Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ron Moore

The purpose of zoning land for agricultural preservation is so that prime and unique farmland may be converted to urban use last,

Alan Goldman

We take all these undesirable medium-weight substances and convert them to the useful higher- and lower-weight products.

Jeff Hironaka

I thought we got some good looks down the stretch and we just didn't convert them. We need to do that to be competitive. Give them credit. They have been here before. They hit big free throws and got the rebounds they needed.

Ben Glasgow

I think that was the big difference because they just dominated on the boards. We had trouble scoring. We didn't get very many good shots and when we did, we didn't convert them.

Russ Parsons

In New York, it's all about restaurants -- prepared food. Nobody cooks because nobody has a kitchen, or if they do, they've converted it into a shoe closet,

J. D. Souther

I love Massachusetts for a number of reasons. I once loved a magical girl who lived in a magnificently converted barn, a half-hour or so from Boston. I love your winters. I love the snow.

Merrill Flood

That may be one of very first major projects other than houses being converted and constructed.

Wayne Arthurs

It's very good to get through to the second round. My serve was solid today. I didn't convert as many opportunities as I'd have liked, but it's a good start to my week here.

John Schmitt

The U.S. economy has failed to convert long-term economic growth into better jobs.

John Chaney

Kids will say whatever sounds good, and you guys print it or whatever. They've gotten together on things before, and it hasn't made a difference.

Steve Pilcher

Just when you think the world has gotten as weird as it can get, something like this comes along.

Greg Olson

Joey's been through a number of different coordinators now when you look at it. Has he ever really gotten into a system where he's been able to get in and get comfortable?

Jeret Peterson

I think I should've gotten more points for landing on one ski that's so much harder than two skis.

Tony Robichaux

What we haven't been doing is scoring early. We've gotten better at that. It helps when we can put up runs every other inning, but any team plays better when they trust the pitchers.

Rick Hendricks

Had it been Europeans, the Inquisition might have gotten involved from Mexico.

Sen Freedman

Having power outages in our state is nothing new, and Northeast Utilities' response time has gotten worse, not better.

Jeff Williams

He's been real durable, ... I think he's gotten better ever week.

Willie Randolph

He's gotten some big hits for us. I like his swing. I like his energy.

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.

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.

Alden Ehrenreich

I would say that it's mainly about the director. It's a hard quality to find, but I always know whether I want to do something or not. The character is important to me, as is getting to work with people that I feel like I can learn from and make a great movie with.

Michael Santos

John always had his heart in this village. Sometimes he thought he was the village. He was a great ambassador. He put Brewster on the map on several occasions.

Danny Way

Just to see them get hurt and run back up there and go down again, they're like Superman.

Scott Bergland

I think it hurt us not having him in the third period. If we had him, I think we would have won the game.

Dana Carvey

He can't tell you, but he didn't hurt anyone,

Doc Rivers

He just wasn't responding. He couldn't move out on the floor. He was hurting the team and he was hurting himself. I was worried about the confidence. At the end of the year the one thing I try to protect, especially with our young guys, is going into the (summer) with a positive feeling.

Ryan Herrs

He is such a presence. Losing Tommy hurt us more than anything else.

Dondi McGowan

He's a big guy, he moves well and he understands the game, so he can hurt you.

Tom O'Neil

His shyness is hurting him. He is pulling out of public appearances lately and it's been widely noticed. He's been pulling back when he should be campaigning.

Rich Irr

It didn't matter if it was regulation or overtime. It was going to hurt.

Manu Ginobili

It didn't hurt me. But the league makes its own decisions.

Amber Bowman

I would say this is a turning-point in our season we want to come in this weekend and show them we're a different team and that we've improved a lot since the last time we played them.

Penny Circle

He is responding to treatment and shows improvement every day.

Mark Donahoe

There are signs out there that the market is discounting this (economic improvement) six-to-nine months out.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc.

James Leal

What would BBVA do with Lloyds? Will it improve the cost/income ratio, which is already very low? There are lots of unanswered questions there.

William Butler Yeats

For men improve with the years;And yet, and yet,Is this my dream, or the truth?

David Ganey

He showed improvement all season long and that paid off with a trip to the state tournament.

Kevin Johnson

I think it shows in our free-throw shooting. We were 12 out of 26 from the free-throw line. It took us too long to get into our offensive sets. We will improve on that by next season.

Kevin Williams

I think their new offense is pretty good. It's an improvement, but it will take some time to get running.

Paul Otellini

I think it is going to be less than people expected. But it's probably not as poor as looking only at retail would indicate.

Fisher DeBerry

Going into Washington we probably know less about this team than any,

Frank Badillo

There is more of a risk this season that people will be less able to make payments on these offers.

Billy Hunter

When he told me that he was guaranteeing us no less $500,000 and up to a million, I said, 'Cool,'

Joe Hopkins

What you saw was the lesser of two beatings.

Dave McAlindin

It has always been our philosophy that less is better.

Vance Walberg

He's first-team all-league. I put a lot on him. He's got experience, leadership. He's just very well-balanced. He's meant a lot to this team. Without him, we'd win a lot less games.

Karel Poborsky

I do not see any reason why I should be less prepared than in a top-flight team.

Charles Coles

He is more than just a teacher. We're able to talk to him about things we can't say to teachers, because he is more like us and less like them.

David Clarke

He wants ten inches. Right in the middle of the fillet.

Susan Jovanovic

He'd be out on the track, running on his sled in the middle of the night.

Aaron Nieckula

Going out there I think he was at 76 pitches. I told him he was one over 75, we'll take him up to 80. I told him to work the middle and pitch to contact.

Lynn Kimbrough

It could be something criminal. We're in the middle of the investigation.

Adam Mueller

We're pretty pleased with where we're at. We're right in the middle of it, and it's going to be a very important weekend for us.

Larry Wortzel

We're in the middle of methodically moving through this.

Todd Wilkinson

We're in the middle of it. We're rolling now. There won't be any let up.

Henry Winkler

I think this is the most important depository in the Middle West.

Sarah Dessen

I was just stock in the middle, vague and undefined.

Dinara Safina

I think I played well today. I just missed some really important shots.

Claude Tarver

I think a lot of them are wondering if they may have missed out on him.

Rick Barnes

I think it was a situation on this night that (Tech) missed a lot of shots. We were obviously taller and longer, so we could get those rebounds.

Thad Lear

In years past, down three scores, we would have folded up the tent and went home. We had our shot, but we missed it.

Colin Montgomerie

Then I wasn't concentrating on what I was doing and missed the putt.

Andrew Ference

It was a step back. It was a missed opportunity.

Joe Montana

When I was playing, I missed my two girls' (events). They look up (in the stands) and myself and my wife are not there. I want to be there for the boys.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Oh how I've missed you, Holmes.

Bruce Scott

When I missed that I re-adjusted my sights for 2006.

Charles Pierce

I would say we have probably transformed ourselves from a small to a medium-sized institution.

Stephen Colbert

You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians.

Jim Morris

I thought we should have won two out of three. We shot ourselves in the foot.

Pete Lewinski

We try to pride ourselves on defense. I'd like to think that had something to do with their turnovers.

Bill Cowher

We've been underdogs pretty much every week since we got into this thing. We don't take ourselves too seriously.

J. Taylor

We've got to stop shooting ourselves in the foot.

Jason Varitek

I think we just tried to do too much. We got ourselves out.

Jennifer Nettles

We many times sell ourselves short, not only in relationships but throughout our own lives. Hopefully, we come around at some point and realize our own value.

Yuri Andropov

peace for ourselves and for all the people of the planet.

Shane Watson

In the whole package there is not much between us.

Dale Jarrett

I'm not sure that person exists. I don't know that you're going to have that whole package in one person again.

Sarah Wallace

In Italy, so is it packaged and made in Italy?

Al Jarreau

I want to give the audience the whole package, and for me, the whole package is to give them something fresh as well. It's not as much fun resting on your laurels.

Kevin Garnett

This is probably a test more than anything for everybody, to see who is going to give up and who is going to pack it up and go home.

Tony Bethel

This win kind of separates us from the pack a little bit. It's a big win.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.

Duane Christensen

First thing I would do is pack that thing up and send it to Playboy magazine. I would not have that as a symbol of this village.

William Coffin

There is no smaller package in the world that that of a person all wrapped up in himself.

John Carlock

He (King) comes in in short spots because he can throw strikes.

Justin Young

The only thing that's different is that now I'm the short guy,

Thomas Evans

He's done great. He's come a long ways in a short time.

Tom Parker

I don't have a worry he'll be short of words.

Princess Anne

I didn't like netball... I used to get wolf whistles because of my short skirts.

Lisa Love

He doesn't take short cuts. He's very methodical, calculated.

Samuel Rogers

To know her was to love her.

Samuel Richardson

Love gratified is love satisfied, and love satisfied is indifference begun.

Samuel Richardson

Love is not a volunteer thing.

Jay Hopson

It all starts with him. He can do it all.

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.

Maurice Cheeks

I think it starts tomorrow. We have to start evaluating and find out where we are and see what it takes to get better.

Bill Young

What I think you probably couldn't put on TV, but it starts with a 'B' and starts with an 'S'.

Sally Brown

He starts out very quiet. He squints, and you think he can't see, but he's observing.

Amy Walter

I don't see that Cuellar starts off as particularly vulnerable.

Jack Smith

We are going to take it to them. Zero-zero starts the game.

Milan Hejduk

We did not win a lot of games. But the tournament really starts with the quarter-finals.

Pete Shelley

They weren't headlining. They were third down the bill,

Paul Duca

It's the third time I've done it. It doesn't feel weird any more.

Jack Roush

This is the third time this week you've tried to get my goat,

Ben Roethlisberger

This is the third one. We've got one more to get. One more.

Dusty Baker

It was a tough day to be a third baseman.

Dwyane Wade

We know we can win. That's what we're all here for. . . . This is my third year here and it's like it's my third different team, but we can win.

Randy Cretors

This is his third year doing it, and I'm amazed.

Brandon Jacobs

If it's third-and-one, then I'm going in, no ifs or buts about.

Mike Reed

Cy did real well on the boards, and she made some big buckets in the third when we made our run.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I wrote once every two or three weeks for about a year, ... and then about a year ago, I got an e-mail.

Mark Grindstaff

Joel is real dominant. He didn't have any trouble. He has one loss. All three are undefeated in league.

Chris Edwards

What we had in 16 acres, ... they have in three counties.

Spencer Stewart

Going 30-0 is amazing, but we want three more wins.

Clark Haggans

He's got three rings. There's nothing else you can say.

Karen Woodall

We've been trying to get that back for three years.

Phil Jackson

We stumbled and fumbled around out there for three quarters.

Robert Meyer

It is phenomenal. When we first started, it was just me and three employees. We all wore many hats.

Amy Walter

It is one thing if it is three weeks. Three months, that is another story.