Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lori Crunk

I would think that being up here three times in the last four years now would be an advantage because our girls know what to expect. Our girls have had success in this building. Michelle (Mabry) shot the ball very well here last year and so this is also an advantage.

H. Hart

It appears to be a case of taking advantage of the fact that the vault door is open. It could be an attempt to make a relatively small-scale repair into a major renovation project under the guise of an emergency.

Dan Marino

I always felt that we had an advantage playing at the Orange Bowl.

Gary Anders

Having the No.1 seed in a five-team district has a distinct advantage. That's something we're shooting for. Hopefully the kids will understand the importance of that.

Ann McInerney

Going into playing the top three teams, we need to really make sure we put our best foot forward and take advantage of the strengths we have as a team. We are going to face a lot more athleticism in Hartford and then again in the rivalry with Boston University.

Source Unknown

God supplies us with the opportunity, but He cannot take advantage of it for us.

Joe Sacco

For me, one advantage of comic journalism is that I can depict the past, which is hard to do if you're a photographer or filmmaker.

Tim Crawford

I think it's going to come down to a three-way heat between Keystone Oaks, Washington and Bethel Park. And I don't see any of the three having an advantage over the other two. The key will, once again, be team depth.

Dave Jones

I think it's an advantage (having two matches). The guys with the first-round bye get to rest, maybe get a little tight and nervous. But I feel having that first match gets me to relax a little, and then I can come out strong.

Kelly Rowland

Self-reflection is so healthy. Journaling works for me - when I record the details of what I'm going through, whether it's a relationship issue or negative thoughts, I can look back and see how far I've come. It makes me proud to see my progress and how I got through a bad situation.

Joyce Johnson

I was in really bad shape. I don't remember a lot of it. But after I got out of there, I spent a week and a half in the hospital. Half of it in the intensive care unit.

Richard Armitage

I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the appearance is that you reward bad behavior. But if North Korea behaves for some period of time, I would pretty much favor direct talks.

Chad Spalding

Jake pitched a great game. It's a shame we let them back in it. It's good that Tyler was able to get his first win because he showed that he can bounce back from a bad inning. That's pretty good for an eighth grader.

Jim Calhoun

I would say our defense got us going, but it certainly wasn't the key to the game because I thought we let up many, many times. They all elevate. It hides sometimes bad defense. That was my concern tonight, the fact they were penetrating, particularly in the second half.

Curtis Anderson

I would say it's four to one we've had more bad days than good days.

Barbara Turner

I would say (it's a must-win). You don't ever want to put a game in that situation, but realistically we need to come out with a big victory in order to keep ourselves in that elite class with the top teams in the country. So far we've looked really bad and then we came close. Now it's time to jump over that hump and get a win.

Ed Muniz

Katrina dealt us a bad hand. But to say you're going to cut Mardi Gras is the wrong approach. That would be another financial hit for the city as well as a psychological hit.

Naomi Campbell

Kate Moss is my friend...I think it's like everybody is being bad to her. It's not the first time it has happened in the world...it's really like a vendetta.

Jody Grove

We must have our freshmen step up and contribute to the team right away. We must keep working everyday to get better.

Dijon Thompson

I just hope to come in and contribute to get the championship. That's the most important thing, to get the championship in my rookie year. That would be great.

Robert Plant

I'm very, very pleased to contribute in some form or another,

Carl Brizzi

I'm just focused on what I'm doing. I think when people are willing to contribute money, it gives me satisfaction that they think we are doing a good job.

David Tyree

Everybody wants to play offense and defense and everybody wants to be the best, that's a given, ... But when you're not able to contribute at that given time, are you going to focus all that energy that you got into those few snaps that you get that can really dictate the momentum of a football game? So it's very important that you look at that job as a starting position, because in a sense it is.

Jalen Rose

Everybody wants to contribute and help the team get a win, and obviously I'm no different,

Larry Anderson

The availability of people to come back out of retirement and contribute in a meaningful way is endless.

Eric Rignot

It's likely that Greenland is going to contribute more and faster to rising sea levels than previously estimated.

Sven Butenschon

It's nice to contribute in different ways. I get a lot of ice time, so I get a little more opportunity to make those bounces.

Herb Grace

Kevin Lynch was huge tonight, especially on the post. He gave us a great effort and is the heart and soul of our team.

Gerald Myers

We're proud of the effort Lubbock has made in order to give (the athletes) a new start,

T.I.

To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.

Doc Rivers

I thought some guys gave good effort tonight, but some have their luggage in mind on the plane already. Turnovers and shot selection killed us.

Agnus Berenato

I think we really battled them. We did not lose this game because of a lack of effort and I think that's really important for us.

Byron Scott

I thought our effort was much better. Defensively we're just having way too many lapses. Guys aren't communicating out there and talking to each other. You give up (52) points in the paint, you're not going to win too many games.

Donald Clark

I thought our effort was good in the jamboree,

Jack Bicknell

I think we're smarter than that. I know this: We better have a great effort and handle ourselves. If not, we'll get beat.

Phil Seymore

I think we're playing more as a team. We didn't really do it today because we were outmanned, but I think that's helped us. The team effort is a big part of it.

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.

Joe Girardi

He was a different pitcher. He pitched much better. What we got from him was what we expected to get.

Susanna Moore

'In the Cut' was not what readers expected of me. Before it was published, I was seen as a women's writer, which meant that I wrote movingly about flowers and children.

Jim Calhoun

He?s having the type of season we all expected him to have last year.

Mike Piazza

I think it's important for the teams that aren't expected to be competitive to be competitive for the good of the sport. For players of Italian descent, it's a small sort of way of thanking Italy for our forefathers and mothers.

Sheldon Brown

I think a lot of the leaders here were young guys and we expected management to handle the situation, that they'd explain what the rules and regulations were. That didn't happen.

Mark Landy

I think a lot of folks had not expected them to be back this quickly.

Amy Evans

I think it was just a matter of being new. The girls didn't know me and my style. We had so many freshman starting that it was a combination of them not knowing me and not knowing what I expected of them.

Mike McCarthy

It goes back to my childhood. I never expected not to win. It's about winning. Winning's fun.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Kevin Towers

Khalil is an exciting, popular player. We think he's going to have a real good year, offensively and defensively.

Herb Cytyrn

Jake is a very good skier and I wouldn't be surprised if he made it to sectionals.

Bill Walsh

I would say that we made a lot of good trades, but that may have been the best.

Billy Beane

Ken did a great job for us. We've always said that. He was a good enough manager for us to want him back before, and he's still a good enough manager to come back.

Alan Greenspan

Keeping out competitively priced goods would materially lower our standard of living.

Tim Kohs

Kayla can guard any kid in the state and make them miserable. In the past, I've always had one or two kids who raised the level of the team by their intensity at practice and their commitment. McCarthy and Finn are as good as any kids I've had like that.

Willie Randolph

Just wanted him to concentrate on his three innings. It was just good to see him out there.

Clint Bowyer

Just two races ago we were on the good side of the luck and Truex was receiving the bad,

Mike Martz

He'll be back, but whether it's this week or not I don't know.

Annika Sorenstam

I have had two weeks off and I'm rested,

Ryan Kwanten

I'm more of a heat-of-the-moment type of guy. A friend will tell me about something coming up, maybe that weekend, and usually not an abundance of thought goes into my doing it.

Robert Redford

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

Tony Mortensen

It's going to be a long, long bye week. Two weeks to think about this.

John Green

I do my precalc homework, and then when I'm done I actually sit with the textbook for like three hours and try to understand what I just did. That's the kind of weekend it is--the kind where you have so much time you go past the answers and start looking into the ideas.

Katherine Jenkins

At the weekend, one of the paparazzi left their lunch box filled with half-eaten pasta salad on my doorstep: it was like a little warning, you know? 'We have been here.'

Nick Hornby

…I've had a bad week." What's happened?" Nothing's happened. I've had a bad week in my head, is all.

Lesley-Anne Down

That Days of Our Lives thing for a week nearly killed me.