Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sean Bean

I've always admired the way she approaches her work. She seems to underplay things in such a believable way, and she's also a wonderful person, very realistic, down to earth and genuine, and I thought she played the part beautifully,

Brian Giles

I've always admired the way he plays. He'll help us defensively and give us some right-handed power. I'm excited about playing with Mike.

Michael Feldman

I've always admired the kind of guy who moves into a place and restores it. Thanks to my efforts, the guy who moves into mine will have a chance to do just that.

Dolly Parton

I've always admired Sir Elton's songwriting, musicianship and singing and I'm thrilled to be working with him,

Jim Toomey

I've always admired sharks because they have a dimension of intelligence that is somewhat unique to that animal, and especially a great white. A great white has this organ called an ampullae of Lorenzini, and it can actually sense electromagnetic disturbances.

Johann Koss

I've always admired Joey as a skater. But I admire him even more as a person.

Bruce Bochy

I've always admired how Mike has played the game. He's always played it hard. He's always been a leader out there. He plays the game right.

I've always admired his focus and how he does what it takes to get it done. I feel like I've learned a lot from him.

Dan Marino

I've always admired Coach Shula. I thought I'd be drafted a little sooner, but now I'm happy I wasn't and Miami was around to pick me.

Martin Scorsese

I've admired and enjoyed his many musical transformations. For me, there is no other musical artist who weaves his influences so densely to create something so personal and unique.

Mack Brown

I knew him when I was a young coach. I admired him for what he stood for. He taught coaches how to win championships with class and dignity.

Caroline Kennedy

Congressman John Murtha and Alberto Mora exemplify the kind of courage my father admired most. When others were unwilling to do so, each man recognized a moral obligation to speak out against policies he believed were misguided and contrary to our national interest.

Les Paul

Steve used to walk through the room I stayed in to get to the bathroom. One day, he must have been 5 years old, Steve said to me, 'Are you Mr. Paul?' I said yes. He was looking at my guitar and I asked him, 'Do you play guitar?' And he said, 'A little bit.' So I handed him my guitar and he played it and I said, 'Gee, you're good. Someday you'll be doing what I'm doing.' I was his mentor . . . but then I watched him take everything he admired and copied and learned and become Steve Miller. He's a very, very good blues guitarist.

It's an honor to be named the most admired company in the industry for the fourth straight year, and we're particularly proud to have ranked second overall in social responsibility. This is recognition of the talented employees of International Paper and their focus on serving our customers, strengthening our operations, and being responsible citizens in the communities where we live and work around the globe.

Bobby Rahal

I told them (the other drivers) I admired them and appreciated them because they're out racing these cars for people to see, ... These (cars) aren't hangar queens. They (the racers) are very selfless about sharing their love for these cars with everybody here. You could tell from the reception, with cars in the paddock area, that a lot of these fans here are excited to see these cars again.

It's tough to leave public service. I've been doing it for so long. I've admired Bank of America for a long time. It's the only chief security position I would take.

J. R. Moehringer

I'm a big fan of the poet Mary Jo Salter, and although she doesn't need to be discovered at all - she's widely admired and anthologized and extremely accomplished - I wish she were a household name.

I loved the fact that he was a hardworking man, and I saw him all those years to be a great father and a good husband. I had always admired him.

Lee Haney

I'm very blessed in that I had a lot of people who admired what I was able to achieve, and it was newsworthy, and that opens doors.

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.

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.

John Milius

But, I mean, egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.

Joyce Maynard

I lived with a belief that I was a less worthy person for having fallen short of the approval of the man I had admired more than any other I'd known.

Alan Jones

He stood for something they loved. They admired the swagger about him.

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

Derek Lam

It's wonderful to be part of the community of designers who I've always admired so much. To actually be recognized by an organization and a larger community that has the same focus and point of view - I'm really pleased.

Eric Sykes

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

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.

Roger Ebert

As someone who admired the freshness and energy of the earlier films, I was amazed, at the end of 'Episode II,' to realize that I had not heard one line of quotable, memorable dialogue.

I really admired the play. When we had a sudden opportunity, we decided to do it. It doesn't just recount recent history. It raises larger issues that are not in the news. How is power used? How do decisions get made?

The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep

Francis Bacon

All things are admired either because they are new or because they are great