Famous Quotes & Sayings

Don Buford

As a team, we had a real good spring. Guys swung the bats real well, then all of a sudden everybody went into a slight batting slump together and right now they seem to be working their way out of that and hitting the ball consistently. We've hit some balls hard and haven't had any luck with the hits falling in, but now they're starting to fall in and that's the difference in winning.

Steve Kragthorpe

The bottom line is turnovers, and we did a great job of securing turnovers. We got the ball back with 2:20 left, and I challenged our team to get the first down and to stay on the field. And they did.

Alan Lomax

The British ballads became a new kind of form in their hand. And out of them came the blues, a new kind of song of commentary and satire, a song form which, after all, has become the main musical form of the whole human species.

Abraham Lincoln

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets

Connie Higgins

Ballots are automatically mailed out if you're registered to vote.

Jeff Bridges

Ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. I love to draw and paint; I do ceramics and photography. I'm interested in a lot of creative stuff.

Eric Schmidt

Bagley did a good job of controlling the ball and slowing the game down for the first five minutes. They played a defense that we haven't seen yet this year and it took some time for us to get organized.

Brock Berryhill

As long as you can stop the running game, you have a chance. They can throw for 400 yards, but if they can't run the ball, you have a good chance. Someone's going to drop the ball or you'll get a knockdown on third down. Stopping the run comes first. As long as we can do that, we'll be successful.

Geno Auriemma

As long as we play defense like that and keep people in the 50s we'll be all right. Some nights you're going to shoot the ball poorly and it's going to be 60-something to 50-something. Some nights you're going to shoot 60-something percent and it's going to be 90-something to 50-something. But you've got to be able to play with the game on the line, which I think we showed (Saturday).

Dennis Hastert

On this historic day, it is a high honor and rather humbling that a great number of my colleagues have come to me and urged me to lead the House into the 21st century, ... It is a calling that I have not sought. However, it is a duty that I cannot ignore.

Leslie Alperstein

Dean probably scares the market the most because he, for now at least, is calling for rolling back all of the tax cuts.

Kyle Lowry

Coach was calling the plays and telling me to make plays. I just do what he says.

Jim Young

And there is no such thing as a no-sale call. A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can't. Either way a sale is made, the only question is who is gonna close? You or him? Now be relentless. That's it, I'm done.

Jeffrey Silber

The staffing sector is notorious for its lack of visibility. Today's sell-off is an overreaction, exacerbated by the lack of a conference call on this news and its timing during the holiday season.

Scott Ishikawa

The supervisor who made the call has not been reassigned. He has been disciplined and it will go on his record. They felt it was an unintentional mistake and they felt he wasn't profiting from this.

Paul Graham

The Summer Founders Program fixes the common problem with working at a startup, which is that it's very lonely. You do nothing but work and sleep and no one understands the situation you are in, and friends don't know why it takes three days for you to call them back.

Robert Mitchell

The spacecraft has been programmed to continue even in the event of an emergency. We don't want Cassini to call home if a problem arises, we want it to keep going.

Julie Tanner

The thing we were doing with our initial visits was to call on retailers who don't have policies to create one.

Jon Tester

As a policymaker, as a public servant, I come to Washington, D.C., and I make difficult decisions and I make difficult decisions every day. And sometimes those decisions upset people.

Stewart Tuttle

Our evaluation of all of our programs is ongoing and decisions on which programs will go forward -- and how -- will move on its own timetable.

Karen Hughes

Decisions must be made that are very hard,

Elbert Hubbard

An executive is a man who can make quick decisions and is sometimes right.

Michelle Gorman

The significance of this (preliminary) decision is sending a strong message to all countries, about the importance in basing your decisions on science.

Mary Chapman

I've never felt a need to have it. You always have in the back of your mind the issue of liability, and that's the way it should be. You're making important decisions about something you feel passionate about.

Graham Morris

A decision of this magnitude is never spontaneous. My job is to make sure the journal operates smoothly.

Uli Hoeness

A decision like that before the most important league game this year is not an ideal moment.

Jacques Chirac

After its unilateral decision on Cyprus, Turkey must offer clarifications and ensure the 25-nation Union of its willingness to fully respect all of its obligations,

Al Edwards

Defensively, we picked it up and got some easy steals.

Tony Domenech

So you no longer have an absentee landlord - easy solution.

Glen Johnson

Roy is an easy step up for Joe, a marketing tool, but if he wants to fight someone with prestige and credibility then it would be me or Tarver.

Sidney Crosby

It would have been easy to pack it in. Hopefully, we can learn from this, but at the same time we have to be proud with the way we played in the third period.

Marshall Strickland

It would have been easy for us to not even be here, to not even make it to the tournament. We showed a lot of courage. Tonight we just got beat, but I think overall we showed a lot of guts.

Ed Servais

It would have been easy for us to give in about two or three times when we had opportunities. The kids kept plugging.

Alan Shearer

It would have been easy for me to go out there and stick one on him because that is what I wanted to do, ... He has done me, it was blatant. The referee was five yards away and he did nothing.

Greg Kelley

I understand it's not an easy piece to take. I didn't want it to be.

Robin Johnson

Things that should be together are together. Our first filter is to make shopping easy for our guests, even though it may be harder for us to operate. Imagine that -- a store that stands for the shopper.

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

Derek Jeter

People say this is the greatest offense ever. But let us play awhile. Names don't win games. You have to play the games.

Mark Mohl

Osage had a very tough week with three quality opponents. We are disappointed we didn't win all three, but the kids had great effort.

Rebecca Hornbacher

Deb, on the other hand, is one of our most versatile players. She played midfield for her first two years here at ISU, played as a defenseman last year and now is switching back. Once again, she has done a great job with the transition process.

Jim Yerkovich

(Deane) plays with the greatest intensity of any big kid I've ever been around.

Mark Stalker

Cody pitched really well. It wasn't a great night to pitch; it was kind of cold. But he did real well.

Jerome Bettis

Denver's been underrated all year and so have we, and that makes for a really great game.

Ariah Fasana

Denny Linton wrestled a great tournament and was selected as the outstanding wrestler by the coaches.

John Tavares

Any player in the NHL would be a great comparison, but when you name a guy like Sidney Crosby . . . but I don't know if I'll be able to do things he's done in the league because we're different types of players,

Jason Witten

Seeing some of these guys is pretty special. They've done a lot for us, the young players.

Gail Begley

These were guys who just wanted to do the right thing. They were under this huge pressure. They were being threatened. We never knew.

Steve Eckert

The sectional is always so tough. Only the strong survive. We did well. Nine of our 12 guys got wins and it was nine to see so many guys win a match.

Gilles Muller

I see these guys in a different way,

Dave Odom

I've been seeing it coming. In the back of my mind, we're doing the right thing by getting the big guys ready.

Hugh Forrest

I've been hyped up by the papers, by everybody. I've read all of it, and it's great, but I'm not the guy the papers make me out to be until I prove myself. And that's what I'm going to do Saturday.

Matt Janke

I've been playing with these guys for what seems like my whole life, and we just mesh together.

Malik Rose

I've been playing guys like that all my life. I'm not worried about that.

Charles Coe

I've been on those guys from the first day I got here in 2003. From Day 1, I wasn't real happy. But I think they're doing a better job.

Larry Sabato

People don't react to all these things like they are inside the Beltway.

Mike Patrick

Defensively, we need to keep the rebounding in a position where we can keep them to one shot and out. For us to have success, we have to get contributions from all three of our inside players.

Dave Marsh

The song sounds like it was recorded inside 'Animal House.'

Jack Cloonan

Now how do you do that unless you've got support inside the building? How do you do that? It's impossible.

Alan Wiggins

I've been working out a lot and doing all kinds of work on my perimeter and inside games. It's all paid off.

John Lydon

I'm sort of of the belief that people kill themselves from the inside out. When they're unhappy with what they're doing, or not achieving things - when your focus is off-kilter. The thing that keeps me ticking is my values. And I maintain them, because they're worthy. I like to wake up and feel I've done no wrong. I like that feeling.

Tommy Amaker

Boy, is he a tough player. He was relentless, he scored inside out.

Lyndon Johnson

Better to have them inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in

Eric Hall

Turner's really opened the inside for everyone else. Teams have to double-team him, and that usually leaves me open. I've just been getting a lot better looks.