Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Carpenter

Seeing a lot of teams go to the 3-4, I think helps me. Looking around, it's tough to find a whole lot of guys who have the size and weight to play outside linebacker in the 3-4. You have to be a bigger, physical guy with good speed. That's something that's kind of a (rare) commodity in today's game. I think that's something I can bring to the table.

Edward Hirsch

You're trying to write about something that's sacred. You're trying to bring the seriousness of life and death to it, and you're trying to find a way to dramatize it, and you're trying to give language to it, which is inadequate. But it's important to try.

Susan Grant

You're then urged to bring other people into the program saying you will be able to get free trips for yourself,

Noah Hathaway

You're starting out in the garage and see where it's going to take me. We'll bring them to the conventions and that'll help spread the word.

Gay Talese

You're right in the way of some serious hurricanes, and I don't think I'd be waving those flags in God's face if I were you. ... A condition like this will bring about the destruction of your nation. It'll bring about terrorist bombs. It'll bring earthquakes, tornadoes and possibly a meteor.

Bob Golic

You wouldn't bring me in to do play-by-play if you were having a traditional booth,

Dean Maki

You would need a dramatic slowdown in domestic U.S. demand to bring down the U.S. trade deficit, and we think that is unlikely.

E. O. Wilson

You would have to bring that up. But now that you mention it ...

Barry Bonds

You wanted me to jump off the bridge; I finally have jumped. You wanted to bring me down; you've finally brought me and my family down. You've finally done it. So now go pick a different person.

Billy Blanks

A will is to make a decision how you should take care of yourself.

Frank Thomas

I send him a list of the cards I need.

Bobby Labonte

It would mean a lot to me. Ten years from now you'd look back and the 43 car hadn't gone to victory lane. And then you were the one to take it to victory lane. It would be a cool thing.

Rocco Calo

This isn't about money because Sikorsky has plenty. The company has said it wants to cut our health care to teach us a financial lesson. That's not right and it won't fly.

O. J. Simpson

This is not how I imagined the day would end. Even after we had our pole position taken away from us, I was confident of a good result. Everyone knew we had the fastest car and there were only two drivers in front of me, but it was not to be.

Amber Cope

This is so dumb - once time I spray-tanned before a race, and I didn't shower, and I sweated the whole thing off on my car. It was so bad, I told a fan I would never do it again.

Greg Lewis

This is something we will look more at (in the future). There are developers out there who care about the community.

Rep. Flores

This is something we have to take care of this year.

Cary Leahey

This is one of the days when nobody is really going to care because the employment report was definitely weak.

As the evening sky faded from a salmon color to a sort of flint gray, I thought back to the salmon I caught that morning, and how gray he was, and how I named him Flint.

Pixie Lott

I don't think I'd get caught up in the crazy side of the music industry because it's just not in my nature.

Jessie Evans

We dug ourselves a tremendous hole we couldn't get out of. Obviously, we caught them in the second half, but we expended a lot of energy doing that.

Riley Wallace

We got exactly what we wanted. Julian likes that shot that he took and Matt caught it and was a little strong on it.

Mark Bell

We got caught watching the puck and it ended up in the back of our net. We played hard and we had enough chances to score tonight, but we have to eliminate leaving our goalie high and dry.

Mike Quarto

We got caught up on a switch, and we shouldn't have switched. And it went from a 17-point to a 14-point lead, just because we didn't recognize who the shooter was.

Kevin Furtado

We got caught up in the emotion in the first half and made some dumb fouls. But we played smarter in the second half.

Ray Allen

We got caught sleeping. We were so focused on the pick-and-roll coverage. Everybody turned and we said, 'Oh, you know what.' We got out to contest the shot, but it was too late.

Alex Tanguay

We got caught sleeping. We've been playing so well in the first period over the course of the last 10 games and tonight, maybe we were a little over confident.

Dick Enberg

said Simms. ''It's a matter of time. The game is much faster in the TV booth. It's so hard to get it done in a three-man booth. There's less time to talk. With only two guys, Troy will be able to set it up, and decide what he wants to show and tell. I'm sure he's going to enjoy it. I'm also sure he liked Cris and working with him. But this is about freedom.

Jason Gibson

We decided to go in another direction at quarterback. He's (Leak) a big, strong kid and he's got a big-time arm.

Olga Pomar

We don't think the residents of Cramer Hill should be forced out of their homes and that their homes should be taken by eminent domain. They had already selected the developer and decided on the proposal they would use before they had objectively evaluated the neighborhood and heard from the public.

Nancy Allen

Since it happened in our area, and it?s the Oxford Lions, we thought we?d step up. We decided last Thursday at our meeting. We wanted to get it out and do it quick.

Brian Adams

Shelters here are less than comfortable, and poor sanitation can develop quickly. Residents who decide to stay in the county, even those who go to local shelters, are risking their health and safety.

Sanath Jayasuriya

I thought about it long and hard and decided that's it. It's a very emotional moment, but I guess every good thing has to come to an end.

Jakaya Kikwete

We promise to respect people of all creeds: those who are Christians, Muslims as well as those who have decided not to follow any religion.

Ed Rendell

I think national issues play into gubernatorial races less than, obviously, in Senate and Congressional races. Much less. They tend to be more decided by personality, leadership qualities and by state or local issues. They still have some effect, no question about it, but not as much as Senate and Congressional races.

Horacio Gutierrez

Transparency is vitally important in what can be a very opaque process in Brussels. We've decided to open this up so people can understand the issues.

John Nelson

Saturday, Sunday and Monday, because it's a holiday, are going to be much lighter usage days, and many of the units that went off-line earlier in the week will be back up over the weekend,

William Giles

We're still comfortable with the performance and expect Montecito to offer a 2X performance improvement over earlier versions of Itanium.

Beth Keating

I'm very excited about it, particularly for the summer. It's a lot of work. But it's great not having a boss. And I have some ideas.

Jermaine Wallace

I knew I had time for about one or two dribbles and when I shot it, I fell. I actually looked through the back of the glass to see it go in and am just so excited right now for my teammates.

Kurt Suzuki

I like the fact the teams are mixed (with players from different organizations). A lot of guys in this league have played in Triple-A, some briefly in the majors. You get excited every day.

Bob Christmas

I like it. To me, that's what it's all about. You'd like to be able to win those big games. We're excited about it.

Doug Jolley

I like it, I'm excited. It's real similar to the offense that I had at Oakland my first year. I think it's a good fit for me and the other tight ends, so I'm real excited for it.

Courtney Smith

I'm not gonna get excited about it, but I want one.

C.C. Sabathia

I'm not excited about what happened. Nobody ever likes to get hit around. But I felt good. I really did.

Paul Gray

I'm not excited about giving up that property on a permanent basis.

David Kirsch

I'm excited that Gov. Taft has thought of us.

Terrence Gabriel

The Nasdaq has at least the Microsoft report to look forward to, which should be strong.

Michael Dixon

I'm just looking forward to the next challenge.

Kari Koch

I'm just looking forward to seeing what happens. If it happens, that would be great.

Venus Williams

I'm just looking forward to more, I want to win another title -- starting here in Beijing.

Taylor Pyatt

I'm just looking forward to getting back playing. It's been a long time. They got a real special thing going here, and I just want to be a part of it again.

Carl Pavano

I'm just looking forward from Monday and move from there. This is just one part of this process. It could be quicker than they expect.

Tim Hudson

If my splitter is splitting and my cutter is cutting, I'm looking forward to it.

Martina Hingis

I have never met her before so it will be an interesting match and I am looking forward to it.

Jim Caldwell

I had the opportunity to speak with him, and he's there helping his family. He didn't give me any directions, he just told us to go forward and do the things we normally do -- play hard and play well.

Marcelo Enriquez

South is a very good team and I knew they were going to be much more competitive the second round.

Joe Linta

Special teams will be his meal ticket. He's got good speed and good hands. He's a real good 51, 52 or 53-type guy on the roster who can do a lot of things for you.

Kyle McLaren

Special teams was good tonight, especially the penalty kill.

Kelly Wood

One good shot from the opposition (centre guard) and that's all they needed to win. We had to hit at least three-quarters and it hung straight. That's curling.

Thomas Fuller

One good head is better than a hundred strong hands

John Sharp

One can say all they want about politicians, but politicians to other politicians, their word is almost always good.

Rob Hermann

Once you get to this point, you just want to see the local guys do well. Dustin is a good kid, and we love to help as much as possible.

Chris Chambers

Once you wrap that screen around, and you get really good sound you get immersed, ... You mentally make the leap that you're in this game. It's really amazing.

Stephen Malkmus

One day I'm going to write a straight-ahead story. I really want to, but I can't at the moment. I'm not very good at it right now.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Erik Thomson

Nine seems to be prepared to hang in there,

Bobby Frasor

He looked like he was going to hang 90 on us or something.

Flip Saunders

They made the plays, we didn't. I haven't thought over the last week that we've been very sharp. We've let teams hang around.

Carol Simon

It was a war out there. There were two very physical teams just going at it and really putting everything out on the line. It's a shame we didn't come out on top, but we have nothing to hang our heads for.

John Rollins

It was a roller coaster. I just couldn't hang on long enough.

Jim Cashmer

It will be a place for kids to hang out, be safe and have fun.

Dave Wildung

It will hang over edges, just the thing you want in baskets.

Gary Hamilton

We know we've been in this situation before. It seems like it's been the same story for the past three years for me. It's kind of disappointing, but we're not going to hang our heads.

Dusty Baker

You want him to go out and pitch the way he has pitched before.

Koby Clemens

I wish I could talk to Satchel Paige and find out what he did to pitch at 50,

Mariano Rivera

I could've thrown 100 pitches today, ... It didn't matter.

Buddy Bell

Walk A-Rod? And pitch to Giambi? How about that one?

Charles Dickens

... Treachery don't come natural to beaming youth; but trust and pity, love and constancy,-they do, thank God!

Paul Perry

I think that positions No. 2 through 7 could be inter-changeable all year.

Rusty Wallace

The racetrack said, 'You get a release from the judge, we'll let you race,'

Bobby Hamilton

I don't think you can do it with 10 races to go in trucks because we only run 25 races,

Jose Mourinho

Maybe next season we can race.

Jose Mourinho

It’s not important how we play. If you have a Ferrari and I have a small car, to beat you in a race I have to break your wheel or put sugar in your tank.

Jose Bergamin

Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.

Kurt Busch

James Finch has always had pretty stout cars for the restrictor-plate races and I know we'll be very competitive at Daytona.

Jonathan Swift

I cannot but conclude that the Bulk of your Natives, to be the most pernicious Race of little odious Vermin that Nature ever suffered to crawl upon the Surface of the Earth.

Jonathan Swift

All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.

Jonathan Sacks

Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.

Charles Bukowski

the way to create art is to burn and destroy ordinary concepts and to substitute them with new truths that run down from the top of the head and out of the heart

Alberto Salazar

I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.

Alberto Salazar

I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.

Alfred Kazin

Brooklyn Heights itself is a window on the port. Here, where the perspective is fixed by the towers of Manhattan and the hills of New Jersey and Staten Island, the channels running between seem fingers of the world ocean. Here one can easily embrace the suggestion, which Whitman felt so easily, that the whole American world opens out from here, north and west.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Alex D. Linz

Home Alone was a lot and a lot and a lot of standing and sitting and walking and running and it was physically demanding but in this, I'm doing back flips and riding ostriches. It's physically demanding in a new way, so it's fun.

Alex Garland

When you develop an infatuation for someone you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you. It doesn’t need to be a good reason. Taking photographs of the night sky, for example. Now, in the long run, that’s just the kind of dumb, irritating habit that would cause you to split up. But in the haze of infatuation, it’s just what you’ve been searching for all these years.

Alex Ferguson

David impresses by his example on the field. He never stops running, he plays with supreme confidence, he always tries his hardest and he scores important goals. (on David Beckham)

Alec Baldwin

Anderson Cooper has a job to do. And that job is to try to reinforce his credibility in the gay community after the fact that you couldn’t get him out of the closet for 10 years with a canister of tear gas. Now he’s the sheriff; now he’s running around writing everybody a ticket!

Rhys Ifans

When I was taught Shakespeare in school, it was such an alien, sanitized puzzle, it made no sense.

Jessica Savitch

The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself.

Morris Gleitzman

Don't sit back and wait for God to do it all. Ask for His advice, but be prepared to do the hard yards yourself.

George Orwell

I have tipped waiters, and I have been tipped by waiters.

Bobby Jackson

They just wanted it more. We did all the right things in the first 12 minutes, and did all the wrong things from then on out.

Bobby Womack

I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.

Bobby Scott

Each year over 2,500 commercial vessels enter the Port of Hampton Roads alone, so adequate funding for port security is a significant issue for those of us who live in Richmond and Hampton Roads.

Bobby Sherman

In the last 5 years I've been working with the LAPD, training police officers in first aid and CPR.

Bobby Knight

At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven't called walking for 20 years, now you don't know what it is. When you call walking, you're about half right.

Bobby Cox

This year is different, ... We have 11 for about four.

Dustin Hoffman

I decided a long time ago but sometimes it takes you 40 years to get around to doing something - and that's the truthful answer.

Adolf Hitler

Every year a thousand kilometers of motor-roads will be opened until the greatest work in the history of mankind is completed.

Adolf Hitler

Thus one of Europe's most serious crises will be ended, and all of us, not only in Germany but those far beyond our frontiers, will then in this year for the first time really rejoice at the Christmas festival. It should for us all be a true Festival of Peace.

Adolf Hitler

In the course of carrying through our program for which we have calculated four years, two and one-quarter million out of six million unemployed have already received employment again within a period of eight short months.