Famous Quotes & Sayings

Fernando Alonso

I chose them because, next year, they will be the best.

I chose softball because I knew the sports would overlap in high school. But I'm better at softball.

I chose my wife. It was a no-brainer.

Oliver Goldsmith

I chose my wife as she did her wedding-gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well.

Oliver Goldsmith

I... chose my wife as she did her wedding-gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well.

Marie Brennan

I chose my pen name when I was ten, because I knew even then that my legal name would be more trouble than it was worth.

I chose her because she is a good clay-courter and she has had very good results in doubles.

Because contaminants are highly absorbed into the soil, we need to make sure we get roots in contact with as much soil as we can get. We chose grasses because they are very fibrous and have an intense root-forming system.

By being chosen for this program, it proves that we are on the right track and moving forward.

Hu Jintao

By mutual respect politically, we mean that the political system and path of political development chosen by the people of each country should be respected.

He's very deserving of the recognition he's receiving. To be chosen as one of the three finalists speaks well of the type of player he is and his character.

Robert Frost

The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

The main reason I chose Illinois was because of the coaching staff. They are different from other staffs. I felt more comfortable talking to them. Zook was the only head coach I talked to. Some schools offered scholarships but I never talked to the head coach.

The difference between courses where students are forced to be there and where students have chosen to be there is like night and day.

E. P. Thompson

The clinic respects the privacy of its patients, and continues to express its condolences to the family. It is unfortunate that some have chosen to exploit this matter of personal grief for political purposes.

Ian Mckellen

The first film role I deliberately chose to play after I came out was a raging heterosexual, John Profumo.

Gloria Arroyo

The Filipino people mark a glorious day in history, when instead of forcing a president out of office through people power, they chose to keep a president through voting in the halls of constitutional democracy,

John Bunyan

You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.

Elvis Presley

Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.

Luke Evans

When you audition for something you do feel a little bit more legit. It's a validation that you are the right person for the job because they've chosen and they've seen you do something connected to that role.

Jim Leach

You chose to make this initiative without, to my knowledge, any serious prior consultation with Congress.

Randy Jackson

You chose the toughest song to sing tonight . . . and you worked it out.

Jim Leach

You chose an initiative, which you may not be able to deliver and you chose to make the initiative without, to my knowledge, any serious prior consultations with the Congress,

Tom Renney

You can pick all sorts of reasons out why we're doing all right this year and I can tell you Kevin Weekes has really contributed to that whole thing by the nature of how he's chosen to deal with the situation.

C. C. H. Pounder

I'm not successful in Hollywood, and I probably would never be. I think Hollywood has such an interesting model for success, and it creates those successful people. I'm not in that chosen category, but what is successful for me is that, in spite of that, I've been able to work and do the things that I wrote down that I wanted to do and be.

Frank Thomas

I'm not prone (to injuries) at all. I had an unfortunate injury and I was surgically repaired. I chose to come back maybe a month too soon. Now it's feeling a lot better. The point I'm at now is a little better than it was when I returned last year.

Chad Reed

I'm not going to give up. It takes me a few laps to get going, but I've decided I'm going for it. No excuses. I chose to do this and I'm happy to be on the podium again.

Steve Fisher

This was my doing. Rather than having eight days between our last game and the conference tournament, I chose to play another game. I'm a creature of habit and I'd rather have a routine that I stay in. Now, we better be ready (tonight). We have to be prepared.

Those three visited Central, Western or Toledo, and they chose Eastern.

Fred Couples

It was huge. I enjoy playing with him, so I chose to play with him if I could get it done.

Baron Batch

Tech saw what I could do before all those other schools did. That's another reason I chose them.

James Cromwell

Television goes into people's homes, and it reaches them on a very personal level. When you're sitting in your home after a day's work, and you've chosen to watch a show like 'ER,' you're very vulnerable. ... It's a very provocative and engaging and deeply thoughtful show.

Frederick Jones

Saddam Hussein was given every opportunity to comply, but he chose continued defiance, even after being given one final opportunity to comply or face serious consequences. Our public and private comments are fully consistent.