Major Quotes - page 46

John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the 'Con' into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the 'vat' into Conservative! (David Miliband)
I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective. View quote
Daley Thompson
An illustration I use to get people to understand it is this: I'll ask major corporate audiences: Why don't you just take all your traditional beliefs about organizations, and apply them to the neurons in your brain? View quote
Dee Hock
The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members. View quote
DeForest Soaries
If some guys couldn't stand the heat, then they didn't belong in the major leagues. I don't know anybody who refused the World Series checks I helped them get. View quote
Dick Williams
Jamie Moyer was in his third year as a major league pitcher and was, by his own admission, still wide-eyed, watching everything going on around him and soaking it in. He paid particular attention to older teammates on his Chicago Cubs squad, hoping to emulate habits that had allowed those veterans to extend their careers. View quote
Don Yaeger
I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling. View quote
Dan Gable
I have five major corporations, and I operate them. How could I be retired? View quote
Donald Sterling
If I could be involved in the hunting and fishing industry, that would be amazing. That said, I studied biology in college and that led into me being really involved in anatomy and being a pre-med major. View quote
Dustin Lynch
In high school, a teacher once suggested that I be a math major in college. I thought, 'Me? You've got to be joking!' I mean, in junior high, I used to come home and cry because I was so afraid of my math homework. Seriously, I was terrified of math. View quote
Danica McKellar
Most of the time I liked school and got good grades. In junior high, though, I hit a stumbling block with math - I used to come home and cry because of how frustrated I was! But after a few good teachers and a lot of perseverance, I ended up loving math and even choosing it as a major when I got to college. (Danica McKellar)
So somebody told me that if I wasn't a coffee drinker yet, by the end of college I'd have to be, because a math major is so tough I would have to stay up very late. I was going to need coffee to do that. Well, merely because they said that, I never drank coffee in college, never got addicted to it, never needed it. View quote
Danica McKellar
When I originally entered UCLA, I had planned to go for a film major, but I kept finding myself taking math classes for fun, 'cause I missed them from high school! View quote
Danica McKellar
I think that the major message in 'Shrek: The Musical' is be who you want to be. I think that it is about being your true self in this world. View quote
Daniel Breaker
Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance. View quote
Daniel Kahikina Akaka
We all talk to ourselves. A major key to success exists in what we say to ourselves, which helps to shape our attitude and mindset. View quote
Darren Johnson
Believing in who you are is a major part of a powerful combination for success. View quote
Darren Johnson
The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor. View quote
Daryl Hall
Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter, a major influence on my own music from the very start. View quote
Daryl Hall
The film, 'Aftershock,' for me is really about how the minor problems in life that we think are so major ultimately mean nothing when a tragedy happens, when a real problem happens. View quote
Eli Roth
After three major movies, I was like, 'Oh, I guess you're supposed to get a publicist?' Girls that are in the business now that are successful are more savvy. (Elisabeth Shue)
I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years. View quote
Elizabeth Edwards
Usually, girls weren't encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms. Paz Jensen, made math appealing and motivated me to continue studying it in college. View quote
Ellen Ochoa
It is fun to see girls going mad about me or dancing around to get one glimpse of me. These are major perks of being an actor. But you need to be cautious and respectful. View quote
Emraan Hashmi
Nowadays people talk about PayPal's founders as prescient geniuses who would inevitably change the world. It was, however, not so obvious that PayPal would taste its first major success by helping people sell Beanie Babies on eBay. But they had a vision, a hope, and the perseverance to try multiple iterations until they got it right. View quote
Eric Ries