Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Batty

The yield-curve flattening has certainly been challenging for banks. The winners and losers will be decided on how well they can generate revenues faster than expenses are growing.

Sam Roberts

It was a blast, and it made me a little star in my school when it happened, ... It's kind of funny and embarrassing now. I certainly don't go around telling people because it's silly, but someone who knew from before will tell a new group of friends, and I'll have to find the tape and play it again.

Brett Gallagher

It may have taken a little while for (3M and Lexmark) to sink in, ... Lexmark is certainly not a bellwether, but it was one of the stable names in the tech sector.

Jack Hoadley

It may be impossible for some consumers to find the ideal plan -- and it will certainly be time-consuming and difficult at best.

Don Buford

It's an individual thing. You have to want to do it in order to do it, No. 1. To be successful at it, you have to work at it and put in a little more effort. You have to put in some extra time. He certainly seems dedicated to doing that. There are a couple other young men who I've talked to who are that way.

Mike Williams

It's going to be looked at closely. We certainly can't do that all year long.

John Brady

It's good for us to be able to have good players like that, and good players don't develop like that unless you have good high school coaching. It certainly makes it a lot easier.

Karin Slaughter

I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody.

Nancy Roman

Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics.

Bruce Summerhays

The day started out kind of bland, then I made a couple of good par putts early and got things going, ... You always feel good when you play like this. I'm going to have to put up some similar numbers the next two days.

Joe Glenn

He tried hard and ran hard. There were a couple of plays where I thought he should have trusted the point of attack.

Terry Floyd

I don't know if it's emotional but I will realize if we play great or poorly that there is only a couple of weeks left.

Tim Richards

We need all six players to play solid, ... Hopefully we'll get everyone here doing that in the next couple of weeks.

George Pipas

I think the next couple months will be pretty choppy. It will probably be November before we can think about trend sales rates again.

Kyle Poock

He looked sharp tonight. We just wanted to see a couple other guys on the mound and lost it late.

Robert Orben

I love to watch those old movies on late-night television, particularly when a couple get up from a champagne dinner in a posh restaurant and the hero hands the waiter $3. But the best part is when he says, "Keep the change."

Sarah Dessen

I have boobs!" Chloe said again, a bit too loudly— she'd already had a couple of mini bottles at the Spot. "My boobs are great, goddammit. You know that? They're fantastic! My boobs are amazing.

Sam Cooke

It was something I enjoyed doing and decided to give it a couple years, though I'm not making a lot of money now either!

Merritt Patterson

Being outside and being in the sun is great for me.

Maisie Williams

'Cake Boss' does massive, massive things, which are great.

Stan Musial

I have no hesitation to say that St. Louis is a great place in which to live and work.

Steve Sanger

Total has a great nutrition story, ... We need to offer variety and taste appeal.

Josh Silver

We think that we have great potential but never reach it.

Jim Calhoun

We went to see 'Glory Road' the other night and it was a great film.

Chris Scelfo

Though our wins and losses are not where we wanted them to be, to have 100 people see this season through is a great testament to their character.

Van Chancellor

Unbelievable. Oh, boy, she looks great. She's come back, lost weight, (is) in great shape, looks good.

Rob Schmidt

Twenty-one (points) is a great performance, but other guys stepped up.

Toby Keith

Probably 75 percent of the people in this town think I'll fail, and the other 25 percent hope I fail,

Ambrose Bierce

PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his hope.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

Where's the hope that can abate The grief of hearts thus desolate That can Youth's keenest pangs assuage, And mitigate the gloom of Age? Religion bids the tempest cease, And, leads her to a port of peace; And on, the lonely pilot steers Through the lapse of future years.

If I ever get real rich, I hope I'm not real mean to poor people, like I am now

Arnold Palmer

I just hope I can keep him from being embarrassed by my poor golf.

Duane Lunak

I just hope he's there when I get there.

Ann Collins

I just hope he's sent away for as long as it's possible to send him away.

Shatha Atiya

I just hope he'll realize what he put us through.

Joe Torre

I just hope he earns it a little more tonight,

John Sherman Cooper

Rather, like the anarchists of the last century, he didn't care if he was killed or not. They just wanted to be known. We found no trace of any conspiracy.

Bobby Lutz

We're a better team right now, the way we've played the last 10 games.

Bobby Lamb

We signed 23 last year, and this year we signed 12. This year we were very selective because we were looking at taking one at every position, basically.

Nikola Tesla

The last 29 days of the month are the toughest!

Rabindranath Tagore

Let this be my last word, that I trust in your love.

Octavio Dotel

What I saw today, it made me feel good. It made my work for the last nine months look good. I've been waiting for it.

David Akers

It's not going to be easy, but I think things were encouraging. It's better than what it was last Sunday, by far.