Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Skorton

I will have open meetings, open forums, an open-door policy and calling bingo in the dorms at night, trying to get the students to talk to me and tell me what's really on their minds.

Jay Bender

The tribe is entitled to credit for the school taxes it has paid on the off-reservation property, which is the site of its bingo hall in Rock Hill. The district wants to get more money than it would be entitled to.

E. O. Wilson

It just happened., ... People were everywhere looking for a place to stay and somehow, they found us. We were here playing bingo one minute, and the next we were taking in all these people. It's been wonderful helping them all.

Norm Parker

It's fun. If I (ever) think, 'Oh God, I've got to go to work today,' I'd hang it up. Being involved with young kids, I think it definitely (does do) something for you. I'd rather do that than go play bingo or something.

Bonnie Sprague

It was really hard to convince the Tribal Council to spend $500 on bingo equipment.

Dave Dupuis

Ten long years of planning and hard work by many people is finally going to come to fruition. I am happy for the volunteers who have worked so hard, including the bingo volunteers who have been at it for 10 years.

Carolyn Smith

It would impact us horribly if they put in a smoking ban. There's a large percentage of our members and a large percentage of our bingo players who smoke.

Randy Jones

washed-up one-hit pop country star from the 70s, who is exploiting his former fame and popularity with the blue-hairs as host of a Bingo TV game show.

Ed Frank

The problem we have is $36,000 going to keep bingo halls safe from terrorists. We don't see that as a wise use of money.

Manny Fernandez

Jacques said any roll we can get on is a bonus. Well, I would start calling this a roll.

Mark DiCamillo

I would suspect his tone would change significantly if they don't make it onto the November ballot. If that happened, I could see calling the Legislature all sorts of names by the end of the campaign.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Joseph Smith was true to his calling and fulfilled his duty even in the face of severe persecution and great personal sacrifice.

Don Peritz

He could hear people calling for help, but he couldn't even see them.

Johnny Estrada

He just makes pitches when he has to. He's got that slider that sometimes looks invisible to hitters, but they'll swing at it. ... We've been calling him Houdini all season long.

Jason Kidd

He kept sending somebody to the (scorer's) table, and I kept shaking him off. It was like a pitching coach calling a fastball and I wanted to throw the curve.

Mary Dunn

Helen Dean, the dog's owner, is calling and coming by often. She's part of her family. Most people don't go to this kind of effort.

Lesli Andrews

There are still people - not as many now - calling and saying, 'Well I've been reporting this for two years. We weren't in existence two years ago. We didn't have all those officers. Those phone calls are slowing down.

Bill McCartney

God's calling for a whole heart. Those are his terms. There's no compromise. Go after him. It's worth everything on that day.

Joel Klein

has been and always remains open to a settlement.

Tom Driscoll

We're opening up the day after Mother's Day.

Greg Davis

We're older, Vince is older, and the receivers are older. We had an opportunity to open it up, and we did.

Mike Kohs

I thought we played well defensively, especially in the second half. They got a lot of open shots in the first half, but I don't think they had very many of those in the second.

Eric Wicks

I thought they'd try to run a lot more outside to open up the field. I think after a while, they were just trying to make a play, anywhere.

Woody Johnson

I think we have to look at everybody. You have to open it up.

Scott Savoie

I think it's wide open this year. Especially since only two will make it.

David Reed

It is important to go into this process with a completely open mind.

Lorrie Miller

It is just as open to me as it is to them.

Lee Fuller

Having a clear, stable royalty policy was of value to independent producers.

Lindsey Tippins

I think administration has said, 'Well, we got to do that because that's what the policy says.' I don't think that's what the policy says.

Rick Warren

You can like somebody without agreeing with all of their policies.

Wim Duisenberg

Our policy is to be as transparent and as predictable as possible,

Susan Smith

It's probably time to do the whole policy over.

Dan Smith

It's worth considering the value of these trees when making policy decisions.

Karen Davis

It's a pretty minor, very targeted set of policy prescriptions that don't go to the root of our fundamental problems in the health-care system.

Noam Chomsky

Silicon Valley benefits, as all of industry, from highly protectionist policy - patent policies and things like that - which come out of the government.

Nicholas Stern

Science and policy-making thrive on challenge and questioning; they are vital to the health of inquiry and democracy.

Wally Lamb

I love the most the students with troubled lives.

Sam Abell

That's who comes to my workshops. I jokingly tell my students that the class could be called "Your photographs: Better."

Nelson Fields

Our better students tend to op for the (Bachelor of Arts) program.

Bill Walker

In effect, the out-of-state students here are subsidizing the in-state students.

Steve Lemke

The faculty's dispersed; the students are dispersed. Is there any way of salvaging this semester?

Mila Kunis

I was actually a pretty good student. My problem was that I didn't know what I wanted to study.

James Remar

James Remar is a student of life.

Louis Menand

You have to have students wanting to take the courses, otherwise you're not going, they're not going to be very effective.

Johnnie Jones

All those things to make them better students and better citizens.

Scott Faieta

I talked with the contractor, who is still optimistic.

Mario Theissen

I talked to him (Ralf) on Friday, he was very positive, he wants to get back in the car.

Curtis Martin

I talked to him a lot. I showed him around. I showed him where he would probably want to live. I told him he could have my place if he wanted it. I told him I'd do whatever it took to get him here.

Ginalyn Ofamin

I talked to her yesterday, and she is doing better.

Tom Oswald

I talked to her about things like how to take notes. We weren't flirting, though. At the time, I didn't know she was going through a divorce.

William Farmer

I think it'll be ok; I think by the end of this year, we won't be talking about PeopleSoft at all.

Beth Combs

It can't be about wins and losses. We've talked about it's not where you start, it's where you finish.

Willie Randolph

He wants to be the best. We've talked a lot about his approach.

Larry Rothschild

He didn't talk me into it. We'll go at least one more time with what we're doing.

Bryan Ball

I was just battling. Trying to give us a chance.

Kevin Madden

It can be done without trying to browbeat people.

Jennifer Fallon

I actually started writing publishable stuff the day I decided I'd actually like to write something I'd like to read, and stopped trying to think what does everyone actually want.

Drew Brees

We're trying to be that franchise that year-in and year-out is competing for a championship.

Mark Krikorian

I think it's going to implode. They're trying to do too much.

Steve Foley

It hurts, man. We've done everything we can do to this point; trying not to aggravate it.

Estelle

I think the one group I am trying to appeal to is the world. That would be big enough.

Jacquelyn Jablonski

I was always trying on clothes, always really into fashion, ever since probably kindergarten.

Greg Bowers

We've been trying to play at Brooke's level, and we've been disappointed in past, but this is an accomplishment.