Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Osler

There are no straight backs, no symmetrical faces, many wry noses, and no even legs. We are a crooked and perverse generation.

Atharva Veda

He takes the crooked path of the unrighteous way; leaving the straight and narrow path, he weaves his way backwards.

Bertolt Brecht

If there are obstacles, the shortest line between two points may be a crooked line.

William Blake

Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius

Brad Radke

The first inning was pretty important. Maybe that got us going a bit. It was nice to see the guys put up some crooked numbers.

Mike Piazza

You can't say it's early forever. No excuses. We haven't been able to put up a crooked number. Runs are hard to come by. We're just stuck in neutral.

Kevin Taft

It's ineffective, it's misguided, it's crooked and it should be stopped.

Terry Francona

It worked out well. We put a nice crooked number up early and we got to stay away from some guys in the ?pen that we wanted to.

Dontrelle Willis

It's big for our team because it gives them an extra day. We're definitely going to need them. I know about having days off. They can be helpful sometimes, especially late in the year. It's just key to go out there and establish early, especially in this park where they can put up some crooked numbers early.

Tony Raines

Knowing how we ran early in the race and how I think we could have run, I was disappointed. But at the same time, I went there knowing I was going to race for a finish. I didn't race anybody.

Helen Brown

I would say that Cosmo was always a feminist magazine; it was before the movement really took shape. The early feminist movement felt I put a lot of emphasis on beauty, which was true.

Mike Ledsome

Katie was ready to go (Thursday). She got into a groove early and started hitting her spots and pitching stronger as the games progressed.

Rich Brands

Just looking at their results, I think it will be a pretty even match. We want to come out and not make any mistakes early on. We want to try and exploit some of the free kicks and throw-in stuff we've been working on.

Ben Gordon

Just like Tuesday (against Dallas) we struggled early and in the second half we were able to make a run. It was just a little to late.

Frank Warren

Joe is never going to be ready for that (November date) so we'll try to rearrange it for next year. It is frustrating for Joe but these things happen in boxing. It is a great shame. We'll do the fight early next year, maybe February.

Kevin Merkle

I think it is too early to form a long-lasting opinion. It is good to get some feedback first.

Jim Schmitz

He comes out early all the time. But he's struggling.

Bud Black

He knew it was just one pitch; he didn't worry about the early runs. He kept his composure.

Susan Murray

kind of hard to get to your car.

Charlie Otero

Knowing the last moments, the last thoughts, the last words was pretty hard to take,

Author unknown

Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and be evil.

Laura Lange

I wouldn't say I've progressed since last year. I don't think I'm going to play in college, so this is my last year playing and I'm going to play as hard as I can.

Mark Mulder

Izzy told me the first time you're traded or released and go somewhere else is the hardest. After that, it's no problem. I can now understand why people say that. It wasn't hard making an adjustment. It was just different.

Joe Jones

Joe has really been positive throughout this whole thing. He's worked hard to get back to being the player that he once was. We're hoping he's going to be able to do that.

Jerry Snyder

I talked to the coach; he said that'd be great. He's actually one of the reasons I'm pushing so hard is because he was so enthusiastic about it. I think if I do get to play I'm going to love that coach.

David Beckham

I think it is better for the team to have a regular penalty-taker rather than me who hardly ever takes them for Real,

Denny Green

I think in two years we probably only have 17 players that were on the 2003 team. We have worked very hard at changing.

John Sullivan

It is important our door-to-door service runs efficiently, ... I'm worried about the transportation issue.

Bill Rees

In some ways, he may be more of an unknown than Vince Young. He didn't have the supporting cast. But he runs well and has a lot of ability.

James Altucher

Being a leader doesn't mean you are the guy who runs things.

Rusty Wallace

I'm having better runs than I've had in a long time, ... I want to go out on top of my game, and I'm doing that right now.

Rory Bremner

If the oil runs out, we'll be reduced to fracking Alex Salmond.

Ryan Howard

It worked today. We got runs and we won the game.

Chris Capuano

It seems like we've been scoring a lot of runs in my starts. Even when I haven't pitched well, we've been able to find ways to win.

Alan Trammel

A lot of things aren't going our way. You score that many runs in the first inning and then give up six, it's depleting and it takes its toll on you.

Phillip Fulmer

They split the reps (in practice). We have two quarterbacks. Whoever runs out there first will be first.

Brian Gionta

You thought they were down and out, for sure. But they stuck with it and got some confidence. Once you win the first one, you never know.

Joy Fielding

I've always been hopelessly stuck in the present.

Spalding Gray

To be famous is to be stuck in an inflexible place. But at least it is to be stuck with money.

Petra Haden

I love the Bach Prelude No. 2 in C Minor and had that stuck in my head: why don't I put this on Imaginaryland? So I brought it to my friend Tom Grimley who recorded That Dog's first record. I played him all my a cappella pieces, and he said, "P, you should really make a record, it would be great! You can record it at my studio and I'll put it out!"

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

When some systems are stuck in a dangerous impasse, randomness and only randomness can unlock them and set them free.

Phil Garner

No, ... He snow-coned it. Stuck to the top of his glove.

Don Blalock

I said 'who is he?' I was stuck thereafter.

LaSheena Brown

That was something new. They were able to get that lob in, but we stuck it out.

Herb Caen

New Yorkers are stuck in a gloomy mucilage of mutual commiseration.