Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barry McGuigan

I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.

Billy Corgan

I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car.

Bill Taylor

Players win games, teams win championships.

Bill Tilden

Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater. When I step on the court I feel like Anna Pavlova. Or like Adelina Patti. Or even like Sarah Bernhardt. I see the footlights in front of me. I hear the whisperings of the audience. I feel an icy shudder. Win or die! Now or never! It's the crisis of my life.

Bill Simmons

You always hear that tragedies put sports in perspective, that they prove we shouldn't care this much about the successes and failures of a bunch of wealthy strangers. I'm going the other way - sometimes, sports put everything else in perspective.

Bill Simmons

I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. '30 for 30 had a big impact because I loved how that was about finding, empowering and working with these incredible directors, and I thought the same thing could work for writers.

Bill Shankly

I never drop a player I only make changes.

Bill Cowher

We're not attempting to circumcise rules.

C. S. Lewis

A spoiled saint, a Pharisee, an inquisitor, or a magician, makes better sport to Hell than a mere common tyrant or debauchee.

Kunda Dixit

Our parties are better at fighting for democracy than making it work.

Mahathir Mohamad

Sudden change, even if it is for the good, is disruptive. Democracy for people who are not used to it can undermine stability, resulting in war even.

Jeff Chester

Our communications system, and our democracy, is at a crossroads.

Bernie Sanders

Democracy is one person, one vote and a full discussion of the issues that affect us. Oligarchy is billionaires buying elections, voter suppression and a concentrated corporate media determining what we see, hear and read.

Emma Bonino

landmark in a very difficult fragile development towards democracy.

Bill Vaughan

The faith in reason insists that the poverty of democracy offers a greater hope for mankind than the prosperity that attaches itself to aristocracy or despotism.

Bertrand Russell

A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible.

Charles Clark

It is our duty to promote the view that democracy and not violence is the means of making change,

Helen Thomas

I suppose that's democracy really. But everybody with a laptop thinks they're a journalist these days. That's a problem.

Eamon

Recent events on the national level show that response times are critical,

Michael Eisner

Recent events make this a particularly challenging and somewhat anomalous time for our company,

Brian Woods

Our research shows that for events like the Super Bowl, (groups) are often gathering in the home of an HDTV owner.

Grant Woods

Sporting events will no longer feature anything to do with tobacco,

Alan Justad

Some of the harmonics of seismic events will reveal some surprising results.

Darl Keller

Our field events did great. We got a first in the throwing. ... We used some freshmen and sophomores in the (400 relay) and got second. That is nice.

Timothy Ghriskey

Overall, the issue for the market right now is oil. Today it seems to be about the events in Nigeria, but with oil it's been just one issue after another lately.

Erik Skarvan

Out of all these great events around here, none are dog-friendly. What we do in our free time for normal recreation we do with our dogs, so why keep leaving them at home? This way you don't have to leave your friend at home and they can share in the experience.

Charles Moore

Pictures can and do make a difference. Strong images of historical events do have an impact on society. They can help with change.