Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chet Gladchuk

Paul has delivered a level of professionalism, knowledge and focus to a program that truly needed a jump start, ... He has accepted the challenge and the entire Navy community is realizing the rewards.

John Taylor

Payments for expired parking meter tickets, will be accepted as canned goods.

Dick Cheney

Our mission in Iraq is a great undertaking and part of a larger mission that the United States accepted now more than two years ago. September 11, 2001 changed everything for this country.

Ismail Haniyeh

Such a plan definitely won't be accepted by the Palestinian people or the Palestinian government.

Sophie B. Hawkins

Success was one of my weakest points. I was so ill-prepared for it. I never appreciated within myself the gift of success. I never accepted it. People gave me so much momentum and love, and people really got my music, but I didn't accept it. That's probably one of my biggest regrets.

Fred Diaz

Some have accepted the challenge, and some have not. Those that have risen to the challenge have gotten our business.

Jake Sinclair

Some games I'll make a shot and get the team going or other games I might not need to take a shot. That's my role, and I've accepted that.

Bruce Rohde

Our preliminary findings indicate that certain conduct at UAP circumvented generally accepted accounting practices and violated ConAgra Foods' corporate policy, ... Those actions will not be tolerated.

Daniel Greenberg

Our students get a good education here, and those who are highly motivated to go to college get accepted without the letters of recommendation.

Randy Johnson

Regarding the unfortunate incident that happened this morning as I was on my way to take a physical, I hope that everyone will understand that the past few days have been a bit overwhelming and I wish I had handled the situation differently, ... I am very sorry it happened.

Satoru Iwata

Recently I have gained a little bit of interest in getting more involved in game development again.

Paul Ferley

Recent comments by Fed officials on indications that the U.S. economy had a fair bit of momentum going into the natural disaster seems to have resulted in the consensus of the Fed continuing to hike rates,

Jerry Taylor

Price gouging -- like spinach -- may be unappealing at first bite but it's good for everyone in the long run,

Nancy Lopez

Our passing broke down a little bit and we're just not at the next level yet.

Peter Struck

Our relations now, they are a little bit difficult, but they will be repaired,

Janine Benyus

Organisms sip energy, because they have to work or barter for every single bit that they get.

Gail Goestenkors

Parity is a great thing for the sport, but I think we?re still 5-10 years away from reaching the same level. There are more upsets, but only in the early rounds, if you consider those upsets. There?s still a lot we have to do to get to a desirable level, and there are so many things to consider. It?s happening a little bit now, but you?re not going to see everything change all in one tournament.

Ezra Morse

Paul broke the Waldport dry spell of state placers last year when he placed fifth, and now we've made a bit more recent history by placing three wrestlers in the same year. It's been a long time since that has happened and since we've had a wrestler in the state finals. With all these placers returning next year, we are poised to make major gains next season.

G. H. Hardy

He just bullied his way through and got to the right people.

Eoin Colfer

I was lucky I was never bullied at school - I had a great gang of friends.

Alexandra Robbins

J. K. Rowling has said that she was bullied in school. She was a daydreamer and had her nose in books all the time, much like some of her characters today.

Devon Bostick

I was bullied from grade one to six. Even middle school was tough for me. Everyone had these pre-existing friendships, and I was the new kid, who was acting, so that didn't help much either. It was really tough.

John Caudwell

I was bullied at school for my red hair; today I still come out fighting hard. I give as good as I get. In business, it's about finding solutions, not being rolled over.

Robin Lord Taylor

I grew up in a very 'Friday Night Lights,' sports-focused town. I did not play the sports. I was never bullied physically, but I was called names. I was also an overweight kid. I knew what it's like to feel like the other, to feel written off for things that were not in my control - my appearance, my interests.

Jamie Bell

He got bullied a lot afterwards. He's really nice and he's been telling me what to do.

Joe Wurzelbacher

If a kid is being bullied at school, my advice to them is to punch the bully in the face. The government can create as many boards, commissions, and informational sessions on sensitivity that it wants. The fact is, we still have bullies, and we still have victims who are trained not to stand up for themselves.

Gina Bellman

I've never worked in my natural accent, having studied so hard to get rid of it when I moved to England as a child where I was bullied at school for 'talking funny.'

Mike Ford

Recently, the news has been filled with big jackpots and winners. Wouldn't you love to be part of the winning?

Larry Coker

Other than receiver, I think we filled our needs pretty well.

Jennifer Wyatt

I think the tour is doing a better job of showing off the personalities of the players with their website, which is filled with tidbits of what the players are up to.

Anthony Chan

Last weekend, I filled up my tank and I spent $80, ... And that was just my lawn mower.

Carlos Rivera

I think it?s ridiculous. I heard it was going to go up and with the Texas thing, we filled up all our cars.

Sam Williams

I was unfamiliar with many of the agencies, ... The interviews filled in a lot of gaps.

Terry Garcia

I was happy, shocked. I was just so overwhelmed and filled with so much joy.

Kelly Hessel

It filled the mechanical room. It was practically wall-to-wall boiler.

Carter Jordan

I think she was serious. She wouldn't have filled out that little sheet if she wasn't serious.

Shawna Thompson

To me, goth is like really hard black lipstick, black nails, black clothes.

Richard Rogers

Most buildings, whether they're Gothic cathedrals or Romanesque ones, were high tech for their time.

Charles Stross

Steampunk is nothing more than what happens when Goths discover brown.

Grant Morrison

Sometimes it’s only madness that makes us what we are.

Emily Bronte

I have lost the faculty of enjoying their destruction, and I am too idle to destroy for nothing.

Richard Fleeshman

I'm not really into gothic music, it's not really my type of scene but each to their own. I listen to pretty much anything.

Craig Colten

Rebuilding here means so much more than walls and roofs and levees.

Scott Norton

Reasonable' probably doesn't mean if you were out a whole semester you make up a whole semester.

Akinobu Okada

Our rally was a little late, but things are by no means over.

Cheri Cihak

Parents who understand the risks recognize that it is important to keep teens from riding with other teens, even if it means playing 'chauffer' for one more year.

Steve Sparks

Patrick's a little embarrassed by the signs. But it shows what his being at UK has meant to our community.

John Street

People have to go vote. Polls don't mean a thing,

Lisa Busch

State means everything to this team. As seniors, it means so much more for us.

Barack Obama

Some of that means that in your public statements, ... you end up trafficking in public platitudes more than you'd want to do at home.

Marcus Giles

That'd be cool, ... and it'd mean one of us is going to the World Series.

Xavier Carter

I'm still wearing the purple and gold. And I'm still having fun.

Charles Churchill

Though folly, robed in purple, shines, Though vice exhausts Peruvian mines, Yet shall they tremble and turn pale When satire wields her mighty flail.

Alexei Navalny

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev can no longer attend concerts by his favorite group Deep Purple without having to fear that the musicians will wear T-shirts with Pussy Riot written on them.

Alfred Noyes

Oh, grown-ups cannot understand, And grown-ups never will, How short the way to fairyland Across the purple hill.

Dave Grohl

I once received a cape that was made from the little purple bags that Crown Royal Whisky comes in.

Amanda Hocking

Yeah, but they're PURPLE pants," Bobby said as if that made some kind of distinction. "Hence, I'm awesome.

Daniel Johns

When we first began and I was 14, my influences were the stuff that was in my parent's record collection like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin.

Dolly Parton

God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone's sexual preferences are or if they're black, brown or purple.

Alice Walker

Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved.

Sathya Baba

Stay by me and keep quiet. I will do the rest.

Doctor Who

Rest is for the weary, sleep is for the dead.

Alain Vigneault

Rest is as important as anything else right now.

Rodney Melville

I will look for ways to restrict testimony.

David Bell

The Astros aren't going to win the rest of the way. We have a chance.

Ed Nemec

I think we are a much better restaurant today than we were one year ago.

Jay Hakkinen

I think this will live with me for the rest of my life.

Dwayne Hickman

Little did I know then that I would be tied to that role the rest of my life!

Robert Lang

It does get you going for the rest of the season.

Rhys Ifans

Spider-Man is a school boy that's looking for his parents.

Becca Fitzpatrick

The truth is, normal might take years. Normal might never happen. But it’s definitely not going to happen if I lounge around here watching soaps and avoiding life. I’m going to school today, end of story.

Becca Fitzpatrick

For someone who’s made it clear that her life is superior to every other student’s at this school, you sure make it a habit of pursuing every facet of our boring, worthless lives.

Becca Fitzpatrick

You’ve never been to school, ever? If that’s true— and you’re right, I don’t think it is—what made you decide to come this year?” “You....Your eyes, Nora. Those cold, pale gray eyes are surprisingly irresistible.” He tipped his head sideways, as if to study me from a new angle. “And that killer curvy mouth

Becca Fitzpatrick

He inclined his head at my dress. "What's the occasion?" "Homecoming," I said, twirling. "Like?" "Last I heard, Homecoming requires a date." "About that," i hedged. "I'm sort of...going with Scott. We both figure a high-school dance is the last place Hank will be patrolling." Patch smiled, but it was tight. "I take that back. If Hank wants to shoot Scott, he has my blessing.

Becca Fitzpatrick

You’ve never been to school, ever? If that’s true—and you’re right, I don’t think it is—what made you decide to come this year?” “You.

B. F. Skinner

Was putting a man on the moon actually easier than improving education in our public schools?

Joe Green

We never stopped having school, ... Things are going well.

Bill Simmons

When I was in elementary school, we had the kid who threw chairs, the kid who stuttered, and the kid who went to the bathroom on himself ... but we never had the kid who came in one day and started shooting everyone.

Aminatta Forna

Most writers I know go for word counts, and I used to be a journalist, so I guess that's ingrained.

Claire Tomalin

Most writers can tell stories of how their books failed to be made into films.

Scott Adsit

'Monty Python' and 'The Simpsons' have ruined comedy for writers for the rest of our lives.

Robert Klein

In some articles written about me, writers have said I'm a link between the old and the new, and I think, in a certain sense, that's legitimate.

Brian K. Vaughan

There are probably writers who are much more visual than I am and some who are less. I like to think of myself as a happy medium.

Sara Sheridan

Scottish writers are particularly successful in the crime genre.

Charlaine Harris

Well, you know, writers just suck up new experiences - we're just like the vacuum cleaners of newness.

Hanya Yanagihara

I think that fiction writers can write about anyone. If you are writing a character, and the only thing they are to you is their otherness, then you haven't written a character.

Marianne Williamson

I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career.