Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Stern

I would say that the city is making it pretty clear of what they want us to do, and we'll accommodate them.

Leslie Brunell

I would say we're talking several to many years before the city can be rebuilt.

Jason Wiemer

I talked to (assistant coach) Rich Preston and expressed some interest. I knew I wanted to come back here and wanted to make sure they knew that. It worked out well. I enjoyed playing here, I love the city and liked the guys here. I looked at the team, watched them play in the playoffs. It was something I wanted to be a part of.

Mike Shanahan

I think it's a better system. There are more opportunities, and because teams have to come to your city to do the interviews, it can be done without conflicting with what you're trying to get done.

Bill Hopkins

It always concerns me when a homegrown company like Roanoke Electric Steel gets tied up with management control outside the city and state.

Jay Clark

I actually got into Mason City on Dec. 17. I really won't know about Mason City until I get back from Christmas.

David Stern

He described the virtues of Oklahoma City ? what it had been through on the tragic side and how it was rebuilding and how sports had been a part of that.

John Burke

He controlled the night in the city of Albany. Everything had to go through him, whether you were working with another agency, you had to go through him. If you wanted to make an arrest, you had to go through him, unless, of course, a cop witnessed a crime.

William Daley

He knows that he can't solve a lot of the world's problems. He can't solve AIDS, he can't solve the global warming problem, but he can feel and make sure that people's quality of life is addressed by the city government,

Peter Cosgrove

I talk to friends in Allentown, in Philadelphia, in Washington, D.C., and they all follow Gerry. Kids everywhere love him, maybe because he looks like a kid himself.

DeAngelo Williams

I take pride in knowing the NFL is pink in October, sparking conversations everywhere about breast cancer and prevention, all in the spirit of my mom.

Jeff Granger

He's a big kid. Everywhere you move, he's there.

Bobby Cox

He's a great number two hitter or fifth hitter. He's hit everywhere in the lineup. We'll let that work itself out in the spring.

Jessie Evans

I thought we played them evenly everywhere except the free throw line. We were not awed by anything.

Michael Thompson

I went to the post office, the grocery store and the drug store today, and everywhere I went people were talking about it.

Dusty Baker

He's going to get better. It's a big jump from Double-A to the big leagues. He's hit everywhere he's been. If you've hit everywhere you've been, you should hit where you're going.

Brian Cashman

He's been young everywhere we've put him. But obviously he is very talented.

Kristan Higgins

I do think people should be proud and supportive of their friends, in publishing and everywhere else.

Rob Gronkowski

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

Shannon Flaherty

It is his right, and he has been practicing that right.

Jenna D'Alie

I haven't really been out there yet. I've been practicing and practicing, even through the injury. I want to show the university what I can do.

Eric Clapton

I know that when I was a full-blown, practicing alcoholic, everyone used to walk around me on eggshells,

Spencer Gardner

All that practicing catches up and a lot of shots just fall.

John Mueller

It's like a jog-a-ton, only we will be practicing (not running) for three hours.

Jeff Judkins

You can't kill a team by practicing too much.

Donald Glover

I started doing '30 Rock' and started writing 'Mystery Team' at the beginning of that. While I was doing 'Mystery Team,' I started practicing stand-up. While I was doing stand up, I got 'Community.' It's like I planted trees six years ago, and now they have fruit.

David Gilmour

I don't have a very disciplined approach to practicing or anything, but I do tend to have a guitar around most of the time, which I strum on most of the day.

Paul Browne

I think that we are talking about a very, very small risk -- but not zero.

Jorge Cantu

I didn't want to risk it. I'm sure it would have been a risk if I was to keep playing. Let it heal. ...I'll be back.

Reid Hoffman

Everything in life has some risk, and what you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it.

Tullian Tchividjian

When you don't have anything to lose, you discover something wonderful: you're free to take great risks without fear or reservation.

Robert Redford

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

Robert Plant

Don't be hard on yourself. And take as many chances, risks, as you can.

Sarah Polley

Playing roles that are intense and damaged has always come more easily to me than doing comedies or lighter stuff - that would be taking a huge risk for me.

Will Smith

Life is dangerous and you're not gonna live a life without risk.

Warren Buffett

Risk can be greatly reduced by concentrating on only a few holdings.

Robin Roberts

I think that number's high, ... I think the schools are safer than that shows.

Michael Bakwin

I will put (the paintings) on the walls of my house, and in my safe when I leave. I was lax.

Carl Jung

You'll always be safe with me.

Ron Chernow

The best argument for mutual funds is that they offer safety and diversification. But they don't necessarily offer safety and diversification.

Troy Polamalu

Being compared to the greatest-ever safety is pretty ridiculous. I continue to work toward that, but I'm not there and I know that.

Woody Allen

If you aren't failing every now and then, you're probably playing it too safe.

Richard Gere

Even in comedies, you've got to feel safe for things to just happen in a way that is natural and free, and recognizable as human.

Robert Ringer

Assumption Theory: The only safe assumption in life is that the person who assures you that everything is all right is all wrong.

Robert Reich

The United States is a safe harbor.