Famous Quotes & Sayings

The fact that you have only these minor criticisms is quite an achievement.

Jim Davis

There was also a lot of passionate support for the three (honor roll) inductees and our special achievement recipient this year. These are all people who contributed in a lot of ways, not just in the coaching aspect.

The return of this many people is a truly remarkable achievement. It is a clear demonstration of the progress made in the Liberian peace process and is a testament to the joint efforts of UN humanitarian agencies backed up by a successful UN peacekeeping operation.

These observations of the moon have been a challenging and highly successful technological achievement. The images will inform both scientific studies of lunar geology and future decisions on further lunar exploration.

This is a very big accomplishment. It's going to be an invaluable experience for her to play with top athletes from across the country. Playing high-level volleyball like this will keep her on track for the goals she has set for herself both collegially and nationally.

On behalf of the UNDP, I congratulate the Chinese Government and people once again for this truly colossal achievement,

Scott Drew

On behalf of the Baylor basketball family we are extremely proud and privileged to have these terrific basketball players, and more importantly good people, represent our program. They stand for a century's worth of athletic achievement at this University.

On average, our students score higher on national achievement tests, they are more likely to attend high quality preschool, mothers and infants are by some measures healthier than children in other parts of the country, and our adolescents are less likely to drop out of school or be without a job or schooling in their teen and young adult years.

Not many teams have done what we have. This shows what an achievement it is.

Byron Scott

It's not an achievement, it's what we expected. We've gotten to .500; now the key is to keep going. There are a lot of young guys that didn't experience the terrible season we had last year; the 19 wins is a nice accomplishment, but were looking to do bigger things this season.

James Thurber

Art -- the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised.

In 1976 I was appointed an American Cancer Society Research Professor and in 1986, Distinguished Professor. The works recognized by this Nobel Prize are clearly a group effort of achievement as may be seen from the names associated with our publications on EGF. They share in this honor.

In light of the company's recent accelerated achievement of its profitability target, its very strong financial position and the successful transition in CEO leadership, I feel that this is the right time for me to turn my attention to new and different pursuits,

In a lot of places, there's things that work, but we also know that a lot of things don't work because of the achievement gap that exists.

I'm really honored to receive this lifetime achievement award.

Jay Wright

I'm real proud of our team. To win the conference over a 16-game schedule is a great accomplishment.

Marilyn Monroe

I'm looking forward to eventually becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. Like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers.

Noam Chomsky

Immediately after 11 September, the U.S. closed down the Somali charitable network Al-Barakaat on grounds that it was financing terror. This achievement was hailed one of the great successes of the 'war on terror.' In contrast, Washington's withdrawal of its charges as without merit a year later aroused little notice.

I'm not here today to tell you 'I'm still optimistic,' ... We are here today to announce ? the most historic public health achievement in history.

Joe Crawford

I'm excited; it's a good accomplishment, but I can't get too high off it. I'm surprised, because I just want to keep winning. I don't want to focus on that (the award).

Jeff Saturday

I'm extremely excited about it. It really is a great achievement. It's been good, and hopefully things will come together for us as a team.

I'm really proud of the way my team wrestled this year. It's one heck of an accomplishment.

I'm really excited because of all the English Language Learners we have who scored in the higher range (on tests) also. It creates a strong foundation in the lower grades, which will bring greater achievement in the upper grades,

Daniel Tammet

I'm very comfortable with the idea of there being late bloomers, and for me, of course, there's no difficulty at all in the way that I think of talent and achievement and so on.

New York's long-term progress in improving he achievement of students overall, especially our neediest students, is encouraging, ... But we obviously have far to go and will have to keep working relentlessly to help more students succeed.

It was a great accomplishment. It was my last year and I guess it's like leaving your mark in high school, so I was pretty proud of it.

It was a great accomplishment for everyone. This is a starting point for next year. The seniors started it. We want it to be an expectation year in and year out for Johnston basketball.

It was a great personal achievement for me, but I'm glad that we got the win. It will hopefully give this program some momentum heading into next year.

Alan Curbishley

It was a great night for us and a great achievement. Who knows what will happen in the next round. It was a night for the fans, but I would swap it for a home win in the league.

Zig Ziglar

It's your aptitude, not just your attitude that determines your ultimate altitude.

It's very rewarding for them. It gives them a sense of accomplishment. There's nothing like seeing their faces light up.

Paul Jewell

It's wonderful really. We wanted to reach 40 points after 38 games, to get it after 27 is a tremendous achievement but we won't be resting on our laurels.

E. B. White

I view that as a tremendous achievement and testimony that the rugby authorities are doing a job in that respect. Apart from broadening our base of young players, we are currently setting the pace at under-19 and under-21 (international) level ? something which we can be extremely proud of.