Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joey Adams

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late -- and strike oil.'

It has been explained to me on numerous occasions from the league office that they review every play, ... They were real slow in reviewing that one, obviously, or reviewed it poorly.

I think I have explained many times that there is no alternative to legislation if we want to implement this year's pay reduction with certainty. And I think it is only incumbent on the government to proceed with this piece of legislation,

He wanted to know what my thoughts were, and I explained to him that I wouldn't do anything like this,

J. Taylor

I explained to him how I really loved his instruments and had been playing them for a long, long time,

Janet Reno

I explained I was leaving the matter in Mr. Ashcroft's hands.

I explained how it worked. At that point in time, he said 'That's what I want to do.' I thought, 'We got six long years. He needs to go to high school, let his hair grow, be idealistic and that will fall by the wayside.' But it never did. He never wavered.

We made sure we explained to them that they're going to help other people -- they're going to help other kids and older people,

He explained the position to me and made me feel comfortable.

He explained everything. He's really a talented guy.

She laughed out loud and explained that was a sunflower.

Zhang Yimou

Love that can be explained is not love.

John Thompson

explained Donny Marshall , one of Calhoun's many University of Connecticut stars. ''We wanted to make sure we had even more.

Thus the knowledge that is more secret than the secret has been explained to you by Me. After fully reflecting on this, do as you wish.

Kofi Annan

We've shared with them where we stand, what we hope to do next and explained to them the state of play,

Lawrence M. Krauss

To the extent that we even understand string theory, it may imply a massive number of possible different universes with different laws of physics in each universe, and there may be no way of distinguishing between them or saying why the laws of physics are the way they are. And if I can predict anything, then I haven't explained anything.

There is no progress. We are sticking to our stance and they explained their stance.

We explained to all of them they were going to have to get their feet set, square their shoulders, be fundamental and knock three's down.

Tom Fitzgerald

We've all had explained as to what is going to be called. Players were on the rules committee, so we all have to adjust.

The lady explained to us that he had done harm to her mother and daddy,

Rubin Carter

No, it was not explained to me. I was just told to pull them out and that is what I did.

We talked to him at the combine. We talked to him here. He explained everything. That's all I can say about that.

Craig Ferguson

This job has explained to me who I am -- I'm not kidding, ... I always knew I was an actor, but kind of not. I always knew I was a writer, but kind of not. I knew was a producer, but kind of not. It's really a peculiar confluence of skills and experiences that put you in the right position to do this job. But I know now what I am. I'm this. Whatever this is. Now that I know this it's really helped me in my life.

Roger Bart

I had the show sort of explained to me.

The share price can only be explained by takeover speculation.

The securities issue is potentially lethal for him. He has not yet really explained why he did this at this particular time.

Jeffrey Lurie

The way it was explained to me was, by rule, if players throw punches, the official is obligated to eject the player.

Marty Schottenheimer

As I've explained to him, his first priority is to his family.

Everything happens for a reason and I'm thankful for the opportunity the Mariners are giving me. I explained my position, and they are very forgiving. I am looking forward to playing with a great group of guys.

Donald Knuth

Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been sorted with the help of a computer.

Harold Geneen

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.

Don Meredith

The mother explained it to a teacher at the school who didn't know these were gang colours, ... The kids were being recruited through their colours.

Bob Woodruff

After I explained that, he recognized his statements don't apply,