Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kirk Hoza

He lined up out of position. That means instead of being two yards from the ball carrier, you might be seven, and then what should be an easy tackle near the line becomes an attempted tackle in the open field, and a 2-yard gain turns into 10.

Mike Coll

What we have attempted to do in this draft is try to make Colonial Avenue much more of a local street - a local cul-de-sac, actually.

Ruth Rendell

I think it says something that I have never had an obscene letter. A young man once attempted one, but it was so totally illiterate and hopeless that it made me laugh.

Maurice Cheeks

I thought before we attempted to trade Steven, he had started grasping the way we want him to play. Rebounding, giving us energy, I thought he was doing that.

Ashton Youboty

I think with that Ohio State defense it was a competition, it was a rush to get the tackle. That was just the mentality up there. So I attempted to get all my tackles solo because our linebacker, when they come in there, they just hit whatever's in the way. I take pride in that. I try to be a complete corner and I think that's one step to doing that.

David Smith

We've been trying to do this kind of thing for about a decade. We attempted to do it on one of our Mars probe, but either we got weathered out or the spacecraft misread some stars and everything closed down.

Kristy Curry

We took care of the basketball and made more free throws (12) than they attempted (11). Those two really helped.

John Ashcroft

Today, I can report to you that our investigation has uncovered several individuals, including individuals who may have links to the hijackers, who fraudulently have obtained or attempted to obtain hazardous material transportation licenses,

Richard Brodhead

I am aware that police attempted to enter those rooms and I am now about to leave this news conference to learn the whole story.

Feliciano Lopez

I was like, you know, embarrassed a little bit. The ball was so fast and I was really nervous because I thought I can really hurt him. But finally after a few seconds he just recovered and I was happy because of that.

Kyle Davis

I was leaving balls up, and they hit them out of the ball park.

Mike Maroth

I was leaving a lot of balls over the plate. I pretty much did what you don't want to do as a pitcher. It seemed like I was getting behind hitters, and when I did get ahead, I wasn't able to put them away.

Ozzie Guillen

I was kind of worried about him leaving the ball around the plate and giving up a home run, and all of a sudden he'd lose everything he built for the whole game. He said he was fine and I believe my pitchers.

Andy Pettitte

I was just bad, ... I threw a lot of balls right in the heart of the zone.

Annika Sorenstam

I was lucky. I was able to take a full back swing. I had an 8-iron, a perfect club, the ball went through the trees and on to the green. It was one of those shots that I probably will never forget.

Tim Doyle

I was looking to give him the ball immediately. I probably won't tell Coach that, but he'll probably see it in the paper.

Cory Sullivan

I was looking for the fastball. When I hit it I thought I had hit it out. But this is a tough ballpark to hit it out of.

Will Harris

I was looking for a ball away the entire at-bat. I fouled a couple off, pitches that I could have hit. He kept living out there and left me one up that I could handle.

Katherine Paterson

The problem with people who are afraid of imagination, of fantasy, is that their world becomes so narrow that I don't see how they can imagine beyond what their senses can verify. We know from science that there are entire worlds that our senses can't verify.

Sean Brown

I wouldn't say everybody gambles. Probably a large number of the population does. When you are talking about millions of dollars, that's when it becomes a big deal. Fifty bucks here and there is not that bad, but when you have big money and when police get involved, it's serious. The police just don't get involved for nothing, for no reason.

Jim Craig

Katrina was the worst disaster probably in U.S. history. It becomes a question of capacity more than training when you have a disaster of this magnitude.

Mick Ebeling

Just one step. Just one mile. Just one dollar. Just one kiss. Just one person. When we look at life through the lens of 'one,' everything becomes that much more attainable.

Malik Peiris

Just the introduction per se (of the virus from wild birds to poultry) is not a major risk but if it becomes endemic, that is the problem,

Mark Wilde

I think it's about an even-money proposition that UPM will come back with another offer. The concern in the market is that either side is going to end up stretching it to $80 per share, and then it becomes a little more difficult to justify.

Hidenao Nakagawa

I think it can be resolved through dialogue whoever becomes the next leader of this country.

Freddy Adu

It becomes very, very, very, very tempting to look ahead, and as a matter of fact I am doing that right now, ... I always have to make the best decision for myself first, and, you know, I'm just looking into things right now, so we'll see what happens at the end of this season and we'll see where my family and myself are headed.

Gary Williams

It becomes very important that you have as many players as possible.

Mark Martin

Kind of made it easy on me here at the end without me having to fight for it.

Gail Goestenkors

I wouldn't say it's an easy fix. I think it's a mentality. Once again, I feel like we have to become mentally tougher.

Roger Ailes

Jack and I are very easy with each other, ... He'll run the operation. He and I will meet daily. I'll offer my advice.

Brian Cresta

Just take a look at this - it can work for you. It's easy to say 'It doesn't work for me,' until you actually look at the numbers. This can make a big difference.

Al Carter

I talked to the guys about maximizing their opportunities. We missed seven or eight easy baskets in the first half, and I thought we needed to do much better in the second half.

Rick Soracco

I think in that first quarter we could have been out by a lot more. We missed some easy shots.

Jim Kramer

It can be easy to be not ready to go. We liken it to a game. You have to be up for every game.

Malik Rose

It always reverts back to sharing the ball, making the easy pass as opposed to the spectacular pass, ... His whole mantra is keep the game simple. If a guy's more open than you are, he gets the ball.

Sherwood Schwartz

He was a great actor, ... People think it's easy to fall down and get hit in the head with a coconut. And, every time, he'd find a different way to do that.

Philip Treacy

I was just, as a child, very different from the others, and didn't really care what they thought because you know, a child doesn't really have inhibitions; you sort of gain your inhibitions later.

Richard Lies

I was jumping into a track that has really gained a good reputation. It was particularly exciting, too, because I knew I had very big shoes to fill.

Thomas Szasz

Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; love by love.

Howard Dean

Karl Rove breached our national security for partisan gain and that is unpatriotic and wrong.

Jill Koenitzer

I think in some ways there are more things gained through this type of day versus a traditional first day.

Grant Hill

There's a wealth of information and knowledge you can gain from sitting down with people who are successful.

Simon Ammann

When I was younger, I did not have the strength to jump well enough, but over the years I have gained that, worked on it. But the sensibility you simply have to have.

Patricia Mercado

What women have gained is one thing. How we have been received is another. It's not with open arms.

Jon Brorson

Gold is very sensitive to inflation. If you're worried about inflation, you tend to see gains in gold.

Ken Hill

Sometime I write a song off a central idea, instead of emotion.

Nick Greenwell

Kids are naturally going to react to that when it happens. You tend to want to pull up short and shoot 10-footers instead of 2-footers.

Samir Haj

Karen has been our go-to person on the junior varsity team. We're going to incorporate more people into the scheme. We're going to start playing 18 people instead of just 13 or 14.

Klaus Allofs

He could make the same experiences with Werder instead of Bayern.

Frances McDormand

Here was a way to actually do it with other people, instead all by yourself with a book, ... Here you can get together, read a play, memorize it and put it on stage.

Scott Aukerman

I think you're a better comedian when you're in the moment and you're kind of reacting to what's happening like a real person instead of doing rote memorization.

Paul Hewitt

I thought we got into trouble when they started pressuring us and the five-count was on. Instead of taking them off the dribble, we got tentative. I just think we stopped attacking.

Shawan Robinson

I think we just got tight. Instead of playing to win, we were playing not to lose.

Gary Barnett

I think we wish we played at the end of the year. Look at every other rivalry, and tell me why they play at the end of the year instead of the beginning. By the end of the year, everything's evened out.

Paula Radcliffe

I wouldn't be putting myself on the line if I didn't think I could go in and win both.

Frank Martinez

We've been told to say that. (And say) whatever it takes to get that phone line in the receiver.

Diane Rullan

We're not worried, though. People are just starting to get into the Valentine's Day spirit. Pretty soon the line in here will be out the door.

Mike Boyajian

We've got to keep on scoring. Right now, all three of our lines are starting to score. A team can't concentrate on one of our lines. We're pretty deep.

Mario Lemieux

I thought the other lines were pretty good, as well. We'll see what happens.

Mark Schmidt

I think we got the line a lot more than we have been. We played more aggressively.

Nariman Behravesh

I think that whole line of reasoning is overdone.

Steve Cameron

I think that we've managed to put together a competitive line up.

Lindy Ruff

I think that we're getting there, ... Those are two lines that could stick for a while.

Dale Mitchell

He was lined up straight with the ship canal,

Alex Segura

They were all lined up anyway. It's no surprise.

Mike Dove

They were all lined up and ready for us to come in. It's just something you had to see in person.

Jim Tracy

It was lined up. We were right where I wanted to be.

Brad Turner

There were about 300 or 400 people already lined up.

Ethan Harris

This is one of the very-easy-to-interpret reports. In this one, everything lined up like the planets.

Eric Van Lustbader

I mean, if you lined up 100 writers, you'd get 100 different ways in which they write. There's no right way or wrong way to do it; it's whatever your process is.

Harold Rogers

And they were lined up in a parking lot, end on end?

Randall Eliason

We've got a lot of quartets lined up and ready to go.

Angus T. Jones

Jake from 'Two and a Half Men' means nothing. He is a non-existent character.

Janet Weiss

Just really be yourself, and if being yourself means you play two snare drums and nothing else, then play two snare drums and nothing else! Really figure out who you are and how you want your drums to feel because it's a very emotional instrument.

Craig Williams

I think it means a lot to the stable

James McCartney

I always feel honored to meet people who ever met my mum. It means a lot to me.

Andrew Strauss

He is very laid-back person, but there is a steely side to him and that means he has the respect of the players

Dani Shapiro

I'm a full-time writer, which means I have the entire day to get my work done. But that can also be bad, because that means I have the entire day to get in my way.

Jerry Jeff Walker

'Gonzo' means taking an unknown thing to an unknown place for a known purpose. But sometimes we're lost in an unknown place for no known purpose.

Chris Higginbottom

Going to the state tournament means lot for our team, the school and the community. I think it's been six years since they've been, and to go in my first year here, there's just nothing sweeter.

Larry Mize

He's a stud. But really, it means a lot to me that he'd do that.

M. Wolfe

I would think he's worth it. They might not.

Chris Corrigan

I suspect it might be a while getting a suitable candidate.

Robyn Hitchcock

I think it might just be a record that people could put on when they come out of the bath... something they can put on when they've steamed.

Jim Edmonds

I think it might be why I struggled in the World Series,

Deborah Ann Woll

I always fancied someone might call me 'Red,' like Katherine Hepburn.

Ozzie Guillen

He did it all today. He might be in the lineup tomorrow.

Bryan Smolinski

(Hasek) was the reason we won. It was really tough taking those penalties in the first seven minutes, but then we got one at the end and that might have taken the wind out of their sails.

Stephanie Mills

Onstage, you can be anything you want to be. In concert, I might project a different side of myself, but I wouldn't do anything I'd be embarrassed of.

Katori Hall

I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer than that.

Mychal Williams

Kendra stepped up and played a solid game, nearly getting a double-double.

Fred Couples

I think I quieted down our talk there for about 10 minutes. I don't think he wanted to get near me.

Jonathan Loynes

I think in the near term there will be more upward pressure,

Sophie Winkleman

I always loved being in London and being near my parents.

Thomas Powell

What you do is not nearly as important as who you are.

Lord Alfred Tennyson

He seems so near and yet so far.

Mike Barnett

We're nowhere near where we need to be. We still have a lot of work to do.

Paul Gillmor

To date, every American citizen has nearly $27,000 in public debt riding on our backs.

Mark McKinney

It is so cold out there, my head nearly fell off.

Mark Wood

Just something to get her to open up and not be so shy.

Rich Harris

I think it is an open question whether they would want them released while there are two investigations ongoing.

Bonnie Raitt

He used to let me open for him and he tuned my guitar.

James Cotton

Greg and I just have this special connection. When he is open down low, he will say 'Yes!' and I will give him the ball.

Joel Klein

has been and always remains open to a settlement.

Jamie Rains

Hayley was on fire. They had to get out on her, and that really opened things up for other people.

Rob Spear

I think it's going to open up. Would you be interested?

Brian Roberts

I think, without a setback, I don't see why I won't be ready for Opening Day. I haven't really put that much thought into Tuesday yet.

Tom Driscoll

We're opening up the day after Mother's Day.

Ryan Clark

I look at him like, hmmm, I just tackled him.

Michelle Monaghan

As much as I can and am able to, with the projects that are presented to me, I try to just really choose things that are challenging and are something I haven't tackled before.

Todd France

I was trying to tackle Dante Hall, and that wasn't going to happen.

Ryan Reynolds

When I exhale, I just turn right into Louie Anderson.

Wayne Gretzky

A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.

Ronald Reagan

The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him.

Peter Plagens

I like touch. I like to make twists and turns -- but I don't want (my paintings) to be too elegant.

Chuck Viane

Immediately after Halloween, whatever it is, people's mind-set turns to movies,

Charlotte Evans

It's doing very well. But, it's the first year, and we'll just have to wait and see how everything turns out.

Meg Mallon

It turns out I've had this for a very long time,

Nikki Sixx

I had to find the courage to turn my life around.

Nicole Polizzi

What I'd like is to turn out like Jessica Simpson, with her whole brand

Willie Nelson

It can't get much worse, 100 yards an hour, ... It's frustrating bumper-to-bumper.

Carl Jung

Remember when you picked me up like a frisbee and tossed me across you yard?

Truman Capote

My yardstick is how somebody treats me.

Philip Hobbs

In another 100 yards he would have been in front. In fact, in another 50 yards.

Henry Ford

I can visualize the time when almost every family will have a small plane in their back yard.

Lil Wayne

Shoot you on the front porch and knock you to the back yard.

Pierre Trudeau

When they are 50 yards from Parliament Hill, they are no longer honourable members, they are just nobodies.

Phyllis Diller

I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.

Paul McCartney

Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.