Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carol Moseley Braun

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

Carlos Castaneda

The third point of reference is freedom of perception; it is intent; it is spirit; the somersault of thought into the miraculous; the act of reaching beyond our boundaries and touching the inconceivable.

Emmeline Pankhurst

We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help to free the other half

Johnny Thomas

We have to find some strong safeties and free safeties.

Beth Young

We were trying to get to the free throw line at the end of the (second) half. We couldn't get there.

Jerry Sloan

We were totally intimidated by the guy to start with because he had such free roam. We never got a hand in his face. He's a terrific player.

Thomas Paine

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Alan K. Simpson

There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.

Alan Kay

The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.

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.

Kianna Smith

We've seen so many types of presses. I think I could sleep and still go through them. I knew that wouldn't be a problem.

Joe Cocker

When I used to put an album out, I knew everyone on the charts. There weren't that many bands. Now, I couldn't even name half the new groups.

The Weeknd

'House of Balloons' was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there were no expectations. Spent a year making it perfect. Every song had at least, like, 7 different versions to them before picking the right one.

Abby Wambach

As soon as I started to realize that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.

Theresa Russell

My mother was 18 when I was born. She split with my father when I was 6, and married another man when I was about 7. My mother was about 25, my stepfather was about 26, I'm six or seven, I was looking at them and I knew they were just too young.

Kirk Hinrich

We know we had Madison Square Gordon, so we knew we were in the driver's seat.

Tori Kelly

I know Pentatonix. I knew them before they were even a group.

Ekaterina Gordeeva

I knew there were a lot of friends out there, and I wanted to be with them.

Khloe Kardashian

I knew I didn't look like my sisters and I didn't have those shapes, but I didn't think that was wrong.

S. Hughes

The CPI took some of the sting out of the market, but it didn't knock out the implications of the PPI,

Brandon Claussen

When I walked over there, he wasn't moving. He was knocked out. He wasn't moving at all.

Tony Hawk

There are endorsements I regret taking when I was younger and didn't know any better. But I didn't have options then. People weren't knocking on my door.

Dan Campbell

We know if we can go up there and (win), then it pretty much knocks them out. But if we don't, then we give them new life, they're still in this thing.

Richard Thompson

We'd get them back up, and the trash trucks picking up all the debris, would knock them back down.

Shawn Nelson

She had a rhythm look and knocked it down.

Sharon Versyp

(Minnesota) took Cyndi totally out of the game. Nikki (Smith) stepped in and was able to knock some shots down.

Henry Johnson

Leadership requires talking about the right things and doing the right things, and sometimes you take your knocks when you do that.

Ken Rhoden

She was one of our main contributors and knocked in the winning run in the state championship game.

C. S. Lewis

Do not look sad. We shall meet soon again." "Please, Aslan", said Lucy,"what do you call soon?" "I call all times soon" said Aslan; and instantly he was vanished away.

C. S. Lewis

I daren't come and drink," said Jill. Then you will die of thirst," said the Lion. Oh dear!" said Jill, coming another step nearer."I suppose I must go and look for another stream then." There is no other stream," said the Lion.

Kelli White

We want people to think about today and tomorrow. It looks like you are.

Aaron Siskind

If you look very intensely and slowly things will happen that you never dreamed of before.

Alan K. Simpson

I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again. I'm an Alan Simpson Republican.

Charles Caleb Colton

He that will often put eternity and the world before him, and who will dare to look steadfastly at both of them, will find that the more often he contemplates them, the former will grow greater, and the latter less.

Charles Spurgeon

Secularism teaches us that we ought to look to this world. Christianity teaches us that the best way to prepare for this world is to be fully prepared for the next.

David Quarmby

We've seen at least three theatres in difficulties and it looks as if they're closed, West End theatres. We've seen restaurants and pubs and all sort of visitor attractions 20 or 30 percent down.

Brian Eno

Look closely at the most embarrassing details, and amplify them,

Carl Bernstein

The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context.

Raheem Brock

We wanted to win this game. If you miss it by a step, it makes you upset.

Aaron Spelling

You know what shows today are missing? Stars.

Aaron Spelling

I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we?

Charlotte Bronte

Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life.

Charles Studd

A good thing to have up your sleeve is a sanctified funny-bone.

Charles Studd

Christ wants not nibblers of the possible, but grabbers of the impossible.

Bruce Scott

When I missed that I re-adjusted my sights for 2006.

Carlos Gutierrez

We used to try to see what other work we could grab. Now our mission is to be seen as a high-technology plant.

Flip Saunders

We wanted to win big right away. We didn't let things happen, we tried to make too many spectacular plays.

E. Hicks

We were trying some a little different. We didn't play well in the other ones, so we tried those.

Jennifer Dunn

We've tried to make it very visual and interesting.

Kylan Robinson

She tried to make it, but it was too late.

Jim Gallagher

I didn't get a sense of what the temperature is on that. I tried to allay the fears, and there are significant fears.

Nate Robinson

I am going to go at him (Iverson). I am going to make him play defense. That is what I tried to do tonight.

Astro Teller

Failing doesn't have to mean not succeeding. It can be, 'Hey we tried that. We can go forward, smarter.'

James Simpson

We all tried to get the word out any way possible. Did it help? Who knows. For all we know, the chopper was already on the way. But it did get attention, and now they're safe.

John Foxe

We did a variety of things. Nothing that hasn't been tried before.