Famous Quotes & Sayings

Travis Bradberry

Regardless of the magnitude of the decision, our brains make it hard for us to keep the perspective we need to make good choices.

Juliana Hatfield

People in L.A. don't have to brace themselves against the cold; they slack off permanently, and their brains turn to mush.

Seth Shostak

Sure, our three-pound brains might be inadequate to understand the universe. But perhaps they're just good enough to build something that can.

Eric Nestler

Our study provides insight into how chronic stress triggers changes in the brain that are much more long-lived than the effects of existing antidepressants.

Helen Christensen

Our findings do not support these beliefs. In the present study, we found no relationship between brain shrinkage and education level.

Dale Robinson

Research is showing more and more that using movement and doing brainteasers increases the overall health of your brain.

Sonny Rollins

Playing in public engenders new paths in your brain that you won't get playing alone. In other words, I can learn something playing in public in five seconds. If I was learning it in private, it might take me three months to get.

Becca Fitzpatrick

and just like that, I shut off the switch to my brain.

Bill Shankly

Me having no education. I had to use my brains.

Peter Kosann

Regarding the remainder of the year ... business continues to break very late. That being said, our diversification of clients using our platform is very strong. We have a lot of irons in the fire.

J. J. Johnson

Reasonable accommodations could be as simple as a (uniquely shaped) pencil, an extra 15-minute break or a special computer screen, and employers don't know that.

Vlade Divac

Relief. Shaq is such a big player. He?s hard to stop. It was a real break for us.

Higinio Velez

Our players, when they play, don't think, I'm going to break my hand. Because the player that has money sometimes thinks, What happens if I break my hand?

Brian Giles

Patterson had a good breaking ball. He was either tough or we weren't very good. He was all right.

Karen Mall

Partner disclosure is where we really have the opportunity to break the chain of HIV infection.

Corin Tucker

Part of this whole Sleater-Kinney 2.0 is breaking the rules. We wanted to tell our story... we feel like we need to stand up for ourselves.

Michael Palmer

Party trips to spring break destinations have been flat or declining since 2000.

Larry Stahl

Our offense, with Coach (Terry) Anderson, has improved every game. He has worked hard with them and the kids have worked hard. We have four kids who can break loose on any play. We're pretty hard to defend.

Andrew Martin

Our mission is to provide every last opportunity for a person to turn his or her life around. We don't give up easily. These men exemplify the true spirit of Christmas - looking inside yourself and finding hope.

Tim Smith

(Spring break) is getting to be another Christmas.

John Heavener

Some of the upscale retailers and those who sold electronics were way up - some 30 percent. Some of the traditional department stores and low-end department stores may not have even made 5 percent. The week before Christmas may have made the difference for us (in Georgia).

Caroline Sunshine

Our family's special holiday tradition is going over to my grandparent's house on Christmas morning. My grandma cooks a big breakfast, and I love hearing her tell old funny stories.

Britt Beemer

Overall, the moderate-priced stores such as J.C. Penney, Sears and Wal-Mart had good traffic levels. We think luxury sales were probably flat this past weekend because more people said they decided to go away on vacation before Christmas this year than last year. So this could have impacted spending on other high-end items.

Richard Hastings

Retailers know that many people will wait until after Christmas for the big purchases. So they don't want to go too far into the holidays with excess inventory that they eventually will heavily discount.

Richard Hastings

Retailers have very big orders from vendors ready for delivery right before and right after Christmas. They want to look really, really good. That's when they come out with the richest displays of winter merchandise, and it culminates with Valentine's Day.

Ed Perkins

Resorts generally are starting to feature Christmas, New Year's packages that include some kind of holiday entertainment.

Kurt Barnard

Remember, there are still over 2 million unemployed workers and over 5 million are on part-time jobs. Christmas will be moderately better simply because last year was so bad. But unless this jobs picture improves, it's hard to say that the retail industry has finally turned the corner.

Ed Sawyer

Standing on the podium waving the American flag in a foreign country holding three gold medals while they play the national anthem, makes all the hard work and sacrifice worth it. She hopes someday to have that same feeling in the 2012 Olympics in London competing for the U.S.

Brian Seo

Our returning freshmen and sophomores are only going to get better. Next year we want to have more than two swimmers competing at state individually.

Sam Mitchell

Our young guys are playing hard and competing and we just got to get some other people to jump on board.

Pedro Marquez

That was three freshmen and a sophomore. Zach showed a lot of speed in his 100 leg of the relay, so he looks like he'll be a good competitor in the 100 for us, and could be competing for a top three spot in the long jump.

Chad Harville

That's the vibe I'm getting from everybody -- this thing is wide open. There are some good guys competing for this job.

Jose Oquendo

That's the only one that took me by surprise. We all expected him to be there. He's a regular in Cincinnati. He's not competing for a job. But you can't say anything. This is voluntary. A guy has a right to say no. But he would have been good to have on the team.

Barbara Turner

I was out there competing just as hard as I could, working without my legs. I tried to go until I couldn't go any more.

Joe Chapman

I think it was very educational for the kids, and I hope they learned a lot about the Commonwealth Games and the sport. The initiative was fantastic. Having the kids understanding about competing in sports and getting out there is a good thing. They have given me a lot of support, and I really enjoyed the visits.

Ralph Brown

I think that's what we thought would happen. The competing stores are also very friendly and have a lot of service. They're trying to retain their customers.

Larry Walker

Reggie? Good luck. Congratulations. ... You guys win the championship down there?

Lydia Lenker

Re-election doesn't lead us. These are good issues.

Gregg Hostetler

Recognition is always good for the program. I think they have to prove it to me.

Jane King

Realtors should be all over this. It's a good product.

Joe Torre

Reggie was one of those guys who knew how good he was and let people know how good he was. Some players resented that during those times.

Stephen Hadley

Our relationships are in good shape. This is not a trip where the president has to come with a deliverable or an initiative.

Carl Pettersson

Pars are good. I had a good round going,

Mark Brunell

Patrick is a great guy and a very good player,

Doug Higgins

Patrick did a good job and we moved some guys around on defense. We started to play a little more solid.

Ray Staver

Our kids worked real hard in the second half on defense. I thought where they really hurt us was with screens. They are a very physical team. They play physical.

Peter Henning

or a very short sentence in a halfway house.

Charles Phillips

Oracle is halfway to Fusion. One year later, half the job is done and it's the toughest half.

Fran Drescher

Surgery is half the race, but you have to go for the follow-up or do yourself a major disservice.

Larry Harris

Starting off the second half of the season, we knew that this was going to be a big week for us and now we're 0-2.

Natasha Burton

Overall, 2005 saw higher numbers of shoppers on the High Street than in 2004, though this camouflages what was a challenging second half of the year for most retailers.

Donald Brownlee

Our capsule is half the size and one-fourth the mass of Genesis,

Brent Cox

Many African-American students are half American Indian as well.

Chris Landsea

Most seasons we are going to get a hurricane hit the U.S. and probably more than half the time we will have a major hurricane hitting the U.S. as well.

Pete Carroll

Reggie just tried too hard on that play and he'll regret it forever. Reggie was just trying to get a TD.

Linda Ronstadt

Parkinson's is very hard to diagnose. So when I finally went to a neurologist, and he said, 'Oh, you have Parkinson's disease,' I was completely shocked.

John Berlin

(Paul) is a perfectionist. She works so hard on hurdles and it really shows.

Malik Rose

Part of me thinks Larry likes it, people not knowing what he wants or whatever. All I know is I go as hard as I can when I'm out there. Sometimes, things just don't go your way.

Bertrand Russel

Our mental make-up is suited to a life of very severe physical labor

Dan Rucker

Our motto is play hard to play another day.

Steven Lopez

People in the U.S. didn't know what taekwondo was. But they saw what the Lopezes were able to do with all the love and support and hard work we put in, and what we accomplished. It makes me feel real lucky to be in a position like that.

David Walton

People only see you as your last role, so it's hard to break out of that.

Samantha Morton

People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.

E. O. Wilson

Our losing streak ended, so hopefully the Leafs' will end theirs (tonight).

Jim Eastin

Our line has been our strength so far. We get after people and stay after them. Our season is not over. Hopefully the kids understand that.

Dan White

Our members look for leadership from us and hopefully they'll take our advice. The majority said they liked what Culver had to say and that's where the endorsement went.

Ben Tate

Some of the linebackers tell me what they're going to do. Steve Gandy told me he was going to put the 'boom' on me -- knock me out. I just laugh. I don't know if we're tackling or not, but hopefully we are. I get to show what I can do a little bit.

Michael Pockl

Our schools will be open on Friday, hopefully with our teachers.

Jeff Richards

Our tanker truck is at the terminal waiting to get loaded, but we don't know if they'll give them any fuel. The pipelines have been turned off in Houston, so hopefully they'll get some to get us through the weekend.

Dwyane Wade

I will be soon. Hopefully I will be there in 2008 at the Olympics. Hopefully when I get out there one day soon I will get a warm ovation.

Chris Harris

I will be learning all season, and the only way you get better is through experience. I will take some bruises, but hopefully I don't make the same mistake twice.

Jay Davis

Just because we needed a spark in the offense. We haven't necessarily had that spark that you need to get your offense moving, and hopefully Marcus will do that.

Dana Schultz

Our team saying this year is, 'We love us,' and that is what we say after every win. We've been on a roll lately and have played better as a unit.

Mark Loretta

I think the way we've manufactured runs lately is encouraging,

Paul Tetreault

Jenn shut her down and that was key. She'd been averaging over 15 lately and she got eight.

Mike Bauer

Lately we have had a lot of un-forced turnovers and we can't have those versus Westminster.

Doug MacLean

He?s played really well. I told him (Tuesday) that he has played as well lately as he has played in a long time.

Larry King

He's had his ups and down. Now, it's lately been nothing but ups.

Brian Craig

We have been playing quite well lately and just simply had one of the worst weeks in a long, long time on the greens.

Todd Walker

But lately it's been good, then you start thinking it's been unfortunate we didn't have him all year.

Paul McManus

We have been working on that a lot lately in practice.

Daniel Stewart

Regardless of what party you are, you have to learn how to play in the same sandbox because nothing will kill redevelopment quicker than combative local politics,

Ed Fleischman

People learn something and take it away so they can do it again. It is very gratifying.

Sheila Dikshit

People have to learn to pay for what they use,

Mark Mitchell

Survivors of London and the survivors of 9/11 and I just pray that people would be safe and learn to know the Lord.

Anna Kournikova

Surfing people haven't learned anything from the I Love You virus,

Raymond Mason

Sure it's frustrating when you lose, but you can't use being young as an excuse. When you're learning, there's always something new to unfold and you find the right way to do your job. We know we can still be better this season.

Michelle Young

Some of our players will only have been with us a day, so it should be a real learning experience,

H. Hart

Some of us have learned to listen when Richard A. Clarke has something to say.

Lindsay Davenport

Someone said she served at 125, 126 (miles per hour) here. So I have to learn some more about her.

Anna Kournikova

Surfing people haven't learned anything from the I Love You virus,

H. Hart

Some of us have learned to listen when Richard A. Clarke has something to say.

Jason Lane

I think this team learned how to win.

Lauren Hutton

I was making $50 a week as a house model at Christian Dior for nine months before I learned that photographic models made $50 an hour!

Stephen Bull

It is amazing, I have learned a lot.

John Gibbons

It has been a long year but I look back at it more with a sense of satisfaction and optimism. I think we've learned a lot and we're ready to move forward.

Publilius Syrus

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well

Harry Campbell

I went from summer school to merit roll. I learned that the more you do in school, the better you will be in life.

J. Hoover

It doesn't matter. What the referees call, they call. I've learned not to worry about that.

Bruce Allen

Really, what took place is he missed so much of training camp,

Rick Anderson

I think the turning point was the missed PK. That made a difference.

Kim Clijsters

That was before my injury. I've realized a lot more how much I missed tennis,

Nate McLouth

That's what he threw me before, and they've been working me in. I got it. I just missed it.

Rick Barnes

I think it was a situation on this night that (Tech) missed a lot of shots. We were obviously taller and longer, so we could get those rebounds.

Mary Harris

I was upset. I didn't say anything but I really missed it.

Kevin Kelly

I still had my confidence. I don't think I've ever missed three in a row.

Robert Ross

I think if Phoenix pulled out, it would be a missed opportunity for Phoenix and the state of Arizona.

Ozzie Guillen

I think he was confused. I think he must have missed the sign, but no, I think he was just running on his own.

Islam Fish

That could have been your sister, your brother, your mother -- anybody. That's just being a straight coward.

Jane Grey

Out of obedience to you and my mother I have grievously sinned. Now I willingly relinquish the crown. May I not go home?

Bede Griffiths

You must be ready to give up everything, not only material attachments but also human attachments - father, mother, wife, children - everything that you have. But the one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self.

Beck

I've said for years to wives and mothers, you must start to see yourself as Sarah Connor. You must equip your children with the information they need to survive an ever-changing world.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Patch wasn't the kind of guy mothers smiled on. He was the kind of guy they changed the house locks for.

Becca Fitzpatrick

He's got the whole bad-boy-in-need-of-redemption thing going on, but the catch is, most bad boys don't want redemption. They like being bad. They like the power they get from striking fear and panic into the hearts of mothers everywhere

Barry McCaffrey

When I get a very generous introduction like that I explain that I'm emotionally moved, but on the other hand I'm Irish and the Irish are very emotionally moved. My mother is Irish and she cries during beer commercials.

Azzedine Alaia

There is a sensuality about fabric. I think all materials should be inviting when they touch the skin. When I watch children stroking their mothers clothes, I feel that I have succeeded.

B. B. King

I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so I liked that. But I had an aunt at that time, my mother's aunt, who bought records by people like Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and a few others.

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.

Chad Johnson

Really, nothing. You're just putting together as much as you can. You work on whatever you're working on personally, and you just want to get out healthy.

Daron Rahlves

I was just trying to concentrate on the simple things: Putting down some smooth skiing, which I didn't do yesterday, and having fun.

Dr. Wielgosz

It is as simple as putting a measuring tape around the waist. That will give an indication.

Bubba Crosby

I was thinking about putting down another bunt.

Rajeev Shukla

I do not take up a responsibility unless I am sure of putting my heart and soul into it.

Joe Humasti

From tee to green, we're great. But our putting killed us. We really have to do a lot of work on our short game.

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson

I feel very strongly about putting questions; it partakes too much of the style of the day of judgment.

Robert Bea

It didn't hold. There isn't a door, and they've got measly sandbags they're putting in to compensate.

John Madden

His team is not putting up much of a fight.

Randy Jepson

Our season was a real struggle all year long. Nothing went our way all year, but this weekend we didn't give up.

Keri Nichols

We've talked all season about free-throw shooting. We talk about shooting with confidence.

Zack Greinke

I was about 20 times smarter before this season started than I am now.

David Dellucci

That was the worst part of the season that stands out.

Bobby Lamb

It had nothing to do with our season because we had an outstanding year.

John Butters

It has been a pretty strong season for earnings.

Dennis Dacus

Lisbon will be a 10-win team before the season is over.

Gary Sheffield

It doesn't matter. I look at it like this, the start of the season I'll do what I've always done. That's it.

Alan Trammel

I still think Carlos will play before the season is over.

Duane Starks

Starks said. ''I just think we executed more in the second half.

Colin Cushman

Standish in the second half, that's the story right there. She's the real deal.

Mark Teixeira

That could be it exactly. The first day, I didn't sleep at all. The second day, yeah, a little bit.

Mike Caldwell

Our possessions were about 10 seconds long. Theirs were for about 40 seconds long.

Nancy Keller

We now have a new tool we can use to find secondary metabolites that are of pharmaceutical interest.

Ron Gardenhire

I think the second time around we'll see where we're at here.

Acie Law

That's the second time today someone's done that.

Brenda Frese

I think it was like 10 seconds after the game.

Greg Thompson

I think it's who comes in second place.

Brian Goorjian

It could be two weeks or it could be the season.

Annika Sorenstam

I have had two weeks off and I'm rested,

Gail Sheehy

Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.

Nicole Sullivan

I was only in LA for two weeks when I got that job. And I didn't work again for two years.

John Batina

We've been doing that for two weeks now.

Joe Gibbs

Two weeks in a row, he's been pretty impressive.

Joe Riley

We're going to try it for two weeks to see if it works.

Annika Sorenstam

Three-under after two weeks of really no golf, I can't complain,

Trisha Goddard

I'll get into a pattern where I start sleeping only between 12 and 3.30, and go for weeks like that.

John Allen

That worked out so well, and reservations were so popular.

Adam Giles

I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.

Joan Chen

I worked a year in L.A. That was... a treat.

Michael Keaton

I worked at a PBS station called WQED in Pittsburgh.

Reggie Lewis

I worked a lot on my ball-handling and outside shooting during the off season.

Maria Sharapova

I was very disappointed (at the U.S. Open), and I went out there and I worked really hard.

Brandon Sing

It couldn't have worked out any better than it did today.

David Peterson

It couldn't have worked out any better than it did,

Matt Kuchar

I'd like to see something done about the long putters and belly putters. But I go back and forth on that. I've actually worked with a belly putter.