Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chester Moore

There are definitely a lot of gators here, ... The more freshwater a marsh has, then the more alligators you will find there because food will be more abundant.

Joy Hill

We were moving toward making it more of a recreational opportunity than a commercial one. Now there really aren't any shortages of alligators -- we're well past the endangered species time, so we're ready to expand.

Chuck D.

maybe humans are just the pet alligators that Gd flushed down the toilet

Richard Garnett

Even if the president wasn't up to it in alligators and his approval rating was 90 percent, John Roberts simply is the best guy for the chief justice's job. I think the thought of having John Roberts join him on the court kept the chief going despite his cancer. I think he's probably smiling about it now.

Jack Hannah

The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.

Bill Burns

The best line of defense for humans and alligators is to just let the alligator have distance,

James Swanson

We saw dead alligators. We saw four of them, belly up. If the alligators can't survive in their own waters, you know it was bad.

Gene Kranz

In 1960, ... the Cape looked like an oil field, with towering structures, dirt, and asphalt roads newly carved out of the palmetto scrub. The alligators were reluctantly surrendering to the onslaught of newly arrived civilization. If you didn't have a good sense of direction, you were in trouble.

Ronald Reagan

...I know it's hard when you're up to your armpits in alligators to remember you came here to drain the swamp. (February 10, 1982)

John Ensign

We know what we did was right and fine and within ethics rules, and we wanted a stamp of approval from the Ethics Committee.

Dave Chappelle

Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

Wayne Lee

The only difference between our August announcement and today is that the SEC put its stamp of approval on it,

Greg Abel

We are pleased to have received approval of the transaction in all six states served by PacifiCorp. We remain on schedule to close the transaction by the end of the first quarter.

Mary Andrews

We believe that no child should suffer from a preventable or treatable disorder. With today's FDA approval, we are happy to know that there is a new treatment option for children suffering from short stature caused by severe Primary IGFD.

Matt Howard

We've very pleased about the approval and we're looking forward to the process going forward.

Naresh Goyal

There is no problem about the deal. I have got information today that we have received the approval from the Department of Company Affairs. We are completing necessary formalities of the acquisition.

John Bryant

Whether it takes us one day to approve a loan or 40 months, we find out why you were denied for a loan, and we back into a loan approval by working with you and carrying you through the process, which starts with economic education.

Craig Moffett

Watchdog groups and tech companies are likely to press for 'Net neutrality' as a condition of merger approval in Washington.

Charles de Gaulle

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

Charles Dickens

Some philosophers tell us that selfishness is at the root of our best loves and affections. Mr. Dombey's young child was, from the beginning, so distinctly important to him as a part of his own greatness, or (which is the same thing) of the greatness of Dombey and Son, that there is no doubt his parental affection might have been easily traced, like many a goodly superstructure of fair fame, to a very low foundation.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

God's gifts are many; His best gift is one. It is the gift of Himself.

Bob Thomas

We want them to swim fast, and this is the best way to do it, in short races.

Farley Flex

We want them to be as comfortable as possible. So they can give us their best performance.

Steve Davies

We want to take care of our district games and then, game seven, eight, nine, 10 make sure we're playing our best football.

Jeff Matteson

We want to surround our families with as much support as possible. There are some great people working with kids in this town. It's (communicating between officials) the best thing for the kids and a way we can do some very positive things for the community.

Nick Saban

We want to support every player, and I think every player knows he has a responsibility for what to do and what not to do. As a coach, I also feel a responsibility to put a player in the best situation possible so he can have success.

Venancio Figueroa

We want to stay competitive and make sure we're providing customers the best value.

Richard Riordan

Where I've been -- I think, a good leader -- is by saying I've got a great chief of police, I'm going to back this chief, I'm not going get out there in public and emasculate him,

Marguerite Gardiner

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.

Andrew Forman

Working in the White House is a tremendous privilege. But it is even a greater honor to serve as the president's chief of staff, especially to you, Mr. President.

Edward Kennedy

There is clear and convincing evidence that John Roberts is the wrong choice for chief justice, ... I oppose the nomination, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.

Ted Cruz

We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.

Red Cloud

When I was a young man, I was poor. In a war with other nations, I was in eighty-seven fights. There I received my name and was made Chief of my nation. But now I am old and am for peace.

Sathya Baba

Love must flow not from the tongue or from the head only, but chiefly from the heart.

Bobby Martin

She's been my chief clerk for the past 17 and a half years. We've had a great relationship of working together and as for as I know, we've never had a cross word.

Prakash Karat

The Prime Minister has got the Chief Minister's letter by now. We expect a response from him.

William Steere

We want to see how it plays out in the court and how it plays out in the market,

Tod Kowalczyk

Ultimately, it comes down to a half-court game. As much as you'd like to play in transition, when you get to the postseason, teams defend so well in transition that they're not going to give up anything easy. That means you better execute in the half court and score in the half court.

Michael Clarke

The person I heard in the courtroom was not the real Dennis,

Nathaniel Persily

We are at a defining moment. The court is going to decide when political parties go too far in rigging electoral districts for their own advantage.

James Greer

We stress El Camino tradition all the time. It's our job to hold court at home like so many of the past El Camino teams did. EC pride means simply not losing.

Donald Copeland

We spread the court well. Grant, who is an excellent passer, he's able to see over defenses.

William Shakespeare

Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts To courtship and such fair ostents of love As shall conveniently become you there.

William Shakespeare

Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy.

John Roberts

An important function of the Supreme Court is to provide guidance, .. As a lower court judge, I appreciate clear guidance from the Supreme Court.

Ted Baker

We are pleased to report strong first-half results despite a tough UK retail environment,

Trey Songz

My life has shifted to different levels financially, in terms of fame as a result of being blessed enough to be able to share my music with the world, and what that has done for me. Despite all of that, I always want people to listen to my music and be able to relate to it as well as to me.

Craig Kennedy

We found that, despite major efforts to repair relations, there is still a rift in how we view each other and the world.

Ken Perkins

We're getting some very good results today despite the very difficult 6.7 percent February same-store sales comparisons from last year.

Tony Lesiak

We have revised our target price from $27 US to $28.50 US to reflect significantly higher synergy and exploration potential at Red Lake despite the higher purchase price.

Alafair Burke

Letterman, despite whatever idiotic (or worse?) things he may have done with women on his staff, was wise enough to realize that silence isn't permanent and peace of mind can't be bought.

Amy Ziff

Last year was a massive year for holiday travel. The summer kept going in that direction, and we have the same expectation for this year despite fuel costs. If you wait until November, I think you run the risk of not getting what you want or paying a whole lot more to get what you want.

Maureen Shea

She was disoriented. She was out and had to be helped to her corner, despite the fact that she was still standing on her feet.

Jason McLaughlin

She's given me a different perspective on life. She gets through despite everything, so it makes me think I can, too.

Charles Caleb Colton

The wealth is ultimately just a relative thing. As a person with little money and little more needs to rich guys money but really wishes

Alan Parsons

I try to find a way that the other guy hasn't thought of using a sound or a sample.

Al Sharpton

Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls.

Akshay Kumar

I'm an athletic actor. I'm known for my action; I'm a guy who does my own stunts on screen.

Chris Bauer

I'm the kind of guy who would say, "Yeah, I'll do that!," and then, when it came down to it, I would be absolutely petrified. Those days have passed me by, but I would do it. If it meant that I was in a scene naked with a woman, or anybody romantic, I'd be into it.

Chip Kelly

Tommy's [Gamble] an East Coast guy, so he kind of talks fast and in quick statements and phrases, so I understood him and he understood me, and we just hit it off.

Marty Hurney

We know what Todd can do and we want to look at the guys we have here. We told Todd it is not necessary for him to come to camp.

Glenn Thiel

We know what have to do. We needed this week to rest our guys up.

Isaiah Thomas

We know how to lift each other when we need it. I know those guys have my back when I need it. We trust each other.

Erwin Chemerinsky

You don't know who the new justice will be - or whether that justice will be there - and you have more uncertainly about John Roberts than you had with William Rehnquist.

Tony Agnone

We feel at this point that John isn't going to be back in New York.

John Hughes

My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on.

Les Claypool

I enjoy my John Deere tractor quite a lot. It's a tool that I must use to keep Mother Nature at bay. I have all kinds of things encroaching on my property.

Joker Phillips

We've seen a different John Logan this week. He practiced like he knew he was going to play, which is good, because we need him.

Tobe Berkovitz

The problem with John Kerry is he had his opportunity -- the 2004 Campaign.

Keyshawn Johnson

I'm trying to build a brand, so I can sell Keyshawn Johnson products in stores. You know, paint, rugs, carpet, drapery, fabrics, blankets, towels, hardware, plates.

Brian Gray

When I made it down to work the state tournament, I think John was tickled just as much as dad.

Dick Cheney

Senator John McCain put it best: it is a lie to say that the president lied to the American people,

Noel Redding

The Fat Mattress consisted of people I'd played with before joining the 'Experience and it was put together as a song writing situation.

Audre Lorde

When we define ourselves, when I define myself, the place in which I am like you and the place in which I am not like you, I'm not excluding you from the joining - I'm broadening the joining.

Tim O'Brien

With no draft, the only people who went to war were those who wanted to, or at least those who wanted to join the military.

Diane Keaton

Len said, 'I'll give you a tour if you promise to join the L.A. Conservancy,'

Atal Vajpayee

many proposals for verification, of which joint patrolling is one.

Bill Campbell

Since she joined us, we haven't lost a match. She really makes a difference.

Elizabeth Janeway

Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated.

Anita Elberse

What you get when you put all your resources behind a product, is you get everyone to join in.

Rosemary Palmer

He was persuaded that if he joined the Marines he would get a new sense of purpose.

Carmelo Anthony

We knew they were going to make a run, we weren't going to be able to keep a (big) lead on them. They made a run, they made a big run in the third, but we kept our composure.

E. O. Wilson

We knew they were going to make a run. We knew they were going to get hot, but we kept our composure.

Mike Myers

Verne's all about what you can do versus what you can't do. He just kept saying yes and his part kept growing. I would love to work with him in every movie.

Brian Dawkins

We stopped the run, we stopped the pass, we kept people out of the end zone, ... but yet we still get looked down upon.

Bobby Bowden

When you've got a young inexperienced quarterback, the first thing you think of is 'Son don't lose the game,' ... He didn't lose the game. He kept us from losing.

Hugh Fountain

We actually got after it better. We played harder. It's a tribute to the kids. They've kept plugging away. It was important for them to see some results come out of the work.

Paul Friel

We were told we would be kept up on the time. If we don't have a scoreboard, we shouldn't play at that field.

Neve McIntosh

I used to have a lovely wallet with lots of different compartments where I kept photographs of my grandmother, grandfather and friends. It was stolen one night when I was out in Edinburgh, and I never got it back.

Christine Baranski

Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.

Al Sharpton

Somebody had to bring the truth to the doorstep of this president.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now. When I said it, this would be a sign of goodwill to begin the talks.

Chris Christie

Never be easy for any president to deal with any Congress. But republicans got to work together. We got to get things done.

Chris Christie

When the president of the United States says he's going to do something, he needs to do it. That makes not only our adversaries more emboldened. It makes our allies more nervous.

Chris Christie

He [Doanald Trump] had no business being president of the United States.

Chris Christie

The president needs to be a force that is trusted in the world.

Chris Christie

We didn't disqualify Hillary Clinton to be President of the United States the facts of her life and career disqualify her.

Bill Richardson

very disappointed in what the president said on energy.

Dick Armey

I deserved better than to be bullshitted by the vice president,

Ted Sarandos

What I didn't want to do is get into a ratings race with television because really, for them, it matters. For me, it doesn't.

Nancy Pelosi

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't.

Scott Sprinzen

We haven't factored anything into the rating (but) it's worth monitoring closely. It's a big unknown.

Larry Peck

It doesn't get much better than that. It's phenomenal. Those ratings rival those of the majors.

Alberto Fujimori

I have a support rating of 30% in Peru, ... I shall return.

Tom O'Neil

It's possible. There are ratings spikes for shows that win the top awards, ... The Emmys.

Paul Holmes

They put on Ernie Dingo and their ratings went UP!

Marc Ganis

Ratings are down because ratings are down for every network.

Regis Philbin

They could have had Regis back this year if they wanted. Ratings were pretty high.

Katherine Harris

You know, I think it's so important that Roberts is confirmed. And so we've insisted, we've promoted, we've cajoled, advocated for his confirmation.

Brad Berenson

They're probably going to turn back to the Roberts model.

Jennifer Tilly

If you have Julia Roberts in a movie you're never really afraid for her because you know she's not going to die.

Michael Bennett

I probably would have voted against Justice Thomas, and, and, and I've been disappointed by what Justice Roberts has done.

Slade Gorton

She will come after us with $10 million. She simply writes another check,

Ian Botham

There are times when you feel you simply can't go on.

Rhys Ifans

Acting is not an intellectual process for me. It comes from my heart. It's this strange netherworld of osmosis where I simply become.

Jim Wilkinson

I can tell you that simply did not happen.

Robert Rubin

I think there is more work to do, and we simply have to all work together and do everything we can to get it done,

Ephrem Fernandez

I think that part of the solution will come simply with time, because time does heal.

Angelina Jolie

it is simply not going to be enough.

Jose Barroso

It is not satisfactory, it is simply not enough.

Patrick Vieira

He is simply exceptional. He is always there at exceptional moments.

Charles Butler

I was not surprised when he told me. And he was smiling when he got that position.

Kedric Golston

I just can't stop smiling now 'cause it's amazing.

James Blake

I can't stop smiling right now, ... If I could play here every tournament, I would never retire.