Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Davies

You could have backed England at the equivalent of 14-1 for the series at one stage during the Second Test, and more recently laid them at around 4-1 on.

Marcus Dudley

The driver of the van then backed up and ran over the victim before leaving the area.

Jaret Wright

After that, we got better movement and just backed off a little bit.

Tim Mazanec

That really backed up the fact that strength is still expected in the economy, which means more rate hikes to keep inflation at bay, so that has supported the dollar this afternoon.

Brad Faxon

It's soaking wet, and he hit it down the fairway at the bottom of the hill. And it backed up.

Eric Dahl

They basically backed the truck right out of the building.

Jim Segar

They were a bigger, faster, stronger, team than we were. We bent, but we never broke and gave a lot up .I think it was an intense fast paced game. Their kids were a lot bigger, which made for an incredible game. Our guys never backed down, playing with a lot of tenacity.

Cappie Pondexter

They weren't giving me any room and the defender kind of backed off, the shot clock was going down and we definitely needed it so I took it. I have confidence in myself. It is my job when that shock clock reaches below 10 to make something happen.

Garry McPeek

They were up at the half so that tells you what they can do. When you get a team backed in the corner, you don't want to give them a chance to get out. It's either give them a reason to play or a reason to quit. We're excited about playing.

Troy Glaus

J.P. has brought in pitchers and hitters to help out and that's just what we're going to try and do. We're going to try to put this team back to the level it's been before and the level it deserves to be.

Robert Lewis

He led one public life ... but there was a second side, a hidden side to Henry J. Lyons, a side that caused him to be brought here to this seat,

Sufjan Stevens

In third grade, I had to an oral report on the state of Oregon. I brought up Big Foot sightings, and I remember there was an argument about whether or not Big Foot was valid history. Ever since then I've been thinking about how subjective history is.

B. F. Skinner

This was one of those days where we weren't playing really well and just brought it together at the right time. I give a lot of credit to our kids for staying with it.

Paul Williamson

There are so many community leaders who came here to go to college and have stayed and given back to the community. Flagler College brought us here.

Dan Gilroy

I watch a lot of television, for better or worse, and I am particularly interested in what Michael Moore brought up in 'Bowling for Columbine,' which is the idea that they're selling a narrative of fear.

Ryan Tucker

What we haven't had here in the past is a quarterback who has some confidence about himself. Somebody that comes in the huddle and takes control, is confident enough in the offense to make O-line calls if he has to. That's what he's brought to the table.

Jerry Manuel

Had he been down in the minors, well, you don't know. But when we brought him up last year, it was to get him ready for this year. And he played well. I think he's ready.

Jenna Ushkowitz

Gym traumaramas can happen to anyone. One time, I brought a packet of papers to read while jogging on the treadmill. Right when I was in the middle of my run, I dropped them and they flew everywhere! Pages went flying all over the place and got in the way of other people working out.

Matt Grow

Just like everyone, we are growing. And we are growing extremely fast.

Ron Niekamp

Jordan is a big concern, but they have a lot of other guys who have stepped up as well. They play extremely hard and are a very disciplined team.

Chris Gratton

It can be extremely frustrating. It's tough to start out like that.

Rich Phillips

He was a fine young man. I'm extremely proud to say I'm his uncle.

Ned Yost

He knows what he's doing and knows what he wants. He grew up in this game and knows the game extremely well. I think he still has to work on his defense, but he will play every day.

Bryce Kaneshiro

I thought we were going to score one before the end of the game. We had a lot of opportunities on the long throw-ins. We just didn't put it in. I'm extremely proud of my guys.

Mark Bennett

There is huge potential for this kind of technology in Africa, ... It's new, but it's extremely appropriate because there are no copper-wire phone lines in much of Africa, and half the people there have never touched a phone - and never will. People are already contacting us about getting into the systems that are going up, but the question is the rate to do it so it remains sustainable.

Fran Maier

We take these things extremely seriously. We always have, we do now. That's all we can say considering that these things are under litigation.

Bob Ulrich

We are extremely pleased with our overall results for fiscal 2001, particularly the strength of our fourth quarter,

Barry Bonds

Just seeing everybody, all the fans out there was just incredible,

Craig Wilson

I think it's a great step, not only for the club, but for Jason. He's proven over the last two years what he can do. It lets the fans know that Jason will be here for a while. It's outstanding for him and for us.

Adam Dunn

I think it's a great idea. It gets the fans into (the game) and gives us something to look at.

Stacey Koerner

Her fans are her fans. Even if they do want to see any of these new shows, they're not going to leave her show.

Gordon Strachan

I have had incredible support from the supporters who I have spoken to and come face-to-face with, the real fans have been fantastic.

Jim Wiedie

I'd be lying if I said this wasn't a game that we've been looking forward to. Our fans haven't stopped talking about it since last March.

Rex Ryan

We’re going to be as loyal to our fans as they are to us.

Salman Rushdie

I'm not a big fan of there being voiceovers in movies. I really prefer it when the film tells it story.

Vince McMahon

We love our fans, so there's nothing we wouldn't do for them, and we go directly to t hem.

M. Thompson

Just to get that hit, it felt great.

Graeme Smith

(Kallis) said that he got through yesterday's session fine. He felt it with one or two shots, cross-bat shots.

Noah Lowry

Just one pitch. Everything else felt pretty good out there.

Sam Perlozzo

I talked to Richie at the time it happened, and we felt if it was going to completely heal, it was going to take about six weeks. You just hope nothing happens to him and he can get through the rest of the month.

Kyle McAlarney

I think I passed a few up the past few games. Tonight, I felt real loose and I felt real good out there, felt real comfortable.

Rudy Vallee

I always felt that I would become somebody outstanding, whether it was in singing, instrumental playing, orchestra conducting, or anything involving feeling.

Davis III

I always felt like I took the pressure off him.

Gena Rowlands

I always felt her vulnerability. You could always see it, though she'd have killed you if you said so.

Jan Jensen

He wanted all sports to be successful. We just felt his support was unwavering.

Carl Pohlad

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

Kevin Towers

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

Herb Cytyrn

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

Bill Walsh

I would say that we made a lot of good trades, but that may have been the best.

Alan Greenspan

Keeping out competitively priced goods would materially lower our standard of living.

Tim Kohs

Kayla can guard any kid in the state and make them miserable. In the past, I've always had one or two kids who raised the level of the team by their intensity at practice and their commitment. McCarthy and Finn are as good as any kids I've had like that.

Ken Auletta

Journalists prize independence, not teamwork. Journalists understand waste is inherent to good journalism ... that good reporting and writing is hard to quantify.

Bobby Cox

John is not 100 percent. But if he's 95 percent, that's good enough.

Hector Garcia

John has pretty good quickness for a big guy,

David Nalbandian

I'll be damned if I'm going to Houston to sit on my butt for a week.

Barbara Morgan

I'm living here now. This is my place. I'm not going back. People in Houston have been wonderful to us,

Chris Palmer

Donna (Palmer's wife) and I have made a lot of friends in Houston during the two times we've lived here. We'll always maintain those friendships. I'm just sorry it didn't work out the way everyone wanted.

Jim Lovell

Houston, we've had a problem here

Ray Stone

We pre-positioned about 60, some in Houston and some in Atlanta, so we could set up a storm office as it unfolded and move the others in quickly.

Edward Hirsch

When I taught at the University of Houston in the Creative Writing program, we required the poets to take workshops in fiction writing, and we required the fiction writers to take workshops in poetry.

Emily Lau

I think the people have spoken very loudly and clearly,

Ken Lucas

I think it's the loudest stadium in the NFL. They truly have a 12th man.

Rich Mullins

If you can't be good, be loud.

John Sweeney

I'm a passionate man and a passionate reporter. I've also got a loud voice.

David Nash

Noise traffic from automobiles will be louder than any noise they emit, if any.

Brad Radke

It's going to get pretty loud in there now.

Lord Byron

The loudest wit I e'er was deafened with.

Jennette McCurdy

They say actions speak louder than words, but actions don't speak. People speak, and people are loud.

Derek Parker

I try to focus, but sometimes they are so loud I just have to look up at them. They are great. I love our fans. They give us a lot of energy.

Louis Hinnant

In a tournament like this, you've got to get something in your system.

Inaki Saez

You don't give anything away in a tournament like this,

Michael Collins

This is the one tournament where I tell folks, this is not a sport.

Yani Tseng

The very first tournament I watched is the U.S. Open when I was 13. And that was the year Juli Inkster won.

Peter Wright

Lennart is getting better. This tournament is part of his recovery.

Kim Clijsters

Yeah, it was (the quickest tournament I've won),