Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Johnson

That was a close call, but it was the right one. There was never any doubt that (Byrd) won that match.

Brad Gushue

There will either be a lot a lot of sick days or a lot of TVs in offices. In Newfoundland, nothing has ever come close to this.

Alaina Huffman

I ultimately wanna do big movies, and I've been so close so many times. They keep giving my roles to girls with just a little more exposure than me.

Tom Jenkins

I've been playing some good golf for the last month and a half. I knew I was coming close to winning. My goal now is to win twice in a year, I've never done that.

Jason McCartney

I've been close a number of times here - to get so close and... I guess I was watching the wrong guy for the sprint. It was great riding with John. I wish it could have been just me and him for the sprint. I'm sorry I let the team down today - I know it's a big race for them. I'll just keep coming back next year.

Mike Modano

I've been fortunate to have been around long enough to get close to that.

Adam Nelson

I've been knocking on the door for a long time, ... I've had so many close calls.

Jeremiah Craft

They are a great team and match up real well with us. The first time we wrestled them, our seniors didn't win the close matches that we needed them to. But we are in better condition now and Coach Martel has us matched up where we need to be.

Eric Takamura

They already know we are under the gun. There is no way we can close Waimanalo Gulch Landfill by 2008 and select a new landfill.

Jim Olson

Once we developed their confidence, their trust (and) their respect, they were more willing to talk to us.

Edmund Phelps

The 1920s and 1930s were a period of sensational productivity growth: new products were springing up all over the place, and most of those new products and new methods were developed by people who started their own companies.

Jeff Ross

I was the kid who always hung back and then dropped the jokes when you least expected it. Timing was everything. My mouth sort of developed over time.

Jim Hall

Where I get frustrated is when we use government tax dollars to identify problems, we have developed a solution with our government tax dollars, but we have a reluctance to step in and mandate the solutions. What we lack sometimes is the political will to eliminate some of the risks that are still out there.

Emily Hall

As a group, the funds have shown that you can do about as well in a screened universe as in a non-screened universe. But that doesn't mean all socially screened funds are good.

David Hale

Back when I gave that speech in March, some of my hedge fund friends thought it would be a big issue by the third quarter. But here we are, it's July, and it just hasn't seemed to register.

Lisa Bluder

It was a long wait. It seemed like forever. I wish we could relive it again., though, I wish we could see our name and relive it again, because that was a fun moment.

Marissa Brown

Things are going pretty well this year. It has been a lot of fun to be a part of this team.

Jason Giambi

This is the fun time of the year. This is what you play the whole season for. ... If you don't play (well) in September, there's no October.

James Saxton

This is not fun for anybody. There are jobs on the line here.

Daniel Berthiaume

This is not too much fun right now.

Linda Postenrieder

This is such a fun and good thing for these kids. The kids are so excited.

John Scalzi

The way that I write novels in particular is I don't usually outline; I just write. Part of the fun is discovering what's happening in the story as I'm going along.

Benjamin Franklin

Ay, we must all hang together, else we shall all hang separately

Cecily Brown

Often, I find it really hard to see what I'm doing when I'm in the thick of things. I can get too precious and have to force myself to put my paintings aside. There's a wall in my studio where I hang paintings that I think are done or nearly done. Over time, I'll realise which ones are working and which aren't.

Stephanie Adams

After the first summer, I just had so much fun, ... It's one of the only places you can get paid to be a kid and hang out. It's all I talked about the rest of the year, so I thought maybe I should do it again.

Matt Hasselbeck

The thing's hanging on top of the Space Needle.

Michael Campbell

I wanted to hang on to that lead.

Steve Nash

It would be nice if we were up 3-2. But, at least we can go to LA and let it all hang out.

Jordan Reese

It was the toughest match I've had all year. The mental part (was the toughest); I had to get in my head I could hang with him.

Allan Ray

That's why I was hanging my head. When it first happened I was like, 'You can't be serious, not another knee injury.' That's why I was so scared. We've had a lot of knee injuries on this team and I didn't want to be another one.

Emily Gill

Were hanging in there. Weve got to keep on doing what were doing and Denise (McCloskey) is doing a phenomenal job.

Maggie Magerko

We've had Thanksgivings together, so there's a strong relationship there.

A. A. Milne

Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.

Dalai Lama

‎Interdependence is a fundamental law of nature. Even tiny insects survive by mutual cooperation based on innate recognition of their interconnectedness. It is because our own human existence is so dependent on the help of others that our need for love lies at the very foundation of our existence. Therefore we need a genuine sense of responsibility and a sincere concern for the welfare of others.

Rita Rudner

When I want to end a relationship I just say, 'You know, I love you. I want to marry you. I want to have your children.' Sometimes they leave skid marks.

Thomas More

Friendship demands attention.

Sam Sheppard

I visited my father for the full ten years that he was in prison, so we already had a deep and loving relationship, and remembered our mother at those times.

Steve Harvey

God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it.

Steve Harvey

A person has to remember that the road to success is always under construction. You have to get that through your head. That it is not easy becoming successful.

Ravi Zacharias

Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us.

Lorne Michaels

I think you're seeing the wave of the future.

Buddy Bell

We told Peralta when we sent him down that we'd probably be seeing him soon. We just didn't think it'd be this soon.

Sam Stovall

In general, we are seeing things that look a lot better.

Michael Goodman

It's sort of like you're seeing Yahoo spread its wings and be more of a portal that ties into the TV in your home.

James Hansen

There's no win for us in talking about this.

Dorothy Allison

I wanted her to to go on talking and understand without me saying anything. I wanted her to love me enough to leave him, to pack us up and take us away from him, to kill him if need be. (107)

Adolf Hitler

I don't talk for the sake of talking. I do become intoxicated with sound. When I open my mouth, it's to say something.

Allen Ginsberg

You say what you want to say when you don't care who's listening. If you're grasping to get your own voice, you're making a strained attempt to talk, so it's a matter of just listening to yourself as you sound when you're talking about something that's intensely important to you.

Martin Edwards

We'll talk about it when we get back to the jail,

Anthony DeCurtis

Interviewing is a lot like talking, but you have to guide the conversation. You have to know what you want and go about getting it.

Andy Stanley

Learning never takes place while you're talking.

Robert Barry

I usually, if I give a talk, I don't usually prepare anything. I just say - you know, I may stop talking by showing some video or slides of what I do but mainly I try to respond to what problems people have with my work.

Steven Soderbergh

Nobody's talking about movies the way they're talking about their favorite TV shows.