Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathleen Battle

From the spiritual came the blues, gospel, and rhythm-and-blues. I heard all of that music growing up, and that has influenced how I approached classical music. I'm sure of it.

Kathryn Stockett

Demetrie came to wait on my grandmother in 1955 and stayed for 32 years. It was common, in Mississippi, to have a black domestic cleaning the kitchen, cooking the meals, looking after the white children.

Kathryn Lasky

I came from a home where everybody had a book.

John Eldredge

'Wild at Heart' simply came out of my journey as a man and then my work with men.

When he missed the first putt, then I just figured, 'Oh, well, I'm still one behind. Then I caught in the corner of my eye as it came back out. Obviously, it was a shock.

Robyn

When you're 17 and you have an idea, people don't really listen to you. I came out of an environment where my parents were always pushing me to do what I wanted and be creative, and I was not used to the industry's way of thinking.

Jeff Gordon

When you put him in that position, how does he go from being one of the guys to all of a sudden being the boss? How is he going to deal with the guys? That's the part I've been impressed with. He came right in there and took control and got the guys that support him to support him more and the guys that didn't to either support him or they were out the door.

We had been working on the project for several months, but it all came to fruition in about a week.

We had been waiting for the power. We showed it in practice and the power came through today.

We had been expecting a decline in confidence for the past couple of months, and it finally came in February.

We had a very slow start. But we came out of it. I was glad that first game was over and I knew we'd take the next three.

We had a very nice third quarter. Our shooting came around a bit. Taylor is a tough defensive team and they play hard.

Keith Richard

When I grew up, I listened to older stuff too, ... My own kids went through their teenage raving stuff. Then, in the last two or three years, my daughter started playing Ella Fitzgerald and Muddy Waters. There's something about music. When you like it, you want to find out where it came from.

Winston Smith

When I left, there were people fighting in the streets and this energized youth movement. When I came back, the whole movement had been defused by the government.

Juicy J

When I come around people, I'm up to date on everything. I know all the new music that's coming out, all the stuff that ain't came out yet.

When I came up to the light it was yellow, when we went up under it, it was red.

When I came up, sax players had styles of their own. That good firm full-bodied sounds. Today that don't exist.

When I came to this tournament and won, ... I think I finally had the confidence that I could win on the PGA Tour.

Sigmar Polke

When I came to the West, I saw many, many things for the first time. But I also saw the prosperity of the West critically. It wasn't really Heaven.

When I came to the Titans four years ago we had an outstanding team and I've loved it in Nashville. Right now, Carolina is on the verge of winning a title I think. I don't know how far Tennessee is away from that. I think it is going to take time.

Steven Cooper

When I came to the scene my first concern was for the Chevy Impala, not knowing who was in the car, ... I thought it was a fatal. Luckily the driver wasnt killed. You always think the worst.

Justin Hayward

When I came to The Moody Blues, we were a rhythm and blues band. I was lousy at rhythm and blues - I think the rest of us were.

Jerome Hines

When I came to the Met, Robert Merrill and Leonard Warren sounded more like basses than most of the basses you hear today.

Ravi Teja

When I came to the industry, many directors like Krishna Vamsi and Puri Jagannath had encouraged me a lot. Krishna Vamsi is my mentor, and I admire him. That's why I give chances to new directors.

Ed Olczyk

When I came to play in Pittsburgh, I had been in the league 11 years. I had been through the ringer a few times, but when I was put on a line with Mario and Ron Francis I was intimidated. I don't want Sid facing that.

Jonas Mekas

When I came to New York in 1949, there was already an entire fresh avant-garde film movement blooming in New York and California. It was a very, very exciting period!

Lisa Randall

When I came to Harvard, I was debating between math and science, and I guess I thought in the end I wanted something that could connect to the real world. I liked puzzle-solving and connections.

When I came to Harvard I had a specific plan which included overhauling the system here.

Ruth Reichl

When I came to 'Gourmet,' I had no clue how to run a magazine; for television, I am fascinated to learn about editing.

Felipe Massa

When I came to Formula One the first year, he came to me and he said, 'No! You really made it! I remember you,

Mike Wallace

When I came to CBS it was the mother church. I mean that was - everybody wanted to go to work for CBS News.

When I came through yesterday, a couple cowboys came in with spurs. How often do you see that?

Todd Walker

When I came over here, I knew Dusty plays everybody. You need that. With a long season, you need guys healthy and rested. The more guys you have, the better you'll be.