Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

We depend on our rivers and dams for energy, transportation, irrigation and recreation and I will continue this year to fight for what's best for the Pacific Northwest.

Cat Power

There's just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don't know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who don't invalidate me.

Kenneth Oppel

The more I worked on 'Half Brother,' the more it seemed to me the story was really about love in all its possible forms - how and why we decide to bestow it, or withdraw it; how we decide what is more worthy of being loved, and what is less. We are masters of conditional love.

Malcolm Gladwell

As a writer, the best mindset is to be unafraid.

Malcolm Gladwell

Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.

Diana Krall

I love music so much I love what I do. I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it.

Dinaw Mengestu

Obviously, in marketing, the best tool is to show the autobiography in fiction. It's inevitable how that happens, but it's generic. Say I've written a story where my sister dies. 'Well, did your sister die?' No, she did not. But people use those straws to grasp at the difference between reality and fiction.

Don Cornelius

The '70s and '80s were just the period during which the best soul music was created and the best records were done.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Throughout our lives, God's grace bestows temporal blessings and spiritual gifts that magnify our abilities and enrich our lives. His grace refines us. His grace helps us become our best selves.

Dominic Cooper

I don't think there's ever a point when you turn to yourself and go, 'Yes, I've made a success of this career path.' You never feel like you've done your best work. You always think you could be better.

Damien Rice

The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.

Diane Keaton

The best part is that I'm still here and, because the end is in sight, I treasure it all more.

Douglas Conant

Often leaders have the best intentions, but people cannot read their minds. That's why it's important to declare yourself: Tell people why you choose to lead and the code you live by.

Douglas Conant

Extroverts may get places faster, but for introverts it's all about working at the pace you need and, at the end of the day, performing at your best.

D'Brickashaw Ferguson

We have a culture in Freeport, especially in our football department. We feel that we're the best team on Long Island, in New York, hands down.

Gisele Bundchen

I think as mothers we are all just trying our best.

Paul Bloom

Empathy has some unfortunate features - it is parochial, narrow-minded, and innumerate. We're often at our best when we're smart enough not to rely on it.

Norm MacDonald

You're trying your best to make people laugh; then if you fail, they hate you. But your intent's the same. It's not like you're trying to do evil to them.

Paramahansa Yogananda

To allot God a secondary place in life was, to me, inconceivable. Though He is the sole Owner of the cosmos, silently showering us with gifts from life to life, one thing yet remains which He does not own, and which each human heart is empowered to withhold or bestow - man's love.

Nick Woodman

You know what the best thing about morning ski trips are? McDonald's!

Paul Tsongas

You are part of that horrid expression, the best and the brightest. It can be a terrible burden if you let it be, but it is the great challenge of your time. And being a warrior in that challenge should be wondrous.

Paul Pierce

Just soaking up the history of the Boston Celtics has been the best thing that's happened to me as a player.

We played well, did everything to win but conceded three strange goals. It's difficult to explain this defeat. Porto were the better side, we created many chances to score. Sometimes the best team doesn't win.

Tim Finchem

We play two tournaments in the same marketplace. That's always a concern, because we have other markets around the country that would like to see the best players in the world play. We have five or six markets that we're not getting to.

Gary Hall

We play hard all the time. We're not just a one-man team. It's not just Scottie. We're very fortunate to have one of the best players in the state of Virginia, but we've got some pretty good players around him.

Bruce Bowen

We players understand we have the best lives in the world. We owe a debt of gratitude to all our fans, everyone who supports us.

We played with the intensity I wished we had played with all year. I did not enjoy losing (Thursday), but for the first time, it meant something to everybody. That was the best we played all year and did not win.

We played with the best team in the country for 35 minutes, so I guess that does give us some confidence. We just kind of broke down at the end.

We played with a lot of energy, played hard, but we made some poor decisions. McDowell's one of the best teams in the conference, and we have to strive to get to that level.

We played with a lot more intensity tonight from the start. We had a tremendous practice (Wednesday). It was one of our best practices of the year.

We played well with some of the best teams in the country. We're just ready to get back on the court.

We played a sloppy game and did not play our best. We are going to have to come out better on Saturday night. We gave them odd-man rushes, but kept the shot total down. It was not our best defensive effort. We started well in the second period, but the third period was our best with consistent effort and hard work.

We played another good game on defense. That's been a big turnaround for this team. This is probably the best defensive team I've had here.