Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert offered up any place for her to live and she chose the back house,

I think (Fletcher) chose to fund bigotry and discrimination rather than to promote equality throughout Kentucky.

Over long periods of time, stock markets generally go up. Japan was obviously an exception if you chose the wrong 12 years.

Jane Siberry

My traditional records are just chosen from my longtime favorite songs. But I have lots of music left in me; I'm just waiting for it to arrive.

Jorge Ramos

My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made.

My parents have supported me thoroughly through anything I've chosen to do.

Natalie is a wonderful writer. Her insight in her writing is older than her years. I had a feeling when I first read her essay that it would be chosen as the winner. Natalie has a great future.

My mother used to dress me in quite good-taste clothes, and I really wanted things that were sparkly and spangly and trashy and nasty. I don't know if I ever chose fashion; it was just there in me.

George H. W. Bush

I was voting for the process that the president posed. There was a right way to do this and a wrong way to do it. And the president chose the wrong way.

Nicholas Hoult

I was very touched he chose me. Maybe I'll pass it on to another young actor when I'm older.

I was kind of surprised. I'm from a small Division III school in Bangor, Maine. I would have thought they would have chosen somebody from a Division I school or something like that,

I think they can be judged by the company they have chosen to keep.

Elizabeth Smith

It is a privilege for the museum to be chosen to host the 2006 induction ceremony.

John Garamendi

It is a market leader. It has chosen to keep its rates high, ... Until they reduce their rates, the rest of the industry is not going to jump in.

I think there are a lot of opportunities there. That's one of the reasons we chose Great Falls.

Laura Wright

Just being chosen for the final 160, I just looked at that as a huge accomplishment. I am kind of happy I didn't go further because now I can go back and know what I need to work on.

I thought our interior defense was outstanding. They're a great shooting team. You have to pick your poison with great teams. We chose to try to stop them inside and stay out of foul trouble. We know they were going to be shooters but hopefully you can wear them out in four quarters (and) she made a great shot.

I think a lot of immigrants chose the right path. They went to work.

Jonathan Vilma

I think she was a product of having a spoiled upbringing, ... and she chose an extreme form of rebellion.

I think I chose this topic because I have faced discrimination. I knew more about that topic than the other two.

Bobby Petrino

I think he's got an opportunity to come in here and contribute right away. That's one of the reasons he chose (Louisville) is so he could play right away, immediately and hopefully have some impact.

Svetlana is one of the most electrifying players on the Tour. Svetlana has, over the past couple of years, emerged as a real contender in women?s tennis, and we are delighted that she has chosen the Cup as one of her tournaments.

David Baltimore

I don't think people took it seriously because it was such an obviously unattainable goal. I was surprised, and I know lots of other people were surprised, that he chose a time so near, when we see it as a very difficult problem.

For the second month in a row, Democrats in Minnesota have stood up to the GOP's underhanded tactics. While the governor chose to play games with special elections, voters in Minnesota made it clear who represents their values.

For this project, and for the style we chose to do it in, the new paint worked beautifully.

I think it's extraordinarily unfair that in the last minute the government has chosen to intervene.

To the Christian Church, the destruction of the Temple served as an ultimate sign that the Jews were no longer God's chosen people, divine favor having now been transferred to a newer and better Israel.

Issey Miyake

I sent 200, 300 of the clothes that I had made, and the dancers chose what they liked.

Francis Parkman

The raft was at length complete. We piled our goods upon it, with the exception of our guns, which each man chose to retain in his own keeping.

Ciaran Hinds

I know I don't go looking for directors. I always wonder why they chose me.

Christine Lahti

And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen them in a million movies and it's too much like cranking the tears out. I didn't want that scene.

John F. Kennedy

The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

Barry Hannah

A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means.