Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Patterson

Patterson Beams was probably the most tricky. Even now, every time I change it is worrisome because of the possible unintended consequences.

Joshua Chamberlain

Our loss had been severe. One-half of my left wing had fallen, and a third of my regiment lay just behind us, dead or badly wounded.

Daniel H. Hill

Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him.

Nelson A. Miles

Replying to your long telegram, one point is of vital importance-the difficult Indian problem can not be solved permanently at this end of the line.

James Longstreet

Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them.

Abraham Whipple

I was ordered by the Colony to go to the Island of Bermuda in order to seize on the Gunpowder in the British Magazines.

James Stockdale

I was tortured fifteen times, that's total submission. They did that with shutting off your blood circulation with ropes, giving you claustrophobia and pain at the same time, bending you double.

John Buford

I am disgusted and worn out with the system that seems to prevail.

George Haven Putnam

We have been so trying to convince them from the very beginning of our organization, but with no success.

Barry Ritholtz

Regardless of whether this upcoming release shows inflation today, given the supply shock to oil, we're expected to see inflation move higher in the next few months. It would certainly put a fork in the concept that the Fed has the opportunity to pause.

Tomohiko Taniguchi

Regarding these issues, certainly what is most important is to preserve and enhance the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait.

Dave Vining

Record wise, I knew we would have a winning record coming into this season, but I figured maybe we'd finish around 14-8. We had good kids, seven with experience, but we did much better than I thought we would. We did great, a lot better than expected. I certainly can't complain.

S. Walker

Regrets? Well, certainly I regret that I did that which got me into jail, ... Other than that, no. I've had a very roller coaster life, very roller coaster. And except for that -- which, of course, I regret exceedingly -- boy, no, I don't have any regrets.

Gene Luen Yang

Religion and culture are two important ways in which we as humans find our identity. That's certainly true for me.

Bret Taylor

Our long-term goal is to have our product give directions that are as good as the taxi driver. Certainly it's not there yet.

Stacey Phillips

Our No. 1 goal is to make the Big Ten Tournament. We haven't been to the tournament since 1997, and that's way too long -- it's unacceptable... We have the talent and we certainly have the pitching.

Robert Edwards

Our new Sprinters are still 'bedding in' so it is too early to talk about their efficiency and fuel economy. But we have certainly been satisfied so far with their overall performance and versatility.

Tony George

Optimistic? It's certainly possible, but it's a long way from there. Everyone would like to see it happen sooner than later... but it's not something you can hurry along.

Bob McLaughlin

Regardless of the numbers, everyone is held accountable for every single child.

Mark Blondin

Our members spoke out and held the line.

Avi Cover

People in policy positions need to be held accountable. We're waiting to see more acknowledgement of those mistakes.

Bill Riley

Our pitching has to come through. It hasn't held up.

Stephen Ames

Overall I held it together. I just couldn't make enough birdies.

Gary Turcott

Our big kids played solid. I don't know if anybody's held them (Argos) to 71 points.

Tracy Egeland

I think they held up pretty well. We had a lot of skating, a lot of skill work. I think they did pretty good.

Rob Moore

That's what impressed me the most. He got in those situations and rose to the occasion. He held his own.

Donald Bough

That's been our trademark. We held on. Antilles had the momentum.

Jim Lord

Reasonable people have to find that reasonable line.

Stephanie Laurens

Real people are never central characters in my works.

Tom Tremont

Really, what people want is more simplicity in their life. They want a sanctuary.

Jyoti Amge

Regular people should not underestimate people who are small. In every aspect, they can do the things that normal people can.

Robert Hamilton

Our policy is to let our people know first.

Alex Halavais

Part of it is it's a really safe place for people to talk about this.

Hanya Yanagihara

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

Joel Edgerton

Particularly when you're making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives - you know?

Jack Horn

Part of the problem, ... is there are so many more things that can be done for people - drug therapies are better, but more expensive. And there are more and better scanning technologies, which are also more expensive.

Joel Edgerton

Some of us are better at owning the responsibility of our actions than others.

Dan Butler

Our responsibility as artists is to challenge ourselves.

Phil Klay

Responsibility and accountability is a big part of being in the military.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.

Bede Griffiths

Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men.

Billy Corgan

We need to get back to a level of social responsibility that we haven't seen for a long time.

Bill Crawford

When we take no responsibility for any aspect of our past, we limit our ability to respond in the present and the future.

Bill Crawford

You never want to tie your responsibility to another's irresponsibility.

Bill Cosby

I think you need to make responsibility something that's not just a word.

Kyle Murphy

Our prime-time spot has always been between 7 and 8. That won't change.

Pete Carroll

I think, the more, the better. We've been in the spotlight so long, it's become normal.

Zeke Jones

I think in some spots we competed well and there were some spots where we could have done a little better.

Dorn Whitmore

We may start to get more spot fires.

Chad Henne

I go to the spot I'm supposed to be and turn around,'' he said.

Ben Gibbard

I've always had a soft spot for Phil Collins. He's a great vocalist.

Archibald MacLeish

History, like a badly constructed concert hall, has occasional dead spots where the music can't be heard.

Donald Norman

To me, error analysis is the sweet spot for improvement.

Bruce Beresford

There's a bright spot in every dark cloud.

Derek Jeter

He was throwing strikes, that's the thing. You try to be patient, but if he's throwing strikes with it, you find yourself in the hole.

Connie Mack

You're born with two strikes against you, so don't take a third one on your own.

Tom Pratt

I thought (Shaver) had big-league command. Everything was down in the zone. He threw 43 strikes in 58 pitches.

Maximilian Schell

Directing is like meeting a woman. You don't know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it.

Dan Nobbs

We throw strikes and play defense, that's pretty much our philosophy.

John Hedgecoth

We think that this strikes the right balance.

John Wilhelm

Strikes are always a possibility. But we are not a strike-happy union. I look at strikes as a failure.

Clint Hurdle

He really struggled to throw any strikes (on the third-base side) of the plate,

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Don't be called out on strikes. Go down swinging.