Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nora Volkow

It's a sense of doing something that can improve the quality of life for people, ... Of course I admire (Trotsky), I think he was an incredibly visionary individual.

Joe Gibbs

It was smart on his part, but it still took guts. I kind of admire him for doing that.

It was the most difficult decision I've ever had to make, because I truly like and admire the man.

Mack Brown

It'll be a tremendous challenge for us, but a great opportunity. I've really admired what Pete's been able to do - he's taken a program that was struggling and made it the dominant program in college football. And he's done it with a smile.

It's hard to pinpoint but there is something about the arrangement that makes you stop and admire it.

Mike Fratello

It's been a grueling season for them, and I admire how hard they are still playing.

Eric Sykes

It's a very sad day. I've always admired him. Everything he did had a very evocative ring, of something great.

That's so far from the truth, but man, you've got to admire a freshman who stands up and says that. To be a quarterback, you've got have those qualities. I'm really proud of him.

Chris Leak

That's something I admire about them. They get players you don't hear much about in high school but a bunch of them end up being drafted.

Don Cheadle

It's shocking to see the kind of devastation that occurred there and to know it's still going on. I am working with Timberland -- a company I respect and whose pursuit of social justice I admire -- to inspire others to help bring a halt to these atrocities.

John Adams

That's what they admire most about the horse, his durability.

That's what professional means. You don't settle for mediocrity. I admire that about him. He wants to be the best. And he knows there's work to be done.

John Wooden

That's good, Bill. I admire people who have strong beliefs and stick by them. I really do. We're going to miss you.

John Caudwell

Before I really even understood what the term meant, I wanted to be wealthy. I wanted to be able to drive the beautiful old Rolls-Royces my father admired when I was a child.

Even the people we most admire often feel inadequate.

Ben was such a special guy. He had the utmost respect for people. That was one of the things we thought and admired about him and the love the kids had for him. The kids wanted to it because of the respect for the person. Watching him teach kids was a privilege. He was always energetic, always intense and an unbelievable teacher.

It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.

Joey Barton

It's always nice to be linked with the big boys and always nice to be gazed at from afar and be admired for your football.

The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.

Joel Coen

I always admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact that he managed to beat the system somehow. I think he kind of had it all figured out.

Governor Rell certainly admires the work that Jim Lash has done in Greenwich. His reputation would put him on any kind of list of potential candidates. But any decision is still a ways off. The governor is going to be considering many candidates for the position.

Alain Prost

If I see some guy and maybe he's invented something for example, to put on your bread and made millions of dollars from it, I admire him.

Jhumpa Lahiri

I can't tell you exactly how I found it. It was just a process of writing a lot of stories and reading a lot of stories that I admired and just working and working until the sentences sounded right and I was satisfied with them.

I can only think about a regular family, and a husband whose life was in danger all the time, and there was still a sense of grace about her through all that. You couldn't help but admire her.

He's not a cookie-cutter receiver. He's a little different, and that's one thing I admire about what Pittsburgh has done. They've taken a Randle El and a Hines Ward and have known what to do with those guys. They've been creative.

I compose and he doesn't compose. I cannot admire the composition of his music, only a few songs are good.

Come Early Morning. I really admire someone who's willing to take on the kind of role she's willing to take on.

Carving is a fun thing. People who might admire carving but who have never tried it should really give it a try.

He took risks, a lot of challenges and slowly you'd hear 'Vince Vaughn's in this TV commercial', and 'Vince has got a role in a movie'. It was all from his own luck and pluck and I admire the guy for that.

Ezra Pound

The jargon of these sculptors is beyond me. I do not know precisely why I admire a green granite female, apparently pregnant monster with one eye going around a square corner.

Dennis C. Blair

The leaders who we admire who have been able to bring great change in the past - Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela - they're all inspirational religious leaders and smart tacticians. It would be nice to find the Muslim Gandhi, wouldn't it?

The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of greed.

Among the great names that adorn the roll of Nobel prize-winners in Medicine is that of Otto Meyerhof, my admired teacher and friend, to whose inspiration, guidance and encouragement I owe so very much.