Famous Quotes & Sayings

Clint Hurdle

Having a winning record at home or avoiding finishing last weren't motivating factors for us. When you are 27 games under .500, can we really expect to be better at home?

Mike Kuntz

He?s good at avoiding getting served, ... He?s good at dragging things out.

John Toshack

I will now not see these players for about four months so there is no point in not saying how I feel. I have never been one for avoiding the issue,

Bob Stein

He's been working hard, but is under the radar screen and avoiding big media events. His campaign people are making very targeted invitations to likely primary Republican voters.

Mary Kelly

I am ideologically opposed to involving private businesses for the purpose of avoiding prevailing wage rates.

Peter Tatchell

He is deliberately avoiding public engagements in order to deny us a chance to confront him,

Wayne Dyer

Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you.

Bible Bible

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called. (1 Timothy 6:20)

Mark Stahlman

Previous management understood what needed to be changed, but they were unable to make it happen, ... To actually make these changes is a massive challenge. It can't be done quickly. There will be people who will resist. There's no avoiding a good deal of internal conflict.

Terri Johnson

Kirby is playing really well for us. We expected him to play at this level, he just got a late start with football. That three at the end of the third quarter was huge.

James Sullivan

Kids will reach whatever expectation you set for them.

Jim McDonnell

Kids come and they have no expectation that there's anything like that when they're feeding the ducks, ... You can imagine what could occur.

Lynn Gray

I would think you would expect a lot more than (1,000). They may have 10,000 people out there.

Brian Fuentes

I would not say I was surprised with the success I had. I have worked hard and I expect to do well. I would never have expected to be in an all-star game. That was not a goal going into the season. That was something extra.

Paul Kim

I would say it was a shock. I think a lot of people expected him to remain in tenure for at least another two or three years.

Fernando Clavijo

Keel is one of those kids, we didn't expect much, and every day he keeps improving.

Stone Gossard

J was open to our style from the get-go. They weren't expecting us to do something that was unnatural for us.

Scott DeMonte

Jon's a good player. That's what we expect from him this season.

Robert Waters

I think it's a combination of factors like fuel prices.

Keith Greene

There are so many other factors we have to address. Homophobia is something we have to address.

Quinn Pitcock

It comes down to really guessing the right play at the right time. The defense, the will and then raw talent. Those are really the true factors when it comes down to it.

David Sims

He had a paucity of risk factors for having an event,

Jim Rink

In Michigan, we only have one refinery. The other two factors influencing our prices are that there is a lot of speculation taking place on the commodities market and that there are a number of refineries that are having to shut down temporarily to switch their production to the summer-grade gasoline blends.

Richard Church

The consumer's been out in force for several months, ... all of these factors have contributed to very robust sales at retail.

Robert Sinclair

All that has to happen is another Katrina-like event, or political factors in the Middle East, and we are looking at major, major disruption.

Gerard Kennedy

This is a complicated system with a lot of students and a lot of factors at work. But we do feel we're going to get there and I'm looking forward to be able to show that through the website.

Donald Harris

It's so different this year, and a lot of factors are contributing to it.

Vince Strine

We're playing some good teams very close. We've improved a lot, we just don't have that finishing touch yet.

Sidney Govou

He is not particularly quick or physical, but his sense of timing and his finishing are high quality. He remains a threat.

Robert Doisneau

I don't usually give out advice or recipes, but you must let the person looking at the photograph go some of the way to finishing it. You should offer them a seed that will grow and open up their minds.

Pete Carroll

Right now with its first initial announcement it's just a starting point for finishing the season and where you wind up is most important.

John Swenson

Remnants of the stone shed where they did the finishing work, ... the foundation is there.

Michael Leighton

In the locker room we weren't talking about anything else. We only talked about winning, about finishing strong.

Richard Greene

If you have a stake in the community, it probably does rub off on your kids. They're going to think there's something worthwhile to finishing school.

Stephen Ross

In the end, we didn't think finishing at the ninth was going to give us much more room than finishing at 18.

Thomas Rogers

Instead of having the reorganization in the courtroom, we'll have it in the hall, which hasn't been used yet. Workers are finishing it up.

Joe Torre

Just win as many games as we can and see where that leaves us when it's over.

Brian Thornton

Josh did a great job tonight, but it's not just tonight. He's done well the last several games and in practice. When Josh is playing well, it gives us a lot of versatility. When Josh is hitting shots and doing a great job on the boards, it gives us a lot more options.

Byron Scott

I think it's a good thing for our team right now. If we can win games without Chris, I think it gives these guys even more confidence. And it also shows when he comes back that we'll even be better.

Ian Thorpe

I think I should retire after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Brian Keith

He didn't have one of his better games tonight. Once he learns to settle down and let the game come to him, he'll be a lot better.

Randy Hand

He can't play the games for us. That's our jobs.

Tim Floyd

He continually makes big plays at the end of games for us. The pick at the end of the game was something we really needed.

Mark LeRose

He keeps us in games. He's really stepped up recently and made a statement.

Jim Calhoun

He likes playing here. We may move all of our games here.

Chris DiMarco

I would take 10-under and go home and see how it does.

Julie Buchanan

Kathy told me she honestly thought they'd be home in three days, so they didn't pack a lot.

Adam Braidwood

I take a lot of responsibility for it. I'm going to go home and look in the mirror. I don't think, my last two games, I've played up to my potential.

S. Walker

I actually had to do my homework to pass the time. It was horrible.

Vicki Bosley

He was a hometown hero, and Lorraine made sure everyone knew it.

Mark Baron

He wants match play, it's his hometown and it works for him.

Melinda Hyder

He wanted his cigarettes, his son - he told us he made enough money and didn't need it. He made us all promise we were going to vote for him. (She did.) I really think that he had planned on going home all day, but he was part of a four-person alliance, and they talked him into staying.

John Milton

He unobserved / Home to his mother's house private returned.

Harry Smith

He did not know it was coming. He's distraught. He had a whole plan to go home and resume a life with his family.

Bill Parcells

I was kind of thinking back to Seattle last year, ... We kind of talked about that. We're just fortunate, really.

Joe Edgens

Kelley is going to be right up to the last minute before it's done.

Dave Kaplan

(Jocelyn) bounced back from a rough outing last time. Very nicely done. She's going to get another start, and we're going to keep working with her.

Will Grace

JLo-so karen hows married life?Karen-well it only lasted 20 minutesJLo-Oh is that short?

Bobbie Davis

I think I said to the players last year that they had one day to celebrate. And then they had to start concentrating and thinking about this year.

Jack Parker

He couldn't make a pass or shoot a puck. If this wasn't his senior year, if he was a junior, we probably wouldn't have played him this weekend. I didn't want to miss what could have been, at any moment, his last game.

Jim Snyder

He did a ton of wrestling this off-season. He?s always done a little, but this year, he has done much more and I think it is because of the success he had last year.

Ray Allen

He didn't play the last time we were down here, so he was the new X-factor thrown into the mix and I'm sure they weren't prepared for that.

Chris Widger

He just tried to wipe the last two starts out, and he went out there and tried to start over.

Ron Marks

It is about dignity. That is the motivating factor.

Shawn Johnson

I don't feel like a star; I never have. I don't feel like a star; I never have. I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.

Curt Courtwright

They stopped me on the one-inch line. On a personal level, it's been very frustrating. Very frustrating. But you have to keep motivating yourself.

David Dismukes

It's the uncertainty in the markets. That's what really is motivating this.

Matt Bomer

Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?'

Jim Bunning

I think their records should all be wiped out.

Walter Molony

We think 2006 will be another record for second-home sales.

David Walker

I think a lot of teams would probably have the same record if you look at who they've played,

Jeff Corey

I think they have a much better team then their record indicates.

AJ Michalka

I want make more records with my sister. I want to go on the road. I want to tour around the world. I want to continue to make great films and work with incredible directors that I respect and look up to.

Brian Setzer

He was just thrilled, ... He said, 'Oh my gosh, you want to record that old song? I think I got it up in the attic!'

Regina Spektor

I don't really make records chronologically.

Robert Crumb

I still can't spend a lot of money on records at collector prices. There's something in me that just won't allow me to do that. But I will trade my artwork, which I know is worth thousands of dollars.

Robert Wyatt

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome.

Richard Petty

If you ain't trying to cheat a little, you ain't likely to win much.

Richard Petty

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Richard P. Feynman

Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something.

Richelle Mead

This isn’t a game. We don’t want mediocre employees who can keep the status quo. We want souls. We want to win. And you’ve spent most of your time here being mediocre.

Retief Goosen

You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win.

Ronaldinho

My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 - that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win.

Ronda Rousey

The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I was lucky enough to go twice, but most people only get one chance. And in judo you can train your whole life and it'll come down to a split second: You can lose everything or win anything.

Ron Brown

To be fired for my faith would be a greater honor than to be fired because we didn't win enough games,

Ron Atkinson

I'm sure Bobby won't want them to be losing the match before winning it.