Famous Quotes & Sayings

We were determined that wasn't going to happen. They did say we'd know within two years if there would be any progress.

We were in a tournament with all of our guys. All of a sudden, we come back and ... we're determined. We win 27 games (in 2000-01).

We'll be investigating further to determine if the grant funds are in fact being used appropriately.

Herman Edwards

We'll see where he's at come Wednesday and we'll determine what we're going to do.

Chelsea Clinton

Determination gets you a long way.

Che Guevara

The final hour of colonialism has struck, and millions of inhabitants of Africa, Asia and Latin America rise to meet a new life and demand their unrestricted right to self-determination.

Che Guevara

I don't care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting.

Carl Jung

Personality is the supreme realization of the innate idiosyncracy of a living being. It is an act of high courage flung in the face of life, the absolute affirmation of all that constitutes the individual, the most successful adaptation to the universal conditions of existence coupled with the greatest possible freedom for self-determination.

We're still investigating the situation to determine what happened exactly.

We're still assessing resources internally to determine the overall cost,

Bo Jackson

It's all about the attitude, gut, heart and determination to go out and give 120% every time to try and help the team win.

We needed more poise offensively. We weren't determined enough to just hang on. If we have the ball, they can't score. It seemed like we lost our poise and would throw up about anything to try to win it all of a sudden.

Richard Carson

We needed to determine the value of the resource before it was damaged, and what should have been spent to protect it.

Ludwig von Mises

The main characteristic of collectivism is that it does not take notice of the individual's will and moral self-determination. In the light of its philosophy the individual is born into a collective and it is "natural" and proper for him to behave as members of this collective are expected to behave. Expected by whom? Of course, by those individuals to whom, by the mysterious decrees of some mysterious agency, the task of determining the collective will and directing the actions of the collective has been entrusted.

Ludwig von Mises

There is no means by which anyone can evade his personal responsibility. Whoever neglects to examine to the best of his abilities all the problems involved voluntarily surrenders his birthright to a selfappointed elite of supermen. In such vital matters blind reliance upon 'experts' and uncritical acceptance of popular catchwords and prejudices is tantamount to the abandonment of self-determination and to yielding to other people's domination. As conditions are today, nothing can be more important to every intelligent man than economics. His own fate and that of his progeny are at stake.

Ludwig von Mises

It is not enough for [the investor] to know all the factors that can possibly contribute to the determination of a future event. In order to anticipate correctly they must also anticipate correctly the quantity as it were of each factor's contribution and the instant at which its contribution will become effective.

Hans Jonas

For a scientific theory of him to be possible, man, including his habits of valuation, has to be taken as determined by causal laws, as an instance and part of nature.

Peter Wright

We get to determine our own fate. That is very exciting to me.

We can be proud of the way we played. They are a quality team, but they got lucky today. I think it was circumstances other than the players that determined the outcome of the game.

There are no accomplished golf tour operators in Indonesia, so a golf holiday there is a do-it-yourself operation. But don't let that deter you.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.

We will see if we can get him up to speed and practice will ultimately determine (his status for Sunday).

We've met quality standards ... I'm sorry, but you're talking $100,000 to determine if water is too soft.

We've looked at who are our employees going to be and is there enough of a population to draw from, and we've determined that there is.

Josh Bernstein

We have Byzantine rules that determine who's eligible for what services,

We reviewed our own practices, and determined our policy as it stood was fair.

Jacques Chirac

We're very worried about the situation and determined to do everything possible to tackle the problem.

We're still trying to determine the motive, and right now that's still up in the air.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

You will have to make up for the smallness of your size by your courage and selfless devotion to duty, for it is not life that matters, but the courage, fortitude and determination you bring to it.

We received the proffer at the same time you (reporters) received it late last night, and so we've been reviewing it to determine what the scope should be.

Robert Baker

You already determined this was evidence. Is that what you're telling this jury?

We envision Hector as having a shot at our rotation. All that will be determined in spring training. Our scouts had good reports on him and they suggested him, in particular as a starter.

We can use it to determine an officer's judgment, whether they should've called off the pursuit or continued. It helps get rid of tunnel vision, which typically happens in a pursuit situation, and forces the officer to scan and see the whole picture.