Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Behlendorf

One of the biggest challenges facing the globe is the gap that exists in the wealth and standards of living enjoyed by the world's nations.

You should get as close to the power when you're pitching something. I got my two biggest breaks with the man who owned CBS and the guy that owned Paramount, because I was dealing with the guy who would say yes or no.

Alane Ferguson

One of the biggest challenges of writing for middle-grade or even young-adult readers is that I don't want to have too much violence in it - which really limits what you can do. It's important that they're not just bloodbaths or glorifying violence. I always try to show that a person who dies leaves a hole. There's grief in my books.

Amanda Harlech

I didn't want to get divorced, but at the point where your children are part of it, you have to do something. I would really love it not to have happened because it haunts you, it will never go away, and it is probably the biggest failure, and I have to live with that.

Adam Richman

I remember my late father, who was the biggest football fan I have ever known, used to stress when I was younger that, win or lose, you always have to compete with honor.

Helen Reddy

I thought Erica Jong's Fear of Flying was one of the biggest pieces of crap that I've ever read in my life.

Genevieve Padalecki

My biggest thing is, I'm learning what it's like to carry myself in a personal way and also a professional way: how I can be a leader and do multitasking.

Francesca Annis

The biggest privilege I've had in my life is being able to make a choice. If you make a choice, it can't be a wrong choice because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Lupe Fiasco

What's the biggest commercial for aggression, sexuality and materialism? What gets pumped into these kids' heads? Taking someone else's girl, which is so laissez-faire in hip-hop, will get you killed in the streets, but it doesn't seem to be an issue when you hear it on the radio.

The single biggest resource India has is people and skill.

Magic Johnson

I'm the biggest music lover in the world. I mean, I have seen everybody. I went on tour with Michael Jackson and the Jacksons four or five times.

Owain Yeoman

Being typecast is the enemy of any actor, so if you can try to do something that flips on the head peoples' ideas of who you are or what you can do, that's my biggest aim.

Edward Rutherfurd

For centuries my father's family lived on Britain's biggest tidal river, the Severn, on which there was a huge trade with the interior, and through the Port of Bristol with America.

Evan Goldberg

I just want to keep going for broke, making bigger and bigger things like 'Lord of the Rings' until they kick me out of Hollywood. I just want to do the biggest thing I can.

Jack Welch

The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.

The fact that they changed the data model is my biggest concern. It forces us to learn something different. All the tooling you had to compile the old WSDL will not work anymore.

The exemption amounts change every year, and standard deduction amounts change every year. These are the two biggest changes that most taxpayers have to contend with.

The fact that 'American Idol' is seeing its biggest premiere numbers ever - especially considering it's in its fifth season - is nothing less than astounding.

Well, the biggest Norwegian newspaper regarded this as an arrest, since they hadn't told us that they were coming and they brought me in. So the biggest Norwegian newspaper looked upon that as an arrest.

What is the economy doing? That's the biggest question on everybody's mind. If the economy gets going than inventory will take care of itself quickly.

Lily Cole

Life is shining a light through a magnifying glass on me, looking for me to stumble. I think that's my biggest fear.

What we've found is the biggest challenge is not helping people get housing, it's helping people stay in that housing.

Tom Gordon

I was looking to be a closer again. That was the biggest thing.

I was always around. I ended up talking to him a lot and got really cool with him. But the biggest thing with me was, I wanted to get away from home and grow and build myself up somewhere else.

I would think the biggest misconception about our club was we have this powerhouse offensive team.

Karl Hobbs

I would think most teams will try to go inside from an offensive standpoint because we will be down an inside defender. I think that will be the biggest challenge.

Warren Beatty

I would say the biggest changes -- it has caused me to get into the present tense, try not to go too far into the future, not too long into the past, ... When (the kids) are jumping on your stomach, making a trampoline out of you at six in the morning, that's fun for me. That's present tense.

Katrina is undoubtedly the biggest problem for the country right now. We had to look at national priorities.

Keith Morris

Just try to be healthy and enjoy Alaska. That's the biggest thing.

Mark Martin

Just to be able to put an exclamation point on Richmond was the biggest goal, but in hindsight, knowing that when you have a chance to win the last regular-season race, it just propels you right into the Chase.

Annika Sorenstam

Just the scoring part, which is the biggest part. I mean, I'm working on everything and at least the last week I've been hitting it really well. I'm hoping that it's all turning around. I really am.

Mike Scioscia

John Lackey is probably the biggest story. He was terrific for eight innings.

John is our biggest weapon, but he's a much better player than he demonstrated tonight.