Famous Quotes & Sayings

Grant Hackett

We understand the stage we're in and some people just don't understand we're a small country. We don't have the college system that the US has got. They have so many swimmers but I don't think the low will stay for too long.

Brian Acton

For me specifically, it was important to graduate. In my family, I was one of the first graduates. My mom did not have a college degree. My dad did not have a college degree.

Steve Alford

The majority of the Big Ten towns are college towns. The colleges are kind of what run the towns.

When you go to college, your NBA value seems to go down. You can't get better when you go to college? That's absurd, ... The longer you stay in college, the more you grow and become a better player. Each year, I've improved, and I want to continue to get better.

While I was at college studying design I decided to paint. I was also greatly inspired by the colours that I had seen on my travels in the Brazilian Rain forest.

Carlos Gonzalez

We will have to go door to door, to the schools and colleges to invite fans because we need the support of the people.

When I went up that hill and saw the campus, I fell in love. I knew that it was what college was supposed to look like. I had a great experience there and I love Miami a lot.

We are especially pleased that we were able to offer a $5,000 college scholarship during the party.

The president of the college is suspended since Aug. 24 and I don't have a communication from the school?

Oscar Hijuelos

I enjoy listening to contemporary rock on the college stations while I'm taking long walks, love gospel and soul music, am fascinated by hip-hop and rap as the new kind of urban 'beat' poetry and, come to think of it, find something interesting about just any kind of music.

Some of my college friends used to laugh at me. But no one's laughing anymore. Now, they all try to get free underwear.

We're trying to sign three or four more. We are mixing it between junior college players and high school kids.

Gloria Steinem

Part of the reason that women go to college is to get out of the food service, clerical, pink-collar ghetto and into a more white-collar job. That does not necessarily mean they are being paid more than the blue-collar jobs men have.

There are a lot of players in the youth or alternative marketing space. It's a tough jungle out there. Plenty of companies will give it the old college try and just end up as part of the noise.

Barry Larkin

My message to a lot of guys is, if you like school and you like education, baseball is gonna be there, and you can get some of the same great competition in college that you do in the low minor leagues.

We have several guys who hope to play college football, but we know everyone can't be a 1,000-yard rusher or a 1,000-yard passer this year. We've dedicated ourselves to being a team and more of a family this year and not just individuals. We're focused on being unselfish.

This sends a message that we should be monitoring this as a nation, and we don't do it. States have no idea about the knowledge and skills of their college graduates.

This was a high-scoring meet in relationship to the first seven outings. I thought the judges tonight were very in tune with college scoring. We let it slip away. Hopefully this season doesn't slip away.

There are high schools in Texas that have better facilities than a lot of I-A colleges have.

There are a lot of young guys who are doing it, like the guy in Pittsburgh (Ben Roethlisberger), ... He's doing it. They're seeing a lot of it (pro-style defenses) in college now.

John Thompson

When you get into teaching, not being what you studied in college the first time around, unless you drop what you're doing and go back to school full-time, it's kinda hard to get into.

Adlai Stevenson

When you leave here, don't forget why you came. ( to college graduates)

This requires a mentality that encourages learning rather than a fear of making a mistake. Try something new and different, but know we're not going to kill each other if things don't work out. I was a swimmer in college and I swam fast when I imagined a shark was after me. I swam just as fast when I imagined I was in the Olympics. It's a question of what you want to focus on -- fear or opportunity.

Robin Williams

There have been two different drafts (of the script). The hard part about following it up is at the end of the first one, he revealed his identity to his kids. How do you play that out? How does she come back? One of the ideas was that he'd go to New York because his daughter was going to college and he'd be nearby. But as a script, it never worked.

When colleges see film of his last couple of games, there will be more. We moved him to the inside so he can make plays. He covers the entire field. You can't run away from him.

When employers are looking at job candidate, work experience is one of the things they look for. Employers told us that three out of five of their new college hires in 2004 had internship experience.

Jason Taylor

We saw him in college down here, and he's been doing a great job in the league,

We sat at that meet talking about what he would have to do to go to college and swim.

We knew that supply will go down of college-educated and technically educated students from the community colleges. 'But we didn't know that the demand is going up.

We knew she was a good player. And wow. She's a heck of a player. Great shot. She's a winner. I know she's going on to play in college and she'll be successful. A lot of heart.

We kind of grew up together. We went from kindergarten all the way through college together.

Jeff Long

We thought Dave would be a great fit, and he's done nothing but prove us correct. With our current and former players, with the community and with all of Pennsylvania, Dave has served notice that Pitt is back in a major way on the college football scene.

Why are so many of us penny poor before our next paycheck comes? We're not good stewards of our money. ... It's crucial to save for what you say you value: a home, college and retirement.