Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think there's an awful lot of me in Big Bird, but Oscar is pretty much - I think I know how he thinks because he thinks exactly the opposite of what I think is a good way to be.

Dom Capers

I think there's an awful lot for us to learn. We were not sharp. We were too sloppy at times with the turnovers and penalties. It's hard to have an efficient offensive game if you have that many negative plays.

I think there will be an awful lot of teams in that conference that will have a very careful review.

Jojo Moyes

I think there is an awful lot of technology for technology's sake. I have yet to be convinced by my husband that persuading our mobiles to talk to our computers is going to be quicker and more straightforward than scribbling a note in our kitchen diary.

I think there's a strong possibility that she's not alive. If a woman leaves a spouse because of personal issues that's one thing. But to leave every personal belonging, your car, a child and your only source of income for prescriptions ... She left an awful lot just to leave and start over.

I think the reason why Seton Hall was so good was we made them so good. We beat ourselves. We didn't do anything good. We didn't play good defense. We didn't play good offense. We didn't rebound the ball. We didn't get any transition offense. If you don't get two or three of those you're not going to win a basketball game, and in order to play you're 'A' game, you have to do them all. But, you know, we stunk tonight. We were awful tonight.

Kyle was a nice, quiet guy who seemed to be more mature than a lot of the other kids. You just got the feeling that he was going to do something positive with his life, and that's exactly what was happening when this awful thing happened.

Large sport utility vehicles are pretty good deals these days - and the money you save will pay for an awful lot of gas.

Some of the best performers for the bear market had an awful quarter and some of the worst performers during the bear market had a good quarter.

That doesn't mean it's bad business -- if you look at the big (casinos), there's an awful lot of money spent on things that don't generate money at all, ... The large Nevada properties want to be all things to all people and provide this service to their gamblers.

Simon Schama

My mother was an awful cook, an exceptionally awful kosher cook, but I stayed kosher until I got to college, even though I'd long stopped believing in God.

Malik Rose

My mom always told me character is doing the right thing when people aren't looking. We've been awful this year and I'm sure people aren't watching us anymore. So if we do the right thing, it would be a great measure of character.

Matt is a very special player. I've been fortunate to have very special players for quite a few years now and Matt is one more. Matt doesn't need much coaching. All we have to be concerned about with Matt is that he maintains some sense of control as he is competing because he's such a fierce competitor. He'll do anything to win, he's just an awful nice kid to coach.

Ruth Rendell

My mother started to suffer from multiple sclerosis, but nobody knew what MS was then. My father didn't - and later he suffered a great deal of guilt over that. It was an awful business and very fraught.

I was in jail nine straight years. I was on the lam two-and-a-half years before it. In that period of time, I seen an awful lot of guys that I thought were stand-up guys go bad, turn and become informants.

Frank Deford

I think really that if they can get back to playing games by the Super Bowl, which is when an awful lot of people turn and look at basketball for the first time, if they can do that, I don't think there will be any damage whatsoever.

I think he stuck with it and has continued to work extremely hard, and now we're starting to see some of the results for Jonathan coming on the ice. He's a guy that does an awful lot for us. ... He's really starting to come on and be a dynamic force for us offensively.

Mick McCarthy

I think he has an awful lot to offer - I wouldn't have re-signed him recently on a longer term contract otherwise,

Goldie Hawn

I thought he was awful cute, but he was too young. So ... two husbands later, children later ... and (I'm auditioning) guys for 'Swing Shift' ... and in walks Kurt Russell.

Mark Thomas

I'm horrified. We're all gay! You can say a lot of things about Cafeteria in Miami. I know we've had awful service at times and we're very aware. It's been a huge challenge to keep quality people. But not homophobia.

Jane Goodall

I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with British politics.

Stuart Rothenberg

I think we are going to hear an awful lot about reform, open government, transparent government. And most presidential elections, frankly, turn out to be about change or the status quo. Do you like the direction of the country or do you want to change it? And if you want to change it, how do you want to change it?

It isn't like it's a huge, awful crisis staring us in the face, but it's something we want to get a handle on right now.

I think that an awful lot of Democrats feel that it's time to throw in the towel, so it's a guess that he will concede today,

Like most people, I read 'Julius Caesar' in middle school and I thought it was the most boring and awful thing I ever read,

James Corden

I went through a stage of wearing quite lairy trainers. I had all these trainers in gold or pink or silver. I look at them now in the cupboard - what was I thinking? Such an awful idea.

I watch these old films in black and white, and suddenly the door opens, and there I am. The other day, I was wearing the most awful hat.

Tony Judt

I went to live on a kibbutz, and I'd idealized the world of collective, agrarian work, where everyone was equal, everyone contributed, that all this awful European intellectual stuff just fell away.

I think they picked an awful day weatherwise, but it doesn't seem to have dampened the crowd at all. I haven't had to wait in line all day.

Our lab has seen an awful lot of work. It's as busy as we've seen in recent memory.

Our nation has an awful lot to learn from what happened after Hurricane Katrina. This is just one small way of helping to make that happen.

Larry Coker

We'll be awful good on defense. We'll have a good offensive team. How good? It depends on how some guys come through for us in some key areas. Our biggest concern is our depth on offense.

Mike Miller

We'll be a lot different (next season). A lot of things went through Darin last year and this year, and I hope we'll get some of those things collectively. It's going to be an awful good sectional (next season) but it'll be nice not to have to deal with a guy (in Oden) that's going to be playing in the NBA.