Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jamie Bamber

Back in the Eighties, I'd buy the biggest Benetton jumper I could find and would wear it long-sleeved, hanging off my shoulders, with a varsity jacket and a baseball cap on back to front with a quiff. I was the smallest boy in my class, and I looked like a reject from New Kids On The Block. Terrible.

Jim Gilligan

Once we get it all done, it will be better than it's ever been. Our baseball park and our baseball team are going to get better every single day... Right up to the end of the season, the field will get better.

Jeff Chown

Right now there's a risk in signing any baseball player, whether or not there's been a rumor about him or not. There's a dark cloud over the entire sport.

Michael Bird

These children are wonderful athletes, despite their disabilities. They love the game of baseball and know the Little League World Series is a big deal. They are very excited.

Greg Hamilton

These seniors have done more for me than I could ever hope to do for them. We have a good baseball program here, and it's because of these kids. I hate that it had to end this way for them, but they've definitely left their mark.

Benny Castillo

These fans have been behind us all year, and now we're giving back to them by playing good baseball.

Andy Harmon

I spent nine months trying to convince him he was a baseball player.

Craig Monroe

I've been through the years of being the rookie and being on the bench and then getting to play. And to be honest with you, now I'm as confident as ever. It's time for me to step up. It's time for me to be a leader. I can voice my opinion and try to push guys, but not really forceful. Just prove to them that I'm here to play, I want you guys to be ready to play and let's just go out and play hard baseball.

Tim Curley

I've considered Bob a long-time friend and have known him since he was in high school and followed his career on the Penn State baseball team,

Jane Jackson

The big thing is it's brought us closer to friends from 40, 50, 60 years ago. They're calling and sending notes.

Danny Thompson

People saw we had kids and they brought us a canopy and a tent,

Jill Soloway

Normally, I think the people you would use on your first film, it would be a real struggle to bring them with you onto your television show. I just brought every single person with and expanded my little indie film world.

Norv Turner

Some we brought on ourselves. Three times we had enough yards for a first down, and we had penalties that knocked us back, so that we were facing either first-and-20 or second-and-20. The environment we were in - a real good football team, and a team that can pressure the quarterback - we were playing into their hands.

Clare Short

The US was pressing Chile, Mexico - enormous pressures were brought to bear. What's remarkable is that these countries didn't break.

Mike Timlin

That's how we have to play. We brought it down to the end of the season like we usually do. We've been fighting for first place all year long.

Kenneth Koch

Some of the French surrealists at the beginning of the war had come over to New York and they brought out this magazine. It was a big, glossy magazine full of surrealist things.

Trinny Woodall

In America, there's a programme called 'The Swan.' They take 12 ugly people and call them 'ugly ducklings.' They spend six months and have everything done - plastic surgery, teeth, everything. And then they have this moment where their family is brought in, and they are revealed. It's scary.

Tina Brown

When George W. Bush hit the campaign trail in 2000, the precious possession he brought with him from home was his personal feather pillow. The theme of the Bush years was obliviousness. He was famously unavailable for debate and dialogue. He was deaf to countervailing voices. He hit the sack early and always got a good night's sleep.

Tom Barnes

People are trying to go higher quality -- but maybe not spend as much money -- and being more personal with things. This is making it harder on promotional-items people, because they do better when they can sell a bunch of stuff.

Mike Birbiglia

Sometimes I'll go to the grocery store and buy a bunch of groceries as though I knew how to cook, which I don't, and as though I was going to be home for the next six days, which I won't.

Kevin Klette

This is a special group of guys. They are a tight bunch of guys that love to play together.

Tom Sanvik

This is really something special. This team has so many positives and has really developed over the years into a mean bunch of girls that do not back down.

Ronde Barber

You never like to think you're rebuilding. But if you have a bunch of young guys who have to play? Yeah, you're rebuilding.

Kevin McHale

In San Paulo I went to the movies and by the time I left the theater there was a mob at the exit. I had never been in that kind of situation when we weren't on tour and there was a whole bunch of security. I'm a little dude, and out of nowhere to have 50 or 60 people come running towards me when I'm jut with my friend, it was kind of scary.

Bill Fennelly

We won the game a bunch of times, we lost the game a bunch of times but we made some plays when we had to.

Bill Bunch

Every single one of the petition signers signed an affidavit swearing that they watched the person sign their own personal signature on there. If there were any irregularities, we want them found out, we want that person prosecuted, but we know that also we had a whole bunch of extra signatures.

As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling? Sometimes it seemed that way. - Deep Thoughts (Saturday Night Live)

Jim Calhoun

As far as we're concerned, we're incredibly happy to be a No. 1 seed. Obviously, I don't think anything we did changed us from being the overall No. 1. I think it's what Duke did.

E. Hicks

No substantive change was made to the process,

William Petersen

The name change isn't for those of us here in New England. The name change is for those folks entering the region.

Lance Jennings

Any change around the receptor site is viewed with concern.

Carol Bartz

Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change.

Richard Holbrooke

Are we satisfied? Of course not. There has been no change on the American position ... that Mr. Karadzic should present himself to The Hague for trial.

Steve Murdock

Are they likely to change the (overall) crime rate in Texas? Not really. ... Will it change the directions and patterns in Texas? I doubt it.

Tommy Bowden

Are our games close? Well, yes they are close. It would be crazy for me as a head coach to go and change a lot of things. I have learned to stay the course. Now if we were losing games by 30 points, then yes we would have to change things, but we have not been doing that.

Alex Gilady

Apparently, he forgot who he voted for and wanted to change his vote.

Chris Mortensen

You can tell he's worked on his craft. He is so much improved since last year. He's a dynamic guy and you can see he's getting better.

Demir Muftari

We've got a little different dynamic on the team this year. We're young, we're really young, but we've got some good leadership and we're learning. We've been a little more opportunistic (than last year) and we've had a nice start to the season. I'm proud of my girls, I'm happy with them so far.

Winston Scott

You go from zero miles per hour to 18,000 miles per hour in 8 1/2 minutes. So, it is the most dynamic ride.

Michael Levine

She was a great administrator and a dynamic leader of people, who was very imaginative and very tough-minded.

Peter Chandler

But the probability is that we still have to test the lows that we saw in July, and that should set up a much better dynamic for a more meaningful rally going into the end of the year.

Gail Goestenkors

She's one of the most dynamic players in the country. She's that team's heart and soul.

Gary Zukav

Humbleness, forgiveness, clarity and love are the dynamics of freedom. They are the foundations of authentic power.

Walt Kyle

He's just a dynamic, dynamic guy ... a real special player. Future NHL star, absolutely.

Mike Darnell

He's really in his element (on the show). He's a very dynamic personality.

Al Edwards

Defensively, we picked it up and got some easy steals.

Tony Domenech

So you no longer have an absentee landlord - easy solution.

Glen Johnson

Roy is an easy step up for Joe, a marketing tool, but if he wants to fight someone with prestige and credibility then it would be me or Tarver.

Jaromir Jagr

The way I feel right now, he may have a day off tomorrow. He will have an easy day. But that's okay. I might be back next week.

Robert Townsend

These are stretch targets - they are not easy for us.

Jerry Bailey

This is as easy as you can win,

Cathy Kapica

This is easy to understand and is the next generation of nutrition information.

James Boyd

This is an industry where it's very easy for your competitors to reach parity with your hardware. We're differentiating the product in a way that plugs into the passengers' emotions.

Dan Gebo

This is hard to explain, but easy to demonstrate.

Marc Williams

That's where the fields come in - to be able to host a tournament and get in the revenue and help out with the little things,

Doug Young

Anything that we didn't water didn't do well. Field tomatoes were way off, cucumbers were way off.

Chan Gailey

I've said, 'Hey, it doesn't matter who walks on the field. You have to get ready to play,' ... It does not matter who's in the game and who's not in the game.

Pat White

I've been doing this since I was four years old. Nothing on the field scares me.

Frank Gonzalez

The worldwide tsunami research field used to involve maybe 200 people.

Huston Street

You never like the first pitch to be taken deep. But it's not about how pretty it is, it's about walking off the field with a win.

Bible Bible

Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

William Stark

You are narrowing your field. You are narrowing your numbers. If they can live where they are at now, more will apply.

Brian Sun

While the firm may have historically done some work for Mr. Ovitz, neither the firm nor Mr. Fields was involved in any way in the Anita Busch matter.

Jason Witten

Seeing some of these guys is pretty special. They've done a lot for us, the young players.

Gilles Muller

I see these guys in a different way,

Josh Fogg

It would have been nice to make better pitches with guys on base.

Jacob Gruse

It wouldn't surprise me if these guys made a run in the tournament. We've got nine seniors. I wish I would have come in two, three years ago and been with these guys for awhile.

Victor Heresa

I understand what these guys are looking at.

Mickey Rourke

I used to love playing football in high school. I played with the same guys for 10 years.

Brandon Doman

The zone we're seeing out of our guys on D are actually going to help us on offense. It's more of what we'll be seeing during the season.

Michael Peca

They are all superstars on their own teams, but when they come there they have to rely on each other and it is a team effort. Sometimes guys have to make sacrifices on ice time and roles and that is how this team will have success.

Mark Heesen

They actually want these guys for more than their money.

Kelsey Grabiak

No, she was happy for us. She was really excited.

Robby Davis

We're happy with the jump we had. We've got work to do, but we're moving in the right direction.

Gary Cole

We're happy to see them. We hope they're here for a long time.

Rene Portland

We're happy to be here (at least) one more night.

Hines Ward

We're happy to be going to the Super Bowl, but we want to win. We plan to go there and win the whole thing.

Jud Honaker

We're happy to be able to help, and we wish them the best.

Randy Nelson

We're happy they're willing to sponsor us since we couldn't get sponsorship here.

Baruch Spinoza

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

James Kelleher

There are a lot of reasons why (Wall Street) just isn't happy about this restructuring.

Babe Ruth

The most important thing that a young athlete must do it pick the right sport. Not one that they like just a little bit, but one that they love. Because,if they don't really love their sport, they won't work as hard as they should. Me? I loved to hit.

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Charles R. Swindoll

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Desiderius Erasmus

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

Daniel H. Pink

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

Daniel H. Pink

If you understand the independent worker, the self-employed professional, the freelancer, the e-lancer, the temp, you understand how work and business in the U.S. operate today.

Daniel H. Pink

A lot of times when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will take the low road there. They'll become myopic. They'll crowd out the longer-term interests of the organization or even of themselves.

Daniel H. Pink

We have this myth that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.

Tom Goguen

Sun has a proven track record of doing this.

Betsy Beers

On 'Scandal,' they've proven that they're not scared of shocking the audience.

Lester Funk

We're 16-4 right now, but we could be 0-20 and the sportsmanship has to be there whether we win or lose.

Mary Pierce

I think it is possible. Whether it happens, I don't know.

Nick Cave

Everything that's said against me offends me, whether it's true or not.

Tom Woods

I don't know whether 3-3 would do for us, I don't know if 4-2 would do. But I know 6-0 would do.

F. Schumacher

That has to be our target. Whether it's realistic, we'll find out in Bahrain.

Imtiaz Ali

Sometimes I don't know whether a movie has been shot on film or in digital when I watch it in the theatres.

Bai Ling

I'm one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.

Benito Mussolini

Tomorrow, the Tripartite Pact will become an instrument of just peace between the peoples. Italians! Once more arise and be worthy of this historical hour! We shall win.

Brian Blessed

Ninety nine per cent of the time, for anyone who wins or makes money, it makes them happy.

Jamie Foxx

I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for 'Ray,' I was just thinking about what a great project it would be.

Carroll Shelby

Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races

Al Franken

When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.

Charles R. Swindoll

Consistency: It's the jewel worth wearing; It's the anchor worth weighing; It's the thread worth weaving; It's a battle worth winning.

Charles Darwin

With mammals the male appears to win the female much more through the law of battle than through the display of his charms.

Jamie Redknapp

You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that.