Famous Quotes & Sayings

Morris Gleitzman

I used to get stuck trying to find the first sentence of a story, then I realised that it was often because I didn't know what problem a character was facing in the story. As soon as I did, I could have the character trying to do something about it or have the problem whack him between the eyes.

Joby Scroggs

We knew going in that they were going to zero in on Kevin, who still had 115 yards in the game. Now, we've got another weapon - teams have to prepare even harder.

Roger Butler

The minute I interviewed him I knew we had the man, but we didn't have any evidence.

Carolyn Scott

To me this was a formality....We knew he was guilty. And I just want people to know the devastation it has been to our family.

Steve Pardue

They whipped us. We knew this would show us where we were.

Derek Smith

We knew we were supposed to do this. This is no surprise to us.

Kim Hunter

We knew we had to put the pressure on their offense. If we put the pressure on them, we knew they wouldn't have time to find the receivers.

Larry Mason

We knew nothing about this until we received this letter in January.

Russell Robinson

We knew it would come down to who wanted it more.

Richard Grayson

We knew it would be bad, but we never thought it would be like this,

Bobby Cox

He looked like a 20-game winner today. He really did. He can't pitch any better than he did today.

C. S. Lewis

But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise. ... The world rings with praise -- lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game. ... I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.

Roy Keane

You shouldn't have spoken to the players like that. No, you should have.

Ned Colletti

Do I use VORP? I may be using it and not even know it, and if I am, it's nobody's business. There are a lot of different criteria in judging players. I think I use, um, esoteric qualitative mathematical review times five. That's one of them.

Eric Lyons

Zach and Ryan really didn't have much problem with their opponents,

Kirby Copeland

This proves a lot. We can come out and play with the No. 3 team in the nation.

John Anderson

The FAA has not conducted this process in a very transparent manner. What little we know we've had to get off the grapevine.

Matt Watson

I'm very proud of the guys. We swam very well when we could've just showed up, we showed a lot of pride.

Maria Edgeworth

Confidence is the best proof of love.