Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ricky Williams

I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much.

Ricky Williams

A team takes on the personality of the head coach.

Richard Stengel

If we can teach a teacher we can reach more people.

Richard Simmons

I just love what I do, and I'm a teacher more than anything.

Richard Simmons

When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word.

Richard Simmons

I don't have to teach anymore, I don't have to work anymore, God has been really good to me.

Richard Moran

My parents, my teachers, my friends, my ex-wife-everybody held up a mirror and I accepted the image that came back. Well, it finally dawned on me that my reflection in others' eyes was the truth once removed.

Richard Mitchell

Here is a truth that most teachers will not tell you, even if they know it: Good training is a continual friend and a solace; it helps you now, and assures you of help in the future. Good education is a continual pain in the neck, and assures you always of more of the same.

Richard Griffiths

I know I have this kind of teaching element in me, but I don't want to become a 'teacher of theater' because that would formalize something that I'd much rather keep casual.

Richard Hell

I'm someone who's really susceptible to tears.

Richard Hamming

Good teachers deserve apples; great teachers deserve chocolate. A favorite quotation, written in calligraphy on his office door.

Richard Hamming

Most of the time each person is immersed in the details of one special part of the whole and does not think of how what they are doing relates to the larger picture. For example, in education, a teacher might say in the next class he was going to "explain Young's modulus and how to measure it," rather than, "I am going to educate the students and prepare them for their future careers".

Richard Armour

Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.

Reed Hastings

Do not tolerate brilliant jerks. The cost to teamwork is too high.

Raymond Carver

That morning she pours Teacher's over my belly and licks it off. That afternoon she tries to jump out the window.

Raymond Carver

But he stays by the window, remembering that life. They had laughed. They had leaned on each other and laughed until the tears had come, while everything else—the cold and where he'd go in it—was outside, for a while anyway.

Samuel Alito

My parents grew up in poor families where little English was spoken, they both went to college and became teachers. They believed that anything was possible with hard work, and they particularly stressed the importance of education. They instilled that same belief in my sister and me.

Samuel Alito

Many people have been positive influences in my life. My parents, whom I mentioned, were the most important, but many of my teachers were also a big help to me.

Samuel Alito

I am especially indebted to a 10th grade English teacher who encouraged me to read great works of literature.

Sammy Hagar

Ted Templeman, the producer, and Donn Landee, the engineer, are the same team that signed Van Halen, when they were called Mammoth. Donn convinced them to change it to the last name of the guitar player and drummer.

Tariq Ramadan

The month of Ramadan is the world's most widespread fast and yet its teachings are minimised, neglected and even betrayed (through literal application of rules that overlooks their ultimate objective).

Tariq Ramadan

A true teacher doesn't teach you to think like him, but to think without him.

T. Boone Pickens

If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team.

T. D. Jakes

Any great teacher is a great student.

Julie London

I'm sure any vocal teacher that listens to me would rather cut my throat than do anything.

Joyce Banda

What I have said to my team is that at a point such as this, with 40% adjustment in our currency, it means that Malawians are paying the price. While that is going on, they need to see, us, the commitment on our part, particularly right at the top. The political will needs to go through this with the people, side by side.

Joyce Brothers

I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

Joseph Pilates

Time and progress are synonymous terms--nothing can stop either. Truth will prevail and that is why I know that my teachings will reach the masses and finally be adopted as universal.

Joseph Goebbels

I'm looking for the teacher who is simple enough to be great, and great enough to be simple.

Justin Bieber

I've got such great people around me. They don't really care if they make me angry. A lot of teams, they're afraid to make the artist angry, because they don't want to get fired and all that stuff. My team's pretty good about letting me know when to get in line.

Justin Bieber

I don't know if people know this but I am pretty good at chess. I was always on the chess team at school when I was younger.

Julianne Moore

I wouldn't be an actor if it weren't for the English teacher I had my junior year in high school. She's the one who told me I could be an actor. I had never met an actor, I had never seen a real play, only high school plays. I didn't know actors were real, that it was a real job.

Juan Marichal

But when I stopped facing Sandy, I had to face Don Drysdale. No one on my team wanted to face him.