Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Redhill

We are already so many things by the time we reach the middle of life that it is possible to see that really anything can happen, and that, by extension, anything is doable. I decided I'd write 'The Calling' as someone else. Another writer entirely, a fictional one who would be played by me.

The refs gave him plenty of time (on the stalling calls). I know (refs) don't want a match to be decided like that I guarantee Cole didn't want it to end that way.

Geoff Ogilvy

With three or four holes to play, it looked decidedly unfavorable for us. But Justin made a massive par on 17, and then on 18 we got it down.

Thousands of men and women have done just that have decided to come to terms with what lies at the roots of their same-sex attractions and work diligently toward overcoming them.

Transparency is vitally important in what can be a very opaque process in Brussels. We've decided to open this up so people can understand the issues.

When I first saw what happened on the news I was devastated and decided to do something.

Paul Scott

While we have some promising signs, we need to see the proposal still. We're pleased that Mills has decided to step away from direct involvement of the project.

Honeysuckle Weeks

My parents wanted to be actors. They tried for years but didn't get anywhere. Then Mum got pregnant with me and they decided to make actors out of their children. You need your parents' support if you're going to do it. Otherwise who's going to ferry you to castings?

Chang-Rae Lee

Unlike F. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Wolfe, I don't like proper dress while working. I like writing in pajama-like clothing, which eases and relaxes me and allows me to connect with the decidedly improper.

We got to Jackson, Miss. and we went looking for a generator; we knew there wasn't any electricity at home. Lowe's was out but was expecting a shipment within an hour or so and we decided to wait.

We gave up on waiting. We decided to go for it.

Terry Allen

We had eight games last year that were decided by seven points or less, and every one of those games had a special teams play that was significant in the outcome.

Jerry Jones

We just didn't think it was as serious. We've had many play through that and do well, especially at that position, so it was discouraging when he decided he wanted to have surgery. ... The main thing is that we were planning on him being out at practice the next day when he decided to have surgery.

Mortimer Zuckerman

I decided law was the exact opposite of sex; even when it was good, it was lousy

Patti Stanger

A ring means a commitment. But more than that, it means that you've talked about your shared future and have decided together on a shared vision of it.

We have the impression the government has decided to respond to the student movement with truncheons and repression.

Jackie Mason

We were going to do it before the hurricane, but decided to wait,

We were still good enough that we decided let's give it another shot. But we got to this year and said it's time. Rather than try to tippy-toe our way through it, we just took it all in one big shot.

We were sitting there waiting and finally decided it was time to go back to the Health Department.

We had a lot of options open to us and we decided to go with alternative sources of money.

We had a look at it and decided it wasn't something we wanted to be involved in.

We had all this stuff -- it's from years past -- and we decided I needed to raise some money so I could move on and open up a new store.

We had to search all seven floors of the hospital and we were supposed to get 13 bodies, but we ended up with 19. When we decided to search the entire hospital is when we found the other six bodies.

We wanted to jump on them early, especially with the weather the way it was. Five innings makes an official game, so that is why we needed to get the early lead. But then, we decided to just put the weather out of our minds.

Ted Forrest

We wanted to have a little tea party here at people's advocate. We didn't have any tea, so we decided we'd throw the governor overboard.

Steven Sinofsky

With the general availability of Windows 8/RT and Surface, I have decided it is time for me to take a step back from my responsibilities at Microsoft.

Paul Verhoeven

I had decided after 'Hollow Man' to stay away from science fiction. I felt I had done so much science fiction. Four of the six movies I made in Hollywood are science-fiction oriented, and even 'Basic Instinct' is kind of science fiction.

Madonna Ciccone

I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.

I decided to work on things that obsess women because women can't resist things like lace, sequins, animal prints and python.

Pippa Middleton

I have finally perfected my signature. It took hours of practicing... I decided early on just to write Pippa, not Middleton.

Peter Jurasik

I left because I decided it just really wasn't for me, and I got a better understanding of what the Catholic Church needed from its priests and ministers.

Peter Murphy

Whew that was some work out there. ... We took a gamble tonight. I have raced here 4 times here this year before tonight and all 4 nights the track got slick. So we decided to go with our 360 tonight and use the less horsepower to our advantage. It figures the track would be heavy. We gave em a good run though and we feel real good about our finish. Next weekend barring any unforeseen problems we should win the VRA/Bandit Sprints Grand Slam. No worries!

Joe Coleman

We received a sample lamp several years ago at a TRIAD meeting. We started looking into the price but it was prohibitive so we didn't pursue it. Late last year we decided to get the police department and Echo Hose Ambulance involved so we could get the program started.