Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andy Blackston

(The Bulldogs) just absolutely don't beat themselves. To beat them you have to outplay them.

Joe Biddy

The boys came as a shock. It was an absolute shock.

George Gregan

The big thing is they give a big boost of raw energy and enthusiasm and ? you just see the absolute excitement and joy of being part of the national team and it just reinforces to everyone the special sort of place we're in,

Stephen Baker

At some point, absolute price is an issue.

Elizabeth Gaskell

A wise parent humours the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

Bubba Cunningham

Ball State makes it an absolute priority to comply with all NCAA rules, and our student-athletes understand we take this very seriously. Our primary focus right now is ensuring that students going into competition are eligible to play.

Keith Powell

Athol Fugard is one of my all-time favorite playwrights. It is an absolute honor that he would grant us the rights to Exits and Entrances ahead of many other more established theatre companies. In my mind, the best way to return this compliment is to devote our entire season to him. I see The Island as sort of a companion piece.

Steve Courson

Athletes didn't invent this stuff. We opened Pandora's box. We're still trying to figure out how to close it. It's bottomless. It's impossible to eliminate them. Let's accept it's inevitable. But don't put athletes on a moral pedestal when it's an absolute joke. Don't speak of purity and ideals. There's too much money invested in performance.

Jim Scherr

That was absolutely improper and something we have taken great measures to have our athletes not do,

Kris Alexander

As far as track meets, it's by far the best meet in the state.

Charles Bofferding

As engineers, we have a different perspective. If a company really wants to get its product to be the best in all areas, then it must listen to all sides. A union is the best vehicle to carry the engineers' perspective.

Sass Jordan

As far as I'm concerned, you're the best singer in this competition,

Bobby Bates

As far as defensive post play, Pope is the best I've seen. She may be the best shot-blocker in the state in all classifications.

Jennifer Brown

As event Chair I can say that this was our best year yet.

Susan Hood

A series of storms of this magnitude obviously presents extraordinary challenges. Despite our best efforts, a small number of disputes will occur.

Dave Pirner

As funny as it sounds, the best thing I got out of making a solo record was to realize how much I love being in a band.

Rachel G. Fox

As an actress, I'm constantly watching different shows and films and am always gathering information and inspiration for characters and techniques to make my performances the best they can be.

Megan Hilty

As an actress, I learned a long time ago that there is a lot of this business that is just out of my hands. All I can really focus on is going to work every day and doing my best.

Joann Haley

Our drivers tried to report for work, but found the roadblock in place. All of Lee County was affected.

Judy Davis

Our daughter has learned her lesson. She learned it the first day she was in county jail. A long sentence is just not appropriate on first-time offenders.

John Murray

Development in this county is always going to be an issue. Until development and zoning are handled on a regional basis, rather than each municipality left to its own devices, we will suffer from developers having the upper hand in suits and in front of zoning boards.

Paul Hatch

Somerset County has the potential and the natural resources to be a real shining star in northern New England for recreational tourism.

Josh Liss

Once we receive the equipment, we have to have the staff trained on this and get our election judges trained. We'd also like to take it around the county and demonstrate it to the voters so that when they walk into the polling place for the first time it's not the first time they've seen the equipment.

Brenda Buster

Now, all the communities south of Indianapolis to Greene County have joined together in one voice stating our opposition to this plan. This represents the majority of people on this route who I think have been ignored up to this point.

Teri Pope

Sometimes one part of the county was getting snow. And other parts were not getting it.

John Karevoll

San Diego is the county that is kind of the furthest off into this uncharted statistical territory, so everybody's wondering what is going to happen locally. The big question there is will prices decline significantly or will they flatten out.

Teri Pope

The road will stay completely in Hall County where now it gets down into Gwinnett County.

Michele Hiester

Western Pennsylvania is showing signs of job growth but it isn't growing as quickly as what we're seeing in the eastern half of the state.

Frank Holmes

Money will flow to where there are solid returns on capital. There are great opportunities in Eastern Europe and other emerging markets. We're seeing economic growth twice that of the U.S. but stocks are trading at a discount.

Sami Kapanen

I think they're one of the quickest teams -- especially up front -- in the Eastern Conference. That's how they try and play now, and especially with the new rules, it's been real good for them. If you look at the standings, they're right there at the top.

Tricia Binford

It depends. We've got to get Eastern Washington here, and we've got to steal one on the road next week.

Mark Few

I don't want to take anything away from Eastern Washington. They had a great approach.

Liang Liang

He knows how to handle the subtle inner feelings in a Eastern way while retaining the American way of telling the story.

David Carr

As far as the records go, that has to be thrown out the window for right now when I go talk to the guys when I'm trying to get them encouraged and get them pumped up and ready to play. We have to lock it up, run the right route. I'll hit you and then we'll worry about the record later.

Justin Vernon

The way I see it is that I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual. I spent the first five years out of high school trying to make it work in Eau Claire, then I had to leave because there wasn't enough going on in town.

Jeff Conine

You sure hope so. You got to hope and feel encouraged by the fact that, if we keep this team together and play as excitingly as we have next year, that they'll come out to support us.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

The Savior encouraged brotherhood. He was not a long-distance leader. He walked and worked with those whom he led. He was not afraid of close friendships. He spent many hours with his disciples, and his relationships with them were intimate.

Douglas Zipes

We heard what we wanted to and we are encouraged that they are putting the patient first,

Sue Townsend

My second husband encouraged me to go to a writing group at our local theatre. It was my 'coming out of the closet' moment.

Adrian Leppard

I am very encouraged by the response from members of the public.

John Wilkerson

He was a mentor to me. He always encouraged me to do all I could in school. He told me I had talents. He told me I could do anything I wanted,

Kate Curran

My parents always encouraged me to do what I wanted.

Gavin Patterson

After years of hype, delays, skepticism and then disappointment, it is a welcome relief to say that WCDMA has finally come of age. Preliminary figures show that end-2005 there were 44.42 million WCDMA subscribers worldwide, an increase of 163.62% over the 16.85 million subs registered as of Dec. 31, 2004.

Syamsir Siregar

The terrorists want to get money by kidnapping influential figures and this could include businessmen and politicians.

Jim Owens

I've never been able to figure out his motivation. We're just going to let him do what he does.

Randy Couture

The most important thing that I've figured out is that things work out the way they're supposed to. We try to have all this control and fashion things the way we want, but everything happens for a reason, and in the end it works out the way it's supposed to.

Tom Davies

Now it's our job to figure out why, and to make sure we are better prepared for the future.

Maurice Cheeks

Sometimes, I'm a little soft-spoken, and sometimes I yell a little bit. They have to figure out when I'm going to yell, when I'm not going to yell. I think there's a happy medium. I have to find out the little things about players' personalities, and they have to find out about mine as well.

Wayne Howell

Sometimes, the guys have to figure it out for themselves. They know our offense. They know our defense. They just had to work it out.

John Gibbons

Roy has missed nine starts so far. You figure he's good for at least four wins. Where are we with four more wins?

Jim Mora

Right now, we figure he'll be good to go Sunday night. When you're Mike Vick and your team needs you, the guy shows up - he's a great one.

Juvenal

The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.

Aesop

I am sure the grapes are sour.

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

O. J. Simpson

Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless.

Chris Dyer

Back then, youth issues were not very visible even in the nationwide organizations. Youth had consistently not been a priority in any of the Pride celebrations and we thought, here's a great way to help.

Don Shula

As long as they stay healthy, I think they've got a great shot at it.

Benjamin Franklin

A small leak can sink a great ship.

Mark Melton

A sloppy win is a lot better than playing great and losing.

John Wozniak

A song called Never. Which we never play. But it's a great song.

Robert Brooks

That park is great for trails and hiking. I don't really see home sites in that park.

Roger Federer

Rafael played a great match, it was tough to lose.

Joe Given

It was a nice growing perk for her. I told her location is everything. In that situation, she didn't miss one pitch.

Ben Holmes

Is it pricey? Probably. But it may be a small price to pay if they keep growing at their present rate or even faster.

Lauren Freedman

The whole notion of alternative payments is really growing as an industry.

Joe Monahan

The window on that is growing short, too.

Scott Morrison

This is an independent, self-sustaining industry that is growing (at) more than twice the rate of the pharmaceutical industry. It is here to stay.

Susan Aspey

This is the first time for everyone. There are going to be some growing pains.

Mark Kelly

This is something we've yearned for. We were kind of growing out of our skin here.

Dwane Casey

That's growing pains. Hopefully Marcus will learn from it; nobody was trying harder than he was.

Brett Lee

Growing up, you look at guys like Jeff Thomson as heroes, so going past him is pretty special.

James Raia

This race has the potential to be around for a while. Right out of the chute, it's prestigious.

Bill Carr

And we'll be sensitive to that as we look at the potential changes.

Cody Wright

If we have a week of temperatures in the 50s when it's rainy and overcast that turns right around and it's 75 and sunny for a week - that's a situation when the potential can be pretty great.

James Armstrong

I feel we were proactive to prevent any potential problems, ... In 10 years, I've never seen anything like this.

Keith Hennig

Jess has the potential to be something really special.

David Cronenberg

I wrote a script that I thought had a lot of potential,

Jerry Jones

It has the potential to have that kind of impact.

Hines Ward

It's tough to go undefeated, but they have the potential.

Craig Fugate

This storm has some potential to it. The time to go is now.

Joe Sakic

Defensively, we have to shore things up, and that's what we're trying to do.

Jim Mowen

I've been walking on eggshells and trying not to badmouth any other candidates.

Melissa McCarthy

I've been trying to play old-lady parts since I was in my 20s, so I look forward to all of that.

Virginia Jackson

I've been trying to get it done for a long time.

Jimmy Rollins

I understood that he was trying to get to third,

Robby Wine

That's what they're trying to do right now, show that it is worldwide.

Steve Sullivan

You're always trying to improve. When you see everyone else around you bettering themselves, you want to do the same thing.

Brandon Marshall

I try to live by the principles the Bible speaks on.

Brandon Sanderson

Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you.

Aziz Ansari

No one's trying to get with jugglers.