Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers is the staff ace but he'll be hard pressed to match his 13 wins from last year while serving as the Twins' fifth starter.

Travis Hafner

He's a guy that's very well respected on the team - the ace of the staff. It's a huge pick-me-up for everybody to have him back on the mound.

James Blake

His serve is a joke. Sometimes it doesn't matter how you return. He can ace you out of a game. If he's hitting his spots, serving at 140 mph from that angle, there's not much you can do except say 'good serve' and move on and not get frustrated. I have to focus on holding serve like I did today.

Jim Beattie

I think the market is probably going to be pretty fair. I don't know if there's an ace pitcher out there that's going to be available. But there are plenty of position players, and some No. 3 starters.

David Strathairn

I think they were being kind saying that. Murrow read his stuff, so I had that ace in the hole. If I froze in front of the camera, I could always just look down. But George said, 'We want you looking at the camera a little bit more than reading, OK?' ... And it was scary.

Andre Agassi

I was a bit discouraged there in the fourth. He went through a stretch there where I was lucky if every third point, I was in the point. He was hitting ace after ace. I just needed a chance, and I didn't get that till the fifth.

Todd Pratt

He's doing what an ace should do. He's our ace, that's the bottom line.

Scott Petersen

The range is what has made Hill so valuable. It is our ace in the hole.

Christopher Meyer

We may have been the junior partner in the enterprise, but the ace up our sleeve was that America did not want to go it alone.

Edward Davis

Judge Moore assured me that he would be able to meet the deadlines that judge Hoeveler set,

Antonio Tarver

He was beat by a better fighter. Period. I am one of the best fighters in the world. Give me my credit. You all thought I would be one-punch happy but I passed my test. I did my homework. I took nothing for granted. I wasn't assured of victory until they raised my hand.

Bob Lee

Whatever the outcome on Sunday you can rest assured that while Brett may not have gone into the event 100 per cent fit, he will have given it 100 per cent effort.

Tim Tompkins

We take it for granted that crime continues to go down, the economy is strong and tourism has grown. Those things weren't assured four years ago.

Sam Mitchell

When I put him in the lineup as a small forward, I told him it was on a game-to-game basis. He assured me he wasn't going to relinquish the position.

Kevin Bettencourt

I think we saw more of Kansas last year because they were on TV more. The coaches have assured us they have tape on everybody and they've already gone through it.

Bruce Bochy

He's done a terrific job for us, ... I assured him it had nothing to do with the game.

Tipu Munshi

He has assured us to tag our priority items into the list of 97 per cent products to be given duty-free access.

Stephen Mandel

rest assured they have a good police department and they are trying to solve these crimes.

Bob Swank

Having Scott in the top five made me very happy. We would like to have beaten Western, but we were two points short.

Sandy Botham

Hats off to Butler. They played an incredible game. On top of that they came in with a chip on their shoulder. They haven't beaten us in a while. They came in and played with great confidence and great intensity and held strong.

Mark McGrath

He's a good wrestler, and tonight he wrestled extremely well. Who's to say he wouldn't have beaten Malachi if he'd been healthy.

Darrell Royal

He looked like he was going to score every time he touched the ball. They probably could have beaten us every time we played them.

Ron Gardenhire

Our outfield's been beaten up pretty bad, and Jacque's the one guy that needs to step up. And he's been doing that.

Terry Wallace

In the past two years, sides beaten by 100 points or more - 70 per cent have won the next week. It doesn't mean it happens automatically, but people come out pretty determined.

Arthur Newman

In the past, they have beaten earnings estimates somewhat spectacularly.

Linda Jay

In the case of the tech sector, I think they've been so beaten up that I don't think there's much more negative news that can hurt it.

Sam Stovall

If you were to buy those industries that in the prior 12 months had beaten the S&P 500, if you had purchased those, held them for another 12 months, you indeed over the past 10 years would have beaten the market seven of those 10 times.

Keke Palmer

I don't wish for anything. Wishing for a million dollars feels greedy. I just wish for the best for me.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

Krispy Kreme claims the 'batter is the best part.' Same with an Obama speech. It's all about what's on the outside, not what's inside.

Katherine Paterson

The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears.

Larry Hughes

I was just dealing with it, playing through it, but I knew something was wrong. This was the best time to do it. If it was later in the year, I would've kept playing.

Evgeni Nabokov

Kipper is a confident guy right now back there and, defensively, they're one of the best teams in the league. Their identity is they're not going to score four or five goals, they're going to score two or three, but it's going to be enough to win.

Mike Gansey

Kevin is one of the best all-around players in the conference. He's obviously one of the best shooters and his inside play has improved this season. Kevin is a big part of our team.

Bill Schneider

Kerry's line is, 'If this is the best we can do, we're in trouble,'

Peter Laviolette

I would think that we're going to take the best players available.

Greg Mason

Jacobson had his best game of the year and I was most encouraged by his defense.

Chuck Darby

He was a good kid. I'd see him on the practice field. He would ride on the team planes. This is a tough situation and my heart goes out to the family.

Dick Vermeil

He wants to play. I trust him because I know how unselfish he is. If he didn't think he could step in and run our game plan, he would tell me. As you saw on the practice field today, he's very sharp. He knows what he's doing.

Jose Gonzalez

He keeps getting better all the time, and today he was sharp. It was a good field and this was a good win.

Willie Randolph

He knows his body, he knows what he has to do to get ready. He might not have been on the field a lot (in Florida), but I trust him. And when he tells me he s ready to go, I give him the ball.

Hines Ward

He laid it on the line. He's lying there hurt on the ground, and he said to me, 'At least we're in field goal range.

Tim Cleland

This was one of the toughest, if not the toughest, fields we've had.

Michael Vick

Guys are four and five yards down the field and I'm throwing bullets. You can't do that.

Bruce Arena

I think the first half we were a little sloppy in different parts of the field, but I think in the second half we were much more solid. Obviously, we could have scored more goals.

Mike Schafer

We took the guys to see Lambeau Field yesterday, and that's all they were talking about. Maybe they were still talking about it in the first period today.

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.

Herb Cytyrn

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

Walter Robb

I would say it was about a month ago and I had an offer in my pocket and I was ready to sell. If I had not been able to find a good parent team, I would have sold. Then we had a meeting with Carolina.

Danny Bonaduce

It's weird because horses kind of come and go in my life.

Matt Howard

He's a tough horse, he's been training very well here.

Ben Howland

He's going to be with our trainer all night. It will take a team of horses to keep him out.

Dakota Fanning

I had never been around horses at all. That's why I wanted to do it.

Rashad Anderson

You've got to get some horses, man. You've got to get some more players in. No knock on the players now, but you've got to get some horses in there. Get the right pieces to the puzzle.

J. R. R. Tolkien

That is Shadowfax. He is cheif of the Maeras, lords of all horses, and not even Theoden, King of Rohan, has ever looked on a better. Does he not shine like silver, and run as smoothly as a swift stream?

Bible Bible

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

Mason Phelps

They don't have any room. There's no place to put these horses.

Karen Hechler

There were 100 horses in the parade from the Davidson Works alone. About 25,000 people saw the parade which lasted from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Kings are like stars, - they rise and set, they have - The worship of the world, but no repose

Thomas Carew

Here lies a King that ruled, as he thought fit, / The universal monarchy of wit.

Rob Zombie

I am like the Jack Nicholson of the Kings - every single game. If there was a game tonight I wouldn't be here. I used to play hockey. That was my original thing. My first thing, I wanted to play professional hockey

Richard Petty

I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.

Richelle Mead

Is he having a party?" "Dorian is a sociable king. He likes keeping people around him, mostly so he can mock them.

Russell Brand

... And drinking neat liquor from the bottle, with all my long hair and my shirt undone and my beads, not so much the lizard king, more a gecko duchess, I fitted in nicely with their idea of what a creative person should be.

Ron Atkinson

Yordi circumnavigated Ledley King there.

Travie McCoy

A pound of Alaskan king crab legs and buffalo shrimp = happy Travie.

Rick Riordan

And in the fountain squatted a giant crab. I’m not talking ‘giant’ like $7.99 all-you-can-eat Alaskan king crab. I’m talking ‘giant’ like bigger than the fountain.

Tony Blair

I think their real problem is that they have still not recovered from Mrs Thatcher going,

King George V

Is it possible that my people live in such awful conditions? I tell you, Mr Wheatley, that if I had to live in conditions like that I would be a revolutionary myself.

Virginia Woolf

It is a thousand pities never to say what one feels.

Kevin Nelson

It's disappointing, but I can understand Mr Kosmina's decision,

Oprah Winfrey

Mr. Right is coming, but he's in Africa and he's walking.

Natalie Massenet

Net-a-Porter offers catwalk fashion and trend-driven shopping, but for Mr Porter, while fashion is still important, style is key.

Jane Austen

My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?

Jane Austen

I am not romantic, you know; I never was.

Jane Austen

Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.

Edwin Whipple

Knowledge, like religion, must be ''experienced'' in order to be known.

Murray Walker

You have to say what comes into your head, and sometimes the wrong words come, in the wrong order or I'd make prophecies which immediately turned out to be wrong.

Bobby Hernandez

He refused several orders to get out of the street, and he was arrested.

Dave Foreman

He's just got to be consistent. In order to pitch in the big leagues, you've got to be consistent.

Plaxico Burress

We've got to get things in order off the field, too.

Ronda Rousey

People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.

Umberto Eco

The order that our mind imagines is like a net, or like a ladder, built to attain something. But afterward you must throw the ladder away, because you discover that, even if it was useful, it was meaningless.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Mr. Rockefeller is due to entertain munificently at breakfast, and make his pitch. My advice to one invited guest was: Order caviar, and then say No.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

The socialized state is to justice, order, and freedom what the Marquis de Sade is to love.

Dick Jauron

I haven't even thought about it, and we haven't spoken about it.

Charley Casserly

I haven't spoken with him yet, but I will.

Mike Vogel

They're very quiet. You can tell that there's something that they're about to do. They have the track walks before the race. They go and do their thing, and not a word is spoken between any of them. They're just staring at the track.

Stephen Hess

Besides, he's already spoken extensively about the hurricanes.

Sachin Tendulkar

I think I have already spoken a lot. Now it is time for me to play.

Horace

It will be practicable to blot written words which you do not publish; but the spoken word it is not possible to recall. [Lat., Delere licebit Quod non edideris; nescit vox missa reverti.]

Nadine Gordimer

Too much will be speculated about him, too much spoken about him, too much written about him,

Jose Andres Puerta

In Hong Kong, 'wonton' means swallowing a cloud.

Larry Walker

It's tough to swallow. It's tough to swallow for everyone in this clubhouse.

Marian Keyes

No more humiliation for me, thanks very much. No more swallowing my anger. Honestly, I couldn't manage another mouthful. But it was delicious. Did you make it yourself?

O. J. Simpson

Some things can swallow other things whole, but this is a chew-up-and-swallow meal.

Ann Voskamp

Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency.

Mark David Chapman

I've pent up all my aggression, kept swallowing it and swallowing it.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Swallowing angry words before you say them is better than having to eat them afterwards.