Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jen Warden

Kim is a player who does a lot more than score. She is a player that really gives tremendous attention to the Mountain West . . . and she is earning all of the attention she is receiving.

Al Feldstein

Kids are no longer interested in reading comic books; they've got television and the electronic games that they can bury themselves in like ostriches. They don't have to pay attention to what's going on in the world around them.

Cedric McGowan

James brought it to my attention in one of the timeouts that we had that I needed two more rebounds to get (20). I just worked hard to get it.

Rasheed Wallace

Keep us on the back-burner. We won't lose our swagger at all, because when you put that food on the back-burner, it's just simmering and it tastes better. When you got that food on the front burner, that's the one you're paying attention to the most, and that's the one that might burn. We're on that back-burner.

Jerry Cohen

Joyce is a perfect example of someone who saw an issue that needed attention and brought it forward to AARP. We were pleased to work with Joyce and Representative Hunt to change this law and help protect those using handicapped placards from identity theft. Working together, we have the power to make it better.

E. O. Wilson

I think it's a great opportunity for this part of the state and specifically for our area. Congressman Blunt has always paid a lot of attention to us in this corner of the district and I think it's fantastic we have the No. 2 man in Congress representing us.

Roger Fox

I think it kind of got everybody's attention when it failed and we established a new citizens committee that really stepped up and helped us pass it this time.

Shaun Alexander

I think it is a catch-your-breath week. It is kind of like study, get your strength back, and heal up kind of week. We are paying attention but it will really, really increase next week.

Mark Cavallone

I think it has to change. You're going to see more attention to tie corporate strategy to the Internet. If that happens, not every stock is going to go up.

John Truscott

He's always been known for straight talk and blunt talk ? never shied away from that. And that just hasn't been there recently,

Kenny Guinn

He will always tell you how it is, and he won't sugar coat it, ... He will be blunt and to the point. He will tell you when you are going wrong and when you are doing right.

Doyle Childers

If problems develop, we will rescind the authorization. This is in line with the direction Gov. (Matt) Blunt provided when he ordered us to shut down RES in December.

Mike Fratello

You understand if you don't win, the season is over. It's as cold and as blunt as that.

Michael Smith

The blunt reality is that we got five of the seven, what you might call tax-and-spenders, from the previous councils that are still on council.

Jack Cardetti

The Blunt administration took steps that actually weakened the state's position in BRAC.

J. Taylor

Congressman Blunt sees no problem with being in a different place from the Chamber on this legislation.

Chris McGill

They would have been impacted by the waves and rain but not by the blunt force. There will be parts of the Gulf where they will be up and running in 48 hours, but there will be other extremes of structural damage that may take weeks or months to repair.

John Lyly

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

Katherine Harris

I take full responsibility for this oversight. While the rules are complicated, as a member of Congress, it is my responsibility to know and obey them.

Cheryl Lewis

He wanted to move because they were staying at the Congress Inn.

Ted Poe

He knows how Congress works. He knows all the details, ... He is a master at getting things done.

Scott Parker

He knows what happened here, ... He's been here. But he's just the middle man. Congress has the say-so.

Keith Ashdown

The only thing I think can happen is that (Congress enacts) a very large, across-the-board cut, ... and nobody is talking about that. Every major program has an 800-pound gorilla protecting it.

Todd Akin

Having worked with Sen. Talent in the United States Congress, I can say he is a proven, effective leader who tackles the difficult problems we face with vision and intelligence,

Bob Dole

Having been in Congress, you know that's part of our responsibility: the constituent has a problem, ... We're supposed to write back and say, 'Well I can't do anything?' That's not what they elect you for.

Jerry Reed

He's able to talk to anybody, whether it's a grass roots advocate, a member of Congress or of the (Bush) administration, ... And he not only talks but he acts.

Chuck Hagel

Historians will look back on this day and say this was a turning point, ... This is a significant step toward the Congress exercising its constitutional responsibilities over matters of war.

Stan Heath

Green had turned the corner and would have had a good look in the lane.

Aaron Rowand

His sinker today was ridiculous. Some days, he's left it over the plate of late and gotten a few of them hit. He was hitting the corners all day and keeping them off balance. He threw a heck of a game.

Franz Kafka

His weariness is that of the gladiator after the combat; his work was the whitewashing of a corner in a state official's office

Chad Johnson

He's good. Very good. He's fast, quick. He has all the tools. He's going to be all right. He's going to get better and better as the years go on. He's going to be one of the top corners in the league.

Tatum Bell

I think you can always find a running back, but to find a shutdown corner like Champ, they just don't come around that much. He's hurt a little bit, but he'll come back when we need him. He's a great cornerback, so I think we got the better of the trade.

Michael Jenkins

We've got to get to the corner or safety, depending on the play.

Shawn Rychcik

We've felt good and the past two games we haven't made any errors. We got some pitching and some timely hitting. We really manufactured some runs and played more of our game, so I think we've turned the corner here. We're pretty excited to get back into things right now.

Felipe Alou

I thought the guy was out. Saw a strike on the corner that was not ruled a strike.

Darnell Bing

I think we're all finally getting used to each other. Having Josh at corner has helped us.

Mike Meeks

I think it'll be one of the most exciting district track meets we've had in a while. It's going to be a battle. I've got it where there's four teams that are going to score over 100 points and three teams scoring over 130. It's going to be fun.

Steve Lundholm

It always makes it nice when the team performs this well. I'm not surprised with the way they played. They have been playing better; I hope they peak at the right time with districts on Tuesday.

Tom Suelzle

I think it's going to be a good district tourney. If a team gets hot, anything can happen.

Chris Williams

I think it's fair to say that high schools all over the district are over capacity, but the north end is especially bad. We desperately need a new high school.

Daniel Maly

I think it's important that you go out and win every game. This game is just as important as the rest. It's not a district game, but psychologically you want to go out and play good football. This game could really help the winner.

Josh Hood

It comes down to those kids. Our five seniors are great leaders. We have great kids who are on one page. That's what it takes and that's what we got (in the district championship game).

Jason Rostorfer

It is a big step up from sectional to district competition. Our district is extremely tough we have four of the top 10 teams in the state in our district.

Mike Johnson

I think that people can see the results of everything that's going on and the progress in District 8 during my time in office, ... We've provided everyone a seat at the table.

Kevin Alkire

I think the district is as wide open as it's ever been. Everybody has tapes on each other, so there's not much mystery. It will be a matter of who out-executes whom.

Jon Murphy

(King) is a guy that in this tournament has been fantastic for us.

Jason Couch

James did a fantastic job in the second half.

Carl Hunckler

Joe got strikeouts in key situations. I thought he did a fantastic job.

Mike Tice

He didn't look like he needed water. He looked good on film, too. He had a fantastic practice. He was sharp. He was crisp. He got all his blocks.

S. Walker

Heck, at times I was off two weeks at a crack. I was able to get around London and visit those fantastic museums.

Gary Parker

Hawks have been in fantastic nick but sod's law says they'll lose one day.

Phil Jaques

He's a fantastic player and he's someone that I've looked up to over the years as well. I can't wait to be up the other end with him and see how he goes about things.

Pierce Brosnan

He's a fantastic actor, Kelsey Grammer. You don't have that kind of career without having a talent, without having something to say and to give to an audience.

Robert Wiley

His positiveness out there and the way he went about things were fantastic and there were a few other guys that could also be (considered) unlucky, but you can only play 22 players.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Darius Miles

Kevin had a great game. We have some smaller guards out there so he was able to do a lot more things. He had it going and was on fire.

B. B. King

Kevin did a great job tonight. He gutted it out there at the end for us. It was a great team win.

Brian Smith

Kieron has played some great rugby for us this season.

Larry Martin

Knoxville is a great place to live. It's a great place to raise kids.

James Patterson

Kids don't read as much as you'd like them to, just in terms of seeing the world from different perspectives. I mean, that's the great thing about books, still. Here's television, here are the movies, and it's pretty limited in terms of the perspectives.

Mary Carskadon

Kids are too sleepy to learn well. They're too sleepy to be happy. And they're at great risk for such things as traffic accidents.

Alan Trammel

I wouldn't say it was one of his greatest performances, but he pitched well enough to win.

Jim Schmitz

Jake Wade did just such a great job throwing strikes, going right at them. He pitched six quality innings. It was just nice to see him come out like that.

E. Howard Hunt

I would say this in terms of my career, that my career provided me with everything that I wanted, and I think a man is fortunate if he can say that at the end of his life.

Carmelo Anthony

(Karl) just told us management had to make a decision.

David Pickering

He is the right man at the right time to take Wales forward.

Scott Cooley

He is one of the smartest managers around.

Bill Ross

He is tight with his mom. He has such an old-fashioned sense of responsibility. He is the man of the house.

Jason Collins

Guarding Shaq is not a one-man job. It's going to be by committee.

Joseph Lowery

Here's a man who may have a major-league arm, but he's got a bush-league attitude.

Lynne Abraham

Here's a man, since the time he fled in 1981, has never had a job, ... He has a rich wife ... he has a magnificent house. He has the method, the means and the money to make his escape.

Shannon Flaherty

Here you have a man running for national office, and he's not qualified to be a precinct chair.

Chris Murray

He didn't really get a shot. They didn't give him much opportunity in the pre-season.

Conroy Hines

He is probably our go-to receiver right now. He's making plays. He doesn't do it right all the time, but when he has an opportunity to make a catch, he'll do it.

Greg Brenneman

I pass on any opportunity I see that I can't add value on.

Dusty Baker

He's going to play now because we're out of outfielders. This is an opportunity to salvage the season.

Dusty Baker

He's going to play now because we're out of outfielders, ... This is an opportunity to salvage the season.

John Campbell

I think it's an opportunity to have some new blood,

Laurence Geller

Las Palmas may have a better use than being solely a Marriott hotel. There is a lot of residential opportunity there.

Gary Davis

We feel it was a real opportunity to demonstrate that the power is back for the WWE. We have the opportunity to have a strong one-two punch.

Jake Plummer

We thought we would get an opportunity (to make big plays),

Douglas Roberts

He was being beaten. He paid a price for this.

Joe Gibbs

I think as much as anything it's their character. They keep fighting, and it's paid off for us.

Marvan Atapattu

He's been doing a lot of work on his fielding and tonight it paid off in a final.

Russ Adams

He doesn't talk as much as (Hudson) did. But it's all really the same techniques we're using. It's all about repetition and getting to know each other. We're out there every day before and after practice getting our work in and the work has paid off.

Zig Ziglar

When you do more than you're paid for eventually you'll be paid for more than you do.

Tyler Smith

Our parents paid for the sheet music. They are doing fundraisers.

Jason Blum

I never wanted to get paid by the hour. If I was going to do more work than another guy, I wanted to get paid more.

Jane Austen

If you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them.

Danny Mills

I like things to be fair. When a person does work, they should get paid what they were promised and they should get the treatment they were promised.

Sergei Bubka

His statements are really crazy, we are really shocked.

David Wojciechowski

He?s going to play. It?s the state championship game.

E. O. Wilson

I was completely surprised at his statement (to resign).

Larry Small

What we are trying to do is make a statement -- If you can't come to the Smithsonian in Washington, we will come to you,

Kate Saunders

It is not unprecedented that the two will be in the United States at the same time.

Jim Betker

He has a taste of a state championship.

Quinnetta Claytor

We can do it, we can win state championships.

Will Durant

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Robin Trower

The States still has the best audiences by far.