Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of anyone ambitious to illuminate his name.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first.

Todd Howard

Our most ambitious project ever is finally done. We're excited to get the game into everyone's hands and let them experience it for themselves. We hope they enjoy it. I think it's our best game yet.

Todd Howard

Our most ambitious project ever is finally done.

William Butler Yeats

Surely among a rich man's flowering lawns,Amid the rustle of his planted hills,Life overflows without ambitious pains;And rains down life until the basin spills,And mounts more dizzy high the more it rainsAs though to choose whatever shape it wills. . . .

Doug McCuistion

Spirit and Opportunity are approaching targets that a year ago seemed well out of reach. Their successes strengthen NASA's commitment to a vision with the ambitious targets of returning samples from Mars and sending human explorers to Mars.

Bill Bryson

Consider the Lichen. Lichens are just about the hardiest visible organisms on Earth, but the least ambitious.

Terry Brown

I will bring new vision and ideas on ways to help the freshman class be successful and unite as a whole. I want to be class president because I am hungry - hungry in a way that RDH won't fill. I am hungry to see the class of 2009 reach its full potential as one of the largest and most ambitious classes in school history and truly make a difference in our campus community.

Charles Cooper

It is a matter of enormous pride to see two of our colleagues become Supreme Court justices. The Reagan administration was very deliberate in trying to promote bright, ambitious young conservatives. And this is in many respects the fulfillment of that effort.

Greg Erwin

Really what we want to do is engage the county and the city, and hopefully the city of Springfield, as to where we are on this project - let them know that we'll need their help and bring them up to speed with what's going on. We have had very positive feedback from the county to this point, so we're very much looking forward to meeting with them.

Laura Campbell

Relieved is a strange thing to say - you really don't feel that. It kind of brings everything back. It's a different kind of grieving.

Vishal Wanchoo

Our relationship with MP4 demonstrates GE's continued commitment to personalized healthcare by providing transformational medical and information technologies to bring our customers closer to their patients.

Wade Henderson

Organizations like those who have set up these protection initiatives are trying to sound the alarm. We want the country prepared to bring these elections systems under heightened scrutiny.

Michael Laws

Patched gang members are criminals...that's what they are, that's what they do...they exist for no other purpose but to bring mayhem and disorder.

M. Wolfe

Pastor's School brings more than a million dollars in tourist money to Northwest Indiana.

Rob Portman

Pascal Lamy will bring a new aggressiveness to the job,

John Rogers

Pay By Touch is changing the way the world transacts. We are truly honored to showcase our innovative payment service at The Tech, because it brings this significant payment shift into perspective. More consumers will have an opportunity to experience a revolutionary technology that we expect will become common practice for everyone within the next few years.

Matt Kane

Paul has been a nice surprise. He grew up playing goalie and brings a lot of experience.

Mike Warren

Recreational sports help to keep our campus fit because they provide ways for students to get out and stay active.

Allyson Wilson

Orientation is very important because students who don't have a lot of experience on campus need the opportunity to come to campus and to learn where things are and the resources that they have on campus and the things we have for them to be involved and become a true part of campus if they are able to do so.

Steve Purchase

People have taken notice of the work we have done on campus to foster a politically engaged population. We want to create an environment of consistency of turnout.

Stan Albrecht

Some have only been on campus a couple of weeks, ... incredible tragedy.

Dennis Healy

Pitching has always been the dominant thing for me, ... The campus is beautiful, the people have been helpful and courteous everybody has been great.

Larry Coker

Players get to come on your campus for what is essentially an unofficial visit. There's no pressure. They get to look around, totally relaxed.

Patricia Brennan

Many (academic staff) are outstanding scholars and teachers. We want to help them have a say in running the campus and help them have reasonable career progression.

Dave Davis

I think the whole campus is mad at me because they think I made Matt get a haircut. But all I did was make a suggestion.

Adam Marcoux

I was watching a movie when I heard a pop in the bathroom. The light fixture was on fire. I called Campus Safety and told them what happened and they said they would be right over.

Leatrice Eiseman

Particularly in high-end design, there was always that sensibility that they have continued to do: To keep it classic and understated.

Mark Stevens

Our message is stay in school. We need you in class to learn.

Gerard Charles

Susan is using a lot of references to film noir and to the classic ballets. It?s going to be very layered choreography.

John Shillito

Steve is a guy who is really good for kids, ... He showed a lot of class in the transition. It's one of those things that can't be easy for the guy who had the program. But he did it with such grace and class, it helped us.

Neil Rinehart

Steve (Ackerman) had a tough draw. It really was a stacked weight class.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Some of the young kids look for one hit to be a star; that what they're known for the rest of their life... I never wanted to be known as one thing; that is the reason I do classical theater, write, direct and the blessings God has given me... I want to share.

John Netwal

That concept didn't quite work out well and the district subsequently put in temporary walls to create individual classrooms. That made it nearly impossible for one class to exit their classroom without disrupting another. It was not a good learning environment.

Mike Rudd

That class really helped him. I tell all of my players, 'Get in that class.' It's something different than just regular (physical education). Plus, they get a ton of confidence.

Cecilia Johnson

Our senior class thought this was going to go away. Our juniors now know. They are getting very concerned.

Jim Hall

Our counselors are going to her classes and speaking to them about any type of counseling services that students may want to use.

Stu Melby

Overall I was happy with the guys. It was a good meet. The kids got to stay in classes longer and more fans and friends were able to see them run.

Harry Clark

Our 33 classes can accommodate every vehicle. We even have an 'Ugliest' category.

Cal Hubbard

I went to PE classes and started getting kids out there, ... They'd say, 'I've never played golf before,' and I'd say, 'I don't care.'

Hailee Steinfeld

I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started.

David Jennings

I think these classes are good because it gives EMA directors a wide range of knowledge and different obstacles and issues that come up when working with a disaster,

Paul Puryear

I think there are a couple of ways we can reach the same area. Maybe we can get a consensus about which classes should be an hour long.

Donna Sanders

It isn't over for us yet. She's still got dance classes and competitions with Troy School of Dance and she's going to visit other competitions and represent the state at those.

Tremell Jack

I was working hard over the summer to get my grades straight to maintain eligibility when I noticed that I had been listed at third string. I was at summer school. One of the coaches told me that word was going around that I wouldn't pass my classes but I ended up passing my classes.

Michael Levine

Patients who have this procedure understand that their shoulder may not do what it did when they were in their twenties, but now they have greater movement and freedom from pain, ... That equates to making a significant difference in our patients' lives.

George Nessman

(Spicer) outfought our players for space in the paint the first half. That was a big difference in the first half.

Ara Parseghian

Some of the old timers might be offended but they have to understand personnel now. You have 250-pound guys who can run the ball. The difference between skill positions is dramatic.

Randy Bennett

Somehow, we've got to make shots. Those little things make a big difference in a game like that.

Mike Knuble

Our power play hasn't really done that well of late, but I think we should be proud of the difference we made.

Rick Hendricks

Our son placed a great importance on doing one's part to help others. He had a passion for making a difference in people's lives, which is exactly what Levine Children's Hospital will do for families of this region.

Chris Kennedy

Our goal is to make a difference over there and help people that need to be helped. If one life is saved then we've done our job.

Steve Alford

Our three starting guards got outscored (by Iowa State's guards) 48-29. If you look at assists-to-turnovers, which has a lot to do with guard play...that was probably the difference in the game.

Mike Cahill

Other than in individual situations, it really doesn't make much of a difference when you graduate. Graduating early is not something I would encourage someone to go through all the great effort it takes to make it happen just for that reason.

Dave Orzel

Spenser did a good job, and Brandon did a great job in his first varsity game. That was a tough position to put a freshman in, but he responded.

Tom Corbett

Our freshman group last year was real good. It's been good, fun practices because the younger girls are really pushing the older girls.

Dennis Martell

Our two freshman pitchers pitched outstanding today. They stepped up big for us and pitched the way you'd hope they would when you recruit them.

Jason Russell

Man, Brock went after Edwards like a champ. You couldn't tell he was a freshman tonight.

Eyre Becker

Jessica is a freshman on varsity who is doing very well.

Hutton Jones

That was huge to get that done and for a freshman to come through.

Kyle Crookes

That was nice to see a freshman come through.

Kevin Gilligan

I thought my freshman played really well. It was a great effort, and I'm so proud of him.

Reed Goldsmith

I think they really stepped up and played well. They were competitive and played hard. At times they made some freshman mistakes, but that's OK.

Mark Hogan

Our new guys are going to have to hit well, because we're full of new guys.

Michelle Theall

Our mission is to inspire and inform women to live life to the fullest through outdoor adventures.

Dan Brooks

People meant a lot to her. She always wanted to touch people. Maria was just full of life. She had a lot of heart.

Audrey MacLean

Starting a company is like going to war. You can't do anything else but be fully engaged. You have to be insanely, passionately, nothing-can-stop-me committed.

Paul Horsnell

Some of these refineries will not be back to full operation, perhaps well into next year.

Tim McGillivray

Some of our schools are more full than others, so you can't always place them at their neighborhood school.

Alex Smith

Our school system needs a fully funded gifted program.

Peter Schnorr

Our goal is to get a full day -- 10 hours -- of active, pen-down writing.

Richard Clarke

Our goal is by the third week in October to open the full 20.9 miles of road for travel.

Scott Baker

Regardless of who I'm facing, if I'm going to be nervous it's not going to help the situation.

Herman Sanders

Reed just made the shot. We said in the huddle to make sure we knew where he was on the last play. We tried to help on Chad, but he kicked it out and we couldn't recover.

Pedro Marquez

Our relay team did well. We just need to work on passing the baton, but that's something that we can work on and improve on. Also, not looking back while we're running will help out.

King Abdullah

Our relations with India will help Indo-Pak relations.

Brian Rooney

Oregon has a lot of in-migration, which helps to keep the unemployment rate (higher).

Lee Janzen

Part of his learning process is helping other guys.

Rob Gorman

Part of what we're about now is trying to help people come up with their own recovery plans.

Nathan Thompson

Paul Wellstone was a person who really would have liked to see something like this happen. Projects that help people in need are what he wanted; it's really fitting.

Sam Loeffler

Our lyrics are about a lot of things. They are not very introspective. For example, the song 'Panic Prone' is about drugs, this idea about kids getting drugged up and medicating themselves and whether to help people or not help people at all.

Ron Fournier

Part of the problem is voters know relatively little about Romney. And some of what they know about him complicates his task: Romney has a history of flip-flopping on issues, he's extraordinarily wealthy, and he can be tone-deaf about what moves voters. He just doesn't seem comfortable in his skin.

Jacob Reitan

Our message is: Learn from history and end religious-based repression.

Will Rogers

Statesmen think they make history; but history makes itself and drags the statesmen along.

Jack Turner

Spice: The History of a Temptation ... maddeningly disorganized but intriguingly varied and rarely dull.

Xinhua Agency

Some Japanese politicians stick to their wrong view of history and try to justify their country's past military misdeeds. Those Japanese politicians should stop their fallacies, give up their wrong views, and return to the right track of mending fences.

Viktor Yanukovych

Our victory will open a new page in the history of Ukraine. We are ready to work together with any political party.

Bernard Beckett

Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that our values are exposed.

Bernard Berenson

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

Brad Lidge

I think they're professionals and they're going up there and looking for something and trying to hit it. I don't think they're thinking too much about the history of us, but if they are and it can work to my advantage, that's great.

Lance Manning

Our players are picking up on what we're doing very well. And they're hungry to win.

Nigel Worthington

Robbie has made his money and he is a wealthy chap. I am looking for hungry players.

Bo Ryan

I think they're hungry and ready to go after another one and keep playing.

James Browning

Funky' is about the injustices, the things that go wrong, the hungry kids going to school trying to learn,

Carlos Zambrano

He will learn. He likes to learn. It's good. He likes to learn and he's hungry for this.

Dwyane Wade

He's back. He's healthy. He's in better condition. He's hungry and wants the ball. He wants his team to be better.

Author unknown

Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.

Brian Richert

Seymour is a quality team. They're hungry for the title.

Alleggrie Guinn

This win streak keeps our momentum up for the tournament because everyone is going into the tournament thinking they can win it. So we have to come in there and be hungry because at tournament time there's no telling what's going to happen.

Bebe Neuwirth

I loved Jay Thomas as Eddie LeBec. But there was a point where they [thought] maybe we would live together, and I didn't like the idea of Carla being with somebody because that would make you feel like [you're] not part of the people in the bar.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Are you keeping anything else from me?” “I’m keeping a lot of things from you.” “Like?” “Like the way I feel about being locked up in here with you. You have no idea what you do to me.

Barry McCaffrey

We say in a democracy that good ideas will drive out bad ones, so if the good ones aren't there, we're left with the bad ones

B. H. Liddell Hart

For the spread and endurance of an idea the originator is dependent on the self-development of the receivers and transmitters.

Larry Martin

We need plans and ideas from outside this committee.

Billy Corgan

People always seemed to pay attention to us. I have no idea why -- there was just a presence between the four people or something.

Bill Shankly

My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world. I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.

Bill Crawford

When we engage people positively, we create a receptive platform for the ideas and information we wish to communicate.

Bhagat Singh

It is easy to kill individuals but you cannot kill the ideas.

William Diamond

Our upholsterer teased us about the scale of the sofa. He says it's the largest sofa that he has ever made.

Sam Moore

Remember, I'm your largest shareholder. Don't screw it up,

Sonia Kim

That's the rules. We have to respect Panasonic's rights, even though we're the largest producer of plasma panels.

Sonia Kim

That's the rules. We have to respect Panasonic's rights -- even though we're the largest producer of plasma panels.

John Davidson

I still like Maverick Tube, which is the largest provider of tubular product to that industry,

Eric Beder

I think people are a little nervous about turnarounds in general. This is probably the largest turnaround ever tried in retail, and people are impatient.

Eric Beder

I think people are a little nervous about turnarounds in general, ... This is probably the largest turnaround ever tried in retail, and people are impatient.

Roland Betts

It doesn't matter if the firms that respond are the largest or the most best-known around the world. We are looking for excitement, creativity, energy.

Nick Frey

I don't have any problem with it. It may not be the largest in volume in the state, but the old vines have the longest tradition of the major varietals.

Alex Wong

PCCW still has more upside potential but I think we will see some resistance when it reaches HK$15.5,

Mike Keenan

We've talked so much about the potential of our young players, ... This will make the team a better team.

Tim Ghriskey

It is a stock that has the potential to disappoint.

Keith Hennig

Jess has the potential to be something really special.

David Cronenberg

I wrote a script that I thought had a lot of potential,

John LaMattina

I think this will be the norm. When you have something new, there is the theoretical potential for harm.

John Montgomery

I think this has the potential to be one of the sexiest projects we have seen in years.

Wendy Hall

KBR remains a potential subcontractor for this important work,

Paul Herbert

I think it could be significant, and a potential drawback.

Chris Simcox

President Bush, read my lips: secure our borders.

Joe Pojman

Our president is with us on these issues. Our governor, Rick Perry, is strongly with us on these issues. But they need our help.

Parris Chang

Our president can be seen in public for the first time.

Bill Vaughan

In foreign affairs, the president can do what he wants unless Congress says no. In domestic policy, the president can't do anything unless Congress says yes.

Bill Vaughan

In the wiretapping, despite all the momentum for a more assertive Congress, you're seeing Congress backing down, because there are many Republicans and even Democrats who are afraid of being seen as preventing the president from protecting the nation.

Gary Chaison

I think that (AFL-CIO President John) Sweeney will have to make a strong statement about the AFL-CIO and how it's strong and still relevant.

Bob Ney

I will vote to impeach the president because he has shattered the trust of the American people.

Tom Casey

He is the established constitutional president of Mauritania.

Mary Matalin

He is to the vice president what the vice president is to the president.

Elaine Deck

Someone has to be the first to reach out.

Lonnie Bunch

That support allows me to reach out and do the work we need to do.

Debra Moore

He just said he tried. (He) just couldn't reach his girls. It's just sad.

Trevor Rabin

When you do a record like 'Talk,' and you're happy with it, and it reaches your ambitions and then doesn't sell as well as you wanted, it kind of takes the wind out of your sails a little.

Larry Harris

I feel we reached out and stole a Clipper.

Drew Kesse

He immediately reached out to us. We're very grateful.

Evander Holyfield

Of course, it is me being able to reach my goal,

Abner Louima

When they want to seek our vote, they know where to reach us,

Phil Anderton

We are going to take the appropriate time to reach our long-term aspirations.

Rhys Ifans

Spider-Man is a school boy that's looking for his parents.

Becca Fitzpatrick

The truth is, normal might take years. Normal might never happen. But it’s definitely not going to happen if I lounge around here watching soaps and avoiding life. I’m going to school today, end of story.

Becca Fitzpatrick

For someone who’s made it clear that her life is superior to every other student’s at this school, you sure make it a habit of pursuing every facet of our boring, worthless lives.

Becca Fitzpatrick

You’ve never been to school, ever? If that’s true— and you’re right, I don’t think it is—what made you decide to come this year?” “You....Your eyes, Nora. Those cold, pale gray eyes are surprisingly irresistible.” He tipped his head sideways, as if to study me from a new angle. “And that killer curvy mouth

Becca Fitzpatrick

He inclined his head at my dress. "What's the occasion?" "Homecoming," I said, twirling. "Like?" "Last I heard, Homecoming requires a date." "About that," i hedged. "I'm sort of...going with Scott. We both figure a high-school dance is the last place Hank will be patrolling." Patch smiled, but it was tight. "I take that back. If Hank wants to shoot Scott, he has my blessing.

Becca Fitzpatrick

You’ve never been to school, ever? If that’s true—and you’re right, I don’t think it is—what made you decide to come this year?” “You.

B. F. Skinner

Was putting a man on the moon actually easier than improving education in our public schools?

Joe Green

We never stopped having school, ... Things are going well.

Bill Simmons

When I was in elementary school, we had the kid who threw chairs, the kid who stuttered, and the kid who went to the bathroom on himself ... but we never had the kid who came in one day and started shooting everyone.

Barry Mann

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

B. R. Ambedkar

For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.

Bill Condon

There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.

Bill Crawford

The most successful form of correction is when the "other" feels informed versus chastised.

Bill Crawford

One key to successful relationships is learning to say "no" without guilt, so that you can say "yes" without resentment.

Bill Cosby

You can't compete with Walmart. But you can have smaller businesses that are successful.

Carrie Snow

Remember that the successful marriage depends on two things: (1) finding the right person and (2) being the right person.

Carrie Underwood

As far as talent goes, we had pretty much everything, and I think that's why this year was so successful.

Carl Sagan

Scientists constantly get clobbered with the idea that we spent 27 billion dollars on the Apollo programs, and are asked "What more do you want?" We didn't spend it; it was done for political reasons. ... Apollo was a response to the Bay of Pigs fiasco and to the successful orbital flight of Yuri Gagarin. President Kennedy's objective was not to find out the origin of the moon by the end of the decade; rather it was to put a man on the moon and bring him back, and we did that.

Mike Leinbach

I'm here to tell you that it really is truly better.

Herbie Hancock

I was trying to make something truly collaborative,

August Wilson

I think it is an extraordinary honor, and it is truly a capstone of my career. I am overwhelmed.

Albert Schweitzer

Every person I have known who has been truly happy has learned how to serve others.

Carrie Fisher

I am truly a product of Hollywood in-breeding. When two celebrities mate, someone like me is the result.

Craig Bruce

In order for a man to be truly evil, he must be a woman.

Chris Hemsworth

I can remember watching 'Lord of the Rings' and being truly regretful that I wasn't a being in that world.

H. Hunt

We are now well and truly in the post-Maui era.

Barbara Green

Those who complained truly feel that they are discriminated against, they truly feel that way.

Bianca Jagger

The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.

Bill Vaughan

Flexibility is indispensable in the talks, .. Only if (the DPRK and the United States) show flexibility, it is possible to reach compromise.

H. Hunt

I don't know of it being in this county, but I do know it's in the western United States.

F. Lee Bailey

I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'

Stephen Pope

He's been the most beleaguered of any archbishop in the United States. It's like a battlefield promotion.

Al Green

Pakistan's being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show Pakistan that we are appreciative for the help that's been extended.

Beth Robertson

One of the things we know is that this is a worldwide trend. It's not just in the United States.

Allison Hooper

No one else (in the United States) is making it.

Strom Thurmond

New People: Miscegenation and Mulattoes in the United States.

Tom Shannon

Our respective governments have very different visions for the hemisphere.

Glen Tullman

Our vision is to become indispensable to physicians.

Lester Snow

We need a different long-term vision for the Delta.

Bill Bradley

Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.

Charles R. Swindoll

One essential ingredient for being an original in the day of copies is courageous vision.

Charles R. Swindoll

Vision encompasses vast vistas outside the realm of the predictable, the safe, the expected.

Bill Hybels

Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.

Bill Hybels

It's one thing to see a vision; it's another thing to be seized by a vision.

Bill Hybels

You can live and lead small, live and lead safe, live and lead selfishly, or you can pursue a grander vision.

Rudy Gay

That will be a ways away. Whenever that happens, it happens. Right now it's just me and my team.

Devin Brown

There are so many different ways you can do that.

Mike Sanford

I feel like we've improved, and we still have a long ways to go. By far, we have not arrived.

Chris McCray

It can only go one of two ways now, up or down. I think this year we really want it." ()

Tom Daschle

I think it's important for us to try to find ways to work together,

Jesse Berger

For me the play is about preservation and transformation as ways of storytelling.

Roger McNamee

Motorola to me in some ways is a very disappointing company,

Mike Stoops

More and more we need to find ways to get them on the field. They are very athletic, and I think they can contribute.

Jacob Lew

There are lots of ways to work together.