Famous Quotes & Sayings

E. O. Wilson

No one should be forced to pay union dues to get or keep a job.

Laila Robins

I've paid my dues in the classical trenches.

Royce Chadwick

We sure paid our dues this year. It seemed like every time we thought that we got it, we had to back up, regroup, reshuffle and refocus. Last year we were able to gel in late February, but this team never really did. This was one of the hardest years I've ever been through. But, I'm most proud of their fight, vigor and tenacity.

Ingrid Jensen

Unless they show up there as a millionaire, they have to be ready to pay their dues, and that was the first part of me paying my dues in New York.

Dana Fox

I won't say, 'I have two degrees; I shouldn't be getting your latte.' Because I paid my dues when I got to the table, I actually had something to say.

Nita Lowey

Stand up, delink paying the UN dues from family planning. Don't let this issue be hijacked by an extremist group in the Republican party, ... Late Edition.

Alan Arkin

The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad.

Stephen Hess

There's no way he can be in the inner, inner circle. He hasn't paid his dues enough for that. He can sit at the table, he can even say things, but he understands that.

Frank Gaffney

The United Nations has long sought the ability to raise revenues in this manner as a means of reducing its reliance on American and other member nations' dues to sustain the UN's operations.

Michelle Hewitt

Last year we exceeded the goal by $7,000. We hope to do even better this year.

Tim Donahue

Nextel's first-quarter global subscriber growth significantly exceeded expectations.

Kevin White

From Sunday through Friday our football team has exceeded all expectations. In fact, it's never been better.

Ronda Reid

When we started doing this, we weren't sure what response we'd get from students and parents. It has exceeded our expectations.

Luo Bingsheng

If we produce more than the target, the output will exceed demand, which will hurt everybody's interests.

Paul Saleh

If these trends continue, Nextel will likely exceed our expectations for 2002.

Brandy Corbett

On any given night, we have a different person step up. They have all exceeded my expectations.

Freddy Shepherd

We promised our supporters that we would sign a top-class striker and we have exceeded every expectation by signing Michael from Real Madrid on a four-year contract.

Howard Staunton

The penalty for exceeding the time limit is the forfeiture of the game.

Thomas Cole

Nature has spread for us a rich and delightful banquet. Shall we turn from it? ... We are still in Eden.

Pat Conroy

Though Nathalie Dupree did not remember much about my presence in her class, it marked me forever. I remain her enthusiast, her evangelist, her acolyte, and her grateful student. She taught me that cooking and storytelling make the most delightful coconspirators.

Georges Bataille

Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.

Richard Thomas

I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.

Oscar Wilde

It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.

Charles Spurgeon

It is a most delightful reflection that if I come to the throne of God in prayer, I may feel a thousand defects, but yet there is hope. I usually feel more dissatisfied with my prayers than with anything else I do.

Barry Corbin

Bill Cosby, you know, he's a delightful guy.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is no place more delightful than one's own fireplace.

Sandra Moore

She is pretty healthy for her age; she doesn't have anything major. She uses a walker by herself. She reads the paper from her hometown. She can really be a delightful person to be around.