Famous Quotes & Sayings

I was brought up in black neighborhoods in South Baltimore. And we really felt like we were very black. We acted black and we spoke black. When I was a kid growing up, where I came from, it was hip to be black. To be white was kind of square.

I think he?s always acted like a Hall of Fame coach.

Mark Grace

I think he acted like an idiot. I would have liked to see him do that against Bob Gibson or Don Drysdale or Rick Sutcliffe. They would have had to surgically remove that ball from his ear hole.

Scott Thompson

It hasn't been acted on by City Council yet, but everything has indicated it will have a positive outcome. We're helping the city, and the city's helping us out.

Manufacturers are not fools, and they looked out over the economy and saw that economic activity had slowed dramatically, ... Not wanting to carry inventories, they slashed production and workers. They acted correctly, but the downward spiral has been set in motion.

Dave Lewis

I think we acted on the best information that we had,

I think we acted in a proper way.

Phill Kline

Law enforcement was fully justified and acted in an efficient, professional and swift manner.

Larry Brown

I was just trying to point out to him, you get a standing ovation and pump your chest and Allen's got 25,000 points and he acted like (it was) no big deal.

The referee has evaluated the risk to the players and has acted correctly.

The reef acted as the foundation of Hawaiian life in ancient times, and continues to be an important part of our modern lifestyle. If the reef is to remain a viable ecosystem, it must be respected and nurtured. Today it needs our care.

Worship is more for effect, a play acted with the pit in view; there is no sincerity.

Scott McNealy

Today's important decision confirms what almost everybody in the world knows - Microsoft is a monopoly that has acted illegally. The Justice Department and the states deserve immense credit for putting together a case that so clearly showed Microsoft's true colors.

You know, we just acted like we didn't know anything. He asked for help and we helped.

We got together. I called him down ... to sit with the guys and talk to him. They basically explained how some of the things he did and the ways that he acted affected their lives. That kind of opened his eyes to how big this family is and what they go through when he has a bad day.

We came to a big meet and acted like we deserved to be here. We were put into some real good heats, and all of a sudden, we were in the fast races with some really good teams with really good traditions of track and field. Just to compete and hold our own was great.

We know that the bus driver acted very quickly to get the students off the bus and make sure that they weren't on the road and in harm's way.

Byron Scott

We came out in the third quarter and acted like we were walking in the park. Then as the game gets tight, we try to turn that light switch back on. Very rarely in this league are you going to be able to do that.

We came out early and scored some runs. But we didn't get totally focused until the fourth inning. For a little while, we acted like we were satisfied with just two runs. We started picking better pitches to swing at. We got better hits and, consequently, we got more runs.

We were strong and solid and steady. We acted as a good team today. Every boy we had swimming individually in a race got through (to state). That's a first for us.

We do not have a reasonable basis for establishing a liability reserve. Our story stays the same from case to case. ... The company acted in the interest of patient safety.

Joe Simon

Which editor? I can't think of one editor I worked with as an editor. The various companies did have editors but we always acted as our own editor, so the question has no answer.

Joseph Cirincione

We exaggerated the threat. We worst-cased it and then acted as if that worst case was the most likely case.

Alec Reid

I would lay my life on the line that the IRA has acted in good faith, and has fully disarmed,

Steve Erickson

Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts act themselves senseless in 'August: Osage County,' and by the time they're finished, they've acted their movie senseless, too.

Merck acted responsibly, from researching Vioxx prior to approval in studies with almost 10,000 patients, to monitoring the medicine while it was on the market, to voluntarily withdrawing the medicine when it did. We based our decisions on the data from well controlled clinical trials.

Gary Sinise

Mice And Men was only the third movie I had acted in and since then I've done more television and bigger, more demanding roles.

Larry Brown

We just acted like we wanted to get home. We have games like this. We've had a lot of them. You really break the film down and show the last game, just five, six minutes. You can pull out any film; they're all the same - letting (teams) take the easy basket, not getting back on defense, not keeping people in front of you.

The actions of Merck and its people have been unjustly portrayed. We acted responsibly every step of the way.

The actions of Merck and its people have been unjustly portrayed, ... We acted responsibly every step of the way.

The Army has gone to great extent in travel, interviews, documentation and concern to make sure that each and every allegation was thoroughly reviewed, thoroughly examined and, when appropriate, acted upon either through non-judicial or judicial punishment.

Robert Green Ingersoll

In order to appreciate a great man, we must know his surroundings. We must understand the scope of the drama in which he played - the part he acted - and we must also know his audience.

Noam Chomsky

Clinton himself acted in ways which increased the threat of terror.