Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeffrey Loria

You talk about last year, but in the end, last year wasn't all that good for us. We decided two years ago we had to take a good look at this team after the World Series. We added a little bit to it. But there was a strong feeling in the organization that we might have to rebuild this team. We finally bit the bullet and doing it is part of the whole process.

H. Hunt

Besides the Tour's importance in sport, the historical world events that unfolded with the very country in which Ruth wore this uniform which initiated the involvement of the United States into World War II with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, only added to the desirability of this piece.

Mike Coleman

The aim is to implement new technologies for added efficiency, not just for their own sake, or because they are the greatest wonder since sliced bread.

Robert Daggett

The acquisition of Lauri added confusion to what we do. We'd been making similar stuff for years and everybody knew how to make those products. We basically doubled the size of our product line in one fell swoop and the old way of relying on memory no longer worked.

George Washington

The ambassador added that the US was not against the Taliban, per se (and) was not out to destroy the Taliban,

Van Baker

The appeal is the portability, the time shifting aspect and the added capability to listen to both the Sirius content and their MP3 collections,

Lori Stephenson

The annual carnival is a tradition spanned a long time in Nevada. But this year we've added several new games to the event.

Kevin Boyd

That was a great win. I liked our whole first half. The game as a whole we played very well. The first half we added what we've been trying to work on. We connected very well. We were dangerous in the attack, again. We got dangerous opportunities out of set pieces - throw-ins - which is something we've been working on. Quite a few players played well.

John Roberts

That was a really good team we beat tonight. A big Class B team too, so that will really gives us some added confidence heading into the final stretch.

Shawn Ryan

Do we make it seem cool? I think we do. What we're trying to do is tell Eric's story. I think Eric is cool. ... I don't think there's a video game quality to our show, but I think there is something to be said for having a purpose the way Eric did when he spent his life in the military, for showing the sacrifices that these men and their families make.

Scott Bradley

Eric has been able to pitch a lot of solid innings for us.

Michael Palin

And one of them turned to me, ... and said, 'Oh my God! Eric Idle!'

Kyle MacLachlan

Walla Walla is where I make wine, with Eric Dunham. He and I partnered up on a small project for me. We make pretty good cabernet and syrah.

Travis Paquet

It was an excellent game. It was 8-8 at the end of the first and 18-14 at the half.

Dick Vermeil

Todd had an excellent practice, ... He's a good football player. He has never been given the opportunity to demonstrate what he could do.

Jim Campbell

At 47 or 48 feet we have no concern. We have a levee system that is in excellent condition. We feel very comfortable that we are not going to have any problems.

Jim Mitchell

We are very, very fortunate to have someone like Dale step into her shoes. We think that Dale is going to do an excellent job for us.

Evelyn Bean

We are very excited to get Elizabeth. She has a lot of experience and is an excellent player.

Frank Pugh

I think the results are excellent and promising.

Kelvin Sampson

Jimmy is great. To me, he's great with the kids and he's excellent for your program.

Tim Tierney

Ku Kwon had an excellent game of defense, and freshman Patrick Hilton has done a great job of stepping it up.

Derek Waugh

Kris is fearless with his offensive game. And he did an excellent job defensively, too. When it was winning team, he stepped up big.

Jarkko Nieminen

The second set was huge. I knew at the end of the second set that I could win.

Jasper Johns

The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew there were none where I lived. So I knew that to be an artist you had to be somewhere else. And I very much wanted to be somewhere else.

Joan Baez

I see a young man playing 'Plaisir d'Amour' on guitar. I knew I didn't want to go to college; I was already playing a ukulele, and after I saw that, I was hooked. All I wanted to do was play guitar and sing.

Kristi Toliver

As soon as it left my hand, I knew it was going in. I knew I was going to take that shot. Big-time players take big-time shots.

Billy Henning

As soon as I saw the name on the postcard I knew who it was. You could've knocked me over with a feather.

Roy Harper

As soon as I heard skiffle, I loved it and I knew that I wanted to play it.

Jill Gaudelli

We knew it was credible. More educational and less commercial.

Bill Jones

We knew it was coming. It was just a matter of how much and when.

J. Taylor

We knew it was coming. It's not a shock. We were ready for it.

Pete Hald

I've never had three players at the same time who can score like they do.

C. S. Lewis

But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise. ... The world rings with praise -- lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game. ... I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.

Dikembe Mutombo

The NBA has more than 435 players and there are at least 100-some players doing more than expected. Shaq is doing a lot. Dwight Howard, [Manu] Ginobli. Dirk [Nowitzki] is doing a lot, and not just in Europe; he's reaching out to Africa and all other places.

Joe Legerski

We've had a lot of different players step up for us (in the post).

Jerry Angelo

To get valued players you have to be willing to give value.

Andrew Bird

I'm a terrible Scrabble player.

Russell Wilson

We were 6-4 and everybody doubted us. We lost to the Kansas City Chiefs and that week we had a players meeting and really talked about where we really want to go. It's not about the record. At the end of the day it comes down to are we going to keep focusing on each other and are we going to keep getting better day by day? We ignored the noise, we ignored all the talk from the outside.

Sparky Anderson

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

Slash

I just play, just you know, If i just sit down with the guitar and just do whatever for, you know, an half an hour or an hour whatever. That's pretty much, that should do it for me.

Barbara Kingsolver

restraint equals indulgence

Erin McKean

We've been using 'rejuvenate,' meaning to restore youth, to make young again, as a verb for at least 200 years.

Rich Miller

is suspended the rest of this season and the start of next.

Susan McWhorter

We tried to use more subs and rest our sick players.

E. O. Wilson

Humanity is part of nature, a species that evolved among other species. The more closely we identify ourselves with the rest of life, the more quickly we will be able to discover the sources of human sensibility and acquire the knowledge on which an enduring ethic, a sense of preferred direction, can be built.

Barry Bonds

Right now, I'm just day-to-day, trying to get through the rest of the season,

Christopher Shays

More is going to rest on his (Hastert's) shoulders,

George Wald

We already know enough to begin to cope with all the major problems that are now threatening human life and much of the rest of life on earth. Our crisis is not a crisis of information; it is a crisis of decision of policy and action.

Sathya Baba

Stay by me and keep quiet. I will do the rest.

Sarah Martin

Our team worked really hard. Well, I told them to work really hard.

Jim Balsillie

No question, we took one for the team here.

Brett Hull

Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA.

Brett Favre

I never thought I would see it. I’m not saying it’s not possible. I’m not saying it didn’t happen. I don’t know. There’s a lot of guys getting picked on (in the locker room). Some handle it well, some don’t handle it as well. I’m not saying it’s right, and from a locker room sense or from a team sense, I’m not saying it’s wrong. It’s just the way it is.

Bobby Knight

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

Jamie Spencer

We've got two different teams here. It's like this every year.

Mike Getkin

We did a lot of the little things to get the win. It was a total team effort.

Dwyane Wade

We have enough on this team to win games. We just have to go out and do it.

Mats Sundin

We got an experienced team this time around.