Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chuck D.

Historically, it's not like GM has always been a great company. It's had it's cyclical down periods. But you need to look at the import of GM, not as much a stock but as a barometer of the economy.

Will Rogers

If you want to know when a war might be coming, you just watch the U.S. and see when it starts cutting down on its defenses. It's the surest barometer in the world.

Chuck D.

The Dow is more a barometer of the economy and not so much the stock market. The photography sector isn't all that crucial to the economy.

Matt Bennett

They serve as a barometer to let us know what issues are out there.

John Mahr

It's a real good marriage between these two teams to be able to go head-to-head the first race of the year. It's a barometer for us to find out where we're at, and we're a little bit better than what we thought we would be. I'm ecstatic. To me it's a win.

Tim Wakefield

There's been times where I've come out of the bullpen thinking I was going to throw a no hitter, and I've lasted two or three innings. So I try not to use my pre-game warm ups as a barometer of how I'm going to pitch.

Art Russell

The software license revenue is widely viewed as a healthy barometer of their business. I think most of us were looking for growth in the 12- to 15-percent range, and we got 9 percent.

Jeff Hirsch

I've always enjoyed it as a football fan. But as a market analyst, I always turn to our January barometer .

Dick LeBeau

The statistics will tell you that: They scored more points. That's usually a pretty good barometer for the effect that the rule changes had on the game for that year. The numbers, in this case, don't lie.

Jeff Adrien

I was just battling. The last couple of games I wasn't battling and I kept thinking about it. All I wanted to do was play like it might be the last game of the year and that's what I tried to do.

John Glover

He kept battling them. He didn't throw a lot of strikes but he got some big outs.

Dick Vermeil

I think we will be battling all the way through the final minutes of the 16th game of the year to determine where we play.

Edgar Soto

It is one of the toughest in the country; teams are battling for every win. I think it is necessary for us to stay sharp and stay focused and keep our guys in that zone, and then we can do well.

Eddie Olczyk

He's been battling something the past few days. He will not play. We will see how he feels Thursday.

Dennis Quaid

Clinton knew how to get things done. He was battling the Republicans, and then he basically took a lot of their agenda and made it his own. That's what Obama's not doing.

Joel Kinnaman

I'm battling with keeping my narcissism at bay as it is, so Twitter was not a good thing for that.

F. Schumacher

I'm certainly not complaining about finishing second. This year, the fight for the championship will be very close. There are several good teams, all of which are capable of battling for the title and it's great to be one of them.

Willie Graham

I really liked how we started the fourth quarter. Things were not going our way to end the third quarter. We were not getting all the calls. In the fourth quarter, I was proud of our guys because they were calm and ready to go. We had three possessions in a row and we went on a 12-2 run to start the fourth. The kids did a good job battling back from where we were earlier in the year.

Kellan Lutz

Because I'm always away, coming home to a clean house means a lot to me. Trust me, I've lived with a lot of roommates, and straight guys are just kids who don't pick up after themselves.

Derrick Mason

I was jaw-jacking with him a little bit, but it was fun, ... I was like, 'Keep coming, rook, because we are going to keep coming at you.' He's only going to get better the more he plays.

Erick Siqueira

I was lost; I could not understand a word that was coming out of that lady's mouth. So I kept on saying huh, what, when all the sudden she raised her voice and started to yell at me as if I was mentally retarded or something.

Matt Simmons

I was looking for (opportunities). It was determination - trying to find the smallest little hole to get to the basket. When they started coming back a little, we had to step up our game. We weren't really worried though.

Roy Blunt

Knowing what is going to happen next year is going to be helpful in coming to a conclusion this year,

Shemar Moore

Kim Kardashian is a major player coming off of a reality show, and nobody can turn a blind eye to what she's accomplished, no matter how you see her.

Buck Showalter

Knowing Kam, I don't think there will be anything. He's still mad about coming out of the game.

Tony Nathan

I would think with Jamal coming back, he's been the horse here for a while and we're still going to continue to ride that.

Arthur Sullivan

I would suggest the people from other counties here, they do have emissions tests. Not waste their time coming over here.

Virgil

Endure and save yourselves for happier times.

Vasily Grossman

He was endowed with the extraordinary powers of endurance characteristic of madmen and simpletons.

William Barclay

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.

James Anthony Froude

The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society.

Luc de Clapiers

Those who can bear all can dare all.

Steven Forester

It's really endurance to go up (the hill). That's what made it different ? it was harder than I thought.

Beth Givens

They are usually off the hook financially, ... But what they are going to have to endure is far worse than having to pay the impostor's bills.

Neal A. Maxwell

Patient endurance permits us to cling to our faith in the Lord and our faith in His timing when we are being tossed about by the surf of circumstance. Even when a seeming undertow grasps us, somehow, in the tumbling, we are being carried forward, though battered and bruised.

Joseph Heller

Everything passes. (That's what makes it endurable.)

Foxy Brown

Jacki-O proved you far from a fighter/ ... I'm not gonna come at you, I'm gonna come at your ghost writer.

W. Hull

Keep it out of the middle of the field, take it up the sidelines as far as you can and then shoot it at the net and hope it goes in off someone.

Joe Gibbs

I take responsibility for all of it. It all rests with me. We don't have to look real far to find somebody. I'm to blame.

Steve Hammond

I think it's a first step. As far as we're concerned, we'd go for a three-buck limit.

Asa Hutchinson

I think it is very disappointing. Whenever you talk about the justice system, politics should be as far as imaginable from the outcome.

Zach Malvik

I think in the back of our minds we thought it was possible. That's just all of us being competitors and never saying we can't do it. I do think it's a surprise to all of us that we made it this far and accomplished our goal.

Vincent Lecavalier

I think we're far away from each other.

Cyndy Kenyon

I think we kind of need to regroup and get back to how we know how to play. Because as far as talent and as far as who's the better team, we're better than they are this year, and so the reason that we're losing games is our own fault.

Chris Palacios

I think we're set up well for (today) as far as the relay goes.

Greg Norman

I would say with the technology we have today, with the equipment, if you put that in Jack Nicklaus ' hands, he'd be a superior golfer than Tiger Woods .

Padraig Harrington

It can be quite a frustrating golf course. One of my strengths is to stay patient, and that's probably why I have performed well here in the past.

Ben Curtis

Here I'm not worried about the cut, I just want to go out there and play good golf and try and get in contention.

James Kamte

Golf is my life. Since moving to Johannesburg I have spent most of my time playing golf and this has helped me to improve mentally and on the course.

Hale Irwin

I think it's great for golf. I don't see any problem with it, if it helps our sponsor.

Brian Boucher

I think it's because as a golfer, you always feel you can get better. That's what makes golf so unique. No one ever perfects (his or her) game. There's always some part that you feel needs improvement and can't wait to work on.

John Hackney

We're off to a good start in round two. There's still plenty of golf left.

Retief Goosen

There are a number of golfers who are playing great golf in their 40s.

Sandy Koufax

If I could straighten it out (his golf swing), I'd be pitching at Dodger Stadium tonight.

Ken Hill

Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing.

Charles Warren

I was like, 'Wow,' something's going on here, ... Something good is about to happen.

Ramon Hernandez

I was looking for a fastball. I got it on the good part of the bat. It went where no one could get it.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Buck Showalter

Kenny was effective. They've seen Kenny so much. They hit some good pitches for hits. He bent, but he didn't break.

Kevin Towers

Khalil is an exciting, popular player. We think he's going to have a real good year, offensively and defensively.

John Crumbley

(Key West) had a tough week this week, but (starting pitcher Daniel) Foltz pitched a good game. It was good to be in this type of pressure situation.

Herb Cytyrn

Jake is a very good skier and I wouldn't be surprised if he made it to sectionals.

Bill Walsh

I would say that we made a lot of good trades, but that may have been the best.

Jay Alford

I was looking to them as the guys that make the plays and run around and get to the ball. So that's what I'm trying to do this year.

Joey Miller

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

John Doherty

Kevin threw three picks early, but he stayed the course, ... He's our No. 1 man and he kept the rest of the guys pushing. He didn't let anything get to him.

Tim Hanson

Jake is a very talented freshman. Our varsity lineup has some guys that will be running varsity for the first time, so it will be interesting to see.

DeShaun Foster

Just like those two guys were different kinds of backs, we got the same thing here,'' Skipper says.

John McCullough

Guys can relate to it because every guy they want to play in the NBA, and they can relate it and they think maybe I can help them." ()

Skyler Green

Guys are trying to get back to normal as much as possible. It's getting better, but it's not quite there yet.

Ron Gardenhire

Guys are trying. Guys are out there playing. You've also got to score some runs, too. Our starters haven't been getting it done. Our offense has to pick them up.

John Tortorella

Guys are trying, but we've got to finish.

Malik Rose

He's just one of the most mentally tough players I've ever seen.

Yoandy Garlobo

We're prepared for this, physically and mentally .

Trevor Doughty

We've got to get tougher mentally and physically. If you want to play at this level, you have to get tougher.

Larry Eustachy

We made the plays down the stretch. I thought it was the most mentally tough we played down the stretch all year.

Rachel Hall

He teaches me to become mentally prepared and tells me to work hard.

Gloria Arroyo

All of us are mentally and physically exhausted,

Al Roberts

They didn't do anything we hadn't seen. We are philosophically sound, but we're not physically ready. We're not mentally ready. We're not spiritually ready. We're not athletically ready.

Shameka Christon

It wasn't too hard, but I feel it now at this point in our season. Playing back-to-back seasons and going so hard, but mentally I try to push it back.

Taylor Mali

One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.

Nick Saban

Guys, let's get off this starting quarterback thing.

Lauren Bacall

There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree.

Sven Eriksson

He showed he is important even if he starts on the bench.

Brian Finnerty

I think when we start to get strong numbers, that's when we take off again.

Mike Bradley

We're off to a strong start in 2006.

Assemblywoman Leslie

We've got to start somewhere. I want to see something in place.

Dale Jr

I think we're all right. I think we're going to start third and fifth. I don't know; the 38's on the pole, right?

Tim Ryan

I think we were a little timid to start the game. We had some trouble getting into our stuff.

Glenn Richardson

I think it's time we start talking about it,

Bill Dwyer

It's been tested here and we know we can do it.

Adam LaRoche

He's huge. I wonder if they've tested him yet.

Brenda Ellis

King's is a tough team. We're going to have to come out and give it everything we've got.

Mark Grudzielanek

Just try not to think about it. It's a tough situation. You don't wish it on anybody.

Barry Alvarez

He's a tough little guy. He's only 175 pounds, but he's a tough guy.

Pete Domenici

I think it's going to be very tough for them,

Ai Sugiyama

I think it's going to be a tough match,

Dawn Fraser

It is going to be a very tough series,

Richard Schiff

Things happen to us and reaction is sometimes tough to measure.

Robert Redford

I love making films more than anything, but it's tough.

Wayne Thiebaud

Diebenkorn was a very good critic, a very tough critic, tough on himself, tough on others. He expected the finest.