Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nick Saban

He's going to have to carry a little more than maybe he's ready for. We're very pleased with his development, but in the absence of Ricky, we're going to lean on him a little more than we would like to.

John Pickett

Today is a one-piece news day, and we'll have several such days ahead as the market focuses on the economy in the absence of any other major indicators until December. I wouldn't put too much emphasis on this rally because this market can still turn on a dime on any negative news. I think we'll be stuck in a trading range until then.

William Raspberry

It isn't the incompetence of mothers that is at issue, but the absence of half of the adult support needed for families to be most effective.

David Trimble

In the absence of those certainties, in the absence of those commitments, we have decided it's premature to form a shadow administration,

Doug Schoen

In the absence of specifics that would throw his nomination into doubt, Democrats will be loath to want to be as combative and confrontational as they might otherwise be.

John Bolton

In the absence of serious Syrian cooperation on substantive matters, the mission can't get to the ultimate truth. That is what is seems to me the focus the U.N. Security Council should be.

Richard Opper

In the absence of real action at the federal level, states, cities and other nations are stepping forward to address the serious issues presented by climate change.

Jared Bernstein

In the absence of immigrant labor, wages might be a bit higher, particularly in sectors that hire lots of low-skilled labor, which could potentially show up as slightly higher prices.

Steve Gross

In the absence of having a formal discussion about expectations, most employees do what they think appropriate, which may not be what the company values most.

Bruce Bochy

Jake was feeling the effects of everything going on in his teeth and his hand. To me, that is major surgery. I made up my mind after talking to him. I was inclined to get him when I went out there. I decided he had enough.

Dave Jones

He could have done anything else, but he decided to come out for track. I'm proud I got to be his coach.

Sanath Jayasuriya

I thought about it long and hard and decided that's it. It's a very emotional moment, but I guess every good thing has to come to an end.

Freddy Peralta

The people have united. The people have awakened, and they have decided to fight for their rights.

Mike Healy

We're in the process of replacing old machines right now. So we decided to put the new software that recognizes the $20s only into the new machines, starting with the highest-volume locations.

Tony Dungy

We're obviously happy for Mike. I don't know what the league's rationale is on it, but I'm sure they looked at all the facts and that's what they decided to. It's really out of our hands and we've just decided to be thankful for whatever happens.

Dave Anderson

We then decided to get together and play.

Jim Parker

We then decided that since we were making all the parts, why not make the shells and manufacture our own vintage suspension helmets,

Dusty Auxier

We thought we would be a playoff team when the season began. We had 17 games decided by less than 10 points and suffered nine league losses by five (points) or less. We could never get over the hump.

Robert Wiley

He's just fought his way, as he normally does through that, and his form in the WAFL has been exceptional, so it is a reward for his performances in the WAFL and (it's great for him) to just be able to get out there and play footy.

Harold Pinter

I think it's enough for me. I've found other forms now.

Ian Cameron

It is a less formal car, more streamlined, more about the individual.

Janne Darata

I was devastated. I had time to formulate a plan on how to make something positive out of this tragedy.

Gary Ruskin

The purpose of the Mobile Marketing Association is to safeguard this new form of spam that is literally in your face.

Tom Demko

We've been waiting for a game like this. That form has been missing from our play. We rebounded well, and our big guys played like big guys. We were able to run.

Dirk Kempthorne

It is my honor to serve with you, the people of Idaho. This great state, this forty-third star in the galaxy of states that form the greatest nation in the world.

David Sifry

Hyper-linking is a form of etiquette. It's a way of tapping someone on the shoulder with a sign of respect.

Todd Hollandsworth

I don't have a formula for it. You just prepare every day and try to be ready. We had lost three in a row, and I wanted to help out. I'm just glad the day went well for us.

William S. Burroughs

People have nothing to say, but they are afraid of saying nothing, so what they do say comes out flat and vapid and meaningless. The shadow of death is on every face.

Samuel Rogers

Vast and deep the mountain shadows grew.

Robert Green Ingersoll

A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.

Nicholas Sparks

They continued to watch each other from across the room, both frozen for a moment by the shadow of distant possibilities.

Lauren Oliver

But maybe you carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow.

Martin Amis

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

Tennessee Williams

We are all of us born, live and die in the shadow of a giant question mark that refers to three questions: Where do we come from? Why? And where, oh where, are we going!

Peter Fonda

Getting out from under the shadow of Henry Fonda was difficult.

Phil Collins

I joined Genesis when I was 19. I've earned the right to actually do nothing. I don't want to be a shadow of what I was, so I've kind of just quite willingly stood back.