Well Quotes

"Well even before she was diagnosed with the cancer, I would have said that she was a lot tougher than me and most guys would probably say that about their wives and it's probably true in most cases"

Brett Favre, Athlete

"It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible"

Eugene Ormandy, Musician

"Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well"

Amos Bronson Alcott, Educator

"I think that Microsoft will increasingly feel margin pressure from Linux as well as people saying: well actually the applications that really matter to me are not on my PC. And so they're going to be able to extract less of a monopoly rent, so to speak"

Tim O'Reilly

"Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well of you"

Jonah Goldberg, Celebrity

"Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family"

James K. Polk, President

"The old Fleetwood Mac was much better; they did some beautiful and, to my mind, very authentic blues. Chicken Shack did pretty well in Europe, but after I left, it was over"

Christine McVie, Musician

"I've always gotten along well with Texans. You've got to"

Burt Reynolds, Actor

"Well, I think the president is going to do well in terms of his influence for positive change here in the Congress, making sure that we don't overspend, making sure that we spend for only those programs that are justified"

Thad Cochran, Politician

"We have an opportunity, but we have an obligation to senior citizens and to the younger people who are entering the workforce today to help ensure that they are going to be able to trust the government to have a workable program that benefits them as well"

Thad Cochran, Politician

"The training of the schools should be extended to the heart as well as the mind and hand"

Sheldon Jackson, Politician

"You look back on films sometimes and if they have not been as all-out successful as you anticipated you try to find reasons why maybe it didn't come off for audiences as well as you would have liked"

Robert Wise, Producer

"Coming down under a parachute is quite different as well. You hit the ground pretty hard, but all the systems work very well to keep it from hurting, so it doesn't even hurt when you hit. It was a great experience to be able to do both"

Leroy Chiao, Astronaut

"Lucy took care of me on the set, and made sure that none of the crew cussed around me. She also had birthday parties for me and made sure that they were well attended"

Keith Thibodeaux, Musician

"You're an actor, are you? Well, all that means is: you are irresponsible, irrational, romantic, and incapable of handling an adult emotion or a universal concept without first reducing it to something personal, material, sensational - and probably sexual!"

George Herman, Journalist

"The print on canvas is the closest to the original work. I personally sign them as well"

Dwayne Hickman, Actor

"It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try and say something"

Damien Hirst, Artist

"I use computers for email, staying current with my own website as well as finding important information through other websites. I also use it for creating MP3 files of new music I'm working on"

Clint Black, Musician

"Sure we have skilled players, but the biggest thing might just be that we are so well conditioned and how we can play for 90 minutes at a high tempo which is needed in soccer at an international level"

Claudio Reyna, Athlete

"In writing I found something I could do at least as well as my peers, if not better"

Brian P. Cleary, Author

"But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster"

Brian Lumley, Writer

"Well there are two things: Number one is, make sure you always enjoy yourself, because when you enjoy yourself, you'll learn, you'll want more information, you'll push yourself"

Brandi Chastain, Athlete

"Will they attack us? Yes. Will they smear our backgrounds and distort our records? Undoubtedly. Will they lie about us, harass our families, namecall to try to intimidate us? They will. There's nothing safe about it. But is it worth it? Well, let me ask you. Is freedom worth it? Is America worth it?"

Christine O'Donnell, Politician

"I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes. I was living peaceably when people began to speak bad of me. Now I can eat well, sleep well and be glad. I can go everywhere with a good feeling"

Geronimo, Statesman

"On the surface I look fragile and insecure; you have to know me very well"

Anne Parillaud, Actress

"I made a lot of different experiments with tapes at that time, until I finally realized around 1995, that sound is an interesting subject for me. Ever since then sound got more and more integrated into my art works, musically as well as physically"

Alva Noto, Artist

"I never thought of myself as being a good songwriter. There are a ton of other people that are good songwriters, but I don't think I'm in the club. What I do well is perform, sometimes sing pretty good, and accompany myself well and arrange fairly well"

Alex Chilton, Musician

"I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the stats defensively and at their rebounding and scoring"

Chuck Daly, Coach

"Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean"

William Henry Ashley, Businessman

"We talked to the referees before the game; there's always new situations to adjust, for the refs and for us as well. Even on the ice, it's good for players to talk and interact with the referee"

Peter Bondra, Athlete

"The development of our human resources is an area in which we need to do well as it is decisive in determining the success of our diversification programme"

Hassanal Bolkiah, Statesman

"Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well"

Andre Breton, Poet

"I was well aware of the fact that once you appeared in Doctor Who as something else, you were ruled out for the part of the Doctor: that was a kind of well known thing in the business"

Colin Baker, Actor

"I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me"

Zane Grey, Author

"They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don't go in unless I'm convinced by the people who write them that they're true. And if I'm wrong, then so be it"

Ian Hislop, Editor

"After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte"

Vernon L. Smith, Economist

"Well the war lasted for three months, from April of 1994 until the Tutsi army, the exiles as it were, gained control of the country and then it stopped"

Tony Greig, Athlete

"It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains"

Marian McPartland, Musician

"It's like that with what sort of ideas people outside of the band have of HIM. They all see it through a different lens as well which is beautiful. Hopefully, it makes it an endless topic of conversation"

Ville Valo, Musician

"Most centrist Democrats... try to distance themselves from controversies that recall the 1960s. There are journalistic centrists as well, who avoid hard truths for the sake of acceptance and legitimacy"

Tom Hayden, Politician

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