Famous Quotes & Sayings

Crawford Falconer

I would not want to over-exaggerate (but) ... they represent a degree of momentum. Let's see whether there is the appetite there to really try and move it forward.

John Furlong

It comes down to what kind of appetite the community has for the Games.

Dick Cheney

It is a dangerous illusion to suppose that another retreat by the civilized world would satisfy the appetite of the terrorists and get them to leave us alone.

Robert Thompson

I think the American culture right now is in a state where we have an unlimited appetite for irony. The great thing about a weird pageant is, if you don't win, is that really a bad thing?

Jeffrey Citron

There is going to be a tremendous appetite for investing in the field of voice over IP from equipment manufacturers to service providers,

Meg Greenfield

We are fickle and we are insatiable in our appetite for new news, new biases, new cliches.... It's not just... that individuals all seem to get their fifteen minutes of celebrity; everything gets only fifteen minutes.

John Tortorella

I think some of our young guys who have been here for two or three years finally got a taste of the playoffs and a little bit of an understanding of where the fun in the game is. That's the time of year. It certainly whets your appetite and we have a new challenge this year, so we are going to attack it.

Jens Nordvig

Under normal circumstances with this kind of figure, you would expect to see significant dollar weakening. The fact that you're not seeing that seems to indicate that people have quite a bit of appetite to take on long dollar positions.

Brian Nelson

He has selected nominees from the Taliban wing of American politics, appeased the wretched appetites of the extreme right wing and chosen Cabinet officials whose devotion to the Confederacy is nearly canine in its uncritical affection.

Kenny Thomas

Kevin has been putting on a show. Seeing him develop ... he's improved, attacking the basket.

Janet Reno

I would simply say that we are taking the attacks very seriously and that we will simply do everything in our power to identify those responsible and bring them to justice,

Jamie Ullman

Katie really did carry us in the first half. She's been (driving to the basket) a lot in the second half of the year. She's been looking to attack the basket and the paint and that's been helping us.

Sandy Bridgeman

Katie is a proven scorer and we look at her as a leader on the attacking end. She's an extension of the coaches out on the field. She's multidimensional in the way she can attack you because she has a hard shot that complements the way she reads defenses and sets up teammates. She's a threat to score or assist. But when we need a goal, we know we can count on her.

Chad Clanton

Katherine Harris has no credibility and neither do her charges. Her phony attacks are a cynical attempt to deflect attention away from her involvement in the largest congressional bribery scandal in history.

Kevin Russell

Jon's injury was a nasty one and leaves us short on attacking options.

Tubby Smith

Joe Crawford was outstanding, getting to the free throw line and attacking the basket and making his shots.

Steve Schmidt

John Kerry's attacks today were baseless. He said American troops did not secure the explosives, when the explosives were already missing.

Steve Schmidt

John Kerry's attacks today were baseless, ... He said American troops did not secure the explosives, when the explosives were already missing.

Kazuo Ishiguro

I don't hang out with the glitteringly successful people; I hang out with people who've been friends for many years, and to some extent I feel my worldly success is a bit uncomfortable for them.

Mike Cameron

I was kind of using it as a joke. But I wanted a team with a little bit of character to it, some diversity. I wanted (the Padres) to get some young, talented athletes.

Geoff Brown

I was just about to sweep it up. Then I saw something move and got a bit of a fright.

Janet Fitch

I was into the music scene, but I was also a bit of a perfectionist and very hard on myself... very dark in that way.

Chad Reitz

I was looking forward to the 2005 season when things fell apart. I ended up in a dispute with my sister (Chanda) and father (Les) about our race team, and we parted ways. It was a bitter ending and there are still a lot of hard feelings.

Diane Cilento

I was always a bit flighty, I suppose.

Jack Rew

Kevin knew quite a bit and he got me into more and more. I liked it and I got to be pretty decent.

John Beilein

Kevin came in here on a mission. I thought we were a little bit out of character at Pitt. We probably tried to do a little bit too much and probably didn't realize what good defense Pitt plays. We took shots we thought were good and they weren't because Pitt guards you.

Shawn Reynolds

Kent pitched a good game. His pitch count started to get high and I didn't want to kill the kid. We talked a little bit before and he was getting a little tired. We can rely on (Weaver) to close it out.

Suzy Merchant

Kent can be extremely explosive. I was certainly frustrated. They just gave it to us.

Lindsay Davenport

Knowing that I worked hard and knowing that I'm playing well certainly makes me feel very prepared going into Melbourne.

David Hawkins

I wouldn't say it's unusual. In terms of moving from one institution to another, if Richard felt like it was time for change, it certainly seems like a logical move to make.

Jeff Kelly

I would say that the omission is certainly damaging to us.

Chan Gailey

I would worry more if we were playing a Division I-AA or Division II opponent. This is certainly a game of such magnitude that we won't lose focus on the game.

Sandra Shilstone

Just looking at the crowd it's certainly better than we ever dreamed six months ago. Mardi Gras was significant in ways we've never seen before. This has been a homecoming for locals and for our tourists as well.

Tony Russa

Just look at him. He's in great shape. There isn't a thing that has happened to him that has gotten in the way of preparation. I don't know if he's more excited than he's ever been, but he certainly isn't less.

Tony Russa

Just look at him, he's in great shape. I don't know if he's more excited than he's ever been, but certainly he's not any less. I think he's high quality.

James Thurber

Katrina took away his agenda, and maybe his image as a leader, unless he pulls it out in the next few days. His initial reaction was certainly not as quick and compassionate as a lot of people would have liked.

Ian Mckellen

'King Lear,' I've been seeing all my life. I mean, the great actors of my lifetime... to join their company, as it were, by playing a part that's challenged them, is one of the great joys of being an actor who does the classics.

Carolyn Peck

Kentucky had 55 rebounds the last time we played them, the most of them coming in the second half. I challenged our team at halftime, specifically the seniors not to let that happen again. They really responded.

M. Thompson

Knowing our girls we will grow from this. The seniors will challenge the entire squad to refocus and improve their concentration on shooting at our practices.

Ken Trump

Kids are much more tech savvy than many adults anyway. The challenge is how do we narrow the gap between the two.

Chip Gramke

I would think he would want to spend the time to get to know the largest district, the most challenged district and the most successful district. I'm not sure if he's on tour to tour schools or to promote an agenda.

Shane Valdez

Jake has grown a lot this year. He's getting taller and starting to fill out, so it's been a challenge to determine what weight class we're going to put him at.

Sean Burke

Just the ugly getting uglier, ... I challenged myself to concentrate hard for a full 60-minute game and I was pleased with that.

Roger Federer

Just stay with him, for the entire time. I have the feeling that other guys tend not to take the physical challenge with him. That's what I won't do.

Joe Williams

Jonesboro and Craighead County prevented some potential problems by having officers at the sites immediately, ... We're going to have a hardcore group left, who lived in shelters in New Orleans, that will have little motivation to return home. It's going to be a challenge for whomever tries to place these people somewhere in the long run.

M. Wolfe

Kenny Smith and I started working on a grant after Ivan. We finally got it and now we are ready for the worst. We never lost water after Ivan, but it got close. It made me real nervous.

Bobby Perry

I wouldn't say it was a slump. It just was not a good period. I knew I could still do this. It was just a matter of time, even though I was wondering when that time was finally going to come again.

Chris Hill

Kelvin seems a lot more energized now. He finally got his legs back.

Mark Shrader

Jon has had that potential all year. He's finally started to shoot that way here at the end of the year.

Savas Kyriacou

I think it's a day that Toronto has finally lost its innocence. It was a tragic loss and tragic day.

Nick Licari

I think it made me realize that I just need to get back and just play the way that I was playing before and just work hard every shift. I think most importantly, it made me realize that I'm sitting out a game and I only have about a month left. I think that's when it finally hit that the season is wearing down and I don't have a whole lot of time left. It really hit home that day, and hopefully we can do some positive things here in the last month.

Kenny Chesney

I think it is important for this record to finally get out to remind people I'm not in tabloids for a living. It comes with the territory right now and I understand it, but I'm looking forward to getting back to the music, because that's what is most important and what got me here in the first place.

Paul Ryan

It also tells the American people that we're finally getting serious about saving the Social Security surplus for Social Security benefits.

Stephen J. Cannell

I finally get to the place where the book has matured in my mind and I can hardly wait to start writing it. Then I just sit down and I start. I hit the go button. I have an outline, which is 70 pages, but I don't look at it. I never have to look at it.

Mike Daniels

I was looking for a hobby. It seemed like a fun thing to do.

Jamie Richardson

Kim's stuffing recipe was sent out to the media in a holiday press release just as a fun marketing tool,

Mark Mooradian

Kickoffs are a lot of fun. I go out there and just nail it.

John Tuozzo

Kids playing sports should be about learning the game they're playing and having fun doing it.

Mats Wilander

James Blake's playing tennis for the right reasons. He's playing to have fun and to find out about himself, not to win the U.S. Open.

Rusty Robinett

Jake has been working hard and that's just a lot of hard work that paid off for him. Jake is very mature for his age, but he has a lot of fun out there.

David Pierce

Kelsey Grammer is wickedly funny. He's like an 8-year-old child. He's always doing pranks, and we have a great time.

Tiffany Evans

Kelly and I have been friends for a long time. We used to run on the 1,600 relay together here as freshmen, so it was fun to race with her for the first time.

Willie Randolph

Keep it going, I love it. The guys were having fun tonight and obviously everyone was making a contribution. That's what you need to do the job on the road and hopefully we can get something special going.

Joey Goodspeed

I was like, 'OK, Joey, they're probably telling you something.' I thought I would have to step up my game a little bit,

Tim Duncan

I was looking before the game and I'm like 91/2 years older than him. That is just crazy. (Howard) is just so talented, so developed. He doesn't look like a 19-year-old. He has so much promise and I'm just glad that I will be out of the league when he is peaking.

Mike Drews

(Kenny) was a lot to handle. He had several big plays at the end that really won the game for them.

Paul Doughty

Knowing that I have these younger girls who are playing and getting better every game is encouraging.

David Williams

Kids always think they're going to win 100-0, ... We have to remain focused, but this game was very good for our confidence.

Tom Renney

Kevin was fine. I thought it was more an opportunity to wake up 18 guys and get ourselves back in the hockey game by doing what we have to do in terms of managing the puck, and maybe give yourself to play 5-on-5 hockey or better.

Alastair Cook

Kevin took the pressure off me, I just played my own game and watched from the other end.

Marcus Williams

I wouldn't say I was surprised. At these kind of games, Jeff always comes through ... he's a man-child out there. That's normal. That's what I see all the time.

John Neal

I wouldn't say it was nasty; it was intense. We lost a game we had to win. Guys are going to be upset.

Tom Brady

I was laughing the whole practice. But he who laughs last laughs best, so those guys don't know what's in store.

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.

Tom Renney

Kevin was fine. I thought (the switch) was more an opportunity to wake up 18 guys and make a statement.

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.

Tony Kanaan

Just trying to keep up with those guys made it a very hard day. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough.

Andrew Frank

Just to be a part of this team is something special, something I'll never forget. With these three guys gone, it's going to be hard for me, but the team's going to be strong, but we'll always remember these guys.

Roy Oswalt

To get 20 is great, but to get to the playoffs is more. We've come a long way, especially the way the team pulled together and started playing.

Kareem McKenzie

You want to go to the playoffs winning, so you can get that swagger about yourself.

Shaun Alexander

That is what the playoffs are really about. Your defenses really show up. That's why defenses win championships.

Jerry Roberts

And by the time the playoffs come, we'll be ready to make a run for the championship.

Eric Miles

This is what the playoffs are all about.

Sarunas Jasikevicius

Sometimes we are very good, and other times we are very bad. Hopefully, we can get in the playoffs and do well.

Baron Davis

We're just trying to get a win at this point. Can't talk about playoffs when you're losing.

Chris Osgood

We ran into a team that's really good. Nowadays, when the playoffs start, there's no underdogs.

Sam Lewis

During the playoffs the teams really come at you and we're going to be the team to beat.

Jeff Lindsay

We're predators; we don't eat meat because it's handy, we eat meat because we have a taste for blood.

Rex Harrison

Because I love the taste of meat I am a reluctant but dedicated vegetarian.

Russell Lynes

In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste.

Truman Capote

She sounds the way bananas taste.

William Shenstone

It seems with wit and good-nature, Utrum horum mavis accipe. Taste and good-nature are universally connected.

William Shenstone

Taste and good-nature are universally connected.

William James

The strenuous life tastes better

Roald Dahl

Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned against eating them, and the result was that we ate them more than ever.

Roald Dahl

The snozberries taste like snozberries!

Lyndon B. Johnson

I wrote once every two or three weeks for about a year, ... and then about a year ago, I got an e-mail.

Mark Grindstaff

Joel is real dominant. He didn't have any trouble. He has one loss. All three are undefeated in league.

Chris Edwards

What we had in 16 acres, ... they have in three counties.

Spencer Stewart

Going 30-0 is amazing, but we want three more wins.

Clark Haggans

He's got three rings. There's nothing else you can say.

Robert Sarver

It could be on schedule; it could be three years from now.

Sidney Siller

It could be two or three years away.

Jeff Hironaka

I thought we were able to negate their big three (offensive stars), at least doing enough to frustrate them. At the other end, we were able to get decent, high-percentage shots.

Karen Woodall

We've been trying to get that back for three years.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Janet Fitch

I write all the time, whether I feel like it or not. I never get inspired unless I'm already writing.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

David Small

I think it's a generational thing. It's time for a change.

James Hughes

I think it's about time we do something about it.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Teller

Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information.

Susanna Moore

The task of understanding the past is neverending.

Cervantes Saavedra

It is not the hand, but the understanding of a man, that may be said to write

Leonard Hamilton

He's getting a better understanding of his strengths.

Richard P. Feynman

The female mind is capable of understanding analytic geometry... The difficulty may just be that we have never yet discovered a way to communicate with the female mind. If it is done in the right way, you may be able to get something out of it.

Richard Whately

The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction.

Richard Baxter

It is as hard a thing to maintain a sound understanding, a tender conscience, a lively, gracious, heavenly spirit, and an upright life in the midst of contention, as to keep your candle lighted in the greatest storms.

Rick Riordan

My understanding of magic is fairly straightforward. Hit enemies with a sword until they’re dead. If they rise again, hit them again. Repeat as necessary. It worked against Set.

William Matthews

What lasting progress was ever made in social reformation, except when every step was insured by appeals to the understanding and the will?