Famous Quotes & Sayings

This is my first time to try something like this, and I admit I was a little nervous. Now that I know I can do this locally and not at a great expense, I really hope it is something my wife and I can continue to do together as we get older.

Kenneth Williams

All I want is an apology. They don't have to go into any specifics of what happened; I just want them to admit what they did was wrong,

Boris Berezovsky

Despite written requests, the defendants have refused to admit that they had received the funds.

a real sense of arrogance. Loyalty and never admitting a mistake matters more than the truth. It has a Nixon feel to me.

Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.

Seth Shostak

As far as I can tell, the only unambiguous consequence of the claimed invasion of Earth by beings from another star system has been a nonstop torrent of TV specials. So if you're one of the many who believe the aliens are here, you really do have to admit this: They're the best houseguests ever.

James Gunn

As for the "torture" of fans waiting for the other shoe(s) to drop, I hope that it is true - that there are readers out there panting to know what is going to happen to Adrian and Frances and Jessica, and who can't wait to find out who the aliens are and why they sent spaceship plans and what they want with humans. I must admit that I am curious, too.

Brett Favre

As bad as I hate to admit it, age is working against me, as it works against everyone, ... But, if you can help it, you can't afford to be slow. Not one step.

As a rule, when I have heard some slight indication of the course of events, I am able to guide myself by the thousands of other similar cases which occur to my memory. In the present instance I am forced to admit that the facts are, to the best of my belief, unique.

George Bernard Shaw

As an old soldier I admit the cowardice : it's as universal as sea sickness, and matters just as little.

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,

Keith Olbermann

Powell finishes his answer, admitting much of the information he had been given about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was-

President Ford was admitted to Eisenhower Medical Centre in Rancho Mirage with pneumonia. He is doing well and resting comfortably.

President Ford was admitted to Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage with pneumonia. He is doing well and resting comfortably.

Mark Richt

Saturday is going to be interesting with South Carolina-Florida and LSU-Alabama playing early in the day, ... Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, I'm sure each team's players will be paying attention to what happens in those games.

Orrin Hatch

Rather than admit that they have indeed imposed such terms, and explain to us why we should not find them objectionable, Microsoft has consistently sought to avoid the existence and implications of the contracts,

Rather ordinary really - I grew up in the UK, was terribly bored at school (and I have to admit rather rebellious, but this was the late sixties!), but got as far as passing A levels..

Richard Flanagan

Rainer Maria Rilke was admittedly not a Dockers tagger, but a sort of European equivalent: a German poet - in many respects, a charlatan masquerading as a genius who turned out to be a genius.

Lupita Nyong'o

Ralph Fiennes was a pivotal influence on me. He asked me, 'So what is it you want to do?' I very shyly, timidly admitted that I wanted to be an actor. He sighed, and he said, 'Lupita, only be an actor if you feel there is nothing else in the world you want to do - only do it if you feel you cannot live without acting.'

Yotam Ottolenghi

Raw fish suppers admittedly require a little planning, not least in the acquisition of the main ingredient.

Lawrence Eagleburger

Probably some of them don't believe it was a mistake, and for those who do ... people don't often like to admit they're wrong. I'm not even sure I'm right when I say it was a mistake.

People tell about two lies a day, or at least that is how many they will admit to.

Phil Bennett

People don't want to admit it, but TCU has sort of looked down at SMU,

People got upset, people got mad. (Jones) does not admit there was any assault or vandalism. He wants to put it behind him.

Often they don't even admit it to their partners. It's the old 'I've got a headache' instead of, 'I don't feel like having sex,'

Admit what we did wrong: I started drinking too many Cokes, eating later.

admitted before Judge Samuel D. Natal that he had a .22-caliber rifle when he and two co-defendants went out at approximately 3 a.m. on July 6 with the intention of 'hijacking a car.'

Mark Calcavecchia

Admit no failings. Think positive. Stay in the present. Keep telling yourself: I'm a great player.

Admit it or not, migrant workers have become an indispensable part of the country's industrial labor force, and it is an irresistible trend to let them enjoy the same rights and treatments as their city peers.

After further investigation, the juvenile admitted that he had made the whole story up.

A critical part of improving the system for drug safety is remembering, admitting and learning from past mistakes.

Successful men usually snatch success from seeming failure. If they know there is such a word as defeat they will not admit it. They may be whipped, but they are not aware of it. That is why they succeed.