Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Baird

The bottom line is, even if the player was unaware they've been given the drug, the test doesn't require intent. The standard is so strict, if the NFL wants to enforce it strictly, you're basically sunk.

Frederick Moran

The cable division came in with 13 percent cash-flow growth, which is basically the strongest we're going to see out of the whole cable industry this quarter, ... They're showing some real power.

Andrew Brunette

As players, I don't think that's any of our business. There's nothing we can do about it. This is between Marian and the Wild organization. It's not between any of the players. We basically come to play and we still have a job to do. The season is not going to stop. We have a job to do and we can't worry about his situation. That's something that he believes in and he's making a stand for it.

Gene Luen Yang

As I was researching, I was struck by how similar the Boxers were to Joan of Arc. Joan was basically a French Boxer. She was a poor teenager who wanted to do something about the foreign aggressors invading her homeland.

Eric Benker

That's where the mentors come in. We make a commitment for at least one year to meet with a specific student weekly. We shoot hoops, play board games, help out a little bit with homework if needed basically we become a friend.

Ed Garcia

Rain not only produces all this water, it causes people to close their doors and lock their windows. That basically locks in the humidity.

Dennis Gartman

People who have been with me for 20 years know that when I say watershed that means a major shift. I've been a dollar bull for a long period of time, have basically been neutral for the past several months and am now turning to becoming a dollar bear. This move through $1.22 is definitive.

Stacy Pak

Our sense is that the holiday season has not been particularly good so far, that this past weekend's sales were less than spectacular and a New York City transit strike was basically the last thing the retail sector needed.

Dennis Ross

Our concepts are still basically the same, but we have made some modifications and that's what I've been going over with the leaders today,

David Lereah

A new record is a bit unexpected, but so is the performance of mortgage interest rates which have been lower than forecast. When we look at recent job gains, we see all the positive factors coming together to coincide with a powerful demographic demand for housing.

Scott Berry

As far as I'm concerned, it's up for grabs. It's the same most any year. You have to be good and you have to be a little bit lucky.

Mike Malaise

As far as how it changes, it will give us a little bit of a window. It may make it easier to get some messages out without the negative prism of the DeLay campaign.

Daunte Culpepper

As far as Randy not being here, personally, he's a close friend of mine and we spent a lot of time together, so it's definitely a little bit different in that sense. But time moves on. We have a goal to be NFC champions and Super Bowl champions. We don't have time to sit and worry about who was here last year and who's not here this year.

John Johnson

As for going on the show, I would not have minded one bit to meet him face to face and look him in the eye, ... But I feel the deck is stacked on that one and the show is Dr. Phil, not Jerry Springer. The title is ?Falsely Accused,? not?Guilty as Sin.?

Charlene, Princess of Monaco

As for the French language, it's probably one of the most beautiful in the world. I speak a little bit and I can follow conversations, but I think it will take time to improve myself.

Kirk Hinrich

As a team, I think we did a pretty good job. We just have to do a little bit better.

Scott Minnig

As a team going into this game we were shooting 52 percent at the line and we still missed some foul shots that we've got to knock in. I told the guys this week we've got to shoot better than we've been shooting or else it's going to come back and get us. I think they started to see that a little bit and panicked a little bit.

Craig Ferguson

As a result of that we met a little bit of a wall.

Elizabeth Black

Any funds that we receive from the city from this or any other project, my board would likely earmark for specific housing purposes -- if the money is not articulated by the city itself.

Jean Lapierre

any special authorities granted by you or your board that may be viewed as problematic.

Bruce Christianson

As a result, you did not have the time to fully communicate with the board on some issues. It is clear you have recognized this as a problem and have taken steps to deal with it.

Michael Stern

As a board we need to think about the town, not just the local residents.

Sean Smith

As a board member, I am pleased to be a part of an association that is changing the way healthcare is delivered and managed in this country.

Gary Guadagnino

As a freshman, he is learning that and he is continuing to get better. You have to learn to wait for the board to come up.

Gregory Schulte

As a first step, we envision a call (by the council) for Iran to cooperate with the IAEA and take the steps identified by the board to restore confidence.

Jim Hall

A safety board investigator examining the nut reports that the threads are heavily damaged, ... ... We do not know if the damage occurred before the aircraft's impact with the water or was the result of that impact.

Ellen Egan

As a district, we must focus on ensuring our students and staff come to safe schools. Historically, the Board of Education has made that a true priority. Without a safe, secure environment, our students can't learn.

David Davidson

Offering more humanely produced eggs naturally fits our commitment to foster goodness and decency in our students.

Mark Williams

Despite the fact with the issues we have with supplies, etc, we're standing by our commitment.

Michael Haynes

The Rooney Rule is doing a good job. It's a nice process, but it does not necessarily mean a commitment to diversity. I think there's a difference. Right now this is working, but there's still some pitfalls.

Larry Usher

These seniors knew that we expected two things from them: commitment and team-first (attitude). These underclassmen know from watching the seniors.

Bryant H. McGill

You can become instantly successful with a simple thought, but long-lasting and pronounced success comes to those who renew their commitment to a mindset of abundance every minute of every hour of every day.

Alan Keyes

Rights don't come from human documents. The very idea is only worthy of contempt. Human documents are nothing but pieces of paper, they are nothing but words--until by will, and conscience, and courage, and commitment, human beings turn them into reality.

Alan Lightman

Some make light of decisions, arguing that all possible decisions will occur. In such a world, how could one be responsible for his actions? Others hold that each decision must be considered and committed to, that without commitment there is chaos. Such people are content to live in contradictory worlds, so long as they know the reason for each.

bell hooks

All efforts at self-transformation challenge us to engage in on-going, critical self-examination and reflection about feminist practice, and about how we live in the world. This individual commitment, when coupled with engagement in collective discussion, provides a space for critical feedback which strengthens our efforts to change and make ourselves anew.

bell hooks

Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.

James Browning

Any help we get is needed. This is something more.

Rick Carlisle

Any help we can get will be appreciated.

Shawn Springs

As a player, if you're about the team, you do what you can to help them.

Ruben Sierra

As long as I can do it and I can help the club, then I'm going to keep playing. If not, then I'll go home.

Dennis Northcutt

As long as I'm doing what I'm supposed to do, and I'm going out and helping this team in any way, I'm going to be here, ... The only way I'm going to lose my job is if I'm messing up and not getting the job done.

Tamara Brown

That's where we see most (cases), ... (They're) who we tend to help the most.

Tom Starling

That's where we need help. It's rotted. We need help with signage and our Web site.

Dee Mahan

Prices are much lower in other countries. You can't help but feel as an American that you're getting gouged with the prices here.

Ali Rodriguez

Problems are solved by talking. They took the initiative; now they should solve the problem and we'll try to help them,

Silas Lee

He's someone respected for doing his homework on issues. He's viewed as a very serious, very studious person.

S. Walker

I actually had to do my homework to pass the time. It was horrible.

Tom Turner

I think its important that kids have homework about every night,

Alex Wood

He had done his homework on me. I like that. He was serious about me.

Peter Lynch

If you have the stomach for stocks, but neither the time nor the inclination to do the homework, invest in equity mutual funds.

Tom Cail

A very nice guy, very nice. Oswaldo had a lot of friends in here after he started meeting all of us.

Samuel Johnson

Read your own compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.

Wade Blaufuss

Progress has been slow but there has been progress. Negotiators are meeting around the clock.

Wade Blaufuss

Progress has been slow but there has been progress. ... Negotiators are meeting around the clock.

Tim Morgan

People tell stories that they meet and end up getting married.

Ben Wilcox

People are still going to meet in restaurants. They may just have to pay their own way.

Curtis Crews

Originally we started with only meeting once a month but we realized that it was taking too long, so we went to meeting twice a month. Once we get the new members on the committee, we should be able to get moving on it.

Mike McCarley

Once we have all revenue, we will meet our projections and be profitable.

Ruben Escudero

These mines can't operate unless they meet minimum standards.

Katie Kabage

We have mentors in a whole range of ages.

Joe Novak

A win is a win. It was a sloppy win, but a win nonetheless. I'll tell you what ? after two losses, we needed this win bad.

Al Harris

Bad! We needed it to pick ourselves back up.

Robert Hite

That was a big-time play, but we were still in the game. We were up one, we just needed to get some stops.

Shaun Heshka

People don't realize how tiring it is to play that long on the penalty kill. We really needed this win and it was nice to see our special teams come up big for us.

Jim Haley

The third quarter is when we started to move. We needed to play and be competitive.

Jim Watson

The thing we say we've seen the most is he was there for people who needed him.

Brett Favre

The things we needed on defense, he stepped up to the plate.

Kristen Nash

I wanted it for her more than I wanted (the MVP) for myself. She has always played well when we needed her. She's so underrated. She rebounds, makes steals, everything.

Esteban Loaiza

I wanted to go out there and battle, ... We needed this win. I wanted to put some zeroes on the board, and my teammates responded well with the bats.

Christina Dahl

Defensively, our shooting wasn't very great. We stepped it up defensively and we were able to stop them.

Bob Scott

Sometimes we have to tell her to shoot more. She's a very unselfish player.

Erica Hallman

It was time to shoot and I shot it. Bonnie just told me to be more aggressive, and fortunately it went in.

Tom Curle

You shoot 58-percent, you're going to win some games.

Ricky Marshall

I don't think it will be that tough. Getting the timing down and shooting touch back will be the hardest, but if I shoot around enough I'll be OK. I may be behind, but not way behind.

Joe Sanchez

He's like a horse. You'd have to shoot him.

Lucy Johnson

I think they're doing as much as they can b/c they're not just going to just stand there while someone shoots somebody or stabs somebody and do nothing about it. They can't be at the same place at one time.

Lindsay Williams

I was just shooting to get it off of my foot.

Zoe Kravitz

This might surprise you, but I do feel like I have, because the shooting of all these films was spread out, for the most part. They just happen to be coming out at the same time.

Michael Brown

Thanks for update. Anything specific I need to do or tweak?

Robert Aitken

The Universal is always the same, the specifics are always different.

Michael Robinet

When the new vehicles arrive, you don't want too many of the old ones on the lot. I see this as a specific case, not a wide-ranging trend.

Shannon Edge

Even though you do not live in a specific area, you can come to any of the meetings.

Scott Aker

We haven't set it as a specific goal.

Richard Boucher

I do not have anything specific to Yemen.

Elizabeth Dole

Today I am not going to get into the specifics of the legislation.

Justin Vernon

I really have to be in a specific headspace to even begin to illuminate an idea that would create another Bon Iver record, and I'm just not there.

Bob Hamilton

We?re still proceeding at best-possible speed and we?re still trying to get the specifics on the street.

Gene Miller

The students are coming, and we're going to have to do something to accommodate the growth.

Sathya Baba

The teachers of tomorrow are the students of today.

MaryEllen Elia

We have a way to go with our 12th-grade students.

Ray Romano

I would get my student loans, get money, register and never really go. It was a system I thought would somehow pan out.

Terence Lewis

I was, am and always will be a student…, the day I stop learning, is the day I die.

Louis Garrel

I like being surrounded by students and intellectuals.

Willie Smith

If the students see it as something they can put to use, then they are interested.

Ernie Chatman

He was always kind of a student of the game.

John Boyles

I have a vision for the way students can be represented.

William Reinsch

A year from now we're all going to be embarrassed by this.

Wade Taylor

A year ago I thought it was a done deal. I thought we weren't going to have a pool. I'm encouraged.

Trey Blue

I've always been able to score; this year I'm more of a playmaker who can score.

Ted Sim

The motels this year have been really accommodating for us.

Tim Franklin

The most important thing we've been this year is a symbol.

Matt Light

I've said that every year I've been here.

Kim Clijsters

It would make the year even more special,

David Richards

The way I went about it this year has been much better. The conversations we have had have been very good.

Tommy Tuberville

This is not going to be our most experienced year at quarterback,