Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Perlstein

Racial rhetoric has been entwined with government from the start, all the way back to when the enemy was not Obamacare but the Grand Army of the Republic (and further in the past than that: Thomas Jefferson, after all, was derided as 'the Negro President').

Robert Jenkins

The American Army has supplied, assigned a very capable man to me, to help me, bring me to military justice. I don't think I need no civilians. All I want to do is clear myself with the American Army.

Robert Jenkins

A number of Americans were used, most often unwillingly, by North Korea to arm spies with English-speaking skills so they could target American interests in South Korea and beyond.

James Blunt

Like any parents, mine wanted me to have a secure job with a regular wage and career prospects. And the one job my father knew of, that he'd had experience of himself, was the army, so he could help me in that direction.

Chet Gladchuk

Let's beat Army first, then take on the Mountain West for a fantastic finish to a historic season.

John Linder

Let us also reflect on the honorable service of our men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces currently serving our country overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan, and around the world.

Ernie Els

Make a conscious effort to loosen your hands and let your arms feel soft when you're at address. Take the club back a bit shorter, and feel as if you're cracking a whip on the way down - not tensing up to smash something hard.

Alexander Haig

Major Clark is one of the most outstanding officers of his grade in the U.S. Army... an officer of impeccable character with a rare blend of personal qualities and professional attributes which uniquely qualify him as a soldier-scholar.

Troy Percival

Let's just say I'm lucky I'm holding this in my left arm. My right arm would drop it right now.

Lisa Miller

Like all good high school coaches, you walk around and you pilfer athletes from other programs. I was coaching field hockey and watching her play soccer and thinking, 'This kid would be really, really good at lacrosse.' So basically I chased her around with a stick for a couple of months and talked her into playing lacrosse.

Jerry Leonard

Lutcher has good athletes with speed. They are a stout defensive line with good size and quickness. Our offensive line will have to play a good game for us to be in contention.

Steve Kemp

Luke is just an exceptionally talented athlete who will have success in any sport he tries. He's a total gym rat, which means I won't have to do much to get him working this summer. He's one of the most consistent players around, and he's just going to get better.

Andy Jackson

Losing the No. 1 ranking doesn't mean much, but if losing twice doesn't humble you, then you're not an athlete or a coach. I think we are humble, and we should be.

Robbie Wine

Louis is a good athlete with great baseball instincts. He takes charge on the field and will give us depth in the infield. He's a great defensive ballplayer who also handles the bat well.

Jeret Peterson

Lots of pictures. You don't need that many words. Every athlete has a cool story, but pictures are what it's about. It's about looking cool.

Heather Olson

Many of our athletes are taking finals during Dead Week. I think our greatest challenge will be balancing finals with trying to win a national championship.

Carey Pinkowski

Many top athletes are competing in the March 2 World Cross- Country Championship. Once they've completed that event they'll plan their racing schedules for the year.

Dean Karnazes

Many athletes are seeking new and novel ways of pushing their limits, and the challenge of running back-to-back races is certainly one way to test the boundaries.

Italo Calvino

Writers divide into those who write biting their nails and those who don't. Some writers write licking their finger.

Maiara Walsh

My mom's Brazilian, so she and I definitely grew up with different perspectives. I was born in America, and she's from Brazil, so we have different ways of doing things. There's a bit of culture clash there.

Linda Wallace

Like any vibrant economy, the house prices have gone up. But more than that, we're facing a bit of a housing crunch.

Chris Vance

Like any other boy in the world that does a little bit of rough-and-tumble and playing around when they're a kid, who doesn't want to be an action star at some point?

I. Stone

Life is too short to be really bitter about anything for so long. Sometimes, you have to turn the page. After all, he found a great career in Houston, and he made the Hall of Fame. He should get on with his life.

Jennifer Saunders

Like all girls, when I was growing up, I always worried about this bit of me being too fat or that bit. But I look back at pictures of me when I was young, and I was thin and gorgeous.

William Walker

Light and life were extinguished. It was wrong. It was only the most dramatic recent example of why levels of tension, bitterness and frustration are so high,

Stephen Ames

Life is a bit easier not worrying about the future of where the family is going to be or what is happening in the future.

Kevin Kodama

Luckily, the north side got a bit of a break last night.

Mike Patton

Let's just say we're closer musical friends now. A lot of these people are strangers to me. They were out of sight but very much in mind.

Magnus Scheving

'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.

Lori Lucas

Many workers who are closer to retirement can be tempted to consume rather than save.

Joe Hudak

Settle entered in a really tough spot. Closer is a tough job; you're either the hero or the goat, no in-between. He did a good job in that situation.

Alan Lacy

Sears has had a very different problem from Kmart, ... Our service and products are as good as our competitors but they're not where our customers are. This now gives us the opportunity to grow off-mall locations closer to the customer.

Michael Hitchcock

So it's sand in the hour glass now. And the closer it gets, the better it is for us.

Giancarlo Fisichella

Maybe we are not as quick as McLaren still, but I definitely think we can be closer than in recent races.

Mary Pope Osborne

My imagination is closer to a child's imagination than to a grown-up's.

Robby Albarado

My filly ran her eyeballs out. This was a tough beat. I don't think I could have gotten any closer of a finish than that. It was a great horse race.

Robin Ryan

Make sure you are getting credit for what you do.

Ben Braun

Leon deserves a lot of the credit for the impact he's made. He makes a lot of things easier for a lot of guys. He's also been a really good defender for us this year. he's really improved his understanding of the game.

Ken Rosen

Low interest rates and easy credit standards are just about over.

Judy Gresser

Low-income families who file at the VITA site may qualify for a substantial Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).

Hud Venerable

Let's give some credit to Mattoon. They played very well.

Frank Ferraro

Let's give credit to him. He's an outstanding player.

Gregg Klein

Lear has a lot of operating issues that they still have to resolve. I can't see much upside in this credit at current levels.

Mario Monti

Much of what Germany and France have done in the rescue of Greece has also helped German and French banks, who for a long time were major creditors for Greece and Greek banks.

Bob Law

Mayors took credit for it. But it was the Million Man March.

Raja Bell

We're not doing anything different. Guys understand that if it's going to be a week or a month, we're going to have to pick it up without him.

Matt Birk

Like him or not, say what you want about him, but the guy makes plays. He said he was going to make up for last week, and go out and make some plays. He showed up today.

Clint Hurdle

Luis is having some difficulties getting anything going at the plate. He's not where he needs to be or where he can be offensively, yet. He's 0-for-7 off this guy lifetime. It's a manager's decision.

Dale Lennon

Mac Schneider went down with an injury. The first guy Tyler went against, if I remember right, was an All-American nose guard. Fortunately, we had the lead.

Pudge Rodriguez

(Leyland) is the manager we need. He's a guy I respect very much. We're going to play hard for him.

Frank Robinson

Let's see what has kept this guy where he's been, ... Is he a usable part for next year?

Pat Carroll

Let's rock the Capitol. Don't let these guys sneak back into town.

Mike Santiago

Leon is the starting quarterback for the Nicholls State game. Just like all the guys know, it is one day at a time. We have a lot of competition. You got to hold that spot.

S. Walker

Losing to those guys is always the worst. It's terrible.

Isabella Rossellini

It always amazed me that people believed I was this beautiful object.

Isabella Rossellini

I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.

Rick Perlstein

Do people still read before bed? I play 'Words With Friends.'

Robert Mankoff

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.

Robert Mankoff

I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.

Robert Teeter

There are not enough people out talking about the President positively.

Roger Penrose

Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.

Kristy Swanson

My parents were like the kind of people who read the 'Enquirer' and believed everything it said.

Malorie Blackman

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.

Henry Blodget

If any mega-merger of this size can work, this one can.

Tracy Adams

I could still use some more size on this team but we'll work with what we have.

Chris Cooper

It's not the size of the hard drive that counts, it's how you download it.

Dick Cavett

I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn't include someone the size of the Hindenburg.

Chan Gailey

Size is definitely relative. If you're bigger, they can see you easier.

Bill Johnson

Sometimes our breakthrough begins when we refuse to be impressed with the size of our problem.

Edwin Moses

I overcame size with mechanics.

Jane Addams

We are learning that a standard of social ethics is not attained by travelling a sequestered byway, but by mixing on the thronged and common road where all must turn out for one another, and at least see the size of one another's burdens.

Delta Burke

Eve wasn't a size 6 and neither am I.

Albert Schweitzer

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. The roots of cruelty, therefore, are not so much strong as widespread. But the time must come when inhumanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by thought. Let us work that this time may come.

Chris Evert

I wanted always to appear strong and in control . . . .Then the cookie began to crumble.

Charles Spurgeon

Nothing binds me to my Lord like a strong belief in His changeless love.

Charles Spurgeon

Show the world that your God is worth ten thousand worlds to you. Show rich men how rich you are in your poverty when the Lord God is your helper. Show the strong man how strong you are in your weakness when underneath you are the everlasting arms.

Charles Spurgeon

It is the habit of faith, when she is praying, to use pleas. Mere prayer sayers, who do not pray at all, forget to argue with God; but those who prevail bring forth their reasons and their strong arguments

Charles Spurgeon

Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree. Look up to the cross, and you will kill sin, for the strength of Jesus' love will make you strong to put down your tendencies to sin.

Charles Perrault

To wait so long/And want a man refined and strong/Is not at all uncommon. And yet to wait one hundred years/Without a tear, without a care/Makes for a very rare woman. So here our tale appears to show/How marriage deferred/Brings joy unheard/Nothing lost after a century or so. But others love with more ardor/And wed quickly out of passion/Whatever they do/I won’t deplore/Nor shall I preach a lesson.

Charles R. Swindoll

Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down.

Diane Lane

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.