Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was a good start, but we need to be quicker to the ball and be more active on the court. Our passing and setting were good, but our hitters need to move their arms through the ball faster to develop a higher-velocity attack.

Richard Davidson

It was a great year for M&A ? although not as good as last year. Bear in mind that it's linked to stock market activity because a lot of buyers rely on their own stock to pay for takeovers.

It was a great turnout. Lots of people from all over the state of Michigan come out in support...We had several dozen activists from various plants--key plants--that came out and were doing their part. The solidarity there is what the people are thirsty for, and what the union bureaucracy has denied us--real solidarity from the bottom.

Felipe Alou

It was a big crowd, but I don't believe it was a big threat. There were some abusive actions and words, but I understand they were going to upgrade whatever they did (by closing the left-field area). We were told about that . . . and we appreciate it.

It was a complete and utter frustration. It was an act done because we are a new media company, and we need data lines to come in here, and we couldn't get one for a period of six months.

Dick Cheney

It was partly that, it was partly also ... it had to do with -- he is the kind of individual who will make those kinds of charges and then come act as though he's your best friend, and I expressed in no uncertain terms my views of his conduct and walked away,

Don Porter

It was pretty good drama, and maybe a little cheesy. But Dad never worried about being cheesy or being cool. He simply articulated what he thought was right, and then acted on those beliefs.

Craig Biggio

It was one guy who acted like a 12-year-old, who slapped her upside the head. I'm not going to sit here and hold all the Chicago fans accountable for this for one guy who was acting like an idiot.

It was OK. We made some big plays. But they acted a little tired. Maybe they didn't use the three-day weekend. I think, right now, it's push-comes-to-shove-time. So let's get it going. The guys need to make this important, because we're running out of time.

Jeff Anderson

It's wrong, and we are giving him a chance. If he doesn't stop, we'll take action.

David Heyman

It's well done. It's creative. I think it's at the right level to get kids involved. But will it lead to plans, to families being prepared, or the actual steps you need to take if there's a nuclear, biological, chemical or explosive event? Or perhaps even a hurricane? That's undetermined, and it will be determined by the level that parents and schools and communities use the program.

Joe McCarthy

It's very obvious that there's a lot of strong leadership in this facility. Lawsuits occur in jails. They happen. But if you can show the documentation and show that you have taken some action to correct that issue, it says a lot about the facility.

It's very sad. It's very sad, ... At the very beginning I think this is a story about a man (trying to) carry on his life after he broke up with the woman he loves. And he tries to change. He tries to forget the past. He tries to live like a new man. He thinks he's changed entirely, he sees things, he acts differently, but deep down inside him I think he still lingers with the past and that's sad.

It's very family oriented, and the activities outside of the classroom are that way, too.

It's very easy to blame bird migration, because then no one's responsible. Migrating birds may introduce the virus into an area, but it is human activity that spreads it.

It's whether you can raise a claim under civil rights, a civil action, versus the typical way to challenge these things.

Mike Nichols

It's very, very corrupting to the spirit, doing comedy. And you have to be almost a saint, like Jack Benny was, like Steve Martin is, to avoid the corrupting of it, because there's very little work where the actual work and the reward are simultaneous, and comedy is that.

Roger Penske

It's very gratifying to see the positive response from the thousands of volunteers who made Super Bowl XL such a success. It is our hope volunteers will continue to serve as ambassadors for upcoming events and activities in a revitalized downtown Detroit.

It's very important that parents get involved if their children are involved in athletics, band, pep squad or something of that nature. It's very important for the parents to become involved because the fundraising activities and booster club activities are basically the way that most schools pay for those (transportation) expenses.

Jonathan Sacks

It's time for me to go on to Act III, ... Act III is personal growth and getting back to the things I care about.

It's time to act on these common-sense pieces of legislation. They have broad bipartisan support in the Legislature.

Jacques Chirac

it's time take action in a massive way.

Henry A. Kissinger

I want to get into the President's head some idea of what he can do. If military actions are recommended to him for decision, I want him to know what he is doing when he decides.

Sherilyn Fenn

I want to learn to laugh and smile more. My acting has always been about doing things that I can grow from, that say something, or should be heard.

Dakota Fanning

I want to do acting forever. It's so much fun that I don't think of it as work. It's something I really love to do.

Orrin Hatch

I want to expand Waco to look into the Justice Department and its failure to act appropriately in all those instances,

Kelly Preston

I want to do films that my kids and other kids can enjoy that are upbeat and action packed - films that you can share with your family.

Doc Rivers

I want these guys to be great players, I really do, but I also want them to be professional. I don't know if that comes into my job title or not, but I believe it does. So when that stuff happens, you have to take an action that you don't really want to take.

Nicolas Cage

I wanted to see how much I could portray, just with voice-over and just the image I present onscreen. It's a different kind of acting for me . . . It's like silent-film acting and radio acting, at the same time.

I want my first act as the new CEO to be a sincere apology to those who have suffered personal losses, or who have had problems with Firestone tires. We can debate over cause and responsibility, for there is much that is not known. But that does not change the fact that there have been tragic accidents, and for this I am deeply sorry.

Stefanie Scott

I want to be in a musical. I love music, and just to be able to mash the music and the acting together, it would be just incredible.

I want people with disabilities to know that there's another activity that they can participate in.

Ariel Winter

I want to be the kind of actress where, if I'm in the press, I'm in for the right reasons - for my work. To be in the press about family drama is kind of embarrassing.