Famous Quotes & Sayings

Laura Lippman

I like to see writers reach bigger and bigger audiences, and stand-alones have allowed some of them to do just that.

Rick Stockstill

On the defensive side of the ball, we signed a couple defensive linemen that are edge type guys who can come off the edge and are athletic. They have good bodies and can get bigger as they work in the weight room.

Ma Jun

Multinationals are more sensitive to public pressure because they have bigger brand names, and they have made commitments to be environmentally sensitive. Chinese firms are not used to this kind of pressure yet.

Roger Entner

Music could certainly be much bigger if pricing was more in line with what you find on the Internet.

Consumer Reports

More and more people are buying bigger and bigger, ... and the bigger the vehicle, the bigger the blind spot.

Craig Ellingson

My goal is to not have to cut anything at any level. I'd rather do it on the income side. I'd really like to have a bigger piece of the (budgetary) pie.

Michelle Wie

My hand swelled up so big it couldn't fit my glove, so I had to get a bigger size.

Richard Seymour

My favorite is a square-toe black shoe, but for a dressier look, I'll wear gators. The bigger the shoes, the more expensive they get. Unfortunately, I'm a size 17.

Bill Belichick

Maybe they played on their feet in high school, or as a freshman or sophomore in college, and then they got bigger and went down to the defensive line. Sometimes there is something to go back on there -- not always, but occasionally.

Alan Nicholl

Twenty-some shots is a tremendous game, offensively. For them not to score a goal, you have to hand it back to our kids; they put up such a great defensive effort.

Finn Wittrock

I was playing a defensive guard in 'My All American' who is a really fast runner, so a lot of my training was running. I wasn't too worried about bulking up because he was supposed to be on the small side.

Laurie Holden

I feel defensive about my character because I really love Andrea, and we share the same heart.

Larry Farmer

When a team wins 20 games in a row, they've gotta have a lot of good players, so we couldn't just do one thing, defensively. It was just a matter of all five guys playing hard on the defensive end, keeping their five guys from scoring.

Allen Iverson

We don't have an identity as far as how we play on the defensive end. We always score, so it's obvious our problem is in other areas.

Zenon Konopka

We didn't play well enough defensively. We're a pretty good defensive hockey club, and when you give up five goals it's tough to win games.

Richard Jefferson

We didn't do a very good job of playing through each other or through the people we should have been. And then we got cold. They were hitting shots and mainly it was a lot of defensive problems. But sometimes your offense is a part of the problem.

Patrick Kerney

We didn't do a good job getting to the quarterback. It's our responsibility to get there in three or four seconds. We can't put that much pressure on our defensive backs.

Walter Kirn

Guns can turn you into an insider even if you're an outsider by nature, recruiting you into a loose fraternity of people who feel embattled and defensive and are primally eager to win allies.

Bobby Patrick

My home didn't lose a shingle, but it's got 6 feet (nearly 2 meters) of water in it.

Jacoby Shaddix

We were 6 feet under. A lot of people gave up on us, including fans and critics and show promoters and record labels.

Marsilio Ficino

What is odious but . . . people . . . who toast their feet on the register. . . .

O. J. Simpson

We had five feet of water. And now our house has a slant to it and it's not safe. So, we're going to rebuild.

As we were driving, we saw a sign that said ""Watch for Rocks."" Marta said it should read ""Watch for Pretty Rocks."" I told her she should write in her suggestion to the highway department, but she started saying it was a joke - just to get out of writing a simple letter! And I thought I was lazy!

Charles Peabody

It's a really high price and not many people are willing to pay that, so I think Lehman is the more obvious,

Anna Netrebko

As a soprano who sings 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' I have the high notes and the trills. No problems there. But going into the low registers is lots of work.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself:""Mankind."" Basically, it's made up of two separate words - ""mank"" and ""ind.""What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

Mark Peterson

We got down and maybe pressed a little bit. It kind of snowballed from there.

Dick Vermeil

We'll wait until tomorrow. Maybe he'll end up being just like Tony Richardson.

Martin Henderson

When you're doing a one-man play, you maybe rehearse for a month, and then you're just doing it an hour or two a night.

Brian Aldridge

We had more opportunities. Maybe it could have been like 63-55.

Justin Kirk

I think my favorite movie is 'Joe Versus the Volcano' - or maybe 'Multiple Maniacs' by John Waters.

George Smith

I tell our players a lot about some of those guys. I don't know if they realize the tradition. Maybe if they see it in the paper, it will mean a lot more to them.

Alexandra Cassavetes

I tell myself, 'If I can wake up each day and be excited about what I'm doing, then I must be happy.' But then again, maybe I'm in denial.

Ozzie Guillen

I think he's ready to move on and be on the roster. I don't know if I'll play him or not. I'm not sure. Maybe I'll give him another day.