Events Quotes
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Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you do hold well. (Quote by - Josh Billings)
A chuckle a day may not keep the doctor away, but it sure does make those times in life's waiting room a little more bearable. (Quote by - Anne Wilson Schaef)
I know I'm no Kim Basinger, but she can't throw a javelin. (Quote by - Fatima Whitbread)
Nothing in life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it. (Quote by - Ellen Glasgow)
There are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn them to their own disadvantage. (Quote by - Francois de La Rochefoucauld)
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
A wise man turns chance into good fortune. (Quote by - Thomas Fuller)
We are never so happy or so unhappy as we think. (Quote by - Francois de La Rochefoucauld)
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now. (Quote by - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Individuality is founded in feeling; and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done. (Quote by - William James)
The Night of Champions event has given so much to Lenawee County children and Hospice patients. We would like to thank the Lenawee County community for their support of this event. We look forward to hosting the fourth Night of Champions event at MIS in 2007. (Quote by - Brett Shelton)
Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. (Quote by - Saint Francis de Sales)
We do an event in Des Moines .. and we thought it'd be worthwhile to have another event like it in Ames, since we do so much in Ames. We didn't really think it was something people were doing, so it's kind of a new event. (Quote by - David Orth)
One loses many laughs by not laughing at oneself. (Quote by - Sara Jeannette Duncan)
As we've learned more about what was proposed, it's evident why many people would find this program offensive. The College Republicans certainly have a Constitutional right to conduct such an event, offensive as it may appear to some in the community. In protecting everyone's right to free expression, the University cannot censor the content of student-organized events. (Quote by - Terrell Jones)
On his world record triple jump - It's only jumping into a sandpit. (Quote by - Jonathan Edwards)
Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity. (Quote by - Alberta Flanders)
All that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable. (Quote by - Kathleen Norris)
Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed. (Quote by - Abraham Lincoln)
It's become an event. It's not us; we're the center of an event that says, 'Let's go have a party, yell at those guys.' It's become an event, which is very nice. (Quote by - Lee Corso)
To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid. (Quote by - John Cage)
After Sergei Bubka asked for $40,000 to appear at a Crystal Palace meeting -Sergei, I'm only asking you to compete, I don't want to buy the Soviet Union. (Quote by - Andy Norman)
It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean. (Quote by - Anthony Robbins)
If anything, I think that showed the value of this event, .. Sometimes you take things for granted. But what Shanghai did was show everyone, us included, just what a valuable franchise this event really is. (Quote by - Charlie Pasarell)
Let us not be needlessly bitter: certain failures are sometimes fruitful. (Quote by - E. M. Cioran)
Humor is my sword and my shield. It protects me. You can open a door with humor and drive a truck right through. (Quote by - Alan Simpson)
I really pushed for the event to come here for a number of reasons. One was that you heard rumblings from U.S. guys complaining about having to travel far to play. I don't blame them. They have to play an event every year, This is an easy one -- just travel a bit north. There won't be complaining from guys coming to play. (Quote by - Mike Weir)
We're not going to get the top players to play more events, what we want to do is get the top players to play more of the same events. And I think that we're creeping up on that and getting maybe three or four additional tournaments where the top players will play - even if we continue playing maybe just the same number of events that we've played in years past. (Quote by - Phil Mickelson)
I have seen boys on my baseball team go into slumps and never come out of them, and I have seen others snap right out and come back better than ever. I guess more players lick themselves than are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself. (Quote by - Connie Mack)
A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle. (Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)
Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. (Quote by - Aldous Huxley)
You can't really call playing snooker a job at the moment. People talk about the world rankings but how can you judge people on only six tournaments a season? It's not like golf which has about 40 events a year. (Quote by - Matthew Stevens)
Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule. (Quote by - Jefferson Davis)
I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes. (Quote by - Sara Teasdale)
I don't know the criteria to be nominated, but I do know that the event has grown so rapidly and brings so much money to the Fayetteville area. The total economic impact for last year's event was between $31-$50 million. It's the largest single event in the state. We've got a lot to be proud of. (Quote by - Nelson Driver)
Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you. (Quote by - Richard Bach)
Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often originates in the events of times(Quote by - Isaac Disraeli)
This event is based on the success of our European Cannonball Run Europe events which embody the spirit of the original U.S. Cannonball Run event and 1981 movie. (Quote by - Tim Porter)
Sports broadcasters are the only reporters who describe past events in the future tense. (Quote by - Burnett Anderson)
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. (Quote by - John Milton)
We are fully confident about China's capacity in holding grand sports events, and believe Beijing Olympic will achieve great success. And we are also convinced that the Chinese is capable in holding large-scale international event. (Quote by - Jacques Rogge)
Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost. (Quote by - Napoleon Bonaparte)
One of our charges, because of the stadium we received from the community, is to bring as many events like this to the state. This will be a great event that has been a long time coming. (Quote by - Kevin Byrne)
We're just going to focus on individual events this weekend. The majority of the team will travel home Saturday night after the individual events, while a couple of the field event competitors will stay to compete Sunday. It makes it difficult to compete in the relays on Sunday, travel home and be prepared for classes Monday morning. (Quote by - Elvis Forde)
Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account. (Quote by - Euripides)
This is the event we're all scared might happen at any time. We'd be faced with an event worse than the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. (Quote by - Neil Ferguson)
On any occasion when one can discover the cause of events, one should not resort to the gods. (Quote by - Polybius)
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determination; the way you play it is free will. (Quote by - Jawaharlal Nehru)
A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis. (Quote by - Ralph W. Sockman)
There holding a tremendous event here this week, .. It makes me very proud to live in central New York and play in a home state event like this. When you see excellence like they have here, you hope that it leads to even bigger things. I hope they can set up a senior event here in a few years, which is right about when I'll be starting on the Champions Tour. I had a great time and hope to get back here again soon. (Quote by - Joey Sindelar)
In creating this event, we researched some really cold winter events, taking into consideration fun for the family and celebrating what's great about winter in Michigan. Last year was a huge success and we promise an even more spectacular event in 2006 -- the perfect backdrop for Super Bowl XL. (Quote by - Jonathan Witz)
Laughter can be more satisfying than honor; more precious than money; more heartcleansing than prayer. (Quote by - Harriet Rochlin)
There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them. (Quote by - Phyllis Bottome)
Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. (Quote by - William Saroyan)
We have depth in the throws, we're strong in the middle-distance events and we have a strong distance crew. Our weakest event is the high jump. There's not a lot (of experience) in that event. (Quote by - Al Hostetler)
Humor is an antidote to isolation. (Quote by - Elizabeth Janeway)
A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference ... it pardons shortcomings; it consoles failure. It recommends moderation. (Quote by - Thornton Wilder)
We looked at what was appropriate. We stepped back. Anniversaries are never like openings, and that was the most special event, a one-of-a-kind event. (Quote by - Terry Stewart)
Find the grain of truth in criticism chew it and swallow it. (Quote by - Don Sutton)
I think we should look forward to death more than we do. Of course everybody hates to go to bed or miss anything but dying is really the only chance we'll get to rest. (Quote by - Florynce Kennedy)
Humor is the healthy way of feeling distance between one's self and the problem, a way of standing off and looking at one's problems with perspective. (Quote by - Rollo May)
What the caterpillar calls a tragedy, the Master calls a butterfly. (Quote by - Richard Bach)
All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise. (Quote by - Cleopatra)
We've been very pleased with the initial, strong interest in the Used Car Manager Spring Training Conference & Workshops. This event is designed to provide dealership management with the very best used car skills training available in an easy, affordable, one-stop shop. Dealers and their managers will take something from this event that can potentially have an immediate, positive impact on their used car business. (Quote by - Ron Smith)
Americans are avid fans of entertainment events and are willing to make significant investments to attend them. When someone has to cancel their event plans, there is often a financial loss along with the disappointment. We want ticket buyers to have the best event experience possible, which now includes financial peace of mind. (Quote by - Mike Stein)
This is going to be a real experiment. It's going to be a glamorous, high-end benefit fund-raising event in the best and highest tradition of New York fund-raising events. At the same time, it's going to be accessible to a broad range of people. (Quote by - Oskar Eustis)
He should be judged by his contribution. [on John 'Two Jags' Prescott] (Quote by - Des Browne)
This is a great way for anyone to get involved and help support this event. For anyone who ever wanted the opportunity to support a huge race event, but could never afford it, here is an opportunity be a part of your favorite racing event. (Quote by - Gregg McKarns)
We can either change the complexities of life ... or develop ways that enable us to cope more effectively. (Quote by - Herbert Benson)
We are not troubled by things, but by the opinion which we have of things. (Quote by - Epictetus)
Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression. (Quote by - Karen Horney)
This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the event as event, but of the relationship of that event to past, and future, events. We seem here to have a paradox: that the reality of an event, which is not real in itself, arises from the other events which, likewise, in themselves are not real. But this only affirms what we must affirm: that direction is all. And only as we realize this do we live, for our own identity is dependent upon this principal. (Quote by - Robert Penn Warren)
Optimism and humor are the grease and glue of life. Without both of them we would never have survived our captivity. (Quote by - Philip Butler)
Forecasting future events is often like searching for a black cat in an unlit room, that may not even be there. (Quote by - Steve Davidson)
I love Akron's event. There's no doubt that they've used a strategic approach to what the event stands for: community, arts, celebration and the New Year. When all the components are running full tilt, it's a successful event. (Quote by - Dave Sullivan)
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. (Quote by - Publilius Syrus)
Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well. (Quote by - Epictetus)
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. (Quote by - Voltaire)
Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event. (Quote by - Gaston Bachelard)
This is one of the biggest events in the world. We're here to compete and try to retain the Ryder Cup(Quote by - Darren Clarke)
Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness. (Quote by - Ellie Katz)
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now. (Quote by - Marie Osmond)
No emotional crisis is wholly the product of outward circumstances. These may precipitate it. But what turns an objective situation into a subjectively critical one is the interpretation the individual puts upon it the meaning it has in his emotional economy; the way it affects his selfimage. (Quote by - Bonaro Overstreet)
Newsletters and Web sites are a great opportunity for couples to put all of the information about the wedding in one place - where they're registered, guest hotel accommodations, events that will be going on surrounding the wedding. And you could also include events leading up to the wedding, such as showers and parties. (Quote by - Calandra Terry)
Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true. (Quote by - Elbert Hubbard)
Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand. (Quote by - Baruch Spinoza)
Recession is like Failure, it is an Event not a Person, so Just Move on. (Quote by - Mina Tadros)
True luck consists not in holding the best cards at the table; luckiest he who knows just when to rise and go home. (Quote by - John Hay)
The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your losses. (Quote by - William Bolitho)
Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy. (Quote by - Amy Alcott)
True contentment is the power of getting of any situation all that there is in it. (Quote by - G. K. Chesterton)
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so. (Quote by - Jacopo Sannazaro)
Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves. (Quote by - Queen Victoria)
The qualifying system helps the top guys like Sergio Garcia, who play most of their golf in the U.S. They can rely on the world rankings and just play their four extra events [with the four majors and three World Golf Championship events counting as seven European events]. But for the other guys it's tough, and I don't know if that can be changed. It is a tricky situation. (Quote by - Luke Donald)
Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints. (Quote by - Evelyn Underhill)
If they prove successful, you'll certainly see more candidates doing it. But it's not something that anyone can do. A lot of it is time sensitive, depending on world events and national events, and you need an enemy, the way Republicans use Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton. (Quote by - Kent Cooper)
To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the genie out of the bottle. It is to start a new train of events that is beyond your control... (Quote by - T.S. Eliot)
Nothing is so bad that you have to sit down and go crazy. (Quote by - John Telgen)
I always wanted to be a minor poet. I remember when I did my record long jump saying to myself, when I was in the air half-way, This may be pretty good jumping. It's dashed poor minor poetry!'(Quote by - C. B. Fry)
To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
A true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of our acts are the result of sudden impulse and accident than of that reason of which we so much boast. (Quote by - Peter Cooper)
The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events. (Quote by - Galbraith)
Ryan is certainly the best swimmer we've ever had at the University of Florida. He holds the school record in both butterfly events, both individual medleys, both of the backstrokes. He's got the freestyle. He's on every relay and could probably hold a few more of our records. He just hasn't had a chance to swim the events. (Quote by - Gregg Troy)
A shot-putter is the power behind the thrown. (Quote by - Journolists Mail on Sunday)
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. (Quote by - Robert G. Ingersoll)
Reality – a clock showing always now. An event which has created us to create lands of living today in the cells of time we came with and die sometimes leaving all behind. (Quote by - Mariana Fulger)
One the greatest events in my life was to complete a marathon. I did it to teach myself "NEVER TO GIVE UP" even when it hurts. (Quote by - Lorrin L. Lee)
He who, having lost one ideal, refuses to give his heart and soul to another and nobler, is like a man who declines to build a house on rock because the wind and rain ruined his house on the sand. (Quote by - Constance Naden)
No matter what has happened, always behave as if nothing had happened. (Quote by - Arnold Bennett)
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. (Quote by - William James)
It's going to be a full slate at the Olympics. The 1,000 hasn't been my priority this year but it's an event I've used a lot to help me in the longer distances. I've had good 1,000 races all year and I love the event because it's nice and short. You can just hammer the whole thing. (Quote by - Kristina Groves)
Plainly no way has yet been found to stop long-jump commentaries sounding like naughty stories after lights-out in the dorm - 'Ooooh! It's enormous. It was so long!'(Quote by - Russell Davies The Sunday Times )
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. (Quote by - Alexander Hamilton)
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. (Quote by - Frank Leahy)
You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. (Quote by - Anthony Robbins)
A lot of the evidence and some of the events you see in LA Justice are loosely based on real-life cases. (Quote by - Christopher Darden)
All I can do is play the game the way the cards fall. (Quote by - James A. Michener)
Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters. [on the science, or art, of writing a book](Quote by - Elizabeth George)
For a first-year event, it is coming together well. If the event went off today, I'd be happy with it, but I think a lot more people will register. (Quote by - Mike Marolt)
Disease can be seen as a call for personal transformation through metamorphosis. It is a transition from the death of your old self into the birth of your new. (Quote by - Tom O'Connor)
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair. (Quote by - Edmund Burke)
This is courage ... to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends. (Quote by - Euripides)
When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade. (Quote by - Dale Carnegie)
It's been such a cornerstone sporting event for amateur athletics in this community. Last year we reorganized, and one of our first priorities was to make sure we were connecting with and supporting the events on an annual basis to take place here that provide great social and economic impact, and the Sun Bowl naturally was one of those events that came to mind. (Quote by - Rob Higgins)
Don't curse the darkness light a candle. (Quote by - Chinese proverb)
An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality. (Quote by - John Cage)
LIFE is all about sequence of Events although..Every event is a successor as well as Predecessor of another one. (Quote by - Ashish Sophat)
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Steamboat's strength is not downhill, for lack of experience, but our athletes skied very well in the event. All of the Steamboat athletes moved up from their start position in both the downhill and super G. Now that the speed portion of the event is over, we are focusing on the (technical) events, where Steamboat is much stronger. (Quote by - Dusty Matheson)
When something bad happens to me, I think I'm able to deal with it in a pretty good way. That makes me lucky. Some people fall apart at the first little thing that happens. (Quote by - Christie Brinkley)
After being impaled by a javelin, while officiating- I'm doing fine now, just resting and hanging around. (Quote by - Jeremy Campbell)
When we accept tough jobs as a challenge and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen. (Quote by - Arland Gilbert)
A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction. (Quote by - Rita Mae Brown)
I'm not happy, I'm cheerful. There's a difference. A happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman has cares but has learned how to deal with them. (Quote by - Beverly Sills)
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?. (Quote by - J. B. Priestley)
When all that hate energy was focused on me, it was transformed into a fantastic energy. It was supporting me. If you are centered and you can transform all this energy that comes in, it will help you. If you believe it is going to kill you, it will kill you. (Quote by - Yoko Ono)
The night of the event, we brief all the security, all the police who are there, and the event staff who are working, and talk to them about what's going to happen, and what everybody's responsibilities are in the event that it does happen. (Quote by - Nina Simmons)
I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another. (Quote by - Al Carter)
You can call the center and buy the tickets and pick them up at will call the day of the event. Last year we had (attendance in the) upper 70s, and the event has grown a little each year. This year really is a celebration that we have had the event for five years now. (Quote by - Cathy Herdner)
It was a lot of fun, but it was a tough event. They are the top 24 girls in the entire country. There were people competing from the Olympics in 2004 there. It's really amazing to fence all of them, it's a tough event. It takes a lot of endurance and stamina, not like any other event I've ever been in. (Quote by - Cassandra Partyka)
I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves. (Quote by - Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt)
Little things affect little minds. (Quote by - Benjamin Disraeli)
A catastrophic event is the kind of event where the destruction is so severe that we anticipate such an event will occur once or twice in a generation, .. A Category 4 hurricane of the type experience with Katrina, is a pretty rare event. (Quote by - Paul McHale)
Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. (Quote by - William Ralph Inge)
We are very excited with the roster of skaters that are coming. It's the first time New Jersey has been awarded an event of this caliber in the skating world. It's definitely important to the area because we hear all the time that there are not enough major sporting events in South Jersey. It's a great opportunity to have such an event. (Quote by - Susan Ward)
One cannot get through life without pain.... What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us. (Quote by - Bernie S. Siegel)
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so. (Quote by - Boethius)
People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events. (Quote by - T S Eliot)
My first 18-foot pole vault wasrt't any more of a thrill than my first clearance at 15 or 16 or 17 foot. I just had more time to enjoy it on the way down. (Quote by - Roland Carter)
Most of our history in space has been communicated in terms of action - what people do, a chronological list of events which have transpired - as opposed to the human experience of having done those things. (Quote by - Story Musgrave)
Two seemingly unconnected events heralded the summons of Mr. George Miley from his dubious retirement(Quote by - John Le Carre)
I didn't want my event to take away from his charity, .. We bought something like $3,000 worth of tickets for his event and I offered to play a few songs with him if he wanted. (Quote by - Jim Messina)
The community - fans, media and the corporate sector - all got behind the event last year, and I anticipate the same level of support this year. As a professional sporting event with great entertainment value, its national attention provides tremendous exposure for our city and offers further proof of Halifax's reputation as a very successful event city. (Quote by - Fred MacGillivray)
To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his right and left hand. He uses both. (Quote by - Saint Catherine of Siena)
Mention that you are a hammer thrower to someone who is not an athletics enthusiast and you will be met with any reaction from a puzzled frown to raucous laughter. If you have the misfortune to say it to a groundsman, you may face physical violence. (Quote by - Howard Payne)
I don't know what the slippery slope would be. We have allowed for legal gaming companies, including casinos, including state lotteries, to participate as team and track sponsors for a number of years now, and it's worked for us. I believe we're the only major professional sport that has an event in Las Vegas, but we also have an event at other tracks that offer legal gaming as well, including Dover. And it's worked for our sport. (Quote by - Ramsey Poston)
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. (Quote by - Catherine the Great)
It's very important when we measure an event to recognize its impact on time. For example, an event eight hours before a competition may not be major, but if it happens 10 minutes [before] or during a competition, it's critical we do something. (Quote by - Patrick Adiba)
It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, the true gift in these lessons always lies in the learning process itself. (Quote by - Cathy Lee Crosby)
It's a matter of national security. Not only do we have to contemplate other natural events that could be of a similar scale of Katrina, but we also have to think of other manmade events. (Quote by - Dan Bartlett)
Boys, this is only game. But it's like life in that you will be dealt some bad hands. Take each hand, good or bad, and don't whine and complain, but play it out. If you're men enough to do that, God will help and you will come out well. (Quote by - Dwight D. Eisenhower's mother)
There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention. (Quote by - Ernest Hemingway)
Losses are comparative, imagination only makes them of any moment. (Quote by - Blaise Pascal)
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. (Quote by - Edward Gibbon)
None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population, or all the ways in which that population can surprise us when there is the right interplay of events. (Quote by - Vaclav Havel)
On news of a new throwing style - If this new method is accepted I will personally break my javelin in half and use it as a support for my tomato plants. (Quote by - Dana Zatopekova)
I think it's a great event; it's a very worthy cause. I think it's a unique event for Ames and for Special Olympics Iowa. I think they're pretty innovative doing an event like this. (Quote by - Blair Brewer)
Riches, like glory or health, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them. (Quote by - Michel de Montaigne)
All epoch-making revolutionary events have been produced not by the written, but by the spoken word. (Quote by - Adolf Hitler)
Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience. (Quote by - Victoria Holt)
So for both teams we have a lot better balance than we have had in the past. We have more areas covered and so hopefully compete in every event. Not only have someone in the event but have some decent quality. (Quote by - Aaron Nida)
Courage, in the final analysis, is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence. (Quote by - Dr. Kurt Goldstein)
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. (Quote by - Marcus Aurelius)
To be happy, drop the words if only and substitute instead the words next time.(Quote by - Smiley Blanton)
Lindsey is remarkable in this day and age. To compete in any two disciplines, particularly two so different in that one is a freestyle event and one is a racing event, it really is remarkable that she's able to ride at a world-class level in both. (Quote by - Bud Keene)
It is arrogance to expect that life will always be music.... Harmony, like a following breeze at sea, is the exception. In a world where most things wind up broken or lost, our lot is to tack and tune. (Quote by - Harvey Oxenhorn)
Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Wrinkles should only indicate where smiles have been. (Quote by - Ethel Barrymore)
Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. (Quote by - Max Eastman)
This is our biggest annual event with over 2400 competitors and we want to make it a fun and memorable experience for everyone. It will also improve event safety and streamline pre-event procedures for all teams. (Quote by - Jeanette Cooper)
Let us be brave in the face of adversity. (Quote by - Marcus Annaeus Seneca)
Typically, we don't have 75,000 people on our streets with 48 hours notice. This was a very serious event and it came out well for everyone, but on the same token, it wasn't a Fourth of July event. It was a highly visible, highly debated event. (Quote by - David Owen)
We're glad to be here and we are looking forward to this event. This is a fine facility and a really great race track. A lot of our top drivers have driven more than 1,500 miles to compete in this event. (Quote by - Jim Haun)
The events that are driving the market are not the events that we're used to. It's not going to be driven by any earnings report, certainly not going to be driven by economic releases. It's really going to be driven by the events going on around the globe, both what's happening in Asia, what's happening in Latin America and so that's going to portend to a lot of volatility in the stock market in the fourth quarter. (Quote by - Robert Froehlich)
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. (Quote by - Marcus Aurelius)
We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will again. If difficulties arise, we must put forth new exertion and proportion our efforts to the exigencies of the times. (Quote by - George Washington)
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor. (Quote by - Thomas W. Higginson)
Humor is a means of obtaining pleasure in spite of the distressing effects that interface with it. (Quote by - Sigmund Freud)
If you are being run out of town, get in front of the crowd and make it look like a parade. (Quote by - Sally Stanford)
Ford's commitment to the Ford Tour de Georgia is an essential element in the growth of both the event itself and the sport of cycling in the United States. Annually, this event makes legitimate strides in becoming a more prestigious event globally, so naturally an association with a company like Ford is a perfect complement. Their continued support to cycling projects like the Ford Tour de Georgia, as well as an elite-level women's mountain bike team Ford Cycling, represents a significant dedication to our sport. (Quote by - Gerard Bisceglia)
One challenge is having an arena be part of a casino project and expecting events. Colleges can't play at two beautiful venues, the MGM Grand Garden and Mandalay Bay Events Center (because of the casino connections). Having another one of these will compete with them for events. (Quote by - Don Logan)
Keep strong if possible; in any case, keep cool. (Quote by - Sir Basil Liddell Hart)
This was our fourth year (winning the meet). We had a number of individuals placing high in the events. When you can get one or two girls placing in every event, that adds up. (Quote by - Kristi Frye)
What can any of us do with his talent but try to develop his vision, so that through frequent failures we may learn better what we have missed in the past. (Quote by - William Carlos Williams)
They all did a nice job in the steeplechase. It was a new event for them. Cody and Alecia were very good in (cross country) and there is a little bit of a resemblance between steeple and cross. It gives them something to work on. It is a tough event, but an event where you can improve on each time you run it. (Quote by - Scott Walkinshaw)
The people of Spokane, like they always do, again stepped forward to support a very worthy cause. This event continues to grow and everyone involved is grateful for the support from the Spokane community. We have a great committee that takes a lot of pride in this event. (Quote by - Mark Few)
We're solid on every event. We just need to put all four events together in the same night and I think we can push the 198 score. The floor is the event that we love and something we want to be No. 1 in country on. The girls take pride in that. (Quote by - Suzanne Yoculan)
On the occasion of every accident that befalls you ... inquire what power you have for turning it to use. (Quote by - Epictetus)
The art of life consists in taking each event which befalls us with a contented mind, confident of good. ... With this method ... rejoice always, though in the midst of sorrows, and possess all things, though destitute of everything. (Quote by - James Freeman Clarke)
Our partners are as vital to the success of this event as the athletes and host cities. Their belief in this race, support of our vision and commitment to ensuring that this event was a great experience for everyone involved made this one of the greatest first-year events that I have ever been a part of. (Quote by - Shawn Hunter)
The most unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so. (Quote by - David Hume)
Learn to laugh at your troubles and you'll never run out of things to laugh at. (Quote by - Lyn Karol)
This event is all put on by more than 100 volunteers. Just to set up will be an all-day event for this four-hour party. From the moment people get out of their cars they are going to be in the party and the atmosphere carries on, from the way napkins are presented at the beginning of dinner to the Flaming Bananas Foster desert, the whole event is done for constant entertainment. (Quote by - Margo Jarvis)
It's not an event or someones action that changes your life, it's how you react to it that makes all the difference. (Quote by - Glenn Adamson)
I can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. It's all how you look at it. (Quote by - J. Kenfield Morley)
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road. (Quote by - Henry Ward Beecher)
What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly. (Quote by - Mignon McLaughlin)
If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books, should be forbid. (Quote by - Herman Melville)
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. (Quote by - John Homer Miller)
Humor is an attitude. It's a way of looking at life and of telling others how you feel about what's happening around you. (Quote by - Gene Perret)
Obviously this is a special event for me, as it is my home state and I'm a former champion. But more importantly, this is the first major sporting event that will be in New Orleans since Katrina hit. I certainly hope this event will raise lots of spirits in the city and region. (Quote by - David Toms)
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.(Quote by - Albert Einstein)
It says something about this new global economy that USA Today now reports every morning on the day's events in Asian markets. (Quote by - Larry Summers)
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind. (Quote by - Horace)
The events of childhood do not pass, but repeat themselves like seasons of the year. (Quote by - Eleanor Farjeon)
At times, the event management process can be stressful and chaotic. We understand the challenges facing today's event planners. Experience has taught us that applying the right technical solution to any event gives event planners the peace of mind of knowing their events are well organized and cost-effective. Our technical certification program ensures that our event planning partners and customers have all of the knowledge support they need to produce and showcase their own successes. (Quote by - Tom Karren)
No, there is no concern from the I.O.C. side. Many events have been sold out, with packed venues and correspondingly great atmosphere. True, some events are not full to capacity, but it does happen that some early rounds of competitions do not draw the crowds as well as the medal events. (Quote by - Giselle Davies)
When the rock is hard, we get harder than the rock. When the job is tough, we get tougher than the job. (Quote by - George Cullum)
We have 18 more total events, five more significant events and 13 more nonsignificant events than originally reported. These new figures are accompanied by a dramatic increase in the numbers of casualties originally calculated. (Quote by - Cofer Black)
The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order: the continuous thread of revelation. (Quote by - Eudora Welty)
Very impressed with the Spring-Ford team, for a high school program to just be beginning. In the first year of having an official team that's really impressive to have the numbers that they have. We had the opportunity today to swim a variety of events. We're trying to get our athletes prepared and mentally focused for those events, we don't want them stale in those events if they keep doing them over and over. Obviously we're going to find out where we stand in the upcoming weeks. (Quote by - Kevin Bott)
There must be chance in the midst of design; by which we mean that events which are not designed necessarily arise from the pursuit of events which are designed(Quote by - William Paley)
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. (Quote by - Marcus Aurelius)
If I speak of myself in this story, it is because I have been deeply involved in its startling events, events doubtless among the most extraordinary which this 20th century will witness. (Quote by - Jules Verne)
There's distractions, and then there's events. This is an event. A distraction is something that sort of occurs, that takes your mind away from the game, that doesn't have to happen. This is something that's unfortunate, but it's an event, something you've got to regard. (Quote by - Kyle Johnson)
We are lucky to have such a nice facility for this event. The children, staff and volunteers always look forward to this event; it is the most popular fundraiser that the library has. (Quote by - Colleen Butler)
This is a watershed event. There have been a lot of events available on a subscription basis, priced modestly, but this is the first time that a significant national event ? which is also covered on television ? is being made available free, with the revenue stream coming from advertisers. (Quote by - Neal Pilson)
Any man can shoot a gun, and with practice he can draw fast and shoot accurately, but that makes no difference. What counts is how you stand up when somebody is shooting back at you. (Quote by - Louis L'Amour)
This is the event we dream about all year long. The preparation for this event doesn't start a week or a month ahead. It starts literally a year before the event even happens. (Quote by - Mike Iaconelli)
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)
When we begin to take our failures nonseriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves. (Quote by - Katherine Mansfield)
Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here. (Quote by - Harry S. Truman)
Every tour in the world has its flagship events which are in their own right major championships. Along with the Players' Championship in Montreal, the Canadian Tour Championship will be one of our cornerstone events and over time one of our biggest purses. (Quote by - Richard Janes)
I'm in one of those events whether or not you are the world champion it doesn't really matter so much because it is a minor event within the sport, at least it is considered a minor event by the sponsors. (Quote by - Adam Nelson)
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. (Quote by - Romain Gary)
When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others. (Quote by - Anais Nin)
Don't you go believing in sayings, Picotee: they are all made by men, for their own advantages. Women who use public proverbs as a guide through events are those who have not ingenuity enough to make private ones as each event occurs. (Quote by - Thomas Hardy)
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they`re necessary to reach the places we`ve chosen to go. (Quote by - Richard Bach)
Our mistakes won't irreparably damage our lives unless we let them. (Quote by - James E. Sweeney)
There are more serious problems in life than financial ones, and I've had a lot of those. I've been broke before, and will be again. Heartbroke? That's serious. Lose a few bucks? That's not. (Quote by - Willie Nelson)
The cross is the centre of the world's history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifiction of our Lord are the pivot round which all the events of the ages revolve. The testimony of Christ was the spirit of prophecy, and the growing power of Jesus is the spirit of history(Quote by - Alexander Maclaren)
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them. (Quote by - Leo Tolstoy)
Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls. (Quote by - Plautus)
Total absence of humor renders life impossible. (Quote by - Colette)
The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well. (Quote by - H. T. Leslie)
In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite. (Quote by - David Coleman)
No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. (Quote by - Richard M. Nixon)
Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office. (Quote by - Abraham Lincoln)
People will complain that we only cover Algona events. Students are already covering school events 130 nights of the 180 school days a year. Students are doing their part. We encourage people to drop off tapes. (Quote by - Bryan Nelson)
Whatever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves ... how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers. (Quote by - Leigh Hunt)
As the week's events on reality television demonstrate, there is an ugly underbelly in society only too ready to point the finger at the foreigner, or those who might not fit in. [on celeb big brother](Quote by - John Sentamu)
We haven't had that many snow events this winter, period, and the actual number of events reaching 6 inches in our forecast are almost none. This is different. (Quote by - Karl Jungbluth)
We use more than 1,000 volunteers just on this event. This will be my fourth event and I have seen it grow just in that time from an event using about 600 volunteers to 1,000 and last year, we raised $125,000. (Quote by - Karen Mitchell)
Results? Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. (Quote by - Thomas A. Edison)
Everyday ... life confronts us with new problems to be solved which force us to adjust our old programs accordingly. (Quote by - Dr. Ann Faraday)
There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from. (Quote by - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross)
This decision will only strengthen the bond between women players and one of the world's great sporting events [on equal prize money at Wimbledon](Quote by - Maria Sharapova)
When a sporting event moves to the next level and becomes a big event, it's more than just attending the games - it becomes a destination point on everybody's calendar of events. I think (the Final Four) has moved into the realm of being a rival to the Super Bowl. (Quote by - John Rowady)
The Champions Tour is thrilled to have this opportunity. They're bending over backwards to get an event in Hartford. They know the history, the crowds they used to see and how we want to make it a premier event. And I think this area will eat up a Champions Tour event. (Quote by - Nathan Grube)
A sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the unbearable. (Quote by - Moshe Waldoks)
Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us. (Quote by - Stendhal)
All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad, or peculiar. (Quote by - Grace Paley)
There are but three events in a man's life: birth, life, and death. He is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. (Quote by - Jean De La Bruyere)
Humor is just another defense against the universe. (Quote by - Mel Brooks)
Courage is a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. (Quote by - General William T. Sherman)
I refuse to accept the idea that man can not influence the unfolding events that surround him. (Quote by - Martin Luther King)
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. (Quote by - Napoleon Bonaparte)
What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility. (Quote by - George Levinger)
Boys, this is only a game. But it's like life in that you will be dealt some bad hands. Take each hand, good or bad, and don't whine and complain, but play it out. If you're men enough to do that, God will help you and you will come out well. (Quote by - Ida Eisenhower)
It is also the first time that the number of the athletes in snow events exceeds those in ice events. Though we are just rookies in snow events, our athletes are confident to try their best in the Games. (Quote by - Cui Dalin)
The fashion show is an event, it is theater, it's drama. You do things differently on the catwalk than you do for other events. (Quote by - Sass Brown)
If you have to be in a soap opera, try not to get the worst role. (Quote by - Boy George)
Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard. (Quote by - Margaret Sackville)
The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events. (Quote by - Edward Gibbon)
Things are in their essence what we choose to make them. A thing is, according to the mode in which one looks at it. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are. (Quote by - Honore de Balzac)
The only thing I'm really sad about is that we are totally at the mercy of these cowards who are sabotaging this event, and we can't even hold an event that is supposed to educate people about firearms. I am disgraced to be associated with this university, especially as a student at Clemson. (Quote by - Andrew Davis)
A lot of Americans don't pay attention to their leaders on a day-to-day basis. They measure presidents, governors and mayors on how they handle big events like a hurricane. This event is not over because the bodies are going to be discovered day by day. (Quote by - Robert Blendon)
The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. (Quote by - Antoine de SaintExupery)
You gotta play the hand that's dealt you. There may be pain in that hand, but you play it. (Quote by - James Brady)
Men are not influenced by things, but by their thoughts about things. (Quote by - Epictetus)
It is not an event or someones action that can change your life, it is how you react to it that makes all of the difference. (Quote by - Glenn Adamson)
Events happened very rapidly with Francis Morgan that late spring morning(Quote by - Jack London)
He wasn't as fresh for his best event and didn't swim as well as he's probably capable of, .. because he chose to be a team player rather than go with his best event. We told him this year we're going to try and help him out and try to get him in his best event. (Quote by - Nort Thornton)
I don't watch movies a lot. I watch sporting events. Because you can never tell how they're going to end. (Quote by - Michael Douglas)
Coming events cast their shadows before. (Quote by - Thomas Campbell)
They were non-scoring events. We spread some things out. We gave guys the opportunity to swim events they would not normally do. It was a nice change of pace. In that respect, it was a nice meet for the boys. We were able to swim a variety of events and still be successful. (Quote by - Kevin Bott)
To have courage for whatever comes in life everything lies in that. (Quote by - Teresa of Avila)
The events of September 11 were carried out by people armed not with weapons of mass destruction, but with blades you can buy at a newsagent(Quote by - Phillip Adams)
If I had no sense of humor, I should long ago have committed suicide. (Quote by - Mahatma Gandhi)
This event is going to be unlike anything that has ever been done in Nashville. Plan on being surprised by a truly sophisticated fashion show experience. Guests will witness not only the hottest Spring styles for men and women, but will be a part of an event that will showcase Nashville's progression into a truly cosmopolitan city to live, work and play. (Quote by - Rick Harris)
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future. (Quote by - Anthony Robbins)
I think laughter may be a form of courage.... As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that. (Quote by - Linda Ellerbee)
After every event, we have more people responding. At December's event, it was so encouraging to see everyone out, even though it was really cold that night. It was great to see people with our postcard mapping out their trip so they could see many different events. (Quote by - Christine Goodman)
Transmitted at the speed of light, all events on this planet are simultaneous. In the electric environment of information all events are simultaneous, there is no time or space separating events. (Quote by - Marshall McLuhan)
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me(Quote by - Abraham Lincoln)
To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter. (Quote by - Francoise Sagan)
So long as one does not despair, so long as one doesn't look upon life bitterly, things work out fairly well in the end. (Quote by - George Moore)
