Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Douglas

Sure, why not?. You close your eyes once in a while, put on a Richard Burton accent maybe - something from the home country, it gives a little variety, the spice of life.

Jerry Taylor

Renewable power mandates merely accentuate the inefficiency and cost premiums attached to so-called renewable power sources. If renewable power saved consumers money, created jobs, or carried any of the other economic benefits so frequently claimed by environmental activists, then government would not have to pass a law to force power companies to purchase it or consumers to buy it.

Rupert Friend

The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feudal tribalism whereby you can identify somebody's provenance by their voice.

Ned Colletti

I think adding Brett is a huge plus. He gives us four starters capable of going 180 to 210 innings. He's won a lot of games. We have a staff that will accentuate his strengths. I think he has more upside than he's shown.

Jorge Ramos

Latinos are very sensitive to different accents. I sort of lost my Mexican accent, and that's what they were looking for in this case some sort of neutral accent that could be understood on both coasts and in different Hispanic communities: Puerto Ricans on the East Coast, Cubans in Fort Lauderdale and Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles.

John Key

My mother had an incredibly strong accent - although I couldn't hear it - and she was the main person there, so I'll have learnt to speak English from her.

John Mahoney

It doesn't matter whether you come from Bradford or whether you come from Liverpool or whether you come from London or... . It doesn't matter. All they have to hear is that British accent and they immediately think that you're brilliant beyond belief... . and talented beyond compare.

Jonathan LaPaglia

I thought I was clever by greeting casting agents in my Australian accent and then switching to an American one during the performance. But the Australian accent seemed to put them off. Now it's the opposite; they love Australians. And with my thick Californian accent I now have a problem convincing them I'm Australian.

Rory Stewart

I found that Scottishness and Englishness are actually strong, instinctive things, whatever the historical reasons. Even the accent changes - just two inches across the border.

Mike Williamson

Regardless of the results, we played outstanding in the first. We played at both ends of the ice, shot the puck finally. We didn't get rewarded, but there's not many times you won't if you keep playing like that.

Jim Brandt

Rebecca is within 7 points of qualifying for state and Alyssa is with in 20 points. I see both of them qualifying at GNAC in Hastings.

Tomasz Beer

Reasons for this trend are not really known, but may include a desire to do something rather than do nothing on the part of both physicians and patients. Unfortunately, these men may be enduring significant side effects for an uncertain benefit.

George Washington

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle

David Wade

Real strength is telling the truth when troops are being killed, and one year later a lot of Americans realize John Kerry had it both right and consistent about Iraq and this president's still got it dead wrong.

Vinny Testaverde

Really, you just hold your breath and hope that he's okay and that it wasn't a concussion. I kind of had one eye on him and one eye on the field because it was obviously a critical situation for us to win the game there. But I guess you could say that we lost on both ends today - losing Wayne and the game.

Andy Reid

Reggie is well deserving of his Hall of Fame induction. In my mind, he will go down as the greatest defensive end in NFL history. He was a great teammate and a fun player to coach. As good as a player as he was on the field, he was an even better person off the field. He left a lasting legacy, both in the NFL and in the community.

Andrew Yang

President Chen has been constrained by both the opposition parties and factions in his own party. I would say President Chen has done a mediocre job on foreign policy, and an equally mediocre job on domestic policy.

Allan Hoffenblum

President Bush is in California for specific reasons that do not involve Governor Schwarzenegger, and the governor is involved in a special election that has nothing to do with the president. Both are having political problems now, so other than cordiality, there's really no reason for them to be together.

Bob Bennett

Our position is this is a baseless, frivolous case we have no intention of settling.

Jeff Kagan

Parents will love this feature. Kids will find it a mixed bag. They like the protection it provides just in case they get in trouble and need help, but some kids may not like their parents knowing where they are every minute.

Peter Misek

Patent law and case law do not intersect until the very end.

Paul Matthews

Part of this case rests on the tiny shoulders of that 5-year-old,

Joe Browne

Our main goal now is to get it cleaned up and that is our next project. I am going to meet with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Now that the criminal case is resolved, we are hoping we can get them to be a little more responsive to helping Grayson County get that cleaned up.

Rick Santorum

People know what I stand for and why I stand for it, ... I don't think that's the case with my opponent.

David Poile

Our defense was OK, but OK isn't good enough for the NHL, and OK doesn't get you to the playoffs. So it's probably a classic case of possibly taking a step back to take a couple of steps forward. I think if we can just get this younger group the chance to gain some experience, in time they could actually be better than the veteran crew that we had last year. It's a risk, it's definitely a gamble, but we've cleared the deck to get these younger guys a chance.

Hun Sen

Suspension is possible only if the case has not yet entered its investigation phase. So neither suspension nor withdrawal (of the cases) is possible.

Gabriel Claudio

Such is not the case in the Philippines where there is far greater optimism on the part of Filipinos than their counterparts in Thailand.

Ian Frazier

Once, America's size in the imagination was limitless. After Europeans settled and changed it, working from the coasts inland, its size in the imagination shrank.

Jim Gillespie

People want to move where it's warm and where the coasts are. As long as more people want to move in than homes are being built, we're going to continue to see an imbalance.

Matthew Davis

Yesterday's good rate may well be unobtainable tomorrow -- leading to unpredictable hotel coasts and, occasionally, an inability to obtain a suitable room,

Patrick Manteiga

There are a lot of splits in households over the heritage and the loss of it. Cubans here are different. Some leave out parts of their heritage.

Danny Pino

Growing up seeing Desi, I thought there were Cubans all over Hollywood. I understood that dialogue, everything he said. It wasn't weird to me because that's the way my dad talked.

Edwin Starr

Which I would've done 'cause I volunteered for the draft which meant that I only had to do two years. But when the Cubans had missiles in the Canal and Kennedy made the extension, I was one of the ones who had enough time to be extended.

Graham Shear

To the Cubans, and by Cubans I mean the man on the street, this is like the Elgin marbles.

Carlos Alberto

That hurts the people. How many Cubans are there in Miami? It's good that they can come back here and share with us.

Miguel Tejada

The Cubans all could be major leaguers, they all could be good major leaguers.

Jerry Davis

Region 5-AAA is loaded. Other than East Hall and Lithia Springs, this is by far the toughest team we've faced. It's going to take a great effort to win this one.

Wim Kok

Part of the time was spent on the Middle East process

Randy Smith

Our research was telling us viewers in our market are getting plenty of local news, local, local, if you will. It's no secret our 6 o'clock news is skewed to our eastern market. We felt 'Virginia News Tonight' could fill a void that our research is telling us.

Jim Barclay

Our runways are all grass, one of the last turf airports in the state. The two runways form a 'T' with one nearly east to west and the other north to south. One is 1,600 feet long and the other is 2,300 feet.

Brian Keith

Our focus right now is East Chambers. But I really want that rematch, too.

Jeff Long

Our fans are going to be treated to a great season at Heinz Field, with our team taking on our Big East rivals plus strong teams from the ACC and the Big Ten.

Rob Hilbun

Overall, they are a great team. They have it all. I was very impressed with our start, but East Canton is a great team and they are going to do well at the state tournament.

Jim Calhoun

Over 16 Big East regular season games, we were good. Over 29 games this season, we were good. But every game you have to show up. Today's 40 minutes are the most important 40 minutes. Our Big East season is over. Hopefully, this is a good lesson for us.

Bede Griffiths

God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.

Dan Barnett

Our members are growing more rapidly than most Fortune 500 or S&P 500. We've measured their growth from before joining TEC and after, and there is a significant growth after joining us.

Michael Kramer

Sterling has a good young team. But we were fortunate to be able to do the things we wanted to do in the second half. I like the way our girls got after it today.

Joe Barton

Our Velma Kelly is Jill Kelly - no relation - of Fort Wayne.

Rick VanMatre

Our worst quarter was the third. We started out well, but we let them get back into it at the end of the second by putting them at the foul line, and they made their shots - we didn't. We've struggled with shooting lately, but we were fortunate to make plays in the end.

Michael Center

Roger was my first recruit at Texas. Roger is just the best. He is a great person, great student and a great team guy. Roger was a guy that everyone wanted, and we were just fortunate to get him.

Bill Whyde

We need the Marine base. (Burlington Northern) Santa Fe and Fort Irwin can't support Barstow alone. If people don't make money they can't stay here.

Bill Horn

I was a little surpassed , ... We ran well and had some good looks early. Derek Folds held down the fort for us defensively.

Derek Morris

I was just fortunate to be a place to get a shot through and we had a great screen.

Sammy Knight

I was just fortunate enough to be in the right place.

Howard Davidowitz

Is Wal-Mart going after the Hispanic and African-American consumers? Absolutely. They're a significant percentage of Wal-Mart shoppers,

Alfredo Alonso

Hispanics tend to use radio very frequently. They spend longer listening to radio. The Hispanic population is very brand-loyal, and once they identify with a radio station, they tend to stick with that station.

Frank Cruz

He was a true pioneer of Hispanic media here in Los Angeles. And he was a gutsy cameraman.

Andrew Greeley

One Hispanic woman... was telling me about her religion, and all she was talking about were the parties, the festivals.

David Ware

We've never had Hispanic day laborer sites. That's a totally new phenomenon.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Ozzie is the Hispanic Jackie Mason. If you look at him in that light, you don't worry about anything he says.

Bob Yevak

White, black, Hispanic we should all be in one league playing as a team together.

Ted Cruz

There is no more an enthusiastic advocate of legal immigration in the U.S. Senate than I am, and that is a message that resonates powerfully in the Hispanic community.

Raul Rodriguez

Why tackle the Hispanic people only? That is not fair. That is not right. That is not justice.

Al Madrigal

A lot of Latinos are like me: third generation, English speaking.

Al Madrigal

I'm so sick of people treating Latinos like some homogenous group that all feel the same way about everything.

Genesis Rodriguez

Latinos are very passionate, and they perform a lot, and look at me, I'm talking with my hands, and this is just my normal self, so it kind of allows me to be who I am and not dumb it down.

Tony Yapias

There are Latinos throughout the U.S. who are U.S. citizens, who are culturally immersed, assimilated into the system. We feel we are just being picked on.

Genesis Rodriguez

I think I'm representing a new generation of Latinos - bilingual, bicultural people.

Christina Norman

The timing is right for young Latinos to have their own channel.

Jerry Gonzalez

These laws put all Latinos at risk because of racial profiling.

Rolando Rios

They diluted the voice of Latinos by using this old data.

David Perkins

Parramatta are only looking at under-15s, unless there is someone exceptional,

Atul Lele

Patrick shares are going to be up near A$8 because that is what the market was looking for before it was blocked. When it got shot down by the regulator everyone was disappointed, but upwards of A$8 is what is needed.

Patti Lovemark

Part of the problem with that is if you're looking at very young students, you're not going to see that big gap.

Darin Erstad

Sure, we know we can get it done, but we feel that way anyway. We have to keep looking forward.

Jack Warner

Our training as a team is on pace. We are looking better than we did a year ago.

Robert Cox

Red-light violations in the first year are typically decreased by 50 percent. That is the primary reason for us looking into something like this.

David Bennett

I was just looking to see if they were going for two.

Roy Williams

I was just, ... looking into his eyes.

E. Hicks

I was just looking for a pitch to hit.

Andy Robinson

People have got lots of opinions and when you're losing those opinions come out even more.

Ryan Kalil

Sure, we're losing some important guys, but we're going to be good.

Todd Swindall

Some of them (the evacuees) are in a little better shape than others. Some of them lost every single thing they had.

David Harris

Some of us lost our houses, so the whole team moved into the school. We're tightly-knit, we're like a family,

Lori Miller

Our family's outcome is better than the increasingly-heart-breaking losses experienced by many families.

Mark Jones

Our thoughts are with his family, who have suffered this tragic and untimely loss of a loved one.

Ashleigh Cole

Rivalry or no rivalry, I think we would have lost this game.

Roger Germann

Rod is worried about votes 20 years ago, but we are about to lose $13 million for traffic safety.

Camille Little

Remembering that we lost to Maryland before was pressure on us.

Todd Swindall

Some of them (the evacuees) are in a little better shape than others. Some of them lost every single thing they had.

David Harris

Some of us lost our houses, so the whole team moved into the school. We're tightly-knit, we're like a family,

Ashleigh Cole

Rivalry or no rivalry, I think we would have lost this game.

Camille Little

Remembering that we lost to Maryland before was pressure on us.

Girish Tyagi

Physicians themselves haven't lost anything. As long as revenue is there, they're getting paid.

Benjamin Franklin

Many a Meal is lost for want of meat.

Connie Williams

(We need) supplies, something to sleep on. We lost everything. We used to live in New Orleans.

Jimmy Williams

We never lost our swagger. When we do what we have to do, nobody can play with us. That's how we feel.

C. S. Lewis

You do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but you have lost love because you never attempted obedience.

Victor Clark

Had it been up to the Mexican authorities, this would never have happened.

Daniel Wilkinson

Now the drug problem just pervades Mexican society.

Alex Cox

And Walker was made with a Mexican crew, although it was shot in Nicaragua.

Aaron Sanchez

I wanted to get away from the Mexican vernacular and do more 'nuevo Latino.' Americans are starting to understand regionality in Mexican food. It is very regional in terms of ingredients.

Jorge Ramos

Mexico will never accept U.S. military intervention. Mexicans always remember 1848.

Liza Davis

Mexican immigration authorities notified us .Ê.Ê. that they were planning on going there, and subsequently we had people at the scene who were told it was being closed.

Liza Davis

Mexican immigration authorities notified us . . . that they were planning on going there, and subsequently we had people at the scene who were told it was being closed.

John Willard

My plate was overflowing, especially with the Mexican chips. Some of the things I didn't like. It was three things I didn't like.

Conor Oberst

I have many friends who are both Mexican and Mexican-American and others who, I guess you would say, are somewhere in between. The ironic thing is that all three of those categories often exist inside of the same family.

Billy Donovan

Playing at a neutral site, you can throw all of the seeds out the window.

Michael Keenan

I think it was pretty neutral from a rand perspective but he did a paint pretty optimistic outlook for the rand.

David Robinson

GI is perceived to be a neutral supplier throughout the industry,

Alexei Yashin

It didn't go well for us. We had so many turnovers in the neutral zone and we didn't really have a lot of scoring chances.

Neal Milner

We're offering people a neutral confidential place to come in with whatever problems are on their mind.

Josh Wilson

We have been doing all this while staying neutral in the governor?s contest.

Nina Zagat

We have to take a neutral approach. We want to be able to work with all of them.

Zagat Survey

We have to take a neutral approach, ... We want to be able to work with all of them.

Patrice Clerc

Until we know the results of those investigations, we should not take position on one side or the other. We wanted to remain neutral as possible. Of course, when you are just neutral after seven victories in one event, you don't look neutral at all.

Adrian Beltre

He can make the lineup on any team. Especially on our team. If he is able to come back and play with us in Puerto Rico, our team is going to be a lot better.

Gina Rodriguez

I'm not messing with skiing. You can't get this Puerto Rican on the slope. Uh-uh.

Gina Rodriguez

I grew up dancing salsa - you know, a traditional Puerto Rican dance.

David Witt

We've got (firefighters) here from Florida, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, pretty much all over the United States.

Torin Francis

He just has a good, sensitive game. And I think with time he's going to keep getting better and better.

Xosha Roquemore

I'm sassy, even though I hate that word! I'm sensitive and cry real easily.

Dennis Farina

We keep monitoring ourselves, censoring ourselves, being too sensitive to this, too sensitive to that. We can't keep doing that.

Ben Howland

We were really sensitive to him shooting threes.

Peter Thomson

A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn

Bob Dylan

Either I'm too sensitive, or else I'm gettin' soft

Deborah Kerr

When you're young, you just go banging about, but you're more sensitive as you grow older.

Dianna Agron

Having a dance background, I became used to rejection at an early age. Dance is very competitive, especially for a sensitive person like me. But I realized it’s better not to take it so seriously. If you beat yourself up, it’s hard to keep going.

Bette Midler

I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.

Jeff Crowe

I think they need to sort it out.

Ben Windsor

That's the whole thing, we work well together and we're all sort of into the same stuff.

Suzanne White

That's the sort of story we need to tell.

James Mercer

I tend to write a pretty half and half split of, like, slow, morose things and then sort of more upbeat stuff.

Gordon Fischer

I think he does sort of have this patina of independence. But I don't think he is all that independent from the White House.

Glen Mathison

I think it would be irresponsible to speculate at all that this was some sort of attack.

Rudolph Penner

I think they're going to squeeze out all sorts of other spending items.

Marion Zimmer Bradley

He used to sit on my lap. I was sort of ambivalent about that. He was surviving any way he could.

Ray Stevenson

I feel like I don't exist. It's like I'm some sort of an alias.

Charles Darwin

Music was known and understood before words were spoken.

Nigel Hamilton

I've never really understood the term 'Post-Impressionism' as more than a label for Cezanne, Gauguin and van Gogh.

Stephen Covey

What air is to the body, to feel understood is to the heart.

David Bohm

Ultimately, the entire universe...has to be understood as a single undivided whole...

Jessica Sanchez

On 'Idol,' I understood that everyone wanted to hear my vocals, so I stuck with the ballads.

Mary Wilson

We have always understood that visibility is viability.

Daniel Johnston

To understand and be understood is to be free.

Tom Nolan

Winner never understood how that was a factor. It was always very alarming.

Elie Wiesel

My God was never happiness, but to understand and be understood.