Famous Quotes & Sayings

By not admitting a flaw, Bridgestone will probably try to avoid paying for any of the recall unless the government forces it to.

Steve Kroft

But you have to admit this is a little unusual. I'm still trying to get my mind around it. This is not a traditional family in any stretch of the imagination.

Sam Shepard

Honesty and courage. Also, neither of them can sing a lick. She'll be the first to admit she can't carry a melody line.

Mary McDonnell

He's very intuitive about human behavior, combined with a wonderful understanding of the scientific/fantasy perception - an understanding of what we can perceive beyond what we admit to. But he doesn't depart from the human being. That means you get to use everything you are and more as an actor.

He's trying to create an impression that he did a lot better than he would have is his clients had come into the class. If that were true, we would admit it.

The longer the Fed drags this out without cutting rates, the more they're admitting they don't have much firepower at all. They're sitting on their hands, hoping for the best.

The Jewish Anti-Defamation League is unhappy with what's contained in 'Memory and Reconciliation,' because they believe it still fails to admit the church's corporate responsibility for any complicity in the Holocaust. It lays the blame on flawed humans -- although the document uses the term 'generations' to imply this wasn't simply a few bad apples -- rather than admitting any flaws on the part of the church itself.

The diocese is never going to admit they were wrong or apologize for it.

Paula Abdul

an admitted liar and opportunist who engages in unlawful activities.

All the department stores we talked to admit quite clearly it's an unprecedented environment, and they have no direct comparison in being able to plan. It makes their job very, very difficult.

All the guys treat her like one of them and they're not afraid to admit that she is better than some of them.

And I'd rush back to the house and sit down at the computer and knock out a first draft of a Roy chapter and just collapse in those evenings, because it was -- I hate to admit it -- opening up some shadow side of myself and immersing myself there for that moment,

The evidence of marked improvement in the manufacturing sector further guarantees there will be no interest rate cut this Thursday. Indeed, we admit it is looking increasingly questionable whether interest rates will be trimmed further.

Karen Finney

The ethical cloud over the White House is growing. President Bush should have no hesitation about returning the more than $100,000 directly raised for his re-election campaign by an admitted felon.

The children, who had succumbed to the disease are usually admitted under stressful condition, with neurological signs, while those who come early for treatment can survive.

Stephen Collins

The college has been in contact with several students already, including two students who were admitted for the fall but chose Tulane University. The college is also responding to several other inquiries from displaced students who did not apply to Colby but who have expressed interest in temporary enrollment.

The coalition is divided over everything and must admit it is not longer fit to govern.

Seth Godin

The first step to getting good is admitting that you aren't (yet).

Michael Morpurgo

Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.

Ray Brown

The guy wears an unbelievable bull's-eye on his chest for the players in a sense he's always gonna say it's his fault. And I'll tell you, it's not always the case. Players make mistakes, whether we want to admit it or not.

Martin Campbell

The great thing about it is that he makes mistakes and screws up. Bond finds violence hard to take, he won't admit to that. He has to do two killings, one is very messy. He falls in love with a girl, genuinely falls in love.

The important thing is that the University admitted it was wrong and fixed the problem immediately.

The idea of training the brain gives us hope. I think many of us are overly frightened of getting old, or even refuse to admit it.

Although Edgeworth in the preface justifies much of the work, he must admit that a sizable portion of it is already obsolete. There is scarcely any value in the essays on money, and also in the part about the work on catallactics.

James Boswell

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

You would be amazed at how many people come in here with a complaint and when we ask them, is your race a factor, at first they don't want to admit that. They will try all kinds of other answers out first.

And no one bats 1,000. Even Warren Buffett is right only 70 percent of the time. Mistakes are just part of the process. You just have to admit your mistakes -- and perhaps set stop-loss orders.

All we can do is apologize, ... I think we have to just admit we've not done enough and we started way too late.

All women's dresses are merely variations on the eternal struggle between the admitted desire to dress and the unadmitted desire to undress.

The key is admitting students who are qualified to be in that school.

William Hazlitt

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of; the last he does not concern himself about.

Joe Sakic

These guys got great goals tonight. I gotta admit to you it was a fun game to play tonight.

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.