Famous Quotes & Sayings

Karen Harris

We have seen a huge gain in our (Illinois Standards Achievement Test) scores just because of these kids who have role models and good behaviors skills. Overall the students have helped the whole building.

Charles Spurgeon

Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.

Alan Bleasdale

There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.

Andrew Wiles

I'm sure that some of them will be very hard and I'll have a sense of achievement again, but nothing will mean the same to me - there's no other problem in mathematics that could hold me the way that this one did.

Timothy Ferriss

Workaholics typically have a lot of achievement with very little appreciation of what they have, whether it's cars or friendships or otherwise. That is a shallow victory. Then you have people with a lot of appreciation and no achievement, which is fine, but it doesn't create a lot of good in the world.

Dhirubhai Ambani

Does making money excite me? No, but I have to make money for my shareholders. What excites me is achievement, doing something difficult.

David McCullough

It was an utterly phenomenal achievement.

Jim Young

We are honored to have been named America's most admired railroad. The spotlight for this accomplishment shines directly on our 50,000 employees who are truly the heroes in our company's success. In light of unprecedented business demands, we are successfully maintaining focus to stay on track.

Lynda Resnick

Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind.

Cyril Beuzit

We've seen there's demand for longer-dated securities. The auction will go quite well today.

Maria Miller

We usually don't do it that way. If he's trading goods and services and intangibles and things that have an auction value, then we just estimate when it's not pure money.

Tom Cook

We use that money very judiciously, and it's always difficult at auctions because you never know where the prices will go.

Kage Baker

Let's say you need a perfectly obedient servant who never gets tired, never needs to be paid, and is virtually indestructible. If you're in a galaxy a long time ago and far, far away, you'll just fly off to the local droid auction and pick up one of those shiny gold models with lovely manners.

Gerald Lucas

Whether that's bad news for the upcoming auctions depends on whether you take a cup-half-empty or cup-half-full perspective.

Mayor Mazzarella

We would try to block the auction if they try to sell the license. It's city policy that we do that. The license is for the business that you give it to.

Gary Goddard

The regular city auction works very well on particular items, like the bicycles, ... compared to some computer items, some computer stuff that may be of more interest in other areas.

Britney Spears

Since bidding for my jewel-encrusted bra in the eBay charity auction has exceeded our original expectations, I'm concerned that some of you may be confusing this bra for something that it's not.

Craig King

Mr. McKenzie has an incredible track record in developing the Lake Fork area, and this auction will enable him to sell a substantial portion of his inventory in a single day. With 28 sites selling absolute, it's a rare opportunity for some people to obtain a site for their lake home at a great price.

David Trimble

We have said repeatedly that we jumped first and gave them the chance to act... and a second chance. Doing nothing is not a cost-free option to republicans,

Gene Upshaw

We have to give them a chance to have their meeting and vote on our package. They can vote yes or no.

Andy Reid

We have to give Lamar a chance to get acclimated. We will see how he progresses there and then we will get him in and utilize his talents.

Bruce Williams

We have to give everyone a fair chance to register,

Bob Hartley

We have to give credit to Tampa Bay, New Jersey and Montreal. They have put on some great streaks, but by winning our games, we stay in the race and stand a chance to win.

Claude Julien

We have to get more traffic in front of the net. Those second and third chance opportunities won't come unless we start getting our sticks on some rebounds. But Belfour didn't make our job easy tonight.

Tom Renney

We have to get Kevin going, get him rolling. I wouldn't mind giving him a chance to go back and play the Islanders. He had a tough game the last time he was there.

Mark Leno

We have a small chance of changing his mind,

Willnett Crockett

We have no complaints about our bracket. The committee did what they did for a reason and we're happy where we're seeded and we're happy we have a chance to do what we hope to do, which is to come back home and play in front of our crowd.

David Crosby

We know we're grown-up guys, and we have families and stuff, but we've taken that as a positive source of art, rather than as a detriment. You know, how we feel about the stuff that we've learned over the lives that we've had, and how we feel about our families. That's where we're writing from, and it's a good thing.

Elizabeth Emken

In California, for so long now, our families have been struggling in this economic environment, and Dianne Feinstein, been in office nearly half a century, is out of touch of what women and families are going through in California.

John Doolittle

The last four years have not diluted the memory or weakened the resolve of our citizens. Four years later, our hearts still hurt for the families whose loved ones were murdered that day.

Khloe Kardashian

Most families aren't all in the public eye as we are. It works as a blessing. It works in our favor.

Julia Glass

If I'm lucky enough to see the day when my sons are living independently, maybe with families of their own, I'll still be wondering how I can be a better mother and worrying about the things I overlooked back when they lived under my roof.

Trent Duffy

We are praying for their full and speedy recovery. Our thoughts are with their families and their loved ones. The White House is offering to help in any way as the government does when any American is injured in the line of work.

James Lee

We're grieving for our employees, our customers, their families and their loved ones.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Our families should gather for family prayer morning and night.

Adrian Ross

Workers and their families should not have been kept waiting. Payment now should be speedy to prevent further hardship.

Laila Robins

One day, when I was 33, I shifted. I suddenly saw acting as a higher calling. I understood that my goal was to serve the play. And I realized if an actor can make audiences' hearts resonate or make them question their values - that's an important thing to do!

Anquan Boldin

We're looking to come in and play our hearts out.

Unknown

May your love be added, may it never be subtracted, may your household multiply, and may your hearts never be divided!!

Unknown

May your hearts be as warm as your hearthstone.

Adrian Tigert

We're excited. We're just going to get ready, go down there and play our hearts out.

Bhagavad Gita

I am seated in the hearts of all beings.

Don Drummond

But the subject has not gripped the hearts and minds of most Canadians.

Garrett Williamson

We left our hearts on the court, and locked them up on defense.

Jerry Martin

When you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.

Tempestt Bledsoe

I love helping people put their homes in order.

Lauren Herring

When I was little, I used to feel a lot of pressure. Before matches, I'd want to throw up. But now, I've adapted. I do get homesick sometimes, but I have to remember why I am there and what I have to do to go pro.

Beatrix Potter

Thank goodness my education was neglected.

Michael Chertoff

making provisions for people in nursing homes or hospitals to get them out so they are out of harm's way and don't need to be rescued.

Jack Campbell

There are the ones who have a lot of land and want to be annexed because they want the sewer to make the land more valuable and the lots smaller. Then there are the people with homes with working septic tanks that don't see why they should pay to hook into a sewer system they don't intend to use.

Michael Burgess

Nursing homes should be a last resort, and that's what a lot of this is moving toward.

Tom Morris

Getting people in homes is real important towards improving the quality of life in the parish.

John Ortberg

Ghettos and barrios and abusive homes and trauma wards may produce scarred souls; they can cripple more human spirits than they strengthen.

Hilaire Belloc

From quiet homes and first beginning,Out to the undiscovered ends,There's nothing worth the wear of winning,But laughter and the love of friends.

Jacky Teplitzky

There is a standstill situation. We all thought September was going to be a strong month, but that did not happen. The phones did not ring. Turnout at the open houses was low, lower than we had expected.

Lynn Forres

We have appropriated about $90 billion. And I don't see that the homeowners are getting it to be able to prepare to put their houses back.

Chris Hall

We're not here today to sell houses or promote property.

Keeley Hawes

I don't like dirt. Cleanliness is high on my agenda, but I don't have a phobia of dirt. I'm just not keen on it. I don't really like dirty people or houses or smelly things.

Suriyasai Katasila

The regime has turned parliament into the houses of relatives.

Susan Lyne

She has lived in many homes. She has made houses and a lifestyle her life's work.

John Ford

So many houses - you feel like there's a lot of unusable space. We don't have that.

Martin Anderson

We're confirming that houses have been lost; we can't give you the numbers.

Farooq Kathwari

I had one in my office for a year and tested them in some friends' houses to make sure it worked.

Robert Johnston

We have no plans for any major shakeup at this point,

Tim Wilson

We were at a crossroads, whether we were going to have to doze it in or do some major repairs.

Tariq Anwar

Bio-Technology is expected to play a major role in improving productivity.

Eliot Spitzer

While 2013 will not see a major national election, we can be sure that most Republicans will obstruct and some Democrats will appease.

Erin Morgenstern

I don't have any particular rituals, I sometimes like to write in longhand when I'm searching for ideas but I do the vast majority by typing, I can't always keep up with my thoughts longhand. I'm not a coffee shop writer because I feel obliged to order more coffee and then I end up over-caffeinated.

Chick Hearn

You can't please everybody all the time, but you can please a majority.

Luc Ferrari

When the Domaine Musical started up, I wasn't part of it. They were the major players in contemporary music at that time, braodcasting old and new composers' work. And I wasn't one of them.

Peper Long

We're still shooting for December, barring anything major or unforeseen.

Bertolt Brecht

With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.

Al Gore

that they may be returned to us safely and soon.

Nancy Vinson

Eighty-four were successful. Forty-eight violated the terms and returned to jail.

Jack Wagner

If PCI is not going to use these funds, they should be returned to their rightful owners, Pennsylvania taxpayers,