Famous Quotes & Sayings

Noel Coward

He sleeps and sleeps, and the days go by, ... I love him dearly and for ever, but this lack of drive in any direction is a bad augury for the future. I am willing and happy to look after him for the rest of my life, but he must do something. If only he would take up some occupation and stick to it. I know that he is unhappy inside but, alas, with his natural resilience these moments of self-revelation dissipate and on go the years, and he will be an elderly man who has achieved nothing at all.

Hull is one of the biggest clubs in rugby league, but this was their first silverware in 20 years. We felt it was important to reflect not just the triumph, but how it was achieved and what it meant for the club's fans and the city of Hull.

Susan Smith

He's an awesome champion. He's got the tenacity to stick with it and achieve his goals.

He's a (heck) of an athlete. He's a great kid. His accomplishments in these sports is quite an achievement.

For new jobs and more employment, we need stronger growth and we can only achieve that via innovation.

Good job by our top four again. But if we want to achieve our goal, we must have someone step up and close in on the fifth spot. They have to close the gap between fifth and sixth. We must have better balance.

George Bernard Shaw

Sexually,Woman is Nature's contrivance for perpetuating its highest achievement.

Chris Parnell

You never won’t know what you can’t achieve until you don’t achieve it.

George Eliot

What should I do—how should I act now, this very day . . . What she would resolve to do that day did not yet seem quite clear, but something that she could achieve stirred her as with an approaching murmur which would soon gather distinctness.

I've achieved what I want to achieve today and put myself past a lot of the other challengers.

I've achieved so much in my career but this is probably the biggest honour I could have received,

Kelly Holmes

I've achieved everything I wanted. I have nothing to prove, including to myself. Looking at what I've achieved, I don't think there is anything that is going to surpass that.

LL Cool

I've achieved basically all of the goals - by the grace of God - that I wanted to in music,

I wanted to draw together into one place so many talented writers that we would achieve critical mass and explode upon Canadian society in a dazzling coruscation showering it with unquenchable brilliance.

I wanted to do something, along with some other guys, because it is the 20th anniversary. It is a great accomplishment and we were proud to be a part of it.

Vladimir Putin

Thanks in large part to you and your active, fruitful efforts, Russia achieved fundamental successes in building a democratic government based on the rule of law and a civilized civil society, as well as in reviving traditional spiritual values.

Thanks to the exceptional efforts of our employees, net sales, earnings and all key metrics for the year exceeded our original goals and surpassed the extraordinary results of the prior fiscal year. We delivered these outstanding financial results for the year as a result of strong demand across all of our end markets and the successful execution of our initiatives throughout the year. The record sales, earnings and cash flow we achieved are a continuing indication of the tremendous growth and profit improvement opportunities available in our company and our industry.

Thanks to the cost reductions we have achieved and the competitiveness of our products, we're making steady progress.

Kim Gordon

Sonic Youth, for better or worse, is/was a machine that carried me along through pregnancy, motherhood, and creative opportunities I never would have achieved on my own. I'm grateful and surprised that we were listened to, loved, ignored, and overrated.

Sooner or later we shall achieve unanimity. Prices will keep growing. This is the hard fact. It is a world trend. As for the pace of growth, it is still to be decided on.

Dom Capers

I've known Nick for a very long time and have the utmost respect for the job he has done at every coaching position he has held. I appreciate the opportunity he has given me, and I'm looking forward to working with him and his staff in any way I can to help the organization achieve its goals.

Mark Messier

I've had a long career, I achieved a lot, there was nothing left for me to achieve, and it's time to move aside and go on to something else.

Mark Messier

I've had a long career and I've achieved a lot and there was nothing left for me to really achieve. It was time for me to move aside and go into something else.

I'm more optimistic than I've been for the past few years. I think this is a group of kids that will play together. There's talent in the front and back, and kids are developing in support roles. I think the limit will be what they want to achieve as a team.

I'm looking to get back into the squad for the World Cup, ... It will be nice to achieve but I can only do that by playing and hopefully I can do that week and week out.

I'm pleased that we have been able to achieve this result for Patrick shareholders who may now choose to share in the benefits of the merged Toll and Patrick businesses.

Conchita Martinez

I'm proud of all I have achieved in this sport. It has been many years of sacrifice in which I have had tough moments. But those you forget, and the ones that remain are the ones that have filled you as a tennis player and as a human being.

E. O. Wilson

I'm proud and grateful to have been a part of something that was very special and to have been able to achieve success. But I look forward to doing other things, too. I still would like to do some more things in my solo career and see that do well.

Jack O'Connell

I'm particularly concerned about African-American students and English language learners. The answer is not to ignore the achievement gap by giving diplomas to unprepared students.

Jacqueline Novogratz

Impact investing has become a broad umbrella that includes all investing with a focus on both financial return and social impact, but in its best form, impact investing prioritizes impact over returns and achieves outcomes that traditional investing cannot.

Jarkko Nieminen

I'm playing in the quarter-finals. It's my best achievement,

I'm perfectly at peace when I'm on the farm. This is a goal. This is an achievement for us. We had never won a Grade I stakes race prior to the Florida Derby. It's a dream, really, to hit the Kentucky Derby. It's huge.

Florenz Ziegfeld

And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession.