Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Scioscia

He keeps getting finer and finer with his stuff. Although he's not throwing as hard as he once did, he's still adept at hitting spots, changing speeds and keeping hitters off-balance. He just knows how to pitch, knows what he wants to do, and he's very good at it.

Dave Walker

I think we'll definitely bring down more schools, just because of the new track and I think they'll be more adept to come down to compete.

E. B. White

I think we've become adept at it. It has become our signature play.

Robby Gordon

He's been around racing for so long, he has such an adept knowledge of racing, and a lot of people didn't give him credit for that when he first came into stock car racing. If I had a second-car team, he could drive for me any time. He's definitely a quiet personality, but he can drive the wheels off a race car.

Alan Hamilton

In the opulence of its set, its cast was remarkably adept and it was richly endowed with character actors able, indeed anxious, to play cameo roles.

Steven Wood

Higher interest rates have been weathered by home buyers through the use of adept home financing techniques. Nevertheless, the resilience in the housing sector will support further monetary tightening by the Fed.

Christin Baker

The (European) Commission is quite adept at speeches, press conferences and finger-pointing.

Pir Vilayat Khan

The adept may reach one of those rare moments that spell illumination -- aware of the light of the consciousness that illumines our consciousness as the sun dawns on the sleeping earth and bathes it in effulgence.

Susan Barnes

A lot of the changes are so new that the younger generations are so adept at it, but the older isn't.

Dionne Bromfield

I wouldn't say my mother was my best friend, because that sounds odd, but we have a really tight bond and she is my friend on Facebook. Although she only goes on it to check up on me and sometimes we argue about it.

Charles Boucher

It appears that Intel's significant shortfall in Europe is company-specific, although the exact cause of the shortfall is still unclear.

John Berger

I actually think of myself as quite a shy person, although I know I give the impression of someone much more confident. I think what I do have is a capacity to listen to the other, even if the other is an opponent. That leads, in all senses of the word, to an engagement.

Michael Vaughan

He just controlled everything in a measured fashion although he obviously had harsh words to say in the sanctuary of the dressing room. His team on the field always appeared to have a huge amount of respect for him.

Russ Sonaty

He likes to be involved although he is over there. They like that he talks to them. It gives them something to work for.

Paula Zahn

He joined the Army and would have gone to the first Gulf War, but it finished before he got there, although he had orders to go, ... He's been in Korea twice and Saudi Arabia and various other places.

Steve Patterson

He is under contract. He has refused to render his services, and so we have not paid him for his services, although we've kept him on his medical insurance.

Steve Cook

Hard work on the training ground paid off tonight, although certain aspects of our play was sloppy. If this was a blip, then it couldn't have come at a better time.

Stephen Richer

Having these three resorts back in business will attract thousands of day trip customers, some of our meetings business, and many tour groups. Although we still will be far short of our previous room inventory and meeting space, we know that the demand to visit our destination is high and that business will take off with the reopening of the Imperial Palace, the Isle of Capri, and the Palace.

Harmon Killebrew

Kirby was in the process of completely changing his life.

Rob McClure

I would say that Pixar is doing for animation what Chaplin did for film, infusing it with heart and characters that you care about and stories that you lose yourself in. They are similar revolutionaries and changing a medium.

Colleen Flynn

I think it's a life changing experience. You can meet someone from around the United States and learn what they go -- they're going through.

Michael Dell

It also means their job is constantly changing because technology is changing and this is a customer-driven industry. So our employees need to be flexible and driven. They are going to always be in training.

William Rehnquist

has been repeatedly reaffirmed by a changing group of justices.

Sophia Amoruso

'Have you ever considered changing the name Nasty Gal?' is probably the dumbest question I've ever heard.

Jelena Jankovic

I don't have confidence so I'm not playing my best. I have a new coach now and he's changing little things in my game. So all the shots feel so insecure at the moment.

Bubba Franks

I didn't want to be one of those players who bounced from team to team, changing jersey colors, jersey numbers. I started here and I wanted to finish here. Now, I want to win here.

Tom Izzo

He is a product of staying four years. He is having an incredible senior year. He's under control more. He deserves a ton of credit for changing his game. I hardly see him forcing his shot anymore. I think he's more of a team guy this year. I think that's one of the reasons they're better.

Larry Sandburg

Have you ever seen a shortstop play a finer game than that. She probably saved two or three runs.

Tony Jackson

He's a spectacular human being. I've never met a finer person.

Joe Girardi

They learned a lot about the finer points of catching.

David Grant

It was a pretty resounding message, It has a finer grain, finer texture.

Woodrow Wilson

No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.

Max Heindel

The first step in Occultism is the study of the invisible Worlds. These Worlds are invisible to the majority of people because of the dormancy of the finer and higher senses whereby they may be perceived, in the same way that the Physical World about us is perceived through the physical senses.

Ken Hill

Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing.

Charles Warren

I was like, 'Wow,' something's going on here, ... Something good is about to happen.

Ramon Hernandez

I was looking for a fastball. I got it on the good part of the bat. It went where no one could get it.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Buck Showalter

Kenny was effective. They've seen Kenny so much. They hit some good pitches for hits. He bent, but he didn't break.

Kevin Towers

Khalil is an exciting, popular player. We think he's going to have a real good year, offensively and defensively.

John Crumbley

(Key West) had a tough week this week, but (starting pitcher Daniel) Foltz pitched a good game. It was good to be in this type of pressure situation.

Herb Cytyrn

Jake is a very good skier and I wouldn't be surprised if he made it to sectionals.

Walter Robb

I would say it was about a month ago and I had an offer in my pocket and I was ready to sell. If I had not been able to find a good parent team, I would have sold. Then we had a meeting with Carolina.

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,

Ron Polk

He used to be a power pitcher, but after shoulder surgery he's had some hard luck.

Matt Cain

I like to come here prepared. Today was great, especially with the hitters up there. I was able to throw inside to right-handers and down and in to lefties.

Joe Mays

I like my friends to be the hitters. The pitchers, they all have the same brain as I do. The hitters see the game from a different perspective.

Maureen DiSorbo

I knew some hitters were struggling. We needed something different, and she stepped up.

Jim Tracy

We know he's very capable. He has the pitches to get major-league hitters out.

George Alexander

You rely on senior hitters to do their job.

Jennifer Nolasco

We just kept talking and kept moving on defense, looking at the hitters and making smart plays.

Dave Huppert

You do that at this level and the hitters will chase.

Shay Cox

We were patient at the plate. We had several hitters with multiple hits.

Randy Wilstead

She's one of the most pure hitters I've had.

Ron Whitehurst

Katy was hitting all her spots. She was able to pitch it inside and outside.

Jay Alford

He just wasn't hitting the holes like he wanted to.

Richie Sexson

He just didn't miss. He was throwing strikes and hitting corners. There were a lot of three- and four-pitch at-bats.

Andrew Neff

He is taking the right steps. He is setting milestones and hitting them. It's what's important.

Clifford Kirk

Hale has been hitting well all year. She really hit it well today.

Koby Clemens

He's just hitting the spots out there. His stuff is pretty nasty.

Lofa Tatupu

He's doing enough (intimidating), hitting people the way he does. It's not appropriate. I don't know what was going on or what was said, but I don't think anything merits that.

Jeff Bagwell

Hitting is no problem. The question is if I can make throws.

Tom Kandler

I think we're averaging 13 runs a game, so I better be satisfied. Everyone is hitting to their potential.

Ken Zimmerman

Keeping the matches just may be therapeutic for everyone.

Joe Schmidt

keeping pressure on the ball, controlling the opponent's set plays and team defense.

Jack Dean

Just to be within one shot of Beaufort, I'm ecstatic. When were not keeping up with Beaufort is when I'm not happy.

Stephnie Weir

There are so many examples of people who have flourished by keeping their nose to the grindstone and doing their thing. Be persistent and don't give up.

Drew Stanton

Having that (run-and-pass) threat is really nice in keeping people off-balance.

Larry Smith

It didn't make sense keeping the property industrial. It would have been underutilized that way.

Don Dunn

I was disappointed in him because he has a lot of potential. He was not playing up to his potential. He was lazy. He wasn't keeping up with his academics.

Margaret Spellings

We're on the way to keeping that promise.

Brad Ranson

I think we got the cobwebs out in the second quarter. At first, we were a little nervous. I thought the key was the second quarter, getting up by a big 10 points and just keeping the lead throughout the game.

Brian Gionta

He kept us in the game. Obviously Marty is Marty, he always keeps us in the game. There's not much else you can say about him, we're just lucky to have him back there.

Keith Richardson

He keeps switching the names of the owners on the deed,

Isaiah Stanback

He just keeps me working. He keeps everyone working.

Lute Olson

He just keeps getting better and better. He has tremendous poise and confidence.

Hank Haney

He just keeps getting better and better and better. I don't think there's a 'there' there.

Lourdes Cowgill

He is resourceful, he is entrepreneurial, and he is engaging, so if he keeps all those talents and on the right track he should be very successful.

Tanya Chaplin

Her performance tonight was spectacular. She just keeps getting better and better.

Todd Wilkinson

His velocity is picking up every week. He's got enough on it that he keeps them honest.

George Teague

What impresses me about (Western Ace) is, he doesn't get tired and he just keeps coming,

Pete Boone

He wanted to be here. He knows that he can be a success here. He's been a success before. He knows what it takes.

Chris Moore

He can split through two guys, and nobody knows how he got through,

Craig Smith

He knows the biotech world very well. We need someone like that at this stage.

Larry Coker

He knows that there is that window of opportunity and he has to respond,

Freddy Adu

He knows me, so he'll probably know what I'm up to, but I've matured a lot since I went pro,

Felipe Alou

He knows we need him real bad. Even if he's not up to par.

Tony Amonte

He's been in the No. 1 spot before so he knows the pressure, he knows how to play.

Ron Dickerson

He's been doing it for 30 years now. He knows the ins and outs, and he's someone I can turn to and get advice.

Brian Gionta

He's been around a lot longer, so he knows more than I would.

Pat Listach

He just did what he does. He mixes his speeds up.

Joe Mauer

He's just touching up. He was a up a little bit, but he was throwing hard.

Mike Hampton

If you're durable, if you're used to throwing a lot, ... I don't think there is any problem.

Gerald Laird

I'm throwing good, my thumb is 100 percent,

Rick Peterson

Any time you have a lot of time off that's always a concern. It is always a factor, but he's done a lot of throwing (in the bullpen).

Bobby Bowden

I wanted to see what we could do throwing the ball,

Mike Holmgren

They have you outnumbered just a little bit. Now it is safer, I suppose, than throwing a pass, but you can't worry too much about that.

Bill Parcells

Not at all. He was just throwing it indiscriminately then.

David Berry

You can't keep throwing us around. Accommodate your own people.

Tara Garrett

She (Ronk) is doing the job. She's throwing hard.

Jason Bay

He wants to win now. He made that pretty clear.

Ron Gardenhire

He wants to play. But I'm just going to give him a day break.

Ray Allen

He wants to be better. He wants to be the best. But don't worry about that. Those things will come.

Paul Shefrin

He wants this to be the coming-out party.

Glen Taylor

He is very, very competitive and wants to win.

Sam Claflin

I think it's every actor's dream to play a character that's really odd, and you know no one wants to play himself.

Steven Spielberg

Whatever he wants to do. That's how I feel about it.

Joe Dumars

I think we will get something done long-term. We are going to keep him here. Tay wants that, I want that and Duffy wants that. We'll get something done.

Adam Sohn

He's been here 20 years and he wants to recharge.