Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Dunford

A school's reputation can easily be lost through bad behavior on the buses. There is always a degree of uncertainty about the extent of power outside school and this will clarify that right.

Bruce Vladeck

As bad as the situation is now. it can only get worse when the economy stops growing.

Brian Riedl

As bad as the last five years have been, it's going to get even worse the next five years.

Guy Williams

As bad as the government response was, the regulatory response was wonderful.

Jeff Gordon

As bad as that was, we had to move forward in a positive way. If you look at James Dean or Elvis Presley after his death, it's the same thing with Earnhardt. That's the type of persona Dale Earnhardt had in our sport and the publicity of his death took it to another level.

Brett Favre

As bad as that was, the worst is yet to come. To think we're going to try and play football, it's difficult.

Cam Ward

As bad as that second goal was, it was like it woke us up.

Maj. Raines

As bad as it was, it could have been worse.

Johnny Damon

As bad as it sounds, being struck out by Roger Clemens is not a bad thing.

Jack Bicknell

As far as their character, you can't beat either of those two guys, ... Both of them bring something and having two starters is a positive. You don't have to worry about the first guy going down.

Rick Stockstill

As far as the class, I'm not one to stand up here and talk about this guy and that guy and say, 'We beat this team or we beat that team on a player.' That's just not my style. We are excited about this class. I think the big thing in it is what I have said since I've been here, which is I want to surround myself with winners.

Guy Stout

As far as distribution goes, we definitely sell more wines here that are off the beaten path than we would even in Houston, because there's a demand for them here.

Drew Miller

That was a big win for them but I don't thin that game got us to think 'oh, this team has a chance to beat us.' We already thought that they could be a good team.

Kyle Green

That was a big shot for them at the end of the half. You could kind of see that we were deflated after that shot to beat the buzzer.

Rick Carlisle

That was a big part of the game. When you turn it over 22 times for 30 points, you aren't going to beat a top team.

Miguel Tejada

Randy Johnson from one side, Rivera from the other side. It's hard to face them. The good thing is we got beat by good pitching.

Carl Edwards

People used to laugh at me when I walked around tracks trying to pass out my business card. We probably won't beat Tony Stewart, but that's not going to stop us from giving it 100 percent.

Freda Craft

Our defense used to be our bread and butter and we had to go back to it. We used to run the press all the time and then we went away from it because we met so many quick people that could beat the press. The girls were just determined tonight to make it work.

Tom Guiry

I work in a hospital as a patient transporter to make ends meet for my three kids.

Charles Peguy

Everything begins in mysticism and ends in politics.

Megan Hilty

Breakups are hard for anybody, and no matter how it happens or ends up, they're just hard.

Greg Swann

You can't do anything about it, it's just a question of keeping an eye on him and see where he ends up in next year's draft.

Phil Garner

Well, if it ends like it did, ... that would be fine.

Frank Robinson

Every Opening Day is special to me. When they don't become special to you, it's time for you to get out of the game. You get butterflies, and can't wait to get started. You look forward to it from the time the season ends until the next Opening Day.

John Hayes

When you make the first save, it usually ends up in your favor.

W. Tozer

We scored some goals, and things started opening up. It's just unfortunate that it ends so fast.

David Murdoch

You get games like that and you've just got to take it on the chin. We could have played a hundred ends and not get a result.

Jonathan Spira

After 15 years, there is simply no excuse to not having this kind of technology available.

Eddy Curry

Sometimes they will look away from me. When I do get the ball, I try to make something happen so they don't have an excuse not to throw me the ball.

P. Herbert

I sort of fell in with the wrong crowd. Things started getting twisted, and instead of facing my drug problem, I made excuses and justified getting away with it because I was maintaining a job and family.

Michael Sullivan

This is the confessional season and the markets will be a lot more nervous, ... Technology stocks will come under pressure and it is a perfect excuse for big investors to sell down.

Mark Husson

The weather is not a good excuse for not outperforming. One is always tempted to have their eyes glaze over when retailers talk about the weather but the (impact) is real.

Justin Smith

This game is over with, and we've got to move on. It really doesn't mean anything. There's no excuses, but we knew we were going to play next week. It's win or go home now.

Mark Dantonio

That's not an excuse. We've got to grow up in a hurry.

Conor Oberst

You write such pretty words, But life's no storybook. Love's an excuse to get hurt. And to hurt. Do you like to hurt? I do, I do. Then hurt me, Then hurt me, Then hurt me...

Jason Ritter

I do exercises on my Wii. It's nice to have games that keep you active. It's an excuse to play video games.

John Krasinski

I've always loved those movies where somebody really wants something, and then the thing they want is right in front of them.

Joel Edgerton

Stunt work offers a diversity of roles and, while I'm used to anonymity, I really like showing off and performing in front of camera, though I know my limitations.

Adam Foote

Somebody was in front and made the defenseman concentrate on someone else, ... I just whacked at it and it went in. I was a little lucky there.

Renzo Rosso

Sometimes you don't have the time to prepare yourself for looking good in front of the mirror with what you're wearing. And then when you go to work or go out, you don't like it. I spend a lot of time preparing.

Howard Stern

tends to not like to do his radio show in front of people.

Elton Brand

Sometimes, I used to make a joke how in restaurants in L.A., the Lakers' valet was in the front and we had the valet out in the back.

Michael Myers

Right now we're trying to pass as much as we can, and the guys up front are finishing,

Billy Wagner

Protecting a 3-2 lead in front of a packed house, it's tough.

Scott Shaffer

Quaid doesn?t need a big gap, and the front line made a great wedge. With his speed, it doesn?t take a lot.

Kathy Bailey

Prior to that, it was mostly in the single digits. A week later it was 20.

Jaromir Jagr

Of course, you can work hard, but you have to be lucky too and you have to have a lot of talent. And later in the season, it's just my opinion, the talent is always going to show up.

Dan Bonner

The Monday after Selection Sunday, I'm scrambling to learn all the teams that I'll have to do later in the week. And then I'm out on the road.

Greg Evans

The secret is if you write enough words, sooner or later you have a book.

Romano Prodi

Sooner or later they will recognize how things are. It is very sad that there should be something like this in a mature democracy.

Roy Williams

Q's been playing much better lately and I told him he's got to play. I thought Q did some nice things for us. I think he really has played much better.

James Marsh

The score, which comes often quite later in a film, can help reinvigorate your emotional engagement with it.

Hollis Thomas

It was too little too late I guess.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

These words are the same ones that the late Imam (Khomeini) said,

Steven Tyler

The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who were there first.

Gerard Kennedy

This is a serious problem that should not be left unchecked,

Brad Johnson

The only player left was Matt Birk, ... He was a rookie in '98. Now he's hurt.

Carol Ann Duffy

What will you do now with the gift of your left life?

Grover Norquist

The only whiners left by next week will be the registered bigots.

David Moorcroft

Essentially, what she left on the table at the TSX, they're making up for it here.

Steven Aftergood

FOIA is one of the most vital tools we have left and it's urgent that it be protected. It's under stress in this climate, but it's not broken.

Sarah Kendall

Did he have weapons with him when he left the house?

Gary Smith

Corporations left and right are dumping their obligations and promises.

Chris Phillips

Sometimes our passing was without a purpose. When we did pass with a purpose, we were very good, but not nearly long enough.

Rod Smith

The season is nowhere near over. We just can't go undefeated. That's the only thing.

Ron Zarrella

Don't look for any number near this in July,

Baha'u'llah

Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.

Brian Sullivan

You have a rising tide out there, and it's even better if you're not near the water.

Earl Steele

You have to be able to get them near you before you have to worry about them seeing you.

Pascal Lamy

you have to go as near as possible to the people who want to punch you.

Paul Carter

You go in it or near it and you're dead.

English 15th Century Proverbs

Near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock.

Ben Okri

It is easy to forget how mysterious and mighty stories are. They do their work in silence, invisibly. They work with all the internal materials of your mind and self. They become part of you while changing you. Beware the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.

Art Garfunkel

They say in the darkest night there is a light beyond

Brian Jacques

So here is my story, may it bring Some smiles and a tear or so, It happened once upon a time, Far away, and long ago, Outside the night wind keens and wails, Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales!

Jane Fonda

In spite of the incident, my experience in Kansas City was wonderful and I thank all the warm and supportive people, including so many veterans, who came to welcome me last night.

Jamie Farr

The entire behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live are all Canadian.

Caprice Bourret

It's like night and day... to do business, in Europe, there is no bull, they are pretty straightforward.

Carroll O'Connor

We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show.

Jane Austen

When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to, and people were carried more out of themselves by contemplating such a scene.

Jane Austen

Your countenance perfectly informs me that you were in company last night with the person, whom you think the most agreeable in the world, the person who interests you at this present time, more than all the rest of the world put together.

Sue Leibold

A new world opens up for parents because a new world has opened up for their teens.

Thomas Levet

A win is a win but playing in the Open is something else.

Steven Bell

As long as they keep shoving this down our throats... they'll never be greeted with open arms.

David Wu

Dell is going to open down significantly tomorrow, more than 10 percent,

Dan Shechtman

The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.

Kari Lyles

Teachers said they were able to open up whole new discussions just by doing this project.

Al Johnson

I've never seen a project with this much open space and tree density.

Jody Van

The shelter will be open as long as they need it.

Michael Niemira

Is it enough to say this season could be more than OK? That's still an open question.

John Wilson

Prices have stayed up because people in control of supply decided they could keep them up.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.

Stephane Dion

People who have sent their delegates here want real progress, ... That's why here in Montreal, we have to get results.

Lucy Mathiak

People who feel that things are going well will vote for Juan.

Raf Simons

People who don't know me look at my world as something very hard-core, and I don't feel it that way. It's not what attracts me.

Bobbi Brown

People used to look out for their brothers. I'm going to look out for James.

Jay Stewart

People understand we're not deviating from our plan. We're sticking to it.

Paul Adams

People understand it's a robust role and they're comfortable with it. But we're not suggesting it (support for the mission) is so strong it can't be moved.

Josh Fox

People treat citizens like they're some kind of unreliable source, but citizens are data. They are a data set.

Allan Bristow

As of right now, that's our only option, ... We'll look for others. But right now that seems to be the best.

Jeff Sluman

Other days, making one or two birdies seems like it's going to be impossible.

Ray Evernham

The more aerodynamics become involved, the more Dodges seem to suffer,

Diane Siri

I've accomplished most of the things I set out to do. It just seems like the right time to make a transition.

Rick Dickson

Somebody said it was a week ago Sunday this all began, ... It seems like many years ago.

Kenny Chesney

now he seems to think he can tell Renee what to do, what to wear, where to go and who to see.

David Bauer

Sometimes you don't seem real sure about your answers. I just want to make sure that what you've told us you are sure about.

Matt Foy

It was unbelievable. Everything just seemed to click. It seems like everything I did went right.

Aaron Miles

It was a long possession. It seemed like 20 seconds.