Famous Quotes & Sayings

Anne Fortier

I was in Siena and decided I wanted to write a story set there. Then I discovered that the original story of Romeo and Juliet was set in Siena. It occurred to me that this was too much of a gift - I had to do it. That's how I ended up writing a parallel story to Romeo and Juliet.

Robert Browning

I would think the extra pair of eyes, extra pair of ears would maybe deter someone who may have decided to try something.

Bruce Bochy

Jake was feeling the effects of everything going on in his teeth and his hand. To me, that is major surgery. I made up my mind after talking to him. I was inclined to get him when I went out there. I decided he had enough.

Jack was getting after it. We decided to switch him around and move him up front (from the midfield), because he can score when he's got the ball.

John has an important job here with the Rangers. I want him as part of our team as we move forward and I am glad he has decided to stay with our organization.

I think it is really unfortunate that the New York University administration has decided to take a page out of the Yale administration's anti-union book, ... It's shocking that in 2000 the NYU administration decided to recognize the democratic decision of their students, and then at the whim of the president of the university, they can take away their contract, take away their grievance procedure.

It all started with our defense. They decided to go out and get some stops.

Marty Schottenheimer

He wanted to finish, but I decided it was time to give Michael a few shots.

He walked into my office yesterday after San Antonio's game and said his passion is elsewhere, so he decided to retire. We wish him well.

He could have done anything else, but he decided to come out for track. I'm proud I got to be his coach.

He decided to wait because he knew he was going to get some interest late. It was a very good decision for him to wait.

He decided to take them up on the offer.

Patrick Mouratoglou

He decided that his parents had to come. Marcos is someone who likes to share.

Saeb Erekat

He decided not to go to New York because of the (Israeli) handover of the (Gaza) settlements and the security situation.

He decided he was going to go and get another job.

He decided he was going to do it all by himself at the end and nothing was going to stop him from scoring a touchdown. He's a great player.

He decided he could not join at that time and we understood that,

Have you made up your mind? I decided that I would regret it for the rest of my life if I did not stand up the way my family stood up.

He just decided to withdraw his guilty plea and proceed with a jury on the guilt phase of the case.

Andy Phillips

He just decided to leave and then after he didn't return we just discharged him and that was ten months ago,

Micky Adams

Half our problem last season was that we leaked too many goals, so I decided we needed more solidity and leadership at the back,

Halo Properties decided to donate it to us and gave us six months to move it. We have the station on stilts ready to go, but we've had to wait on good weather.

Harold was the grand marshal for that July 4 parade. We decided to have him ride his own 1920 truck for the parade.

Graham Joyce

George Orwell's '1984' frequently tops surveys of our greatest books: it's not a celebration of poetic language. It's decidedly anti-literary, a masterpiece of personal and political narrative sequence. And its subject matter is crucial, because what '1984' shows is that language can be a dirty trick.

Graeme Base

I decided to take my foot off the pedal with all the detail. I'm sure after 'Animalia' and 'The Eleventh Hour,' readers thought that's what to expect from Graeme Base. With 'The Sign of the Seahorse,' I took a step away from the puzzle-book genre - that was more of an adventure story.

When I was only eleven years old, I decided to become a writer. I told this ambition in a letter to Laura Ingalls Wilder; the die was cast. How could I go back on my word?

More than any other major sport, professional or amateur, college football games are decided by the physical incompetence and downright chokery of their players.

Gianfranco Fini

There are theaters in which Italy plays a role in symphony with the United States, ... The more the Iraqis are able to ensure their own security, the easier it would be to work out the time frame and the modalities for phasing out. But they have to be decided together, not unilaterally but with a consensus.

There are still many unanswered questions, but we have decided to err on the side of safety.

Today I decided to congratulate her and you saw what happened.

Her pulse was faster and she decided not to train. Our team doctor is going to look at her later this afternoon.

Going into the second half, we all just decided we're not going to lose this game.

Going in, we thought it was going to be the game that decided the top two teams in TCAL. We started the game off pretty strong.