Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Charles Kennedy

Like John Major in her wake, Thatcher was convinced that she understood the Scots - yet couldn't understand why we remained so stubbornly resistant towards the notion of understanding her.

I was very surprised ... I am convinced it is a mistake because I have never taken anything.

I think for people who were not convinced of the risk, this provides further evidence.

I think they probably were convinced they couldn't play any worse.

Just because Oracle is up and is optimistic about the future is not getting us excited about everything, ... Nobody's convinced there will be a rebound in the second half.

I'm still not convinced he can get a mile and a quarter.

James Howard Kunstler

I'm serenely convinced that we are heading into what will amount to a 'time out' from technological progress as we know it.

Latin American economies have made a leap to quality. We are totally convinced that this time the economic growth will be much more sustainable than it has been in the past.

I watched it for two hours. My wife looked at it, my parents looked at it. Before long, I was firmly convinced that we were dealing with something real.

(I will only return to Germany) once the decision-makers are convinced that I am the right man with my abilities. If not I will stay abroad.

With this acquisition, we are convinced that we are securing our goaltending position for many years.

We're still not convinced we've heard from people we want to talk to, ... We still want to hear from people.

We've been fighting hard now for a couple of years to get back nationally to a legitimate national level of a program. I'm convinced we're there.

I am convinced we shall succeed. I have faith in this country, because I have faith in its people.

Marshall Herskovitz

The further I've gotten into the Internet, the more I've become convinced that we've explored only a tiny corner of what it can mean and what we can feel there.

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.

Richard Leakey

I, too, am convinced that our ancestors came from Africa.

We had two good wins so far but I'm not totally convinced that were already out of a slump.

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.

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.