Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chad Harbach

I was a ballplayer, but only for a limited time. I grew up playing in Wisconsin. It's a very sports-centric part of the country that I grew up in and I played a lot of sports, but baseball first and foremost. I played through high school. I was a middle-infielder.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

No longer should we rely on oil from countries that are not necessarily friendly or democratic.

Dougray Scott

With the situation now, people might be intrigued to see how a country coped with war all those years ago.

Douglas Brinkley

How one deals with the death of a loved one is a highly personalized affair. Some people weep for days; others take a hike in the woods or count rosary beads.

Paul Bloom

Too often, our concern for specific individuals today means neglecting crises that will harm countless people in the future.

Norman Finkelstein

People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying their country.

How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.

Pauline Marois

My victory is your victory. My victory is the victory of a unified party, a party that wants to propose to the Quebec people a country that is free and a country that is independent.

Pete Hegseth

Veterans are driven by the same frustrations that the public has with what is happening in Washington... the fiscal irresponsibility and the financial crisis that our country is facing.

We probably won't have a hard count until the end of September. The State Department has to validate every signature from every county. That takes time.

We pride ourselves on being in shape. There's not a team in the country that can out-condition us.

Brent Venables

We practiced most of two-a-days without him. It would have been worse if he would have practiced this whole time and then lose him now. Guys got valuable reps and you have to count on them.

Steven Hatfill

I am a loyal American. I am extremely proud of the work I have done for the United States and for my country and her people. I expect to be treated as such by the representatives of my government and those who report its work.

Every country has its political face and political traditions.

Valerie Cruz

I think that Europeans in general have a more global view of the world because they are in such proximity to other countries that it enables them to travel and see other parts of the world.

Vladimir Putin

China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people.

Tommy Lee Jones

I want to make movies about my country from my point of view.

Todd Lowe

I'm not Waylon Jennings, but I do a fair imitation of him, and a few other country greats, like Willie Nelson. It would be great to sink my teeth into a project where I could play a country singer. I'm like an old cowboy.

Tyler Farr

I don't mind putting my heart out there for the audience, and for the country music fans... to be vulnerable with them... that's my job as an artist.

Tyler Farr

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea.

Sara Rue

I'm more into the old-school country myself, like Dolly Parton, and I guess it wouldn't be typical, but I really love Linda Ronstadt.

Vesta Williams

Don't you dare print my first name. That would make me sound like a real country girl.

I thought we played really well. Jones County is going through some growing pains losing some people off last year's team. ... The two shutouts are impressive, but we know we've got some people down the road who are very talented. We'll have to get ready when the time comes.

I thought we played hard tonight, and did well defensively holding Oconee County to only 62 points. We just didn't have any offensive answers.

Bob Johnson

I thought we had elected officials for (representing county issues). We may need this some other year, but we don't need it this year.

John Anderson

I thought we didn't play well on defense. The game starts and ends with pitching. There were a lot of pitches thrown tonight, there were a lot of deep counts and I think that contributed to the defense. Its harder for the guys to concentrate and stay in the game.

I thought this was a country of freedom. Now they've really done the harm ... they have really psychologically (hurt Elian).

Theodoros Zagorakis

I think we fulfilled all the promises we made at the start of the competition. After our win over Portugal in the first match, I said all of Europe would be talking about Greece. Now, I think the whole world will be talking about us. We made the worst start today. I really don't know what happened. But what counts is that we qualified.

I think we're feeling good going into the (All-Putnam County) race next Wednesday. We feel like we can take the county title. We know we'll have a good race with Palatka.

I think we're close. That is what we are counting on.

I think we'll look at any high ground, ... It may not be where people wind up for the long haul. But, yes, I think we have to look to our neighboring county -- all of our neighboring counties -- that are inland and away from water.

I think we come together more on the road because you have to count on each other. In a hostile environment you really have to focus more, and we do a pretty good job of that.

Michael Chertoff

I think we need to prepare the country for what's coming,