Famous Quotes & Sayings

You get so wrapped up in the competitions. The victories, little and big, you don't recognize. Performing in the Olympics was a huge victory for me, and I don't think I've allowed myself to acknowledge it.

Paul Watson

I feel that people should have a license to have children, that they have proper education how to raise children. And that nobody should be allowed to be a parent unless they can prove that they are competent enough to be a parent.

Paul Butcher

When I got a call to do the voice of Johnny in an episode of 'American Dad' titled 'I Can't Stan You,' it was a great opportunity to be a part of a really funny cutting-edge show on television. I really got into the character, and I was able to do some improvisation, which allowed me to mix in part of my personality into the script.

Pattie Boyd

I had never been allowed to go on tour with my husband George Harrison, so had no idea what to expect when I left him to join Eric Clapton on his 1974 U.S. tour.

Malachy McCourt

I had the taste of the alcohol since I was 11. It allowed me to be clever, charming and to behave outrageously. Acting also allowed me not to be me. So I could indulge every fantasy in this paradise of America.

Spalding Gray

Radio allowed me to be a creator, and TV stole that creation from me by literalizing - and to some extent limiting - my vision.

The main thing that allowed this is that for the first time the league didn't schedule any games head-to-head.

The kids did a nice job. It allowed us to spend time away and it forced us to come together as a unit.

Jacques Rogge

The judge is just saying the coach should be allowed to participate. The sports movement has to respect the laws of justice.

The key distinguishing factor between this and what has happened in the past is, it had always been retail surveillance -- the government targeted specific people and the telecom companies received warrants and allowed it. What we're alleging here is wholesale data surveillance.

Shashi Tharoor

The U.N. guards the vital principles entrenched in its charter, notably the sovereign equality of states and the inadmissibility of interference in their internal affairs. It is precisely because the U.N. is the chief guardian of both these sacrosanct principles that it alone is allowed to approve derogations from them.

These are ideas that have been designed to fail; they will fail so the industry can say there's no demand for family programming. If you're going to have family tiers, families ought to be allowed to decide those tiers, not the cable industry.

These are decent people. We're in a situation with Cedric that's tough because of a lot of factors. I think the expectation was that this one would go smoother than the facts have allowed it to go. But we've maintained a professional approach and respect, and that's been important.

These kids are just getting in trouble because the whole community has allowed them to do that.

These hooligans who were inside the police cordon are obviously allowed in by the authorities.

It's been tough, because my body hasn't really allowed me to do the extra stuff to get me to where I want to be, conditioning-wise, ... because you spend more of the regular season just trying to recover for the next week, rather than trying to press forward to get where you need to be.

Mark Billingham

It never ceases to amaze me that readers who are willing to suspend their disbelief when it comes to the motivation of a vicious serial killer get high and mighty because I have put a coffee shop where there isn't one. Er... it's a novel. I made one up. I'm allowed to make stuff up. I'd go as far as to suggest that I make stuff up for a living.

It's America; he's allowed to be or express his opinion anyway he wants to. You don't deserve respect, you have to go out and earn it. And until we do something to earn it then so be it.

Jay Haas

It looked like one of those guys would go crazy and run away with it. When they didn't, that allowed quite a few of us in. I was just the one that made the birdies at the end.

It looked like a problem with our shape. We were out of position and allowed two guys to be in front of our net unmarked.

It seemed like, after we got the lead there, we allowed the game to speed up instead of trying to slow things down. All it takes is one mistake.

This is not only a death, with all the sadness that brings, this is a killing. For that, we not only grieve that Terri has passed, but we grieve that our nation has allowed such an atrocity as this, and we pray that it will never happen again.

Jack Nicklaus

The design business is a blessing, ... because it has allowed me to stay in a game I love. I'm going to be more selective about the projects I take in the future. I want fewer jobs, but I want to be more involved.

The development community is really insisting that they be allowed to put up buildings with unlimited height.