Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Black

John has been one of our leaders this year. He stays steady from a 38 to a 40 all year. Our number two is Drew Waldrop, who is averaging a 39 or 40. He is just joining us back from the baseball team.

Dusty Baker

Juan has a pretty good idea of when to run. There were quite a few guys who had green lights last year. It's just a matter of them running. I gave guys the green light a lot, but sometimes I was a bit upset when they didn't run. A real base stealer can run better when he feels he can run versus when you tell him to run.

Albert Lin

I think it'll be a significant cut. I think they're trying to maximize the time they have as a monopoly in order to build a customer base lead before there's competition.

Javy Lopez

I actually wanted it. I guess the fact that I was working so much at first base during spring training, I kind of (cut) back my hitting.

Ben Howland

He didn't want to go. Sounds just like Coach. He's going to be fine, based on all the information we have. I was hoping we would play really well so he and his family could enjoy that in the hospital room that he was in.

Bruce Bochy

Greeney, it doesn't get any bigger than that. You're just hoping to put one in play and get a base hit there to tie it. That's quite a piece of hitting.

Roy Halladay

Half an inch either way, it's a base hit,

Joe Girardi

Hanley got the big base hit. It's a situation where you might bunt but I wanted to find out if he could hit to the right side to get him over. He showed me that he could and he set up the two-run inning as opposed to the one-run inning (with the base hit).

Dan Ford

Guidance for 2006 and the long-term is likely to temper expectations, while potentially setting a base for upside.

Gil Brandt

It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen, ... A linebacker for the Cardinals was hollering, 'Choke, Fritsch, choke!' and Dave Edwards, our upback on the protection team, said, 'He can't understand English.'

Johnny Nelson

We were there when 15 new cardinals were being inducted.

Reggie Sanders

If the Cardinals have me back, would I love to come back? Most definitely. But that's a long way away.

Juan Pierre

Mentally, we just didn't get it done for whatever reason. Stuff went our way a couple times in the Cardinals series, and this time we didn't put ourselves in a position to have things go our way.

Braden Looper

I was upset then. I was pretty naive. The Cardinals drafted me, and I envisioned playing my whole career there. I didn't know how long I would be in Florida.

Lloyd Carr

I think it is certainly one of the better defensive teams in the country.

Stephen Black

It certainly doesn't get any harder, ... I think Townsville in Townsville is probably the big game.

Curt Fredrickson

It certainly didn't feel like a 10-point win, I can say that.

Donna Newman

It certainly did not comport with due process.

David Mann

It certainly did help to see some narrowing of the trade deficit -- but the real positive for sterling will be a 'steady as she goes' message from the Fed and then the next step will be to see what the inflation report tomorrow has to offer.

Paul Gianelli

It certainly comes as a shock to my client to be charged with a crime.

Pat Rice

It certainly can't hurt. And it will give some of the dated hotel properties downtown a reason to upgrade in order to compete.

Bruce Barket

He certainly would still be in France if not for Loretta and Dennis.

Kevin Towers

He certainly was worth a $50,000 gamble (the price of a Rule 5 claim). He'll get a chance to make our club in some capacity.

English 14th Century Proverbs

He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon.

Tryon Edwards

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil.

Tori Amos

I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil.

William Peter Blatty

As far as God goes, I _am_ a nonbeliever. Still am. But when it comes to a devil---well, that's something else.

Kevin Towers

I really think the Devil Rays rushed him to the big leagues, and that set him back. He's a power pitcher with a great change-up. ... He has a world of potential, but we need to be patient with him. If we do this right, he could be a really good pitcher for us.

Joni Mitchell

I live in a box of paints I'm frightened by the devil And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid

James Joyce

God made food; the devil the cooks.

Neil Gaiman

The devil made me do it" I have never made one of them do anything. They live their own lives. I do not live their lives for them.

John Felmy

The devil is in the details. We have a well functioning system now. It is a question of cost. Where is the product going to come from?

Tim Wakefield

I think with Jason as our captain, he can lead us in the right direction.

Tony Fabrizio

There is a growing, deep-seated discontentment and pessimism about the direction of the country.

Dale Tallon

We talked about the direction we're going in and how valuable he would be to us on and off the ice with our young kids. He was high on our list.

Michel Therrien

I think we are in the right direction and it's going to be positive, but I know they can play better. Eventually.

Ryler DeHeart

It is just another stepping stone in the right direction for this team.

Gregory Smith

I actually raised my estimate this morning from 23 to 27 cents, and then they pre-announced. I had the direction right, just not the magnitude.

Jim Boeheim

He has a done a great job. They're getting great leadership from their seniors Copeland and Whitney. They've really turned things around. They have great direction and great cohesiveness.

Ralph Goodale

In fact, I think our focus would need to be in the opposite direction, ... the first step in an ongoing plan.

Bobby Shelton

Initially, you don't need five lanes in each direction.

Tom Donahoe

It always is. People get excited when you win and too upset when you lose. There's never any middle ground.

Rob Vega

There are so many reasons to be excited about Glen Erin. It has no weaknesses.

Doug Murray

He's a great player, great guy. Happy for the team and for Sweden. I'm excited myself.

Jonathan Hill

He's a swimming legend. I was excited to meet him.

Ryan Tucker

He's awesome. He's got a great presence. I'm really excited about this guy.

Francis Collins

I think it's a time to be very excited and optimistic, ... within the next five to 10 years.

Matt Bowling

I think it's going to be a lot of fun because it's a wide open race. We're excited to get started and see how it all works out.

Steve Alford

I think the guys are excited about what they've done.

Mary Alm

I think the girls were more excited than she was. She was in a daze about the whole thing.

Barry Bonds

Just seeing everybody, all the fans out there was just incredible,

Craig Wilson

I think it's a great step, not only for the club, but for Jason. He's proven over the last two years what he can do. It lets the fans know that Jason will be here for a while. It's outstanding for him and for us.

Stacey Koerner

Her fans are her fans. Even if they do want to see any of these new shows, they're not going to leave her show.

Mark Martin

He's been so incredible and respectful of me being the old-timer. I'm a huge Kurt Busch fan and always will be.

Drew Brees

He seems to be a fan favorite, and he's fun to watch. Hopefully we'll see him scurrying down the field on special teams and when he's called on in the offense.

Tie Domi

I was a fan of (shootouts) before, but after being on the losing side of it twice, it's pretty disappointing.

Kevin Towers

We think he'll be a fine addition. I've always been a fan of his.

Cynthia Ozick

I think that fanaticism is terrific. As long as you don't have to live with it. Oh, yes, nobody should marry a writer.

Tori Amos

Huge fan ... the highlight of my summer.

M. Thompson

Just to get that hit, it felt great.

Noah Lowry

Just one pitch. Everything else felt pretty good out there.

Sam Perlozzo

I talked to Richie at the time it happened, and we felt if it was going to completely heal, it was going to take about six weeks. You just hope nothing happens to him and he can get through the rest of the month.

Kyle McAlarney

I think I passed a few up the past few games. Tonight, I felt real loose and I felt real good out there, felt real comfortable.

Davis III

I always felt like I took the pressure off him.

Gena Rowlands

I always felt her vulnerability. You could always see it, though she'd have killed you if you said so.

Cliff Hapgood

He could be very stern with you, but when he was being stern, he felt like that was good for you. If you had done something stupid, he wouldn't mind pointing it out and that's good for you.

Marlon Byrd

He didn't even have his good stuff today. Tonight felt like we were a second-tier team.

Sheriff Stankus

He returned to where he felt he parked the vehicle and it wasn't there. He was under the impression someone stole it. Wilkes-Barre police were contacted and he subsequently realized it was parked elsewhere.

Robert Torricelli

I think it is all over but the final act.

Steve Smith

I think the offense was there, we just weren't able to finish our chances. We hit the post twice. We had one goal taken away. We've been around two years and that's the first game we've won in the final five minutes of a game.

Dave Power

I thought for our team it was a good way to simulate what it would be on the final day of the season.

Gerrit Zalm

I think the final growth percentage for this year will start with a 1,

Art Hogan

I think the dollar's recovery has a huge impact on the market, when you look at things like gold, which is getting tattooed today, ... I also think it's important psychologically, like when oil finally peaked in the mid-50's.

Doug Palow

We've been to the regional final once, in '96. We've matched that. Now, we want to go even further. We want to be the first team from North to go to the state finals.

Paul Aznarez

We told them it was their last final exam, it was just at night.

Brandon Johnson

I think we're a team of destiny. I really do feel that way because every senior on our team has been together since the sixth grade. And we all said in the sixth grade that we will be at the final four. And it just happened that way, and I feel like this is our year.

Mike Burke

We made so much progress over the year, going from No. 26 in the preseason all the way to the final eight. But we should have had it. None of that means anything unless we're up there with the final four.

Rosalind Wiseman

Kids for the most part talk to me about parents gossiping about each other and the other kids. I can't think of one kid who didn't know where her parents fit in the parents' social hierarchy.

Pierre Littbarski

Jacob looked good today. If he's fit he will play.

Dinara Safina

I talk to him every day and he is getting fitter and hopes to return in Rotterdam next week.

Tom Renney

He's a terrific young player who fits so nicely into their scheme. He's just a selfless player.

Mike Dunleavy

We talked about the ways we're going to use him and how he'll fit in,

David Byas

He's being very mature and realistic about it, and I think he has to be. Surely the goal is getting him back fit for the Ashes, and he's in good hands and working hard to get there.

Tim Dougherty

He's getting more and more comfortable with the system. That's pretty obvious with what he's done. We have a system that you can plug a lot of things into, and he's fit in that system very well.

L'Wren Scott

I don't have time to be that girl who does the super workout. But I try to be as fit as possible, given my schedule. Even if I do 20 minutes a day, it's better than nothing.

Clint Hurdle

He has made progress every time he has gone out and played, ... We need to see if he fits with us going into 2006. We're pretty set with (right fielder Brad) Hawpe and (left fielder) Holliday.

Larry Finucane

I would say the pressure is on them (Mills). They're the #6 or #7 seed and have the game on their home court.

Joe Torre

Just win as many games as we can and see where that leaves us when it's over.

Joel Allen

Joe has gotten the most out of his senior season and his selection to the all-star game reflects that.

Brian Thornton

Josh did a great job tonight, but it's not just tonight. He's done well the last several games and in practice. When Josh is playing well, it gives us a lot of versatility. When Josh is hitting shots and doing a great job on the boards, it gives us a lot more options.

Byron Scott

I think it's a good thing for our team right now. If we can win games without Chris, I think it gives these guys even more confidence. And it also shows when he comes back that we'll even be better.

Bud Childers

I think it'll be an edge, but once the game gets going, I just think it comes down to playing ball.

Marcus Greer

It always helps to start out the game well. It set the tempo of the game, I think.

Lofa Tatupu

He was a helluva an athlete, ... If that's somebody they have on their practice squad, then you know the guy taking snaps in the game is the real deal.

Antawn Jamison

He didn't really look to look for his teammates as often as he did in the first two games. I think he really took this game personally and he wanted to really come out and play well.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Ozzie is the Hispanic Jackie Mason. If you look at him in that light, you don't worry about anything he says.

Ed Harris

I don't have the luxury of the firsthand historical knowledge that you have. You'll probably find the same thing with the board.

William J. Clinton

We must fortify African democracy and peace by launching Radio Democracy for Africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take place in Nigeria.

Will Durant

Fundamentalism is the triumph of Paul over Christ.

Vladimir Lenin

Democracy is indispensable to socialism.

Wilfred Owen

If I have to be a soldier I must be a good one, anything else is unthinkable

Walter Kaufmann

Paul substituted faith in Christ for the Christlike life.

Samuel Johnson

Many falsehoods are passing into uncontradicted history.

Mary Humstone

Being enrolled in the National Register of Historic Places is an honorific designation. It means the site has been studied and deemed significant in American history and culture.

Wayne LaPierre

a historic day for the NRA and also for the Second Amendment.

Scott Ross

It is my understanding that the parents did not want the police to become involved so we honored their wishes.

Woody Johnson

I am honored to serve on this committee.

Craig Morgan

I'm honored to receive this award. I feel entertainers are obligated to give back, especially to those who make such huge sacrifices.

Kevin Dixon

I really loved it there. I very much appreciated and was honored to work there. Everyone was fantastic.

Mike Reynolds

I turned them down because I'm not doing this for money, I'm doing it for them. Sure, I'd be honored to have a sponsorship from a military branch, but this year, I'm doing this for love of country.

Rick Rivera

They honored themselves well and McLean well. Some of the situations they were put in, in that last inning, they played very mature softball and it was incredible.

Bill Gibbons

Phoenix is honored to be the newest member of the Glen Raven team.

Calvin Coolidge

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

Peggy Corrigan

I was really shocked, very honored and very humbled. That was 30 years ago. I didn't really feel like I'd done anything special. I just did it because I loved it.

Lisa Jakub

You never know how much time you have with someone.

Jon Stewart

I have a lot of hostility.

Greg Rosenblum

There was shouting. There was hostility during the deliberation. There was adamant disagreement, but ultimately everyone respected everyone else's point of view.

Charlie Hunnam

No, I do a bunch of things to entertain myself. I paint, I make music, I take photographs.

Lutfullah Mashal

We know that he has been killed, but do not know whether it was because of personal hostility or because he once had joined the Taliban,

Paul Saffo

The problem has not been hostility to technology; the problem has been big egos.

Uta Hagen

We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.

Bill Vickroy

If we win, we would host it Saturday night at 8:30 p.m., after gymnastics.

Chris Valdez

If we win by more than seven points, then we'll host them here in the first round on Tuesday. If we don't, then we'll have to go back over there.

Ron Hilliard

He should have a big year. He's been rated by Dennis McCarty as one of the top linemen in the state. Michigan State, Penn State and Rutgers are very interested in Dan.

Charles Davis

I think the perception is out there that FOI is a special interest of the press.

Eddie Campbell

I thought about this, I thought these people are ringing me about horror. I don't think I like horror, I don't think I'm interested in horror.

Sean McGowan

The people who are obviously most interested in it obviously went out and did it already. He doesn't even talk about it.

Iker Casillas

I thank Manchester for their interest but I want to remain here.

John Lehman

I think that it is in their interest to meet with us.

John Riley

I was always interested in this kind of stuff. It kind of piqued my interest more.

Dan Hicks

I was always looking to record, but how much I actually pursued it was another thing. The major labels weren't that interested in me, and the smaller labels didn't have any money to do anything.

John Simmonds

I'd like to thank you for the presentation. You made it very, very clear. And I'd like to announce, I have no interest in running for mayor.

Dick Jauron

What I learned is you better win. When you win, you're pretty smart. When you don't, you're not.

Harry Campbell

I went from summer school to merit roll. I learned that the more you do in school, the better you will be in life.

Lauren Hutton

I was making $50 a week as a house model at Christian Dior for nine months before I learned that photographic models made $50 an hour!

Glenn Tilton

If there's anything I learned in 32 years in the oil business, it's not to speculate on oil prices.

Pokey Chatman

I learned a lot about basketball. I learned more about life.

Elizabeth Miller

I learned what invasive species I have. Even in my own backyard.

Chris Lee

I learned to swallow my pride. Swallow it and walk away.

Ruth Saunders

The first thing we learned was to pronounce his name:

George Hamilton

The cha-cha-cha is not the one I learned in Mexico. The tango is not the one I saw in Argentina. They have their own way of doing things.

Bill Richardson

is used for national supply emergencies for a really rainy day.

Bruce Bartlett

Remember, personal savings is only a small portion of total national savings,

The Jerusalem

Orders have been issued regarding this by the Palestinian National Security Council.

Hong Feng

I suggest taking pictures here with an unfolded national flag.

Ed Grezinsky

It was exciting. As a coach, you don't have many opportunities to see an all-time national record be broken.

Robert Montgomery

It's a very simple idea, but we needed to show that it worked and that the results were good. It is something that can be done more widely if we can get buy-in from other institutions. Ideally, if there were a national program, we could optimize the number of these matches.

Dick Thornburgh

It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national sovereignty.

Tom Golisano

If we go by the National Popular Vote, we'll get more people voting.

Nerlens Noel

My goals for next year are to win a national title first and foremost.

Richard Dawkins

Natural selection is anything but random.

Omar Vizquel

I'm pretty sure he can do it just because of his natural talent,

Herschelle Gibbs

It's disappointing. I was trying to keep my end up as long as I could and at the same time play my natural game, which they didn't make too easy. We didn't get enough partnerships together, like they did in their first innings.

Mickey Mantle

All I had was natural ability.

Jerome Hauer

Nothing indicates that this was anything other than a natural outbreak.

John Key

I always had a long-term view of going into politics, so I suppose I was always careful. I mean, I got offered all these rinky dink tax deals, but I always paid my taxes. I am naturally quite conservative.

Jeff Bonde

She's always had a lot of natural speed. We're still trying to rate her.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Once a change of direction has begun, even though it's the wrong one, it still tends to clothe itself as thoroughly in the appurtenances of Tightness as if it had been a natural all along.

Bill Cunningham

He's talked about it for months, I think this is the natural progression whether or not he runs for mayor.

John Lindsey

Here, we're running into the problem of specific numbers again,

Bob White

I don't feel that their numbers and 'facts' are very accurate.

Alex Brown

I don't know that we've got his number yet.

Robert Keats

I don't know where their number comes from.

Richard P. Feynman

Few people realize the number of things that are possible.

Richard J. Needham

When people are against profits they're against business; when they're against business, they're against employment; when they're against employment, it's not surprising that a large number of them are unemployed.

Russell Hoban

Them as counts counts moren them as dont count

Russell Brand

Today's 'Sesame Street' will NOT be brought to you by the number 34 or the letter D.

Will Forte

It takes a certain type of person to register your 'Donkey Kong' score. So I'm just number 29 in registered Donkey Kong scores.

Chris Murray

He didn't really get a shot. They didn't give him much opportunity in the pre-season.

Ron Chernow

You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don't want too much complacency because people will be blinded to some risk.

Travis Tritt

I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.

Regis Philbin

I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn't have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, 'Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of, and not feeling that I had the talent... and letting it go all the way through Notre Dame and then through two years of Navy service.

Reid Hoffman

Finished ought to be an F-word for all of us. We are all works in progress. Each day presents an opportunity to learn more, do more, be more, grow more in our lives and careers.

Woodrow Wilson

There are times when words seem empty and only actions seem great. Such a time has come, and in the Providence of God America will once more have an opportunity to show the world that she was born to save mankind.

William Weld

If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of economic opportunity, we found that that is going to produce instability economic, political and social.

Rob Bell

I feel like I've gotten an extraordinary opportunity to experience a sort of collective humanity. If you hug many people in such a short period of days you pick up on a communal energy, almost like feeling a giant heartbeat that everyone is beating together.

Trey Gowdy

I would love the chance to ask follow-up questions of Susan Rice because David Gregory apparently did not avail himself of that opportunity. Greta, I just listened to the clip - I get tougher questions in the Bojangles drive-through than he asked her.

Terri Swaney

They had a phenomenal season. There's no reason they shouldn't feel proud of themselves.

Steve Ziemba

It's surreal right now. This is a phenomenal time of my life. I didn't think we would win. I just thought we would get in the top five.

Flip Saunders

They're a different team with Tracy. He was phenomenal tonight.

Dan Scanlon

I trust every lead in every department. All of the teams are phenomenal artists. All I need to tell them is why to do something, not how to do something.

Jakaya Kikwete

I will make sure research and development is a top priority in agricultural development.

Gary Snyder

The first priority is just to get them registered,

Edgerrin James

They just signed a new guy, so they are working to get better. As long as it is a priority ten it is all right.

Ron Bonjean

The speaker is making it a top priority to get that done.

Mike Claffey

We've taken that on because it's a priority for safety reasons.

Steve Squyres

For Spirit, the priority has been to reach a safe winter haven.

Josh Duncan

It is huge. Another win provides more motivation. We'll keep going.

William Cowper

Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours.

Mike Drake

I want to start seeing some of the results and know the provider is up to speed.

Bob Beauprez

It's something we can do an do quickly to provide some relief,

Ralph Alvarez

This is our way to provide them the taste that they crave.

David Livingstone

Providence seems to call me to the regions beyond

George Washington

Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us.

Steve Monks

He's quicker to the ball. He provided a big spark off the bench.

Michael Burgess

When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications.

Josh Duncan

It is huge. Another win provides more motivation. We'll keep going.

Zack Greinke

I was about 20 times smarter before this season started than I am now.

Walter Savage Landor

Falsehood is for a season.

Steve Owens

It may be that we simply go from one high-pollution season to another.

Gwyn Howat

It was a wild weather year. The big thing this season was extremes.

Dave Molina

Colfax will be the big one. We can make our season with a win.

Jonathan Lewis

The season is not lost. We're still Virginia Tech.

Bobby Jones

During the season on Saturdays, I usually sleep in until about 1.

Patrick Rice

As the season went on, she got better and better.

James Cox

We want to end the season how we started it ? by winning.

Stefan Hell

Calling on each molecule one by one? No way. I just told all of them to be quiet - except for a selected few.

Rick Riordan

Why does it have to be so hard? Why can't it be a happily-ever-after ride-into-the-sunset feeling all the time?

Rick Riordan

Yeah." He took one last look at the cityscape of Rome, turning bloodred in the sunset. "Festus, raise the sails. We've got some friends to save.

Reynolds Price

Stand up at sunrise and meet what they send you.

Woody Allen

Today I saw a red and yellow sunset and thought, how insignificant I am! Of course, I thought that yesterday too, and it rained.

Sarah Carter

I find day after day of sunshine boring.

Tori Amos

The sun is getting dim, will I pay for who I've been?

Robert Plant

There's nothing new under the sun - you just get a can of paint out.

Willa Cather

The pale, cold light of the winter sunset did not beautify - it was like the light of truth itself.

Robert Palmer

Every man's the same, he wants the sunshine in his name.

Warren Buffett

We continue to make more money when snoring than when active.

Joyce Meyer

The right timing is not always our timing.

Edward Boyden

A big part of my job is to remember failure, and reboot failure, when the timing is right.

Garry South

The timing was not accidental. There's more to come.

Bill Swain

The timing of this weather is a little unfortunate.