Famous Quotes & Sayings

George H. W. Bush

We need more troops to defeat 'The Illusion of Failure' in Iraq....29 million should do it.

Carrie Fisher

I am someone who will rise to an occasion like that. Other occasions can defeat me.

David Coltart

It is a monumental defeat for the government.

John Higgins

It had nothing to do with Graeme. It was just the way I played, the way I approached the game and the state of mind I was in. I have never felt as down after that defeat as I did then.

Brian Kapusta

I thought he wrestled a great match when he defeated Mark Brown. He wrestled smart.

Laurent Fournier

I don't have any explanation for this defeat. I'm stunned, and I don't know what to say.

Guillermo Coria

I didn't want to go out with a 6-1 6-1 defeat. This was an incredible match.

Bay Buchanan

Ideally, I would have hoped these people would have heard the fat lady singing and they would have realized the defeat for what it is.

Pat Hill

getting a lot of big payday games in big venues, which is great for those programs. I think that has defeated the purpose for us, anyway, of getting really high-profile games, even though they're on the road.

Christina Guerland

Rebecca stepped into a really difficult situation, and she did a phenomenal job. They really struggled with her.

Marlon Defillo

Our police officers are working under some very trying times. So it's a difficult time, but it doesn't excuse what our jobs are supposed to be.

Patrick Norman

Our music is something you have to hear. It's always difficult to describe. It's with our own slant, but it's rock 'n' roll nonetheless.

Lawrence Yun

People have been saying that for 20 years. But in San Francisco, it's very difficult to build, so there's a supply constraint. Seattle is also encountering a supply-constraint situation.

Lee Hunter

People later sent me hours of video and newspaper clippings of it, but I haven't look at them since. It was such a difficult weekend.

Lewis Altfest

People in their 40s and 50s are saving for their kids and for their retirement. They have the most difficult time saving because they have the most overhead expenses.

Pavan Duggal

Such rules have proved to be ineffective and enjoy little support on the ground. It is also very difficult to implement them.

Mike Halpert

Spring is oftentimes very difficult to forecast. Tomorrow it might snow and a weekend ago, it was 85.

Valentino Rossi

Starting from the third row will make life difficult tomorrow as it will be hard to overtake,

Tom Stutsman

People may have other ideas, such as improving the parks or extending streets or putting in new streets. All ideas are welcome.

Brian Spencer

Our plan is to set up a house and give a family a place to stay that may have no extended family or no place to go. We wanted to give them a place to stay for three or four months or until they could go home or find another place to go.

Gary Bardini

Our goal is to try and maintain the river levels and keep flows at a regulated level. It takes a lot of planning and coordination for an extended period of time.

Atharva Veda

Repent for all the wrongs done and resolve not to repeat the mistake; then God will extend His grace.

Ralph A. Cram

Republicanism rapidly extended itself to all the governments of western Europe, but it could not maintain itself in its primal integrity.

Matthew Scully

Religious people... hold a kind and merciful view of life, the faith of the broken, the hounded, the hopeless. Yet too often, they will not extend that spirit to our fellow creatures.

Randy Johnson

I was able to get my pitches in and didn't have to extend myself, which is nice. I was just glad that it didn't get postponed. I warmed up and I warmed up good.

Man Wong

I think they (the designers) met our plan, our thought. Very relaxed and still can enjoy, time after time...I wanted it to extend joy.

Rick Gibson

That's been one of our problems (holding leads or extending leads). We're a young team, but it's more than half way (through) the season, so we're not young anymore.

Pete Carroll

Reggie just tried too hard on that play and he'll regret it forever. Reggie was just trying to get a TD.

Linda Ronstadt

Parkinson's is very hard to diagnose. So when I finally went to a neurologist, and he said, 'Oh, you have Parkinson's disease,' I was completely shocked.

John Berlin

(Paul) is a perfectionist. She works so hard on hurdles and it really shows.

Malik Rose

Part of me thinks Larry likes it, people not knowing what he wants or whatever. All I know is I go as hard as I can when I'm out there. Sometimes, things just don't go your way.

Bertrand Russel

Our mental make-up is suited to a life of very severe physical labor

Dan Rucker

Our motto is play hard to play another day.

Steven Lopez

People in the U.S. didn't know what taekwondo was. But they saw what the Lopezes were able to do with all the love and support and hard work we put in, and what we accomplished. It makes me feel real lucky to be in a position like that.

David Walton

People only see you as your last role, so it's hard to break out of that.

Samantha Morton

People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.

Karen Evans

If it's useful and really needed, it will sustain itself.

Judd Terwilliger

We were never able to sustain (momentum). We'd get leads, but then they'd come back.

Paul Stone

We were never able to sustain a run.

Donna Griffin

We are trying to sustain or make more improvement.

Rick Adelman

He's in shape, much quicker. He can do the things he used to do. Now all he has to do is sustain it.

Banks

I used to swallow people's energies, and then I learned, as I got older, that I'm too sensitive, and I had to stop doing that. Now I don't take as much in.

Justin Gray

We were right there. It's tough to swallow right now.

Ann Voskamp

Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency.

Jose Andres Puerta

In Hong Kong, 'wonton' means swallowing a cloud.

Larry Walker

It's tough to swallow. It's tough to swallow for everyone in this clubhouse.

O. J. Simpson

Some things can swallow other things whole, but this is a chew-up-and-swallow meal.

J. K. Rowling

So after E, it’s A for ‘Acceptable,’ and that’s the last pass grade, isn’t it?” “Yep,” said Fred, dunking an entire roll in his soup, transferring it to his mouth, and swallowing it whole. “Then you get P for ‘Poor’ ” — Ron raised both his arms in mock celebration — “and D for ‘Dreadful.’ ” “And then T,” George reminded him. “T?” asked Hermione, looking appalled. “Even lower than a D? What on earth does that stand for?” “ ‘Troll,’ ” said George promptly.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Swallowing angry words before you say them is better than having to eat them afterwards.

Tyson Chandler

He told me he was going to make me swallow my mouthpiece.

Bill Cowher

Some of those games, when we took Jerome out, (Haynes) wasn't too bad.

Michael Cohen

That completely took away the bogeyman of privatization.

Jim Snyder

That was huge, it took away that 2-0 advantage.

Jerry Sloan

That was pretty big for us. It took away their momentum.

Natalie Cole

I was pretty young, but because of that first record, 'Cole Espanol,' we took our first trip - well, my first trip - to Mexico.

Vince Young

I went through all my progressions, so I just took off with it.

Steve Francis

I was trying to get to the basket, but I took what was there. It was a tough shot. I got enough arc, but it was a little strong.

Marcus Williams

I think he took that out on them.

Ashley Martin

I think he took that hard, but I don't think it had anything to do with this.