Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lou Holtz

I have to admit, I sometimes wonder how much more successful I would have been as a coach had it not been for my spending summers on the golf course. I could have watched more film, that's for sure. One advantage Joe Paterno had over me was that he didn't play golf.

John F. Kennedy

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

John C. Maxwell

One of the roles of the Presidency is to lead a political party. Having a President in office is usually a huge advantage to a party because it gives the party a mouthpiece and an advocate at the highest level.

Bo Diddley

I thank you in advance for the great round of applause I'm about to get.

Bryan Batt

I grew up in a very celebratory town. We celebrate everything, from life to death and everything in between. So a lot of dramatics come into my aesthetic. And I'm an actor, so that adds more to the dramatic - I don't mean over-the-top. The main thing is never to be boring.

Everybody makes money for a living, but most of us actually do something that has a point, in addition to just making money. We examine and treat patients, we teach students, we draw up contracts and wills, we write for newspapers, magazines, and web sites, we clean floors, or we serve meals.

Zig Ziglar

For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 pounds. I say 'by choice' because I have never 'accidentally' eaten anything, so when I choose to eat too much, I have chosen to weigh too much.

Richard Bach

Kindle Singles is publishing on skates. It prints like lightning; our book meets readers in hours. I've spent so many years waiting for publishers to consider whether they wanted to print a book of mine, making contracts, taking months to fit it into the Fall list or the Spring list, fitting it into an advertising plan.

Ray Bradbury

The answer I found is you stay away from the people who make fun of you, and you join these ad hoc groups who understand your craziness.

Robert Green Ingersoll

The literature of many lands is rich with the tributes that gratitude, admiration and love have paid to the great and honored dead. These tributes disclose the character of nations, the ideals of the human race.

Robert Green Ingersoll

The grandest ambition that any man can possibly have is to so live and so improve himself in heart and brain as to be worthy of the love of some splendid woman; and the grandest ambition of any girl is to make herself worthy of the love and adoration of some magnificent man.

Ariel Pink

I don't want any injustice brought against the bullies. Bullies just don't know any better. Anyone who is crying about police brutality or victimization as an adult needs to stop it and realize the privileges we have in this country.

Anthony Minghella

You know you lose a lot of social skills if you're a writer. You spend too long alone. And its forced me to address that.

Anthony Horowitz

I feel very privileged to have reached so many kids because a life without stories, without the power of books, would be a very grey world, it's good to add colour.

Ada Yonath

I was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a poor family that shared a rented four-room apartment with two additional families and their children.

Sandra Pupatello

We have to bring in a bill that is balanced, ... Most people aren't adopted so most people have no concept of the impact it has on people growing up and living their lives not knowing where they come from. It's nothing that we can ever imagine.

We have to be very careful what we do with the Derby. It's like a classic painting. Someone already put the colors on the Derby. That part, we understand. Our job is not to add colors. Our job is to frame it, to make sure that frame is contemporary.

We have to be very aggressive and creative in how we get our movies out theatrically. The main problem we confront is how expensive print advertising is and how do we get around buying big print ads.

We have to be ready for both 3-4 or 4-3. Either way, they've got good talent, (and) their defensive tackles (Pat and Kevin Williams) are outstanding. We spent time (in training camp) on the 3-4 and it shouldn't be a big adjustment for us. Regardless of where they line up inside, we've got to block them.

We have several opportunities that we have yet to take advantage of and with some home games in the near future, we have to take care of business. We've recently played two teams in the Top 25 and it was a challenge, but now we're ready for the future.

(We have) seven strong returning players with much experience and four new additional players to complement them. We must simply do our job and get it done.

We have seven children, two that are biological, they are 18 and 15, we have three adopted, one almost adopted and a foster child and they are all under the age of three.

We have seen people advertise dresses online that they bought at David's Bridal for $700 and they try to resell for $650, claiming it was originally $1,000.

We have seen how someone in their team inevitably contributes when needed. Our tail can learn a great deal from Gillespie. Not only his double century, he was also involved in a big partnership with Adam Gilchrist in the first Test when they were in a corner and Brett Lee also took the game away from us with his batting in the second innings. The bottom line is we all need to work a bit more harder.

Rob Andrew

We have seen Grant play against us first hand in Europe last season, and we believe he will be a solid addition to our front row.

This ship's spirit has emerged out of adversity - forged in a hurricane.

This sham compromise agreement fails to address the primary substantive concern raised by millions of Americans, as well as civil liberties, privacy and business organizations and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and in both chambers.

This settlement does not constitute any admission of guilt for any violations. Swift will continue to pursue its goal of attracting and hiring a diverse work force.

This settlement demonstrates the continuing resolve of the government as a whole to address the problem of yield burning and to ensure the integrity of financial markets, ... The government is pleased that it was able to reach this settlement without causing issuers or holders of municipal bonds to suffer adverse tax consequences.

This senior class really turned the corner athletically and academically. They're a symbol for every child in Camden to follow. They've had a lot of adversity to live through -- including three head coaches -- but they were committed to athletics and academics.

This sends a clear signal to persistent beggars that we will maintain a tough line against drug and alcohol addiction that is often funded through town centre begging.

John Thain

This will mark the beginning of a new era for the exchange and America 's financial markets. As a for-profit, publicly held company, the NYSE Group will be better positioned to grow, create value and compete globally. We will provide customers with more choice in trading, an advanced technology platform, a broader product mix, and listing opportunities among a wider group of companies.

This will give our delegates lengthy one?on?one time with our federal lawmakers. To have that additional time is wonderful.