Famous Quotes & Sayings

Monica Dorley always comes to my mind because she was only about 5-foot-1 and she was absolutely the type of person that would be overlooked by a lot of college coaches,

Morgan gave us a chance every period. He gave us a chance to steal this one. It was absolutely his best game of the year.

Amy Robach

My husband, Andrew Shue, is the co-founder of Do Something, and we both speak and present at awards ceremonies. It's absolutely amazing and humbling to see all the work so many young people are contributing to better their communities on both a local and global front.

Jez Butterworth

My father got a trade union scholarship to Oxford; he lived and breathed politics; he was always watching current-affairs programmes. But I have a five-year-old child's attitude towards the news. Mainly, that it absolutely turns me off.

Joseph Gatt

My favorite part about working in theater is the rehearsal process. I absolutely love the rehearsal process. Working out the characters, figuring the character out, and the relationships between the different characters. I love all of that, which, unfortunately in film, you get very little opportunity to have.

Richard Phillips

My favorite film score is the one Thomas Bangalter created for 'Irreversible.' The soundtrack absolutely defines the daymare-into-nightmare feeling you get from the film.

John Taylor

No one wants something like this to happen. The fact is we are absolutely focused on restoring service to our customers ... and in this case we did so in record time.

Viktor Yushchenko

No one wants conflict or misunderstandings, ... If it appears, I'm convinced it must be met with honesty and courage, and given an absolutely balanced and calm answer.

John Hunter

No operation should be carried out unless absolutely necessary . . . nor should a surgeon operate unless he would undergo the same operation himself in similar circumstances, ... The Knife Man: The Extraordinary Life and Times of John Hunter, Father of Modern Surgery.

Now, there's absolutely no denying the need for a greater investment in public schools.

Now the players have a vested interest in growing the sport because their salaries are tied to revenue, so everyone is pulling the same rope. It was almost as if we had to hit rock bottom until we started building back up. I firmly believe we would not have all the positive things we have if we did not go through a year without the sport. So to me, if that was the price tag that we had to pay, it was absolutely worth it.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.