Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jodi Picoult

As it turned out, hell wasn't watching the people you love get hurt; it was coming in during the second act, when it was already too late to stop it from happening.

Yvette Jones

We're happy the judge ruled in our favor but we're dealing with members of our family and alumni, I'm just hoping that in the next coming weeks, months, and years we can rebuild that relationship.

David Mendoza

We needed a good start because (the Patriots) were coming out fired up, ... We wanted to show that we're ready, too.

Bryan Price

We hope to see some real signs of the rotation coming to life in the last month. Or, inevitably, you're going to have to make a decision.

Nigel Gault

Energy prices were rising before Katrina hit, and while those costs didn't make their way through to finished goods in August, we have to expect higher core inflation in coming months. Firms are saying that they've absorbed so much already that they have to pass on these costs.

Peter Costa

Emotionally, there was a sense this week of people wanting to get home and be with their families. In terms of trading there was not a lot going on and the volume was really low. I think you'll start to see some money coming back in when earnings get started ... and when there is some progress with the Middle East.

Alfred Kugel

Earnings are coming in 'in line' with expectations. We should still be up 15 percent year-over-year and that's better than we did in the first half.

Robby Wine

Even today with the rain we had last night, the field's playing 10 times better. We're just jelling. Our team is coming together. The defense will be OK if we keep water on the field and the hops true.

Dave Strang

Bermuda is coming back into its own because of location, quality, and sophistication. We're primarily an incentive destination, and insurance and financial groups are the ones doing upscale incentives.

Travis Paquet

We were down by two with eight seconds left to go, but they made some foul shots and we couldn't convert.

Torii Hunter

Seven or eight home runs. He's got like 12 at-bats with eight shots.

E. B. White

I'm always happy to get a W. I think Lacey got a little tired at the end. I noticed she seemed to lose a little of her legs. Of course, yesterday she spent eight hours at a track meet.

Scott Rolen

Now would I have taken eight or 10 weeks? Sure, I would have. At the time, I'm ready to go, the doc says I'm ready to go, it's fine.

Bill Belichick

Getting all the run defense, seven or eight or however many guys, in the right places on any given play isn't easy. You can have everybody going hard, 110 percent, but if one guy is out of position, there's space there for the runner.

Jim Sanderson

Give AUM all the credit. They really took it to us in the last eight minutes.

Doug Erny

Free throws are key. I think they (Wildcats) ran out eight straight points because they hit free throws and we didn't.

Terry Phillips

From eight years ago, everything has gone up and made a significant impact on cost. This will recover our costs.

Mat Sprague

From where've come, third place and eight qualifiers is huge.

Ichiro Suzuki

I've seen a lot of great plays in my five years in the majors. And I know we have enough talent on our team to be able to contend.

Bill Butterworth

He had three dunks and five blocks. He played a nice offensive game.

Kyle Schellin

I have five seniors who don't want to lose.

Abraham Muheize

I have five different options (to pass) plus a sixth with me running.

Jeff Ellis

I had five senior starters who played together for four years and they worked so hard to get here. It's going to be hard to say good-bye.

Eric Bass

I had five of my top seven sitting on the bench.

Mark Summer

If you have power from the grid, it's only (for) four or five hours a day.

Russ Halverson

If you have five good players and you're in shape, you could play (with anyone).

Paul Hense

If you have five employees, you probably will have a problem. If you have 500 employees, you probably won't.

Joe Thornton

Those guys are going to get signed. It's just a matter of time.

Pat Carroll

Let's rock the Capitol. Don't let these guys sneak back into town.

Mike Santiago

Leon is the starting quarterback for the Nicholls State game. Just like all the guys know, it is one day at a time. We have a lot of competition. You got to hold that spot.

S. Walker

Losing to those guys is always the worst. It's terrible.

Jose Guillen

Lots of times, you really need guys for motivation, guys trying to help your teammates. Lots of times, you see a lot of guys, they don't really care.

Tony Gwynn

Lots of guys took them. They were everywhere.

Jeff Kent

Last year we started 12-2, and you guys had us going to the World Series already. Now we're 4-4 and you have concerns. I'm kind of perplexed.

Dusty Baker

Scott Eyre is a fun-loving guy, but the rest of the guys, especially the new guys we've got, they are all business.

Rob Judson

Senior day is really a special day. I could tell at our morning shoot-around that these guys were really focused. Everyone went out there and made sure that NIU would get the win.

Brett Favre

I never thought I would see it. I’m not saying it’s not possible. I’m not saying it didn’t happen. I don’t know. There’s a lot of guys getting picked on (in the locker room). Some handle it well, some don’t handle it as well. I’m not saying it’s right, and from a locker room sense or from a team sense, I’m not saying it’s wrong. It’s just the way it is.

Bobby Knight

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

Robert Herjavec

I own a Ferrari race team, and we race all over North America.

Tony Romo

It's about the process. It's about getting better. 'Let's execute on this play, let's execute on this drive.' You do those things, and over the course of the season you'll get better as a team and you'll get to a point where hopefully you're playing at a high level to win the games that really become at another level.

Richard Branson

From the first days of my career as an entrepreneur, I have always used my own and my team's lack of experience to our advantage. In fact, at our first venture, Student magazine, we used our newcomer status to secure great interviews and generate publicity - people were excited about our new project and wanted to get involved. Our inexperience fed our restless enthusiasm for trying new things, which became part of our core mission.

Richard Branson

I just love every minute of my life. I love the variety. Every minute of every day I'm meeting fascinating new people, learning and working with wonderful teams of people creating wonderful things.

Richard Branson

Success comes from delegating, risk-taking and having a good TEAM!

Richard Branson

Build your own business team. Survival in business requires a synergy of skills.

Richard Branson

Meet regularly with your business team and brainstorm. Intricate business problems are mostly resolved at brainstorming sessions.

Ann Beattie

Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with.

George Washington

The business being thus closed . . . dined together and took a cordial leave of each other After which I returned to my lodgings, did some business with and received the papers from the secretary of the Convention, and retired to meditate on the momentous work which had been executed.