Famous Quotes & Sayings

One of my friends introduced me to the idea of in-line skating. I laughed at the beginning but realized that if I could play hockey and tennis, why not skate too?

Obviously when things go horribly wrong at the beginning of your career, it's nice to know first of all that you're able to fix it and second of all than an organization gave you the opportunity to fix it.

Obviously, what their goal is - and it's been their goal from the beginning - is to liquidate the company.

Obviously we weren't pleased with our record at the beginning of the year, but we continually looked at the positives. We have improved every week since North Carolina.

Obviously, we thought from the beginning that the penalty was excessive. Hopefully, everybody understands what has happened and we can put closure on this issue.

Obviously with each win our guys are beginning to believe more and more. We want teams to know if they come into our place they are going to have their hands full.

Carmelo Anthony

Of course it was a disappointment at first, having that as one of my goals at the beginning of the season. But at the end of the day you and everybody else knows how the West was.

Of course it was absolutely, positively the most shocking thing in the entire world, because he had no symptoms to begin with. We were really in disbelief this could be his diagnosis.

Miles Davis

Of course, because I was at the beginning of my career. For me, as a musician, to have a chance for an icon like Miles Davis to play on one of my songs was something unique and unbelievable.

Brett Favre

No one can go in, ... No one can come out. There's no cell phones working. There's no land phones working. Half the county is under water, from what I understand. . . . In my gut, I feel like they're okay. But with each minute that passes, I begin to wonder. . . . This is one of those situations where I would love to do whatever I could to help . . . but I don't even know where to start. It's tough to focus on anything right now because I'm very concerned.

Jonathan Demme

One thing that Neil and I talked about from the very beginning was making this movie feel like a dream -- literally a dream concert that takes you back in time and takes place in a dream location.

Ryan Miller

One thing we said at the beginning of the season was to work for the guy next to you. We demand that of each other and don't let each other down.

My expectation is to begin the first of May.

My confidence has really been boosted back up to where it should be. In the beginning of the season, I was kind of lost.

My concern is that when the economy begins to slow, as I expect this year, revenue will fall as well, but it will be hard for the government to slow spending.

Charles Kennedy

Quality of life actually begins at home - it's in your street, around your community.

Joshua Foer

There is a short window at the beginning of one's professional life, when it is comparatively easy to take big risks. Make the most of that time, before circumstances make you risk averse.

Julia Glass

Readers tell me that my novels are filled with significant mothers. Do I realize this? Do I do it on purpose? The truth is, I don't. I think of myself as a writer of family stories. I write more often than not from a male point of view, and I usually begin by focusing on siblings, spouses, even fathers, before I think about the mothers.

We want to catch the child at the beginning of the decline.

Liz Smith

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

What we're facing right now is the beginnings of a brand new marketplace.

What we're beginning to see is people traveling great distances to get pseudoephedrine.

There are some people who desperately want to change the world. I wonder if it could be measured, because the world is already in a state of continuous change since the beginning of time. Or maybe they just want their names etched nicely in the history of mankind.

We declared it an emergency, because we can't pay it back by the end of the year. So we have six months past the beginning of the year to pay it back. We'll pay it back by March, probably, but we do have until June.

Brian Rolston

I believe them. I think this time is a new beginning.

Kofi Annan

I am relieved that this saga is now over, ... I made it clear from the beginning that the boy belongs with his father.

Michael Baumgartner

I am still a Catholic. I still believe life begins at conception. That is consistent with my Catholic beliefs. And I believe we must protect life. Whenever abortion comes up, we get questioned about the exceptions, but no one ever questions the extreme positions on the other side: late-term abortions, no on parental notification.

I am thrilled. Now we can begin to represent him like he should have been represented from the beginning.

Bob Arum

I anticipated this ruling and my plan is to begin negotiations with Dennis.

Ian has a load of potential. This is really his first big scoring game for us. It came at a great time for us. He showed flashes of this before. Hopefully this is a beginning for him. Maybe he was lacking a little confidence, like our team was.

Certainly, the beginning of Chinese New Year helped the January 2006 numbers as it helped February's numbers last year. Every crevice of Las Vegas had strong numbers and this can only point to strong demand for product from Las Vegas locals to Hawaiians visiting downtown alike.

Certainly other delivery companies are beginning to realize the value of home delivery. But you couldn't get a whole lot more fierce than you already were, ... Even if you look at it and say it's not as profitable as b-to-b deliveries, it's still contributing to our fixed costs. The more volume you can win, you can create density to make it more an more profitable.

Clare Luce

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.