Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mohammed Dahlan

We want to protect what we achieved at Camp David, we don't want to waste those discussions.

Jack O'Connell

The fact that more than half of our students have not yet achieved proficiency on the state's content standards, and that a wide achievement gap continues, shows how much work still needs to be done,

Jacques Rogge

There is no doubt that after the great success you have achieved in Athens last year during the Olympic Games, and with the preparations that you have now for the National Games, I would not be surprised if China would lead the medal count in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Luis Ibarra

We set out to defend the proper rights of immigrants everywhere and we definitely achieved that. We will continue to fight for the cause to show the significance that this bill has on the people.

Carl Yankowski

The Palm team again delivered stellar results on multiple fronts: revenue, units shipped, profitability, and content and platform momentum. This is our third consecutive quarter of 100-percent-plus year-over-year revenue growth, and we achieved it in an environment of increased competition and continued component constraints.

Sugar Ray Leonard

I came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that ice in me.

Abby Wambach

When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.

Agost Benard

The outlook could revert to stable if substantial and tangible progress is achieved in maintaining the official cease- fire.

Fred Taylor

Venus Express is equipped to peer beneath the thick clouds that encircle the planet and probe the mysteries of Venus with a precision never achieved before, and find out why Venus evolved so differently to Earth.

Claudia Tremaine

We want to reach certain people that need certain items. A lot of people are having a hard time and need some assistance.

John Brady

We want to play well, but certainly not at the expense of playing players that aren't healthy. Our goal is for our team to be healthy for the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Jeff Bowden

We have seen a lot of good linebackers with Miami and some of the teams we play, like N.C. State. He certainly ranks up there with them. I've always kind of had the feeling that when you get in the group with the top-five, it doesn't matter. You are so good at that point, you're good. He can change the game I know that.

Saddam Hussein

We have said with certainty that the embargo will not be lifted by a Security Council resolution but will corrode by itself,

Matthew Brown

We have to get the job done. We've got a certain time we've got to get LaSalle Street open, and we've got to hit that date.

Alex Rodriguez

We have to get better. We're a better team. We know what our potential is. Certainly I need to do a lot more offensively. I can only speak for myself. I've got to step up to the plate and do my job.

Rich Bowen

We have to find that out. We'll see. I'm not sure. The way they've been working we'll certainly be more competitive than last year. Whether we can compete with the larger schools and the co-op schools, this season will tell.

John Asher

We have no idea how those tickets got out there, but we certainly have no suspicion of any kind of internal source.

Bob Hill

We have no depth to play him, so we're just going to try to give him different looks. He's just so big, there are only certain things you can do.

Dave Pinkham

We were as tired as we could be. We haven't been forced with the situation of chasing people and that's what we were doing toward the end of the game. In the first half they chased us.

Brian France

We are going to look at the Chase when the season clears, but my sense of it is that it isn't going to be anything more than a small adjustment.

Erik Estrada

'Top Model' is pretty good, because it gives these girls an opportunity to chase their passion and possibly get a contract.

M. Night Shyamalan

I don't like to chase an audience. You can smell when someone is chasing an audience and it's not good.

Andrew Flintoff

We're in a position where it's possible to chase 350. It's not easy by any means, and it'll take a special performance by someone, but we've got the players to do it.

Mike Browning

We're not going to stop Gilbert Arenas. Larry chased him around off screens and tried to contest every shot Gil took.

Justin Dombrowski

With the winds we have today (30-35 mph in Boulder County), you could have fires that could outrace fire trucks trying to chase it. You could have fires that move so fast, you can't get out of the way on time. You could start not just losing a home, but home after home after home.

Scott Baker

When I have a good game, that's what I'm able to do, get guys out with the fastball, ... I was able to get some guys to chase it up, and down at the knees when I needed to.

George Bicher

When I look at the list, Chase is running the company. Chase paid a lot for J.P. Morgan and it's theirs to run.

Ron Wilson

We deserved what we got in the second period.

Jim Bragg

We deserved to win this game. It was a game we needed to win and we deserved to win it because of the way we started to play. The players just talked to each other, and the second half was the way we need to play going into the playoffs.

Kevin Keegan

We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half.

Harry Redknapp

We deserved to win. There was no doubt about that. We were by far the better team but it didn't happen so we've got to go again.

Guus Hiddink

We deserved this win but we should have scored more than one goal.

Ian Millward

We deserved the win and were really exciting in the first half. We have been improving week by week and tonight the players got their rewards.

Kyle Wanvig

We deserved that one. We hit three posts and missed two open nets. ... It didn't seem like it was meant to be tonight.

Steve Stirling

We deserved better. I thought we played pretty well.

Ken Hitchcock

We deserved at least a point. Maybe two.

Richard Brodhead

When it was offered, I thought it was highly appropriate.

Tracy Morgan

You have to be highly intelligent to get away with a dumb joke. That takes a pretty smart fella.

Shinzo Abe

The other side has not responded to any of our requests regarding the abduction issue, so it is highly regrettable.

Tom Wolfe

I read somewhere that writers, as they get older, become more and more perfectionist. Which may be because they think more highly of themselves and they worry about their reputations. I think there's some truth to that.

Todd Rundgren

People have always said that I could have been a highly successful pop artist, if only that were my intention. It never was. My original intention was to be a kind of behind-the-scenes participant in music, to just be a record producer and engineer. And I made a record for myself just so I could have an outlet for my musical ideas.

Richard Garnett

Liberal justices like Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg think as highly of him as someone like Clarence Thomas. I think that's a testament to the respect he enjoys.

Donna Jones

She was a quite a lady. And a leader. Everyone spoke so highly of her.

Rose Rosetree

She's highly self sufficient. She needs her own space and her own life, her own things, her own identity.

Kevin Cox

We're doing a much better job in Indiana being prepared and collaborating, which speaks highly of the involved agencies.

Nick Whaley

We were better in the second game, so it's disappointing that we didn't play more relaxed.

Clint Hurdle

We've seen him play short and how he can play there. We want to keep getting a feel for him at second base.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.

Reba McEntire

We did, Monday, a read-through, the first act; Tuesday, the second act. And then we did two shows.

Jandy Nelson

It's time for second chances. It's time to remake the world.

Jan de Bont

When I heard about the first Tomb Raider, I was very interested and I would have liked to have directed that. When I was approached for the second film, I was delighted.

Alan Bennett

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Al Sharpton

We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.

Al Jourgensen

It certainly is gravy every day above ground right now, after kicking that heroin habit. I've been given a second chance in life, and I don't want to let a minute go by without enjoying it.

Charles Dickens

There is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent, and sincere earnestness.

Thomas Steinbeck

Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel.

Kris Kristofferson

I've been writing songs since I was a little boy. You know, I think I wrote my first song when I was 11.

John Hull

We started giving presentations at practitioner conferences in 1986, and since then all of our derivatives research has been stimulated by contact with practitioners.

Kristin Gore

I've seen some version of 'An Inconvenient Truth' since I was born.

Charles M. Schulz

How can we lose when we're so sincere?

Benny Hill

That's what show business is, sincere insincerity.

Neve McIntosh

I've been a 'Doctor Who' fan since I was a wee girl.

Lindsay Lohan

I've always been interested in singing, and I've always been singing and dancing since I was little.

Trey Burke

There are leaders vocally, and there are leaders by example. I think I'm starting to become better at being a leader vocally, just talking on the court.

Brian Gionta

We know we need to start scoring. We just have to stick with it. We know we're doing the right things.

Bryan Ferry

It must be really hard to be starting out in music now.

Al Leiter

I like starting. It's pretty cool.

German Proverb

When you sweep the stairs, you start at the top

David Seiders

When you start to see cancellations, you really get worried.

George White

When you start to know what you're doing and why you're doing it, it makes it better.

Grady Fuson

When you start talking about prospects, it's a very subjective term. The way I look at it is as long as you've got a uniform on, you've got a chance.

Kurt Vonnegut

We'd all do well to start over again, preferably with kindergarten.