Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kent Conrad

I think it is unlikely, absent some new information, some bombshell that comes up in the process, that I would support a filibuster.

Steve Alford

Guys had to play different roles. Their effort while he was absent was pretty good.

Gerhard Richter

Gray is the color... the most important of all... absent of opinion, nothing, neither/nor.

James Bailey

Here in the body pent, / Absent from Him I roam, / Yet nightly pitch my moving tent / A day's march nearer home.

George Arzt

I think it's a real problem not to have some geographic balance on the ticket, and I don't think that it helps their gubernatorial chances not to have a geographic balance. The last time that balance was absent was 1970, and that ticket ended in defeat.

Bill Becker

I think it's fair to say the states would much prefer a strong federal approach ... but absent that, they have no option but to take action at the state and regional levels and to enter into litigation.

Cheryl Hepfer

I think that most judges understand that children require physical one-on-one contact with the absent parent.

Kurt Barnard

I think that Jupiter's conclusions are, absent documented evidence of this development, somewhat optimistic, ... They (consumers) do their research on the computer, then they buy in the store, but they're not going to buy more than they had planned to buy. They might buy different things from what they had planned to buy, but there are only so many dollars to go around.

John Hunt Morgan

It is made the duty of every Commanding Officer in the Department, to arrest and send to these Headquarters, under guard, every officer or soldier who may be found absent from his command, without the regular leave in writing, prescribed by Regulations and General Orders.

James Hughes

I would say strong oil prices are here for the balance of the year,

Martin Broughton

Keith played a critical part in restoring the company's balance sheet and returning it to a position of financial health,

Denise Ainsworth

Katie and (catcher Eryn) Richardson did a great job. Katie was hitting her spots and Eryn kept them off balance with the pitch selection.

Chris Browning

Just last year I was just at home trying to balance my schoolwork and basketball practice.

Javier Solana

keeping the balance reached with Iran on the nuclear issue.

Stephen Friedman

keen judgment in setting the bar at a very high, but attainable, level; balance and unflinching boldness in the face of great pressure; and stress-leavening presidential humor.

Amy Goodman

Journalism is the only profession explicitly protected by the U.S. Constitution, because journalists are supposed to be the check and balance on government. We're supposed to be holding those in power accountable. We're not supposed to be their megaphone. That's what the corporate media have become.

Ken Auletta

Journalists would build in more checks and balances and welcome more independent ombudsmen,

Adam Segal

I suspect it will be like malaria -- an operational hazard of doing business in China, ... After the short-term disruptions ... the level of fear will even out, and then things will balance as people figure out how to live with it.

Jarome Iginla

Kipper, he's played like that all year. He's been amazing. Especially early tonight, they had some chances and he made some timely saves.

Jerry Palm

I would say their chances of making the NIT aren't good if they lose their first game.

George Freeman

I would say the chances of getting a federal shield is about 50-50.

Alan Trammel

Just to even say there's a possibility, wow. But I'd have to say chances are we're going to have to make an adjustment.

Dean Wilson

Just stick to my game plan -- try to hit as many solid shots as I can and give myself as many chances as I can. That's kind of my game plan every week.

Freddy Sanchez

Jim Tracy has a history of using all of his players. I know I'm going to get my chances to help this club.

Tom Gallagher

I take no chances with our investment policy for the state. In my personal business, I had dollars I was willing to put at risk.

Darrel Owens

It all starts with taking away Dials. If we can force them to be a 3-point shooting team, and force them to take contested 3-pointers, our chances of success improve dramatically.

Ned Yost

He wanted to go back out. We didn't want to take any chances with him.

Gary Kellough

It can happen quick. That was a play where we thought there should have been a foul on our end, but it ended up (later) being a foul on us. It's not that we're playing that bad, but it's the little things that are making a big difference.

Bronson Arroyo

It always ended up, 'Oh, he'll be back,'

Gary Powers

He did more than he needed to do. He did the job because nobody could do the job (on Saturday). Unfortunately, he just gave up that key walk in the ninth that ended up being the winning run.

Dan Hendricks

He just seems better than ever now. I didn't plan for the Derby. I planned for the end of (last) year to have a fresh 2-year-old, and I think it ended up a good plan. I have a lightly raced 3-year-old ready to go.

Dave Witzig

He is the missing ingredient for that team. He really got hot in the third quarter and ended up with a great game.

Jim Moriarty

This was a good win. Our goal was to win and even our season record at 10-10. We ended the season .500. A lot of people said we couldn't do it and we did it. We got the last three games and we did it.

Monica Johnson

We have all been guilty of complaining, but God does not look at it as lightly as we may think. Complaining was the reason the Jews ended up wandering in the desert for forty years. If we were more grateful for what God has done for us, abasing ourselves would not be a problem.

Corey Held

Here I thought we were in good shape because Tyson's my ace. I ended up starting (Matt) Wagner and he had a great game, but he just got tired (in the sixth).

Jon Sundvold

It could have ended in one day if Mike Alden had said here's what happened, why it happened and what he could have done differently.

Hank Smith

It's had a very, very rapid geographic range expansion.

Adrian McKinty

Sometimes the fantasy writers set their novels in an ancient Earth, sometimes a parallel Earth, or, quite often, they offered no explanation at all as to the temporal and geographic location.

Joe Mansueto

Publishing had been successful where there had been natural geographic monopolies.

Keshia Knight Pulliam

I love watching the National Geographic channel. That show 'Taboo'? I love it!

Paul Harris

Money talks. They're targeting the spending in the industries and geographic constituencies that really matter.

Sean Sweeney

Some of our soccer has been a negative surprise for us, because there is so much geographic blocking.

Robert Martinez

We visited many temples and interviewed leaders. We took information from there and from the Internet and put it all together, taking into consideration the geographic area.

Clay Norton

Kevin is very talented. He has vision, and you can't teach that. He's not a selfish player who has to shoot. He helps a lot of other people score, though. You saw that tonight. He just helps a lot of people score.

Rig Veda

Knowledge increases his thinking capabilities and helps him in getting new and innovative ideas.After implementing those ideas successfully he earns wealth.

Luke Donald

Knowing I have played well here before helps a lot.

Robert Krulwich

Journalism doesn't have to be your first love... or your only love. You can come to it in desperation, because you can't think of anything better to do with your life, that it's this or the abyss. But once you get going... it helps if you love it.

Mark Slotsve

It actually helps to have played them, we know a little of what they're about.

Mark Hensby

It actually helps me this week. I don't have to do as much as someone would probably normally have to do.

Sufjan Stevens

I think it just helps us to feel kind of unified,

Marcus Spears

I think it helps us a lot to know we can be better than we were, ... and we still played effectively.

Jesse Williams

I think it helps that I have been there. I won't have the jitters I had last year.

Bill Parcells

I was kind of thinking back to Seattle last year, ... We kind of talked about that. We're just fortunate, really.

Kurtis Foster

I wouldn't say deflating, but I think if you watched the way we played the last minute out there, you would see how much we wanted to win this one.

Joe Edgens

Kelley is going to be right up to the last minute before it's done.

Christian Fauria

Just look at the tape from last week. That's all the motivation we need.

Jamal Lewis

Just watching them on film from last week, they looked like a totally different defense.

Dave Kaplan

(Jocelyn) bounced back from a rough outing last time. Very nicely done. She's going to get another start, and we're going to keep working with her.

Will Grace

JLo-so karen hows married life?Karen-well it only lasted 20 minutesJLo-Oh is that short?

Michael Metz

I think it is going to last into 1999,

Bobbie Davis

I think I said to the players last year that they had one day to celebrate. And then they had to start concentrating and thinking about this year.

Jeff Berg

I think in time, once the production catches up with demand, that this won't be a problem anymore,

Patrick Moore

There are a lot of strains on the infrastructure, our roads, our schools, and I think that sometimes the problems haven't been anticipated.

Igor Shuvalov

Having this tension is okay, it's a problem with any growth.

Ron Dennis

His problem was not the engine, his problem was the tyre selection.

Youssef Squali

I think it's a trend. Problem is, you can't quantify it.

Kristin Accipiter

I think it's here to stay, but there are problems to be ironed out.

John Carter

It could be a problem at that point.

Johnathan Frakes

I think the problem with the soaps is that because they make 280 shows a year, the writing suffers.

John Fernandez

I think we've come up with a program to start the year that, as we progress in the season, that we'll be able to solve the problem we've got one way or another and we'll be competitive again.

Richard Paul Evans

We all arrive on Earth with a round-trip ticket.

Sally Ride

Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!

Will Rogers

There isn't any finer folks living than a Republican that votes the Democratic ticket.

Marcel Proust

A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has the ticket that shows its price.

Johnny Carson

That would have been a great ticket, Reagan and Ford - an actor and a stuntman.

Melissa Gregory

We still have the ticket he never used.

Hugo Burge

Those are important in making ticket decisions. The better you do them, the more tickets you will sell.

Kirsten Dunst

I have gotten so many tickets. I hope I don't get my license revoked.

Paul Ryan

When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket, I said, 'Let's get this done' - and that is exactly, what we're going to do.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Janet Fitch

I write all the time, whether I feel like it or not. I never get inspired unless I'm already writing.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

David Small

I think it's a generational thing. It's time for a change.

James Hughes

I think it's about time we do something about it.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.