Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jonathan Spira

After 15 years, there is simply no excuse to not having this kind of technology available.

Eddy Curry

Sometimes they will look away from me. When I do get the ball, I try to make something happen so they don't have an excuse not to throw me the ball.

P. Herbert

I sort of fell in with the wrong crowd. Things started getting twisted, and instead of facing my drug problem, I made excuses and justified getting away with it because I was maintaining a job and family.

Justin Smith

This game is over with, and we've got to move on. It really doesn't mean anything. There's no excuses, but we knew we were going to play next week. It's win or go home now.

Jason Ritter

I do exercises on my Wii. It's nice to have games that keep you active. It's an excuse to play video games.

Paul Davis

To be honest, I don't really think so. Everyone is tired this time of year. We can't make the excuse of being tired.

Robert Vasquez

When you need an excuse any excuse will do.

Ray Allen

Tonight I was just off. I can't make any excuse. I just didn't make shots.

Raheem Askia

There is no such thing as excuses, there are only 'reasons why'.

Stan Hyman

Offensively, we're sticking to the game plan and we're playing really good baseball. The guys had really good approaches.

Jere Lehtinen

Of course, we know it's Sweden. It's going to be a big rival. Still, it's a game you know you have to play. It's better you don't think too much. It's better you don't think, you just go and play hard and show that way.

Michael Bennet

Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues.

Kelly Golob

Oh, I always won the game when I was practicing growing up. I'm undefeated. . . . If I missed, I got fouled.

Jerry Hayes

North Side's a lot better than last year, ... I wouldn't say we were surprised that the game was close. That's what happens when rivals play.

Scott Skiles

Normally, you run away with a game like that. Obviously, it's a big problem.

Fran Riordan

Normally, I'd say a win in the first game is huge, and it is huge. But we still have to come back and win two more games. These guys (the Kings players) have to understand this isn't the be-all, end-all. And if they don't understand it, I'll make them understand.

Jack Kokinda

No one wants to win or lose a game like that, but I'll take it.

Jeff Tedford

After the first week he matured big time. More than just physical things, the mental part of the game and the leadership he provides in the huddle has improved dramatically.

David Jones

People don't mind spending money on their homes and basement.

Yvonne Martinez

No one was at home at the time.

Garth Illingworth

ACS phoned home and told us it was okay and raring to go.

Brian Robison

Someone's going home with a loss. And I don't plan on it being us.

James Purefoy

Somerset is where I call home, and where I feel most myself.

Dennis Kavelman

So there are a lot of different places to go in our home market.

Tim Meadows

Once you had Del say that you were good, you were good. To be able to make him laugh or impress him . . . once you got his respect, you were home free.

Rick Comley

Sometimes you like to win maybe better or prettier but, whatever, we'll take the win and go home and get ready for Saturday.

Bill Shine

Ten years ago he was taking the Long Island Railroad home from work after the show and now he can't do that anymore. I know that because I used to ride with him.

William Blake

A petty sneaking thief I knew - / O! Mr Cr-, how do you do?

Jarkko Nieminen

The second set was huge. I knew at the end of the second set that I could win.

Kirsten Nelson

I knew Kathy Joosten; we worked together on a very short-lived series called 'Thanks' for CBS.

Kristin Gore

I can't look at people's wrists. Something about the veins makes me weak. My siblings used to torture me with that because they knew it was the thing I couldn't handle. They would stick their wrists in my face.

Gerry Anderson

When we made 'Fireball XL5', I'd never heard of NBC, and I didn't even know what American networks were. I knew that it would be wonderful if the show was successful in America, but I knew nothing about the American networks.

Abby Wambach

As soon as I started to realize that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.

Josh Duell

We tried not to let it rattle us. We knew we just had to come out and stay composed, that's one of the big things we've been trying to do all year with a young team.

Rashad Anderson

We didn't want to lose. I just knew if Marcus (Williams) got me the ball, I was going to knock it down, no matter what. We weren't going to lose this game.

Jasper Johns

The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew there were none where I lived. So I knew that to be an artist you had to be somewhere else. And I very much wanted to be somewhere else.

Rodney Lovell

A 'work around' simply means your system doesn't work.

Kelly Clarkson

Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to me.

Nicolas Sarkozy

Things are calming, ... But that doesn't mean it won't restart.

Dan Hawkins

The whole streak thing doesn't mean a lot to me, but when you win three in a row on the islands, that's impressive.

Brian Baird

The whole roof was ablaze within 10 minutes of the first sign of smoke. I mean it was gone.

Rick Jones

The work that these subcommittees have done is not being disregarded. Just because visioning subcommittee members were not (selected) does not mean the subcommittees are getting ignored.

Steve Fossett

This is not just another round-the-world attempt; we mean to succeed this time. That's a tall order.

Carlos Delgado

This is pretty special. It's exciting, just because you know you're playing meaningful games.

Shay Doron

You would think that little number (No. 2 seed in the region) would mean something, wouldn't you?

Jose Canseco

Proof Positive, I'm a very positive person and I've moved on.

Douglas Alexander

The style of politics that Damian McBride represents has been discredited, and Labour has moved on.

Mats Sundin

I've told Tomas already if you see me coming, move over.

Darius Hargrove

It was tough. But we've got to move on.

Jamie Friedman

The stock moved up pretty quickly, so we changed.

Otis Smith

You want me to tell you that moving Steve was big? I told you that when we moved him.

Melissa McBride

The only way to move forward is to be able to trust whomever you're with 100 percent.

John Bolton

We have a sense of urgency about this ... There is a need to move expeditiously.

Adrian Beltre

Don't like them, ... I'm not comfortable with them. When you move, it moves around. I never wear one.

Kevin Kerr

The switch is not going to be that smooth. Within the next 14 days, I think we are going to see prices steadily climb.

Joni Pitkanen

Now I know how he wants me to play. This is a big year for me. I want to step up to the next level.

Arnold Palmer

Tell you what ... I'll wear it at the next tournament I play in.

Gordon Hamilton

This is something that we could see in the next decade.

Mike Lamb

This is one of the most resilient teams I've been on. Whether we get shut out, whether we lose, whether we win this team the next day, it doesn't faze them,

Barbara Kingsolver

The last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment.

Bashar al-Assad

This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week.

Arianna Huffington

I'm pulling out, and I'm going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over the next week working to defeat the recall because I realize now that's the only way to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Susan B. Anthony

I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before.

Michael W. Smith

Is it going to win an Oscar? Probably not.

Brandon Jay McLaren

I would say just the weather in Vancouver in the winter can be kind of unforgiving.

Barbara Kingsolver

Want is a thing that unfurls unbidden like fungus, opening large upon itself, stopless, filling the sky. But needs, from one day to the next, are few enough to fit in a bucket, with room enough left to rattle like brittle brush in a dry wind.

Bai Ling

I'm one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.

Barbara Pym

She set about preparing her supper. It would have to be one of those classically simple meals, the sort that French peasants are said to eat and that enlightened English people sometimes enjoy rather self-consciously - a crusty French loaf, cheese, and lettuce and tomatoes from the garden. Of course there should have been wine and a lovingly prepared dressing of oil and vinegar, but Dulcie drank orange squash and ate mayonnaise that came from a bottle.

Art Buchwald

When it came to writing about wine, I did what almost everybody does - faked it

Art Buchwald

I like champagne because it always tastes as though my foot's asleep.

Ayrton Senna

You either commit yourself as a professional racing driver that's designed to win races or you come second or you come third or fifth and am not design to come third, fourth or fifth, I race to win.

Benito Mussolini

Tomorrow, the Tripartite Pact will become an instrument of just peace between the peoples. Italians! Once more arise and be worthy of this historical hour! We shall win.