Famous Quotes & Sayings

When I arrived, the bank was knocking at the door, the College was in a crisis, and everyone in the place was afraid for their jobs. It was not a pretty picture. My job was clear: save it, sell it, or shut it down. Clear and obvious, but by no means simple or straightforward. I always say that you should never mistake a clear view for a short distance.

Martie Maguire

We won't as a band, and we probably won't on the stage. But we will feel free to give our opinion in our personal lives. And we've always answered questions when people ask us, so we will not be afraid of that.

She's a leader by example, and she's not afraid to tell people what they need to do as well.

She's not afraid to open her mouth or even tease the coaches. We like that. We want some kids with some personality, and she's really good for the other players. They see that and it gives them confidence. We brought Keri here for what we thought she could bring to the program, and she's doing a great job. She has a history of winning, and that's important.

She's not afraid of anyone. She feels she has something left to prove.

She's never been afraid to shoot. She just fires it up there and luckily, most of the time, it goes in. If she'll miss a couple of shots, she's so used to shooting that that's not going to get her down. If she misses five, the sixth one's going up. No hesitation whatsoever.

Oh yeah. He dominates people -- and he works unbelievably hard. He's a cool and calm guy, but on game days, we're afraid he'll rip our arms off when he's running through the tunnel onto the field. He gets mean.

She certainly has a major impact and she's not afraid to step up for all of us who live out here and have our businesses here.

She came back and she saw the police officer with her baby, asking people about the whereabouts of the mother of the baby. She became afraid due to the fact that she's an illegal immigrant.

Mats Wilander

She definitely hits the ball a lot harder than me, or even than most guys on the men's circuit. She has got unbelievable ground strokes, she is a fighter and not afraid to go for her shots.

She has always been my role model in gymnastics, and every time at practice when she was doing some tumbling or something, I was always afraid she was going to get hurt again. Because of what she went through (an ACL injury, to name one), I think it makes me try extra hard. A lot of what I was doing was for her.

She didn't like to be alone at night. She was afraid of the dark, I don't know why. But one of us would always stay with her every night. We all had our calendars, and we took turns.

She has never been afraid to assert herself in areas whether it was common or uncommon for women to be.

She always struck me as someone who came prepared, that had done her homework, that had passion for young people and was not afraid of hard work. She attended committee meetings. She did her best to try to work with other board members. She and her family sacrificed a tremendous amount of her personal time. In the end, what else can you ask of a board member?

Eleanor Smeal

She gave the most stirring speeches, ... and she was never afraid to ask for money. Once when I was speaking at a rally, she grabbed the mike and told me to be more forceful in my fund-raising pitch. The crowd loved it; I think we raised $90,000 that day.

Geno Auriemma

She felt like during the regular season there were times when she may have had opportunities to take over games and didn't. And now that her career's winding down, in this scenario she wanted the ball in her hands and she wasn't afraid to take big shots.

She does really good out there because she's really aggressive. She's not afraid to get in there and work. She's a good athlete.

She's a good girl. She's a really hard worker. She won't be afraid of going with them on Sunday. She's not afraid of pain.

She's 6 feet 7, and that's a big presence to have in the middle. But we can't back down and can't be afraid because of her height and defensive abilities and offensive abilities. We just have to take it to her. It's a do-or-die situation.

Steve Backley

She knows how much work is ahead and won't be afraid to put the time and effort in.

She just wanted us to be closer. She was afraid something would happen and she wouldn't be able to get to us.

Mark Stone

She needs a mother. I'm afraid I'm not much of a parent. Some people, I guess, weren't made to have kids.

She is afraid they will come and take her away and her baby.

Most of the time, it's very mild, and it might be that they just didn't think about it. Or, maybe they were afraid of being sent to the hospital.

Most people were afraid that we'd start to see some inflation, but I don't think there's much here. The Fed still has its foot on brakes and will keep tapping them at regular intervals, but perhaps not as much as investors had been expecting.

Most people are too scared to ask their medical provider for help. They're afraid that if they ask ... that the next time they have a problem that they won't be able to go back.

Mike played outstanding. He played hard. We played different because we weren't afraid like we were last game.

Mike has played great. One thing we noticed in practice is his competitiveness. He's not afraid to go in and battle for rebounds. He's picked things up quickly.

Tiger Woods

Mom was the one I was always afraid of. Yeah, you have no idea how competitive my mom is. She would watch me compete living every moment, live I mean die on every shot.

This production may alienate some people, ... But I do think we're a bit afraid to question things these days, and get in trouble when we do.

Debbie Gibson

There are those people out there that live to destroy communities. Im just afraid that one happened to get elected here,

There are... things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

I've seen unpublished manuscripts where the writer doesn't know they are making fun of the villain - but they are. If you aren't afraid of your villain, how can your hero be afraid?