Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Strickland

If something is bothering you, keep it to yourself.

Louise Leakey

With the discovery of Zinjanthropus at Olduvai Gorge in 1959, my grandmother Mary Leakey pioneered the research in East Africa with my grandfather Louis. Many more spectacular fossil finds have since been made, both in Africa and elsewhere, by many researchers driven to understand our past.

Lisa Cholodenko

Wendy and I both wanted kids, but since we were pushing 40, the clock was ticking.

Maajid Nawaz

I care not to debate which came first, Islamism or anti-Muslim bigotry; suffice to say that both feed into each other symbiotically.

Mackenzie Astin

There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day.

Richard Cohen

The other side said (there are) 799 federal and state laws mandating the use of English. ... We would say those kinds of laws are not at issue here. I think that English is the official language of this country in a practical sense already. And I think that most people who come here both learn English and want to learn English.

Ben Folds

The other reason Rufus and I are great together is that we're both really lazy. The rehearsing, the sound checks -- he's actually worse than I am, and that's something. To get us to do anything other than sit in our dressing rooms is a challenge. Who knows what will happen?

Duncan Chase

The potential is unbelievable with both those girls.

Tarun Das

The potential is huge for them both in sales and production.

Charles Simmons

Good intentions are very mortal and perishable things. Like very mellow and choice fruit, they are difficult to keep.

Charles Stanley

The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices.

Alan Autry

Leadership demands that we make tough choices.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

When we make a choice today, we are deciding who we will be tomorrow.

Chris Christie

Remember, this is a binary choice. It's going to be the approach that Donald Trump takes or the approach that Hillary Clinton takes, not some other approach. And the Clinton approach is just a completely unacceptable one, it's an unlawful one.

Darren Shan

When he faced me again, he looked ashamed of himself. "I have gravely underestimated you, Darren," he said. "I will not do so again. I made a wiser choice than I realized when I chose you to serve as my assistant. I feel honoured to have you by my side.

David Rakoff

Everybody's got something. In the end, what choice does one really have but to understand that truth, to really take it in, and then shop for groceries, get a haircut, do one's work; get on with the business of one's life. That's the hope, anyway.

Bryn Terfel

I enjoy all aspects of singing and I'm luckily given the choice to be part of different styles of music.

C. J. Mahaney

We don't accidentally drift into holiness; rather we mature gradually and purposefully, one choice at a time.

Matiwos Zeray

We want to test ourselves. It's a tough race, because we have to cover more than 100 kilometers every day.

Mike Parker

We want to take the rate up to cover the rate of the contract,

Kelly Freeland

We've actually, on occasion, had a few things over evening times, like HIV screenings or flu shot clinics, but they really weren't that well-attended. We've tossed it around, but at this moment we felt like we didn't have the staff to cover those, especially if we kept the existing hours that we have.

Blake Mitchell

We started off decent on offense with that first drive but we went down hill from there, ... They had a great defense. They covered our receivers well and defended the run well. They shut us down.

Linda Bell

We spent hours trying to determine what the top 25 stories are and what the impact of these was, ... We're really going back to the vault and putting new tops on stories we have covered for so many years.

Preston Manning

Where I think we're headed is a system of universal care, where everybody is covered ... with two tracks for delivery, and two tracks for payment. It's not a question of private versus public, but what mix of the two is appropriate.

Liu Bolin

When my body is covered and disappears, it's not about the relationship between me and the wall, but the relationship between me as an individual and those slogans which are used to fool the public.

Scott Henderson

Watching the coverage yesterday, all of the places the reporters were looked real familiar,

Ray Kelly

We're going to slowly reduce our coverage to what it was pre-Oct. 6,

Gretchen Rubin

For one person, organized files might be a crucial tool for creativity; another person finds inspiration in random juxtapositions.

Wendee Saintsing

Walker hit crucial shots. She got everybody going. She ignited us offensively and defensively. We were able to find a groove and get focused.

Jack Canfield

In order to get what you want, you must first decide what you want. Most people really foul up at this crucial first step because they simply can't see how it's possible to get what they want, so they don't even let themselves want it.

Mike Mills

Making a movie is so hard, you'd better make movies about something you really know about. And even more, it's really good to make movies about things you need to figure out for yourself, so you're driven the whole way through. It's going to make things more crucial for you.

Stanley B. Prusiner

It is crucial for scientists to be willing to be wrong; otherwise, you might not do the most important experiments, or you may ignore your most important findings.

Ashwin Sanghi

I feel luck plays a vey crucial role in determining the success of the book. Marketing a book is also very important. You need to try all tricks in the trade.

Ewen Bremner

Whatever I do, it's crucial to me that I give it 100 per cent. It doesn't matter if it's a short film, stage, theatre, TV or blockbuster. It doesn't matter what level of budget or prestige it is.

Tony Mowbray

When the match is poised at 1-1, you know one mistake could be crucial and there is an understandable nervousness. We seem to want to score the perfect goal when I'd much rather see us get scruffy ones - a toe poke or a ricochet.

Sam Allardyce

We have signed Oscar to strengthen numbers in the crucial midfield area.

David Mitchell

As an experienced editor, I disapprove of flashbacks, foreshadowings, and tricksy devices; they belong in the 1980s with M.A.s in postmodernism and chaos theory.

Dave Barry

If you look at any list of great modern writers such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, you'll notice two things about them: 1. They all had editors. 2. They are all dead. Thus we can draw the scientific conclusion that editors are fatal.

Bob Woodward

Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.

Bob Woodward

It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.

David Brock

Editors of conservative magazines aren't out trying to raise money. The money is there; the cash reserves are in the bank.

Ed Helms

I'm sure I cause just as much consternation for editors as any other actor, but it definitely makes me feel more comfortable understanding how and why all the different camera setups exist.

Bill Nye

There are just two people entitled to refer to themselves as "we"; one is the editor and the other is the fellow with a tapeworm.

Bill O'Reilly

The Denver Post has actually hired an editor to promote pot.

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness.

Scott Smith

We want to stay away from penalties and turnovers and not give up big plays on defense. It's going to come down to execution and effort.

David Orton

We are pleased with our overall progress in the quarter and remain intensely focused on technology leadership and operational execution.

Nick Saban

We have to get the kind of execution at quarterback that will give it to them.

Tim Parmeter

When we do what we're supposed to do, and we have execution, we're going to be hard to stop.

Anton Chekhov

If I were asked to chose between execution and life in prison I would, of course, chose the latter. It's better to live somehow than not at all.

Roy Halladay

The pitches they hit weren't very good pitches. To me, that's not a pitch-selection thing. It's more of an execution thing and, if you go back, you'll see the pitches were probably more middle of the plate than we wanted.

Dana Delany

There are only so many stories, and half of that has to do with the execution of it and half of it has to with the timing,

Kirk Salvo

Mack has tremendous technique and flawless execution. What is most impressive about Mack is that he's always in great position, which is an indication he'll be an outstanding collegiate wrestler.

Bret Easton Ellis

I'm into, oh murders and executions mostly. It depends.

Alan Paton

Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

Alan Bennett

Of course my standards are out of date! That's why they're called standards.

Bob Doyle

We want to stand on our two feet.

Jorge Cruz

We want our voices to be heard. Us students, we will take action. We will stand up for what we believe.

Charles Handy

You have to stand outside the box to see how the box can be re-designed.

Joe Farmer

We're standing by, waiting for them to tell us what to do.

Norma Aviles

Wake up. See what's happening. Today it's me, tomorrow it could be you standing here. It's a place you don't want to stand.

Boomer Esiason

Nobody, from that standpoint, is any luckier than I am or will ever be any luckier than I am. It's great.

Coco Chanel

Keep your heel, head and standards high.

Kristin Cast

No one wants to be the kid who allies with the weird kid.

Dave Shaw

She just wants to get on with her life.

Stephen Rodrick

Jeff Bridges wants you to take it easy, man.

Alexis Jennings

She wants to make something of herself, but she always wants a lot for her teammates.

Mike Baker

She wants the nest, she wants the husband, and she wants the young.

J. Taylor

She wants them back ... that's her life.

Jack Hughes

She wants the ball. She wants no one else there but her.

Mike Toussaint

She wants it bad, she wants to succeed.

Doug Phillips

She's a stickler. She's a perfectionist. She wants to do it right.