Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matt Mackowiak

As a former county commissioner, the senator understands, probably better than anyone, how this proposal could affect county government. He hears them loud and clear.

Lorenzo Codogno

As always, protectionism doesn't work. The past resistance to change has resulted in the Italian banking system being still affected by fragmentation, with plenty of small-scale players.

Paul Haggis

As a filmmaker, it's a great thing to feel you've really affected them, one way or another. I'd much rather have that than have someone say, 'Nice film, man.' That's a stake through your heart.

Kelly Preston

As a mom, I am going through a very painful experience and my child is going through a very traumatic and painful experience. So I didn't want to say anything that could affect him later in life.

David Orton

Profitability for the quarter was affected by the lower revenue and a reduction in average selling prices for the company's board products.

Duncan Hunter

Prior to September 11, 2001, illegal immigration was considered a regional issue without national implications. We quickly learned on that day, however, that this is a national issue, affecting each and every American, not just those living in border communities like San Diego County,

Richard Hatch

Programmers and marketing people know how to get into your subconscious-they spend millions of dollars researching colors, shapes, designs, symbols, that affect your preferences, and they can make you feel warm, trusting, like buying. They can manipulate you.

Richard Hatch

Programmers and marketing people know how to get into your subconscious - they spend millions of dollars researching colors, shapes, designs, symbols, that affect your preferences, and they can make you feel warm, trusting, like buying. They can manipulate you.

Mark Hansen

Probably the most important thing in developing an emergency plan for the agricultural operation is to include the family and employees in the process. By helping to develop the plan, the other family members and employees take more ownership in making the plan work and in helping think of ways to protect the business. After all, everyone is affected if an emergency or disaster causes a disruption in operations, even if it's only for a week or two.

Brad Buckman

Any given day any player on this team can shoot the ball. Daniel did it (Saturday) against Baylor and then did it again tonight.

Slobodan Milosevic

an outrage against a whole nation and a whole people.

Stewart Gary

As far as we are concerned from our side of the ball their pressure wore us down we didn't turn the gall over a lot in the backcourt against the press but nevertheless it had an effect on us.

S. Walker

As far as the standings go, this game didn't mean much. But it meant a lot to us, just to prove to ourselves and to everyone else that we could beat them. They beat us this year, last year and ended our season in the playoffs last year. So we were starting to wonder when we were going to catch a break against those guys. That's why this game is so big for us.

Jennifer Berry

A seat belt is your best defense against a drunk driver.

Mike Fleming

As far as I know, we've never recovered a car that has been missing almost four decades. The odds against finding it so many years afterward were phenomenal.

Eric Rabe

As far as I know, that's a suit against her, and we have nothing to do with that.

Randall Edens

Ashley does so much for us, points from her are a bonus. That's not a knock against her; she's very versatile. She had some big baskets early that helped settle us down.

Dennis Taylor

Ashley and Tiny have competed against college divers and just missed qualifying for the U.S. Senior team, ... They are already close to being at a high level.

Jodi Picoult

As it turned out, hell wasn't watching the people you love get hurt; it was coming in during the second act, when it was already too late to stop it from happening.

Michelle Davis

That (penalty kick) was huge. We were very confident coming into this game and we thought it was going to be different. But it didn't happen that way.

Helen Humphreys

Our concern is that this is spring, and typically ground water and streams are recharged during the spring. Moreover, not only is precipitation down, but vegetation, which is coming out of its dormant state, will be drawing on the ground water.

Joe Hammer

People focus on the Nasdaq indices because in general they represent the kinds of companies that are coming out - younger companies,

Jamie Koch

The money this is coming from is already there. We're just honoring his contract.

Tyler Hansbrough

Definitely it was fun in the second half when we started coming back and making a run and started stopping them defensively. That was a big key in the win.

Brandon Lincoln

Definitely. He's opened up another side to us that he hasn't opened up to many people. If people take the time to get to know who he really is, then it'll be easier to see where he's coming from.

Joe Sakic

Definitely four years ago, you had the names and you went with them. Now some of those guys got older and a lot of young guys are coming in, and it is tougher for sure. But I'd like to think that's a good thing for Canada, you can't really go wrong. There's going to be great players left off the team.

Billy Wagner

Definitely coming from a different organization and taking a big step, I want to get comfortable and not be living out of a suitcase for the whole spring training and having my family do the same. It was a move that I felt was good for me and for my family.

Jeanine L'Ecuyer

The simple reality when you have a crowd of that size there is going to some congestion and some delays as a result of it.

Ron Artest

Sac is different. I love Indiana, but it's different out here. The crowd is unbelievable. When I was in Indy, the crowd fed off me. Here, sometimes I wasn't even in the game, and they were going crazy.

Chris Rodgers

It was all about our intensity level, ... We tend to come out sluggish in games. I wanted to set the tone and get the crowd into it. We definitely are a second-half team. We have to learn to become a first- and second-half team.

Bobby Engram

It was a little weird (Wednesday) because we're usually the ones that get the crowd noise. But we welcome the change. That means we're playing at home.

Mark Williams

I've been nervous for two weeks. Of all the championships, I was more nervous for this one ... The expectations of a home crowd and No. 1 ranking were tough.

Sonny Lubick

Thinking back through 45 years (of coaching), I haven't seen one as exciting as that with the crowd (nearly full at 32,713), nothing when they were at the 1- or 2-yard line, four downs to go.

Minor Harmon

They always have a good crowd here and are received warmly.

Mark Spragg

This is one crowd I really don't want to disappoint.

Jason Aldean

That's kind of fuse for the show - those first 10-15 seconds you're onstage. The curtain drops and you see the crowd for the first time and they see you for the first time. The response and the energy that's going on right there - to me, that sets the tone for the rest of the night.

Jeff Pendergraph

It would be nice if there was another big man at the post. Double teams on me wouldn't be as evident.

Robby Ginepri

It was a little different, especially out of 128 guys, that you got to play your doubles partner second round,

Ken Hydinger

I slept about four hours Sunday night. I was extremely disappointed about that match. We need to finish people off and not let them get back into it, and I think we need all six singles and all three doubles really in sync.

Alan Trammel

We did get a few hits, but then he was able to get that sinker going and then we'd hit into a double play. Give him credit.

Keith McCrimmon

There are double stop signs there, just for double security protection for people to stop. I don't see no skid marks there do you? None." ()

Stuart Ross

We hope to completely remove the need for double staffing later today and return to a more normal service as soon as possible.

Malcolm Scatliffe

Doubles comes down to big points and who can win them.

Bryan Derreberry

Double our population overnight and a lot of these problems go away.

Justin Gatlin

Double gold. I think I've sealed my fate right now as the king of sprints.

Bob Sanders

As a defense, we want to go into every game and have our offense and the rest of the team rely on us. We pulled it off a second week in a row, and I hope we can keep doing it.

Greg Aiello

As a league, we have to ... protect our most valuable rights, which is game footage.

Mark Zimmerman

(The Burros) stay in the game and don't give up, so I'm please with how we played.

Rick Petri

The big test will be when he first gets in a game, and how he reacts to a game situation. That's when they start to grow, especially if they have a little success.

Al Thornton

At times, we've played a 38-minute game and lost by one or two. We have to go out and play a 40-minute game.

Jeff Probst

At some point, at least you know there are some things that are good and solid and you can rely on. Nobody in their right mind thinks Survivor is about survival ... It's a game show.

John Jones

(A win) makes us 1-0 in the second half. We've got to start right now with the first game like we're starting over.

Jay Paterno

A year ago if we run that, it's an 8-yard play. Instead, it's a game changer. We can do different things now. We have some flexibility.

Ivan Feinseth

Back in the day, there was only U.S. Steel. Now, everything is game -- nothing is out of reach.

Cedric Benson

As a competitor, you want to be out there, making something happen, especially when the team is losing. But my time will come.

Sarah Martin

Our team worked really hard. Well, I told them to work really hard.

Jim Balsillie

No question, we took one for the team here.

Mark Ehlen

Anything that I've said to the team hasn't been effective. I've been mad, I've stomped, I've screamed, I've been encouraging and positive, and nothing matters.

Tubby Smith

Teams like this give us a lot of problems.

Jami Finan

It was a long time. Our team could not have wanted it more than anything in the world.

Kenny Rogers

They are a better team than us right now. Those are the facts.

Mark Attanasio

This is the first time the team has had to play with expectations. We'll see how we react.

George C. Williams

This is one of the best, if not the best, teams we've had here in a long time,

Patrick McVerry

Defensively, again, we are going to be tops in the league.

Lance Corcoran

Anything and everything they are doing at the top is not translating to the staff, to the facilities.

Daniel Payne

That's my top goal, to go to college.

Mike Smith

We're going to be on top of that very quick.

J. Taylor

There's no better way to top it off.

Charli Turner

We want the top spot. That's our goal.

Dick Morris

... the top 10 percent of incomes pay 70 percent of the income taxes and cast about 25 percent of the vote.

Andrew Lansley

If I'm serious about patients and their GPs being able to have more control of their health care, I can't have a top-down system that imposes restrictions on the services they need.

Sam Nunn

Leadership must be established from the top down.

Cliff Floyd

A really big at-bat for us, ... The kind of at-bat that turns game.

LeAnn Rimes

Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I see a child, then I look and see a woman who should be turning 60.

Gary Thomas

This is overreaction. It won't make a difference. They'll turn 18, but they'll still be inexperienced.

Steve Foster

this could turn into another Waco ... we don't want to get into that.

James Tate

We did make a turn for the better at some point.

Tim Tebow

I'm not somebody that opens a playbook and just turns and reads and reads. That doesn't do it for me.

Antonin Scalia

A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable.

Kris Britton

And they went in there and turned it up.

Kofi Annan

and why did so many turn the other way?