Famous Quotes & Sayings

Donald Rumsfeld

Australians and Americans share convictions as strong and independent people. And at this time our two countries could not be closer in our common values and attitudes towards the challenges the free world faces,

Attitudes are a little more complicated than thumbs up or thumbs down. Americans do care about Iraq, but it doesn't have the personal impact that the war in Vietnam had. Secondly, this is a more patriotic time. Even though the public is disillusioned with the war in Iraq, it tends to support the concept of preemptive war at a time when most people feel we're at risk.

Attitude is everything. How you see it is how you treat it. What is our perspective about underage drinking?

Attitude had a lot to do with it. It had to be a person that when you first met them, you were immediately at ease. And it's real important to sense a high level of enthusiasm about we were doing at the airport.

Attitude Adjuster: When you smile at someone, nine times out of 10 the other person will smile back and you've made two people's days brighter and better.

Michael Smith

Bag Borrow or Steal was first-to-market with the concept of borrowing luxury products and is leading a revolution in the way consumers shop for designer goods. Over the past two years we have attracted thousands of members and in turn gained valuable insight into consumer attitudes and desires about borrowing designer goods online. At the same time we focused diligently on building a business that can scale rapidly and support our future plans. Now with market leadership established, a solid organization in place, and a new round of financing, we are well positioned for continued growth and expansion.

That's important for the school. He might not be the greatest athlete, but his attitude and work ethic may help him win games.

That game was decided long before it began. We came out with a very offensive-minded attitude instead of the other way around.

Orrin Hatch

We have a different attitude about this and we believe literally that they should be treated with respect and not be demeaned and we don't have a litmus test on abortion, so there's a real difference, ... have had to go through some pretty scorching stuff.

David Wright

We have a certain swagger to us. We have a lot of confidence. We just have an attitude about us right now that we don't think we're going to lose.

This was exactly what we needed. We needed this revenge and to be able to show that we can pull anything off. It gives us a positive attitude (going into the finals).

This tells a lot about the company's attitude toward safety. They clearly didn't learn much since March 23.

This team works better than other teams we've had in the past as far as improving themselves on the court, and the attitude is always positive. But this team has its own personality, and unfortunately, it's a passive one.

This team is ready to play. The overall talent in the league is amazing, but I want our team going onto the field with the attitude that it's capable of winning every game it plays.

This team doesn't focus on yesterday. There's nothing we can do about being down 2-0. We just have to be ready to win the next three ballgames, and the attitude in here is that's exactly what we're going to do.

This team doesn't focus on yesterday, ... There's nothing we can do about being down 2-0. We just have to be ready to win the next three ballgames, and the attitude in here is that's exactly what we're going to do.

This was a young man who had a very rough time growing up, but he never showed that, never complained. He always had a smile on his face, he liked to laugh and joke. He had no attitude about it at all. He never let people know the struggles he had.

This was a tough day to play, especially with the wind conditions. Today was a good test of attitude and staying focused.

This view is the single most powerful predicator of people's attitudes toward gay rights in general and shows a growing comfort with human diversity in general,

Michael Moore

What really went wrong is that General Motors has had this philosophy from the beginning that what's good for General Motors is good for the country. So, their attitude was, 'We'll build it and you buy it. We'll tell you what to buy. You just buy it.'

We want to create a competitive attitude here. It's going to be competitive just to get into this lineup. The guys who were here last year have that experience now. We're very comfortable with this team.

Jimmy Conrad

I've never had the attitude that I was on the roster. I always felt like I was on the outside looking in.

Malorie Blackman

The worst thing about being the laureate has been the attitude of a tiny minority of adults who haven't liked some of the things I'm supposed to have said and who have used it as an opportunity to be verbally abusive and nasty, but I haven't let it rule my world!

The whole place is buzzing and people are talking about the club again. Stuart has impressed everyone with his attitude and the way he has got the team playing and long may that continue.

The word pessimism was a polemical word - it described an attitude of general despair, which was supposed to color opinions and assessments of facts.

The video shows it in a near-vertical attitude when it impacted the ground. Obviously the thrust of the investigation is to try to figure out how it got into that attitude.

Caitlin Moran

The word 'spinster' tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry.

These are young players who are used to winning and bring a winning attitude to our program.

Sophia Myles

I've spent a lot of time in L.A. and I love it. A lot of Brits can't stand the place, but I like the West Coast attitude and the way people celebrate success.

I've spoken to Shea a few times this winter. His attitude is tremendously upbeat. He has spent a lot of time talking about the things we need to do as a team to get better. The things that he can do to help not only (John Gibbons), but me as an infield instructor with the young guys. Every conversation that we've had, I've hung up the phone and gone, 'All right, Shea is one-year comfortable in the organization. Now he's ready to take more of a controlled leadership.' He's not worried about being relegated to a secondary role. He's excited about what he can do to make us better.

I've never said 'why me?'. That's life. I try to keep a positive attitude. If you start feeling sorry for yourself, that's when it gets bad.

Nigel Lythgoe

I've never heard kids blame other kids to their faces on-stage. I've never heard people give the judges a mouthful and say 'I'm quitting the show.' Everybody has more attitude this season. I've never seen people as willing to (be harsh to) others as this crowd. Before, we've said to them 'You want to win. You want to get rid of other people' and they've said 'No, we all love each other.' Well, not this crowd... Thank God there weren't any sharp instruments.

Kim Clijsters

I've realized a lot more how much I missed tennis, ... That's the whole completely different attitude that I have now. No matter what I do, I'm going for it because it could be over. If I get another wrist injury, if I have anything else, my career could be over very soon. That's why I want to go out there and just enjoy every shot that I can hit.