Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Dunkelberg

Main Street optimism has backed down from the mountain top and is resting on a high plateau. The general view is that things have been going well for so long, they're bound to ease back a bit. Small-business owners aren't painting a doom-and-gloom scenario here. They just sense that the red-hot economy will cool by a degree or two.

Bill Sullivan

Let's think back to what happened in Internet stocks. That was a bubble where there was a complete evisceration of wealth. That will never happen in the Treasury market, because it is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

Bill Sullivan

Let's think back to what happened in Internet stocks, ... That was a bubble where there was a complete evisceration of wealth. That will never happen in the Treasury market, because it is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

Elizabeth Morse

Mother Nature has backed off. We are looking at slightly better conditions in the forecast.

Jon Favreau

Movies like 'Chef' are not really box-office monsters in the summertime and don't really fit into Hollywood's business model any longer. Even if 'Chef' is successful, it will be successful in the context of what it is. There's a limited upside to a film that's so small, but there's also limited exposure for the people who backed me.

Deborah Johnson

When I backed up, I saw smoke and fire. So I called dispatch to report it.

Trot Nixon

I didn't have any fan interference at all. They backed away. I commend those fans there. I gave them a little tip of the cap.

Jay Vidovich

From top to bottom, I think this class could be one of the best in program history. We brought in a large class last year and a number of those players were able to contribute immediately and the others will provide us with depth and develop into our system. This year, we backed up that class with possibly even a stronger group. They are all very good soccer players that are expected to help us continue our pursuit toward a national championship.

Eric Bolesh

If a company doesn't use their time, money and manpower to tackle major commercial obstacles then the product will flop regardless of how much time, money and manpower is used. The successful brands are backed by teams that are knowledgeable about the industry and what potential problems may arise. These teams use what resources they have to make a favorable climate for their drug.

Dick Morris

Man, is that guy fortunate! Fortunate to be able to be president at a time when he CAN respond without violating his principles.

Spike Jonze

Movies, they take years of my life, so I'm fortunate that I get to work in a lot of different mediums.

Howard Dean

Mayor Bloomberg is fortunate enough to be a billionaire, which puts him well out of touch with New Yorkers, ... Freddy's going to do this the old fashioned way.

Mike Anderson

Obviously, that's not typical Bryce. So we're kind of fortunate to get away with the win.

Arron Afflalo

Obviously it was desperation being down nine with 3 minutes left. But 3 minutes is a long time and nine points is four possessions. We were very fortunate tonight.

Chris Richard

We won't be happy until we win it on Monday night, if we're fortunate enough to do that. If we win it, that's when we'll be able to say we're happy to be here.

Tallia Cahoon

I feel so fortunate to have lived there.

Charlize Theron

I feel so fortunate that I am in a relationship with a wonderful man. I find it incredibly unfair that because of our sexual preference, we have the rights that we have, and that, because of someone else's sexual preference, they don't have those same rights.

Kevin Diverio

I can't say we're tougher, but we're fortunate to be playing with a lead down the stretch. You make a mistake, you're still up four or six. If you're down, you put more pressure on yourself.

Robert Palmer

The music I heard growing up, since there was no TV or cinema or record covers, I didn't know if it was black, white, hip, square, male, female... whatever. I'd hear melodies and things and got intrigued on that level.

David Watson

Make your day what you want it to be. What's special is loving each other and growing as a couple.

Michael Fitzpatrick

Mild weather and growing stockpiles can't be ignored much longer.

Robert Reischauer

Medicare spending has slowed dramatically in the last year. It's now growing at less than 2 percent, which is the slowest rate of growth since the program started in 1965.

Glenn Walters

Media is growing rapidly in our world. Job opportunities are increasing as well.

Noel Maye

One of the things we're seeing in the profession now is that a lot of practices are growing from one-person firms.

John Lasseter

Of all bugs, growing up I just loved the pill bugs. They roll up, you play with them, you wait for them to open up, and then when you touch them they roll up again. I just love that.

Jack Vaughn

More and more people are shopping online. I know some students are doing that. Our Web sales are growing every semester.

Ella Henderson

My grandfather was a massive influence in my music. Growing up, he would play a lot of old-school records to me. A lot of jazz and swing music, actually, growing up.

Erica White

One of the things we always wrestle with is trying to get parents to read to them at home. Time is a factor, and work schedules. A lot of them work at night.

Christopher Darden

My grandparents and parents urged me to go to school and do well in school so that at the end of the day I'd have options, choices.

Rep. Hogue

I feel real strong that violence should be in (the statute). We need to give parents a tool to protect their children.

Parry Aftab

I have 11,000 volunteers working for me, and I still can't keep up. I don't know how parents would.

Tom Riley

She was just a victim of her parents' callousness,

Vanessa Williams

There are a lot of things that you don't realize that your parents are going through when you're a kid.

Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.

My parents were self-made people, and they were a team.

Chang-Rae Lee

I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't think that this was some idle, faddish wish on my part.

Missy Clark

We had no clue. We want parents to do the research, get informed, talk to their kids.

Jeremy Bloom

One thing that I feel like I have been able to do is transition between those two sports very easily.

Chris Crutcher

A sport has its own built-in integrity, doesn't need an artificial one. Athletics carries its own set of truths, and those truths are diminished and manipulated by people with agendas.

Chris Evert

Not every child is cut out for an individual sport.

Chris Evert

I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible.

Chris Evert

Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.

Chris Evert

If I win several tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

Chris Cornell

I don't really go mountain biking per se, like a proper sport.

Dick Vitale

It was tough getting fired by the NBA. I really didn't know where I was going, until [ESPN] called me. I said, "Hey, 'ESPN?' Never heard of it. It sounds like a disease." Now I have that same disease as a sports fanatic. All this sports madness we didn't have years ago, now I'm very blessed and fortunate to be part of it.

Diane Kruger

My sport is biking. I'm not much of a gym person, but I like being outside - hiking, canoeing, camping.

Alexandra Adornetto

Gabriel: Bethany lacks understanding about the ways of the world. She still has much to learn and that makes her vulnerable." Beth: "Do you have to make me sound like a full-time babysitting project?" Xavier: "I happen to be an experienced babysitter. I can show you my resume if you'd like.

Eleanor Roosevelt

To be mature you have to realize what you value most... Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for.

Elizabeth Drew

Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits.

Eliot Spitzer

Jimmy Carter laid out policies that we now look back at and say, 'Gee, that actually made sense.' But you also need to explain it and convey and communicate in a way that provides that tableau, that understanding.

David Jenkins

Deep thoughts (come) from a deep well. Society is useful because when we see ourselves reflected through others we can gain a deeper understanding of ourselves.

Edward Witten

I have a much easier time imagining how we would understand the big bang, even though we can't do it yet, than I can imagine understanding consciousness.

John Sweeney

I have a very understanding wife, and she understands this is part of the job.

Trinity Morgan

She's understanding the value of that. She worked ridiculously hard.

Source Unknown

'Tis better to understand, than to be understood.

Stephen Covey

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

Nigel Hamilton

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

Mary Wilson

We have always understood that visibility is viability.

Byron Katie

We fear only what we haven’t understood.

Carl Jung

Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood.

Charles Darwin

Music was known and understood before words were spoken.

Elie Wiesel

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

Arthur Helps

We are frequently understood the least by those who have known us the longest.

Jessica Sanchez

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