Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alice McDermott

I am not a theologian or a historian, and I feel no call to become a defender of the faith, so in my case, the search for what remains valuable focuses on language itself: Catholic prayer, ritual, the naming of things.

I feel happy to be here. I'm going to call my family in the Dominican.

Bob Thomason

I don't want to get fined or anything, but it's a call you don't see much in college basketball.

Greg Perry

I don't want to call them projections. When they needed more money to promise everything to everybody, the numbers went up.

I don't want to call it only cosmetic, because these things do have an effect, but how profound the effect is, that I would question. Much of this is not about policy, it's about motion. It shows that they are responding; that they are moving.

Tom Renney

I don't want to call it nervous, maybe a little apprehensive. They just feel this huge obligation to be something real special this year when the fact of the matter is the only thing that's made us special is just hard, honest work.

Kevin Garnett

I don't want to call it babysitting. I don't like always having to go there. We're professionals, and we're all men. It was just a select few (joking around after the game) but it is a team. I don't like to have to be responsible for the unknown, making sure guys are ready and then having to worry about my own personal ? that's not what I'm here for. I won't play that role.

Edmund White

I do probably come down a little hard on a group of people I call the 'blue chip gays.' I mean people who have managed to become very, very famous and are still very famous partly through staying in the closet, like Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly, Susan Sontag, Harold Brodkey and others.

Shirley Manson

I don't think we feel Garbage will ever be completely over. It's part of our lives, we still all get on well and love each other. We're taking a hiatus, I don't know if we're calling it a day. I don't think I'll ever make music with another band.

He's not a happy camper. He doesn't like being in the hospital. But he's got a lot of friends calling to check on him and that makes it a little more bearable.

Ron Gardenhire

He's not only a powerful hitter, he's a quality person. We know what he can do, and if we need him this season we won't hesitate to call him up.

Mark Thompson

However, some specific remarks were inappropriate and ran the risk of calling into question John's own impartiality and, by extension, that of the BBC. We've made it clear to him that this must not happen again.

Gary Jennings

I contend, most seriously, that there is a real need for a good, thick, complete-as-possible dictionary of 'What People Used to Call Things.'

I contacted them right before Christmas, and Forrest said he would give me a call back in a couple of weeks. He never called.

Slobodan Milosevic

I cannot call my next witness. I cannot sit here any longer. Everybody knows I have been coming here with great difficulty.

I can certainly tell you there were a great deal of calls after those two cases were announced. After this one you are my first call.

Jason Wu

I call white the most powerful non-color; it's clean, optimistic, powerful.

Dave Ramsey

I call this the great misunderstanding ? the idea that we give because churches need our money.

I call this a one a sinker. You'll get a rally, but it won't go anywhere.

Bill Schneider

I call them infomercials. They're like a late-night show that's trying to sell you a hair-care product.

Bill Schneider

I call them infomercials, ... They're like a late-night show that's trying to sell you a hair-care product.

I call them, 'Coach,' when I see them in the hallway. I don't know half of their names. It's going to take me a while. I've seen the same guys for the last five years, especially on offense.

I call that groping. It sounds like a man who is going down and decides to try to throw something to his supporters, ... Face the Nation.

I call some of my friends in Chicago and I tell them, 'This guy's special,' ... I've never played with a receiver who's so passionate in practice. And we all know what he does on game day.

I call some of my friends in Chicago and I tell them, 'This guy's special,' ... I've never played with a receiver who's so passionate in practice. And we all know what he does on game day.

William Butler Yeats

I call on those that call me son,Grandson, or great-grandson,On uncles, aunts, great-uncles or great-aunts,To judge what I have done.Have I, that put it into words,Spoilt what old loins have sent?

I call on the Palestinian people for calm and to respect the law.

I call on the kidnappers to release this journalist unconditionally and I shall work towards the release of Iraqi women.

Jacques Chirac

I call on the Iranian authorities to choose cooperation and trust by seriously examining

I call on the American administration to respect ... the will of the Palestinian people and the result of the ballot.

DeAngelo Williams

I call my offensive line my pit crew. And the fans are my fuel. Without them, there is no Heisman hype.

Richard Howard

I call it wiggle wiggle. We're going to stick with the waltz.

Harold Ramis

I call it the 'Whoever Will Show Up Award.'