Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think people tend to forget that trees are living creatures. They're sort of like dogs. Huge, quiet, motionless dogs, with bark instead of fur.

Mike Bryan

It hurts. It doesn't feel good to let your team down when you are staring down the barrel of giving yourself a two-set lead.

Jon Favreau

Christopher Nolan's 'Batman Begins' set the bar very high for the superhero movie, as it showed that you could get a great cast for these movies and take a real filmmaker's perspective.

Jane Johnson

Illinois has what we call a code which sets minimum state standards. It should set a bar that should be achievable everywhere. My concern is are the minimal requirements really minimal for Pike County? At the local level, we need to work with people to come up with suitable private sewage disposal systems within a reasonable cost. It's a matter of reaching a balance.

Nancy Hills

I know it's mostly them, but I help them. They raise the bar for themselves.

Charlie Williams

I have yet to see any tests predict the success or failure of any teacher in the classroom, ... Passing the bar exam doesn't mean that you are going to be a great lawyer. Obviously, passing the bar exam doesn't mean you are going to be a good politician either.

Michael Gartner

I hope salary isn't a bar to getting good people as candidates. I think that we will try to find the very best man or woman we can find and then try to work out the very best salary package we can work out.

Herb Alpert

I haven't seen this many people since I played bar mitzvahs years ago.

Igor Stravinsky

I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I've felt it

Ryan Seacrest

You have been such a great spirit on this show.

Vinny Testaverde

You had a great career. Let's not take any more hits to the head.

Paul Lundberg

You have to give the kids credit. They stayed with it. This was a great win - just look at the crowd, the support.

Jonathan Cheechoo

You have to get the puck to him, he's a great player.

Tim Legler

The Pistons always had great defense, but there were times where this team really had some stagnant periods,

Paul Laurence

When you play a team like St. X, you have to play your best, ... St. X is just a great team, so if we can just even keep up with them, we're pretty pleased. It means we're doing OK.

Dean Ween

When you make a great record, it's around forever.

Cory Yeoman

Wow. What a great game. This was two teams with tough kids that played their butts off.

Gilbert Arenas

We're stunned, too. We did a great job for a team that doesn't give up. We knew it was going to be a hard-fought game. We just tried to keep the pressure on. We were just hot tonight.

As we were driving, we saw a sign that said ""Watch for Rocks."" Marta said it should read ""Watch for Pretty Rocks."" I told her she should write in her suggestion to the highway department, but she started saying it was a joke - just to get out of writing a simple letter! And I thought I was lazy!

Charles Peabody

It's a really high price and not many people are willing to pay that, so I think Lehman is the more obvious,