Famous Quotes & Sayings

Peter Capaldi

I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my parents couldn't have afforded it.

Dale Jarrett

It accelerated everything a hundred-fold. There are things that we have put into place today that we'd still just be considering, but that made us realize that we couldn't afford to have that happen again.

Shaun Rinier

I think it's a good contract. I think it's fair to both sides. I think it's affordable to the taxpayers. I don't think this contract is going to break the bank.

Stephen Kenny

It appears to me that Saddam Hussein will be afforded a trial that represents a fairer system of justice than what David Hicks will receive.

Shakira

I never thought it was fair for an 8-year-old child not to be able to afford shoes, or to wander the streets having to beg for money. To know that child's joy would end soon, when they realised there was no future.

Sean McGowan

The only thing that is a problem at Mattel is the one thing it cannot afford to be a problem.

Rich Conover

I think it's a must win game. We want to reestablish a winning streak at home. Within the conference you can't afford to lose too many games.

Janice Terry

It costs to much to have them dug up. There's a lot of people said the same thing. If they could afford to have them dug up they would be removed.

Robert Ward

There is going to be a large volume of water brought to the surface in the process. We can't afford to waste that water.

Bill Gleason

God really has cursed the sports fans of Chicago. It defies the law of averages when you think about it: 1908 and 1917. God didn't want it to happen. But if the White Sox ever win again, they'll probably set off a hydrogen bomb.

Nick Vandewalle

The hardest thing is trying to keep everybody happy. We're sharing minutes, and that means some scoring averages go down. But the bonus is having that depth, which we didn't have last year.

John Brady

Darrell is the key for everything that we do. He plays 35-38 minutes a game (officially averages 36.6) for us.

Don Edwards

Our English for Speakers of Other Languages wait list averages about 400 and we update it once a month. In our pre-GED program, we get 80-100 applications per month throughout the year. People can be on the wait list for too long. We don't have enough to meet the demand.

Jay Ofsanik

You may be able to get away with bad habits 10 times. But all it takes is one time and the law of averages catches up with you.

Chris Quinn

Those are the four guys we're counting on to score for us. We're returning four guys with averages in the 70s, and that's key in golf. Definitely, we're going to be counting on those four guys to score for us -- night in and night out.

Lexa Larsen

She led mostly by example. When we needed a big play, she came up with it. She's capable of scoring 30 points in a night, but she averages about 11 points because she does such a good job of getting all of her teammates involved.

Vin Scully

If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That's the kind of thing that I love to do.

Michael Moran

The decline was sharper than expected, but the reading was still respectable and in line with the averages that were in place right before the hurricane hit in late August.

Shawn Scobee

I was in there three or four times every day during the week. I went before class and after class and before practice and then after batting practice. I think I spent more time in the training room than I did in class this week.

Randy Young

John has a knack for making things happen batting where he does.

Yuniesky Betancourt

I think batting ninth really gives me a chance to see everything that the pitches has. I've probably seen him throw all his pitches to the first eight hitters.

Bennett King

I think tonight we just did not play very smart at all. We were in a good position from our batting perspective but there were some things with our bowling as well, they were all combined. It was not any one person's fault or any one person's non-performance, it was a combination of a number of things.

Eddie Guardado

Last year I mostly only pitched bullpens and batting practice. I went into the season without pitching in a big league game. But I was feeling great. So we're trying to keep the same routine here.

Roberto Hernandez

I didn't miss any bullpen sessions. I just missed batting practice. You can throw all of the bullpens you want, and it's just not the same.

Joe Girardi

He will take batting practice today, and we'll make an evaluation. We'll see how it feels.

Rahul Dravid

Our batting in both innings, the top order especially, let us down.

Bill Lee

Part of the fun is watching kids take batting practice and run around the field and create memories.

Kelly Williams

I always felt his game was ready (for the NBA). I was concerned about the off-the-court issues and mentally.

Craig Patrick

He didn't make the trip because in the third period last night he was having a recurrence of an irregular heartbeat. Obviously, we're concerned about it, so we left him at home.

Scott Matthews

Here at the Green Design Initiative, we're concerned that most will go to landfills,

J. Nichols

hard-working, self-educated and nurturing man. A concerned and a devoted father.

Michael Carty

I think the energy prices are going to overhang us for a while, maybe a good long while. It's looking like there's going to be a problem with fuel prices again, and the markets are concerned the consumer is going to be tapped out by the end of the year.

John Caverly

I was concerned that was going to come back to haunt us. Fortunately, we were able to come back and make some plays, but we have to get better in short-yardage situations.

Linda Richards

I was concerned that she would be interested in the job so that she could work out her own demons.

George Clooney

I was concerned that, if we had an actor who did a perfect impersonation of him, people would say we're making him too arch.

Bobby Bowden

I was concerned it was slipping away from us. I was very concerned.

Joe Mays

I like my friends to be the hitters. The pitchers, they all have the same brain as I do. The hitters see the game from a different perspective.

Jim Tracy

We know he's very capable. He has the pitches to get major-league hitters out.

Randy Wilstead

She's one of the most pure hitters I've had.

Matt Parker

I could have squeezed there, but I had two left-handed hitters up, so it was a tough call.

Tyler Perry

For as low as you go, ask God to take you that high.

Mary Badham

If more people would try and reach up instead of going to the lowest common denominator, I think we'd be a lot better off.

Karen Ignagni

In many cases, the plans have negotiated lower rates than Medicaid with pharmaceutical companies.

Bill Richardson

In my estimation, the sense was they have a small number on the lower end of one to five, ... My sense was two. But I can't verify that.

Hector Elizondo

You know, a low budget, you have to work harder. You have to plan well; you don't have much time to rehearse.

Travis Miner

After the play was over, she said she was having pains in her lower stomach. So I went and told the preacher.

Bud Shark

That sounds like an impossibly low amount, but it was enough.

Kim Carnes

Hope you're pleased with the crumbs she throws you.

Barry Hyman

The market is exhibiting the typical end-of-year patterns of low volume, lackluster trading and little volatility.

Robert Vega

He didn't want to go home. From what we know, he spent the past two nights sleeping in the woods.

Paul Stephenson

I think we were the better side on the night.

David Dinkins

I don't find myself sitting up nights saying, whom should I support?

Richelle Mead

Because it’s our duty to God to protect the rest of humanity from evil creatures of the night.

Richelle Mead

There would be no wedding for me. No bridal hopes. Not with Seth, not with anyone. Those things were lost to me forever. There was only an eternity alone, no lifelong lovers, only those I shared a night with…. - Georgina

Richelle Mead

I lost track of day and night too. My time was divided into Dimitri and not-Dimitri. He was my world. When he wasn't there, the moments were agony.

Renee Zellweger

Sometimes I wake up at night and go, 'Oh, damn! Here we go again! What were they thinking? They gave me this role; don't they know I'm faking it?

Ron Atkinson

We haven't had a strategic free kick all night. No one's knocked over attackers ad-lib.

Trace Adkins

I don't do the same show on any two nights.

Mark Mulder

There's a lot of pitchers who've got it. That's an out pitch for them. It's a big pitch.

Mike Reagan

Didn't throw a strike. (Miller) was all over the place.I don't think I have seen an inning like that inning in the first inning. Our pitchers didn't get it done today.

Chuck Hernandez

I don't think it's that unusual for young pitchers starting out to struggle a little bit.

Jeff Blauser

Our pitchers have pitched well from our starters to our bullpen. We have a tight pitch-count program here and every one of the pitchers has pitched well. I am proud of them.

Alex Rodriguez

We need to just take what the pitchers give us.

Kate Robinson

Yeah, I would like more pitching time, but our (starting) pitchers are doing well, so wherever I'm needed, wherever there's an opening.

Gene Lamont

The players and pitchers keep themselves in better shape year-round. They never let themselves get out of shape.