Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Adams

Any exposed piping, go ahead and cover it with foam insulation.

Ian Shepherdson

As far as we can tell, confidence now seems to have run a bit ahead of the improvement in the stock market, and the failure of the Nasdaq and Dow to make further progress in recent weeks makes it doubtful that confidence will continue to rise at the May pace. The sharp rise in unemployment is likely to become a negative factor, too.

Susan Kalla

As far as technological innovation they are ahead of the Bells. Whether they can leverage the technology to put them on an even position with the Bells -- it's possible but not probable.

David Goodwin

As developers, we have to keep a little ahead of the game, ... This is an area that's on the move.

Priscilla Feral

As far as a tourism boycott which I had called off, it will be organized again. As much as we are floored to get the news, we are determined to go ahead and keep working.

Michael J. Anderson

As good as 'Twin Peaks' was, and I mean, it's a superb work that's way ahead of its time, and we've never caught up, and we never will... I mean, we will never catch up to 'Twin Peaks.'

Michael Cuggino

As a general rule, techs got ahead of themselves last year. There's a 'priced to perfection' mentality with tech now.

Kimberly Harris

The bottom line is we are working to give our customers and our utility more energy independence. Over the long term we're trying to shield our customers, as much as we can, from the financial stings an unstable energy market can inflict. The way to do that, we believe, is to plan ahead -- to invest now and secure the energy resources and infrastructure needed to serve our region long into the future.

Phil Singer

The bottom line is that if you're an average American, it's pretty hard to get heard by George Bush and get ahead in today's economy. But if you're a big contributor, or a powerful corporate interest, you get heard loud and clear.

Natalie Peters

Any time our speed is on base, it just puts that much more pressure on the defense. The last thing I said to Jackie is hit the ball on the ground and get Gammon to third. That's all she was thinking and she did a really nice job.

Willie Randolph

Any time Jose hits a home run, I try to forget it real quick. I let him know that he needs to forget about it real quick, so I don't get excited about home runs. He knows I don't like for him to hit the ball in the air. But he's got some pop.

Jim Yatzek

Any game is possible for us to win with Jill, but we need to find more people to put the ball in the hole.

Bruce Bochy

Any runs you give up hurt you, but we got the ball we're looking for at first base and couldn't get them out at home. Pedro threw great. Give him credit.

Mike Butcher

As far as the ball coming out of his hand, it was pretty special. It's that easy coming out of his hands. As relaxed as he was just throwing fastballs and change-ups, his delivery, the fluidness, the ball jumping out of his hand and the life he had, it's going to be nice to see when he lets loose.

Keary Colbert

As far as getting the ball, I don't have so much pride where I have to have the ball or it's like, 'Get me the ball,' ... It will come when it comes and when I do get my opportunities I have to make plays. At the same I have to do other things as far as blocking or clearing out a route so that someone else can get open. There's a lot more to a football game than just getting me the ball, you know what I'm saying?

Carlos Pena

As hitters, we definitely know when we hit a ball well. But then you see where it lands, and you say 'Whoa.' That definitely felt good.

Alexis Kendrick

A shot like that doesn't happen every day. It still feels like a dream, but it's just one of those days. Nine times out of 10 the ball would've rimmed out, but it just happened to go in. The basketball gods were looking down on them today.

Courtney Harrness

As far as pitching goes, it was pretty even. Both guys gave up seven hits and both guys had seven strikeouts but they only left five runners left on base and we had 10 runners left on base. If half of those guys score, it's a tie game and we're right back in it. Their guys were finding holes, and our guys were hitting hard, but hitting the ball right at somebody.

Mats Sundin

As a team, we are scoring some goals but we still have a lot of work to do. If we want to compete with Ottawa and the other top teams in our conference, we have to do better in our own end.

George Hacker

The brewers have lost a monopoly in a sport, and so they seem destined to have to compete more aggressively with the liquor companies.

Tyson Chandler

As long as we compete like we're on the outside looking in, we'll be fine; no team in this league can be taken lightly. I'm going to continue to guarantee it. My mind's not going to change.

Larry Williams

As long as it's a level playing field, we're open to compete with them any time and anywhere.

Jeremy Reichert

A small mistake gave the takedown to his opponent and eventually the win, but not due to lack of effort and short supply of guts. Kyle has always been a secret weapon for us, showing sporadically that he can compete with the best.

Brad May

That was 18 months of inactivity there, ... It was very exciting to get back out there and compete. Playing golf for the whole lockout, you don't get to compete like that.

Leonardo Alcivar

Ours is not a race to compete dollar for dollar with Ed Rendell. Ours is a race to ensure that we have the necessary funds to mount the most competitive race possible.

Bob Sperrazza

Our defense should be very good and if our offense steps up and we are able to score runs we should be able to compete with everybody.

Kyle Schweigert

Our expectations are to keep getting better through the non-conference schedule and then to compete for a conference title. We will compete, hard.

Bill Fisher

Originally we were playing most of our games sitting on our heels hoping not to make mistakes. Now the kids are really going after it, expecting to win. It's only been two games but now they know that they can go out and do the things it takes to win.

John Hughs

Oil is on everyone's mind. We're expecting a fall in inventories, but instead we get a rise,

Stacey Widlitz

The Street was hoping for positive comps in Japan, and also some investors were expecting same-store sales growth in the U.S. to be 10 percent or higher.

Robert Mattson

The Street is not expecting disappointment or glorious things but ho-hum results. Things are getting incrementally better.

Bob Hammond

The team is really focused and they are expecting a lot in the present, ... But as always, you just never know.

Kaydee Smith

After about 11 months we got pregnant for the first time, and unfortunately we had a miscarriage at three months and so about a year and nine months later we got the news that we were expecting quintuplets.

George Hodgson

After a 240-point fall on the Dow, people are expecting a bounce.

Bill Griffith

Sometimes when people read Zippy they're expecting it to fall into the same formula as some other comics. That's not what I do.

H. Hunt

Sometime in the middle of the summer, we are expecting we could be approaching critical-stage drought.

Ian Shepherdson

This is as upbeat a testimony as could reasonably have been hoped for.

Steve Bruce

We are upset Emile has got another ban. He has an impeccable record and we hoped it would have been taken into account.

Rashid Johnson

What I really hoped to do with my work was to at least be able to define my relationship to race.

Bill Royer

We had hoped to win it, but we rebounded from some tough matches and had three kids on the podium.

Pat Smith

We had hoped to get more done, but there were so many obstacles.

Dan Svirbly

His year didn't end the way we hoped it would. He got down here for the second time and won a match again, he just couldn't quite get to the podium.

Diane Williams

I prefer open space, ... We always hoped that it would stay that way.

Tim Gramling

I hoped after today, I'd have a better idea of how long this would take, but now I couldn't even guess. There's just so much to do. I'd say cleanup will be going on probably for several months.

Peja Stojakovic

Probably I won't be available. My knee is still hurting. Hopefully we can get it better.

Jim Bolla

Officially, all we're saying is she's suspended right now. It's day-to-day, and hopefully when we get to Reno, we can get some things resolved one way or the other.

Dave Roberts

The more interesting we make this, the more I'll have to try to push the envelope. But hopefully it doesn't come to that.

Kirk Pedersen

Right now we are struggling a little big with our relay teams. We are going to work on those and hopefully get them to run a little better.

E. Hicks

It was unfortunate that we didn't play well on a national stage, but hopefully we can turn all that frustration on the Eagles.

Shane Murphy

I've been saying we're a work in progress, and there's still improving to do. Hopefully we can keep getting better and get to where we want to be.

Tim Frisby

This is a start. Hopefully I'll get more this season,

William Henderson

This is the first time and hopefully the last time I'll have to do that.

Bill Bunting

That's what we're looking for, hopefully less taxes and less government.

Jack Foster

The team score was respectable, but it was not the results the kids were hoping to have here.

Patty Vavra

The throw wasn't what we were hoping for, but it's still 1 1/2 inches over last year's fourth-place throw.

Jaromir Jagr

After a tough streak like that, you're just hoping for something to happen.

Joe Maloof

No, we didn't get anything in writing. We all know about his past, but we're just concentrating on the future. We're just hoping it all works out for the best.

Brandon Doman

Now, it has to be about more than hoping to make plays. John has to go out there and plan to make plays, if that makes any sense.

Josh Humlie

It was very exciting. The last match I had, I was just hoping to place fifth. Sixth would have been fine, but I wanted to place fifth.

Chris Duffy

I've been told two to three weeks, so that's what I'm hoping for.

Buck Showalter

This could be long-term, but it could be a three-week thing. I'm still hoping for the best.

Joe Gibbs

You're hoping for a new CBA because it frees up a lot of money for all of us.

Rob Neyland

That's where the rubber meets the road in this - the lasting impact.

Atharva Veda

See yourselves in all; See all in yourselves; that is the road to lasting peace and joy.

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.

Michael Redd

I've thought of guys, whether they were here last year or not, and doing something special for them.

Mark Teixeira

I've never been more unhappy as a Ranger than the last two weeks. Nothing's going right. A lot of things are going on, and none of them are positive.

Robin Bhar

The ( zinc ) concentrate market is already so tight, this is the last thing the market needs.

Dennis Ruedinger

Things seem to be going very well. He had his surgery last year and everything I know is just fine.

Kenneth Brown

Things have progressed well in the last two years, which makes us feel good.

Carol Woods

The worst is when people come back for the last of their stuff. You know you'll never see them again.

Dave Molina

Colfax will be the big one. We can make our season with a win.

Jonathan Lewis

The season is not lost. We're still Virginia Tech.

Bobby Jones

During the season on Saturdays, I usually sleep in until about 1.

Patrick Rice

As the season went on, she got better and better.

James Cox

We want to end the season how we started it ? by winning.

Kevin Reilly

This season may not see a turnaround for us.

Matt Fisher

This was it. As a senior, the most important thing to do is to win and keep the season going.

Mark Banker

We try to stay healthy. We try to get everyone to make it to the season, through the season and beyond.

Henry Hudson

We're trying to get another 1991 season going. This is just a stepping stone.

Magic Johnson

I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.

Lawrence Jr

A win is a win. We'll take them any way we can.

Jammal Brown

A win is a win. We got tested, and that's good.

E. Hicks

As long as we win by 17, I'm with it.

Will Blalock

That was a big win for them. They are probably in.

TR Harlan

That's where we're at. We know how to fight. But we need to win one of these.

Earl Boykins

Definitely. It's going to be very important for us (to win the division).

Carlos Boozer

Any win for us right now is a big win.

Steve Begin

The most important thing is it was the first win here,

Elton Brand

Once we win and get to the playoffs, it's all going to change.