Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wade Smith

Nobody should think he didn't know it was wrong. John did know. He knew. But he believed the rules were wrong and that the Department of Commerce would change their rules.

Free thinkers and libertines who once believed that marriage was boring and humdrum now think it is the most exciting thing in the world - as long as it's Jesus marrying Mary Magdalene.

For years they were believed to be missing. Then four months ago they were discovered in one of the museum's depositories, sitting in a sealed crate out in Acton.

Four years ago I had a vision, I had a plan. I'm not sure how many people believed in that vision and believed in that plan.

Hasso Plattner

From my earliest days developing business software, I have always believed that design has to start with the user, ... Businesses around the globe need to look for innovation by focusing on their customers.

From information from the witnesses it is believed the individuals we have in custody were the only ones involved in the incident.

Diane Setterfield

For several decades, I believed it was necessary to be extraordinary if you wanted to write, and since I wasn't, I gave up my ambition and settled down to a life of reading.

I don't think a great many people really believed that (the Delphi bankruptcy) was going to happen.

I expected more cooperation from him and believed he would be interested in some progression for the community and the opportunity to revitalize the downtown,

I e-mailed a picture of it to a friend of mine, Keith Belford, who works for Boone and Crockett, and he said he'd have never believed it, ... He showed it to some people out there (at B&C headquarters in Montana), and a lot of them said it looked like it was unscoreable.

I don't think Rick has ever believed he did anything wrong. I think that Rick's concern is over the family and what the eventual outcome will be for the family.

I have a lot of friends that work for George Lucas, who spent 30 years of their lives making furry little critters run around and talk, ... And they've always believed that some of that technology should be used to tell a story that's slightly more real.

Ramon Hernandez

I have always believed that to isolate others or yourself because you disagree is not right.

Tim Johnson

I have long believed that the education of our nation's children should be the result of a strong federal-state-local partnership.

I have never believed in the European idea of national companies. They are inefficient. You want sharks, not whales. Big bloated companies don't do well.

I felt like I was supposed to make that putt. Two years ago, I don't think I would have believed I was supposed to make it. That may have been the biggest difference.

I felt from the get-go they believed in themselves, they believed they could compete.

Christopher Durang

I didn't have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius, ... But I believed everything my teachers and many in my family said.

Dontrelle Willis

I did it twice in the bullpen, as well, ... It's funny. They still believed in me. I thought I was going to get released after that. I thought I was horrible. They definitely saw something that I didn't.

I found out the next day, after I'd gone public that I wasn't going to run, that the city manager probably wasn't coming back and so I decided to stay in the race. With Jared leaving and a new mayor coming in, I believed it could be a benefit for me to stay.

Edie Falco

I have believed him each time before, and I really believe him this time. I think he's done, by the fact that they were only able to squeeze eight more out of him.

I don't feel like we are underdogs. We took our bumps during the season, but when push came to shove we did OK. They believed in themselves and their teammates. That is what took us here.

Lindsay Thomas

I don't know what to say. I really believed we were going to come out and play hard. This was just unacceptable.

I'd be selling our guys short if I'd say this was a moral victory. We played well enough to win and we believed we could win. ... It's certainly disappointing (because) we could've won the game.

Landon Donovan

I'd be lying if I said I completely believed and expected we'd be here two weeks ago, after having a tough time at the end of the year,

Roy Williams

I am confident, and I hope it isn't cockiness, but I told them that I thought we were the only team in the country that could come in here and win this game. I believed that we could if we played. We couldn't come in here and win unless we played our best game.

Amity Shlaes

Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom.

Amy Bloom

My father certainly believed that one could make a living outside of an office, as he did. And that if I didn't want to work for other people, there wasn't any reason why I had to. He conveyed that very strongly to my sister and I - that smart people can make their own livings.

Sullivan Stapleton

I never believed I'd have a six-pack, especially not at 35 years old. I always thought it was a genetic blessing. It's not. You just have to be willing to do what it takes.

Heath Ledger

In a way, I was spoon-fed, if you will, a career. It was fully manufactured by a studio that believed that they could put me on their posters and turn me into their bottle of Coca-Cola, their product.

Iyanla Vanzant

I've always wanted people to know who they are from the inside. Then they can create the life they desire and deserve. I've always believed that my job was to facilitate the evolution of the human consciousness.

I've always believed that the things middle class families struggle with around their kitchen tables should define my work in Washington.

I couldn't swear that I believed in the law - or in the American legal system.