Famous Quotes & Sayings

Keith Ginter

I would think (general manager Billy Beane) doesn't want to pay someone $1 million to play at Triple-A, but my wife and I talked for about two days about it and we couldn't leave that money on the table. I have to provide for my family. The way I view it, it puts pressure on them -- if they don't want to pay me $1 million, maybe they can pick up part of it and move me somewhere else.

Brian Turner

Joey told my dad (Chamberlain coach Billy Turner) that he was bringing his cousin back down. We just thought it was all talk, or that if he did bring him then the kid wasn't really going to be an impact player.

Billy Wagner

I think it's a great idea. I think it's good for baseball, I really do. I just think it's not good for Billy Wagner.

Al Harrington

(Hawks GM) Billy Knight told me I'm not going anywhere, so mentally that's where I'm at now. I'm not thinking about it at all. He said if there's something that comes along, something that he's thinking about doing, I'll be the first to know before he does it.

Gabe Kapler

I think it's always an issue. Billy definitely is one of those guys who plays hurt consistently and plays well.

Caron Butler

I think that was real big. I was bleeding and they wiped me up real quick and stopped the bleeding for about eight seconds and I was able to get my free throws. I went back (for stitches) and Billy just came in and played great basketball. He picked it up where I left off.

Billy Connolly

I think that you'll find that Billy Connolly is British.

John Updike

Billy Collins writes lovely poems. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.

Larry Rothschild

He's a young guy. It's like Billy Martin said -- if you tell him 10 times, tell him 11. Hopefully, that's the one that catches. He's gotten better and better at a lot of things. Obviously, there's room for improvement in concentration and not getting distracted by things. That's something we'll keep striving for. A lot of pitchers face that. Hopefully, we'll get through that.

Lee Freedman

He does look a Melbourne Cup horse - a Flemington horse. But I don't know about him taking her on in the Cox Plate.

Brian Cashman

Our reports from Gordon Blakeley and John Cox were pretty accurate. No one predicted 50 home runs. He lived up to our expectations. We knew we were getting a run producer, someone who would hit 20 home runs and more.

David Payne

I'll have to talk it over with Gerry. She's in the Epsom Handicap but now that we've seen she can handle weight-for-age there's the Underwood and the Cox Plate.

Jon Chaloux

That pumps people up and that pumps me up, especially. Cox had some nice passes to me to make it happen.

William Parsons

We want to acknowledge what the Cox family is doing. They are supporting the military and we support their efforts.

Lori Anderson

I was very happy with the girls -they kept on the attack, ... We lost the third game, and in Game 4, freshman Balee Cox served four consecutive points. That shifted the momentum, gave us back the lead and we finished it out from there.

Gillian Jacobs

I think you just have to take everything that happens on a TV show with a grain of salt. You sign up for a show for six years having zero idea where they're going to go with the character, so you just have to get on the ride of the show and go with wherever they take you.

Edward Livingston

I think you have to take these numbers with a grain of salt, ... What this all means is really very hard to determine.

Phil Funkenbusch

There is a grain of truth to every character, but it's overboard, which I really love.

Jeff Flake

We've got to take some of these definitions with a huge grain of salt.

Chanakya

He who is not shy in the acquisition of wealth, grain and knowledge, and in taking his meals, will be happy

Walter Scott

Covetousness bursts the sack and spills the grain.

Laura Bush

It's difficult. But also, I think people know that half of what's in the tabloids is not true. I hope people read that with a grain of salt.

Craig Venter

It takes 10 kilograms of grain to produce one kilogram of beef, 15 liters of water to get one kilogram of beef, and those cows produce a lot of methane. Why not get rid of the cows?

Mike Palmerino

It's looking more and more like there is going to be some acreage down there that is not going to be harvested for grain in Texas and Oklahoma.

Santonio Holmes

Knowing the history of all the receivers that have made a legacy here and in the NFL, I wanted to be a part of that trend.

Vinny Testaverde

Knowing his past history ... I was very concerned.

Jaclyn Smith

Kmart's as much a part of my history as 'Charlie's Angels.' Twenty-five years! It's not just a celebrity brand.

Trey Clark

I talk about it every year at our team meeting. Their legacy and history is being passed down.

Paul Azinger

Greensboro's got too much history for the Tour to pull out, ... You're telling me you're going to pull the plug on a tournament that's been around for as long as this one has? That Sam Snead won (eight) times? I'd like to think the PGA has some loyalty and better sense than that.

Phil Angelides

has come down on the wrong side of history.

Thomas R. Insel

We need to ask whether, in the long term, some individuals with a history of psychosis may do better off medication.

Tony Judt

You don't have to be Jewish to understand the history of Europe in the 20th century, but it helps.

Harry S Truman

The only thing new in this world is the history that you don't know

Marion Zimmer Bradley

He used to sit on my lap. I was sort of ambivalent about that. He was surviving any way he could.

Jennifer Hinson

It is a little frustrating. It's sort of put us into a year-by-year situation.

Jeff Crowe

I think they need to sort it out.

Fred Siegel

He wasn't on top of this. He sort of farmed this out and he didn't stay on top of it.

Michael Leunig

In my journey as a cartoonist, I seem to have accidentally stumbled into all sorts of traps, damnations and blacklists.

Jason Robinson

If you have got a problem, then go to the person and sort it out.

Duane Christensen

I just think they feel so comfortable and so unaccountable that they don't have to listen. I think they're sort of in a bubble. They don't understand what's going on in the community.

Jason Anderson

I know it's got a lot of sports fields. We're going to set all sorts of records.

Sam Heughan

I never once dreamed of sort of being able to be in an American TV series, you know? It was all about theater and touring and sort of being an actor around Scottish theater.

Suzanne Williamson

Just make sure you throw out the bottles,

Jim Gardner

He didn't have it and I'm not sure why.

Gar Heard

He'll be back, I am sure he'll be back.

Johnathan Joseph

He's been there. He's making sure we don't go into this thing blind.

Gary Sheffield

He's going to make sure it's done. It's always calm, but he had that look.

Tom Fisher

He's a veteran quarterback. I'm sure he'll be on top of his game.

Chance VanGundy

I thought for sure we were a top-10 team in our district.

Curtis Baham

I thought for sure we'd win after that play.

Ralph Richardson

I think we can use (the study) to make sure we're in balance,

Harry Redknapp

Jose won't let him come but I would have taken him,

Tom Chapman

He is someone who has to be taken very seriously,

Graham Elliot

Dining should be something that isn't always taken extremely seriously.

Tony Stewart

I'm scared of saying something that may get taken the wrong way.

George Best

It has been a long week but things have taken a turn for the best. I am very optimistic.

Richard Hooker

Words must be taken according to the matter whereof they are uttered.

Richard Dawkins

When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix.

Richelle Mead

Even if I’d been wide awake, I knew Dimitri would’ve taken my suitcase anyway. That’s how he was, a lost remnant of chivalry in the modern world, ever-ready to help others.

Richelle Mead

Well," he said, clearly enjoying my confusion. "It was actually for two souls, since you and Seth were both saved. But even if it wasn't, it still would've been worth it. Do you know the price of one soul, Georgina? It's beyond rubies and diamonds, beyond any mortal reckoning. If it had taken me centuries, if it had taken a dozen more angels to help me, it all would have been worth it.