Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bob Hill

I'm like one of his fathers who couldn't be prouder of him. It's a long story, but at the bitter end his agents accused me of badmouthing him to the NBA people; because they had convinced him he was a lottery pick.

Taylor Dent

I'm disappointed in the system, ... This agency is leaking these results prematurely. I think Lance Armstrong was wrongly accused and it may be the same for Mariano.

Dave Douglas

I hope that people know that he was innocent. It's horrible what he was accused of. It's just so sad.

It will make more room for looters and anyone accused of a violent crime.

Mike Gray

They claim it's offensive and I've been accused of discrimination and harassment, believe it or not, because of this.

There's no requirement for the accused to explain why he pleaded guilty. He may do so at sentencing.

Cindy Sheehan

What happened last night is very disturbing to all of us, and it should be really disturbing to America. Because no matter what you think about the war, we should all honor the sacrifice of the ones who have fallen. And to me it's so ironic that I'm accused of dishonoring my son's memory, by doing what I'm doing, by the other side, and then somebody comes and does this.

Mark Ryan

What does Excel stand accused of? Honoring its contracts.

We could be accused of being insensitive, but we think there's more to life than a bank account, ... Morality is an issue, and if you look at it critically, you'll see it is more than just dollar signs.

I have to confess we have made a mistake on that, ... We could stand accused of making it totally inconvenient for players competing in America, so we are going to adjust the dates but they will be that week.

I really felt a sense of his pain. He was a person who was wrongly accused at a very difficult time.

In the second quarter of the year, demand is at its lowest. If they continued pumping when demand eases they could be accused of crushing the market.

If there is any suggestion any of the accused is going to do himself harm then the appropriate measures would be put in place. You can safely assume he would be watched even more closely.

Stockard Channing

It has to come from the heart. But it was nice when she accused me of being too much like her.

If you don't think my brother has been vilified from Day One, then I tell you you'd better study the record ... he's been nothing but be accused of being a murderer.

If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in; you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.

If you understand the law excuse me, ma'am! Now I have the floor now! I just got accused of this.

Robert Thompson

He still has some of the same mystique, but now the mystery has flopped from an asset to a liability. 'Who is the real Michael Jackson?' is not a question people want to ask anymore, when you're accused of something like this.

Al Sharpton

If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.

In essence it was a gang rape. There were four people being accused and all four of those individuals were accused of having a sexual relationship with a woman against her will.

In a sense I do feel very privileged. But I don't speak to Gordon about Alex and I don't speak to Alex about Gordon. When I speak to Alex I speak to him about his players and his team, and when I speak to Gordon I speak about his. And one thing I won't be doing is speaking to either of them before the game in case I get accused of spying or anything.

In American jurisprudence, the accused has a right to know who the accuser is.

In America, art has always been suspect and accused of being effete. We are growing beyond that as a culture, just as San Francisco is growing beyond its fear of modern architecture.

Ron Kittle

I'm not upset that he got caught because these allegations came out before. But they still let him play, while all the other people who were accused of it are out of the game. That probably bothers me more.

Dick Cheney

In our system of government an accused person is presumed innocent until a contrary finding is made by a jury after an opportunity to answer the charges and a full airing of the facts, ... Mr. Libby is entitled to that opportunity.

Innocent men get accused and with evidence everybody thinks is true.

His discourse was extreme -- he accused Bush of terrorism -- but his contributions showed that he could force a run-off.

Canisius is a very special place . . . It's a bottom line business unfortunately. If the only thing we can be accused of is not winning enough games, I leave here with my head held high because we've had guys who've acted the right way.

Milos Zeman

I am sometimes accused of being a dictator because I provoked the extraordinary elections by nominating the interim government. Can you imagine any dictator who provokes free elections in his own country?

England were the perfect model of a rugby team during that time, ... They were accused of being stodgy but in fact they could play any style of game and they would only take out on to the field whatever game they needed on the day.

Dusty Baker

Baseball's not separate from the world. (Racism) is real. Nobody wants to talk about it. You don't hear guys talk in depth too much, especially minority guys, because you get accused of playing the race card.

concerned over the lack of due process in military trials of civilians accused of terrorism in Peru.

Tibor Fischer

You can't really win as a Booker judge. If you choose the obvious names, the unit-shifters, you're accused of being timid and unimaginative; if you choose the unfamous, you're labelled willful and perverse.