Allen Iverson Quotes

I'd rather go to the playoffs than not go, even with a losing record. Because once you get there, you never know.

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• Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • God
  • Said
  • Thank God

• I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.

  

  Olivia Colman
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.

  

  Edmund Husserl
  • Life
  • Work
  • Humanity

• The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Feeling
  • Humor
  • Perception

• Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.

  

  Natalia Makarova
  • Me
  • Body
  • Relaxation

• Responsible statesmen have only one choice - to do everything possible to prevent a nuclear catastrophe. Any other position is short-sighted; more so, it is suicidal.

  

  Yuri Andropov
  • Everything
  • Choice
  • Possible

• All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Mind
  • Kids
  • Mother

• Truly charismatic people, in my experience, don't come along very often.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • People
  • Experience
  • Often

• At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States.

  

  Olympia Snowe
  • Time
  • History
  • Leadership

• The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.

  

  Vera Wang
  • Mind
  • Heart
  • Love

• The offseason is when you try to gain strength. You have 162 games during the year, so you've got to pick and choose the times work out.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • Work
  • Year
  • Strength

• Every question is a hypothetical question for everyone but the person who asks it.

  

  Dan Savage
  • Question
  • Person
  • Everyone

• Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Down
  • Trees
  • Graceful

• How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.

  

  Raghuram Rajan
  • Quality
  • Answer
  • Improve

• For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.

  

  Washed Out
  • People
  • Work
  • Real

• In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.

  

  Iris Murdoch
  • Up
  • Giving
  • Marriage

• When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.

  

  LaToya Jackson
  • Learn
  • Show
  • Two

• If you don't score, and you have chances, you are disappointed.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • You
  • Disappointed
  • Score

• There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants.

  

  Daniel Akaka
  • Government
  • Talent
  • Losing

• Earlier maps had underestimated the distances to other continents and exaggerated the outlines of individual nations. Now global dimensions could be set, with authority, by the celestial spheres. Indeed, King Louis XIV of France, confronted with a revised map of his domain based on accurate longitude measurements, reportedly complained that he was losing more territory to his astronomers than to his enemies.

  

  Dava Sobel
  • Distance
  • Individual
  • Authority

• Discipline and united action are the real source of strength for the nation.

  

  Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • Real
  • Action
  • Discipline

• I did stand-up for my grandparents every day when I was, like, eight.

  

  Ariana Grande
  • Up
  • Day
  • Grandparents

• I'd rather go to the playoffs than not go, even with a losing record. Because once you get there, you never know.

  

  Allen Iverson
  • Record
  • Losing
  • Playoffs