Famous Quotes & Sayings

C. S. Lewis

The proper good of a creature is to surrender itself to its Creator—to enact intellectually, volitionally, and emotionally, that relationship which is given in the mere fact of its being a creature. When it does so, it is good and happy.

Brett Hall

We have no interest in helping him (Coleman) be a martyr. He has demonstrated a lack of understanding of the facts in the past and probably misunderstands what this administration has accomplished in hiring minorities and women in the state work force.

Mark Shapiro

We want him to throw quality strikes, not just hard strikes. He's going to be a contributor for us this year. Maybe not from day one, but at some point this season he'll be a factor for us.

John Laird

The fact that so many congressional seats are noncompetitive is not fair, but one state reforming the way it does redistricting is like unilateral disarmament,

Judy Woodruff

The fact that she's the first African-American woman to be named not only to be national security advisor, but to go on to be named secretary of state -- she's already made history from that standpoint. Second woman to be named secretary of state, first African-American woman to be named secretary of state.

Chris Mooney

The fact that she's a moderate makes it possible for them to slide over.

Mark Wiley

The fact that Seattle is so far away is a significant one,

Bill Cheney

The fact that prices have come down makes people feel better and they think the future looks better.

Mark Frost

The fact that people still talk and obsess about 'Twin Peaks', more than twenty years after the fact, is a great validation for what we thought we had going at the time.

Joe Gibbs

We have a smart football team, and they understand,

Mike Tice

When you're trying to win a playoff-caliber football game, you need to have all three parts play at that level. Not only the level of play-making ability, but also the level of poise and the level of intelligence or smartness.

Mike Shula

We want guys here we've got guys here who want to have people looking at them and wondering what our football team is about.

Alan Sillitoe

I realized it might be possible to do such a thing, run for money, trot for wages on piece work at a bob a puff rising bit by bit to a guinea a gasp and retiring through old age at thirty-two because of lace-curtain lungs, a football heart, and legs like varicose beanstalks.

Alan Sugar

I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.

Alan Sugar

There is a lot of luck in football. Following England is like following Wycombe Wanders or Leyton Orient. You hope for the best and hope you are lucky.

Alan Shearer

I've got a great life that I really enjoy. But there is something chewing at me inside: that adrenaline rush from football, I miss that.

Alan Shearer

I didn't watch cartoons, I was too busy playing football.

Alan Shearer

I have never wanted to go abroad before but you can never say never in football.

C. S. Lewis

Edmund, give a special goodbye to Trumpkin for me. He's been a brick.

Chris Hamilton

We have sat down and done the figures, and the result is that there has been an increase of just under 10-per-cent on last year's sales. We're not up in purely money terms, just on ticket sales, but it's good news for the club.

David Bennett

We have to have a good week of practice. We've got to get back to fundamentals.

Craig Beesley

We have to go up there tomorrow and play good ball.

Mike Thomas

We have to get there, but we should be on our way (to the title game). There's other good teams up there, but we should have a good shot.

Jordan Leopold

We have to get off to a good start. It's one of those things of whoever wants it the most is going to end up getting it.

James Greer

We have to get better at getting through the full-court trap. We had been struggling with that, but we did a good job when we needed it.

Siv Meisingseth

We have normal traffic today and the prospects for tomorrow are good too.

Kay Runge

Whenever you have an urban library, there are parking issues. The good thing about our new location is the nearby ramps.

Bruce Steinbecker

We have to have a short memory and be able to come back ready to play (today). We have to learn from our mistakes, and hopefully we'll get it fixed.

Sam Worthington

When I do my job, I dive into these characters and try to flush something out of myself into these characters, and hopefully that translates well.

Roger Ashby

We know we have to improve significantly on the Kettering performance. But hopefully that was a one off. It'll be tough up there but by no means impossible.

Jeremy Clarkson

I think people who watch 'Top Gear' think they're the only ones watching it, which I quite like, because it can hopefully last for a long time.

Chris Johnson

We struggled last weekend at Jacksonville. Hopefully this will jump-start us to have a strong end of the season.

Kenneth Branagh

I did not make this a long film for its own sake. I wanted to make an entertaining film and offer it out there for those who want to see it. If word of mouth suggests there is an audience out there, hopefully their cinema will show it.

Jim Nestor

With those two, with what they create, hopefully they're going to get a lot more scoring opportunities.

Tim Hearn

We're still short because, we've got a lot of refineries out so there's still some upward pressure there, but I think as things get back on stream hopefully we can get back to a better equilibrated pricing environment.

Matt Doherty

We've got be smarter and hopefully we'll be smarter when we get into league play.

Kevin Brownlow

To me, film is a religion. I don't expect to get paid to make it, but I do expect total dedication.

Kathleen Sebelius

If your voices are not heard, you can be sure that many others will be - in particular those who are paid to present a point of view, and often do it most effectively.

Maurice Williams

Whenever you see your quarterback on the ground, especially rolling around in pain, it's not good. We get paid to protect him. That's what we want to do and when we don't, our week is long.

Christopher Plourd

She paid it all off, but somebody never picked up on that.

John Schwartz

Legally, this is referred to as an increase. There's no two ways about it on the ballot. However, if you look at the preamble, it says this proposal would reauthorize the levy. That tells taxpayers this is something they have paid before.

Robert Reich

What someone is paid has little or no relationship to what their work is worth to society.

Andy Irons

On my waves I just did as many turns as I could and it paid off.

John Hopkins

If a student has already paid tuition for his or her university, that's it, we don't take any money,

Mark Chmura

I didn't do it to grandstand. I'm being paid to render an opinion. That's essentially what I did.

Jose Antonio Vargas

When you're undocumented, you're supposed to keep your head down and be quiet and pay taxes, social security - even though people don't know that we do those things - and not say anything.

Trai Byers

We need to pay attention to each other. We are our brother's keepers. We are our sister's keepers.

David McCullough

I would pay to do what I do if I had to.

David Graeber

As it turns out, we don't "all" have to pay our debts. Only some of us do.

David Dewhurst

I've never supported a wage tax and I've never supported a payroll tax.

David Dewhurst

Ive never supported a payroll tax.

Byron Katie

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

Buddy Guy

I said, I'm going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me.

Carlos Slim

Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets… any sound investment will eventually pay off.

Kevin McHale

People aren't paying to see the Kevin McHale show, they're paying to see the cast of 'Glee.'

Charles Payne

I don't like paying taxes, same as everybody else.

Chris Sheridan

So far, we haven't had any trouble getting it, but we're paying 10 percent to 15 percent more for plywood,

Chris McKay

So, I got stuck reading for them and paying the bill.

John Curry

We are getting ripped off. We are not getting what we are paying for.

Sandra King

When we see a possible discrepancy, we need to investigate to make sure the taxpayers are not paying for something that simply doesn't exist. It's our responsibility to investigate that discrepancy. It's our responsibility to the people, really.

Guy Pearce

On stage, you've got dialogue you've learned. You've got a paying audience. It couldn't be better, you know?

Verlene Powell

One of the big things that Boise seemed to have a problem with at this school. Was that we were paying to teach all these teachers, but they were going to other states because of better pay and what not.

Clark Chapman

But there are more asteroids out there, so we should be paying attention.

Carre Otis

Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems to ail too many young people.

Carol Roth

Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place.

Carol Kane

I don't feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people.

Carol Kane

That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.

Carol Leifer

They're all sources of material. What I love about what I do, the more you talk about your life, there are so many people who have similar experiences.

Carol Shields

I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people.

Carol Moseley Braun

All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like them to say, Carol's basically a short Bill Bradley. Or, Carol's kind of like Al Gore in a skirt.

Carol Moseley Braun

My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.

Carlos Beltran

I don't want to be hiding from people. It would be difficult to be recognized everywhere, so that I couldn't do things ordinary people do.

Joe Spraggins

We're just trying to get them all up because we want to stop another problem.

Kevin Nursick

Vehicles are being stopped and inspected as they should be.

Enrico Colantoni

You know what, I'm a big, big fan of 'Heroes,' but the day they told me that the end of the world was coming, and that day didn't come, I stopped watching.

Bob Goldstein

We're not here to stop development or impede it in any way,

Jimmy Kennedy

We've got a new attitude. We want to stop the run.

Alanis Morissette

How about not equating death with stopping?

Charles R. Swindoll

Learning more truth is a poor and cheap substitute for stopping and putting into action the truth already learned

Ed Pastor

Stopping Vieques bombing range good; sooner is better.

Jim Schaus

We're going to have three of these pep rallies here. Nothing's going to stop this team now.