Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lee Peterson

Mayor Nagin has blamed everyone else except himself,

Candy Clark

The only person that should have been blamed in this incident was the criminal who took it upon himself to steal what was not his.

Dennis Wilder

I would be extremely surprised if the Chinese blamed us for this.

Karson Klass

We played our hearts out in the game before that and we didn't have anything left. I blamed myself (for the loss).

Daniel Barry

What has really helped the quarter is very good sales because of El Nino. El Nino, is blamed for many things, but this time it can take credit for the boost in sales.

Kate Moss

Now I'm being blamed not only for anorexia but for lung cancer. - On being a social smoker.

David Cannon

The only thing that I've been trying to do with this is to make sure that Brown is not blamed for this. Because he had nothing to do with this screw-up.

Fadel Gheit

Obviously, if they had cut production more, prices would have probably moved higher, and that would have curtailed economic growth, ... They want to make sure they will not be blamed for any economic slowdown in the second half of this year.

Pamela Moore

I was upset with myself. I blamed myself.

Allard Baird

Losses bother me. Jokes do not. The losses were tough.

Ned Yost

Left-handers don't bother him. He has faced them all his life.

Michael Harrison

(SDSU) did a good job doubling our post players and bothering us offensively. They made some tough shots. They executed.

Damon Evans

Moving up doesn't bother me, ... but the only thing I'd be concerned about is the football staff has their plans together, and it is difficult to have to make changes this late in the game.

Julius Peppers

Nobody expects more out of me than me, so it doesn't bother me at all to hear people complain that 'He's not making plays' or 'He's not getting sacks,'

Oscar Hoya

One of the things that bothers me most, ... is that very few people really understand what it means to be a fighter. I hate it when I hear someone say, 'That fighter doesn't have guts.' I hate that; it really ticks me off. I don't care if you're a world champion six times over or a four-round fighter who just got knocked out in thirty seconds of your first professional fight. To step inside that ring, you have to have guts.

Jacobe Kendrick

Of course I've noticed it, but it doesn't bother me at all. I don't think there's any racial tension. I'm from West Texas, so I've seen that before. That's never crossed my mind. It's worse back home than it is here.

Allen Doyle

No one said a word to me, no one thought I had a chance, ... That's the way it's been for me from Day 1. It doesn't bother me one bit. ... It happens. You just have to put a low score up and make it happen.

Dakota Fanning

No, no. Never, ... Not at all. I enjoy what I'm doing so much that that doesn't even bother me at all, because I feel like I wouldn't be as happy.

Italo Calvino

In 'Cosmicomics,' I came close to science fiction - I was inspired by cosmological subjects and the workings of the universe and invented a character who was a sort of witness to everything that was happening inside the solar system.

Isabella Rossellini

I grew up in Italy, and our country is a country of great agriculture and food produce. It wasn't like I was urban and only knew about high-heeled shoes and purses and never knew where my eggs came from.

Richard P. Feynman

Quarks came in a number of varieties - in fact, at first, only three were needed to explain all the hundreds of particles and the different kinds of quarks - they are called u-type, d-type, s-type.

Robert Mueller

If you look at the 19 hijackers who came to the United States in Sept. 11 to commit those acts, if you'd looked at them before they got onto a plane, you could probably say the same thing. There were various levels of expertise, various levels of competence.

Mamie Van Doren

I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.

Mamata Banerjee

We are from the very middle class family. We have not come from the English medium school. We came from our regional languages school.

R. Robinson

Man, I came back (Thursday) and must've spent an hour and a half looking for it. But no luck.

Roger Friedman

Like all these great legends of R&B, when disco came in, it really impacted their careers.

Kibwe Trim

Life is progressive and I knew my career was about to end. I came to the United States when I was 17 and didn't know much about basketball. Sacred Heart helped me to grow up and now that my career is over I just have to take it in stride and keep going.

Roberto Heras

My first instinct is to win, but it would also be nice to set the record victory mark and pass into cycling history,

I. Stone

She had a passion for cycling in New Orleans, now she'll have a passion for the hills of Howard County.

Denise Van Outen

I used to spend all my school holidays cycling around, so all this training has made me feel like a kid again.

Ben Saunders

I've diced with death the most cycling around London. Black cabs are far more dangerous than polar bears.

Alan Bennett

You always know when you're going to arrive. If you go by car, you don't. Apart from anything else, I prefer cycling. It puts you in a good mood, I find.

David Millar

Cycling is based so much on form, on aesthetics, on class - the way you carry yourself on the bike, the sort of technique you have.

Bill Nye

Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym.

Bernard Hinault

As long as I breathe, I attack.

Butch Cassidy

Meet the future; the future mode of transportation for this weary Western world. Now I'm not gonna make a lot of extravagant claims for this little machine. Sure, it'll change your whole life for the better, but that's all.

David Glaser

If only there were a longer time between epiphany and epitaph

Bob Woodruff

When I realized there was a job that existed in this world where I could be in the middle of huge world events and actually get paid for it, it was an epiphany for me.

Charles Ruff

There's a slight problem with the majority counsel's epiphany as it has been passed down to the managers and then to you,

Ned Vizzini

And that was the closest I've ever come to an epiphany.

Dean Falk

The epiphany for me was that I knew chimp mommies don't make these noises, so I knew something happened during evolution,

Elvis Presley

I've come too far, and I don't know how to get back.

Shaun White

Man, I hate that trick. There are times when you're just spinning and you totally lose track of where you are. You don't know where you're going to land. You only hope you're still in the pipe.

Mark Hamill

Luke : Listen, I can't get involved. I've got work to do. It's not that I like the Empire; I hate it. But there's nothing I can do about it right now... It's all such a long way from here. Obi-Wan : That's your uncle talking.

Bertrand Russel

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, and loathed because they impose slavery

Sathya Baba

Love and serve the homeland; do not hate or hurt the homeland of others.

E. Hicks

My goodness, I would hate to be picking it for a living. I've never seen parity like this.

Buddha

Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stilled only by non-hatred -- this is the law of eternal.

Tomas Vokoun

Obviously, I hate shootouts. Every goalie hates it.

Deb Price

When you put something like this kind of hatred into a state constitution, there's no telling how long it can take to get it out.

Chris Evert

The difference is almost all mental. The top players just hate to lose. I think that's the difference. A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.

Michael Jackson

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons. The truth will win this marathon in court.

Benjamin Crump

Obviously they lied to medical personnel that could have saved Martin's life.

Andre Hall

I can't lie to you. I wanted to size him up, see how tall he was, how much he really weighed. I just wanted to get my own view of him.

William Bastone

Frey lied to us, lied to his lawyers, and lied to his fans.

Bill Clinton

If a president of the United States ever lied to the American People, he should resign.

Bible Bible

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

William Cowper

When this poor, lisping, stammering tongue/ Lies silent in the grave.

Andy Pettitte

I was surprised we put the runs on him, ... I'm not going to lie to you. He's tough.

Heather Ross

She (Victoria) can't lie to save her life. She takes responsibility for everything she does.

Will Montgomery

Man, I'd like to lose about 50 pounds.

Scott Eyre

Second place, obviously, is the first loser, but I'll still take the first loser as opposed to third place,

Tim Henman

One of us is going to win and one of us is going to lose but it won't be the be-all and end-all.

Bobby Bowden

No one has ever said anything to me about (retiring). Of course, if I lose about two more games, they will.

Sania Mirza

One win, and you're on top of the world. Lose in the first round of the next tournament: you're back to reality.

Arlen Specter

No one wants to back down and no one wants to lose face,

Al Lavan

Obviously it's tough to lose your starting quarterback prior to the season, but we will make adjustments and move forward.

Bryan Herta

Obviously it's not very nice to lose somebody like we did this morning. Right now I'm just doing my job. I don't really feel like racing.

Edgar Allan Poe

It all depends on the robber's knowledge of the loser's knowledge of the robber. - Daupin

Mohammad Khan

Seven police were killed on the spot and two are missing,

Wallace Anderson

When I left, policemen were in uniform. Policemen were patrolling the streets.

Eleanor Roosevelt

I'm sure that all the drivers and motorcycle police had once been racing drivers and were eager to get back to that profession.

Eliot Ness

Unquestionably, it was going to be highly dangerous. Yet I felt it was quite natural to jump at the task. After all, if you don't like action and excitement, you don't go into police work. And, what the hell, I figured, nobody lives forever!

David DeFazio

She didn't want to make any statements (to police). Nothing was voluntary.

Michael Sata

I have got my very own cadres in uniform (police).

Lord Salisbury

I rank myself no higher in the scheme of things than a policeman - whose utility would disappear if there were no criminals.

Bob Harris

We rely on police to keep their prisoners secure.

Danilo Magampo

We are required to turn up at the police headquarters before our 2 to 10 p.m. shift for instructions.

Kevin Rahm

My intent was to go to law school... And then what I realised quickly is what I wanted was to be on L.A. Law.

Katie McGrath

I grew up in a small town in Ireland and didn't know any actors. I never thought it was a viable job. It wasn't until I was on 'The Tudors' that I realised it was a possibility.

Douglas Adams

I briefly did therapy, but after a while, I realised it is just like a farmer complaining about the weather. You can't fix the weather - you just have to get on with it.

James Nesbitt

I started a French degree at university, but packed it in when I realised I really wanted to be an actor.

Cyrus Broacha

I realised that a television show on political lampoon was one genre that was missing.

Catherine Tate

I've realised I need a gnawing, nagging, anxious doubt when I wake at 4 A.M.