Famous Quotes & Sayings

Harry Fosdick

Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world - making the most of one's best.

Jim Matheson

recognized that Utah and Nevada should be united against the arrogance of the East Coast dumping its waste on the West. We still have never addressed the transportation risks, whether on the roads or rails to Skull Valley or Yucca Mountain. That is why this lethal cargo should stay where it is until an acceptable disposal solution can be found.

Arrigo Sacchi

Real Madrid has always been happy with him and we thank him for what he has done here. We wish him all the luck in the future. He asked to leave because this is World Cup year and here he wasn't always going to play. We didn't want to loan him out and only when a big offer arrived did we accept his transfer.

Nevada Democrat

President Bush must accept that he has to change course, reject the notion of an open-ended commitment in Iraq, and finally develop the plan that allows our troops to begin to come home.

Francis Fukuyama

President Bush has made some statements suggesting the US would accept whatever democratic outcome comes. Should the US be willing to do that, it suggests a major change in their position. But I think it is a little premature to assume that any real decision has been made. I think what they -- in the US administration -- are hoping for is a more gradual reform process in the Arab world, a more gradual expansion of political participation which Islamist groups do not use as an opportunity to come to power. So while I think there has been a shift in the US Middle East policy we will all have to wait to see how great that shift has been.

Chris Lewis

Our research shows a growing acceptance of IP telephony and associated services. It also shows that end users of all sizes are looking increasingly to third parties to take the burden of management of services off their hands. Packaging the right combination of applications, connectivity and management is the key to driving this into the mainstream market.

Ben Jordan

Parrish needs closer access to doctors, dentists and restaurants. Accepting the retail means we have to accept the homes, so it's a double-edged sword for us.

Ed Perkins

Passengers are saying, 'I won't accept the offer; I want a better one,'

Chris Harrell

Part of why Tony is so hard to tackle is that he's a big guy and you don't know what to expect. Sometimes he'll make a move and go by you or sometimes he'll try to run you over. As a defender, he keeps you guessing. I guess I have to accept being run over sometimes.

Dawn Ostroff

Paul is a skilled and talented public relations executive whose respect from the press is matched only by the admiration of his peers. He is a brilliant strategist and manager whose intuitive understanding of the media landscape will be of enormous benefit in communicating The CW message to the press and all of our key constituents. In addition, Paul comes to The CW having worked at both UPN and The WB, providing a unique background and vantage point of what it takes to compete as the fifth broadcast network.

Jencarlos Canela

'Suena' is what the essence of the Olympics are about. There are the best athletes in the world up on one stage. The love and admiration and respect for each other is amazing to see.

Bill Keller

steadfastness in defense of principle has won her admiration from around the world, wherever people value a free, aggressive press.

Romola Garai

Someone like David Tennant is able to embrace people's love for 'Doctor Who' in a totally positive way. I have huge admiration for people who are able to do that.

Paul Tagliabue

People who over-promise and under-deliver, I don't have great admiration for, ... People who under-promise and over-deliver, I admire.

Phil Jackson

Red and I, I think, have a mutual admiration. That's all I can say.

Paul Grayson

It has been a fantastic year for Ben. I am full of admiration for him. He has been very honest and open about how he has returned to the game and he is getting his reward.

Marie Louise

I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes.

Magdi Yacoub

I always wanted to be a surgeon, because I had a lot of admiration for my father, who is also a surgeon. I also wanted to be a heart surgeon. That was motivated by the fact that my young aunt, a sister of my dad, died in her early 20s of a correctable heart disease.

Shaun Pollock

If they (the umpires) can't be 100 percent conclusive on what they've seen, I don't see why they can't judge it with the third umpire.

Louis Graham

My issue with the fiber evidence is that it is not conclusive -- never has been, never will be,

Tom Jackson

Looks like he may have been down just before fumbling the football. However, it was not conclusive enough to overturn the call.

Richard Kite

We're not 100 percent conclusive on that. They're still looking into that. . . . I don't want to get into it yet, into how they actually entered.

Ivan Pavlov

Only by observing this condition would the results of our work be regarded as fully conclusive and as having elucidated the normal course of the phenomena.

Adam Ereli

We do not have enough to make a conclusive judgment, I think, one way or the other.

Charlie Pile

The investigation did not find any conclusive evidence of wrongdoing by the athlete. We acknowledged the elevated levels of testosterone, but there was also enough evidence to suggest that natural physiological reasons may have been responsible for the fluctuation.

Michelle Gagnon

I used to be a freelance journalist, so I had to write fast, but I always found writing nonfiction constraining. I like the freedom of fiction, where I get to invent everything, and tidy, conclusive endings are within my control.

Elaine Chao

These are strong numbers, but they are not conclusive numbers,

Keith Ernst

Our research shows substantial evidence that regulation led to lower interest rates.

David Kass

Our latest research provides firm evidence this drug does indeed have an important impact on the heart

Douglas Green

Our scenario consolidates a lot of evidence from our group and other researchers to explain how p53, Bcl-xL, and PUMA work together to trigger apoptosis.

Dore Gold

Right now the evidence is not very promising.

Hans Blix

I think the more evidence that is placed on the table, if there is some, the better,

Richard Dicker

I think there have been real difficulties and problems in the Milosevic trial. What will be important is the evidence that was presented to indicate the motivation and intent of Milosevic.

Carol Miller

I think there's so much evidence that it won't really make a difference.

David Beito

I think there's some good evidence that more than two people were involved,

Brian Cleary

Last weekend I didn't see any evidence of us being able to stand in and compete. But this weekend I feel that we've been playing hard, which is what we've been harping the team about.

Big Sean

Seafood is one of my biggest pet peeves.

Francis Bacon

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self

Simon Fowler

I don't even like walking up a ladder; I'm petrified of heights.

Ian Mckellen

If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint.

John Hewitt

There are no pet stores that sell 9-foot sharks.

Andrew Adamson

I actually talked with Peter when I was scouting locations. We stayed up until 2 in the morning.

Julia Glass

I was ridiculed in public school for being smart. A teacher's pet.

Doug Anderson

He was a smart man, he went to my partner, Peter Vogel. Now I can die.

Nick Licata

Whatever Peter wants, I am with him. He understands the complexities and subtleties of planning.