Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brandon Bass

They were just being them, the same way they've acted ever since I've known them. I think Glen and Tyrus might be the best basketball dancers I know.

I tricked the goalie with my eyes. I acted like I was going to my right and then went to my left.

Richard Butler

It is with great sadness that I take this decision, ... I have always acted with the best interests of the state at heart and, consistent with that, I felt bound to make this decision.

It's very clear from the witnesses that Brian wasn't involved in striking any blows against Norris Gaynor. And, obviously, the concern is for somebody to be charged with an open count of homicide and not to have acted in any way to have caused that homicide, obviously, is troubling to me.

It's not like the board acted on a whim. We need to protect the public interest.

Wayne LaPierre

There was no one too small for Vic to try to help. He really, truly cared about people. That's why he got into politics. He lived it, breathed it and acted it.

There was never any butter in our home. Just margarine. My parents acted like butter was lethal. I don't think I ever saw either one have a piece of butter. I would go over to friends' houses and down sticks of butter.

There's a lot of advantages to working in the private sector. We can move quickly. We don't have to wait for laws to be passed or appropriations to be passed, and this is an opportunity that came on the market and we acted quickly to preserve this piece of property.

The relevant department has acted in straight accordance with law and exercised humanitarianism,

This is highly objectionable. The state government should have acted against these strip bars much earlier.

Jim Palmer

Elrod came out to the mound and said, 'Boy, did we get ourselves in a mess.' He acted like it was his fault, too.

Dustin acted like a veteran quarterback on that. I spun and the ball was right there.

Due to the fact that it was credible, because this is what we would expect if it was our family member, we acted appropriately I think.

European Capital immediately understood the investment thesis and acted quickly to complete the transaction. We are impressed with their flexibility and hard work.

Felix had a history of delusions and violence which was fueled by untreated and very serious mental illness. When the jury understands that he acted consistent with a man who suffered from a psychotic mental illness, then it makes perfect sense ... that he very easily could explode into a murderous rage.

Whittaker Chambers

Communism in our time can no more be considered apart from the crisis clan a fever can be acted upon apart from an infected body.

DoD felt a sense of urgency and acted upon it.

Arlen Specter

Could we have acted sooner to avoid the situation we are in now, in effect running for cover?

We are very pleased the court acted before the deadline. We're just very happy to not let the Oct. 1 deadline go by without doing something.

Mathieu Amalric

Being an actor only came about because Arnaud Desplechin, the guy who did 'Kings and Queen', had this curious idea to think that I could be an actor, but I had never acted before, and I was supposed to direct my own film!

Brandon got wide open and our quarterback acted like he was trying to throw it into the next county. We missed opportunities like that all night. You can't do that against a team like Fayetteville.

We're very grateful that the commission and the president acted so quickly and we hope that this release happens as soon as possible.

Lindy Ruff

Use a different word if you want, but I thought they did. The more they acted like idiots, the more we wanted to play.

This sort of activity hardly looks like a lucky buyer but is textbook insider-buying activity. I'd say somebody ... alerted somebody, who then acted on the information.

Jane Harman

Twelve sick, sadistic kids could not have acted alone,

We're taking the position that the County Commission doesn't have the right or the power to vote on this, not because of any inherent power that they may or may not have, but because the Senate acted illegally to void the election.

Tessa Jowell

We're strong today because we acted so quickly on the contents of last year's IOC report, ... What today's report shows is that we have a bid that can win.

There is no indication that Officer Hammond acted inappropriately. He certainly did what he was supposed to do. He was protecting himself and his fellow officers. It is very fortunate none of them were seriously injured.

There is still a chance for the government to reform, to release political prisoners, to change the cabinet, to arrest those people who acted to excess in Lebanon. That will make it more difficult for the international community to embarrass the regime.

We had a guy who bought a BMW for his wife on a Tuesday. She went out on Friday night, came back at 3 a.m., and acted funny all weekend. He took the car back to BMW and had the seat taken apart and sent to us for testing - and he caught her.

Jeffrey Sachs

The Russian government not only acted corruptly, not only built up a new oligarchy of billionaires out of nothing, basically, but also gave away its most valuable financial assets-its ownership of the huge natural resource sector in Russia.

Mike Harris

It would be a concern if ... somebody received that information and then acted inappropriately. The OPP doesn't appear to have done that.

It was the week Bob Carr resigned. I had a few drinks and let off some steam, and in doing so acted foolishly.