Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Porter

Engineers are the 'go to' people for the solutions to many of the today's most challenging problems. Engineers are true transformers because they convert scientific discoveries into real products and services that can improve and enrich our lives and increase environmental sustainability.

Shawn Amos

At the height of his popularity in 1977, Cat Stevens converted to Islam and dedicated his life to educational and philanthropic causes.

John Morley

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

Oscar Wilde

By persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful.

Saint Teresa of Avila

When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.

Ben Braun

When you shoot 11-for-24 from the free throw line, you're not brimming with confidence. It was the first thing we talked about in the locker room after the game. It's a different game if we knock down and convert some free throws. We have nobody to blame, that's us.

Jeff Brink

We fouled them as much as we could in the fourth quarter. But we failed to convert when they missed them.

Lisa Johnson's

We only had 12 turnovers tonight, but we're going to have to convert a lot better (against Woodland). But we're in district and it's a new season.

Lee H. Hamilton

The status quo failed us. Reform is an urgent matter, and reform must not wait until the next attack.

Walt Baker

The worst thing we can do is to start firing people because they failed to show up to work.

Dave Rice

One thing this team has never failed to show is resolve.

Thomas Doll

We failed to score the third goal and they played all-or-nothing. Maybe we were scared a goal would slip in there somehow.

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.

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.

Mike Falbo

This is not at all like fourth quarter of last year.

Alex Guerrero

We're here to win another ring. I want my fourth ring. It's something that's going to happen starting (today).

Patrik Elias

We've been in this situation how many times and we know that the fourth win is the toughest.

Kris Vancas

Cummins pitched real strong for us tonight. It was nice to see. This is our fourth game of the week and her third game. It was one of her stronger outings today.

Bruce Steinberg

And the signs since the fourth quarter suggest growth picking up in the first quarter more strongly than most people had anticipated. So I would say the recovery is here.

Kris Gawriluk

You feel good about the first three (innings). But all you really remember is what happened in the fourth and fifth.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Oh how I've missed you, Holmes.

Trent Dilfer

Braylon wants to get better, and he wants to get a sense of timing and rhythm with me. After the one I just missed him down the middle, I went to the sideline and told him we're not there yet but we're going to get there this game.

Jim Calhoun

The other night, if we had played him 28, 29 minutes, he would have had over 40 points. And I'm not sure he would have missed a 3.

Mike Aronson

We missed out on our opportunities in the first half. Fortunately, so did they. And then we were able to get going.

Patrick Sparks

We missed a big opportunity. It's a tough place to play, but we were right where we wanted to be and didn't make plays at the end.

Jeff Francis

Never have I had an outing where I missed by so much so often. I couldn't find my release point.

Brandon Jacobs

On the first one, I missed the guy. He ran right by my face, and that was my fault. But I redeemed myself on the second one, and we took it to the house.

Mark Williams

Ian played very well, very consistently, and every time I missed he punished me,

Richard Marx

But when I recorded my own album, I realized how much I missed singing my own songs.