Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kiki Smith

If you stick to your work it will take care of you somehow.

Kim Basinger

I'm a very determined person.

Karl Liebknecht

But Socialism, alone, can bring self-determination of their peoples.

Karl Marx

The animal is one with its life activity. It does not distinguish the activity from itself. It is its activity. But man makes hislife activity itself an object of his will and consciousness. He has a conscious life activity. It is not a determination with which he is completely identified.

Myles Munroe

Your value in life is determined by the problems you solve through your gift.

H. L. Mencken

The Gettysburg Adress has been included, of late, in several anthologies of poetry. It actually meets the major requirement of all poetry: It is a mellifluous and emotional statement of the obviously not true. The men who fought for self-determination at Gettysburg were not the Federals but the Confederates.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece - by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

Gerald R. Ford

I am committed to furthering the self-determination of Indian communities but without terminating the special relationship between the Federal Government and the Indian people. I am strongly opposed to termination. Self-determination means that you can decide the nature of your tribe's relationship with the Federal Government within the framework of the Self-Determination Act, which I signed in January of 1975.

Gerald R. Ford

The Communist leaders in Moscow, Peking and Hanoi must fully understand that the United States considers the freedom of South Viet Nam vital to our interests. And they must know that we are not bluffing in our determination to defend those interests.

John Smoltz

I don't need a game to determine anything about a pitch. This is what I've been through my whole career.

Eddie Jordan

Caron is as tough as they come. It was his will and determination that won the game for us. He forced his will upon the game, and other guys really stepped up.

Howard Thurman

At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.

Howard Bloom

Humans test their brand new wings and invent new possibilities using new-fangled things not with grim determination, but with play.

Julian Bond

He always had such a fierce determination to fight segregation in every possible way.

Her drive and determination got me. She's so competitive and I wanted to be a part of that.

John Franklin

Her determination (was) to stand up, not merely for herself, not merely for all women, not merely for African-Americans but for all Americans.

He practiced this week but no way were we going to scrimmage him. We'll determine more on Monday or Tuesday.

Ian Mcewan

I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive.

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.

I don't think 45 -- I think it's a number out of the sky. I think you have to look at individual lakes separately and determine that.

I'd take five of him, with his determination and work ethic.

I am very proud of each and every one of my players. They all played a terrific match. Winning those three-set matches takes determination and heart and my players showed that today.

Alexander Hleb

I am very happy at Arsenal. I love playing Premier League football, this is an exciting opportunity for me and I am determined to do well here.

Sadaharu Oh

I am proud that Japan is the strongest team in Asia. We are determined to go through at the top.

I don't think they think of themselves as freshmen. They're determined to hold up their end of the bargain, and so far they've done that.

He's never missed a beat, and he's done a terrific job since. ...Just a great guy: tough, gritty, determined to get things done.

How he plays is going to determine how far we go, absolutely.

How long he takes and how good a job he does determines the profitability of his company. I have three years of graduate study in mathematics at MIT, and I couldn't do that job.

How many big plays can you look at? - A fake punt, 97-yard run and an interception for a touchdown. Three snaps determined the outcome of the game.

How well we wrestle (today) will determine how well we wrestle at the national tournament. We want to get to the nationals any way we can.

How these next several months play out will determine whether or not these institutions make it or not. The most sensitive question is whether or not they can keep their students, because these institutions are so tuition-driven.

Mitch Kupchak

How teams are going to use that league will not be determined this year.

Jerry Bailey

He's immensely talented, but I haven't even thought about that, ... I'm not going to let one horse here or there determine that. I'm just going to get through the Breeders' Cup, and in November, I'll sit down and think about it.