Famous Quotes & Sayings

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 were 100 percent convinced she could step in. She has really developed her range. She's not that big, but she's strong, and she can play inside and out.

Johan Bruyneel

We're convinced that he would have kept his leader's jersey had he not crashed. You don't take the yellow jersey away from a rider who crashed out.

We are totally convinced that this is vital to our state.

We are the kings of offline niches. We are convinced that the future of the media world is the confluence of new and old media tied together.

We are the kings of offline niches, ... We are convinced that the future of the media world is the confluence of new and old media tied together.

Daisuke Matsuzaka

I was not convinced with that outcome. The day off helped very much. I was able to rejuvenate. Up until the game, I did have the weight of the flag on me because we could not lose again. Once the game started, I was back to myself.

We haven't yet convinced the prime minister to withdraw the C.P.E..

Bill Richardson

When I saw that program in 1967, I was convinced I was drafted, ... And it stayed with me all these years.

Jennifer McMahon

I was born in 1968 and grew up in my grandmother's house in suburban Connecticut, where I was convinced a ghost named Virgil lived in the attic.

Rick Carlisle

I wasn't convinced that there was any way Steve Jackson could play tonight after the fall he took on Wednesday. I went and saw him at the hospital after the game and he was in a lot of pain.

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.

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

This opera is my Nunc Dimittis, in that it dismisses me peacefully and convinces me I have achieved.

This thing could take years, but that doesn't mean you give up on it. We are convinced that fundamental political reforms are necessary. And we're also convinced that the Legislature isn't going to do it on its own. This isn't going to go away.

There have been more surprises on the upside than the downside, and the outlook statements have been encouraging enough to at least convince investors to stay in the market.

We are an organization with very, very high expectations. It's no different this year. It's obvious the team is not showing any emotion, the team is not doing the things they need to do in order to fulfill these expectations. It's nothing in particular, other than I am convinced it was the right time to make the call.

We are still convinced that it is necessary to deepen and increase our relations in the economic field.

Brandi is the most competitive girl I've been around for her age. I think she'd try to convince everybody she was running no matter how much pain she was in.

Gabrielle Giffords

My resolution, standing with the vast majority of Americans who know we can and must be safer, is to cede no ground to those who would convince us the path is too steep, or we too weak.

The constitutional standard is reasonable. ... I am convinced that we are lawful because what it is we are doing is reasonable.

Ron Gardenhire

He was restarting his life out there. We were trying to convince him to come back and put the uniform on again, and we were getting close.

Ron Gardenhire

He was restarting his life out there. He was thinking about getting married again. We were trying to convince him to come back and put the uniform on again, and we were getting close.

Edgar Allan Poe

Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.

As a technologist, I'm not convinced that the U.N. is necessarily better equipped to deal with these issues than any number of other possible oversight bodies, including the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Alcee Hastings

As a matter of fact, religious differences are actually exploited to convince people to participate in primarily political conflicts.

Ray LaHood

People can say all types of stuff, ... When I lived in Peoria before, people tried to convince me to run for things. I had an opportunity then and I didn't. I will say I'm never going to rule that out in the future. Politics is a lot about being in the right place at the right time.

Abraham Lincoln

''A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal.'' So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroad to his reason.

There's only one way you can convince the customer and that's to give him the experience of driving a diesel car.

John Cole

Right now, there's not enough signal in the noise to be convinced that there's anything there. One has to be strongly skeptical of all these kind of things. But you have got to be open-minded too. Maybe somebody will find something. But if they do, it has got to be solid.

President Chirac has told him to back down as he was leading the country to the wall. He tried to convince himself he could be France's Margaret Thatcher, but forgot he was only the number two.

At Oxford it took me weeks to convince the man on the gate that I was the manager. He always gave me the third degree before he let me in.