Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Jennings

As a staff, we are extremely pleased with the talent and ability of this year's class. There is great potential in the group and we expect them to push the level of the squad immediately.

Jason Richardson

As long as I was on the floor, I was going to play like I was healthy. If you think you're hurt, you'll play hurt. I didn't have the same jumping ability so I had to smarten up on how to get my shots to fall. I think the ankle will be a little sore tomorrow.

Arthur Andersen

raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.

Sharon Stone

prides herself not only on her acting ability and other talents, but also on her natural physical appearance.

Brent Edison

Property taxes have become an 800-pound gorilla on the back of North Dakota property owners and renters. Property taxes have become so out of balance that they threaten the ability of seniors to stay in their homes, and threaten the dream of home ownership for our young people and working families.

Dale Adams

Profanity is the result of a weak mind trying to express itself forcably

Scott Sprinzen

Product design issues are also an important concern here, as the companies have shown little ability to foresee market trends, such as the demand for crossover utility vehicles and gasoline-electric hybrids,

Gail Fosler

Probably the most critical impact of higher energy prices is their ability to weaken consumer spending.

Cameron Bennerman

Personally, I don't like shooting a lot of 3s. I want to get some drives to the basket and do some other things. You can sit out there and shoot 3s all game, easy. It's hard for me to buy into that. I want to mix it up some because I have the ability to. At the same time, we have guys who can really knock down the 3s. It made you not want to shoot any more 3s in the first half because we weren't making them, but open shots, you've got to have that confidence you can knock them down.

Jody Allen

Offensively, I thought we did a good job all day. We hit a lot of balls right at people. It was a situation where we had some unfortunate things happen to us. The big difference is that we have to play defense.

Nate McLouth

I've really worked on specifics, like my top hand. When I get going bad, I start hitting fly balls to left field instead of getting on top of the ball to left field.

Al Franken

I'm a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I'm invited to all the inaugural balls.

Doug Harvey

Balls and strikes are the basic tenet to everything in baseball. From the perspective of hitting, pitching, offense and defense, it's all about the strike zone and how the battle is waged there between the pitcher and hitter.

Dennis Eckersley

But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.

Donald Young

When I'm up on them, they play better, ... When I was up two set points in my pro match, they had two big serves. ... In the juniors I get a lot of balls back and make them play.

Ken Cooper

We were entrepreneurs before the word was ever invented. You had to do everything, from lining the fields to blowing the balls up to getting people in the stadiums to see us play.

Tom Anderson

We'll hit some balls and give these kids a chance to get their muscle memory different. Some people are naturals when it comes to hitting a golf ball and others have a little more trouble getting their swings down. Either way, they'll get feedback on things that can help their game.

Marissa Chovanec

We had passed balls and wild pitches and that was another momentum shift. In that sense, we helped them move into scoring position.

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.

Charlie Bell

As CEO, I intend to maintain the discipline and focus that Jim put into place, ... The best way to pay tribute to Jim is in sticking with our plan to win.

Jeff Bingaman

As best as I can determine, the process is going to be fair, ... explained in some detail the various steps that they were taking to ensure that the bids were appropriately considered and the factors that needed to be given the greatest importance were in fact going to be given the greatest importance.

Gerald Grinstein

As Delta continues its transformation to become a more customer-focused airline, we are incorporating the best of Song into the best of Delta, ... Our new Song service will set the standard in transcontinental travel, making Delta the first choice for customers on these routes.

John Davis

As an incumbent, Marty has to show that she has done a good job and she has done the best job possible with the situations she faces, ... He has got to prove that she has not been a good leader and he has to prove that he is a good leader and can take her place. That's the tough job. You just can't tear down the other person.

Johnathan Frakes

As an executive producer who's not a writer, my responsibilities are obviously to hire the best people for the jobs and to contribute notes to the scripts and then to the cuts as the shows come in.

Lyssa Dennard

As a team we never give up. We made that run at the end. The excitement was there. We had the momentum. We did the best that we could. It just didn't work out for us.

Zach Puchtel

As a team, we need to play the best defense we've ever played. We just need to be tough, we need to control their offense and not let them feel comfortable at any point.

Ben Howland

That was about 20 minutes into practice. He did not practice the rest of the time. Has some swelling there. We'll see how it feels. ... I would expect it would take a lot to keep him out of the game.

Robert Vincent

People are very sad. Our people called and gave because they knew it would be there for generations. We just never expected this.

Mark Potok

People expect that these kinds of incidents won't happen in schools and universities.

Christine Benz

People had come to expect the world of them. (They're) a little disappointed.

John Hughs

Oil is on everyone's mind. We're expecting a fall in inventories, but instead we get a rise,

Shlomo Yosef

The situation is still serious, but it's stable. All the parameters ... are as expected following this type of surgery. Part of the treatment of the prime minister, in order to preserve low pressure in the skull, is sedation and respiration for at least the next 24 hours.

Ken Wattret

The (second-quarter) numbers are nothing to shout about, and they could have been worse, ... We can expect the third quarter to be subdued and possibly a better fourth quarter.

Lisa Stone

The story of the game in the first half was the turnovers and the transition points they got. In the second half, it was the free-throw shooting. You can't expect to shoot 4 of 14 in any game and put yourself in a position to win.

Michael Pittman

The sky's the limit with this running game. I think we all expect the best. I know last year, I wasn't on this team, but I think their running game was pretty low. We're going to get better.

John Conyers

This is not a new and improved Patriot Act.

Shirley Pogue

We have improved the quality of life for so many people.

Tim Brown

Currituck is much improved from when we saw a little over a month ago.

Kristi Clemens

We have drastically improved port and cargo security since 9/11.

Gary Green

With Jacques, you know they'll be well-coached. As long as Roberto plays well, they should be a significantly improved team.

Lance Manning

We improved as the scrimmage went on. In the later part, we played a lot better.

James Perry

We'll start to see improved margins and some very nice flow-through in the third quarter.

Dorothy Lakner

The quality of the merchandise has improved and...the service levels are very high.

Lisa Randall

You learn that the interest is in what you don't yet know and that theories evolve. But we nonetheless have progress and improved knowledge over time.

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.

Ronny LeMelle

Back then, we were like two different teams. We weren't setting screens. We weren't executing. Our offense was having problems.

Dominick Romero

We wanted to slow them down, to get them out of their offense a little bit. We're not going to play 'lights out' for 32 minutes, but this was just a good, steady 3A win.

Phil Simms

Did they time it up right? Is the offense the same, or will it take a step back?

Larry Allen

We spend just as much time on special teams as we do offense and defense. That can make a difference.

Martin Luther

The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult.

Mark Smith

On offense we executed well and because of it we got off some quality shots.

Jimmy Smith

He's what makes this offense go. When he's back there, we're at another level.

Patrick Thornhill

I didn't have to play all 32 minutes, I was thankful for that. They ran the offense well.

Matt Kiefer

That zone really threw us for a loop. We didn't run our offense like we should. Then Horner just went off. He was on fire. There's nothing we could do.

Joe Sakic

You never know with goalies until they're NumberÊ1, but he plays a lot like Patrick.

David Wright

This one's on my shoulders. Those were tough plays to make, but these are the big leagues.

David Martin

We had plenty of opportunities, we just didn't make the plays when we had our chances.

Lance Berkman

We've got a logjam out there. We'll see how that plays out. It's an interesting situation.

Mike O'Connell

We're going to wait and see how it plays out,

Bronco Mendenhall

I give TCU credit, they made the plays to win.

Bob Stoops

He's the best. You can say all you want about him. He makes the plays that matter, and you see it every week.

Terry Teachout

One reason why Shakespeare's plays remain so popular is that they're now regularly presented in updated stagings with a contemporary flavor.

Bret Bielema

Obviously, you've seen him make plays out there. He's going to make some for them (opponents), unfortunately. We're trying to get those out of his system.

Mark Whitaker

The bottom-line pressures at Time Inc. are no secret,

Steve Robinson

That's what we want to do. We want to put some pressure on and just run, run, run.

David Eckstein

That's what we try to do, put pressure on the other pitcher.

Paul Brinkman

This puts a lot of pressure on us. It is unfortunate, but that is the way it is. It could be pretty rough for students.

Carnie Wilson

If someone puts too much pressure on me, I will automatically rebel.

Jan de Bont

It's always an enormous pressure when you do a sequel. The demands are so high, and it's expensive.

Jamie Redknapp

There is pressure every day as a footballer.

Ari Graynor

Twitter's a lot of work! That's the first thing I would say. There's so much pressure to be funny.

Billie Jean King

Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.

Bill Castle

We've got a bulls-eye on us. I think we're ranked because of tradition and our past. Everyone comes after you.

Regina Rogers

We were pumped. They're ranked third in the state, so it was a big test for us.

Rodney Tention

Give them credit. They compete. That's why they're ranked No. 5 (now 4). They toughened up when they got down.

Sean Fleming

He is the type of wrestler who can be ranked in the state and do some big things in tournaments.

Don Shuler

Christiansburg's ranked nationally in the top 10. They don't have many weaknesses. They're strong from top to bottom. Fortunately, there's only one of them in each weight class.

Tubby Smith

Teams like this give us a lot of problems.

George C. Williams

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

Jamie Spencer

We've got two different teams here. It's like this every year.

Jim Brown

This one is a very competitive tournament. There's probably 10 teams in the top 20 there, at least.

Lynn Meger

There's not a lot of differences between their teams in that district. There aren't a lot of differences between our teams.

Cadillac Williams

We want to be great. No question. Even more than that, we want our teams to be great.

Tom Condon

Those are the two teams we have scheduled so far.

Marissa Chovanec

Many of them play on the same travel teams and know each other well.

Randy Schaedig

From that standpoint, this isn't really much of a change. We play all those teams already anyway.

Mack Brown

Vince was able to throw it at will. And he threw it well.

Jeff Burton

I threw it away after the first week.

Mary Murphy

We threw so much at her when she walked in the door. I think she's pretty prepped for the undertaking.

Juran Bolden

The first time he threw at me, it was a touchdown, ... I'd go after me too.

Adam Haluska

You don't really have much time to think about it. I didn't really look at the basket. Just kind of threw it up there in desperation.

Devan Downey

We didn't come to play, we got what we deserved. We threw it all over the gym. It wasn't one person. I wasn't there mentally.

Doc Sadler

We tried some things. A triangle-and-two, some zone. And they made some shots.

Phil Budervic

We tried not to do that, because that's kind of unfair. But when we need a basket...that's who we're going to.

Dirk Nowitzki

We tried a lot of things that game, but he's just that good.

James Simpson

We all tried to get the word out any way possible. Did it help? Who knows. For all we know, the chopper was already on the way. But it did get attention, and now they're safe.

Denny McCrotty

We tried to manufacture some runs, it was too much. That's kind of been our story for some kind now." ()

Kylan Robinson

She tried to make it, but it was too late.

Grant Hill

I would probably say yes. I don't see getting another surgery. We tried it. It didn't work. I don't see doing another.

Bob Enos

We've tried surgery, medications, and nothing has changed.

Tom Daschle

We've tried all the voluntary options, ... They have all failed. We know what we've got to do.

Don Shows

If we win out from here and go undefeated ... I know they'll be undefeated. That could be a big gate.

Todd Nace

We're about a week away from reopening, once we get the (insurance) settlement.

Paul Johnson

We'll have to see. Two weeks into the spring, we'll have an idea of the separation.

Sylvester Croom

This week has never been about just football; how could it be?

Albert Brooks

I was in Kashmir last weekend. Went to visit one of my sweaters.

Joe Gibbs

Two weeks in a row, he's been pretty impressive.

Taye Diggs

On the set I never know what day of the week it is.

Ray Nagin

One of the best moments Ive ever had in New Orleans is seeing Bourbon Street filled on a weekend night not long ago. Just watching the city breathe again.

Tony Abbott

If you don't want to work weekends, don't.

Tommy Rettig

There's a big difference between somebody who does acid on weekends and somebody who takes downers every day.

James Beattie

Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.

Frances Chaney

It would be just too embarrassing if we won again.

Daniel Handler

How can someone so wonderful do something so terrible?

Cloris Leachman

Everything is so sad and so wonderful.

Aristotle

For through wondering human beings now and in the beginning have been led to philosophizing.

Clive Barker

There is no such thing as originality. It has all been said before, suffered before. If a person knows that, is it any wonder love becomes mechanical and death just a scene to be shunned? There is no absolute knowledge to be gained from either. Just another ride on the merry-go-round, another blurred scene of faces smiling and faces grieved.

Albert Einstein

My sense of god is my sense of wonder about the universe.

Christopher Walken

No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.

Anne Rice

My greatest sin has always been that I have a wonderful time being myself