Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nate Robinson

I'm pretty far along, but I still got a long way to go. Coach says I have to take it in steps and it's something I'm learning to do every day, just come in and pay attention more and more to details, the little things I can do to make myself better.

I'm probably part of the problem. It's too much attention on these kids who may not even be that great.

Michael Bush

I'm just real sore, ... I wasn't paying attention to how many carries I have. I'm glad they put it on my shoulders to do what I did.

Steve Alford

I'm flattered with the interest and the recognition of the outstanding season we had this year. With that success, comes attention and speculation I cannot control. I have not scheduled any interviews with any other institutions.

Giacinto Facchetti

I followed the match on TV and I'm happy for our boys. The youth sector is giving us good results which take on more importance considering that UEFA is encouraging the development of young talents. Over the last ten years Inter has redoubled its and the public's attention to the youth sector, who we congratulate.

Diane Arbus

If I were just curious, it would be very hard to say to someone, ''I want to come to your house and have you talk to me and tell me the story of your life.'' I mean people are going to say, ''You're crazy.'' Plus they're going to keep mighty guarded. But the camera is a kind of license. A lot of people, they want to be paid that much attention and that's a reasonable kind of attention to be paid.

I had to give give it up. When I took this fight with Evander I wasn't supposed to take any other fights, ... The promoter who had that belt wanted me to defend the title, and I had to pull out of the fight to fight Evander. These titles like that, nobody really recognizes them and nobody really pays attention to them.

I never knew any painter worthy of the name who paid the smallest attention to what a critic says, even in conversation.

Rebecca MacKinnon

The Chinese government clearly does pay attention to public opinion expressed on the Internet - the extent to which they choose to adapt their practices based on it, or ignore it, seems to vary.

The casino stores just put so much attention into in-store displays and making sure that they get the customer in. We come to Vegas when we need to get some new ideas.

The challenge is trying to contain Carter, but the thing about their team, he's great at getting other people involved. When you focus too much of your attention on him, he can hurt you with the passing game.

The film commission is all about bringing outside revenues and outside attention to the Buffalo and Niagara region. When Fox Searchlight called, we were ready to help them find locations and marshal the troops.

Jimmie Johnson

The communication that we have is amazing. We know each other better than I expected. He has obviously been paying close attention to what Chad has been doing and it is showing at the track.

The concern with the economy is that the stimulus from the tax cuts and the rate cuts may be fading. People will pay more attention to the recent economic data. Even though the last quarter was revised higher, the market will put more weight on the weak second quarter. This will impact the equity market negatively.

Miles Davis

If you're not nervous then you're not paying attention.

James Richardson

Any virtue systematically applied becomes a vice. Morality is attention, not system.

James Gunn

Цhat is my intention being a filmmaker? To make as much money as possible, or get as much attention as possible? It's not really either of those things. Now I can tell the stories that I want to tell.

The evaluation is a combination of economics, supply and market issues, availability of crude oil, transportation and the (potential) return on investment. We are giving careful attention to plans to expand.

The Europeans are already well-structured with diesel and smaller vehicles, whereas the Big Three had to quickly be forced to spend a little more attention on the passenger car market.

The entertainment industry and other corporate partners have been phenomenally supportive of the New Orleans Habitat Musicians' Village. This challenge grant from Dave Matthews Band will focus attention on these positive rebuilding efforts while letting everyone know there is still a lot of work to do.

Cory Doctorow

The EU and the world are experiencing a revolution in creativity thanks to the Internet, ... An entire generation of remixers, talented amateurs, and Creative Commons enthusiasts have created works that do not require DRM to thrive. NAVSHP should produce recommendations for systems that embrace unrestricted distribution methods in support of these new Internet-native business models. These European creators deserve every bit as much attention from the EU as do American film studios and other incumbents.

Mathias Kiwanuka

The guys who left BC and went in the draft, they all say the same thing: You'll never have any idea until your name is called or until you get that phone call. Some guys told me they wound up getting the phone call and then the team wound up doing something else. I'm not going to pay attention to any of it. Once my name is called, then I'll know.

Mark Fox

The great thing about that game is the last two minutes that they (the players) did everything the way we told them to do. We showed great attention to detail in the last 90 seconds of that game. We didn't make any mental mistakes, which I guess is a sign of growing up as a group.

The importance of sport has grown in our society, especially in attention from the media and corporate advertisers,

The importance of media attention from an awareness and educational standpoint has been a very good thing. It alerts users to what may have happened and the destruction that could have occurred.

Lawrence Summers

The IMF needs to focus its attention to countries' vulnerability

A lot of media attention is paid to how much Christmas shopping is done online. The effect is to call attention to those sites doing the largest dollar amounts of those sales. That becomes a motivating force for the entrepreneurial criminal.

Christina Applegate

A lot of women, like my mother, never got into another relationship. She knew I didn't want it; it would take attention away from me.

Arlen Specter

A good part of what I'm talking about as chaotic is not the White House, ... What I'm referring to are all of the forces which are at work out here commanding media attention and commanding public attention.

A general lack of transparency about government spending and a reluctance by the public service to call attention to irregularities because of the increased concentration of political power in the prime minister's office are weaknesses in the present-day system of Canadian government.

You will attract attention wearing pink, so be prepared. Shine your shoes and fix your hair on 'pink' days.

You work so hard to try and build this program up and the kids have worked so hard, you want to play well, you want the national media to see you play well whether you won or you lost. At the same time you know you're getting all this attention and you just hope you play well enough that you don't disappoint people.

You will hear conflicting reports coming out of (Yugoslavia), all of it designed to get American attention away from the ethnic cleansing.