Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dr. Johnson

Back fusions are like killing a fly on the windowpane with a sledgehammer. The fly is dead, but you've also broken the glass.

Greg Gibson

Ramon ran very well. He broke 17 minutes for the first time.

John Jones

People talk about HP being a broken company, but they're not a broken company, ... Half of their business is printers and, they're growing at as much as 16 percent.

Rob Simmons

Oh God, I'm so excited. We're marathon runners, and marathon runners focus on the goal. The goal was always today and we wanted to pace ourselves for today. We broke the tape today. We won.

Jenny Lewis

After Rilo Kiley broke up and a few really intense personal things happened, I completely melted down. It nearly destroyed me. I had such severe insomnia that, at one point, I didn't sleep for five straight nights.

Barry Hyman

The Nasdaq broke its support levels last week because of IBM, Cisco, and Computer Associates. The S&P was weighed down by its tech exposure. Another key story next week is whether the Dow follows the rest of the market or can it continue to hold in the gains.

Ryan Larson

Once the S&P broke through that, it was kind of a herd mentality: One goes, they all go.

Jim Crews

Defensively, we were pretty sound for a while. But they broke us down. That?s where Pat does such a good job, with so many (offensive) options within a possession.

Andrew Leach

Defensively we just broke down. They kept coming at us pretty hard. Regardless if they got the bounces or not, there?s just no excuse for how we played defensively.

Jodi Picoult

As it turned out, hell wasn't watching the people you love get hurt; it was coming in during the second act, when it was already too late to stop it from happening.

Michelle Davis

That (penalty kick) was huge. We were very confident coming into this game and we thought it was going to be different. But it didn't happen that way.

Helen Humphreys

Our concern is that this is spring, and typically ground water and streams are recharged during the spring. Moreover, not only is precipitation down, but vegetation, which is coming out of its dormant state, will be drawing on the ground water.

Joe Hammer

People focus on the Nasdaq indices because in general they represent the kinds of companies that are coming out - younger companies,

Jamie Koch

The money this is coming from is already there. We're just honoring his contract.

Paul Johansen

Deer season is coming around this fall and people will be able to go out and hunt.

Sami Kapanen

Comparing the two, this one feels more special, coming back here and getting one in overtime. I'll take this one.

Martin Pyykkonen

Compared to the blow-out revenue numbers in recent quarters, what it's showing is coming in right at the mean.

Hilary Cook

Companies are feeling prepared to buy. We'll see more announcements coming through. It's a good thing for stocks.

Jonathan Spira

After 15 years, there is simply no excuse to not having this kind of technology available.

Eddy Curry

Sometimes they will look away from me. When I do get the ball, I try to make something happen so they don't have an excuse not to throw me the ball.

P. Herbert

I sort of fell in with the wrong crowd. Things started getting twisted, and instead of facing my drug problem, I made excuses and justified getting away with it because I was maintaining a job and family.

Michael Sullivan

This is the confessional season and the markets will be a lot more nervous, ... Technology stocks will come under pressure and it is a perfect excuse for big investors to sell down.

Mark Husson

The weather is not a good excuse for not outperforming. One is always tempted to have their eyes glaze over when retailers talk about the weather but the (impact) is real.

Justin Smith

This game is over with, and we've got to move on. It really doesn't mean anything. There's no excuses, but we knew we were going to play next week. It's win or go home now.

Mark Dantonio

That's not an excuse. We've got to grow up in a hurry.

Conor Oberst

You write such pretty words, But life's no storybook. Love's an excuse to get hurt. And to hurt. Do you like to hurt? I do, I do. Then hurt me, Then hurt me, Then hurt me...

Jason Ritter

I do exercises on my Wii. It's nice to have games that keep you active. It's an excuse to play video games.

Erik Zabel

The sprint was long and difficult, Bennati kept me on my toes all the way to the finish.

Rajon Rondo

(Tennessee) played up on me and my big men kept setting screens and getting me open.

Roy Williamson

Said 'I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.' He just kept saying that over and over and was weeping quite profusely.

Mark Millar

Sales were stable, but they would have kept rising if we'd been out there every month and I think we'd be topping 200,000 by now.

Rudy Gay

The run we went on, at the beginning, it kind of kept us in the game.

George Foulkes

I've still kept my season ticket and I'm going to be there on Saturday,

Elizabeth Clark

It was unbelievable worrying, not knowing whether Hannah was going to come back. That was the worst thing about it. I did go to pieces; I've got to be honest. I was really weak at that stage, but Hannah sort of kept me going. She was fabulous.

John Greer

It was very honest. A lot of kids would have just kept on playing.

Greg Brochetti

It was tough. We kept searching to try and find an offense.

Jessica Valenti

As a kid, I wasn't sure that I would ever get married - I was not the kind of little girl who played at being a bride.

Adam Sanders

Sam hasn't played for quite a while but he's right in the mix.

Larry Usher

Sam didn't play like a sophomore tonight. He played a lot like a seasoned senior.

Barret Jackman

Sandy played great. We let him make that first save and he made a ton of them tonight.

Elena Dementieva

I've waited a long time for this moment, ... I've played three finals, but this is the first I've won.

Grady Sizemore

I've never played in the postseason in the big leagues, so I can't really say what it will be like,

Lance Berkman

I've never played in that ballpark. It's going to be fun.

Juliet Landau

I've never played an attorney, and I'd like to do so on a show like 'The Practice' or 'Law & Order.'

Charles Terry

I've played 654 concerts. That's never been done.