Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kevin Costner

I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life -- people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'

Stacey Bendet

I love vintage shopping, but my secret spot for great tees and casual stuff is Trico Field. They have the cutest kids' clothes, too!

Ferdinand Foch

It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

They were casualties of a new kind of confrontation that looms as the new century begins,

This may be a watershed moment. I don't think they are casually questioning him in this case.

Jerry Sloan

They're playing harder, but they have to learn to play even harder. This is not a casual business. When we play casual you see how ineffective we are.

If you sit still for a few minutes, the insurgents will have time to figure out where you are, that you are a Westerner, and take you out. A lot of the casualties are from situations like that.

A. E. van Vogt

I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.

If people think we're exaggerating I would suggest they have a look at the casualty ward section in Big League ,

Anthony Zinni

I met Mr. Rosen once at a dinner while I was the envoy. It was a casual event and we discussed the process I was then involved in. The dinner was with four others.

I have never seen a team that had this many tools, and they do it with a casual assuredness.

Ron Wilson

I'm not taking anything away from Columbus, but they didn't really have any scoring chances until the end of the second period. It was a play where we could have gotten the puck and didn't. We were casual and they made us pay for it.

Interest in the country in college football spikes when Notre Dame is good. It manifests at the water cooler, as Notre Dame is one of the small number of franchises that piques the interest of the casual fan.

Interest in the country in college football spikes when Notre Dame is good, ... It manifests at the water cooler, as Notre Dame is one of the small number of franchises that piques the interest of the casual fan.

Martha Hunt

I like to look casual yet chic. I love high fashion, vintage, and places like Zara, of course.

Gary Bettman

Clearly, our league and our game have undergone tremendous change. The 2005-06 season is still young, but everyone from casual fans to expert commentators like many of you here today concurs that NHL hockey has been reinvigorated,

Casual hikers with no experience of Leave No Trace (environmentally conscious outdoor ethics) are more likely to have an impact on one single place. That's the main reason for the ridge runners.

Casual dining over the last 10 years has taken off.

The damage and casualty situation right now looks as if we have had some good fortune in the midst of this misfortune,

Kerry Emanuel

The damage and casualties produced by more intense storms could increase considerably in the future.

James Lee Burke

How do you explain to yourself the casual manner in which you threw your life away?

All those things we do anyway, like mass casualty drills. We do stand prepared to handle emergencies as they come.

These aren't casual requests for home remodeling. These are medically necessary requests to ensure her safety, her independence and her well-being.

Detroit, when it comes to the quick casual restaurant business, has done extremely well. When you look at the volume compared to other cities, Detroit is always on the top tier. You have a very strong workforce that tends to eat out every day.

Ike Skelton

As a matter of fact, we are sustaining a battalion's worth of casualties every month wounded and killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Publishing has never been a science. This is a prime example of how personal and casual it can be.

O Sorrow, wilt thou live with me/ No casual mistress, but a wife.

The narrow tie has become the tie of choice. Ties haven't really changed in width for the last 10 years or so. Ties kind of went out with the casual Fridays. Now you're starting to see younger guys wearing ties, but they want something different.

Defensively, they took us out of what we wanted to do. Plain and simple, they were the better team. If you were watching the game tonight as a casual observer, they were a better team than us and they proved it three times this year. We didn't deserve to win this game.

They're a little malnourished. They seem to be in good health. They're kind of the forgotten casualty of the tragedy.

There's a place on the scale for every personal or professional style, including casual dress in the workplace.

As much as Oprah would like to see (fact-checking) happen, I think there might be more of an editor and a publisher looking deeply into the writer's eyes. Publishing has never been a science. This is a prime example of how personal and casual it can be.

It is totally unacceptable and intolerable that when they have elections in the Palestinian Authority, we will have to pay the price in casualties because of the competition between various groups.