Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Baird

The bottom line is, even if the player was unaware they've been given the drug, the test doesn't require intent. The standard is so strict, if the NFL wants to enforce it strictly, you're basically sunk.

Frederick Moran

The cable division came in with 13 percent cash-flow growth, which is basically the strongest we're going to see out of the whole cable industry this quarter, ... They're showing some real power.

Anne Paige

The more I looked into the breed, the more interesting they became. They're fun-loving, they love the water and they want to be doing things with you all the time, and that's what we wanted. We just basically were interested in a dog that would be a part of the family and be with us all the time.

Phil Garner

Definitely saw him more in the strike zone. I saw him down in the strike zone more and then saw him go up (in the zone) when he wanted to go up. That's what you wanted to see. You want to see him within basically the mitt most of the time.

Jed Connelly

Dealers in the Gulf region were out of business for most of the month of September. Basically the entire state of Texas was impacted.

Jarrett Sparks

Coach basically told us to play it one game at a time.

Ken Baker

Denise and Heather were inseparable. They were neighbors. They lived basically on the same street. They spent a lot of time together, especially since both started engaging in a divorce proceeding.

Duane Gubler

Dengue is one of these neglected diseases ... it's basically been ignored for many, many years.

George Long

A petrol bomb was thrown down the turret. It was on fire basically from the back.

Greg Gibson

Ramon has had some offers for colleges and every meet that he does well in is another feather in his hat. We're proud of him.

Rachel Ingber

The name Douglass College for alumnae evokes awe-inspiring pride, a rich history and connectedness from one generation to the next. Diminishing Douglass College's name sends a disingenuous message about our commitment to women's education.

Nate Longshore

Definitely, he has a track record. But I'm not thinking about that right now. I haven't even played at the college level.

Mark Evans

Any de-emphasis on standards that prepare our kids for college is going to be of great concern to us.

Tom Maeser

The state does not reimburse colleges for new programs or expansion of programs for three years. So, they have to start it themselves and have it up and running.

Pat Campbell

The stage that ESPN used for College Game Day isn't going to be there this time. We're hoping to pick up those seats and the (university's) new courtside seats.

Mitch Bainwol

The theft of music in its various forms continues to exact a heavy price. The piracy problem on college campuses is evolving and presenting new challenges.

Jim Calhoun

The thing that separates college basketball, many times, is just the emotion. I know I'm wiped out.

Candice Wiggins

I've never experienced back-to-back losses in college. It's difficult to handle a loss in general and this is harder.

Stephen Roberts

Productivity hasn't met the high hopes held out for it and, as a result, has pretty much dropped off the radar screen for economy watchers.

Carlos Casteneda

Any path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you

Jane Bryant

Term rates keep dropping and dropping and dropping; it's just amazing.

Jerry Palm

Tennessee is dropping like a rock. It's looking like whichever team ends up with the higher seed (UNC or Tennessee) will end up in Greensboro with Duke.

Mike Heffernan

The rounds played is down about 5 percent this year, ... The season passes are down ... about 20 percent. But even though the number of passes sold dropped 20 percent, the number of rounds played dropped only 5 percent.

Aaron Rodgers

I've spent years trying to time up my drops with my throws. You learn to listen to your feet and trust your positions.

Mitsushige Akino

The share prices of JFE and Nippon Steel fell after they had risen until Monday. They will not drop so much with the positive forecasts.

Tim Baker

It would help in getting a few AFL players dropping back, that's a big benefit,

Phil Brown

There would be no better man to replace Eriksson. Sam would have no problems dropping big-name players.

James Mulva

As an industry we feel it is not a good precedent to fund a government program.

Emily Hall

As a group, the funds have shown that you can do about as well in a screened universe as in a non-screened universe. But that doesn't mean all socially screened funds are good.

David Hale

Back when I gave that speech in March, some of my hedge fund friends thought it would be a big issue by the third quarter. But here we are, it's July, and it just hasn't seemed to register.

Tim Kaine

Often, money is taken out of that fund for other projects. I'll make sure that stops.

Steve Robertson

Cocaine trafficking, the profits involved that are immense and terrorist organizations, just like any other organization, have to fund their organization.

Cathy Nixon

Any win is a good thing for us. This was one of the goals we set, this is something we wanted to accomplish. I'm proud of the kids, they played well and it's fun to see the reward of their hard work.

Dale Mitchell

The state does not provide any funding at all,

John Bell

The site was meant to be fun and quirky.

Joe Jones

The Second Injury Fund seems to be advantageous to a very small number of people.

Maisie Williams

Sometimes people think they know you and they go, 'Hey!' and then they realize that they've just seen you on the television. That's kind of funny sometimes.

Jarome Iginla

That one wasn't so funny because he got hurt.

Barbara Kingsolver

He had senile dementia and liked to go outside naked, but he could still do two things perfectly: win at checkers and write out prescriptions.

Augusten Burroughs

The Schnauzer listens to jazz. I listen to jazz because he likes it, and I have even gone to jazz concerts with him, but truthfully I would rather listen to retarded children pounding on pan lids with wooden spoons.

Aziz Ansari

I'm in a situation with this girl that's as hopeless as overthrowing the Bush administration.

Ayn Rand

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

Benjamin Disraeli

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.

Kenneth Branagh

It's funny to be in rooms where you were originally referred to as 'The Shakespeare Guy' and to suddenly be in the position where you're 'The Blockbuster Guy.' That's a pretty unusual turnabout, I must say.

Benjamin Disraeli

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

Abby Cohen

Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.

Patti LaBelle

I've never ever given you less than I can give. I'm gonna give you everything you deserve.

Stevie Jackson

I've always just given myself to the band, if you know what I mean, and been busy with that.

Jennifer Crider

I've already given you an answer. I've talked to six reporters about this today, and everyone else has been able to understand that sentence and write it.

John Kasich

So when they don't have certainty, they go the other way. In Ohio, we have given them certainty and things have been improved. But if we can get a Romney presidency, they are going to get much better.

Chris Klug

One day I was on my deathbed. The next day I was given a new lease on life.

Carmelo Anthony

Now I do. I never really listened to them (before). Just seeing their merchandise and listening to them here and there (has given him an appreciation).

Jennifer Pahlka

Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if you're one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.

Jerome Bettis

Thank you for all the memories that you've given me and the way that you've taken me in.

Christopher Poole

As a teenager, I used to use the nickname 'Moo' as a moniker online, and then I turned into 'Moot' for fun, which I didn't even realize was a real word at the time, and it just stuck with me.

Steve Sabol

I always was fascinated by neat nicknames.

Sally Ride

I don't have any nicknames.

Scott Pelley

It's not the nicknames, it's how they got the nicknames that matters.

M. Wolfe

Are they going to have Victoria's Secret selling underwear?

Earl Watson

You play so many teams so many times, I don't think there are any secrets about what teams do.

Carson McCullers

And the curt truth is that, in a deep secret way, the state of being loved is intolerable to many.

Jamie Zawinski

There is a lot of money to be made in the business of secrets, of course.

Anthony Trollope

The secrets of the world are very marvellous, but they are not themselves half so wonderful as the way in which they become known to the world.

Daniel Handler

There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matter if you keep them secret.

Elie Wiesel

We still are looking for someone who knows the secret of immortality. Only God is immortal; we are not.

Britney Spears

Sometimes it's our secrets that define us.

Richard Breitman

this was about as secret as you could get.

Kathy Duva

This isn't a 'Let's take him out for a spin and see how he is' fight.

John Murtha

You can't spin this. You've got to have a real solution, ... This is not a war of words, this is a war.

Mahatma Gandhi

Restore the spinning wheel to its place and you will solve the problem of poverty.

Mahatma Gandhi

Hunger is the argument that is driving India to the spinning wheel.

Jason Reitman

This is a movie more about spin and talk and lobbying than it is about cigarettes.