Famous Quotes & Sayings

Amelie Mauresmo

We have a very strong squad and I'm convinced I'm not the only one able to win a singles. We have won many ties despite injury worries.

Ross Brawn

We haven't given him an ultimatum, but I'm convinced that (Michael) will let Ferrari know his decision between now and June, maybe even as early as May.

No doubt the numbers look pretty good up and down the line. However, I'm not convinced yet that the holidays are home free.

Nicola Sturgeon

Political parties have to convince people that there is a real reason to vote and that will re-engage them in politics.

Monica Crowley

One thing about liberals: It doesn't even occur to them that there is another side to an argument. They are so convinced of the righteousness of their own position that it doesn't dawn on them that a reasonable person might have a different viewpoint.

Philippe Petit

I started putting a wire up in secret and performing without permission. Notre Dame, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the World Trade Center. And I developed a certitude, a faith that convinced me that I will get safely to the other side. If not, I will never do that first step.

Philip Schultz

I have to often read the same sentence over and over before I understand it. And I have to convince myself that what I'm reading is so enjoyable and so exciting and so good for me that it's worth the effort.

We need to know if they're responsible. And the reps have to be outgoing enough to convince a store owner to put a poster in their window.

We have utilized the quarterback as a runner, but not as an option guy. We haven't been convinced we can put all the time into the option and the spread passing game and be equally effective at both. We feel we can do that now.

People are convinced there isn't robust demand by consumers.

Adam Ferrara

Terrorists convince thousands of people to kill themselves in the name of God. I can't convince two of my friends to help me move.

Dick Butkus

My thing is trying to convince them they can win, ... Anything that happens that's good, they think, 'Oh, it's an accident, when is the roof caving in?' You've got to get them out of that mental framework.

Pablo Picasso

Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He recopies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line. He's convinced that the last, the most stripped down, is the best, the purest, the definitive one; and in fact, most of the time, it was the first. In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt.

Jeffrey Toobin

The experience of O.J. convinced (news) management that there is tremendous interest in high-profile legal cases,

Alexander Pope

The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.

Wherever I look, there You are; I am totally convinced of this. Unto whom should I pray? The Lord Himself hears all.

Dom Capers

We've got to go back to work and become a more disciplined and smarter team and do all the things it takes to win games. We have a lot of work to do because our opener is right around the corner. I'm convinced that we can get to where we need to be.

We suspect there are many more. We're convinced it's just a matter of time before it happens again.

This will probably be of great satisfaction to the Fed and will convince them that economic growth is on track without worrying them that interest rates are seriously too low.

The problem of forgetting might not torment us so much if we could only convince ourselves that remembering isn't important. Perhaps the things we learn - words, dates, formulas, historical and biographical details - don't really matter. Facts can be looked up. That's what the Internet is for.

E. P. Thompson

I am convinced that we are in a terminal process.

Erich Bergen

As an actor, when you are called upon to do a job, you are oftentimes convinced you can't do it. You say to yourself 'I don't have the talent for this; they are going to figure out I'm a fraud.' And then you watch how the others do it, and fake your confidence.

John McCarthy

A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot.

Michael Buckley

We usually are able to convince the person it makes more sense for them to cooperate,

Vladimir Putin

I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children.

We tried courting traditional givers, I'll be honest with you. We met with them and talked to them and tried to convince them to give us money. But quite frankly, they've been reluctant.

We're a 100 percent convinced by his work. There's no need to wait until the end of the season.

We have a year to convince John McCain and the rest of Arizonans about how harmful this measure really is.

There are a lot of good things here, and we've got to convince other people of that,

Kreayshawn

I'm, like, a person who likes love. And I can find love in any type of person. I've dated girls, and I've liked girls. But they're usually straight girls, so it never works out. I mean, I'm not that gay, so I don't have the energy to convince someone else to be gay, you know?

Joyce Banda

I convinced myself economic empowerment of women was going to be key, especially in a country like this where most women didn't go to school.

Kylie Minogue

I'm convinced there are a lot of couples who have got together while listening to my music. My songs are not exactly unsexy.

Colin Powell

ways to communicate with the people of Iran to convince them that the policies their leaders have been following are inappropriate.