Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's the stuff that advocates have been complaining about since the inception of No Child Left Behind. I think it speaks to the attitude of administrators in Utah. It's always about their reputation, and it's not about our children. Hopefully this audit will help them to re-examine their motives and look at the education of low-income and ethnic minority children.

David Cooper

It's not that they lack the skills for driving. It's just their attitude behind the wheel. That's what gets them in a lot of trouble. They don't always understand that while driving, their entire focus needs to be on the driving task.

It's the community that helps form our moral compass. It's those attitudes that I've remembered through my entire lifetime.

Pat Riley

It's that kind of attitude when we talk about getting better. How do we get better? We get better in the mind. We have a veteran team, they know how to do it. We stay disciplined with our defense and our principles and we make this kind of covenant with each other that we're going to defend.

Lloyd Carr

It's that attitude that has enabled him to fight back after injury after injury.

It's kind of late to say, but make a stand. Everybody is really upset with the way we've been playing, coming off an embarrassing loss in Detroit. Everybody came in with a different attitude tonight.

It is well to respect the leader. Learn from him. Observe him. Study him. But don't worship him. Believe you can surpass. Believe you can go beyond. Those who harbor the second-best attitude are invariably second-best doers.

It's a long race, and there is a lot of time left. The equipment and their mental attitude are very important, and if I know Sarah and Emily, I'd put my money on them.

James Dobson

Morality and immorality are not defined by man's changing attitudes and social customs. They are determined by the God of the universe, whose timeless standards cannot be ignored with impunity.

Erin Morgenstern

When you meet someone new who instantly gets you, your sense of humor and your attitudes and your worldview, even if theirs are different - and you get them in return. You both talk and talk and agree and laugh and nod and yes, yes, of course you should get another round of drinks.

Carly Simon

You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude.

We didn't ever want 'Tarzan' to feel like he was just a man. We didn't want him to stand up straight or wave good-bye. We wanted to make sure he always had that piece of gorilla in him, that he always had an animal attitude about him.

Kevin Jorgeson

When you're climbing with someone who always sees the bright spot, even if there is no bright spot, that attitude is really helpful.

Koo Stark

I was entirely natural and in many ways I have the same attitude now. I don't mourn the loss of my youth because I believe you should enjoy what you have while you have it.

Evan Parker

Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free improvisation between people sharing a common attitude, a common language.

Evangeline Lilly

It's not your circumstances that make or break your day. It's your attitude!

Mindy McCready

We all make mistakes. We're human. Hopefully, everyone -- like I am -- will have that attitude. I'm not upset.

Kurt Russell

The legs feed the wolf.

Fred Rogers

Attitudes are caught, not taught.

Frank Herbert

Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now, it's complete because it's ended here.' - from "Collected Sayings of Maud'Dib'' by the Princess Irulan

Frank Herbert

... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.

George Hamilton

While I put forth the suntan and the teeth and the cavalier attitude, I've survived under the worst of eras and times, and I've always had a good time doing it, because I never really took myself seriously, nor did I take life seriously because it is already terribly serious.

George H. W. Bush

A President is neither prince nor pope, and I don't seek a window on men's souls. In fact, I yearn for a greater tolerance, an easy-goingness about each other's attitudes and way of life.

H. Rap Brown

You cannot legislate an attitude.

Greg Norman

Aptitude starts with attitude.

Jim Brown

There was no publicity. You had to like it. There was no pressure, just great competition. The attitude of the coaches and players was exceptional.

Jayne Ann Krentz

The negative attitudes toward the genres - romance, science-fiction, westerns, suspense, etc. - are fallout from the academic world's long-standing fascination with existential philosophy and modern theories of psychology and sociology.

The quality of a person's life does not depend on the circumstances of his life as much as the attitude with which he faces those circumstances.

Byron Nelson

The first step in building a solid, dependable attitude is to be realistic, not only about your inherent capabilities, but also about how well you are playing to those capabilities on any given day.

Murray Rothbard

If you wish to know how libertarians regard the State and any of its acts, simply think of the State as a criminal band, and all of the libertarian attitudes will logically fall into place.

Mike Todd

I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation.

Nathan Fillion

I think that acting can be a very pressurized existence. So when I'm not working, I spend very loose and un-pressurized time and I like to meet people who have a similar attitude.

Nancy Pearcey

In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.