Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan White

Obasanjo has absolutely no control over this guy, ... like a head of state down there.

News directors are first and foremost looking for news, ... So if you look at the recent cases that have gotten so much attention ... those children disappeared from their homes and their own beds. It is a scenario that absolutely terrifies every parent. Thus, it's news.

Greg Kelly

New Orleans was absolutely decimated, ... Of their maintenance and operations staff of more than 120, only 15 were able to come in. They needed help with everything.

Lois Capps

Obviously, the real test of these regulations will be their implementation, ... It is absolutely critical that the Air Force leadership ensure that these regulations are well understood and strictly enforced, especially at the Air Force Academy.

Obviously it's great to be on pole again, ... The way things go wrong in these sessions - they're so short - that you have to be absolutely flat out from the first lap. That's basically what our plan was and it seemed to work out. I didn't qualify at the last race at Watkins Glen - my teammate Bob Stallings did - but that's two poles in two qualifying sessions for me, and that 's something we're pretty happy about.

Maria Sharapova

Obviously, I felt a little tired but that's normal after playing four straight weeks. I mean, I'm not gonna feel great. My body's not gonna feel great. That's absolutely normal. But I just have to give it all I had, and I tried. But, you know, at the end of the day, just come up short. That's all right.

Obviously cash conservation is a No. 1 priority as we make sure we get our cost structure in line in this period of very low revenue, ... This is an absolute surprise. We've never seen a downturn this rapid.

Obviously, a quarter-million dollars puts a lot of people in a different tax bracket. All we are looking for is getting Jennifer back. We're giving absolutely every person the opportunity to come forward.

No certain action is bound to occur on any certain date. The company believes there is no absolute deadline in place at this time.

Robert Thompson

Nobody had that expectation before. Television was something you had absolutely no control over.

Robert MacNeil

Given the dozens of channels now that are doing something called news, from the serious to the comic, this is the one that has stayed absolutely gimmick-free and, therefore, its uniqueness is more apparent now, I think, than it was when we started 30 years ago,

Bob DuPuy

Given Sen. Mitchell?s integrity, given his background, he was absolutely considered to be the perfect choice for this job.

Getting that motel next door as much as anything is the story. Parking expansion is absolutely essential.

Getting out of the seventh inning was absolutely crucial in staying in the ball game. It kept both teams on even keel rather than giving them the upper advantage to where we had to fight from behind.

Jill Soloway

Getting into Sundance is a certain sort of passport to a level of anxiety I've never experienced, even having had a baby in the NICU for a week. For about ten minutes, you're a world-class director. Then you become an entry-level, harried, low level concierge with absolutely no juice.

Giants exist as a state of mind. They are defined not as an absolute measurement but as a proportionality. . . . So giants can be real, even if adults do not choose to classify them as such.

Oscar Wilde

Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable.

Frank has a proven record as one of the top offensive minds in the country and is the absolute best fit for the North Carolina football program.

France is an absolute monarchy tempered by songs

Jay Rockefeller

From our side of the table, there was absolute unanimity on federalization, and we're going to write the law,

Steve Smith

From our perspective, things are absolutely moving in the right direction.

From ball one, they played out for a draw and it was absolutely tedious and very disappointing.

Fuel cells and the hydrogen economy are absolutely the next great race for industry.

E. O. Wilson

From what I heard, they said is they want them to call that. Even though the guy was 25, 30 yards behind it, he said they want us to make this call. Which makes absolutely no sense to me, take away a great play like that because a guy is celebrating.

From the equity point of view, things are absolutely superb. You need a magnifying glass to find something wrong with the economy.

I don?t remember the last time I played in a game, so I?m excited to see what (Thursday) brings. I?m not going to say there?s absolutely no pain, but I can play. Let?s just say, I feel pretty darn good.

Aretha Franklin

I don't think I can carry it, but I am absolutely thrilled to be receiving this award, ... does not come to California very often.

If Australia and the USA fail to commit to short-term and absolute pollution reductions through the use of currently available clean energy, a critical opportunity to address climate change will have been lost and the partnership will have failed.

I don't think you'll ever see someone so young do what Kyle has managed to do. Kyle has always been fast and aggressive. He's blown me away with his absolute car control.

Les Moonves

I expect to rely on him broadly to help me strategize, operate and drive results at the various business units which will make up the new CBS Corporation. He was absolutely instrumental in the formation of the new enterprise.

I don't think it is a good choice. I have absolutely no confidence in this or in Sen. Mitchell.

Jim Martin

I don't think she has ever stopped feeling indebted to people who helped her out when she needed help. That sense of responsibility to others was absolutely overwhelming in her as a guiding principle. It was always: I need to measure up to the confidence placed in me.

Park Chan-wook

I don't think I've ever tried to make something happen that I've absolutely had to force. You know how they say: if you can't avoid it, enjoy it. For me, it's the other way around: if I can't enjoy it, I avoid it.