Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Satris

Ray Allen has been fully punished, more than if he'd been executed in a quick and efficient way. It's just a kind of torture to do it like this.

Jane Howard

Our engineering and construction crew, with the cooperation of the cities of Fort Wayne and New Haven, as well as Allen County and the other utilities, made (it possible).

Jon Barry

People pretty much think if you see cornrows, earrings and tattoos, they equate it to thug. That's the perception. But I know Allen Iverson. He seems like a pretty good guy.

John Calipari

The thing I've tried to tell each of these players is be ready for your moment. What if I only play Andre Allen eight minutes this game because Darius is really playing well? What if this game is better-suited for Kareem Cooper than it is Joey Dorsey? What I'm trying to tell our players is that you have to live with that and march on to the next game, and that may be your game and your opportunity to be the star.

Nate Robinson

Iverson was telling me to listen to him because he's going to make you better. I just try to picture Allen saying it instead of Coach because then I can relate to it because I know he's been in my same shoes.

Deron Williams

It was tough because we tried to play good D. Allen Iverson is definitely one of the best players. He's the toughest person I've ever had to guard.

Douglas Wood

I used to love Woody Allen but feel he's become a hack as a director. Bullets Over Broadway is the only film of his I've enjoyed in the last 10 years.

Bruce Wood

This is going to be a very attractive job, because Allen has such a reputation in the area. We have nearly 70 years of superintendent experience and we know a lot of people in the state and superintendents.

Chauncey Billups

This is a team that, right now, looks like we will be playing in the first round. They are a difficult team. They have guys that can get going. Of course they have Allen Iverson, who is probably the best scorer over the past 10 years of this league.

Iain Dowie

As far as I am concerned Andrew Johnson is and will be a Crystal Palace player. We want to get him back in the Premiership where he deserves to play. If at any stage Andrew comes to me and tells me something different, then that is different. But I have only heard positive things from Andrew.

W. S. Gilbert

The brain is big in every sport, ... Andre has become a swollen brain out there. He doesn't go for winners on every ball. That's what Andy is striving to do. That's what we are striving for. He's like a piece of clay right now. I don't think it's good thing at any sport if you're too good at 21 or it's too easy. You have to keep working and keep improving and he can do that. He's 21 and he's getting better.

Malcolm Gladwell

Do you remember the wrestler Andre the Giant? Famous. He had acromegaly.

Chuck D.

I wanted to get Bobby and Andre in the game. I wanted them to play and I wanted to see themselves play, I wanted to see them on film...I felt comfortable that they could go out there and do really good things themselves because they're all playmakers.

Karen Hill

I wanted Andre to grow up and be the man God wanted him to be.

Cilla Black

After Fergie and Prince Andrew honeymooned at Le Touessrok in Mauritius, Bobby, my late husband, and I were first to stay in their suite. We enjoyed the benefits - all the spoils and the special luxuries. We practically had our own private beach, and it was most romantic.

Jeff Malone

I wanted to bring in another point guard, just in case Andre would get called up. I didn't want to be left empty handed.

George Patrylak

Technically, and Andrew knows, he should be our third man so that was a huge race. Devon ran a huge race for a freshman.

S. Hughes

Zach and Andre won a tiebreaker 10-7 and played great together. They were outstanding, especially since they had never been teamed up before.

Tommy Thompson

What we're going to do as a department is to collaborate and to cooperate and partnership with the people of Iraq to rebuild that medical system back to what it was in the 1970s,

Paul Turner

But we're going in after a better game in Edinburgh and we have Mike Owen, Gareth Cooper and Steve Jones back.

Brian Grazer

He's the most real, down-to-earth guy I've worked with. George is as comfortable talking to a film crew as he is talking with a director or star. He's got an old-fashioned sense of modesty and style. He's our modern-day Gary Cooper or Cary Grant.

Pete Carroll

We'll cooperate fully and do whatever we can to assist.

Mark Geragos

I don't see any reason in the world not to cooperate at this point, because I think this is going to exonerate him. And that's what he's looking for.

Kofi Annan

I was encouraged by what he said in the speech that he will cooperate with the U.N. investigation. I think that is essential and is good for Syria to cooperate. It is good for the region and the international system so I am happy that he did indicate he would cooperate,

Jeff Tedford

He's been one that has been cooperating. None of our players have been implicated with any wrongdoing. We're doing everything we can to cooperate with the investigation.

Hu Jintao

I hope my visit will strengthen dialogue, deepen cooperation.

Ibrahim Jaafari

I hope they will cooperate with us now,

Mark Freeze

Back in May we were worried. We thought we'd be lucky to win eight or nine games.

Todd Bertuzzi

Pronger said I couldn't have 44 until 2010. I said I wasn't going to be around until 2010. Eight is too small a number so I thought I'd go to the next four in the line.

Thomas Gardner

Our shots just weren't going in. But we were still able to hold them to 28 points and only be down eight at the half.

Bob Hilmer

Our eight seniors have played hard for three years, so I wanted to let them have some fun today. We wanted to give as many people minutes as we could while still being competitive. They got away from us, but I think our kids still enjoyed themselves.

Tim Bayard

People don't want to come out. They say they have enough water and food to sustain themselves. They don't understand. It's going to take six to eight weeks before the electricity comes on.

Ed Mitchell

Of the eight sitting judges, I've helped elect five or six of them.

Suresh Kalmadi

Of the eight new venues, five will be outdoors and three indoors.

Dave Smart

Of our top eight guys, two are first-year players, three are second-year, and two are third-year ... There will be some experience issues.

Mike Hogan

Of our five kids who placed from our section, three are seniors. We had a pretty young team here. I think eight of our wrestlers were first-time sectional champions.

Bill Keefer

Any game without a strikeout, I'm happy with.

John Chaney

Any game we win is an ugly win.

Ron Dayne

Any road game is going to be tough. We just have to get our mind right and be ready to play.

George Khoury

Any poultry on sale in an unregulated market and any pigeons or game are now culled.

Bill Belichick

Any players that haven't been in the playoffs need to do everything they've done before and more to try to prepare. You can't simulate a playoff game in practice. You can't simulate it anywhere.

Clint Hurdle

as good a game as you will see here

Kevin Osnes

As a team, we have to understand that the game starts inside-out.

Curt Grottenthaler

As a team, it was a real good, solid performance to start the season out. It's good to get on the positive side of things in the first game and start getting a little confidence.

Jonte Flowers

As a team, we stay loose and really take it one game at a time. We know how important each game is. We just go out there and have fun.

Chad Hedrick

We should be talking about other people. We should be talking about Joey and I, because we've already been standing up there on the podium.

Bob Lilley

Joey and J.J. matched up well up front. We were unlucky not to get a second and third.

Chris Quest

Even if we marched without the uniforms, even if we marched without the marching 100, you know, it's in us, you can't take our spirit away.

Sam Smith

Tuesday, March 7, Dumpsters will be in place, so they can turn in their garbage.

Barry McGuire

Marches alone won't bring integration when human respect is disintegratin

Jenny Williams

We were marching to say we want more than day to day survival.

Warren G. Bennis

Cicero talks, and people marvel; Ceasar talks and people march

Brad Shaw

Sometimes it's better to take 30 minutes out of your day and talk about something other than hockey.

Paul Whitworth

And we're 35 minutes away from Silicon Valley,

Amy Poehler

The minute anyone makes you feel weird and non-included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it.

Anne Robinson

I do have a rule that very few meetings are worth more than ten minutes.

Sara Lewis

Unfortunately that wasn't done until 20 minutes into the call.

Stephenie Meyer

I thought about that for a minute - about what I wanted.

Stephen Chbosky

After a few minutes, it was time for me to leave. I don't know who decides these things. It just happens.

Ron White

Diamonds - that'll shut her up... for a minute!

Hillary Clinton

I feel like every day, every minute I have to make the most of.

Kevin Kerr

The switch is not going to be that smooth. Within the next 14 days, I think we are going to see prices steadily climb.

Joni Pitkanen

Now I know how he wants me to play. This is a big year for me. I want to step up to the next level.

Arnold Palmer

Tell you what ... I'll wear it at the next tournament I play in.

Gordon Hamilton

This is something that we could see in the next decade.

Mike Lamb

This is one of the most resilient teams I've been on. Whether we get shut out, whether we lose, whether we win this team the next day, it doesn't faze them,

Barbara Kingsolver

The last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment.

Bashar al-Assad

This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.

Arianna Huffington

I'm pulling out, and I'm going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over the next week working to defeat the recall because I realize now that's the only way to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Susan B. Anthony

I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before.

Jonny Lee Miller

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

Clive Woodward

This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,

Mustafa Shakur

This is an opportunity to be around pros and watch Steve going around the court, trying to pick up some things.

Alexa Posny

This is an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime.

Kate Buckley

That opportunity made me realize I wanted to be a director,

Arthur Miller

The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom. The witch-hunt was not, however, a mere repression. It was also, and as importantly, a long overdue opportunity for everyone so inclined to express publicly his guilt and sins, under the cover of accusations against the victims.

Brenda Strong

We are all being called to be more present than ever, while dealing with a more challenging array of personal and professional challenges, opportunities and all-around growth.

Brad Pitt

When you first get opportunities, suddenly you get surrounded by a lot of people who want to make money off you but also are there to help. But they start telling you so much what you need to be and what you need to do to maintain some idea of career maintenance.

Jane Fonda

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

John Grammer

As coaches, we tell the players to make plays and that's what they did. We made some big plays to win at the end, especially Derek Carver.

Randy Carlyle

Our expectations are that we're going to try to play an uptempo game, and our players seem to have responded positively to that.

Dottie Pepper

Other players find out if you're not doing that sort of stuff. You don't want to take the 'I'm special' attitude.

James Grant

The teams they've come up against, individually, you probably say have better players than (the Tigers),

Mary Pinkowski

Some teams have 6-3 players who play like our guards.

H. Hart

Some players ... they're better unprepared, maybe. Just go out there and wing it. That's how he is.

Daniela Hantuchova

Some players prefer to play one point after another. I prefer to take more time. There's nothing you can do about it.

Felipe Alou

Some players leaned on them. It should be a lot more relaxed.

Dave Esquer

Some players have to play and have to play well for us to be the team we want to be.

Dwane Casey

As long as he is playing at that level, he is our starting center.

Robert Ramos

Railroad tracks aren't anything to be playing with.

Bronson Arroyo

Probably as soon as I turn on the TV and see the Red Sox playing and I'll be playing somewhere else.

Carl Jackson

Oh, he was playing terrible before the tournament.

Dan Anderson

Northbrook was playing pretty tough today and we struggled out there (but) there's no time for us to get upset about today because we have to get right back at it in Two Rivers.

Daniel Gibson

After the first half, we got the jitters out of the way. We started playing basketball.

Bob Schaefer

After we went up 10 we stopped playing the rest of the half. They were more aggressive. We took a 10-point lead, and we were down (eight) at halftime.

Nobuhiko Matsunaka

After seven years, I'll be 39, but I want to keep playing until I'm 40.

Paul Troth

Defensively, we're making tremendous strides. We're playing smarter and better.

Frank Robinson

Ready or not, here it comes. It's not going to wait for us.

Jeff Suppan

Really I'm just getting ready to pitch, whenever that is.

Robert Dozier

Definitely. It's going to be a fast-paced game, and we'll be ready for it.

Austin Boyce

The system he has is set up for the underclassmen to step up. When you're a senior, you're ready to be a leader.

Ray Scott

Somebody that's 0-8 or someone 8-0, it doesn't make any difference, you have got to be ready to play in this conference.

Bill Shepherd

Sail her well, ... I am ready to be relieved.

Jake Peavy

It was an ER in there at 6:30, getting me ready to go out.

Rick Barnes

It was about like getting ready for a trip to the dentist.

Jose Castillo

I've been working out every day and I feel very strong. I'm ready to go.

Doc Sadler

We tried some things. A triangle-and-two, some zone. And they made some shots.

Phil Budervic

We tried not to do that, because that's kind of unfair. But when we need a basket...that's who we're going to.

Dirk Nowitzki

We tried a lot of things that game, but he's just that good.

James Simpson

We all tried to get the word out any way possible. Did it help? Who knows. For all we know, the chopper was already on the way. But it did get attention, and now they're safe.

Denny McCrotty

We tried to manufacture some runs, it was too much. That's kind of been our story for some kind now." ()

Kylan Robinson

She tried to make it, but it was too late.

Grant Hill

I would probably say yes. I don't see getting another surgery. We tried it. It didn't work. I don't see doing another.

Bob Enos

We've tried surgery, medications, and nothing has changed.

Tom Daschle

We've tried all the voluntary options, ... They have all failed. We know what we've got to do.

Cilla Black

Really, I'm trying to retire. It's just nobody will let me!

Ian Mckellen

On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.

Ariel Rechtshaid

I've always had this impression that notoriety came when you're trying to get notoriety.

Joss Whedon

I usually write things in my head before I ever write them down. When I write it out, usually I've already figured out what it is I'm trying to do.

Jeremy Moore

I've always been trying to be a writer. This is the first thing I've ever finished.

David Dunn

The most important thing that we're trying to do,

Domo Genesis

Sometimes, when I'm trying to get my thoughts out, and I'm thinking too fast, I stutter.

Marsha Thomsen

Right now, we are all just trying to adjust.

Craig Venter

I spent 10 years trying to find one gene.