Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Baird

The bottom line is, even if the player was unaware they've been given the drug, the test doesn't require intent. The standard is so strict, if the NFL wants to enforce it strictly, you're basically sunk.

Frederick Moran

The cable division came in with 13 percent cash-flow growth, which is basically the strongest we're going to see out of the whole cable industry this quarter, ... They're showing some real power.

Bill Richardson

And the president is basically saying, on Social Security, 'This is my issue. This is my proposal. Take it or leave it.'

James Hardway

The tick up in the unemployment rate largely had to do with the fact that we had construction workers who basically had to file because of the rain and the stormy weather. When we have inclement weather like that, construction workers are not likely to work on the site. The majority that filed came from that industry.

John Sarbanes

The super PACs have brought an element of fear into the equation. The fact that they can bring this money into the campaign, basically ambush you out of nowhere, and you'll have no way to fight back.

Michael Ward

The special prosecutor basically supported what we had told the Board of Elections all along,

Rhett Miller

The songs are depressing, but they sound happy. That's the whole trick, ... This record is more a function of being on the road for basically two years, never having any downtime or privacy. Any semblance of a normal life. So you end up writing these disjointed, disconnected songs.

Pete Carroll

The thing I like is that I'm in charge of everything, so I can structure things the way I like. I get to wear all the hats. There are a few guys in the NFL who have that opportunity, but not many. You basically have to win a Super Bowl.

Dom Capers

The thing I was the most disappointed in (Sunday) was basically the fundamentals of our team. Our tackling, our blocking, there were far too many penalties right now, it's a gut check and a character check for our team.

Steve Conroy

We're go to be busy for the next 24 to 48 hours.

Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis

The fall couture presentations in Paris are usually my favorite moment on the fashion calendar: beautiful weather, a busy rather than manic schedule, and, let's face it, seeing the artistry, the embroidery, and handmade magnificence that goes into every dress.

Don Edwards

We are not as busy as we will be, because many of the new students have not discovered us yet.

Baltasar Gracian

There are certain inessential activities-moths of precious time-and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing.

Brene Brown

We are so busy that the truth about our lives can't catch up.

John Deane

We have plenty of targets to keep us busy and having our own drilling equipment and drill crew provides us with enormous flexibility in the field. It's a recipe for success that few other companies can match.

Adam Sieminski

Crude oil isn't the problem right now but may be in a few weeks. The helicopters that are needed to get repair crews on the platforms are busy saving people from rooftops.

Jeff Sessions

Are you going to get busy now to enforce existing law?

Scott Stapp

Five years ago, I had a divorce that I didn't really want. I was so busy with Creed that I don't think I ever really dealt with that emotionally.

Ronnie Arnold

These allegations are disturbing. It was improper and unprofessional, but you see these things out there where kids are harmed emotionally and physically every day.

Tom Stern

It was tough for every wrestler to get through (to state). There are a lot of kids that aren't going who could be.

Shaheed Saleem

I've been here before but none of these kids have. This team is already winners because of what they have accomplished this season.

Alan Byrd

I've been doing this for a long time. I just wanted this for the kids. They've battled all year and I'm so proud of them.

Jonathan Knight

The whole New Kids thing was crazy. The more it grew, the more I just felt like I was trapped.

Danny Lyons

They all provide opportunities these kids would never have like learning to play tennis, golf, fish.

Peter Foley

These are what sports are today. This is what kids do, this is what modern people do for sports. It's a natural progression to me. This is what should be going on in the Olympics.

Leon Spencer

These are the kinds of things we need to do to keep this thing rolling. If we can pull our resources, we can service more kids and keep ourselves out of the red.

James Young

These are the kids that are the most abused of all kids.

Publilius Syrus

Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

John Bunyan

So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.

Mike Tice

I think we've passed the point of having him anointed at any position. I think anything he earns now, he's got to work his way up the ladder.

Tony Couture

We passed very well throughout and we communicated well.

Brandon Sanderson

Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess.

Auguste Rodin

Recently I have taken to isolating limbs, the torso. Why am I blamed for it? Why is the head allowed and not portions of the body? Every part of the human figure is expressive.

Augusten Burroughs

I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken some liberties here." It's just a matter of being open with your readers.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I embrace technology and I just think that in 1984 when James Cameron wrote about the technology, everyone thought he was totally way out there and it was science fiction. Now it's almost reality what he talked about. The machines have taken over, except they have not become self-aware, like in Terminator. So this is really one thing that we have to watch out for, but I think technology is good.

Ayn Rand

Altruism declares that any action taken for the benefit of others is good, and any action taken for one's own benefit is evil. Thus the beneficiary of an action is the only criterion of moral value - and so long as that beneficiary is anybody other than oneself, anything goes.

Audie Murphy

I'm glad that it didn't take as long to get Shepard off the ground as it's taken this series. I'd begun to think the Congo would be ahead of us in the space race before Whispering Smith ever got on the air.

Benjamin Cardozo

Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Substitute statute for decision, and you shift the center of authority, but add no quota of inspired wisdom.

Cameron Mackintosh

I've taken considerable gambles on shows, but they're very considered gambles.

C. S. Lewis

They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out.