Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Baird

The bottom line is, even if the player was unaware they've been given the drug, the test doesn't require intent. The standard is so strict, if the NFL wants to enforce it strictly, you're basically sunk.

Frederick Moran

The cable division came in with 13 percent cash-flow growth, which is basically the strongest we're going to see out of the whole cable industry this quarter, ... They're showing some real power.

Anne Paige

The more I looked into the breed, the more interesting they became. They're fun-loving, they love the water and they want to be doing things with you all the time, and that's what we wanted. We just basically were interested in a dog that would be a part of the family and be with us all the time.

Phil Garner

Definitely saw him more in the strike zone. I saw him down in the strike zone more and then saw him go up (in the zone) when he wanted to go up. That's what you wanted to see. You want to see him within basically the mitt most of the time.

Jed Connelly

Dealers in the Gulf region were out of business for most of the month of September. Basically the entire state of Texas was impacted.

Jarrett Sparks

Coach basically told us to play it one game at a time.

Ken Baker

Denise and Heather were inseparable. They were neighbors. They lived basically on the same street. They spent a lot of time together, especially since both started engaging in a divorce proceeding.

Duane Gubler

Dengue is one of these neglected diseases ... it's basically been ignored for many, many years.

George Long

A petrol bomb was thrown down the turret. It was on fire basically from the back.

O. J. Simpson

As a result, this potential source of funding will be delayed well beyond the six month period.

Ben Halliburton

Profitability in the first-quarter and beyond is going to continue to be strong and the broader economy is clearly in a recovery phase,

Amanda Peloso

People don't usually think of Girl Scouting beyond middle school. But there are still a lot of opportunities for the girls who choose to stay in it.

Sathya Baba

Offer service and receive love. This is the recipe for experiencing Divinity. Our love should not be confined to our kith and kin. It must extend beyond the family to society as a whole, then to the nation at large and finally embrace the whole world.

Malcolm Speed

Once the ICC executive board has received this report, we will be in a position to identify what further steps cricket can take to tackle this issue before it spreads beyond the incidents that have taken place in Australia.

Kate Ziegler

Coming into this meet, I didn't have high expectations. I was just coming in here to have a good time. I did everything I wanted to do, and I was pretty happy with how it turned out. It was beyond what I expected.

Todd Davis

Any legislation that makes it through is going to be watered down. The federal government is also going to rein in any state that tries to do too much in this area, especially if they're reaching beyond their borders.

Richard Remus

An officer is going to sacrifice his life or family for political gain for somebody else? It's beyond my understanding of human nature I can't see it. This sounds like Cook County politics at its finest.

Scott Thumma

Anything that goes beyond just a large gathering, such as using small groups to create a congregational life with their members, that's a significant shift in the organization of a Catholic congregation.

John Rice

Thank you for giving us back Lauren and Steve,

Bruce Sutter

You never think that giving up two home runs to the same guy helped you get in the Hall of Fame. But ... that's what might have happened.

Brett Somers

I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much.

Brandon Sanderson

Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They're precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?

Archie Panjabi

A lot of the time, people want to hear from someone like myself. They want to give it a shot. It's challenging, and it's driven me more than discouraged me.

Babe Ruth

It's hard to beat somebody when they don't give up.

Baruch Spinoza

The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing.

Augustine Birrell

It can never be wrong to give pleasure.

Arthur Mitchell

What does dance give you? The freedom to be who you are and do what you want to do.

James Carville

If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?

Rodney Lovell

A 'work around' simply means your system doesn't work.

Kelly Clarkson

Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to me.

Romeo Crennel

We're 2-2 and all that means is we're .500.

John Wyss

We'll have to play aggressive. I don't think we have as strong of pitching as we have in the past. That means we'll have to manufacture more runs.

Tom Kettman

Every round, it seemed like they stepped up. We won everything we competed in this year. That means a lot.

Bob Venero

At the end of the day, it comes down to productivity, and that means not being tied to an office.

PewDiePie

I just want to connect with you bros. That's all I care about, because you bros' support really means everything to me.

Martin Henderson

I think the buzz of acting is playing people different to you, and for me, that means traversing all genres.

Sean Paul

'Rent-a-tile' means when you go to a dance hall, some people take the middle of the dance floor and do their thing.

Roy Hattersley

In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.

Napoleon Bonaparte

From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.

Eugene Ionesco

It's not a certain society that seems ridiculous to me, it's mankind,

Frances Wright

Credulity is always ridiculous.

Jean Cocteau

Do not fear being ridiculous in relation to the ridiculous.

Norman Reedus

I'm so fortunate, it's ridiculous.

Brad Penny

It's ridiculous that they worry about stuff like that. It shows (the Marlins) don't know anything about the game.

David Pogue

I travel a ridiculous amount, so I've thought a lot about, and spent a lot of time refining, what I carry and how I carry it.

Mel Kohn

This is something we need to do a lot more talking about.

Barbara Kingsolver

The talkers are rising above the thinkers.

Brian K. Vaughan

I'm the one who started spreading that particular factoid, about Bendis, Azz and me all being bald Brian's from Cleveland, just to get my name mentioned in the same sentence as two much-better writers, and it's worked like a goddamn charm. Next up, I'm going to grow a big, disgusting beard, just so people will start talking about Alan Moore and me in the same breath.

Brenda Ueland

We should all know this: that listening, not talking, is the gifted and great role, and the imaginative role.

Jamie Bell

When I see people talking about TV, they're way more animated, way more passionate than when they talk about films.

Calvin Coolidge

Theodore Roosevelt was always getting himself in hot water by talking before he had to commit himself upon issues not well-defined.

James Woods

No matter what it is, if you get 10 people in the business talking about something, you get 10 different opinions, but you know, they're amazingly well informed.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Peace, development, and justice are all connected to each other. We cannot talk about economic development without talking about peace. How can we expect economic development in a battlefield?

Dana Perino

Once you break someone of the habit of up-talking, they can start to see immediate improvement in their careers.

Michael Biehn

And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!

Donald Sterling

I always think long term about anything. That's why I have never sold anything that I've ever purchased. And I never purchase anything that I don't think I'm going to keep for a lifetime.

Hillary Clinton

Midterms are always hard. And the midterm in a two-term president's second term is especially hard.

Joschka Fischer

I didn't even know the term 'Jamaica coalition' existed,

Susan Strasberg

There's no such thing as The Method. The term 'method-acting' is so much nonsense. There are many methods, many techniques.

Sepp Blatter

These are not 'minor concessions' as you term them.

Hallie Ephron

Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.