Famous Quotes & Sayings

Clara Shih

I wrote 'The Facebook Era' because I felt like it needed to be written, and I was one of the people who might be qualified to do so. Specifically, my background is that I developed the first business application on Facebook.

Kantathi Suphamongkhon

He has management skills, and he has international experience. He is dedicated to the work of the international community. So he has the strength, background and experience, ... We feel that he is appropriate for that position.

Maajid Nawaz

I had a mind inquiring enough to question world events, as well as the passion fostered by my background to care, but I lacked the emotional maturity to process these things. That made me ripe for Islamist recruitment. Into this ferment came my recruiter, himself straight out of a London medical college.

Eric Johnson

I hear background noise, but I haven't heard any specific legislation or author.

Mike Rizzo

You've got a guy with outstanding physical attributes. You couple that with a great baseball acumen, a very grounded family background and a blue-collar workmanship-like makeup, it's an extraordinary toolbox to be working from.

Christophe Gans

The game is constantly interesting because your imagination is constantly working. You're given clues about the background of the town of Silent Hill and you understand half of them and the other half you imagine.

Doug Armstrong

These guys are going to have the opportunity to compete up until the last second. We have historical background of who we think will be there, but every training camp there is always one player who exceeds expectations and a couple players won't live up to expectations.

Joe DiMura

These practices should include a thorough background check of all new hires. The employer makes a discretionary decision on whether to hire a prospective employee with a criminal history. The (Health) Department would promptly investigate any complaint where there was evidence a resident was a victim of abuse.

Ailyn Perez

My family background is Mexican, and I was born in Chicago. It's pretty much family tradition every time we get together for Christmas and major holidays to sing. Our family time is centered around the food and a little bit of performing for one another.

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.

Alan Trammel

Guerrero is not human. He is an incredible baseball player. There is now way you can pitch to him.

Brad Arnsberg

The only thing that bothered him a little bit is when they had him skip, just to put all the weight on it. That didn't go as well as he was hoping, but everything else was right up to par. ... As he said, 'When am I ever going to skip on the baseball field?'

Yoshihiko Miyauchi

His presence was invaluable, not just for the team, but for baseball itself.

Brian Jordan

Hockey is hot again. February is off to a good start, too. And we haven't even really got into baseball, softball and golf sales yet.

Todd Jones

I think it's more festive and I think it's more of a celebration that winter's over. Baseball season's here, which means summer's here and it's going to warm up. It's more than just a baseball game, I think, in Detroit, more than any other city I've been in. It's like a celebration that the freezing weather's out of the way for the most part.

Dusty Baker

It is a little strange to be watching baseball that counts at this time of year. I know our guys are really excited.

Fay Vincent

I think the investigation is the right step. I don't think the issue is punishment, I think it's: 'Shouldn't the players be called to task for cheating, even if there is no punishment?' I think baseball has to recapture the moral high ground.

Ozzie Guillen

I think the only sport that really needs it is football. Baseball has been played for 100 years, maybe longer than that. They don't have it, and I don't know the reason to do it now.

Todd Jones

I was lucky to get a couple by him. Because he's a pretty deadly hitter.

Billy Beane

Kenny called me a couple days ago in Phoenix, ... He gave me a call.It took a lot for him to pick up the phone.

Dwyane Wade

Just the right place at the right time. Some nights are like that. I was able to get in a couple passing lanes and get some picks, but for the most part, it was just being in the right place at the right time.

Michael Young

He did his usual thing and kept us off balance. We got a couple of hits here and there, but we didn't really square much of anything up. He did a good job. It was typical Barry.

E. O. Wilson

He just threw me a couple of pitches there that I didn't think were strikes, but the umpire didn't see it that way.

Sean Starke

He kept us in the game and we put a couple goals together, but we were out-shot too much today to win the game.

Shaun Pollock

He is sore but he has a couple of days to recover so he should be OK,

Mike Holmgren

He'll be able to get on the field in a couple of weeks, I would think,

John Bolton

We are going to rock and roll for a couple of weeks and see how it goes. It will be arduous.

Patricia Johnson

It ain't about the money, it's about the people. I see them more than some of their family do.

Jeff Fisher

Lastly, the holiday season is a season for family, so I guess it makes sense that we will kickoff the holidays with the Manning family visiting Nashville in consecutive weeks.

Allan Evridge

The people that molded me were my parents. They've always been there for me and provided good leadership. My family made me the type of person I am today.

Ron Rash

I think a lot of times when you grow up in the South, if you're white at least, you think your family fought Confederate.

David Fay

I think it's wonderful. He's in the family that way.

Marie-Chantal Claire

I think it's very important to have the stewardship of a company by a family member.

Richard Scrushy

I think this is the most ridiculous think I've ever been through in my life. We haven't done anything wrong. It think this is wrong that they are putting me and my family through this.

Kim Edwards

I think that it would be hard to find a family that didn't have a secret in it somewhere, and sometimes we know about them, sometimes we don't. Sometimes we have an inkling that there's something hidden, but I think that it touches everybody's life.

Lea Salonga

I watch a lot of TV - 'Perfect Strangers,' 'Family Matters,' 'Who's the Boss?' - then I go over my notes in the script, lock it into my head and go to bed.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Chuck D.

Joey wrestled a great tournament, and we don't want him to get lost in the shuffle. He was solid all weekend.

Tim Ehresman

Joe was great tonight. He did things tonight he's been practicing all year. Come heck or high water, he was going to make it (to the regional tournament) again.

Fay Vincent

John is the hero. He did a great job. Now Rose admits John was correct.

Donnie Henderson

I think it's a great opportunity. You always want to hear your name, and now a team has actually called. It's exciting.

John Gibson

I think it's a great opportunity to showcase our city.

Randy Smith

I think it's a great opportunity to be able to talk to him, but more important than that, I think it tells me that he's listening and that's really important to me.

Mike Hammond

I think it's a great opportunity for people to come out and have fun. They're not running a marathon. It's great for people who want to come out and test themselves.

Steve Sanchez

I think it's a great idea for the city.

Tanit Phoenix

I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.

Kelly Overton

Being a mom kind of grounded me in a way. Your body takes on a whole new meaning.

Joey Miller

I was looking at these guys on TV last year. Now I'm one of them. It's really awesome.

Tim Hanson

Jake is a very talented freshman. Our varsity lineup has some guys that will be running varsity for the first time, so it will be interesting to see.

Mike Bobo

Joe T. is a smart guy and he's going to prepare and he's going to be ready to play, ... We've just got to get him to relax and not feel like he's got to make things happen for us to win. It's a big game. When you walk up in the stadium, you can tell it's a special environment.

Jeff Tedford

Joe is going to be our guy and we're going to go with it.

Joe Girardi

J.J. seems to be the guy that when he pitches, we win. He's always down in the zone.

Josh Humlie

I actually wrestled the No. 1 seeded guy first. I didn't realize he was the No. 1 seeded guy until I after I wrestled him. The brackets were messed up, so I didn't know.

Jeff Gordon

He was a hard guy to hate even when we were trying to get a contract.

Ed Orgeron

He was 99 percent of our focus, ... He's the key to the game. You're not going to completely stop a guy like that.

Robert Fick

He was awesome. Maybe he used to be more of a hard thrower, a blow-it-by-you type of guy, but he can pitch, man. The way that he is in the clubhouse, you couldn't find a better guy to sign, I don't think.

Paul Hewitt

I thought we were ready. Wake took it to us physically and we didn't respond.

Lawrence Goldstein

Physically it's very feasible, and politically it's very feasible.

Joe Haldeman

I like the physical action of writing down by hand, and I don't just use it for writing my fiction.

Mark Stoops

We are getting better and more physical and more explosive. That's what we have talked about doing since we got here.

Lindsey Kildow

As long as I can physically do it, I can suck it up for a minute, 55 seconds.

Daniel Davis

This is a touchy-feely case. This is not an egregious kind of physical contact.

John Bromley

We really haven't physically merged the railroads at all,

Kofi Annan

and vulnerable to psychological as well as physical insecurities.

Jerry Hayes

We just shut down as a team, ... They got more physical and we shut down.