Famous Quotes & Sayings

Graeme Souness

There was no dispute about Alan Shearer's goals today and I'm delighted for him.

Shay Given

There will be a big gap and it seems strange to think he will never play again. I have found it emotional so I don't know how he will be feeling. There is life after Alan Shearer but it will be difficult to fill the void.

Graeme Souness

There were a couple of fine goals from Michael Owen and Alan Shearer gets one as well - but there are no surprises there,

It was a lot work and time for us, but it's worth it. I learned an awful lot about music by working with Alan. When I played piano, I played a note at a time. It's nothing like what Alan does.

Bringing Michael to St. James' Park will rank alongside the signing of Alan Shearer as my proudest moment at Newcastle United.

Elliott Abrams

Even today, when the Obama administration has liberalized travel to Cuba - and failed to reverse that liberalization when Alan Gross was imprisoned - there are limits.

Jeff Lemire

Sometimes, if you have a lot of history with a character and a lot of affection, it's hard for you to do anything with that character. Like with Swamp Thing, for instance, I revere the Alan Moore run so much that it would be hard for me to do my own Swamp Thing. I care too much about the way it was done before.

Joe Eszterhas

Actually, I didn't know that. I like to name my characters after baseball players. Alan Trammell of the Tigers is one of my favorites.

Chris Martin

Somewhere in the world Alan McGee is having a heart attack. He said we'd never make it.

Graham Moore

Telling Alan Turing's story in a two-hour film was a tremendous challenge. It felt in some small way like our filmmaking version of breaking the enigma code.

Graeme Souness

It would be nice if Alan was to get the record. I hope he scores the winner.

The secret to Greenspan's success remains a secret. When the next leader of the Fed takes his seat behind the chairman's desk and opens the top drawer in search of Alan Greenspan's magic formula, he will be sorely disappointed.

As long as Alan Greenspan's not frowning, I'm not too worried.

Glenn Roeder

Alan won't want sympathy. He'll shake himself down, shrug his shoulders and get on with it.

Alan will work hand in hand with the new chief executive and they, with assistance from the other directors, will drive the game on in Scotland.

Rio Ferdinand

Alan will tell you he is not silly enough to think that it's going to happen overnight,

John Hull

Alan White and I spent the next two or three years working together on this. We developed what is known a stochastic volatility model. This is a model where the volatility as well as the underlying asset price moves around in an unpredictable way.

Alan White and I have not as yet written anything on VAR but we have done a number of consulting projects in this area and expect to do more.

Alan Whicker may be the last Briton to have worn a silver-buttoned blazer with complete confidence.

Alan Webb is a major international force as a mile and 1,500-meter runner. As we bring back the Fifth Avenue Mile to its old glory, I can't imagine a better athlete to lead the way.

Alan was one of the first writers of our generation, of great courage and literary skill.

Michael Owen

Alan was a great help throughout and instrumental in my decision,

Alan was a great football player, but he would never have been elected to the Minnesota Supreme Court if he also wasn't a great lawyer.

Alan Smith was given an opportunity to play for England and chose to play elsewhere. It's probably not the cleverest thing he's done.

Alan signed for us early in the season, but hasn't been able to play for the past couple of months because of work commitments. He's available now, however, and too good a player for us not to make use of.

John Sununu

Alan Shepard lead a distinguished career in the U.S. Navy and at NASA, and naming a ship after him will be a fitting tribute to one of our nation's greatest pilots and astronauts.

Alan Shearer is a true professional and is the epitome of all that is good about this terrific game. His loyalty, commitment and total dedication over the years has provided, and continues to provide, football supporters with superb entertainment.

Alan played very well in our first game. He was all over the field and he was the best defensive player on the field.

Erwin Chemerinsky

Alan Park saw the figure go into the house in dark clothes. Simpson came out to the limo with different clothes. And now he has to answer the question that's never been answered -- where are the dark clothes?

Erwin Chemerinsky

Alan Park saw the figure go into the house in dark clothes, ... Simpson came out to the limo with different clothes. And now he has to answer the question that's never been answered -- where are the dark clothes?

Stephen Tobolowsky

Alan Parker on Mississippi Burning came up to me and said he had heard I was interested in directing. He offered for me to follow him around and see how it's done. At the time I had no idea how amazingly special his offer was, and how much he would share. I will always be in his debt.

Alan Moran broke the ice. Those were two big baskets for us right there.

Susanna Clarke

Alan Moore is a peculiarly unsung triumph of British culture, and Northampton, where he was born in 1953, the son of brewery worker Ernest and printer Sylvia, is where you must go to find him.