Famous Quotes & Sayings

Janet Fitch

As a middle-aged woman who has had some luck as a writer, I'd like this profession of author to remain a possibility for young writers in the future - and not become an arena solely for the hobbyist or the well-heeled.

Tom Jurich

We've said it from day one, that if this arena was going to cut into anything at the university then we weren't in favor of it. We reluctantly went downtown to be a team player and to be on the river to go in accordance with the task force and to be a full partner.

Wayne King

Don't get me wrong: It would be nice to have this type of arena here, but not at Lawson Creek Park.

Brian Riley

I think this is an outstanding move for the league. To hold the tournament in a first-class venue like Blue Cross Arena is a big step for the league as it continues its growth in the college hockey community.

John Ellinger

Maybe some of our players should start looking at arena football. They are having tryouts soon.

John Ellinger

Maybe some of our players should start looking at arena football, ... They are having tryouts soon.

Tampa Tribune

The arena was only half full for a preseason opener, ... I was surprised because you think of Detroit as a hockey town.

Michael W. Smith

The arena was an indication to all that Charlotte is serious about its urban core.

Lord Byron

The arena swims around him - he is gone,/ Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.

Herb Kohl

No two umpires, or no two referees, have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game, ... And ballplayers and basketball players understand that, depending upon who the umpire is and who the referee is, the game can be called entirely differently.

Matt Thissen

San Diego isn't a hard place to want to go to school. It's a good school. Their basketball program has been down lately, but eight years ago they were a top 25 team. Their coach left to go coach her alma mater at Ohio State. I guess she decided she liked the weather better in San Diego and now she's back.

Steve Alford

It was the same scenario. The last 5 minutes, I just thought they were the tougher basketball team.

Kevin Stallings

I've been saying our team has been playing good basketball. We just don't have a lot to show for it.

Bobby Cremins

I've been blessed. I got to live the American dream when I was coaching, and I continue to live the American dream. Without basketball in my life, I don't know what I would have wound up doing.

Mike Predmore

They are a great group of guys and a great group of young men. I'm not taking anything away from them as basketball players, but they really are great people. I can't say enough about them as people. In the long run, that's probably more important than anything else in life.

Todd Hansen

This is a nice win because it puts us up two games over three teams. We've been winning games, but could only get a one-game lead. Now we've got a little cushion. I thought our kids played a pretty good basketball game tonight.

Tom Barker

This is a sport where the kids that aren't big enough or fast enough for sports like football or basketball can come in and compete. It's a great way to build up a kid's confidence.

Phil Jackson

That's not what basketball is about. Basketball is about playing as a team and finding a functioning level.

Scott Shane

Mr. Ford's decision to pardon Richard M. Nixon for any crimes he might have been charged with because of Watergate is seen by many historians as the central event of his 896-day presidency.

Rachel Nichols

There's something so soothing about the hum of Grand Central Station.

Michael Eckert

But we're not looking at anything like we've seen in the last few days like central Texas.

Yi Xianrong

It is a clear signal to the property market that the central government has the determination and the means to curb investments and housing prices.

Clive Granger

Forecasts vary in horizon, from a few seconds up to a few days in financial markets, compared to from one to several months for macro variables. We have to provide uncertainty intervals around the central forecasts to indicate the extent to which we are unclear about the future.

Steve Joyner

We had a little talk at halftime. And after that we had a little better understanding of what we needed to do. I still think Central is one of the most dangerous teams in the CIAA.

Derom Bangun

The President said that the Finance Ministry was still in the process of annulling some of the bylaws as local administrations now received more money from the central government.

Gerhard Schroeder

The president made clear that he is politically interested in a strong dollar, not a weak one, ... It is clear that governments have limited possibilities for action. As you know, the central banks, which can act, are independent and we respect that.

Eugene Fidell

The real question is who is the independent prosecutor who is liberated to pursue these cases. There is no central prosecution office run by commanders. So you don't have a D.A. thinking, I'm going to follow this wherever it leads.

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

Mark Mohl

Osage had a very tough week with three quality opponents. We are disappointed we didn't win all three, but the kids had great effort.

John Tavares

Any player in the NHL would be a great comparison, but when you name a guy like Sidney Crosby . . . but I don't know if I'll be able to do things he's done in the league because we're different types of players,

David Phillips

Are we no longer the Great White North? It's incredible.

Porter Bibb

Sony has got a solid distribution network, ... It's got a great library and it's got a lot in the hopper ... Realistically, there are some significant buyers.

Jay Brown

Ryker did a heckuva job, ... Our offensive line played well. The whole offense had a great first half.

Luiz Scolari

Rooney doesn't play alone, he's part of a great team,

Ramon Hernandez

Rudy has a great slider and changeup to go with that fastball. He did a great job pitching to Bonds. Any time you strike that guy out, you've done something.

Ramon Hernandez

Rudy has a great slider and changeup to go with that fastball, ... He did a great job pitching to Bonds. Any time you strike that guy out, you've done something.

Fadel Gheit

Oil prices, ... are probably going to go over $26, which will mark the highest level outside the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

Matt Rosoff

Some versions of the product are priced higher than they need to be.

Shawnee Smith

So much of life is just talk. At the end of the day, you're just serving the higher thing.

Fadel Gheit

These stocks are not reflecting $50 or $60 oil. They are probably reflecting $40 oil. But this is not realistic. The fundamentals support a higher price.

Curtis Armstrong

I've been going to this high school for 7 and 1/2 years, I'm no dummy.

Don Bowers

The worse the hurricane does to us, the higher the prices are going to go.

Lysle Brinker

This is a tax story. What we don't know is how long the higher tax rate will be sustained going forward.

Rich Olson

That took the wind out of our sails. It just made the hill a lot higher to climb.

Cheng Chin

At the moment, I don't see how this can be done at much higher temperatures.

Sherri Coale

Iowa State played fantastic. When we were up by 10 points (with 6 1/2 minutes to play), Iowa State could have said 'we're done,' but they kept fighting.

David Letterman

Newt Gingrich had a horrible week in the Iowa caucuses. Only 13 percent of his ex-wives voted for him.

John Milton

Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st, Live well, how long or short permit to heav'n

Nathaniel Rateliff

I've always loved soul, R&B, doo-wop and blues, and I've wanted to make a record like that for years.

Reed Kroloff

Sow a seed and let it grow, you never know where love will grow.

Jenna Bush

One day I would love to have a couple children.

O. Singh

Perform the tasks of Truth, wear Truth, and take the Support of the True Name. Associating with Truth, obtain Truth, and love the True Name.

Robin Dunne

That town, when you're hot, people love you.

Arthur Laurents

That's what this play really is about, ... It's about love and how we live on in memory.

Rebecca Ferguson

That's what I've tried to do: I've tried to make music that I really love.

Brian Jordan

That's my time of the year, ... I love the pressure. So I want to be there.

Brandy Norwood

It feels so great to be back on the scene.

Bobby Hernandez

He's the one who called it in so we were on the scene right away.

Homer

Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.'

Domhnall Gleeson

In 'Cavalry,' I had one scene where I was playing a pretty awful character.

Jamie Foxx

I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling.

Carroll Shelby

In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, 'Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang,' the first thing I said was, 'Lee, you can't make a race horse out of a mule. I don't want to do it.' He said, 'I didn't ask you to make it; you work for me.'

Charles Barkley

There's nobody you'd rather beat than your good friend.

Bobby Knight

Do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done the best way it can be done, and do it that way every time.

Billie Jean King

I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.

Billie Jean King

In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.

Billie Jean King

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.

Billie Jean King

When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last!

Billie Jean King

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.

Jamie Spencer

We've got two different teams here. It's like this every year.

Jamelle Cornley

We can play with anybody, teams know that.