Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Samuel Schmid

As far as I'm concerned, it goes without saying that here in Tunis ? inside these walls as well as outside ? everyone can express themselves freely. It is one of the conditions sine qua non for the success of this international conference.

Bill Belichick

Arrowhead is a tough place to play, ... Being able to deal with the hostile crowd, the noise and the conditions out there is always challenging.

Samson Smith

The big story of the state meet may be the weather. The snow conditions will be great for free riding, but maybe not for racing.

Edward Miller

AXA Financial continues to deliver strong growth despite turbulent market conditions in the quarter.

Joseph Battipaglia

As long as the fundamental conditions continue to come on the way they have been ... the profits roll on. And if profits roll on, investors will have to pay more for those earnings, because their alternative investments are limited.

Keith Holloway

Our air-traffic group is looking at the decision-making process and how they decided which runway to use and which ones not to use. We are also examining the responses between the pilots and the air-traffic controllers and what they viewed as the conditions of the runway.

Bertrand Delanoe

often unacceptable conditions in which families in social difficulty live in our country.

Scott Kelly

... No rain is in the forecast for the rest of the week. This means that ground conditions will become even drier.

Kermit Baker

After six years of recession-like conditions in the industry, 2006 is shaping up as the year that will launch a non- residential expansion, picking up some of the slack from a cooling residential market.

Bob Graham

a serious question as to the credibility of the United States in the world and undercutting of confidence of the American people in the veracity of their government.

Jose Theodore

As a goalie, it's fun to see you're always in the game. Right now, our confidence is good, but next game we are going to have to come ready because they are going to come out strong.

Chris Samuels

As a confidence builder, we've got to get out there and get a win.

Ray Emery

As an athlete, you have confidence in yourself all the time. I didn't really realize I was going to play this long.

Kristy McClain

The big Saturday meets are good for us. But the smaller meets can really provide us with a confidence booster.

Don Hale

A vote of no confidence shows that you've become aggravated to the point of no return.

Jeff Hawkins

A win like this helps the freshmen. We haven't won as many games as we have in the past, and a lot of them are probably thinking like, 'Man.' But the more we win and the more we play good, it gets their confidence up.

Marc Walters

A win at No. 1 doubles may have helped stem their confidence some, but we won't know if that would have made a difference in the match. They are very talented at the top three spots and that was tough to overcome when they can play comfortably with a 3-0 cushion.

Farooq Kathwari

As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued consumer spending.

Michael Wynne

That, perhaps, is an explanation, but it's not an excuse?and it's not a license to lie.

Ira Glass

Any journalist who doesn't stick to the day's news is sort of part journalist, part anthropologist. Once the excuse for the story stops being - it happened today - then you're square right in the other territory of journalism, which is just straight up documenting of how we live, and what we think of each other.

Brian Schiavo

a poor excuse of a priest, I'll tell you that.

Alexander Pope

An excuse is worse than a lie, for an excuse is a lie, guarded.

Jonathan Spira

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

Aaron Nieckula

Submariner like that, you don't see those kinds of guys too often. But that's really no excuse.

Jonathan Epstein

Now it's an excuse so that people can be late. I think it's become a crutch.

Scott Hartnell

Now I have an excuse to grow a beard.

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.

Sam Davis

Once we got a lead, we said make them come out and guard you. Once they opened up the floor, our perimeter play is pretty good and our kids are smart. We did a great job of running our offense in the fourth quarter.

Hugh Johnson

The stuff that worked in the fourth quarter and the first part of this year isn't working any more, like Internet stocks, large-cap tech stocks, and other large-cap names.

John Tavares

I've been able to handle the pace, ... I've got four goals in four games so I feel pretty good. Obviously today wasn't a great day, but hopefully I can come back next week and have a good one.

Main Street

I used to walk down there on the Fourth of July,

David Jones

Then all of a sudden, in the fourth quarter the other team's back in it.

Pete Carroll

I've never understood how two-thirds of the thing can vote for you one way and one third can knock you into fourth place. It looks like it should be third, third, third, but that's my simple math.

Ozzie Guillen

I've only been thrown out four times in my career, not my managing career. If I get tossed from the game, I think I let the team down. If a manager is not there in a playoff game I think you lose the respect of your team. I need my players and my players need me.

Dan Spellman

The second and fourth quarter, we didn't shoot all that well. Defensively, we did a real nice job.

Chris Raso

I've been watching these girls since they were in fourth grade. I knew what stride they could play at. I thought four years ago that we could possibly get to this level.

Lisa Battaglino

As a result, a lot of girls go that path.

Mark Boggs

As a team, we have a lot of work to do. This was several of the girls' first varsity race. We were also missing two runners to illness.

John Given

The big thing is they have seniors and a good point guard. Those girls have been playing together for three years. They're an older team in our league.

Ryan Tritch

At some campuses, I know girls who can't go out a lot, or go out late, and feel safe. It think it's completely unfair and we hold women to a different set of standards.

Willie Thomas

That was a big change! It was a wonderful win. It was great to see the girls get out and be able to run some.

Mackenzie Steger

Personally I am very proud of each and every one of the girls. I knew we could do it if we each did our own part, big or small, and we were able to pull it off sooner than we expected.

Mike Simpson

Other girls on the team play a part in it. She is a great teammate. They love her and support her. They love it that she made it.

Ronda Rousey

People can say I am a terrible role model because I swear all the time or that I fight people. Look, I don't want little girls to have the same ambitions as me. I want them to know that it is O.K. to be ambitious. I want them to know that it is O.K. to say whatever it is that is on their mind.

Dan Smith

After you get hammered like we got hammered last week, it's encouraging to have the girls come back and play pretty solid.

Gary Hall

Any time it's Westfield-Herndon, South Lakes-Herndon, it's a little more intense. I thought our guys showed some great composure.

Dwyane Wade

Another win Wednesday will make us feel great about the way we're playing.

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

George Peters

As a resident I'm actually happy they're doing it, I think it's going to be great for the community.

Tracy McGrady

As a team, we had great intensity to start the game. I think if we consistently do that and play the way we played in the first half and to come out in the third quarter, then we'll be all right.

Russ Borman

As a team, we played fundamentally well. Our guys did a great job.

Jim Yurwitz

As a freshman, she had a great day.

Rodman Philbrick

As a kid, books were my great escape and my salvation.

Joe Sakic

As a hockey player, it's great to be a part of this race.

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,

Marek Hlasko

I've lost Poland. Without Poland, I go down. I've been thrown out; yet I love my country.

Gbola Amusa

The ones that are lost will probably be lost for good.

David Berry

Sometimes I get lost in the books, if they're good,

Aaron Woods

Once we lost our steam supply, we were unable to recover and prevent the event that occurred on Wednesday, March 1.

Andrew Engel

I've never lost to Severna Park. Everyone says that they are the better team, but we've got to go out there and prove it every time we play.

Kevin Grace

The store manager of the Tacoma Levitz told me 45,000 people lost their money at Levitz.

Italian Proverb

The stitch is lost unless the thread be knotted

Gerard Hopkins

I see / The lost are like this, and their scourge to be / As I am mine, their sweating selves; but worse.

Christopher Davis

It wouldn't be catastrophic if they lost it.

Dwane Casey

As long as he is playing at that level, he is our starting center.

Robert Ramos

Railroad tracks aren't anything to be playing with.

Bronson Arroyo

Probably as soon as I turn on the TV and see the Red Sox playing and I'll be playing somewhere else.

Carl Jackson

Oh, he was playing terrible before the tournament.

Dan Anderson

Northbrook was playing pretty tough today and we struggled out there (but) there's no time for us to get upset about today because we have to get right back at it in Two Rivers.

Daniel Gibson

After the first half, we got the jitters out of the way. We started playing basketball.

Bob Schaefer

After we went up 10 we stopped playing the rest of the half. They were more aggressive. We took a 10-point lead, and we were down (eight) at halftime.

Nobuhiko Matsunaka

After seven years, I'll be 39, but I want to keep playing until I'm 40.

Paul Troth

Defensively, we're making tremendous strides. We're playing smarter and better.

Paul Sadorf

We should do well in several of them.

Dan Smith

They're always tough. Several years ago everyone used us as a measuring stick. Now everyone uses them as the measuring stick.

Scott Kim

What I always want is to have several little 'aha' moments where your brain is very happy.

Evan Osnos

Confucius, who was born in the sixth century B.C., traditionally had a stature in China akin to that of Socrates in the West.

Lance Armstrong

But, listen, Eddie Merkyx would have won six Tours if he hadn't been punched.

Michael Robotham

Remember, the worst hour of your life only lasts for sixty minutes. (292)

Paula Abdul

I wish we could have more than six (guys).

Bob Eastwood

Sixty is just a number. I don't feel 60.

Jessie Pettit

Six times now, huh. That's not too bad.

Jennifer Morrison

I have seven scars from having moles removed. One was a melanoma, six were precancerous. Get your moles checked!

James A. Michener

In six pages, I can't even say "Hello.

Tori Kelly

My first competition, I guess, singing-wise, I was six years old, and there's a video of it, too. I'm just, like, stick straight. I'm not moving at all, and I'm just singing.