Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mick Leary

We've given Craig the courtesy of talking to him at a later date.

Saint Basil

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

Samuel Johnson

He was so generally civil, that nobody thanked him for it.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

Dan Washburn

This is just a courtesy because we were invited. We have no reason to move the regional.

Michel Alaby

It was a courtesy visit. He is a very pleasant and intelligent man.

Oliver Lozano

They locked me out from the meeting. They did not even give me that courtesy to inform me whether I was invited or not. They made me wait.

Joe Archuleta

The kids have been working really hard at winning the league title. It seems like we have 10,11 or 12 guys that seem to step up. Our courtesy runners are doing a good job. Offensively, one through nine are steady.

Fat Joe

Thanks for all the police protection -- courtesy of G-Unit.

Ken Hill

Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing.

Charles Warren

I was like, 'Wow,' something's going on here, ... Something good is about to happen.

Ramon Hernandez

I was looking for a fastball. I got it on the good part of the bat. It went where no one could get it.

Carl Pohlad

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

Buck Showalter

Kenny was effective. They've seen Kenny so much. They hit some good pitches for hits. He bent, but he didn't break.

Kevin Towers

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

John Crumbley

(Key West) had a tough week this week, but (starting pitcher Daniel) Foltz pitched a good game. It was good to be in this type of pressure situation.

Paul Wood

Kim is a real good person to have on the team because she is fun, but also knows when to take it serious, ... Leshia will play between the midfield and the attack. She is like a new player for us. We hope she can come back healthy.

Morris Gleitzman

Kids who are nine, 10 and 11 are pretty sophisticated readers; they know that there isn't always a good outcome every time and that problems don't always have solutions.

Jay Alford

I was looking to them as the guys that make the plays and run around and get to the ball. So that's what I'm trying to do this year.

Joey Miller

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

John Doherty

Kevin threw three picks early, but he stayed the course, ... He's our No. 1 man and he kept the rest of the guys pushing. He didn't let anything get to him.

Tim Hanson

Jake is a very talented freshman. Our varsity lineup has some guys that will be running varsity for the first time, so it will be interesting to see.

DeShaun Foster

Just like those two guys were different kinds of backs, we got the same thing here,'' Skipper says.

Victor Martinez

I talked to a lot of guys about it. We want to get back out there and prove we can do it.

Daniel Alfredsson

I think it's a different mindset this year. You see how the guys are doing it and you see the possibilities. And you're playing more offensively, so I think the mindset is a lot different in the league right now, too. I think you're getting rewarded for going on the offense, instead of sitting back.

Paul Williams

I think it had to do with the people because some of our guys aren't used to this. It had to do with the crowd. When we got in a huddle, we had to settle down and realize it was just us and them.

Paul Trainor

I think it is the Singaporeans. These guys are readjusting their portfolios.

Susan Murray

kind of hard to get to your car.

Charlie Otero

Knowing the last moments, the last thoughts, the last words was pretty hard to take,

Author unknown

Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and be evil.

Laura Lange

I wouldn't say I've progressed since last year. I don't think I'm going to play in college, so this is my last year playing and I'm going to play as hard as I can.

Mark Mulder

Izzy told me the first time you're traded or released and go somewhere else is the hardest. After that, it's no problem. I can now understand why people say that. It wasn't hard making an adjustment. It was just different.

Joe Jones

Joe has really been positive throughout this whole thing. He's worked hard to get back to being the player that he once was. We're hoping he's going to be able to do that.

Jerry Snyder

I talked to the coach; he said that'd be great. He's actually one of the reasons I'm pushing so hard is because he was so enthusiastic about it. I think if I do get to play I'm going to love that coach.

David Beckham

I think it is better for the team to have a regular penalty-taker rather than me who hardly ever takes them for Real,

Denny Green

I think in two years we probably only have 17 players that were on the 2003 team. We have worked very hard at changing.

Kelly Shackelford

Kids are being told they can't mention God.

Andy Schulz

Kids were making plays all over the place. They refused to lose. We refused to lose. Time just ran out. Fortunately, we were ahead.

Lionel Anderson

Kids walking to school are getting offered rides, players are getting let in line at the cafeteria, people are doing little things to show support. It's really great.

Linda Jones

Kids today need to know that people think they're special. Each day and each thing that they do is so precious.

R. L. Stine

Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.

Lisa Murray

Kids saw their town from a different perspective, through the lens of a camera.

John Lawrence

Kids need to try different things. They're making us do this and we shouldn't be doing this. There is no reason.

Patty Murray

Kids need something in this town to do,

Amy Ziff

Kids have to stretch their legs more than adults. Make sure you let them expend some energy.

Don Breaux

He is so physical without the ball. He does things nobody else in the league does.

Travis Hafner

When you get to the big leagues, you need to take potential and turn it into performance. You want to be the guy who got the most out of his ability, not the guy who never fulfilled his potential.

Rex Ryan

I know we'll lead the league in defense.

Willie Mays

Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.

Vladimir Lenin

I must say that the tasks of the youth in general, and of the Young Communist Leagues and all other organisations in particular, might be summed up in a single word: learn.

Yasser Arafat

If there is any Arab problem we can solve it inside the Arab League. But we are going to deal with the other side, with the Israelis.... It is not me who will decide who will invite, to speak frankly. It is not me, it is not the Arab side, it is not the Israelis who will decide who will invite.

Zebulon Pike

I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms.

Jay Oxley

Our league will be tough. Telluride has been tearing it up down south.

Rodney Selph

Our league is so tough and we don't have a lot of nights where we could do this. It was a nice team effort.

Gary Patterson

I think that nine times out of 10, Oklahoma wins this game, ... Today was our one.

Tim Gordon

I think what you see is nine very proud parents today because this is our baby.

Michael Owen

He even offered to give up his number nine shirt but I have declined. Number 10 will do for me.

Jeff Bowden

He does that several times during the game. And nine times out of 10, he's right.

Bobby Bowden

He does that several times during the game, ... And nine times out of 10, he's right.

W. C. Fields

I never smoked a cigar in my life until I was nine

William Feather

Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.

Rudyard Kipling

There are nine-and-sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, And every single one of them is right.

Ron Robson

I play for six or seven teams in Florida. I sometimes play nine or 10 times a week.

Tom Woodruff

We may tweak things a little bit. When we get runners on base, we have to get them around to score. We will do what ever it takes.

Robinson Cano

I am a better hitter with runners in scoring position.

Nick Johnson

It's very frustrating. We had some opportunities, and we didn't get it done. I had runners on second and third with one out. You have to find a way to get it in.

Chris Bryant

That's been the story of our year. We just can't score runs when we need to and get runs in when we've got runners in scoring position.

Bill Rodgers

That's fine; we runners are, after all, up for a challenge.

Nancy Gibbs

A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient.

Bob Curran

He did shoot around with us. He seems to be fine.

Tony Oller

Let's be honest, Netflix has stepped up its game up. It seems to have a lot more of an assortment of stuff.

Mike Sherman

He seems to understand that this is a big year for him. And I think he wants to do something about that.

Rick Comley

He seems to be right on top of things and very alert. We've always had trouble with him.

Kevin Burton

He's had team success, but it seems like he's always come up a little short.

Hans Blix

I think it seems ... they are making an effort.

David Walton

I think a lot of guys you see - there seems to be this thing where you can have all the fun in the world, but in the end of the day, there's no one to share it with.

Virginia Woolf

We insist, it seems, on living.

Robert Johnson

History seems to be so clumsy.

Darren Testa

He was a big surprise. He really stepped up for us.

Ozzie Guillen

He did it all today. He showed up big. He stepped up and did a tremendous job.

Jose Guillen

He's a competitor. He is going to give you what he has. He's always going to battle. Trust me, he's going to step it up for his team. That's what he did when I was there in Oakland.

Jeff Borris

He's always had the weight of the world on his shoulders. But when he steps on the field, he's got tunnel vision.

Frank Beamer

He's a tough kid. I'm disappointed for Jimmy, but if he can't go, it's time for Brandon Frye to step it up.

Dana Smith

I think it's a wonderful step for our department.

Dave Dombrowski

I think it's an important year for the organization. We need to take a step forward.

Robert Garcia

I think you really have stepped it up a notch, and it's been noticed.

Jim Haslett

I was disappointed in the way we tackled. All in all, I thought we took a step backward.

Richard Petty

If you ain't trying to cheat a little, you ain't likely to win much.

Richard Petty

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Richard P. Feynman

Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something.

Richelle Mead

This isn’t a game. We don’t want mediocre employees who can keep the status quo. We want souls. We want to win. And you’ve spent most of your time here being mediocre.

Retief Goosen

You can't really measure your game. You can shoot seven under and lose and you can shoot even and win.

Ronaldinho

My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 - that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the one I am most proud of. Xavi chipped the ball to me, I chested it down, twisted and hit an overhead kick. It was the final goal in a 4-0 win.

Ronda Rousey

The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I was lucky enough to go twice, but most people only get one chance. And in judo you can train your whole life and it'll come down to a split second: You can lose everything or win anything.

Ron Atkinson

Huddersfield will want to win this one.

Roger Martin

The two most fundamental strategic choices are deciding where to play and how to win.