Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kirsty Coventry

It is much harder to retain your position at the top than to get to the top.

Kim Harrison

You should be dead," he said, his voice full of wonder. "How is it that you're still alive?" Jaw clenched, I worked at his grip on me, trying to get my fingers between him and my wrist. "I work hard at it.

Ken Burns

We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz?

Ken Follett

Hard work should be rewarded by good food.

There's a lot of vocal harmonies in our music, ... We sing loud, hard and in harmony.

There's a much higher risk factor. You better work hard to be the best, so you can survive.

(At halftime), we talked to the forwards about pressuring the defense. We wanted to make things hard on their defense.

At first it was hard to understand her, but now she's totally got everything.

At first, it was hard to tell her personality, because of the jet lag. And she was sick.

At first, everyone was upset with (cover charges) and we had a little backlash. But now we hardly ever hear about it.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

As society has shifted from an agrarian to an urban structure, the joy and necessity of diligent, hard work have been neglected.

Mark Harmon

At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible.

As well, short stories are hard to write.

As much as she tried encouraging the other kids, it was hard to stay up when she was hurting on the sidelines.

All options are on the table. We want to solve this issue diplomatically, and we're working hard to do so.

All my hard work paid off for three years of accomplishing practically nothing in sports.

Enrico Caruso

A big chest, a big mouth, 90 percent memory, 10 percent intelligence, lots of hard work, and something in the heart.

The more this (details of the swap) is delayed, the more the market will be pushed down. But the problem of (energy) rationing is also hitting us hard right now.

The more technical moves are harder for them. But older people can still do ground-level things. No matter how old you are you can always improve your technique.

Michael Hussey

Test cricket is bloody hard work, especially when you've got Sachin batting with what looks like a three metre wide bat.

Michael Badnarik

The Libertarian position on immigration is to have, not open borders with no restrictions, but to have controlled borders that allow hard-working people to come into America to help raise their standard of living and improve the American economy.

Ravi Zacharias

Love is hard work. It is the hardest work I know of, work from which you are never entitled to take a vacation.

Ray Bradbury

Is it true, the world works hard and we play? Is that why we're hated so much?

Randy Pausch

I feel like I'm waiting on something that isn't going to happen Don't complain; just work harder.

Randy Pausch

I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.

Randy Pausch

We need to make sure our students are exerting themselves. We need to praise them when they deserve it and to tell them honestly when they have it in them to work harder,

Randy Pausch

If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.

Ralph Nader

You just can't get anything done. You can't get hearings, you can't get legislation, you can't get responses by the regulatory agencies - you can't get anything done. I'm a realist. I don't work harder and harder to get less and less.

Ralph Bunche

You can surmount the obstacles in your path if you are determined, courageous and hard-working. Never be faint-hearted. Be resolute, but never bitter.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Und dasTotsein ist mu« hsam und voller Nachholn, dass man allm a« hlich ein wenig Ewigkeit spu« rt. And being dead is hard work and full of retrieval before one can gradually feel a trace of eternity.

Rafael Palmeiro

Hard work is the main thing-hard work and dedication. And I think a great part of it is goal setting. You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them. Every goal that I've set, I've been able to achieve. That's been very fulfilling.

Sharon Van Etten

I'm really out of touch with myself emotionally. I've always had a hard time talking about how I feel.

Shane Carruth

I have a really, really hard time sitting down and watching a TV show, except I'm apparently willing to watch the same episode of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,' like, seven times.