Famous Quotes & Sayings

Preity Zinta

Yes, you have to be brave enough to take steps that your heart is telling you to take. Because when I decided to go into cricket, not one person told me I was making the right move. At that time, nobody thought the IPL would become so big. I was nervous at that time, because suddenly I was in an uncomfortable spot.

Malcolm Gladwell

We used to say poor people had lousy genes. Then we decided that wasn't OK, but we transferred the prejudice to upbringing. We said, 'You were neglected as a child, so you'll never make it.' That's just as pernicious.

Dominika Cibulkova

I've always loved playing tennis. When I was 12, my parents decided that I should try to do it seriously. My father started to travel with me, and as a family, we tried to make it work.

Nick Woodman

I decided that I want to live in a big world. And since then, any time I'm confronted with a challenging situation, I go for it.

We're evaluating our options and trying to decide if we can rebuild it ourselves, or find someone else who wants to do it. We've owned it for 15 years, and (putting the inn up for sale) was a personal decision that it was time for us to move on to something else.

There is a very tight race for No. 1 between ABC, Fox and CBS. You can't discount that. That's why they decided to go with original programming. This is about the competitive nature of our business.

Karl Rove

The Tea Party movement is a wide and diverse group. It will hurt the Republican Party if some elements of the Tea Party decide to become third party advocates because it will split the conservative vote.

Tom Robbins

I've decided to take advantage of outsourcing. My next novel will be written by a couple of guys in Bangalore, India.

Dennis Hastert

Unfortunately, opponents of online speech have decided to punish our changing technological world.

I decided to set out to prove that you could make a reasonable living building for the poor using recycled materials and only hiring unskilled labor.

Tim Thomas

We didn't scout like we had been doing. We decided to just wing it. I didn't know what they were going to do and that seemed to help.

We are taking on integration in a very Brazilian way - singing a samba in a mix of Spanish and Portuguese. I decided not to get into the whole revolution theme, first of all because it's too distant from the Brazilian people.

We are reviewing the points system, as we often do when there is talk about one driver having so big of a lead that it looks like the championship will be decided before the season is over.

We are reviewing the matter. After that, we'll decide whether to take any more action.

We are going to support our team members who decide to demonstrate. But we will offer incentives for everybody who comes to work on that day.

Helena Mattsson

Growing up in Sweden, I decided pretty early on that I wanted to go to acting school.

Yang Lan

In 1994, after four years of talking about travel on my first show, I realized I knew so little about the world - I knew so little about myself. I decided to quit my job and pursue a postgraduate degree in New York.

Thom Yorke

We toyed with the idea of making it a double album, but I think that would only have confused everybody even more, so we decided to stick with the songs we picked.

Ike Barinholtz

We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.

Irving Paul Lazar

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and there's nothing doing, so I decide to make something happen by lunch.

Vivek Wadhwa

Writing a book is usually a full-time job that takes years. I didn't have years. So I decided to crowdsource content for the book.

E. O. Wilson

We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.

Chris Higgins

We were a little tired but it was a big week for us. When we looked at the schedule, we sat down as a team and decided we wanted to pick up as many points as we could because there's a lot riding on every game we play right now.

We don't know exactly what would happen after a 'no.' We wouldn't decide on that. It would be up to the EU.

Mike Richardson

We worked hard on that the other day in practice. We worked on a set squad to go out there and play hard defense until they turned it over or we decided it was time to foul.

We want to know what is going on, what is being discussed. After all, what is decided impacts our lives.

David Robertson

We'll see how it reacts in the (weekend) storm then decide on how we re-open it to two-way or one-way traffic.

Robert Webb

When I was 18, I was halfway up the Eiffel Tower with my friend, Tom, when we decided to stick our heads through the railings. The gap between the railings was exactly the right size to be able to put your head through and nearly get stuck. Which is exactly what happened.

Robert Webb

The way people imagine their political leaders is, like it or not, an important factor in how they decide to vote and, indeed, whether they vote at all.

Ruben Blades

I decided we should book ourselves, so I started booking the band.

Randy Pausch

I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.

Jakaya Kikwete

We promise to respect people of all creeds: those who are Christians, Muslims as well as those who have decided not to follow any religion.

Al Groh

We preached all week for our guys to be prepared to go the long haul. We knew this game would be decided well into the game, late in the game. That helped see us through a tough start.