Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lesley Garrett

I still have singing lessons every week twice weekly with the same singing teacher I had at the Royal Academy of Music.

I think she is a very important teacher for all three of the girls as far as a female role model and an academic role model, If you want to do something, do something for the arts.

I think Ron learned a lot from his experience at Florida. I'm not a big rules guy, but there are things about discipline, structure and academic standards that you have to have straight from the start. Ron knows how Illinois works, and it's never the coach that changes the coach but the school that changes the coach.

I think our booth has helped parents because it allows them to ask what the exact subject matter of the program is - responsibility, academic success, study skills and the different offices and resources that are available to students. It is reassuring to them to know those things, especially since those are the types of things parents are most worried about when they send their kids away to college.

It allows them to focus on their senior year, concentrate on academics and on having a good time playing ball.

Thomas Jane

It allowed me to explore beats of the play in an academic environment where there is a lot of feedback.

It definitely is motivation. It's the reason you want to play your favorite sports and continue on to the next level. You have to stay on top of your academics to play for a Division 1 college. You have to maintain a 3.0 or higher if you want to continue to play.

I stopped (attending) IMG because it was overwhelming and I wanted to concentrate on academics more. Playing for Lakewood Ranch was one of the best experiences I've ever had. We had a great team and a great coach and went to the region semifinal.

Peter Travers

I think Meryl Streep has some kind of miracle elixir that makes the Academy nominate her every time she makes a movie,

Jim Tressel

I think the strength of this class is its versatility. It has a little bit of everything: character, solid academic credentials and athletic ability. We went looking for help across the board at every position, and we feel as though we accomplished that goal.

Jonathan is a very bright kid, and he is very conscious about his academics as well as his relationship with the youth in the community. He knows what it takes to be good on and off the court, and this award is tribute to his hard work.

Mike Jackson

It is critical that the educators and academic programs are recognized for their excellence and innovation in preparing future professionals. Their work not only benefits the overall industry, but it shapes the future of the document management and communications marketplace as well.

Peter Jackson

I'm so honored and relieved that the academy and the members of the academy that have supported us have seen past the trolls and the wizards and the hobbits in recognizing fantasy this year,

Felicity Huffman

I'm shot into the stratosphere. You can't pasteurize the Academy Award. You can't negotiate it. It is the top. It is the biggest thing ever. I've been hopping around and screaming all morning.

I'm still a firm believer that if you have a quality kid and he wants to wrestle in college, you can get him in school and get help whether it's financial aid, Pell grants or college scholarships. It obviously helps if you're a good student, because you can get some other finances through academics as well.

I think we all realize this, but like most things we already know, this has been empirically verified by academics with grant money.

I think that it is an excellent opportunity for all the students, and especially for the lower income students and middle income family kids to get to go somewhere. It is also a perfect opportunity for students that are not the academic stars to shine in front of their peers.

Bobby Scott

It is imperative, therefore, that we continue to recognize that a strong academic foundation is necessary for all students emerging from high school.

It is near the academic core of campus, near the health sciences, which are heavy users of the science curriculum and it met more of the evaluation matrix criteria in a positive manner than any other site.

Lauren takes her academics very seriously. She works hard in the classroom, and that's been reflected in her grade point average.

I went somewhere where I could be playing right away and where I could have a good career after football because of academic excellence.

I want us to help students find an academic home, but I want us to mobilize our resources and help everyone we can.

Manmohan Singh

I will be meeting academics from French institutions which have a long tradition of scholarships on India,

Josef Albers

I went to the Academy and studied with Stuck who was then a big man. But didn't interest me. I didn't know that before me there was Kandinsky and Klee who had also studied with Stuck. He had a good name at that time.

John Nash

I went to M.I.T. in the summer of 1951. I had been an instructor at Princeton for one year after obtaining my degree in 1950. It seemed desirable more for personal and social reasons than academic ones to accept the higher-paying instructorship at M.I.T.

I went to M.I.T. in the summer of 1951 as a 'C.L.E. Moore Instructor.' I had been an instructor at Princeton for one year after obtaining my degree in 1950. It seemed desirable more for personal and social reasons than academic ones to accept the higher-paying instructorship at M.I.T.

Part of the struggle was probably the fact that we gave the kids a few days off once we got back to get them back into rhythm on an academic side.

Part of what we do in the meetings is deal with business from the Senate Committee on Academic Affairs. A part of their job is approving new classes.

Our objective is we want their behavior to improve, their academic skills to improve and see their attendance records improve.

Our new coaching staff has adopted a 'hands-on' approach to monitoring study halls as well as setting the expectations for class attendance and performance. We have seen a remarkable improvement in the academic performance of the individual team members, but know that this is a ... responsibility that requires continuing attention.

We're right where we need to be. It's a two-man race between Newberry Academy and us.

To make money, it may be important to win the Academy Award, for it might mean another ten million dollars at the box office.

Charles J. Shields

'To Kill a Mockingbird' appeared to highly favorable reviews and quickly climbed to the top of bestseller lists, where it remained for more than eighty weeks. In 1961, the novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. A film adaptation was released in 1962, starring Gregory Peck, and received three Academy Awards.