Famous Quotes & Sayings

Peter Power

The boycott is bad for all those concerned.

Dino Ebel

That was a bad one. Like I've said since day one, this team never gives up. We gave up seven runs in an inning, but battled back. It's exciting. We still have a lot of games left.

Harry Smith

People cannot give up on the city as bad as this looks, ... It's devastating and it's catastrophic, but I have also been around the city and there are pockets of the city that can come back quickly, and I want people to come back.

Heather Stephens

Oh! I feel really bad about that now that I think about that. She's just so good and she's a senior. She's amazing. I've always looked up to her.

Vince Carter

Oh, I can care less about scrutiny and all that. If it was a bad game, it was a bad game. Just because of what people say and what people think, they don't dictate my game and how I play. I've been in the playoffs before and I've had bad games in the playoffs before. It's just one of those things, you shake it off.

Robin Smith

Oh God, fresh air, it's so wonderful. It's the first time I've wanted to breathe all day. When you think what we could've gone through, it's not too bad in there. But it's certainly not as wonderful as this.

Sarah Brown

After years of provocative headlines and breathless stories based mostly on anecdote, we finally have some solid data. The news is probably not as bad as adults might have been led to believe, but it is likely not as good as most parents might wish.

John Schultz

The name of the game was turnovers and bad passes,

Jeff Capel

The name of the game in tournament play is survive and advance. It doesn't matter how you do it. We were very fortunate to win. William and Mary was great. I feel bad that they had to lose, but we were able to make some plays down the stretch.

Mark Ellis

Even as a young guy, he takes control. That's his infield out there, and that's the way it should be.

Doug Miller

Being young, sometimes you don't know how to control your emotions. He'll mature. I'd take him on my team any time.

Alexander Haig

Until he left office, that man was in control. He was distraught. He was in a personal crisis of unprecedented magnitude -- all he ever wanted was to be president. But of all the presidents I have known, he was the most thoughtful.

Larry Wright

You can't control the story if you don't tell your story. As long as this is true, others will define who you are.

Shea Hillenbrand

You can't control that, ... All you can control is your preparation, the way you go about working. The results you can't control.

Elton Brand

We wanted to control the pace. We didn't want to let them get any fast-break points like they did when we played in New Jersey.

Keith Freeman

We wanted to control Megan Duffy, we wanted to keep Notre Dame off the foul line, but we did not stop the high-low game.

Brad Meyer

Everybody in the Big Nine wants to run. We know we can run, too, but if we control the tempo, we know we can win the game.

Bob Parsons

Everyone should have control of their own name on the Internet. Why not give a gift that is affordable, personal and can be used in so many ways?

Roger Toussaint

The struggle and defiance and unfortunately sacrifice will be required and will occur and judges need to understand that, the courts need to understand that and the lawmakers need to understand that.

Kevin Keegan

The tide is very much in our court now.

John Wallace

Publicly he's saying one thing and in the court he's saying another thing.

S. Hughes

Edna is going to be sorely missed. Her team leadership is invaluable and it's going to be hard not to have her in the locker room before and after games. Her guidance off the court is also going to be something that will be hard to replace.

Robert Irwin

There's no palette as rich as a garden. And the intensity of it - I make this statement all the time: You can't plan nature; you court her.

Roy Moore

I stand before the Court of the Judiciary because I've done my oath. I've kept my oath. I have acknowledged God as the moral foundation of our law,

Robert Klein

What the litigation has done is coalesced even further support from individuals who are outraged that the opposition would take to the court to try to defeat the will of the people.

Makhosini Nkosi

What happened today is that we got a court order effectively empowering us to confiscate the assets.

Bob Hill

We sorely needed to win a game. That was a team win. I thought we really got a lot of good performances from a lot of people. We got stops, we're not a great defensive team but the team we had on the court at the end did what they needed to get the stops. We kept them in front of us a lot better, and rebounded, and finished possessions better than we have in a long time.

Larry Garza

As for me, I'm single, and it hurts me 'cause he's not here and he won't be able to see his grandchildren grow up. He was always proud of his three sons finishing college, growing up and providing for themselves.

Tyler Haynes

Someone's season is going to be finished -- nobody wants that.

Chris Neff

Right now, we're 2-0 and we don't know anything about the rest. This really is like a new season, and we're hoping we can finish it 6-0.

Kathleen McCarthy

The Rockland runner is very good and Kate stayed with her the whole race. Kate is so consistent. I can always rely on her to finish strong.

Ellis Hobbs

The season is not over. This is Week 17 and we want to finish strong. I can rest later. They pay me to play.

Michael Barrett

This is not the way we wanted to finish the stand.

Tom Duxbury

This is not the finish line. This is just the intermediate pit stop.

Dean Wilson

That's nice to have the three birdies to finish up, hopefully that will give me some momentum.

Willis McGahee

That's how the offense is supposed to be clicking. It gave us a lot of confidence. We went out there and played good ball. We just didn't finish properly.

George H. W. Bush

as a president it goes with the territory.

Bobby Cox

This ranks right up there. This goes back 14 years.

Sonam Kapoor

No relationship works without making an effort. That goes without saying. But you should never overcompensate.

Andy Nash

As it goes down the mountain, it's accelerated. It results in stronger gusts of winds that you normally wouldn't have if the mountains weren't there.

Patty Griffin

There's an imbalance when if a woman goes out for a walk at 3 in the morning and something happens to her it was somehow her fault, and with a man that's not true.

Rene Descartes

It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable

Jackie Spinner

Frankly, you pray. My heart goes out to her family, her sister, her parents. I can only imagine what this must be doing to them.

Rachel Wacholder

I feel like every time we come out there, we think we can win. I don't know that they think they're going to win every time, either, and everyone watching isn't thinking, 'Oh God, here it goes again, they're going to win,' and it's good.

Robert Vaden

Hopefully he can get a job, and if he goes somewhere that's good enough for me, I'll be there with him.. I'm trying not to think about all these things right now. We've got a season we're still playing in and we're trying to make it to the (NCAA) tournament. That's all I'm worried about.

Mike Thibault

Once we made that first run, they weren't able to match it.

John Corcoran

It was the pivotal match in the whole tournament and it was a big win for them and a big win for the team.

Bob White

It was very frustrating. The talent doesn't match the attitude.

Annika Sorenstam

That's just match play, ... That's what makes it so exciting.

Jimbo Davis

We've set a precedent that you've got to step up and match us if you think that you're going to win.

Natalie Grinham

At the moment, because it is the pool matches it is quite a long day ... we don't just wake up and play one match during the day, we play three.

Rick Woodard

We missed the playoffs. Ideally, each match is a stepping stone to the next one.

Todd Woodbridge

Naturally, Wayne and I were miffed. We'd been setting ourselves for this match for weeks,

Andy Jackson

Getting to Sunday would get us the host. One match would help, but two would put us over the top.

Pete Hald

I've never had three players at the same time who can score like they do.

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.

Dikembe Mutombo

The NBA has more than 435 players and there are at least 100-some players doing more than expected. Shaq is doing a lot. Dwight Howard, [Manu] Ginobli. Dirk [Nowitzki] is doing a lot, and not just in Europe; he's reaching out to Africa and all other places.

Joe Legerski

We've had a lot of different players step up for us (in the post).

Jerry Angelo

To get valued players you have to be willing to give value.

Frank Rijkaard

This was a big result for the players and the club.

Andrew Bird

I'm a terrible Scrabble player.

Alannah Myles

I was charmed by a performance given by Crowded House at Toronto's Massey Hall where the bass player broke a string.

Rickey Henderson

I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the (World) Series.

Jane Bryant Quinn

It's daring and challenging to be young and poor, but never to be old and poor. Whatever resources of good health, character, and fortitude you bring to retirement, remember, also, to bring money.

Tammy Baldwin

Americans are not saving enough for retirement.

Scott Bakula

The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age

Michelle Malkin

It's time for a 21st-century retirement age. If 40 is the new 20 and 50 is the new 30, why shouldn't 70 be the new 65? The last time Washington politicians tinkered ever so gingerly with the government-sanctioned retirement age, Ronald Reagan was in office and Generation X-ers were all in diapers.

Michael Phelps

Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.

Norm Coleman

Let me be clear, the discussions about Social Security are not about the retirement security of those Americans who are 55 or older - the Social Security system for those folks 55 and over will not change in any way shape of form - no ifs, ands, or buts.

Mark Zandi

No one should expect the value of their house to appreciate quickly - counting on your home to be a significant part of your retirement saving isn't a winning strategy - but it is reasonable to expect that prices generally will rise with at least the rate of inflation for some time to come.

Theodore Bikel

Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.

Margaret Mead

Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.