Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bat for Lashes

Mum says that, since I was a tiny baby, I've had the most strong-willed and stubborn personality known to man. Although that was a real pain for her, she admired my resolve.

John Podhoretz

Conservatives have long been suspicious that Romney isn't truly one of them. The release of his tax returns should settle the matter once and for all: He's not only to be accepted, but admired and emulated - and by liberals as well as conservatives.

Bill Clinton

I've always liked him. I've always admired him. I mean, he gave his life to public service. He comes from a family who did. His father was a distinguished senator from Connecticut,

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.

Eric Sykes

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

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.

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.

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.

Reviewers try to square the antics of a writer's life with the antics in the fiction. Even satirical verbal play is too often read and admired as autobiographical expression. And thanks to the democratic exposures of the web, it's easier than ever to document private experiences and divulge the most intimate secrets.

Samson was a total winner. He was very masculine, very aloof. Particularly girls admired him. In fact, he was the centerfold in the alumni magazine. It was nice when I was there that it was possible.

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.

He's a pretty personable guy. I always admired what he did. Vanderbilt doesn't always have the best talent. I thought he did more with less a whole lot.

Billy Donovan

He's always working very hard and is extremely visible. One thing I've always admired about him is that at 70, he still loves it. It's very impressive.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

Alan Jones

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

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.

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