Famous Quotes & Sayings

fair to say that Tolkien and Lewis influenced each other as writers. I have made this new film because I wanted to tell the whole story of Lewis's life and I feel Lord of the Rings has created a new audience which will appreciate Lewis's work too.

Jim Clyburn

But the longer we live, the more we appreciate what got us where we are. I am glad to see they have restored much of the original woodwork and these columns especially. If you've got this stuff, you ought not hide it.

But looking long term, we must restructure in order to be a viable business. Our flight attendants are highly valued and they have continued to demonstrate a great level of professionalism in front of our customers, and we sincerely appreciate that.

Barack Obama

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

Angelina Jolie

I love great journalism. I appreciate it. I love a good, you know, I love good news stories. I love great books. I love great articles. I appreciate them so much, and they've been part of my education as a woman.

Jason Kidd

When you get older, you begin to appreciate (triple-doubles) more. When you can get a triple-double, that opportunity doesn't come every night. I probably stayed in longer than I should've, but I wanted to stay on the floor and try for it.

Mack Brown

We love Vince and appreciate all the great things he's done for the University of Texas on and off the field. We'll miss him, but want him to do as well in the NFL as he did in college.

Mike Minter

When you go through something like that and you come out of there, you appreciate everything you have at that point, because of the simple fact you had to work. We had to go through some troubled times. But I believe that's when you build character. That's what happened with this team. The core guys who went through that, that's why we're so strong today.

Jeremiah Trotter

When you go through a situation like I was in in Washington, it makes you appreciate a coach who's strict on discipline.

With earnings slowing and interest rates coming down more slowly, the market is likely to appreciate more slowly.

While I appreciate that this bill will grant the police more powers to confiscate computers and so forth, serious criminality on the internet will remain unpunished while international law is neither congruent nor consistently enforced. Those worried about their own security would do well to protect themselves through technology as well as legislation.

Without knowing, they can't appreciate what is being done.

Without his insights, we would fail to appreciate the dangerous potentials of rapid evolution in the avian flu virus.

With such little evidence that many employees understand or appreciate the risk of owning large amounts of company stock, diversification remains an issue in many plans.

Stanley Hauerwas

The idea is that Jesus overcame death through the Resurrection. What that does is fail to appreciate the fact that the resurrected Christ is the crucified Christ. It's not like, 'Oh, that was just a mistake, now it's over.' Jesus continues to suffer from our sins.

We've worked hard over the past year to try to keep these plants open and I appreciate everyone's efforts. However, we've concluded we can operate more efficiently by permanently consolidating operations.

David Martin

We, as consumers, in the United States have begun to appreciate Toyota in a very similar way to that in which we appreciate (the computer company) Apple.

We really didn't want to do anything to change our horse's (off-the-pace) style. We had a lot of respect for those other horses, but I don't think they had a lot of respect for us. I told Buff last year that this horse would be even better this year, and I think he is. We appreciate this horse and the style he has.

Mark Cuban

We wanted to do something outrageous and original for our fans. Tonight's announcement is going to be hard to top, and I know that our fans appreciate this unbelievable generosity from American Airlines.

We wanted to cooperate and work together with other institutions to make sure everything was in place before releasing the schedule. We appreciate our Auburn fans' patience as we worked to complete the 2006 schedule.

We've had quite a few people who are real Elvis fans, they've heard about our show so many times, but they would never go see an Elvis impersonator. They finally get talked into it and they appreciate the way we deliver. They come back. That's the best testimonial.

Manny Lawson

To see my teachers, it's a site for sore eyes. I don't think kids now days understand how to fully appreciate a teacher.

To me, he looks better than ever. I swear, he really does. The ball he throws, it's definitely nice for a receiver. You've got to respect and appreciate a quarterback who knows how to change it up.

Larry Ellison

The Oracle salesperson gets credit for the Sun sale. I think the Oracle salesperson will appreciate the help of the Sun sales force in making quota.

There is something genuine about you that I appreciate and I believe in second chances.

We had a great turnout tonight. I appreciate our fans and I know our players appreciate our fans, as well as Neville. I think it's a great turnout and this is the kind of crowd that you're going to see come district time.

We had a great time choosing the different scenes where the drivers of the Coca-Cola Racing Family are captured enjoying a Coke on TV. Everyone understands the importance of sponsor support to NASCAR. We know that racing fans will enjoy being 'in on the joke' and appreciate that we are helping raise money for good causes.

Barry Bonds

Why do we have to go with that every time? Can we just talk about baseball? Please? Please? Please? Can we just talk baseball? Please? Can we? I appreciate it.

Kyle Whittingham

Thomas and Ryan decided to go in a different direction. We appreciate the contribution they made to the team while they were here and we wish them well.

Mitchell Baker

We are so pleased to be named to Entrepreneur's prestigious and highly regarded Franchise 500. We appreciate being recognized as a strong and growing franchise and look forward to what this ranking will do for our business in the coming year.

We at Oxy truly believe in education and in Midland schools. Many of us are products of Midland schools and we appreciate the opportunities we were given when we were students.

Truly, I appreciate everyone recognizing it, but that's not been on my mind. We need to be as sharp as we can be. We need every win possible. That's been my focus.

David Whyte

To regret fully is to appreciate how high the stakes are in even the average human life; fully experienced, it turns our eyes, attentive and alert, to a future possibly lived better than our past.