Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Coleman

And with alphabetical irony Nigeria follows New Zealand

David Coleman

The late start is due to the time.

David Coleman

It's a battle with himself and with the ticking finger of the clock.

David Coleman

Ingrid Kristiansen then has smashed the world record, running the 5000 metres in 14:58.89. Truly amazing. Incidentally, this is a personal best for Ingrid Kristiansen.

David Coleman

A truly international field, no Britons involved.

David Coleman

He is accelerating all the time. That last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before in 62.

David Coleman

The Republic-of-China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time

David Coleman

That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record

David Coleman

This is a young man who is only 25, and you have to say, her has answered every question that has ever been asked.

David Bailey

A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.

David Attenborough

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?

Don Herold

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.

Dylan McDermott

In the consciousness of the end is the limitation of the moment.

Dylan Thomas

I do not remember-that is the point-the first impulse that pumped and shoved most of the earlier poems along, and they are still too near me, with their vehement beat-pounding black and green rhythms like those of a very young policeman exploding, for me to see the written evidence of it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

Douglas Adams

I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

Douglas Adams

It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport.

Douglas Adams

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Douglas Adams

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.

Douglas Adams

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

Dorothea Brande

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.

Dorothea Brande

By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.

Dorothea Lange

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

Dorothea Lange

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.