Famous Quotes & Sayings

Shaun Pollock

To protect a defeat and still go down 1-0 in the series is pointless. We've got to give ourselves a chance to win.

Colby Armstrong

Fleury definitely gave us a chance to win the game. He made a lot of big saves.

Jeremie Cook

Brett watched him and said I shouldn't have too much trouble. I like the quarterfinals in the morning and the semifinals at night. It gives me a chance to relax and hang out with my friends. I'm a senior, so this is the last time.

Craig Smith

Brooke looked very good. It was the first meet and she and the others had a chance to get the butterflies out.

Tony Wilson

Even though we got down, I felt that we were seeing their pitcher really good and if our kids were patient, that we would have a good chance to get back in it. And we did.

Donald Trump

Between your daughter, with her one-word statements, your letter writing and, most importantly, your totally unconvincing demeanor, it never had a chance -- much as your daytime show is not exactly setting records.

Alex Morrison

All of us who are convinced that our military needs all the support the government and public will provide are pleased that he will have his chance to do just that.

Albert Pujols

It's not how you start the season, it's how you finish. If you wind up helping the team make the playoffs, that's what you play for. You don't play to put up your numbers, but to try to get a chance to make it to the World Series.

Billy Beane

We try to create a situation where we're the casino. It's like how an actuary would set insurance rates. Predictability, predictability, predictability. What's the path to least risk? What's the greater chance of getting some return on this asset?

Edward Said

To say that we're going to end countries or eradicate terrorism, and that it's a long war over many years, with many different instruments, suggests a much more complex and drawn-out conflict for which, I think, most Americans aren't prepared.

E. B. White

In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature expected to exhibit an harmonious design or an inspirational tone.

E. B. White

In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.

E. B. White

Just to live in the country is a full-time job. You don't have to do anything. The idle pursuit of making a living is pushed to one side, where it belongs, in favor of living itself, a task of such immediacy, variety, beauty, and excitement that one is powerless to resist its wild embrace.

E. B. White

New York is part of the natural world. I love the city, I love the country, and for the same reasons. The city is part of the country. When I had an apartment on East Forty-Eighth Street, my backyard during the migratory season yielded more birds than I ever saw in Maine.

E. B. White

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

Duncan Hunter

The decision to leave [Iraq] should be based solely on the judgment of the combatant commanders on the ground who say, "My Iraqi counterparts can now handle this particular area of the country on their own with minimum American support or with no American support." When they can do that, we should leave.

Dustin Clare

There are parliamentarians in Australia I really support. People through history, you know? Men like Ned Kelly in Australia who challenged ideals. Governor William McKell in Australia really set the tone of building a nation. The fundamentals of the country are built on what the governor McKell created. I think Sea Shepherd (Conservation Society) is a wonderful organization and I support what they do.

Dustin Hoffman

For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible,

Dennis Smith

We talked to our doctor and had him tested and he said he definitely did not have ADHD.

Nick Lachey

She's never looked better. She's never sounded better. It's definitely her time.

Jim Lane

She can move for a big girl. She's still working on her game. She can definitely play in college.

Ben Gliklich

Sixteen teams make it and we should definitely be in the field and competitive for the final four and championship.

Lee Humphrey

I felt good the whole night shooting the ball. I definitely felt like my shot felt good.

Darwin Walker

I feel the Eagles have really done a good job of making those type of decisions. Being a businessman myself, I definitely had my opinion of what I thought their next move would be. I suspected that something like this would happen.

Eric Maskin

If budget planning requires gathering information from people who may not always have the incentive to disclose that information, then the principles of mechanism design can definitely be of use in such planning.

Josh Towers

I feel like I've definitely improved each year.

Toni Williams

I can tell you there are definitely a lot more people riding today. This lot is never nearly this full this early.

Mike Jensen

Teams are looking and looking for ways to stop Brandon, and he's so good it's hard to stop him. I think you have to let him get what he gets.

Richard Parsons

Ted is my man. I love Ted, ... He knows more, particularly about the television space, which is at least a good third of this company. Ted and I have always had a wonderful relationship, and I am going to be reaching out to him, too.

Charlie Peprah

Tell him not to feel so bad, because he played a very good defense.

Ralph Connor

Terre Haute North is ranked 18th and it isn't hard to see why. Aubrey ran a really good race for us. She was about 10th at the half-mile and moved up. She ran a very smart race.

Nick Aliotti

Terrance was, first of all, just a great kid who always did the right thing. But also, as good a player as he was now, he hadn't even tapped his potential. The sky was the limit.

Mike Birbiglia

'Terminator 2' is so good. I love it.

Ken Karcher

Technically, he was not as good as he's been.

Fred A. Allen

Television is called a medium because anything good on it is rare

Joe Morton

Television has been really good to me in terms of the roles I've been able to get on TV as opposed to the roles I've gotten in film and in theater.

Kirby Moses

Ten of our 14 wrestlers scored points which helped us today. There were 15 teams and we didn't know what to expect. We were the smallest school there.

Deon Grant

We didn't play bad, ... But we sure didn't do a lot to help ourselves.

Bobby Cox

All these things can help a little bit, sure. It's going to make the umpire look like the bully. But there's nothing wrong with trying.

Josh McCown

David's help was just tremendous, ... When they did away with that office, I just thought, 'I hope I don't get another case.'" ()

Terry Porter

You think they were able to help us?

Mark McClellan

It's time for people with Medicare and those who care about them to start thinking about making Medicare decisions. And we will help them.

Bruce Willis

Never say never, but moving away didn't help our romance, that's for sure!

Alison Bales

It's always about defense. My teammates are thankful, because a lot of times they can pressure more because they know I'll be on their help side. It's a momentum stopper for the other team.

Tom Baker

It's going to help recruiting for all sports. People look at facilities. They don't want to play in a dump.