Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Tracy

Some of the elements we had last year that made us successful were not here this year,

Tomika Ferguson

Outdoor follows the same rules as indoor triple jump. The differences are the physical elements of wind, a major factor, and also temperature and weather.

Alvin Wyatt

Right now the elements haven't been kind to us.

Bob Elsner

I'm here to help the organization get some of these elements done that have long tails.

Carl Rogers

It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens.

Colin Trevorrow

That's the thing about leaks: sometimes they aren't misinterpreted or false. They're real story elements that the filmmakers were hoping to introduce to the audience in a darkened movie theater.

Terence Smith

I was quite frank in trying to explain why they're so radioactive with some elements in Washington, and why some of the language they've used in the past might set off some sparks here.

Tom O'Neil

It has all the elements that the Globe voters like. It has an important social message. It has A-list stars. It's part of the public debate.

Marie Osmond

Little things in my past that I really thought were over and done with were still elements of the puzzle that weren't pieced together, and so she helped me do that.

Jeff Bell

Success is a journey, not a destination, which explains why I'm not there yet

Marcelo Porto

Some houses are looking for a small cut, which explains the rise we're seeing.

Joey Adams

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late -- and strike oil.'

Ben Crenshaw

I was just trying to put one foot in front of the other when the week began. I can't explain what happened. My heart was so heavy. I don't know how I did it.

Aaron Rowand

I was out of breath. You can't explain this. There was something special going on tonight.

Rich Brooks

It has been explained to me on numerous occasions from the league office that they review every play, ... They were real slow in reviewing that one, obviously, or reviewed it poorly.

Madeline Albright

I think that Senator Kerry has been working on explaining that. It hasn't come through, ... He is making that message very loud and clear.

Gerry Wright

It explains where these things come from in the first place. This work could prove to be extremely valuable to the drug development process.

Joseph Wong

I think I have explained many times that there is no alternative to legislation if we want to implement this year's pay reduction with certainty. And I think it is only incumbent on the government to proceed with this piece of legislation,

Jason Taylor

Some of the predictions out there are frankly an insult.

Kevin Sheridan

Some of those nations have since gone a way to fulfill those pledges but some have frankly not.

Tom DeLay

Our responsibility, that frankly we didn't perform very well, is to make sure those are legitimate earmarks for legitimate reasons.

Eddie Rodriguez

I was just trying to get Frank out of there. He was pretty upset. As upset as I've ever seen him.

Eric Chavez

Jermaine said when Frank was in there, he was hitting everything out of the park. Everything is still there, the stroke, the vision. We just have to keep him healthy.

Anne White

That was going to be our Franklin Street.

Mark Shapiro

Listen, Neil, I'll tell you a film I want to make. I'd make a film on Frank Deford. I'd make that in a minute and I'd let you produce it.

Elizabeth Dole

I was honored to recommend Frank Whitney and am very pleased with his nomination.

Mike Tice

It doesn't make things any simpler, ... and quite frankly I'm not happy about it.

Antoine Lavoisier

Languages are true analytical methods.

David Aaron

It is a question of putting into the text the language of our accord.

Wanda Peterson

Last summer I took a sign language class. There was a project where I was in a group. I was treated just like the other students (in the group).

Bertrand Russell

We shall say that we have acquaintance with anything of which we are directly aware, without the intermediary of any process of inference of any knowledge of truths.

Veda Upanishads

It is not the language but the speaker that we want to understand.

Joe Torre

I think that's personality more than anything. (Hideki) Matsui is so different and he's got the language barrier, too.

Dean Maki

I think that they are likely to make some small modification to the forward-looking language ... saying something like 'further policy firming might be needed' rather than 'may be needed'.

J. R. R. Tolkien

I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.

Marty Schottenheimer

I think so, because of the language that had to be learned and understood. The last thing you get is the technique because the language you can put together. But to be able to put the fundamentals together at the speed necessary to be successful takes some time. You can't have a lot of thought going through your mind.

Judah Friedlander

Paul Verhoeven might be my favorite director, and I'm serious.

Georgy Yartsev

People might say we didn't need this victory. I think we very much needed it. The Russian soccer needed it. Look at how many rookies we had.

Rick Halprin

People might not think it's much, but it's better than nothing.

Ed Feigenbaum

People might just have wanted to wait until they get their service back up.

Tom Parsons

People might have to stand by for one or two flights, but inconvenience to passengers should be minimal.

Victor Shum

State-owned enterprises have perhaps more options than international oil companies. Without shareholders, they can go places that might not be politically acceptable.

Felicia Brown

Some of (the children's) educational needs might not be met. You can't spend all the time that they'll need.

John Clayton

Someone might say, 'You didn't vote for him. Why should I?'

Josephine Crawford

Somehow, I'll spend it. ... I might go to Vegas.

Russell Baze

Past the quarter pole, he surged, got up in the lead,

Jan Egeland

Past agricultural policies have not been good. Governments understand they must be providing long-term solutions.

Jim Schoenfeld

Some of our youngsters have progressed past our expectations.

Carl Brown

Our traffic is up significantly in the past two weeks.

Mike Shanahan

Playing the way they have on the road the past three weeks is really an accomplishment. They play big on the road.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

To grasp the meaning of the world of today we use a language created to express the world of yesterday. The life of the past seems to us nearer our true natures, but only for the reason that it is nearer our language.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Your past wouldn’t frighten me,” I said, buckling my seat belt across my lap. “I’m guessing I’d be more appalled than anything.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Keep in mind that people change, but the past doesn't.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I nibbled my lower lip. "If you could see into my past just by touching my back, you'd have a hard time resisting the temptation too." "I have a hard time keeping my hands off you without that added bonus.

Tom Wilson

Some of them, quite frankly, are nothing more than a driveway.

Kevin Spacey

'The 24 Hour Plays' is a quite brilliant, exhilarating event for everyone concerned.

Mary Kelly

The (anti-virus) system worked, which was quite a relief.

Carl Jacobs

That was quite a ride. We'd be thrilled to repeat it.

Tom Miller

That was quite an accomplishment for us. This is a very tough tournament.

Paul Johnston

That's the really big trend, ... Year 2000 has been the big thing that has really worked quite well.

Steve Griffin

That suggests to me there is something quite clandestine going on or something strange.

Terry Grant

I was quite shocked when they called me.

Carol Patterson

I was quite disappointed the vote went the way it did.

Kiki Nesbitt

That was one of the sparks for the show itself.

Alice Munro

He never wanted to be away from her. She had the spark of life.

Cindy Sheehan

I'm just so honored that the universe chose me to be the spark that has set off a raging inferno

Arthur Young

The spirit or life spark which animates this manifestation could be called God.

Elie Wiesel

Every moment contains a spark of eternity.

Ben Stein

Could Congress really do its work if it held its sessions by teleconferencing? Could the Supreme Court? Nothing can replace the spark of intelligence that travels from person to person at meetings.

Denise Levertov

Each part of speech a spark awaiting redemption, each a virtue, a power in abeyance....

David Seabury

Make yourself an efficient spark plug, igniting the latent energy of those about you.

Ryan Hendrick

It was your TV 'Cops,' sparks all over the place.

John Hull

Our starting point then was trying to find a way to incorporate mean reversion into the HoLee model.

Wilson Alvarez

I'm here trying to do it one more time. I'm doing it for my kids. I'm doing it for my wife. I'm doing it for my teammates. So they can all say you've still got it.

Bebe Neuwirth

Anything that I do, I try to make it as good as I possibly can.

Beck

With my own music, I try to get away from things that are familiar and things that would be easy for me to go to.

Beck

I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I wrinkled my nose, trying to figure out what he smelled like. Not cigarettes. Something richer, fouler. Cigars.

B. B. King

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

Billy Corgan

I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking.

Billy Corgan

I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was.