Famous Quotes & Sayings

ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. Byron, who recovered long enough to call it "entuzy-muzy," had a relapse, which carried him off --to Missolonghi.

Enron was a wake-up call for all Americans.

Emissions of ozone-forming pollutants are in significant decline. Ozone pollution in 2005 was much, much lower than in years past. As a result, the last two years have been record low ozone years in California and also throughout the United States.

Tommy Docherty

Elton John decided he wanted to rename Watford and call it Queen of the South.

Elixir of Love is a story that works forever, ... Who doesn't love to sit there and root for the underdog, the guy we would today call the nerd, to win the girl?

Earnings are the most likely catalyst in the short term. The market is very concerned about inflation and the consumer rolling over because of higher prices. If the outlooks call for strong fourth-quarter sales, then you could see something good happen.

Rodney Carney

Early, they came out with great intensity, and they really put us in the hole. I knew things would calm down, and we would come back like we always do.

Duncan can definitely play a part in the second half of the season. Duncan's had a tremendous career and he's a legend here. We would not want to see him call it a day. We will be trying to persuade him in every way we can, and I'd like to see him stay on.

Dustin has what I call the X-factor. If he doesn't go out there with great stuff and I don't think he went out there as sharp as he had been but he's going to compete and give you everything he's got. What a great job he did to keep us in the ballgame.

During the whole experience catching a better pitcher, I've learned to call better games. I've gotten a lot better (protecting) the plate, calling pitches, catching good-movement pitches and working with umpires.

Richard Land

Each individual congregation calls its own pastor. They ordain their own pastors,

Due to family reasons, I'm pretty much tied to Southern California for the foreseeable future. We can't move up there. It only makes sense to pass it on to somebody else.

James Rainwater

Due mainly to my record on an open chemistry competition given by Cal Tech, I was admitted, graduating in 1939 as a physics major.

Carmelo Anthony

Earl came through big for us. He came out of his ... I don't want to call it a slump, but he came out of his shell tonight.

Carolyn Johnson

Dr. King's voice was a call to thought and discussion. And that is what we are here to celebrate tonight.

Bob Arum

Erik has to make that decision (whether to fight again). I'm not in favor of it or ... (opposed to) it. It's his call to make, not mine.

Eric is so calm and composed as a quarterback,

Amy Roberts

Especially with kids we find that what's causing their obesity is more what they're drinking than what they're eating. They drink fruit juices because they think it's healthy and then sodas on top of that. I've seen some kids who were drinking up to 1,000 calories a day with just fruit juice, sports drinks and cola.

Dwight Freeney

Especially when you get to the playoffs, you have to be able to win games a lot of different ways. You can't just depend on the offense to score 30 or 40 points. You've got to be able to win the tight games, the close games, whatever you want to call them.

Thomas Scott

Eugene's research speaks to the caliber of scientists at SDSU. Not only will it lead to future discoveries in nanotechnology, it will also improve the quality of products we use everyday.

Michael Robinson

Especially early in the game, you feel that you can't get out of the trouble and you get impatient. The coaches would just tell me to calm down, they'd tell me a joke that's not that funny, and it calms me down.

Even him calling us competition, man. I can definitely live with that.

Joe Torre

First of all, you want umpires to call what they see. In the case of fair or foul, the smartest thing is to call the ball fair. Because if it's called foul and ruled fair, where do we put the runners?

Mike Sherman

Flanagan has what they call a muscle hernia. Probably won't have a chance to play this weekend. He's seeing a doctor in Philadelphia today.

First time around they were talking about charges that were purely restructuring, and now about half are operating charges. It indicates some severe problems that are creating a completely different picture at the company than we had been led to believe. It calls into question what's going to happen in following years.

First, the police will identify the neighborhoods we'll work in. Yes, there will be some, what do you want to call it, hard law enforcement in that time.

felt it was very important to let the people of California know this governor plans to be around for the long haul.

Ezra Taft Benson

Fathers, yours is an eternal calling from which you are never released.

Everything we do in emergency services is a calculated risk,

Everything was great, then we got a call from the photographer that the equipment was stolen and of course the pictures.

Everything is on hold. It's just something they don't call a priority.

The response was amazing. Surprisingly, the media picked it up and ran with it. We were getting countless numbers of phone calls from people who wanted to know where they could purchase it.

The response is right up there with the calls we had after 9-11. The American public is quite generous and they will rise to the occasion.