Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Ellis

I was almost positive it would be a one-year deal, so I was a little surprised yesterday. I'm happy.

Katie Gearlds

Just toughness. To have four games in four days with some players playing almost 40 minutes ... their will to get it done impressed me. We've got to come ready to play, that's for sure.

Jeff Banks

It almost got away from us. But we didn't give up just because we were behind. That's the best part.

Alex Rodriguez

It almost feels like we're in their shoes.

Mark Sweeney

He can throw a good one. He almost took my head off today. I didn't know where it was going. But in a game? He'd get killed. It's one thing to play catch. It's another thing to pitch.

Jerry Sloan

Greg didn't burn any bridges, ... Greg and I fought almost every day (but) I apologized to Greg more than anyone I've ever coached.

Author unknown

Hallmark Card: "I'm so miserable without you, it's almost like you're still here.

Greg Behrendt

I don't have a massive fan base. I don't have Patton Oswalt numbers, but the fan base I have is incredibly generous, and of the 22,000 people who follow me on Twitter, I think almost all of those people participate.

Steve Nash

In the preseason, in the month of October, I work out almost every day, lifting weights for 20 or 30 minutes, and then during the season I usually lift weights twice a week, sometimes a little more.

Kelly Rowland

As women, we have to realize what we bring to the table. What do you want to do for the world? How do you want to change it? And when you know that, you don't have to compare yourself to anybody else.

Jim Calhoun

Khalid El-Amin put up with a great deal of grief on the road. And it was the best coaching that anybody could have done for me, because Khalid loved every single second of it. He loved to show you.

Henry David Thoreau

I would not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.

John Pine

Just the sheer size of it and complexity of it, it is beyond what anybody has seen -- not just in Louisiana but anywhere.

Lamar Butler

I think it's a Hollywood story already. If anybody wants to make a movie, come see me. I'll play my part. I'm a good actor. I can make a serious face.

Abby Arledge

I think it really just helps out our team because you have one person in there the whole time, so you have that constant defense on the back row. Even if it was anybody else in the position, just having that constant back-row person has helped.

Courtney Taylor

It ain't, 'I've gotta (catch the ball),' it's, 'You'd better catch this ball,' ... You don't want a lot of people hating you for not catching the ball. I'm serious. I'll tell you, I don't want anybody hating me.

Carl Banks

He was a great player and a great team leader. Harry didn't back down from anybody or any challenge. He was very good ... now it's safe to say he was great, because he's finally in the Hall of Fame.

Ron Guidry

He usually says either 'yes' or 'no' and people think that's because of the language barrier. I think that's all he has to say. He's as calm as anybody I've ever met.

Cedric McGowan

James brought it to my attention in one of the timeouts that we had that I needed two more rebounds to get (20). I just worked hard to get it.

Rasheed Wallace

Keep us on the back-burner. We won't lose our swagger at all, because when you put that food on the back-burner, it's just simmering and it tastes better. When you got that food on the front burner, that's the one you're paying attention to the most, and that's the one that might burn. We're on that back-burner.

Rick Majerus

Golf is a diversion to get away from basketball, and then when he's golfing, I think his attention is diverted to plays. That's his New York Times crossword puzzle every day. This is the most enthused I've seen him in the 20-plus years I've known him.

Diantha Harris

He seems to crave the attention -- and do well with it.

Dave Rose

He's had some really big games. Like a freshman, he's been a little inconsistent at times. He is a really streaky player. If he gets off to a good start, and hits his first two or three shots, he can take off and have a big game. It'll be important for us to pay a lot of attention to him early.

Al Groh

His move on this position started back in December when we would segment a certain part of the practice just for developmental purposes. That was a position of attention as we started in the spring, and he's given us some positive feelings about that from the way he performed.

Jack Baker

His strong suit was not Congress but rather his attention to farmers and women and families.

John Swofford

Hmm. Information that could have been brought to my attention yesterday .

Melanie Troxel

I think it's great for her and for promoting women in motor sports. She's done a lot of good things to draw attention to women, which is somewhat necessary when you're looking for the funding to run these teams.

Tony Raines

Knowing how we ran early in the race and how I think we could have run, I was disappointed. But at the same time, I went there knowing I was going to race for a finish. I didn't race anybody.

Mike Ledsome

Katie was ready to go (Thursday). She got into a groove early and started hitting her spots and pitching stronger as the games progressed.

Rich Brands

Just looking at their results, I think it will be a pretty even match. We want to come out and not make any mistakes early on. We want to try and exploit some of the free kicks and throw-in stuff we've been working on.

Ben Gordon

Just like Tuesday (against Dallas) we struggled early and in the second half we were able to make a run. It was just a little to late.

Isaac Stern

His style of playing, particularly in his early years, was a stunning patrician elegance with a very natural musical line which fitted the style of whatever composition.

Ned Yost

His workload has been real heavy. To be thrown into that, even though you're big and strong, it's still a little early to have that type of pressure put on you.

Tina Deese

Holly pitched well again. It's a shame we couldn't get the victory for her tonight. We'll have to go out and get a win in Pensacola tomorrow night. I'm really impressed with the way Holly has thrown this early in the season.

Ben Dell

It could be better than the Barnett. It's in the early days, and I don't think the investment community's really woken up to that yet.

Quincy Lewis

I thought we showed heart getting back in the game. We lost the game early in the third quarter.

James Sullivan

Kids will reach whatever expectation you set for them.

Jim McDonnell

Kids come and they have no expectation that there's anything like that when they're feeding the ducks, ... You can imagine what could occur.

Lynn Gray

I would think you would expect a lot more than (1,000). They may have 10,000 people out there.

Paul Kim

I would say it was a shock. I think a lot of people expected him to remain in tenure for at least another two or three years.

Stone Gossard

J was open to our style from the get-go. They weren't expecting us to do something that was unnatural for us.

Greg Paulus

J.J. is going to get the looks. Sure, he missed his first four 3-pointers, but we knew he'd come back and hit the shots. We expect him to hit them and we look for him all the time.

David Thurtell

I suspect jewelers and other fabricators probably haven't got enough stocks yet. So we can expect some more physical buying.

Billy Donovan

I think it probably means something to their players because they understand what they're representing. A lot of times, it's the past players that they know are watching them that gives them a level of expectation of the way they're supposed to perform. I think that's a good thing for a program.

Steve Fell

It always seems when you least expect it, that's when it really happens. It's a tough thing to really get a feel for.

Jeff Sessions

I would suggest we'd better spend our time investigating how a top-secret program such as this, a program fully shared with congressional leaders, was breached and provided to the media and revealed throughout the world.

Russ Diamond

I think that the voters fully understand what's going on here.

Tim Wagner

American intends to co-operate fully with the DOJ's investigation.

Jon Huntsman

It struck us very hard and just about put us under, ... We still haven't fully recovered, but we'll make it.

Rachel Sheinkin

They didn't know what to make of it in Melbourne. They loved it, and they made it their own. But they did not fully have a sense of competitive academics.

John Harrison

They promise exorbitantly high rates of return, as much as 400 percent, ... They promise that the initial investment will be returned in full, is fully insured and protected by the 'world's top 100 prime banks'; that it's offered only to the wealthy elite, but 'just for you, we're going to let you participate by giving us some money.'

Elisabeth Shue

Like, that was weird in 'Hamlet 2,' because I played myself there, fully myself, but then I realized, 'Oh, I'm not playing myself. I'm some weird version of myself.' So as an actress, you're always playing something, I don't even know who I am, how could I become me? I don't know what that is.

Scott Weiss

One of the rookie mistakes first-time entrepreneurs often make is to be too guarded about their idea - in fact, many will actually spend their first $25,000 on patent lawyers without ever fully vetting their product.

Taissa Farmiga

I can't say that I fully relate to things that I play. Sometimes it's nice to spend half the day crying; then you don't have to do it in real life.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Kevin Towers

Khalil is an exciting, popular player. We think he's going to have a real good year, offensively and defensively.

Herb Cytyrn

Jake is a very good skier and I wouldn't be surprised if he made it to sectionals.

Bill Walsh

I would say that we made a lot of good trades, but that may have been the best.

Alan Greenspan

Keeping out competitively priced goods would materially lower our standard of living.

Tim Kohs

Kayla can guard any kid in the state and make them miserable. In the past, I've always had one or two kids who raised the level of the team by their intensity at practice and their commitment. McCarthy and Finn are as good as any kids I've had like that.

Ken Auletta

Journalists prize independence, not teamwork. Journalists understand waste is inherent to good journalism ... that good reporting and writing is hard to quantify.

Bobby Cox

John is not 100 percent. But if he's 95 percent, that's good enough.

Hector Garcia

John has pretty good quickness for a big guy,

Drew Brees

I couldn't say that was our motivation, but obviously we all knew about it. But Kansas City's 8-4 now, and we've got to go there. So there are plenty of tough tests ahead.

Chuck Neinas

The blue-chippers wouldn't even talk to Kansas State,

Mick Caba

It was interesting talking to Lyonel. When he played for us he was oozing with confidence. When he was at Kansas he was the same way.

Bill Kurtis

I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.

Tony Graffanino

It was tough playing in Kansas City, ... You play to win. When you go out there and lose the majority of your ballgames, it's tough every day. Obviously, this has been exciting.

David Lake

Every ambulance service in Kansas will tell you that shortage of personnel is a primary concern.

Shirley Knight

There's no place to act in Kansas. You're supressed.

Simon Winchester

We should all live in central or southwest Queensland in Australia, which is geologically stable. Or Kansas or Nebraska, because it's relatively geologically stable. I am sure there is no emergency plan for Topeka.

Bert Blyleven

I really like Kansas City Royals stadium - Kauffman Stadium.

Alan Curbishley

He is a local ref and perhaps it is something we have to look at.

Kevin McCarthy

It's regrettable that we're going to spend local property taxes on schools the state would otherwise fund. As I understand it, we don't get back that money.

E. B. White

Its important to do things locally as well, ... impeach.

Scott Henson

They have a structural accountability problem; they're federally funded, state managed and locally staffed, therefore accountable to no one.

Herb Landau

The state, county, and local governments here really don't support us that well.

Jerry Spinelli

I've been writing since I was sixteen. At first, I wrote mostly short stories and poetry. The first thing I ever had published was a poem about a football game. It was printed in my local newspaper.

Brian Sullivan

At the local level, to be able to say that you're doing better than you were, or you're not, is pretty important.

Larry Rogers

Ninety-five percent (of the workers) will be from the local area.

Nathan Moss

I got to thinking of the school system, especially our local school here.

Rebel Wilson

I wrote my own play, 'The Westie Monologues,' about where I'm from in Australia, and it was very successful. From that, I started getting offers from television.

Carl Shapiro

I think it's a very thorny issue, ... I didn't feel that I could offer a clear, strong opinion one way or another on it.

Mike Casey

I did what they wanted, and they offered it, so I think I have it coming,

Robert Duvall

As long as they keep offering me some good parts and so forth - there are some parts out there that fit me pretty well - I'll keep going for a while.

Mukhtar Mai

I offer all the riches I've made out of the panchayat-enforced gang-rape to the president in return for justice.

Jim Payne

If you can only offer one section of Spanish V it makes scheduling difficult.

Mario Puzo

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse (The Godfather)

Wojciech Jaruzelski

incorrect, wrong, shameful. ... I am now offering my sincere apologies.

Jacque Fresco

It is not enough to criticize society without offering a workable alternative.

Austin Wilson

I now what the same sense of security and safety that I used to preach to others about.

Martti Ahtisaari

I know what it's like when you are a refugee, living on the mercy of others and having to adjust.

Charles de Lint

I'm pretty much fixated on certain themes. Family, but it's family of choice as much as family of blood. Individuality, yes, but not at the cost of others' happiness. Be true to your friends. Remembering to find some wonder and hope in the world. Basically it boils down to: treat people like you'd like them to treat you, leave the world a little better than it was when you got here, respect others and stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves.

Anderson Cooper

If you learn the language of loss early, I think you seek out others who have experienced the same thing, who speak that same language of loss.

John Toshack

The six of them did so well with us that I told Brian, 'I will keep the lot of them and send you three of the others from the squad! You can have them instead'.

Amber Klages

The situation here was really unorganized and players would show up if they wanted to while others wouldn't so you couldn't work on plays in practice.

David Allen

Actually I worked with others in small partnerships for most of my career.

English 15th Century Proverbs

Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

Judy Orihuela

There could be others that the locals didn't report to us.

Craig Bellamy

I have seen plenty of level-headed kids, but I don't think I have seen any with his sort of talent.

Ken Dunham

There are plenty of ways to get around all of those things.

Buck Showalter

We had plenty of opportunities to score 10 or 11 runs.

Jim Allchin

there's plenty in there that doesn't require new hardware.

Alexander McCall Smith

There is plenty of work for love to do.

David Fitzgerald

Give yourself plenty of time and take it easy.

Warren Spector

I think plenty of games - from 'Thief' to 'Zelda' - have shown that sneaking around can be fun.

James Smith

Well, it's kind of uncomfortable. You got to put on sweatshirts or wrap up in plenty of covers. I think it could be warmer.

Marcia Clark

We've got plenty of time to get emotional.

Pablo Picasso

If there is something to steal, I steal it.

Barbara Corcoran

You steal the limelight, you steal the market share

Leonard Bernstein

If you're a good composer, you steal good steals.

Jean Harlow

Women like me because I don't look like a girl who would steal a husband. At least not for long.

Brad Meltzer

All writers steal from their own lives.

Anton Chekhov

It's immoral to steal, but you can take things.

Sherill Baker

We just tried to be the aggressor. We were trying to get some steals to set up our scoring.

Jesse Jackson

I had to steal to survive.

Brad Richards

I would say it was one of the better teams I've seen.

Trey Smith

Just the way they work together was really unique. A lot of other teams don't have that.

Bryan McCabe

It will be tough. Not many teams go out there and win too many games.

Devan Downey

They were one of those teams that we were so much better than them, we thought we could turn it on and off.

Camelia Sams

We play a lot of tough teams out of the district. It's tough, but we need the practice.

Daniel Snyder

Some teams are contributing a little more than others. It's really a win-win situation.

Tubby Smith

Teams like this give us a lot of problems.

Flip Saunders

Teams are waiting for us to get things turned up. When that happens, that's when we go on our little runs.

George C. Williams

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

Venus Williams

I'm this overachiever type, I'll just work and work and I'll just do it over and over and over again.

Zach Duke

I'm not unhappy or anything. It's a business. It's kind of a rite-of-passage type of thing.

Man Ray

You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.

Louise Brown

I like many types of music and probably too many to mention here.

Karin Slaughter

I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story.

Keira Knightley

Prince William definitely isn't my type, he's too horsey-looking.

Mary Roberts Rinehart

We are often miserable at our desk or typewriters, but not happy away from them.

Chris McAlister

No sacks, no turnovers. That's not our type of football.

Chris Mack

That's not a 3-point shot, but it's a game-clinching type rebound.