Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Wagoner

Any time GM and UAW has something going on, we're all curious about how that may affect us,

Fadela Chaib

An outbreak of cholera, affecting probably several hundreds of people, is occurring,

O. Singh

As far as I know, the hotel project at Providence, close to the stadium, has enough cement in supply at the site. The shortage is basically affecting the small man rather than big companies.

Todd France

As far as Ronnie hurting himself, we are aware of how it could affect him. It has affected guys differently over the years and you cannot predict the future. ... Bottom line, we have always wanted to get this deal done ASAP and Ronnie has been working out very hard everyday.

Chris Warren

As far as contests go, this is the last big event of the season. It's affects us greatly. Normally, we don't get as much walk-in traffic.

Eddie Jones

As a team the increased fuel costs, naturally, affect your budget. Figure this: the transporter that we run gets about 6 1/2 to 7 miles per gallon at best, 4 1/2 at worst. Obviously, the increased fuel cost makes a considerable difference, especially with all of these trips we're making to the West Coast now.

Mark Billingham

As crime writers, we put these characters, year after year, book after book, through the most horrendous trauma, dealing with grief and death and loss and violence. We can't pretend that these things don't affect these characters; they have to. If they don't, then you're essentially writing cartoons.

Brian Mitchell

As a place of some resources we had a responsibility to reach out to those who were affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Dean Duerst

As a group, I don't think it was our best effort. It is always tough to tie. It was a very exciting game and both teams could have won it. Our first-half performance was a level down and it affected the outcome of the game. We need to learn from that. We definitely came back in the second half and played with a lot more energy. It was a great battle.

Jodi Picoult

As it turned out, hell wasn't watching the people you love get hurt; it was coming in during the second act, when it was already too late to stop it from happening.

Michelle Davis

That (penalty kick) was huge. We were very confident coming into this game and we thought it was going to be different. But it didn't happen that way.

Helen Humphreys

Our concern is that this is spring, and typically ground water and streams are recharged during the spring. Moreover, not only is precipitation down, but vegetation, which is coming out of its dormant state, will be drawing on the ground water.

Joe Hammer

People focus on the Nasdaq indices because in general they represent the kinds of companies that are coming out - younger companies,

Jamie Koch

The money this is coming from is already there. We're just honoring his contract.

Salomon Torres

The momentum of the game, I liked it, ... Because even though we were losing, it was coming in our favor. The guys never stopped fighting.

Condoleezza Rice

The moment of truth is coming here, ... and it's time for the co-sponsors to get together and discuss it.

Ronnie Wood

During the Eighties, when I was hurting for money, I thought, 'Hang on a minute - I can paint.' I was living in New York and I thought it would get the grocery money coming in, and it escalated from there.

Tim Bajarin

Dell is notorious for taking a wait-and-see approach, and then, if something catches on, coming in and dominating it.

Paul Elliott

As a team, I think we're right where want to be (entering the conference schedule). I'm happy with our effort so far.

Kevin Stallings

As I told them right after the game last night, we won our first two conference games last year, then we proceeded to lose four of six. Our response to that game is more important than the game itself.

Joe Sakic

Our conference is so tight, and the play is tight, we are watching the scoreboard every night. Tonight is just one game, and we are in first for a day. We just will hope to continue it.

Jamie Dixon

Our conference has prepared us better than any other conference since I've been around the Big East. I'm not surprised how it has played out because of how many good teams there are here.

Brian Barber

Southmont is a conference rival, and it's a senior-dominated team. We know they're going to come after us. We're going to have to win three games to win it, so we have to go the long route.

Bill Fennelly

It would be a phenomenal upset for us to go real deep in this tournament. The conference tournaments were created to make money and give teams hope. The Big 12 can make the money, and we'll have the hope.

Derek Dougan

The way he pitched tonight he's looking really good. He's definitely going to be a factor in this conference season.

Joe Dumars

That's what we all have to live with, because we've set a very high standard here. We've been at least to the conference finals three straight years and we've been a 50-win team four years in a row.

Avery Johnson

We hope we're back, as like any Western Conference team that's going to playoffs. But we've got too much work to do.

Joe Crede

During the fifth inning, that was not a playable surface.

Paul Byrd

See, I needed that. I don't know if you noticed, but I didn't get my first strikeout until the fourth or fifth inning. I need guys to make plays for me out there.

John Mitchell

This is not a young recovery; it's a middle-aged expansion. We are in the fifth year of an upturn.

Daniel Yergin

This is the fifth time that we're supposedly running out of oil,

Marty Brennaman

This is the fifth ownership group I've been involved with. I can say without question that he's the most knowledgeable owner we've had here.

Vince Carter

This is the fifth game, and he's been doing this since day one. So we're just looking for him to do it every game. When he doesn't do it, then we'll be surprised.

Ryan Franklin

You're not going to find many fourth or fifth starters who can give you 200 innings,

Bill Wright

Especially under the lights. Jared pitched very well over four innings. That fifth is always tough to get through.

Clint Chamberlin

Bismarck was really tough, it's the first we've seen of them this season. We showed our inexperience, especially in the fourth and fifth runners. Overall, I was satisfied with how the team performed, but when we learn to do what we can do, we'll run faster.

Larry Garza

As for me, I'm single, and it hurts me 'cause he's not here and he won't be able to see his grandchildren grow up. He was always proud of his three sons finishing college, growing up and providing for themselves.

Tom Izzo

As good as the league is, I'm disappointed that we didn't finish higher. I'm disappointed, but I understand how good the league is.

Lori Nelson

As a company, we're more focused on finishing Red Rock Resort than any of our future projects.

Colin Montgomerie

A three-three finish was great because nothing was happening much before,

Joe Krabbenhoft

Ray finished it off with those free throws like I knew he would. I'm just glad I could help the team's goal of sending Ray out on a good note at home.

Bill Swanson

RAC had a nice finish to the year and has a solid plan going into 2006.

John Oliver

People really have come for a dialogue when they go to a stand-up show in the U.K. They say, 'I understand that you have now finished your little comedy monologue; now I have something to say regarding what I've just heard.

Bob Bradley

After we took the lead, we had stretches where we played very well. We pushed to get a second goal to try to finish the match and we didn't and we paid the price.

Burney Lamar

Actually, I was just happy to finish a Busch race. That was actually the first one I ever finished.

Joe Krabbenhoft

Ray finished it off with those free throws like I knew he would. I'm just glad I could help the team's goal of sending Ray out on a good note at home.

John Oliver

People really have come for a dialogue when they go to a stand-up show in the U.K. They say, 'I understand that you have now finished your little comedy monologue; now I have something to say regarding what I've just heard.

Wally Buono

The teams that finished at the low end of the totem pole, they'll get the impact players. If you're picking where we are, they're going to be gone.

Luis Aragones

The three teams are complicated. They've finished second so they must be. All three are dangerous.

Linda Cardellini

After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.

Sheryl Swoopes

Somebody said to me, 'Well, you went in at halftime and you had nine assists, and you only finished with 10,'

Tyler Haynes

Someone's season is going to be finished -- nobody wants that.

Steve Squyres

Once we've finished the rest of the list, we'll start the descent.

Mark Mazzoleni

Sometimes they go in, and sometimes they don't. The thing is, we finished our scoring opportunities.

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.

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.

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.

Toni Sacconaghi

This is the fourth straight year where your priority is to make money. It's the third where your priority is to grow . You haven't fulfilled those priorities.

Samuel Gruber

This is the fourth home of America's oldest Jewish congregation,

Mike Trgovac

Definitely, I would. But until the league does something about it, they're within their rights to do what they're doing.

Bob Hartley

Right now, there's lots of unknowns and speculation. Let's let the league do their stuff.

Jim Boeheim

Scheduling is too much in this league for television and not enough for the players. It's very disheartening to look at scheduling and see that. Granted, TV's important, but it shouldn't run the league.

Pat Brisson

Savior is a big word. No one's a savior of the league at this point.

Jeff Fisher

I've played picnic stuff. I suppose I can get up to league standards with a little practice.

Paul Carter

It would be nice if we could win the league and one of the cups.

Tim Floyd

It would be tremendous for the league. Any league would like to have that type of win late.

Jud Wilson

These fellows in our league lie too much about their ages.

Jim Calhoun

I've been in the league 20 years, and this is the most competitive that it has ever been.

Matt Braeuer

As a kid, that was my dream. I always said that's where I want to be, in the middle of the madness. As long as things go as expected, I think we'll be in the middle of it.

Brad Thor

After 9/11, if people made movies about terrorism, the U.S. was evil and Muslims were misunderstood: 'Lions for Lambs,' 'Stop-Loss,' 'Rendition.' Well, all these movies didn't do particularly well. In Hollywood, people scratched their heads, but the reason they didn't do well is because in Middle America, people want to see their values triumph.

James Altucher

Technology, outsourcing, a growing temp staffing industry, productivity efficiencies, have all replaced the middle class.

Carrie Coon

I've been seeing a lot of theatre in New York, and I am sort of terribly jealous of everyone on stage but also really appreciating it in a way that you can't when you're in the middle of it.

Bruce Buchanan

That used to be his sanctuary, out in the middle of rural Texas where he could get his mind off his troubles. And now his troubles are right down the street.

Jessie Davis

That's my truck on the road. I see it. It's in the middle of the road.

Sami Abdulbari

You pull a lot more as a guard. You're always in the middle of the action.

Richard Johns

There are more valid arguments for fifth-grade being in the middle school than not.

Saundra Hess

We ran our middle a little more, we ran our outside a little more and we need to do that. We need to show a little diversity.

John Hall

As a person who is not confrontational by disposition I tend to see that the quality of being confrontational is a positive attribute.

Brian Tracy

Issue a blanket pardon. Forgive everyone who has ever hurt you in any way. Forgiveness is a perfectly selfish act. It sets you free from the past.

Arianna Huffington

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.

Desiderius Erasmus

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

Booker T. Washington

No one can degrade us except ourselves.

Charles Spurgeon

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

Elbert Hubbard

A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.

Edward Abbey

God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore.

Christopher Paolini

Even positive reviews would make me feel self-conscious while I'm writing.

Tubby Smith

Teams like this give us a lot of problems.

George C. Williams

This is one of the best, if not the best, teams we've had here in a long time,

Jamie Spencer

We've got two different teams here. It's like this every year.

Jim Brown

This one is a very competitive tournament. There's probably 10 teams in the top 20 there, at least.

Lynn Meger

There's not a lot of differences between their teams in that district. There aren't a lot of differences between our teams.

Elton Brand

We want to be one of the top teams in the West, and we think we are.

Cadillac Williams

We want to be great. No question. Even more than that, we want our teams to be great.

Tom Condon

Those are the two teams we have scheduled so far.

Marissa Chovanec

Many of them play on the same travel teams and know each other well.

Matt Brown

I kind of tied the two together (music and art).