Famous Quotes & Sayings

Billy Connolly

I think that you'll find that Billy Connolly is British.

John Updike

Billy Collins writes lovely poems. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.

Larry Rothschild

He's a young guy. It's like Billy Martin said -- if you tell him 10 times, tell him 11. Hopefully, that's the one that catches. He's gotten better and better at a lot of things. Obviously, there's room for improvement in concentration and not getting distracted by things. That's something we'll keep striving for. A lot of pitchers face that. Hopefully, we'll get through that.

Ned Yost

He got a pitch in on Carlos that Carlos hit out of the park, and Billy drove a pitch out over the plate, but other than that we couldn't muster much offense off him.

Natalie Merchant

I just wanted to get all this stuff in one place, ... A lot of it was scattered around or out of print. There are songs here that I thought would never get heard, the ones with Billy Bragg, for instance. The lyrics are kind of embarrassing - we wrote them in the middle of the night during these song-writing marathons - but I feel they are still documents of my work and that this is the place to let people hear them.

Willie Randolph

I'm legit now. I won't be breaking Billy Martin's or Earl Weaver's records, but that's been building up for a long time. I don't want to get a reputation, but I want to protect my players.

Patrick Swayze

I'm sorry, but I thought I was the sickest most irreverent person in the whole world -- Billy Bob just won that contest. You put Patrick Swayze and Billy Bob Thornton together and something's gonna happen.

Lon Kruger

I'm very excited for them. What (coach) Billy (Donovan) has done is remarkable. Two Final Four appearances in six years? That's a great accomplishment.

Buzzie Bavasi

I learned that from Mr. Rickey, ... and I hope Billy learned that from me.

John Chambers

I would say this for Montserrat ? one of its credit weaknesses is that it's in a zone that depends greatly on external savings.

Josh Towers

I think I threw more strikes than I got credit for. I was around the zone a lot. I definitely got my work in.

Danny Ardoin

He didn't get enough credit. Winning 14 games as a rookie is not bad.

David Meltzer

He deserves a ton of credit for making the sport what it has become. He's the Vince McMahon of his generation.

Nelson Linder

He deserves a lot of credit but at the same time these things tend to go back and forth. The goal is to go forward and make sure we treat folks right.

Kenneth Turan

He credits a watching of 'King Kong' on TV when he was a kid with making him a film director,

Bruce Heppler

He just plays. I know that he wants to win a tournament, and he works at it and is competitive as anybody. I think now he just has to get out of his own way. He's more than good enough to win. The great thing about Roberto is before the tournament is over, he's going to finish around the top 10 or higher, and that's a real credit to his competitiveness. That's a sign of a really good player who just plays well every single time.

Bob Hamley

He's a leader and a true professional that does a lot for me and the team on and off the floor. It's a credit to my team that I'm even going, so it's fitting that they are there as well.

George Campbell

He's credited with quite a spectacular job of revitalizing the (arts) school,

Kay Redfield Jamison

I am one of millions who have been treated for depression and gotten well; I was lucky enough to have a psychiatrist well versed in using lithium and knowledgeable about my illness, and who was also an excellent psychotherapist.

Charles Henderson

I would turn down the buyout offer. The main thing for me is they have excellent health-care benefits. When you look at it, $140,000 isn't really all that much after taxes. We're in a high-income bracket.

David Powers

I think investors are really pleased with what they heard about the future guidance for the second half. We think that the second half will indeed turn out to be better for Intel. It's seasonally stronger for them. At the same time, they're doing an excellent job reducing their cost.

Diane Moore

There are so many excellent nonprofit organizations throughout the Northwest, it's an honor to be recognized.

Van Coleman

He's a good, solid big-man recruit. He's long; he runs the floor really well, excellent shooting touch from outside. Very, very physical kid around the basket. He doesn't mind contact.

Peter DiTeresa

Going through the list, there's a lot of really excellent older funds.

Jason Varitek

He's dong an excellent job. Do I expect him to be perfect all year? No. but he's doing an excellent job.

Chuck D.

He showed some excellent leadership qualities that will go a long way in our season. He grew up a lot today.

Mark Basham

I think their products are very good. I think it's going to be an excellent IPO.

Frank Beamer

We thought we had a shot at him. But it's tough to get those South Florida guys away from Miami.

Richard Powers

I will say this. I have researched Florida law and not found anything that would prevent the enforcement of those covenants.

Janet Montgomery

I went to Florida when I was 15. That was my first time in America, so you learn about how different the regions are.

Billy Donovan

Hopefully, the success we have had this year and in the past is something that kids can look at and say, Florida is very competitive nationally and inside their league.

Jim Morris

We made mistakes all day. That comes back to haunt you when you're playing a good team like Florida and you're in a one-run game. You're probably going to lose.

Jarvis Herring

I don't know what kind of Florida Gator team you're going to see, but it's going to be crazy. No one is in trouble. Everyone is ready to go.

Leslie Rigby

He moved to Florida to start a new life.

Will Cuppy

[Footnote:] Three million alligators were killed in Florida between 1880 and 1900. Goody!

Vincent Bugliosi

The felonious five in their Supreme Court decision never said Gore did anything improperly in Florida.

Don Imus

He didn't shoot Harry on purpose, but you're handling this horribly and you're just trying to spin me.

Jiang Zemin

Handling well the issue of the people's livelihood is the fundamental task of the party and government.

Dick Ward

There are so many ways by which materials handling technologies and processes serve that need.

Gregg Langbehn

His two-out RBI was a big run for us. It seems like he's handling all the pressure pretty well. He's holding his own.

Dan Edwards

We're pleased she is safe and that the police are handling this situation.

Peter Jackson

We take as much inspiration from what he's doing and how he's handling it as he takes from the club.

Susan Phillips

He was just wound as tight as a clock. He was under tremendous pressure, but obviously handling it, and not just handling it, doing well.

J. Taylor

I'd like to thank the management for handling this issue in such a sensitive way,

Brit Hume

He was unapologetic of the handling of the information and insisted it was appropriate.

Greg Jackson

Kids who come here, I see them grow. My philosophy is not winning and losing. When I see a kid like Tracey, it puts this job in perspective.

Travis Moyer

Jordan did a very nice job out there. He pitched excellent. He only made one mistake.

Scott Rice

Joey's a talented kid. He did a nice job on his routes.

Matt McKay

Joe did an outstanding job on Biggs. We didn't want him shooting 3s.

Galen Hall

Joe did a miraculous job keeping that squad from not splitting offensively and defensively.

John Caudwell

Journalists like to say I started off sweeping the pottery floors. But it was just a short-lived part time job doing that after I left school.

Mario Rodriguez

Job security. That's how I look at it.

Garrett Gravesen

Jobs can wait, but the lives of these kids cannot. And because no one else was doing anything else about it.

Glen Smith

He viewed it as a job that had to be done.