Famous Quotes & Sayings

The defense has progressed each week, which is all you can ask. I've been pleased with our defensive effort so far, ... But each week presents a new set of challenges and you have to prove yourself all over.

The Democratic Party in Howard County faces a challenge because, locally, the Republicans are a force.

The demise of Team Philips created an enormous challenge because it coincided with the dot com collapse and September 11, followed soon after. We were staring into the abyss.

Abbas Kiarostami

I thought that choosing a non-professional was a condition for me, because it would allow Juliette to have a less-professional way of acting. It would challenge her performance as a professional actress.

A. E. Hotchner

Each day was a challenge of enjoyment, and he [Hemingway] would plan it out as a field general plans a campign.

We played a real lackluster game. It wasn't very good. (We) challenged the kids at practice yesterday (Monday) because we were rained out.

Gary Foster

We probably see more opportunities than challenges -- they have been around a while but fortunately they have a huge unaided awareness, ... The challenge will be to maker them relevant to this generation.

Tom Paulin

'Ulysses' is the greatest anti-racist text in the English language, and it challenges right from the beginning the vicious racism which lies near the foundations of the Irish Free State and of the Irish republic.

Tom Daschle

Let there be no doubt: the state of our union is strong - stronger than the terrorists who seek to harm us and stronger than the challenges that confront us. At the same time, we know that our union can be stronger still.

Nicolas Sarkozy

Nothing -- I mean nothing -- and no-one -- I mean no-one -- will stop me going through to the end, and trying to be ready for the challenge of 2007,

No, he would not be entitled to counsel to challenge his detainment,

Right now, Brandon is our starting quarterback and I would never challenge that position at this point. He's going to be our starting quarterback until he proves he can't be. With a year of experience now, he's that much better.

People will go to where the big names are. The challenge is to create a place where people want to come.

People who want to go shouldn't be frightened off by difficulties of getting tickets or the challenges of finding accommodations.

Sidney Crosby

Points don't always tell the story, but it went well definitely, ... I'm being challenged to think faster and be more creative, especially with guys like this.

Pombo has to take this challenge seriously. If Pete McCloskey pulls 30 percent, Pombo's in trouble. That means there's a lot of Republicans looking for an alternative.

Bernard Lagat

Personally, I respect him. He is a world-class athlete. The man is a 10,000-meter runner, but he's going to challenge us. He can do anything. We've seen his speed.

On paper, I like this team better than the 2002 team. But as they say, you don't play games on paper. The challenges are great ... and this team will be judged by how they perform on the field.

Jim Wright

One of the challenges with unmanned vehicles is how do you manage it and control it to make sure it does what you want it to do?

One of the challenges next year is we do expect it to cool off somewhat.

One of the challenges is there are so many different groups jockeying for what is perceived to be a lot of money on the table. And here's the thing: There is no money on the table right now.

One of the challenges is that when you get scores like that in the upper 80s or better, improving on that is increasingly difficult.

One of the challenges in this type of evaluation is in this particular space, so many vendors do the same thing. It comes down to fit. How does it fit with the culture of your organization?

One of the challenges in the past was that the WMS would have to send big batches of orders to the middleware. The middleware then assigns the tasks to the voice system, and reports back to the WMS about five minutes later.

One of the challenges for us is finding the right locations and making them happen. That's critical for us. We're in a good position to grow right now.

Omar Suleiman

One of the challenges for Islamic finance today is that it doesn't have international benchmarks.

Stanley Hauerwas

One of the challenges Christians confront is how the politics we helped create has made it difficult to sustain the material practices constitutive of an ecclesial culture to produce Christians.

Takuma Sato

I was going to challenge him into turn one but, to me, it looked like he braked so early. I reacted and hit the brakes, but simply locked up the front wheels and contacted the back of his car. Basically, I couldn't decelerate like I wanted to, so it looked quite big.

I was floored by the liturgy and thought 'OK, God, you're really putting a challenge before us,'

Julia Voth

I was successful and I enjoyed modeling, but it got to a point where I felt like I had 'been there, done that.' I wanted something that would inspire me and challenge me. I needed something that required more creativity. I started writing and I started auditioning. Simply posing in front of the camera was no longer enough.

Motorola is putting up a good fight - the only real challenger to Nokia, while the other smaller players are falling behind.

Most women experience difficulties when they leave the hospital. These challenges often lead to premature weaning.

Measuring literacy is a complicated task -- one challenge is that we are testing adults, and you don't find them gathered in classrooms.