Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alma Guillermoprieto

Translation is a notoriously thankless profession: there is absolutely no money in it; it involves a severe submersion of the self into another; the hours are long and you get about as much recognition for your efforts as the telephone repairman.

Jerry Greenfield

Traffic is going to be absolutely horrendous. The plan makes sense, but the roads don't.

Turning animal cruelty into a game is absolutely hideous.

Yes, we didn't do this -- we didn't produce these videotapes on time. My letter to Sen. Thompson made clear we should have found them. But the one thing that is absolutely clear is that the only pattern here is not one of incompetence -- and we don't make an incompetence defense -- the pattern here is one of an ongoing intensive day-to-day effort to try to meet the committee's needs and that is the only pattern a fair reader can see,

Yes, the performance at Chrysler is at this moment not what we expected, ... But I want people to understand is that the operational issues have nothing to do with what I term an absolutely perfect strategy.

James Avery

You are only an actor if you absolutely love it and can not do anything else. Starving for your art is great in your 20s, but it's not so great at 35. It has to be absolute love. You can't worry about being a movie star or anything else. Just love. That's it.

Kathleen Blanco

To kick us when we're down and destroy hope, when hope is the only thing we have left, is absolutely unthinkable for a leader in his position,

Kathleen Blanco

To kick us when we're down and destroy hope... is absolutely unthinkable,

To do that is just absolutely unacceptable. Frank gave me the ball. I had a job to do, and I didn't come anywhere close to getting the job done.

Todd did a great job. I can't say enough about him. He's absolutely wowed me.

We were extremely disappointed that we didn't play well. We absolutely went on the field and didn't do what we had to do to win the game. On offense, we never got into a rhythm. Part of that was us and part of it was them.

We were effective and we did what we needed to do. The defense played absolutely great that game and kept us in it. The special teams did a great job. We didn't turn the ball over.

While we cannot absolutely prevent a pandemic, we can mitigate its impact.

While we absolutely will want visitors to Hershey to be able to experience and learn from The Hershey Story, this is first and foremost a community asset that must be easily accessible to the people who live and work here. A downtown location guarantees that accessibility. It also will provide a high-quality, first-class destination that will be a catalyst for the continued momentum for the positive redevelopment of Milton Hershey's town.

While we absolutely believe companies have a responsibility to identify appropriate practices in each market in which they do business, we also think there is a vital role for government-to-government discussion of the larger issues involved.

While there might be an instant gratification to do something about an attack on us, we have to be absolutely sure we have the facts straight, ... Meet the Press.

You cannot provide electricity by importing all of your power from other states. You absolutely must have some of it where the people are.

Orlando Figueroa

So far, an absolutely terrific week for space exploration.

Snappers in the NFL get absolutely abused. If the snappers had a union they wouldn't play on Sundays because it's ridiculous.

Judy Carter

Smoking is absolutely a personal decision, and one that everyone knows is bad for your health. And exercise needs to be a part of everyone's daily routine. It will help keep your heart and vessels in shape for your entire life.

Steve Clarke

Shaun was absolutely magnificent tonight. I'm delighted for the boy. It's been a tough time for him but his attitude in training has been first class all the way through the season.

A system with proper margin and maintenance should not have this bad luck. The mayor is absolutely right. I'm at least as angry as he is.

Steven Smith

That's a result that we are absolutely delighted with. The car hasn't missed a beat all weekend.

Morgan Pressel

That's crazy. It's absolutely crazy. Obviously she's a great player.

The kids had absolutely no idea what he was doing.

Greg Biffle

The lap was absolutely perfect. Down in Turns 3 and 4 is where I got all my speed. I just got right back to the gas earlier than I ever have. When you have a perfect car, it's easy to drive a fast lap.

The last three or four games Scotty has been absolutely phenomenal. His play has really elevated our team over the past couple of weeks.

The message coming from Dave is absolutely spot-on,

The mine workers look at the pre-shift examination as one of the most important activities that the mine operator has got to perform. We look at that as an absolutely crucial first step of any mining operation.

Their sales are terrible and their efforts to come up with newness that appeals to consumers and brings them back into the stores are failing. There's absolutely no indication that they have found a road back to health, and while they have very little debt, they do have too many stores. With that kind of a background, it's not difficult to envision a bankruptcy in the foreseeable future.

Jacques Rogge

The International Olympic Committee is absolutely clear that it wants full respect for human rights. I think we have proved that very clearly in the past.

Their continuation to the full extent of the Plan is absolutely contingent on the success of the campaign.

Scott Spencer

Their complex is absolutely state of the art. You're not going to have anybody come to that complex and not be blown away by the quality of it. On the soccer fields, you can play any match in the world there. The quality of the fields are immaculate.