Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wade Leppert

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

Scott Linehan

This is an exciting sign for us. This particular player became available, fortunately for us, just prior to the weekend (in) a big need area for us. He's going to fit a big part of what we're trying to get done here, and add some veteran leadership, as well as his obvious playing ability on the defensive front.

Jim Nussle

This is huge when it comes to our ability to come together with an almost three-month jump we'll have on Democrats.

David Rohrer

This is a tragedy and would be on any day, but its occurrence on Christmas Day only seems to highlight our sense of loss and makes our ability to comprehend that much more difficult.

Marc Ganis

This is a testament to Dan Snyder's ability to run and manage an entertainment-based business. His success with the Redskins has been nothing short of phenomenal. It shows he knew what he was doing when he paid a then-record $800 million for this franchise.

Bobby Clark

This is not an easy trip for Notre Dame soccer, but it's a trip I think we have got the ability to take something positive out of it.

Judy Shaubach

This isn't about beating Central or any other team in our league. This is about being committed, focused and mature enough to play to your ability every single inning. If we do that, the wins will take care of themselves.

Chris Carlisle

This is regular speed. I'm not speeding this up at all. It's Reggie Bush working on cutting ability, pushing from one foot to another. Granted, Reggie is a natural athlete, but if he doesn't work on his skills, then he takes a chance of losing or diminishing those skills.

Geno Auriemma

This is probably the first time since 1991 that I feel like we're truly a team that relies so heavily on each other. Everyone has to make a contribution for us to be really good. And obviously, Barbara and Ann have the ability to make huge contributions, and they did. That's what you expect from them. And sometimes we do forget they've won two national championships. They know how to handle these situations.

Eric Sorensen

This is a special dividend and is in addition to the normal quarterly dividend previously announced.

Donald Trump

When I build something for somebody, I always add $50 million or $60 million onto the price. My guys come in, they say it's going to cost $75 million. I say it's going to cost $125 million, and I build it for $100 million. Basically, I did a lousy job. But they think I did a great job.

David Kelly

Even if consumers pull back a bit, just rebuilding those inventories will add a lot of growth. We will see a shift to business spending from consumer spending in the fourth quarter, and when that occurs, it will be quite healthy.

Tom Secunda

Bloomberg is now, in a loose sense, a portal. We provide our customers with Internet content, and we direct them to the appropriate content on the Web. For example, if you were looking at IBM information on Bloomberg, we can add a URL that you can click on to get to IBM's Web site.

Joanne Rowling

As though an invisible hand were writing upon it, words appeared on the smooth surface of the map. "Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business."Snape froze. Harry stared, dumbstruck, at the message. But the map didn't stop there. More writing was appearing beneath the first."Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git."It would have been funny if the situation hadn't been so serious. And there was more..."Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor."Harry closed his eyes in horror. When he'd opened them, the map had had its last word."Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball.

Jason Lee

At the end of the day, if you are talking about a blatant fraud, registration is not gong to prevent it. What it does do is put (managers) on the map. Investment advisers are subject to regular inspections of their internal controls. So by registering, they do have an obligation to make sure their internal controls are much more solid than they would be if they were not registered. It doesn't prevent outright fraud, but it does add a deterrent.

John Lynch

Did you know that the state is the proud owner of a condo complex in Conway? This budget adds a real estate manager position to assess what we own, and sell those properties that we don't need and shouldn't own.

Joe Quinlan

We are very excited to add Bobby Gonzalez as our head coach to an already storied basketball tradition at Seton Hall. Our search process was very thorough and we talked with extremely talented candidates, but in the end we felt Bobby stood out as the best coach to represent the university and lead our student-athletes. He has an established presence in the metropolitan area and his teams have been perennial winners on the court.

John Cridland

There is also a real danger that providers will create structures for artificial reasons to get around arcane rules governing market entry, rather than creating partnerships that add public value.

Ryan Armour

The shot I hit on the second hole could very easily have missed the cup and rolled 40 feet by. That is the way the ball bounces sometimes.

Dave McCarthy

(The Tigers) had the best of the second half. I thought we controlled the game in the first half. If you can't get the ball forward, though, you're not going to win.

Matt Miller

The thoughts that came to our minds when we came down here was to take their minds off of everything. It's their Spring Break. This gives them some fun, something other than cleaning up. Just throw a ball out there and let them play soccer.

Bill Belichick

The third quarter was really frustrating, ... We had the ball at their end of the field for most of the quarter and couldn't get a whole lot done.

Mike Drews

The third quarter was our demise tonight. We continued to take the ball to the ball to the basket, but we just came up empty. When you score four points in one quarter, that's definitely a dry spell.

Cindy Allison

The third quarter really hurt us. They had been playing us full-court man the entire game, but we went through a couple of minutes in that period where Oakland got even more aggressive; we just couldn't hang on to the ball and they were able to score off it.

John Presnell

The third game we laid back a little bit. We were not quite as inspired. We knew that they were going to try and tip and shoot the ball on us. It was a matter of getting our feet going.

Al Melnick

The sun came up today and we played a decent game and we are back as far as playing decent baseball. Hopefully, we can stay there. The other day we made six errors in the sixth inning, but the kids battled back and it was good to see us hit the ball hard.

Heather Hibner

The South Park coach made a classy gesture by presenting the game ball to our starting pitcher and then she went home and had the ball cut in half and gave the other half to April, which I thought was pretty cool.

David Watters

Its becoming an extraordinarily diverse and multicultural area,

Matt Sylvester

They say the older you get, the more you become like your parents. It's scary. I'm becoming just like him. I've got a little bit more hair.

Ann Smith

It's not so much that there is an increase, but that more of its users are becoming adults rather than going off at about 18 or 19.

Jessica Alba

It's not like a real X-Games sport yet; it's kind of on the brink of becoming one, I think. And I don't want to talk about it, because I want to come out with the game and show people what it's all about.

Mike Foley

It's normalizing, you might say. It's not getting bad. It's becoming normal, and this is great news, I think.

Kevin Hart

For me, it's about becoming a mogul, owning my own projects, and establishing myself as a funding producer. That's what's big to me. The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I'm in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.

Kathy Bates

For me as a director, it was important to create this couple as truthfully as I possibly could. Because as she's becoming more comfortable with her new life and her newfound freedom, their professional life is falling apart.

Camilla Belle

For me everything in the film was gradually building, becoming more emotional, so it helped. At the end of it all I was emotionally drained. At that point I took Rose's view, that this has to happen, there's nothing I can do about it.

Sung Sohn

Foreign investors are becoming a bit more gun shy about buying U.S. assets. Until the dollar settles down, we are going to be looking at volatility in the foreign exchange markets.

Ronald Jones

Failure of any member to register by the deadline will be viewed as an indication that the member is not interested in participating/competing in 2006.

Seth Greenberg

Let him get through tomorrow, and we'll figure it out from there. I wanted to give him some freedom to figure out how much he can deal with and give him some time to grieve without having to put him on a schedule.

Darren Howard

I like the situation. I like the team. It's a matter of getting a deal done.

If life deals you lemons, why not go kill someone with the lemons (maybe by shoving them down his throat).

Dan Veru

A lot of their publications deal with the Internet, targeting professionals who write software for the Internet. So, in that way you're getting to play the growth in the Internet; the growth of programmers, so on and so forth, without necessarily being right in the fray of it all.

Phil Noblitt

This is a big deal for the parkway. The essence is that we're trying to meet modern traffic safety engineering standards without compromising the historic design of the parkway. It's going to be tough.

Dave Minshall

We want them to get an offer to the table that they can live with. We want a deal that is more than just a nickel and a dime an hour. We want a deal that recognizes that they went without a wage increase for three years.

Jim Smith

We want them to be ready for whatever they might have to deal with on that first flight; to understand what to do if some of the systems don't do what they're supposed to.

Whit Ayres

Well before this happened, I was glad the '06 elections weren't being held this summer. The country's in a funk, and it was in a funk before Katrina. But there's a great deal of time for that mood to change.

Trip Chowdhry

This should have happened a year and a half ago. If the deal had been done then, the synergies and market share wins would have been so phenomenal that SAP and Microsoft would not have taken market share away.

Terrence Gabriel

The Nasdaq has at least the Microsoft report to look forward to, which should be strong.

Michael Dixon

I'm just looking forward to the next challenge.

Robert Jones

I'm very appreciative of Sheriff (Ben) Johnson for the opportunity to serve as major in his administration. I'm looking forward to the new challenges.

Romeo Crennel

I'm sure he's disappointed because I know he wanted to be part of a victory. But he's still part of the team and we're looking forward to a speedy recovery.

Paula Abdul

Im grateful this ordeal is over, and Im so looking forward to getting back to the job I love,

Frank Catalanotto

I'm excited. I don't know what to expect, but it should be fun. I'm looking forward to playing with the different guys -- guys I've never played with before and some of these Italian guys.

Simon Dyson

I just want to keep playing as I have been doing and shooting sub-par rounds. I think if one of us shoots four- or five-under on Sunday, (he) could take it. I am looking forward to it. I have been in a share of the lead every day and feel I have responded well.

Ilian Evtimov

I'm actually looking forward to it. We didn't play over there last year, and really, I kind of missed it.

Don Pierson

The larger corporations have such significant resources, they take their initiative and move forward without significant needs.

Tommy Lasorda

You wait till you see that Dominican team. You wait till you see Puerto Rico. You wait till you see Venezuela. . . . Matsui is a great player. The Japanese team needs him.

Ken Johnson

You really hope that he's OK. He's a great player and you never want to see a player get hurt like that.

Mike Dunne

You're a great neighbor and we all know what you're doing, and we know you're going to do this with care,

Tino Martinez

We all think it shouldn't be, because he's done such a great job here.

Eric Brock

Every guy here has great talent. Guys are just sitting around waiting for their chance. When the opportunity comes a lot of guys are ready to step in and prove themselves on a national level.

Jonathan Freeman

As theater artists, it's a great luxury to have time.

John Lasseter

At Pixar, we do sequels only when we come up with a great idea, and we always strive to be different than the original.

Jon Kyl

At 47 percent, the (estate) tax today is a great inhibitor to growth, ... and is also a business-ending event.

Seth

As I get older and I see all my friends starting to have children, I see them have different reactions to the material that was probably not of great interest to them when they were younger, because they're re-experiencing it through their kids.

David Miller

The performance of the stock is going to come down to the movies. It's that simple. And there are no sequels in store for next year.

Carolina Kluft

Everything I do is geared towards improving my next performance.

Robert Hunter

I tend to write things and don't go the next step and try to get it published. I don't want to do book signings and stuff.

Tim Allen

You know from one year to the next what's expected. You get the same drills, the same expectations, the same teaching.

Bob Holt

We need for next year. We've run out of reserves.

Helmut Lang

If you really have your own identity you'll keep on doing what you think is really right for you, and you'll also understand the next step you want to take.

Larry Burns

We got the competitors we said we'd get. We got our numbers. We had about 450 competitors and 1,500 spectators. Next year it will be even better. Every year it's going to get bigger.

Martyn Davison

We can be very pleased with the start we've made, and we can't wait for the next game.

Sean Maloney

You are going to see a tremendous wave of experimentation in the next year and a half, two years.