Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Fischer

When I won the world championship, in 1972, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, a baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.

Tim Chambers

We'll shock the world. And when we do it, it'll be the greatest baseball story ever written.

Felipe Alou

What is their proof? ... Are they testing players, too? How do you explain that? Or have they stopped testing now? We just saw him hit five in 30 at-bats. So what's going on now? I hope that he's judged by the real baseball people when he's finished.

Alex Trebek

You should never wear a baseball cap when working in close quarters in the attic: You never see that beam above you!

Albert Pujols

I learned to play (baseball) on the streets in the Dominican Republic when I was 8 yrs old.

Albert Pujols

People ask me if I believe how quickly my career has taken off. I just tell them that Jesus Christ is my strength. God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for him. That is more important than anything I could ever do in baseball.

Albert Pujols

Baseball is simply my platform to elevate Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.

Albert Pujols

I try to spend as much time as possible with God and my family. That's more important than anything I'm doing in baseball.

Albert Pujols

I play to represent God, something bigger than baseball.

Kobe Bryant

We are on a journey, and to put on a show like this for the fans here in L.A. is truly something special. I grew up in front of these people, and now they are seeing me as an older, young man.

Brendon Ayanbadejo

The fan votes are really great, but to get the players and coaches, then you know you have the respect of the league. There are a lot more important things. It's a personal goal, and if I make it, it would be the icing on the cake.

Bobby Jenks

It was like silence, and then the next pitch, 5,000 fans were yelling all at once.

Holly Robinson Peete

I'm a football fan in general. I'm always pulling for a good game.

Honeysuckle Weeks

Size zero doesn't make you happy, and I'm not sure I have the discipline for Hollywood. I'm too much of a fan of chocolate and crisps.

Derrek Lee

We get so much fan support, you'd think you'd play well here, but we didn't. It's something we have to get better at.

Donna Mills

I found through my fan mail that women... really wanted a role model.

Paul Tagliabue

We'll work together to make the distribution of tickets as fan friendly as can be.

Chelsea Leyland

I think my style is quite grungy and punky. I love the '90s and the music from that time, and I love punk music. I'm also a fan of mixing vintage with some high fashion, which links back to my musical taste because I tend to mix old music with newer songs.

Adam Ferrara

I look to nature because I think the animals are smarter than we are. Animals mate; humans date. There's no dating in the animal kingdom. No dinner, no movie - just a quick sniff, 'Alright, let's go.'

Adam Ferrara

If you look at a group of people that had faith, it's got to be the Jews. They followed Moses through the desert for 40 years with no map. There had to be one guy in the back, like, 'I don't think he knows where he's going.'

Adam Ferrara

You gotta fight. You gotta get out the negative energy. Don't let it build up. You end up screaming at each other over something totally stupid, like, 'Well, why'd you put this spoon in this drawer then?' 'Just to p-s you off, that's why! I got spoons hidden all over this house! Keep it up, and your napkin rings are gonna start disappearing.'

Adam Carolla

I spoke to my dad, and he said it took close to 90 dollars to raise me. But that was me and my sister, and my sister moved out when she was 16, so sometimes it can knock you up to triple digits to raise a kid.

Adam Carolla

If you are tuning in just for the show, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

Adam Carolla

When I am king, I will revise the sexual bases system so that getting to first base will include oral sex and sodomy!

Adam Carolla

You're 28, why are you going to goth clubs? Do what I do, sit at home & wait to die. You don't have to kill yourself, you're just waiting.

Adam Carolla

When Asian people grow up fast they go to college at 13. White people grow up fast it's about fudge packing and triple D's at 13.

Adam Carolla

I give women two types of orgasms. Fake and none.

H. Judd

I guess the key is to really listen to what it is you truly need.

Roger Federer

I guess the important moments, key moments of the match, I guess I was just superior to him. There was not much in it.

Michael Cristofer

I guess the first screenplay of mine that was done was 'Falling in Love' with Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep.

Alison Pill

I guess the first big name I worked with was Sissy Spacek, and that was really interesting just because she's so incredible and I learned so much from just watching her. But she's also so unassuming that I loved working with her. It wasn't like working with a star, it was Sissy. Not a big deal.

Denis O'Hare

I guess the big thing to say about 'Pig Farm' is that none of us knows if it works, and we're going in blind. It's in the tradition of 'Urinetown,' kind of - but that's a pretty small tradition. It's possible that it can fail.

John Daniels

If you play the lottery, I guess you're okay. I feel like the bridesmaid.

Mike Bassett

In the 36 years I have been alive, I have seen this type of stuff happen in a lot of different places. I guess we are just lucky no one was hurt.

Mel Thomas

I just tried real hard all summer. I wanted to improve a lot, and I guess other people noticed it as well.

Kianna Smith

I just wanted to come out here and win. Right then, I wasn't thinking about next year, but I guess it's time now.

Jack Kerouac

Nothing ever happened - Not even this

Anne Sexton

My death from the wrists, two name tags, blood worn like a corsage to bloom one on the left and one on the right.

Laurence J. Peter

The reason crime doesn't pay is that when it does, it is called a more respectable name.

Laurence Sterne

When the affections so kindly break loose, Joy, is another name for Religion.

Larry Holmes

My fans know the name Larry Holmes and that he always gave it his all.

Larry Holmes

George Foreman is easier and has the bigger name and have you noticed that Foreman never calls me out or ever mentions my name? He is afraid of me like most fighters are and most people want to forget about Larry Holmes, like he never ever existed.

Libba Bray

Next time we see you, you’ll be on trial for some ingenious crime!” Dottie said with a laugh. Evie grinned. “Just as long as they know my name.

Leslie Stephen

Philistine - a word which I understand properly to denote indifference to the higher intellectual interests. The word may also be defined, however, as the name applied by prigs to the rest of their species.

Lester Bowie

A chord is just the name of a sound.

John Yoo

Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating.

Robby Rodriguez

It probably did about $25,000 worth of damage.