Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Gordon

I was looking to be a closer again. That was the biggest thing.

Marcus Williams

I was always around. I ended up talking to him a lot and got really cool with him. But the biggest thing with me was, I wanted to get away from home and grow and build myself up somewhere else.

Mark Martin

Just to be able to put an exclamation point on Richmond was the biggest goal, but in hindsight, knowing that when you have a chance to win the last regular-season race, it just propels you right into the Chase.

Yasser Arafat

is very important for the international peace all over the world, which means it is very important for the biggest power all over the world -- America.

Vicki Phillips

Having heard about this, my biggest concern is that we should go back and look at all of the projects he did ... to be sure there isn't anything we should have a concern about, ... Out of fairness to the citizens ... that's the only prudent thing to do.

Scott Hoyt

Going forward, sales growth will be more modest and inconsistent. Fundamentals are mixed. The biggest drag is high and rising gasoline and other energy prices.

Scott Paxson

He's a little different. He's a little more nifty, a little quicker. He reads the blocking pretty well. He's not the biggest guy, but he can hide a little bit. When you get to him, you've really got to wrap up because he can spin out of things.

Vince Young

He's already gained the respect of the guys, and like I told him all year, that's the biggest key.

Mark Recchi

He's a very intelligent hockey player, No. 1, that's his biggest thing. He made people better around him. He had a terrific competitive edge to him that kept him playing for a long time.

Richard Barnes

Jackson was the worst. That should have closed it. That should have thrown the whole thing out.

Brendan Fay

What we will maybe remember most as representative of the cardinal's stance toward our community is the closed doors of the cathedral. And that's sad in some way.

Gareth Williams

There is a flaw in the system that needs to be closed in the future.

Ed Bailey

We may have actually closed it early than it needed to be, but we picked a date that we knew would not be interrupted. We planned events all the way through to the end with a large plan for the last run up to the closing.

Larry Wachtel

The Microsoft delay has hurt the Nasdaq and will reverberate throughout all of technology. That will be today's big headline. We closed ragged yesterday, so we're going to have a tired market to start.

Lorna Ho

The district is in a situation now were after having closed several schools where we can't offer any more money than we have already. However, we do feel that employees have a right to express their opinion in front of the board.

Toledo Blade

A great many open minds should be closed for repairs.

Pranab Mukherjee

The door for discussions is still open. Only you can say whether it (possibilities of a grand alliance) is a closed chapter.

Gerald Johnson

The closed mind, if closed long enough, can be opened by nothing short of dynamite.

Heath Cowan

I think the legs are a lot fresher compared to this time last year.

Ricky Giles

I thought everybody we played (in the tournament) was pretty deep with talent compared to where we were at, and they were a lot deeper. We knew when we went there that we had to play if we were going to survive in that tournament.

Donna Cerrato

The competition is very tough compared to what we run into during the regular season.

Richard Burr

The inconveniences we faced within this state are minor compared to ... New Orleans.

Col. Hoge

A higher percentage of those soldiers returning from Iraq report mental health concerns and use mental health services when they get home ... compared to soldiers who are returning from deployment to Afghanistan or other locations.

Jeff Suppan

It's pretty amazing, the type of players that he's compared to. Names that you've heard your whole life, and he's putting up those types of numbers. ... He's the type of guy who has that ability, and has a good work ethic and it shows out on the field.

Mike Johnson

That's pretty large compared to other stop-motion puppets, ... The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Mary Williams

That is a small number, compared to concerns expressed that the law might be abused or people might feel pressured to use it. It confirms that the law gives the terminally ill some control and say in their final days whether they want to have physician help in hastening death.

Richard Peterson

The world prior to that legislation was tepid compared to the enormity, velocity and scope of the deals in telecommunications that we've seen since then.

Colin Murray

He had no idea what Matthews was doing, and he was crushed when he found out.

Sonny Jackson

They met two men who were paid $50 for the vehicle. It had no hood and it had been stripped. They took it to the crusher and it was crushed on Dec. 28.

Bruce Bochy

Sometimes it's better off not executing, I guess. Johnson, I mean, he crushed that ball. That's huge at that point. It gave us a comfortable lead, because we were trying to let them back in.

Jeff Gundy

We're a team that does ... just enough to put yourself in a position and not enough good to win. That was poor defense, poor, poor defense. They scored 49 points in a half with very marginal offensive players. When they missed, they crushed us on the boards.

Brian Beckwith

We wanted to send a message that we could do the same thing to them that they did to us. We did not want it to go four. This is a very big win for us. Irvine is a very, very good team and they crushed us Wednesday.

Tony Graffanino

Everybody who's ever been in the game has been in a situation where they screwed up the game. It crushed me. We're losing, and it's my fault.

Sasha Cohen

At the time, I was devastated, crushed that it didn't turn out how I wanted. But it was my first major international event, so I learned a lot from it.

Jeff Allison

The other home run, that was a legit home run. I hung that ball, and he kind of crushed it on me.

Hwang Suk

I feel so crushed and humiliated that I hardly have the energy to say I am sorry. I seek your forgiveness.

Steve Ralston

Italy is a very defensive team, very well organized, they look to counter-attack. Their defense is rock solid.

R. Inge

He just knows how to pound the zone once he gets ahead. He just lets his defense work for him. He's a smart pitcher. He knows what he's doing.

Kris Kleeman

I thought the first half defense was very good. I wish we could have scored some points there to get a lead. We missed our first 10 shots to start the game, we had good shots that we have to be able to make. We didn't make them and kept them in the game.

Allan Ray

I think we fed off our defense a little more in the second half, and we got into a flow offensively as a result.

Cappie Pondexter

I think we rebounded and played great defense (during the run). Once we got away from that, they started getting comfortable, started hitting shots.

Mike Klembara

I think we had the proper game plan. We wanted to slow the tempo and play our 3 defense (a 3-2 zone). They were just a little more mature down the stretch than we were.

Kawika Mitchell

I think we did that. But we still have some room to improve. Our style of defense is getting after the offense. However, you want to do that. Whether it's a zone defense or blitzes, we're going to do that.

DeAngelo Hall

I thought our whole defense played pretty doggone good.

Riley Wallace

I thought our post defense was good tonight. We didn't give them a whole lot of easy stuff until late. Overall, I thought it was a good man defense.

Rick Barnes

He is the difference in this team. We know he is going to give us everything he?s got, and he does every night he goes out there.

Carlos Rivera

He's a great person. He has helped us so much this year. You can see a difference from when I first started three years ago.

Norm Gagne

It hurts to lose. What we did, the things I didn't want to see us do, stay out of the box, and that's what killed us. The two five-on-three goals, that was the difference in the game.

Jocelyn Thibault

There is a difference but I don't think it's going to be a big deal. I have been using the new equipment since the summer. I got used to it pretty well. It will be different, but we're all on the same playing field.

Charles Haynes

There is a difference between what is required and what is the right thing to do.

Noah Hawley

There is a difference between movie actors and TV acting, especially with movie stars, which is they know their face is 20 feet high on the screen. They know they don't have to do much.

MaChelle Joseph

We talked about the fact that rebounds would be the difference in the game. We were getting out-rebounded at halftime and to finish the rebound with over 50 rebounds just says so much about our heart, effort and determination.

Fred Jones

What you saw was the difference between a veteran team and a young one like ours. The veteran teams do the right things down the stretch to win games. They make the right decisions. We're young and we didn't do the things it takes to win.

Doc Rivers

I thought the difference in the game was that we had two turnovers in the second half, after going for a record it felt like in the first half. We scored 29 points off of turnovers ourselves and that is why we won the game.

Joe Girardi

He's got no fear. He could throw all of his pitches over at any time. He opened a lot of eyes this spring. He's come a long way in a short period of time.

Margarita Chaves

His pupils were dilated. I'll never forget that look in his eyes.

John Mortimer

He had his eyes open. We knew he was alive. He knew I was there.

Jake Eakin

His eyes were weird looking. Evan, he said, 'Craig, wake up!' because we thought he might have been knocked out.

Mark Lye

His eyes light up at night. Outside of that, he's perfect.

Ozzie Guillen

I like what I see. He was throwing a lot of strikes. We will take a better look when the games start in the minor leagues. It's a first-time outing, and we are going to keep our eyes on him.

Shannan Bergen

I'll be bawling my eyes out. They're unique in their own way. The most special group I've ever coached. I'll always remember them.

Jordan Cox

If we turn our spiritual eyes towards the Son, meaning the Son of God, we will see the sparkle of the gems of life.

Eddie Davis

I looked in Kevin Glenn's eyes and I seen him looking at Milt Stegall the whole way and I just knew I had to step up. I stepped in front and made the play and got down so I didn't fumble the ball.

Greg Beratlis

I would've liked to have heard something out of his mouth. Yes, anything. A plea for his life or just his opinion on what went on over the last two years,

Mark Mandel

John is never at a loss for words. But when he heard the news, he was speechless.

Carl Dodd

Her mother done told her a lot of stories. My plan is to sit down and talk to her and let her know that a lot of things she heard aren't true, and let her be the judge.

Charles Smith

He said he was worried about his sister. He hadn't heard from her since the Sunday before the storm.

The Beatles

To every word of love I heard you whisper, the raindrops seem to play a sweet refrain.

Michael Judge

I have heard other leaders in the justice system say that they will be retired before this is over,

David Parry

I have heard of no other schools turning down instant replay other than USC,

Joe Gibbs

I don't know about that, ... I've never heard that over a headset, I'll put it that way.

Christopher Shays

I'd like people to listen to our soldiers. They were there. They heard the alarms go off. They tasted the substance in the air. They spit up blood. They had rashes on their bodies. They got sick.

Jay Alford

He just wasn't hitting the holes like he wanted to.

Koby Clemens

He's just hitting the spots out there. His stuff is pretty nasty.

Jeff Bagwell

Hitting is no problem. The question is if I can make throws.

Stephen Ames

I played well. I was very comfortable with my setup, how I was hitting it, and it was just a matter of going out and being patient, or waiting for it to happen.

Bobby Hyatt

I keep telling them that hitting is contagious.

Gary Cherone

When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.

Donnie Edwards

It's not an issue, ... If we'd played him a year-and-a-half ago it might have been an issue. Right now, the issue for us is trying to get a win. We're 0-2. I'm all about whatever it takes for us to win, and if that's hitting Eli Manning in the mouth, then we'll hit him in the mouth.

S. Walker

The last three weeks, we watched film and they're hitting on all cylinders.

Edd Roush

Some batters, and good ones too, scoff at the whole theory of place hitting, calling it a myth. They are wrong, however.

Genderen Stort

Nothing that we proposed was being listened to. The demonstrators on the square wanted something impossible.

Heidi Klum

Maybe he listened to what we'd been telling him.

Bob Davidson

One of the things we try to do (is) have people that try to listen, ... As our people sat and listened to her story - we realized (her) situation.

Don Harrison

I reviewed the budget, went to the workshops and listened to people, ... I have a problem with the budget.

Carly Simon

But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers.

Hope White

I'll be very shocked if we didn't use all of it.

Karlie Kloss

Every single day I'm shocked.

Kenneth Darby

Brodie kind of shocked me today. All I could do was just smile.

Serena Williams

I'm playing to around 30% of my potential - you'd be shocked at what I could do.

Astro Teller

When you attack a problem as though it were solvable, even though you don't know how to solve it, you will be shocked with what you come up with. It's 100 times more worth it. It's never 100 times harder.

Bobby Bowden

I was shocked that he wasn't first team All-ACC. It made so sense.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

I think it's going to be a little different for him because he's going to play the same team so many times. But we're going to see an even better side of him because he's going to be able to adjust.

George Clooney

I think it's important to be on the right side of history.

John Stevens

We're on the wrong side of being close.

Carl Jung

Mine. I'm on my side.

Vincent Van Gogh

We are surrounded by poetry on all sides...

Salman Rushdie

It's obvious that I come down on the side of free speech for anybody's work.

John Fernandez

If you look at the technical side of it, you never have enough horsepower, so you're always going to work on getting more horsepower

Tony Scott

If you look at my body of work, there's always a dark side to my characters. They've always got a skeleton in the closet; they've always got a subtext.

John Callahan

It has three sides missing, but it has a roof,