Famous Quotes & Sayings

We're going to win on the defense side, because unlike the poor people who were afraid to go to trial, afraid of consequences for family, fortunes or anything else, we're here to stay.

Danny Granger

We don't want to say we are afraid to play anybody. But the fact is, Detroit's a better team than New Jersey. We'll take New Jersey any day over Detroit.

Avery Johnson

You got to be able to go to guys one through 12. We're not afraid to go to D.A. (Darrell Armstrong). We're not afraid to go to D.J. It's a good positive.

I was too ashamed and afraid to confide in friends, and wanted to convince others and myself that my marriage was a success. I lost myself in my writing. Finding ways for my characters to overcome their problems and make their relationships work helped plaster over the wound caused by my inability to make things right at home.

Marian Wright Edelman

My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.

Steve Wynn

The guy keeps making speeches about redistribution and maybe we ought to do something to businesses that don't invest, their holding too much money. We haven't heard that kind of talk except from pure socialists. Everybody's afraid of the government and there's no need soft peddling it, it's the truth. It is the truth.

Steve Wynn

I believe in Las Vegas. I think its best days are ahead of it. But I'm afraid to do anything in the current political environment in the United States.

Russell Crowe

The Americans love Aussies, but they're actually quite afraid of us at the same time because they think we're insane. Then they see our sports - league, union, and AFL - and that makes them even more worried.

To me, it's interesting that they won't release it. What are they afraid of?

Charlie Puth

What's cool about the beatboxing is I was so afraid to sing in front of my peers, my parents, anybody. I just wouldn't do it. So in sixth grade, I would turn to beatboxing because it made me feel better. Like, I can beatbox 'Drop It Like It's Hot.' Doing that a bunch of times eventually gave me the confidence to sing in front of people.

What our people are hearing in the shelters is that folks are afraid to sleep because they're afraid a picture of their loved ones will be posted on the shelter's bulletin board and they don't want to miss it,

James Wolfensohn

What is happening outside is that people are scared -- they are afraid they may lose their jobs, ... These are legitimate fears, but the trend toward globalization is irreversible.

We cannot deal with things that we're afraid to talk about, ... We actually have to begin to take on the links that we know of between incest and alcohol and drug abuse. This is huge.

Colin Powell

We cannot be shocked into impotence because we're afraid of the difficult choices that are ahead of us,

We knew it was going to be a battle and everyone knows what is on the line. We were able to get started and feed off of the emotion. Curtis is never afraid of the magnitude of the moment. He stepped up and hit foul shots and Kyle Ruby's 3-pointer from the corner was big. Things kind of went our way after the first quarter.

To join that elite group you have to be an all-around player, and Stephanie's stats bear that out. You also have to have that scoring mentality and not be afraid to shoot. The great scorers don't stop shooting. They might miss a few in a row, but they always believe they'll make the next one.

Kevin Sorbo

You have to persevere. You have to do it. I have insecurities. But whatever I'm insecure about I don't dissect it, but I'll go after it and say, ''What am I afraid of?'' I bet the average successful person can tell you they've failed so much more than they've had success. I've had far more failures than I've had successes. With every commercial I've gotten, there were 200 I didn't get. You have to go after what you're afraid of.

Roy Oswalt

With him, you can make a pretty good pitch away or make a pretty good pitch in and he'll hit it out to either left or right field. You've got to respect that he can hit the ball out of the park, but you can't be afraid of him, for sure.

You have to be at least aware of, if not afraid of, all the pieces. All year, our strength has been the number of people who can get the job done.

You have to be a lot more cautious going for a pin when you're behind, because if it doesn't work out you're in a lot of trouble. You're not as afraid to do it when you're ahead by points.

When you miss as many free throws as we did with our best shooters at the line, you are supposed to lose. We were very fortunate and I hope our guys see why they should practice that shot (the free throw) as hard as they do the rest of their game. I'm afraid they don't do that.

We wanted to challenge every shot and be aggressive. That was our game plan. Be aggressive and don't be afraid to go out and make a play.

Tony, especially for a junior, has shown tremendous leadership all season long. He's not afraid to take the big shot, and I am perfectly comfortable with him pulling the trigger.

We all know he's (Noonan) the player you have to stop and Kyle stepped up to the challenge. He was in his face all night and wasn't afraid to throw his body in front of him whenever he could. I thought he should have drawn a third charge on him but the officials called it a block.

William Hazlitt

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than the Public. It is the greatest of cowards, for it is afraid of itself.

These all are attempts to protect the weak party against other political powers. They are afraid of the Brothers and they are afraid of all potential political power. They are so weak that they put all other political powers under siege.

Sasha Cohen

I've stopped trying to be perfect. When I train, I'm not afraid to make a mistake. I train harder and make more mistakes, but I feel more prepared. I'm not holding back and becoming a better athlete.

Derek Theler

I've said this a lot - I'm afraid to have girls! I've worked with kids before, and I just relate to boys better. I like their competitiveness and aggression: that's more my style. I'm still dead set on doing whatever I can to make sure I only have boys!

It was two different teams. (Friday) night I felt we came out ready to play, and that was a big game for us. One thing I was afraid of was having a physical and emotional letdown, and I felt that definitely happened today. The feeling in the locker room before the game was mellow, and there wasn't much talk about basketball. Rice Lake came out and got after us. That's what good teams do.

It was almost like we were afraid to go after the first pitch because you don't want to make the first out on the first pitch. He forced us to hit his pitches, and we didn't have a very good day.

These wolves are completely terrified of us. They need to be. If they have even a chance at survival in the wild they need to be afraid of humans.

Jesper Parnevik

I shot 65 in the first round. When you're not playing well, you're almost afraid of going to the first tee. Even if you shoot 65, you know tomorrow it could be any score. Now I have the confidence back that I'm going to play well every day.

Steve Forbes

Is he afraid that the American people will find out what he really stands for, or that he has no vision at all?