can distract you from actually just performing the song and having whatever emotion that's invested into the song come through in the recording.

Beck

I know my own limitations. And if somebody says, "I need songs for a cartoon garage band - they look like this and they should sound like this," it gives you a direction. I like having that kind of assignment.

Beck

There are certain records that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them as an example of great production.

Beck

Back then, Pro Tools only had four or eight tracks, so we couldn't actually hear all the tracks. We could only hear eight at a time, so if a song had 25 or 30 tracks, we wouldn't be able to hear it until we went into the studio an put it all on tape. The process was a little bit backwards.

Beck

There's more well-known artists who aren't making as good songs as people who are just coming out of nowhere. That seems to be more typical in the last few years than ever.

Beck

I don't remember half of the new bands, though - and I think that's kind of where we're going. It's turning into just a big derby of songs. May the best song win.

B. F. Skinner

I've often said that my rats have taught me much more than I've taught them.

Esai Morales

My mother taught me when you go someplace, you leave it better than you found it.

Dan Hawkins

I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.

Leonard Cohen

I taught him how to dress. He taught me how to live forever.

Christopher Gorham

I taught at a cotillion. I was one of the teenage helpers when I was in high school. But we're talking very basic.

Jimmy Johnson

It didn't have anything to do with him being elected. It wasn't something that he was taught to do. It was something that he had in him.

Terry McBride

He was the one that taught me that women can fight.

Anthony Swofford

He taught me how to read as a writer,

Kobe Bryant

He taught me how to play the game. He's the coach, I'm the player, ... We don't think we're going to have any problems.