Famous Quotes & Sayings

Peter Eichler

We need to be a better blocking team to get those wins.

Ronnie Brewer

Steven plays a big role for us inside. His defense is great and he takes up a lot of space when he blocks out so that it helps everyone on our team rebound. And he's got great timing for blocking shots.

John Base

The city told me I need to move my boat. I don't know why. My yard is well maintained, and I am not blocking any sidewalks.

Harry Sprouse

They run a 4-4 defense; they run it very well. We're going to have to do a good job blocking them and taking care of the football.

Jim Ryan

It was run out of the wrong formation, ... And we have to improve our blocking technique. We didn't block too well anywhere. We just need to improve on offense and fix the little things we did wrong.

Laurie Glass

It was a real good day all-around, but especially on defense. In particular the blocking schemes that we have been working on. This weekend they understood why we do the things we want them to do.

Katie Johnson

We're just pretty much working on blocking strategies and learning different stuff. We know that as the weeks go on, our tournaments are going to keep getting harder.

Anthony Williams

Our strength is probably our hitting and blocking because we're strong hitters and we leap well, ... We need to work on our setting and our floor movement, being where we need to be on the court.

Jerritt Elliott

We're a team that has a chance to be really solid by the end of the year. I think we're very talented. I think we're better at blocking and better at defense. But we lost a lot of swings on the left with Mira.

John Street

I've been an elected official now for 24 years, and I value my integrity very highly, ... And this speculation about whether or not I'm a target of any federal investigation has caused some concern.

Mary Lyons

Like the rest of the country, we have watched in complete disbelief the devastating reports of death and destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina,

Toba Beta

If I lie about the truth which you will know somehow later, then you would tell me a liar.If you dig further about truth which caused me to lie, then you would understand my reason.

Rem Murray

It caused my head to turn totally to the left, and it was frozen there for quite some time,

Matt Schmelzer

Their stall might have re-energized their defense as well. They forced turnovers on us that really caused us trouble.

Detlev Mehlis

The commission's relation with the Syrian authorities has been marked by conflicting signals. This has caused confusion and delays.

Ray Murrihy

You could have caused Jim Cassidy to come down and then you are looking at a month.

Billy Graham

Occasionally I've seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings.

David Sherman

The children have been out of control and have caused serious harm to themselves and each other.

Haseeb Ahmed

I think there is significant confusion at the Fed itself.

Frank Sinatra

I drink to the confusion of our enemies

Rebecca West

I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value.

Wallace Stevens

You know that the nucleus of a time is not The poet but the poem, the growth of the mind Of the world, the heroic effort to live expressed As victory. The poet does not speak in ruins Nor stand there making orotund consolations. He shares the confusions of intelligence.

Walter Lippmann

For the most part we do not first see, and then define, we define first and then see. In the great blooming, buzzing confusion of the outer world we pick out what our culture has already defined for us, and we tend to perceive that which we have picked out in the form stereotyped for us by our culture.

Darren Kimball

It's not up to GM, it's up to the consumer whether that price holds or not. GM's pricing strategy continues to be a source of confusion for investors.

Charles Francis Richter

Lately there have been complaints that the use of the magnitude scale is confusing, or at least the reporting of magnitudes in the newspapers 'confuses the public.

Chelsea Handler

I was in a tailspin of confusion I hadn't experienced since the first time I heard George W. Bush speak.

Tom Woods

That's where toughness shows, on the defensive side of things. And I think that's exactly what happened tonight. I was real pleased with the defense, and the intensity level.

John Bliss

Our defensive pressure was a big part in the win. It kind of fueled our offense and gave us some relatively easy baskets.

Chris Richards

We're a defensive team. I think we can stop anybody.

Alan Nicholl

Twenty-some shots is a tremendous game, offensively. For them not to score a goal, you have to hand it back to our kids; they put up such a great defensive effort.

Mike Shanahan

We haven't faced a better defensive team this year.

Mark Brunell

Let's face it, those guys hold if they can get away with it and it's hard to hold a defensive end when you can't grab onto him.

Devin Scruggs

She stepped it up not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end and passing.

Sharon Allen

She was aggressive. I wish she could have been more of a defensive force this season for us. But she scored down low for us.

Chris Harrington

Obviously, that's saying something about our defensive play and our goaltending. Those are the things you need going into the playoffs.

Brian Buchanan

And then I see them at the games, and they just go, go, go. I never hear them complain. Heck, they're always so happy to be there. And it reminds me how lucky we are to have them.

Richard Segal

There will be two new products next year. In the first half there will be a person-to-person skill game and in the second half there will be another more akin to casino.

Marquand Manuel

I've never missed that many tackles in a game. Ever.

Rory Sabbatini

It would be nice to get back. I haven't had as much success there as I would like, but I think my mental game is ready for it now. I'm a lot more mature.

Jerry Austin

It was what a championship game was supposed to be. It was a battle.

Matt Lawton

It was weird, really weird. I was at home watching the game with the kids. I had to become a fan. And for the next week or so, that's what I'll be.

Abbie Mitchell

It was a nice game for our seniors. I'm really proud of the way they are playing heading towards the end of the season. We are going to need them to keep playing strong to get us where we want to be at the end of the year.

Joe Pepe

It was a nice bounce-back game for us. We needed to come back after the Brooke game the other day. It is nice to get back on the winning track.

Michael Beasley

It was an honor to be a part of history, but honestly I don't remember all the games we've played. I do remember the trips, though, and that's what we will miss the most ? all those good times.

Jim Lushine

Rain will be as heavy, if not heavier. You don't want to be walking around out there with possible downed power lines and debris. It's not over until it's over.

John O'Brien

PPI this morning was in line with what was expected, showing low inflation.

Reggie McNeal

We missed him a little bit, ... but whoever is the second man in line has to step up and play.

Angela Sarafyan

I prefer for things to happen serendipitously, but honestly, I also love terrible pickup lines.

Anthony Hopkins

What I do is just go over and over and over my lines and learn the script so well that I can just be easy and relaxed. That's the way I always work.

Simon Pegg

You know what, despite my complaints about The Phantom Menace and Episode II, when Episode III comes out I'll be first in line. I genuinely love it.

Russ Grimm

And no matter how good you are you have to work at it. It's non-stop every day, every day. The best the offensive line feels is when the season starts.

Victoria Jackson

The bottom line of Hollywood is money.

Suzanne Collins

In other words, I step out of line and we're all dead.

David Nicholls

I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this.

Danny Miller

We go out and do our best, ... but we have to move on to our next missing person.

Alfred Kazin

We never know how much has been missing from our lives until a true writer comes along.

Donna Karan

I've been away and haven't seen my family. I speak to them every day though. I miss them, but I love traveling.

Dorothy Dunnett

If I can’t be personal, I don’t want to argue,” said his hostess categorically. “I may be missing your points, but you’re much too busy dodging mine.

Danny Elfman

In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film.

Anne Lamott

Certainty is missing the point entirely.

Ann Voskamp

Until we call attention to the moments of our lives, we miss our lives.

Andy Roddick

You know, you can only throw in so many haymakers before one misses and you get knocked out

Randeep Hooda

I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.

Arthur Lydiard

The idea that you can't lose contact with the leaders has cut more throats than it has saved.

Aubrey McClendon

American business would be run better today if there was more alignment between CEOs' interest and the company. For example, would the financial crisis of 2008 have occurred if the CEO of Lehman and Morgan Stanley and Goldman and Citibank had to take a very small percentage of every mortgage-backed security... or every loan they made?

Brenda Ueland

running is the right thing to do! I am free, healthy with a good complexion. It is that automobile addict who should be ashamed: driving in a sealed car in warmed-over carbon monoxide and smoking a seegar. I am the Goddess! He is a bug in a monkey nut!

Jane Hamilton

This was life, I supposed, running and running and running, and realizing along the way that the phantom was getting closer.

Barry Eichengreen

As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in the short run.

Camila Alves

A lot of times, drama around it is not for the worse but for the best in the long run. If we look at it that way, I have learned to find the best of it in most situations.

Carol Burnett

My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.

Alain de Botton

In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You can't put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well.

Arthur Lydiard

The idea that you can't lose contact with the leaders has cut more throats than it has saved.

Aubrey McClendon

American business would be run better today if there was more alignment between CEOs' interest and the company. For example, would the financial crisis of 2008 have occurred if the CEO of Lehman and Morgan Stanley and Goldman and Citibank had to take a very small percentage of every mortgage-backed security... or every loan they made?

Brenda Ueland

running is the right thing to do! I am free, healthy with a good complexion. It is that automobile addict who should be ashamed: driving in a sealed car in warmed-over carbon monoxide and smoking a seegar. I am the Goddess! He is a bug in a monkey nut!

Jane Hamilton

This was life, I supposed, running and running and running, and realizing along the way that the phantom was getting closer.

Barry Eichengreen

As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in the short run.

Camila Alves

A lot of times, drama around it is not for the worse but for the best in the long run. If we look at it that way, I have learned to find the best of it in most situations.

Carol Burnett

My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.

Alain de Botton

In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You can't put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well.

Charles Darwin

Often a cold shudder has run through me, and I have asked myself whether I may have not devoted myself to a fantasy.

Kyle Chandler

I've stopped racing to get to the red light.