Famous Quotes & Sayings

Raf Simons

I want to get away from couture just being done for a picture or for a single moment on the red carpet. I want to try and convince women that couture can be worn in the day and that there's a reality and relevance there, because that's what Mr. Christian Dior wanted.

George Porter

I wanted to stay, but my granddaughter convinced me Sunday morning that we should leave, ... She was sitting in the gazebo and she said, 'Grandpa, when are we going to leave?' She doesn't usually scare that easy.

It took me weeks to convince her not to drop out of school because she got a C.

Dick Murphy

It took a long time for me to convince my staff people to leave me unscheduled from 2:00 to 4:00 everyday. And I need to do that as mayor. I need to schedule accessibility time.

Julia Mancuso

They are not convinced I'm American; they think I'm Italian.

The yield curve is reflecting too pessimistic an outlook on the economy. The market will just have to be convinced otherwise.

We worked from sunup to sundown. I think that's what convinced me not to go into farming.

We are meeting representatives of BP in an effort to convince them not to withdraw from the joint venture.

Steve Jobs

We convinced people fairly rapidly that survival, at least in the short term, was not an issue.

Ross Brawn

This is very frustrating for us. We have had various problems with the engine but we'll get over them. I'm convinced of that.

They're hanging their heads. They wanted it. They weren't totally convinced it would work.

They're positioned to be able to grow. They just need to convince people that their assumptions make sense.

Jim Boeheim

I just don't think you can have four teams not go to your tournament. It's not healthy. I tried to convince the people in the league and our coaches. We had a halfhearted fight about it. This year, it'll be an all-out fight.

Helen Brown

I hope I have convinced you / the only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.

Helen Brown

I hope I have convinced you -- the only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.

Kofi Annan

I hope he will be able to convince the Iranian partners to come back to the table.

Investors are not convinced (the deal) will necessarily go through, or at least as two firms as we know them today with the full (product) line-up.

William Osler

In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.

Viktor Chernomyrdin

It has taken two or three weeks to convince our counterparts -- the United States and (other) NATO countries -- that while withdrawing the (Yugoslav) troops, it's necessary to leave some of them behind.

Jack Brickhouse

I'm convinced you can combine this with reporting integrity and accuracy.

I'm convinced the question of development is mainly an issue of governance and leadership.

I'm convinced that what we're doing here today ? if there is another Katrina that hits New Orleans that we would not see the catastrophic results that we saw during Katrina. There will be some flooding, but it will be manageable type flooding.

Dick Murphy

I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials.

Howard Baker

I'm convinced that they'll come out with a unified position -- perhaps not an identical position, but a unified position,

I'm convinced that given this debtor's history, if this court were to deny the (sale),

John Cornyn

I'm convinced that even if there's not anything, there are groups out there who are going to try to make this nomination controversial even when it shouldn't be.

I'm convinced it can work because I've made it work at another venue.

Tony Stewart

I'm convinced I'm still going to fall off one and crack my head wide open.

I'm convinced if we weaken or destroy (the ordinance) it will have a direct impact on property values.

I'm convinced he would have made it. He hit it perfect.

Alice McDermott

I'm a novelist. I'm not a crusader, and I'm not an editorial writer. And I'm not writing fiction to convince anybody of anything.

Mark Thompson

if the public is convinced that the corporation is spending money wisely.

If people perceive that all-time high as 'normal,' that's going to make it very difficult to convince them that jobs are plentiful.