Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Thomson

I went into the Air Corps from 1943 through 1945.

Brad Arnsberg

We didn't mix the split in, we're going to wait a couple of outings and let him air out before mixing in the split in outing three or four. We're guarding it with kid gloves right now.

Lee Moak

What passengers should do in mid-April is to fly Delta Air Lines. I believe reasonable members of senior management will take control of this situation and we will get a settlement.

O. Henry

We want to get players into the Air New Zealand NPC as soon as possible. Decisions are made on a case-by-case basis in the best interest of the individual.

Tye Hill

We want to finish the season ranked in the top 20. If we do that, the air is thin. There aren't too many people up there. To be a part of that elite group, that would mean a whole lot for us and the seniors and the fans.

Kyle Smith

We just hustled to the ball. We never gave up. We hadn't been playing the air balls that well, but we were pretty even with them tonight.

Dante Alighieri

Uncouth tongues, horrible shriekings of despair, Shrill and faint voices, cries of pain and rage, And, with it all, smiting of hands, were there, Making a tumult, nothing could assuage, To swirl in the air that knows not day or night, Like sand withi

Ed Rendell

To have the 111th here at Willow Grove ... without planes is a bad result, ... Why would you, if you were the Secretary of Defense, pay for the salary of the 111th air wing unit without planes?

Zagat Survey

Today, most people consider just getting there to be the only remaining value in air travel.

Kevin Boyer

The win was almost perfect. It was our last conference game at home; it's nice to go out on top.

M. Thompson

The wind pattern is almost identical to the one we had when we broke the record on Lakota. We should have a fast run up the north sea to coincide with a low pressure arriving in the Shetland Islands.

Paige Patterson

This is definitely the most demanding role I've ever had. It's almost like a job. I've found myself having to do research and really work at this character. It's much harder memorizing lines when they're all in a thick Irish accent.

David Koo

This is an exceptional period of time for astronomy, because for the first time we are able to combine data from almost all of the important wavelengths.

Bill Gibson

This is really a great prize -- all the bowl games, flying on a private jet, staying in nice hotels. I'm a big college football fan so I'm looking forward to seeing some great games. I still can't believe I won. My sons put me in front of the computer almost a dozen times to register, and luck took care of the rest.

Kris Draper

You put Pavel in there, it puts us almost to the upper echelon to compete with the high-end teams.

James T. Walsh

Crooks move into disaster areas almost as quickly as relief workers do, ... These scammers will run every kind of rip-off, from conning people into signing over emergency benefits to signing usurious loans to fronting construction work that's never begun.

Andre Ward

Every time a fighter comes out to fight me, this is almost a world-title fight. This may be the closest he gets to the big time. So absolutely, I'm pumped and I'm ready for each and every fight.

Adam Carolla

I've never really broken this down before, but, in movies, you almost have no connection to fans. And if you do TV, you're kind of connected, but they know you as the TV name not your real name. If you do radio, there's more of a bond there. And then if you do a podcast it's like you're literally inside of your fans.

Alan Green

This does turn the convoy into a bit of a farce,

Ben Schott

The idea that I am cynical because I'm writing the books that I write is a bit like someone saying, 'What, you've done a second album? Oh, I see, cashing in on your first album, are you?' But I'm a musician! It's sort of what I do.

Jose Mujica

My years in jail were a bit like a workshop for my - that actually forged my way of thinking and my values.

Joe Namath

I don't like going out on a date unless I know the broad a little bit beforehand. By the way, 'broad' to me is not a detrimental term for women; it's simply another word for female. Anyway, I don't really go out a whole lot, because there aren't many girls I like to take out and spend a whole evening with - at least not an evening in public.

Joe Strummer

I get on all right with my parents. But I don't see them very much. They split up when I was eight. I stayed with my mum, but I felt it was a bit soft with her. I could do whatever I liked, and I wasn't getting nowhere, so I went to stay with my dad.

Joe Girardi

Until Jake establishes himself a little bit they might pitch around him more.

Wayne Lawson

Yes, we've been getting a fair bit of media.

Bud Selig

Yes, we caught quite a bit of heat. But in the end, the only thing that really matters is how did it end? And we ended up with the toughest steroids program in American sports.

Jamey Wright

to put it in (the Rockies') mind whether they want me back or open somebody's eyes a little bit where they'll want me.

Jonathan Vaughters

The prize money is a bonus. You split it between eight riders and mechanics and then you have enough to buy dinner.

Richard Davis

We show them how they can invest the money in real estate and earn 12 to 15 percent, through us. We typically buy a house that is 50 to 60 percent undervalued, put some money into it and sell it for 100 percent of its real value.

Wynona Redmond

We understand that grocery shopping is a local experience. People buy their groceries in the same communities where they live and work. So when it comes to giving, our customers expect us to make a difference locally, and we do.

Steve Nickerson

The conversion of 'I think it's unique' to 'I will buy it' is much higher for HD-DVD.

Jim Sullivan

When the price of Coke goes up, you can say, 'That's too bad; I'll buy Pepsi.' But you can't do that with gas. We have to take it on the chin and pay it.

John Antioco

We want to be the place where people can rent, buy or trade movies or games, in store or online.

Sen. Constantine

The fact of the matter is when you're dealing with a refrigerator or any of these other energy efficient (appliances) you don't just buy it in October. You buy a refrigerator when it breaks.

Jack Baker

What is the compelling reason to buy stocks right now? There isn't one. If you're looking out six, 12, 18 months, there are some good ideas, but right now there's no incentive to buy,

Robert Barry

What investor wants to buy a company that sells plastics to GM when plastics are going through the roof while the prices GM pays go down?

Sergio Garcia

You're a little more relaxed on Thursday. Once you get closer to the end, if you have a chance to win you tense up a little bit.

Gil Patterson

You might say he didn't get a chance because his fastball wasn't fast enough, or his curveball wasn't crisp enough, ... But he can do a lot of things.

Chris Healy

You might have a better chance in the Truckee Meadows where there is existing, but rapidly disappearing (due to development) marmot habitat.

Alex Honnold

You might get run over; you might get hit by lightning. I mean, who knows? Each day, there is a chance you might die. And there's nothing wrong with that. Every living being on Earth is facing that same existential rift.

Rob Blake

You never want to give a team life - especially a team as good as Dallas. They've got some momentum now, but we've got a chance in the next game to take it away again.

Ken Dryden

You never want to give a fan a chance to find out whether it was passion or habit. I think for the great majority it's still a passion, but others have discovered that maybe it was something else. And so, as much as this can be problematic in the U.S. and that's where it's usually talked about, I think it's also a problem in this country.

Bill Legg

You play two different quarterbacks during the year, you're going to have problems with consistency. You hope Curtis Painter continues to grow and improve, because we think he has a chance to be awfully special.

Chris Patten

You only have one chance of making a success of a donors' conference and before you have a donors' conference you need to have sorted out a lot of problems.

Tim DeRuyter

We've set such a low standard. But now we have a chance to be the most improved team in the country after this week.

Bobby Patrick

My home didn't lose a shingle, but it's got 6 feet (nearly 2 meters) of water in it.

Jacoby Shaddix

We were 6 feet under. A lot of people gave up on us, including fans and critics and show promoters and record labels.

O. J. Simpson

We had five feet of water. And now our house has a slant to it and it's not safe. So, we're going to rebuild.

George Washington

The business being thus closed . . . dined together and took a cordial leave of each other After which I returned to my lodgings, did some business with and received the papers from the secretary of the Convention, and retired to meditate on the momentous work which had been executed.

Douglas Conant

Learning to celebrate success is a key component of learning how to win in the market.

Dontrelle Willis

Whatever I can do to win, I'll do it, even if I have to get hit by a pitch, whatever it takes.

Mark Martin

I've turned over a new leaf. On TV, Kenny Wallace said I was a pessimist after Charlotte, so I got mad. Now I am so excited about coming back that I just can't stand it. I wish we were starting tomorrow and I'm going to win! That's the new me.

Satchel Paige

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you get rained out.

Laura Wilkinson

I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.

Jimmy Fallon

Jeb Bush gave a speech yesterday. He had a pretty rough time. He accidentally said that ISIS has 200,000 men instead of 20,000, and then he mispronounced the name of the terrorist group Boko Haram. So if history has taught us anything, Jeb is well on his way to winning the White House.

Katarina Witt

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.

Louis Bacon

The ability to manage large assets well - it's like being Michael Jordan or winning the gold in the Olympics; it's what you aspire to.

Gabrielle Zevin

Win walked over to me. He held out his palm. In the middle of it was a single black sequin from the dress Scarlet had lent me. "You lost this," he said. I giggled, slightly embarrassed to be leaving bits of myself behind. "I'm shedding.

Abraham Lincoln

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

S. I. Hayakawa

If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.

Morris Chestnut

I'm an R&B and Hip-Hop type guy. When I work out, which I do at least four or five times a week, I love to get the latest Hip-Hop because it really pumps me up and inspires me to get that workout on.

Ernest Hemingway

You must be prepared to work always without applause.

Florenz Ziegfeld

Not only may she unconsciously register a favorable impression with my associates and me, but she may also suggest something by her work that will lead to some new and novel feature in a forthcoming production.

Kathryn Minshew

Most weeks, I work 100-plus hours on TheMuse.com. There are definitions of 'work-life balance' that would say I have none.

Mike Pompeo

One of the things you don't always realize when you're younger is that not everything you try is going to work.

Nate McMillan

I thought we were aggressive. We made them work for the most part.

William Russell

Leisure is the most challenging responsibility a man can be offered.