Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wade Leppert

I've been competing since eighth-grade. It gives me the ability to fight off blocks and overpower people.

Ed Wade

I understand the rights of people to have the ability to criticize what we do, ... At the same time, we have a lot of fans out there who were very supportive of what we've done here over the last eight years, particularly what we've done over the last couple of years to try to get to the finish line. And I also think it needs to be said that for eight years, I've been a doer, and not a critic. Because sometimes standing up and doing things is a lot easier that people standing on the sidelines and criticizing what you do.

Warren Shiau

Things are getting worse. However, despite the greater instances of attacks the amount of investment in security has produced a degree of resistance to those attacks. Internal breaches of security was five per cent three years ago (today it is 30 per cent) . . . perhaps with the implementation of improved security people have a better ability to discover security breaches than in the past.

Jia Qinglin

They also show to the world that the Chinese people on both sides of the Strait have the wisdom and ability to resolve their differences and build a new framework for the peaceful and steady development of cross-Strait relations.

Dick Martin

The whole theory of the new law is to see how to improve people's ability to repay creditors. There's got to be a balance between relieving debt and allowing creditors to collect.

Scott Moore

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Chris Mullin

The way Mike performed, the way he conducted himself, and the way we run our organization, we both felt it was something that we wanted, ... We're still putting together a team and not just individuals. Mike's ability to play with the guys that we have on our roster, along with his age and his development ... are what it's about.

Ronald Reagan

The very key to our success has been our ability, foremost among nations, to preserve our lasting values by making change work for us rather than against us.

Tony Fratto

The World Bank's analysis seems to give greater credence to the ability of a Niger to pay back its unsustainable debt than it does for the G-8 countries to meet their commitments.

Jose Contreras

It was a little bit of a motivation, but I never let it get to me, ... I knew if I work hard, good things will happen.

Brian Hill

It was a little bit of a mismatch. We had smaller guys and we couldn't keep them off the glass.

Terry Ryan

It was a little bit of a humbling year. We got what we deserved. We didn't play well as a team.

Vesa Toskala

It was a little bit of a harder game because I didn't feel the puck very much. I had a couple good saves at key times.

Denny Parks

It was a little bit of a dagger. But, it could have gone the other way and not counted. It was right at the buzzer. If they wouldn't have counted it I wouldn't have been disappointed.

Gene McAteer

It was a little bit of a chess match.

Howard Waldron

It was a little bit more than we were anticipating, obviously.

Tom Vilsack

It was a little bit more frightening than the earthquake I was in, ... You could see the faces of people screaming at you.

Giorgio Rocca

It was a little bit luck and a little bit experience.

Chris Probyn

This was a disappointing number relative to expectations and certainly consistent with the idea that consumer spending is going to be a much smaller contributor to economic growth in the fourth quarter.

Kenny Williams

We are certainly pleased with where he is and where we are as a result of what he has done.

Larry Coker

We are certainly pleased. When you are around very special people, you like to keep those people around the players and the programs. Coach Cristobal is one of those.

Dick Luedke

We are certainly pleased overall. We can deal with the short-term losses. Over the long term, things usually even out.

Kevin Armstrong

We are certainly past the point where we need an increase, especially with the situation with how fuel has been. It's absorbing all of our profits, and we can't make a living,

Kirk Shireman

We are certainly 'no go' now, but we are working very hard to be in a 'go' position.

Dave Girouard

We are certainly much smaller than the mother ship, but we are doubling in size every year and are profitable.

David Parrish

We are certainly looking; the thing is that we have not found anybody.

Jack Dunn

We are certainly hoping he can come back, and I know he is hoping to return and complete some of his coursework before he returns to Loyola University.

Jeff VandeLoo

The way King played us defensively, it was obvious how they felt about Adam. I don't think you focus a defense like that unless a guy is a big-time stud.

Adrian Beltre

The way I'm hitting, I'd better make those plays. This year, I'm getting paid for my defense. I work hard at it, I take pride in it. In games like this, small plays make a difference.

Cedric Bozeman

This is special and this is a special group of guys. We play defense. That's what we do. We didn't let them walk over us.

Mike Scioscia

This is out of the blue. Everything you could have messed up, we messed up out there. These guys have played terrific defense all year, so it's very uncharacteristic.

Chris Richard

This game will be a lot tougher. If we just play the defense like we played the last time, maybe a little harder, we should be OK.

Tim Brasic

That's when I really took a picture of the defense and everything started slowing down. I just saw everything so perfectly on that play. I really started to get a good feel for it.

Duane Akina

That's what we want our identity to be. We want to be a defense that runs and hits. That's what we want people to talk about.

Rodney Carney

That's what we've been concentrating on throughout our other victories: defense. Once we got the defense clicking, the lead just extended.

Ed Swanson

That's what we start with from day one. The kids play with a high energy level, and that allows us to do a lot of different things on defense. Our defense is our staple.

Bobby Cox

This ranks right up there. This goes back 14 years.

Sonam Kapoor

No relationship works without making an effort. That goes without saying. But you should never overcompensate.

Craig Biggio

The guy goes into the stands. How'd he pull it out? If I was a fan, I would've mauled him.

Mike Serba

A huge momentum shift. Raphael's been huge. When we're not playing as well as we want to, he's a guy who goes out and works (hard) and you get the momentum shifted back our way.

Larry Coyer

You can trust him to do anything. And this isn't just an old guy that goes out there. He can play. He's physical. He's tough and he knows what we're doing. And the whole team respects him.

Tommy McWhorter

The main thing we have to remember is, with all the talk that goes into it, we still have to play the game.

Mike Kitchen

You've got to know where the puck is. It goes off the glass, you've got to look around ... for the puck.

Jennifer Johnson

All we want to do is make sure that no one else goes through the pain we've experienced.

Susan Butcher

All you can do is hope that all the rest of it goes well for you.

Kirby Moses

Ten of our 14 wrestlers scored points which helped us today. There were 15 teams and we didn't know what to expect. We were the smallest school there.

Deon Grant

We didn't play bad, ... But we sure didn't do a lot to help ourselves.

Pavel Nedved

I am ready for the return leg. I will give everything I have to help my team win, hoping that it will be sufficient.

John Davenport

Certainly, losing any services that provide help for the juvenile problem in the state is not good,

John McKinley

But when the market got dicey, we knew investors would need help in making decisions.

Ken Giebel

But as interest rates start to go up the lower payments can help some people qualify especially in a high-cost state like California.

Quincy Douby

I'm a lot more than a scorer now. If it's not going down I'm going to find other ways to help the team out.

Michael Allen

None of these people are lazy, ... Why wouldn't you want to help somebody like that? All they needed was a jump-start.

Kevin Lynch

Muscles do two things. They help us move and they protect us.

Brett Smith

There'll be lots of water, lots of shade.

Roy Pinkston

Everyone played about the same. We just weren't ready for tonight. There were things we had been doing to get where we are but we didn't do those things tonight.

Janice Richard

They went on a big run, and we just couldn't recover. I thought we played panicky after that.

Alex Gutierrez

They've made us more disciplined than any team I've played for.

Jess Munro

It was a pleasant surprise. They played really well at the No. 3 spot.

Steve Fisk

They played us tough and never stopped trying. But we played together (Thursday night).

John Martin

They played super. They played like a No. 1 seeded team.

Reuben Thorne

They played really well but we are not panicking about it.

Rod Turnbull

They (The Braves) played really tough. They were ready to go.

Stan Heath

Our team played very well at Alabama. That was one of our better road games. We could have made better choices. Where do we go from here? We go to Auburn and get a win.

Azar Nafisi

A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue.

Bertrand Russell

Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.

Charles Kettering

Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.

Demi Lovato

When I look back, it saddens me to think that I was so hard on myself - when I was younger, I thought I had to look like everyone else, but I learned that beauty comes from how you feel about yourself. Once I started taking care of my mind, body, and soul, I realized that I didn't need to conform to what's "normal" and started to love myself.

Demetri Martin

I think it's interesting that cologne rhymes with alone.

Bernie Sanders

What the Des Moines Register said - you know, there were coin - I think there were half a dozen coin flips - a fairly chaotic type situation. At the end of the day, no matter how it's recounted, it will break roughly even. I love and respect the caucus process in Iowa. See, and I don't have to say it, because they voted already.

Donna Tartt

It's funny, but thinking back on it now, I realize that this particular point in time, as I stood there blinking in the deserted hall, was the one point at which I might have chosen to do something very much different from what I actually did. But of course I didn't see this crucial moment for what it actually was; I suppose we never do. Instead, I only yawned, and shook myself from the momentary daze that had come upon me, and went on my way down the stairs.

Donald Evans

And when you really think about the 9-11 event, the horrific attack on our land here in America and the death of three thousand of out loved ones, it was a defining moment.

Donald Johanson

I think that many of my ideas are correct, but I'll bet you, before my death other discoveries will be made that will prompt me to alter various ideas I have about human evolution.