Famous Quotes & Sayings

A CT scan revealed serious damage to the prime minister's digestive system and he has been admitted to surgery.

LaVar Arrington

The more I'm studying film, the better I'm getting, the faster I'm getting. As much as I would hate to admit that, I'm kind of seeing the differences. I'm realizing you get to a point of health, but then there's a point where you start getting back to who you are.

The teacher involved did admit to being intoxicated in front of students.

Peter Phillips

The suggestion that there is an unwillingness to admit to the jurisdiction of the contractor-general, contrary to law, is not supported by the facts. While it may well be the case that there is need for us to review what falls within or does not fall within the ambit, I would not like the impression to be conveyed that somehow the NLA was resisting the requirements of law.

Ricky Ponting

The thing about our batsmen right now is it's not as if anyone is going through a lean trot. Guys are getting 20 and 30 and 40 and getting out, which is fairly unusual for our players, ... To win Test matches you have to have those big scores made. You have to make hundreds in Test cricket, that's what it's all about. They're just not doing that right now. There's no doubt we'll sit down and talk about some of the individuals, but I must admit I'd be surprised if any changes were made.

Kwame Brown

The thing is, the whole thing stems from Gilbert telling them not to put me in the game. I didn't come to practice because I was going to be a distraction. I was going to slap ... him. I'll admit it, what I did was wrong -- not showing up was wrong -- but I ain't saying what I would've done if I showed up would've been right. Being that I didn't show up I didn't put my hands on nobody. How a teammate, a supposed friend, would go to a coach and tell him don't put me in a game, I would've done something seriously wrong to him.

Russ Feingold

I voted for Michael Brown and I think I made a mistake, ... Ever heard the president admit he made a mistake?

I wanted to be on the podium. That's what I was going for and I missed it. This has happened a few times in the past. I've been fourth at a world championships. It's a hard place to be, I'll admit it. I'll live.

Tell them that when someone leaves a PDA in a cab, the company might go out of business. Look, Dude, we might go out of business because the company has to admit that it lost customer data or corporate lists.

Amy Walter

It would be a big distraction because then you admit there is something wrong that goes beyond Tom DeLay.

It would be nice if Cohen would admit that, like Bush, he chose poorly, with disastrous consequences.

It would be best for one to admit to this wrongdoing. To give some semblance of closure to the family who has been stricken with this tragedy.

It was a lie, I've already admitted that. It was a terrible mistake. I had no intention to mislead this court.

The six most important words: I admit I made a mistake The five most important words: You did a good job The four most important words: What is YOUR opinion? The three most important words: If you please The two most important words: Thank You The one most important word: We The least important word: I.

Doc Watson

The bottom line is a man's got to have a vocation of some kind. But performing in concert has its own rewards, though I have to admit that up until a few years ago I was very nervous being up there. I finally learned to be who I am and relax. When you do that, it's just like being down there with the audience.

The bottom line is when you're caught admitting a crime on tape, there are no explanations that can get you out of it,

To admit there is no god is to provide free license to pillage and rape with clear conscience.

David Whyte

To admit regret is to understand that we are fallible - that there are powers beyond us. To admit regret is to lose control not only of a difficult past but of the very story we tell about our present. To admit sincere and abiding regret is one of our greatest but unspoken contemporary sins.

We find ourselves in situations where we are imposing minimums. Yes, I admit it, it's minimums. Can staff on its own impose a higher standard? No, we cannot do that.

They are admitting they have very cloudy visibility on the very critical holiday season. What might be more significant to investors is that even though they had an admittedly superb second quarter, where are we going from here?

They admitted to making a huge mistake and they said they'd pay the money back, ... They showed some remorse. It's just a sad deal all the way around.

To get through the first eight holes in 3-under as I did was really good, but I must admit I am happy in the wind.

Ken Goldberg

To have nature directly admitted into the San Francisco Opera House is pretty risky because of its unpredictability. As far as we know, nothing like this has ever been done.

To have it come this late is really challenging. We've been through half the admitted class already, and now we have to stop everything and review those students who were affected.

William Goldman

What are we going to do about Billy? That was the phrase that haunted me those first ten years. I pretended not to care, but secretly I was petrified. Everyone and everything was passing me by. I had no real friends, no single person who shared an equal interest in all games. I seemed busy, busy, busy, but I suppose, if pressed, I might have admitted that, for all my frenzy, I was very much alone.

We just got outplayed. I can admit that. They wanted it more than we did. We have to fix that before next week.

Bob Menendez

There's no question that the president's policies have failed miserably -- by firing his economic team, he was forced to admit this to the entire country, ... The president must change his misguided economic policy now and focus on the economic insecurity of American families.

There's no hesitation for him to admit that what he did was wrong. He's sorry, very sorry for what he did to this young lady. His behavior was outrageous and he's embarrassed and humiliated by the way he acted.

I signed here last summer to come here and (want) to stay as long as I can. I love it here, and I don't want to move. I'm not afraid to admit that.

I've been saying for a long time that single-family construction would slow and now it's happening because of higher interest rates. Plus, there are so many homes for sale now and many of those are vacant. So why would you build when you can find a cheap used home? But I will admit it sustained itself longer that I would have thought.

Jason Robinson

I've been in more fights than I'm proud to admit in this room. ...How many relationships have I destroyed because of my anger for somebody else?

Alexei Yashin

The puck went in, and the referee admitted that he had blown the whistle before the puck went in and apologized. It was a really tough break. It would have been great to have the tie at that point, and take our chances in overtime.

Ned Colletti

We felt we needed pitchers who could throw strikes. The two players we sent out were not throwing strikes. Carter admitted he's never had a stretch like this where he couldn't throw strikes.