Famous Quotes & Sayings

Iain McGilchrist

To understand something, whether we are aware of it or not, depends on choosing a model. We get to understand what we see by comparing it with something else, something that we think we understand better. But what we compare it with turns out to have a huge influence on the outcome.

When you don?t block out on free throws and have the ball knocked away from you late in the game, it?s tough. You have to be aware of who is around you. We made too many mental mistakes late in the game to win.

When you do find love--real love, it's the most wonderful, awful feeling in the world. There's nothing like it. Love can make you feel invincible and vulnerable all at the same time. You're trusting someone with the most precious part of you...your heart

John Brady

When you do back away and look at it, we are awful young. I guess there is a little element of surprise.

The prevalence of disaster recovery and business continuity as a driver suggests that users are more aware that disasters can happen anywhere, at any time. On the other hand, there is a sense that the complementary roles of archiving and backup often are not clearly understood.

Buck Martinez

The players have been aware that they were going to be involved with this for a while now. But we're taking three catchers for a reason. You can't expect to catch this much this early without getting sore. Fourteen pitchers is another obvious thing. As for the players, we'll take things on an individual basis. For example, Ken Griffey told me he'd be ready to go.

The players deserve an awful lot of credit for their approach. They work hard to pull each other through.

Tiger Woods

The Player of the Year award means a lot because it's from your peers,

(What she meant was fencing is relevant) because of the moment-to-moment interaction of two actors together who have to be listening and aware of each other, and who have to be so completely involved in what's going on in the moment that everything else sort of becomes secondary. It's the focus, the one-on-one interaction, the moment-to-moment.

We were surprised at the announcement, because it requires a very complex business calculation. It has an awful lot of hurdles at the state level.

Rich Rodriguez

We've got to be aware of where No. 18 (Davis) is on every play.

W. S. Gilbert

We've got to be aware of where he is on the ice keep him to the outside. He's got great vision, so we've got to know how many guys are coming down on the rush on us. We've just got to be ready.

W. S. Gilbert

We've got to be aware of where he is on the ice (and) keep him to the outside.

David Tennant

We've got three days to go and an awful lot of scenes that aren't filmed yet.

Gerard Depardieu

I had rapidly become aware there were problems with the Kalifa group.

Carole Bouquet

A man can't pass on, like a mother could, an awareness of your body, or sensuality, or what it means to be a woman. I was never taught what femininity was. I learnt it - or rather I invented it - on my own. I tended not to talk at all, if people were staring at me.

While I am reasonably optimistic about the sustainability of the recovery that, we expect, will start this year, I am also aware of the remaining downside risks.

Alex Lifeson

With 'One Little Victory,' I love the idea that Neil is the one who starts the record and he starts it with such a fury and it just says, 'We're back.' And the whole sentiment of that song about being aware of those little successes -- the daily little things that really count -- that we so often take for granted.

Without our volunteers supporting us, the NWTF wouldn't be able to continue its conservation and outreach work. We honor our chapters for their efforts through the L.A. Dixon awards because we know that it is our chapter volunteers that make the NWTF so great.

Gary Numan

Without doubt, there are unexpected pressures that come with success, that I would be surprised if many people are prepared for, or even aware of beforehand, that takes getting used to. But then again, when you're doing very well, you earn a great deal of money so at least you can sit there worrying in a nice big house, rather than a little house.

Stevie Wonder

We must begin now to make the public aware that this is an important democratic right we must protect for all people. The right to vote is so precious, we must do everything we can to protect that right for all citizens.

Jan Egeland

We must be acutely aware that all that has been built up by the thousands of relief workers and hundreds of millions of dollars in donor contributions could be destroyed, and we could be on the brink of losing this huge humanitarian operation.

Linda Tripp

Well, yes. I mean, look, you can only do your job, and my job was to ensure that they were aware of what the law was.

Michael Barrett

When the e-mail was down after that power outage, it was awful because I had three classes for which I had to do online assignments. I was literally sitting there for hours waiting, checking every 15 minutes to see if it was working.

When we play it, my husband and I get less facial features on the 'Hangman' than do my daughter. So she gets lots more chances to guess than we do. Those games not only keep them engaged, they create a sense of conversation, and also really work on spatial awareness and vocabulary.

David Reutimann

When we unloaded we were junk, but these guys changed everything but the radiator cap and made it an awesome, awesome ride.

When I woke up this morning, it took me awhile to realize I wasn't still on the roof. I just keep reliving it in my dreams.

E. P. Thompson

We watched them and thought our strengths matched up well with them. I was confident from the first point. They are an awesome team, but I never thought we would lose a game.

We want to win the rest of our games and go into the conference tournament with a good seeding, so we are really aware of all the mistakes we've been making. We know that when we move without the ball and make the extra pass, we score. And we know when we score a lot, we're tough to beat because we're a pretty good defensive team.

We want to win another award this year.

John Gibson

We wanted to get this out in the open and elevate the awareness of the organization in the Billings area. We're spread pretty thin.

We had started a campaign down there, a couple of stories ran, but none of the reviews have appeared, so we'll probably be OK as awareness builds.

We had Speed Awareness Day on a Saturday in July where we had a big banner and bicycle police. Neighbors spent the morning outside with 'slow down' signs.