Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nick Harkaway

I wrote the first draft of 'Tigerman' while my wife was pregnant - needless to say, I was relaxed and casual about her well-being during this tender time - and the novel clearly has its center in that panicked parental desperation that accompanies a first child and in the admittedly comedic extremes to which it drives us.

Steve Schmidt

John Kerry is right to say that this moment is a moment of truth, but that truth must include John Kerry admitting that he offers no credible alternatives to the policies in Iraq, and admitting that his suggestions are proposals that the administration is already doing: involving NATO, involving the U.N. and training Iraqi security forces.

Mark E. Smith

It can be quite difficult for an adult to admit to having poor basic skills and many would be too ashamed to go to college. But if they study through the medium of football, and go into a friendly environment like a football stadium, it takes the stigma out of it.

Cindy Klassen

It can be hard to get motivated after the Olympics but once you get to the line you're in race mode. I have to admit though that I've been feeling a little homesick as well.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too

Min-sik Choi

I admit that I've been beaten up so many times in films, but we do not fake it - we actually have to fight when we shoot to make it real and to save film and time. Even the props that are not real, like the bats are plastic, but they're still very hard, so it still hurts.

Michael Taylor

I admit I was thinking home run all the way in that situation. But, I had to calm down a little bit and just go with the pitch I got to hit.

and City

I admit it's tempting to wish for the perfect boss - the perfect parent - or the perfect outfit. But maybe the best any of us can do is not quit, play the hand we've been dealt, and accessorize what we've got.-Carrie (Sex & the City)

George H. W. Bush

I admit it, I am not one of the great linguists.

Kelly Smith

Jordan pitched with a lot of heart after having pitched extended innings a couple days ago. Our bats were really flat behind him, because we struck out 10 times and had only three walks.

David Lawhon

Josh struggled a little bit early, but then he started throwing his breaking pitch pretty good. Our defense played well behind him, and we swung the bats effectively. We didn't commit any errors, so that's a good thing.

Bob Bruglio

I think the guys came together. We are starting to swing the bats a little bit.

Emily Martin

I thought, by the end of the game, we were swinging the bats as good as we have all year. And considering we just came back from spring break, that's a good sign.

Michael Coleman

We just have to keep swinging the bats and it will come. We'll snap out of it soon.

Sean McNally

We took a really good shot at them tonight. They're a very good club, and they withstood it and really swung the bats all the way through.

Ray Tanner

We feel like if we can get a pretty good offense together, we'll win some games. Pitching's been good all year long and the bats started coming around today, which is good because we've been talking about it way too much.

Ron Gardenhire

We've got to play a very good Detroit team, and obviously, we didn't swing the bats very well in the first two games (in Kansas City). So, righting the ship, that comes over a long period of time.

Jeff Tageant

We swung the bats well tonight. And that is important. Its good to get that first win as well.

Bob Swank

Having Scott in the top five made me very happy. We would like to have beaten Western, but we were two points short.

Sandy Botham

Hats off to Butler. They played an incredible game. On top of that they came in with a chip on their shoulder. They haven't beaten us in a while. They came in and played with great confidence and great intensity and held strong.

Mark McGrath

He's a good wrestler, and tonight he wrestled extremely well. Who's to say he wouldn't have beaten Malachi if he'd been healthy.

Brandon Roy

He's a good player. But I still think we should have beaten them.

Jim Shires

He said he had been assaulted. He had been beaten up. We don't know to what extent.

Wayne Hawkes

He's just got beaten a bob of the head in the Caulfield Guineas but is bigger and stronger now and has done well.

Angel Jr.

He's good enough for me. I won't say he's a superhorse because you're never a superhorse until you're retired. Any horse can be beaten on any given day.

John Barrett

I think it's an excellent deal for the city of North Adams, ... It relieves the city of taxes, allows us to boost up our reserves, which have been beaten up over recent years, and allows us to retain our water rights. I'm very confident that the watershed, being in the hands of the Forest Service, will be protected indefinitely.

Jerry Warren

We're pretty strong, but we don't have a lot of depth. The teams that have beaten us are just very, very good teams. These kids were thrown into the fire last year, and they've come through this year.

Kristen Bell

Choose your props wisely.

Claude Julien

Jose made some big saves in the third to keep us in the game.

Eugene McCarthy

The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is the inefficiency

Jannie Coverdale

He's just trying to save his own skin.

Bruce Bochy

He saved us with that effort, ... especially the way we've been struggling to score runs.

Hines Ward

He saved the year for us with that tackle.

Sheri Mowles

He saved our lives. He woke up because he couldn't breathe.

Mike Kuntz

I think it's going to save a lot of lives.

Mike Strauss

There is no better way to put it other than it saves lives.

Wade Redden

He was there to save us. We've got to be better for him (tonight).

Suki Waterhouse

I take my camera to shoots and ask all the photographers and assistants to show me what to do with it.

Keri Nichols

It also wasn't one of our better shooting games.

Greg Brunner

He was better shooting tonight than he has been.

Jim Sayre

He's a shooter with that gunslinger mentality. That was a big shot to put us up four, but he's done that all year for us.

Kyle Shiloh

When he's shooting like that, let him go.

Chauncey Billups

When he shoots it like that, we're pretty impossible.

Neil Dougherty

We survived the first, but we couldn't survive the second. If you're talking about shooting the ball, (Terry) was the difference. He made some big, timely shots.

Lindsay Williams

I was just shooting to get it off of my foot.

Monique Bond

Having conducted a preliminary investigation, the shooting was justified.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

Gong Li

I've been to Cannes 15 or 16 times, and every time I go, there's a kind of soul-stirring feeling.