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.

Sebastian Seung

To find better means of fixing the brain, we first need to achieve something more fundamental. We must understand how it works.

Jim Mastro

It got to the point where (you ask) do you want to try and play with it or do you want to go fix it?

Dan Hawkins

It is my fault, ... It is my fault. I'm the guy in charge. I'm the guy who's gotta fix it.

Justin McCareins

I was wondering who that guy was throwing that ball. We'll get it fixed up for when it matters the most.

Bud Selig

I want you to be CEO/COO/General Manager of the Reds. Fix that franchise, pronto, so that it is competitive in 2006.

Sandy Skrovan

I think they have the pulse of things they need to do and things they need to fix going forward.

John W. Snow

Hopefully this is a low point for us, ... We simply aren't getting the railroad fixed at the rate we should.

Nikki Haley

We must fix our broken immigration system. That means stopping illegal immigration. And it means welcoming properly vetted legal immigrants, regardless of their race or religion. Just like we have for centuries.

Jim Calhoun

We have to be a much more focused team. We need to stay connected. We seem to fix our mistakes as games go on. But a full 40 minutes of focus is what we're going to need.

Emma Lazarus

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand/ A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame/ Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name/ Mother of exiles.

Mark Faulkner

I have some kids who have never seen the gates, they come out there to practice. Some kids are in the gates all the time and can't wait for the next race, and I have a lot that are in-between. I just want to make sure there's an opportunity for them to be there.

Colin Doyle

It was nice to jump out of the gates like that. We haven't done that in a while.

John Lyly

None but the lark so shrill and clear; / How at heaven's gates she claps her wings, / The morn not waking till she sings.

Trevor Hoffman

The key to a five-game set (is) to get out of the gates early,

Bible Bible

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

Dave Foreman

You don't want to throw a kid into gates who's still skiing in a big, wide wedge. You want them to be able to ski well before you introduce them to gates.

Dave Heiss

We knew they were going to come in here and battle. They started out of the gates quick and we were a little sluggish, but I thought our kids kept their composure.

Fred Perry

With the statue and gates with my name, it's all a great thrill. People are now saying ' I'll meet you at the Perry statue'. It's a strange feeling, makes you feel a little queasy. It's a beautifully-done statue. People don't know how I used to be, they only know me as I am now.

Edmund White

I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.

Pat McDonald

I think it probably should just be torn down. It's probably going to take a lot of money to rebuild.

Chris Beatty

He'll be making a lot more money than that senator.

Grant Heslov

When I write, I make decent money doing it, but I don't wake up dreaming about writing.

Shaquille O'Neal

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.

Simon Reuben

If you can't make 40% on your money in Russia, you're a fool.

Silvio Santos

I'm a TV man, not a money man.

Stanley Tucci

I'm not interested in wasting money on a project.

Shuji Nakamura

There are still people in Japan who think money is something evil.

Bruce Willis

Just Timberlake is terrific in this film. I told him it's time to stop singing.

Ashraf Nubani

Just stop the pain, I'll say anything, ... one lash after another.

Mike Gatting

He's got 600 but he won't be stopping there,

Joseph Druce

I was just, like, 'That's it. That's it. I've got to stop this. I couldn't get it out of my head.

Tony Longa

We made some strides defensively. But we just couldn't get a big stop in overtime.

Steve Gray

He wasn't communicating, ... and if he's not going to talk to us, fine. If he's in violation, then let's stop it right now.

Josh Fodor

He was stopping everything. We had a lot of opportunities but couldn't get any in.

James Rubin

I don't know who talked first. Let's just stop it, okay?

Mike McBride

He was unbelievable. We couldn't have stopped him with 16 tanks.