Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Baird

The bottom line is, even if the player was unaware they've been given the drug, the test doesn't require intent. The standard is so strict, if the NFL wants to enforce it strictly, you're basically sunk.

Frederick Moran

The cable division came in with 13 percent cash-flow growth, which is basically the strongest we're going to see out of the whole cable industry this quarter, ... They're showing some real power.

Bill Richardson

And the president is basically saying, on Social Security, 'This is my issue. This is my proposal. Take it or leave it.'

James Hardway

The tick up in the unemployment rate largely had to do with the fact that we had construction workers who basically had to file because of the rain and the stormy weather. When we have inclement weather like that, construction workers are not likely to work on the site. The majority that filed came from that industry.

John Sarbanes

The super PACs have brought an element of fear into the equation. The fact that they can bring this money into the campaign, basically ambush you out of nowhere, and you'll have no way to fight back.

Michael Ward

The special prosecutor basically supported what we had told the Board of Elections all along,

Rhett Miller

The songs are depressing, but they sound happy. That's the whole trick, ... This record is more a function of being on the road for basically two years, never having any downtime or privacy. Any semblance of a normal life. So you end up writing these disjointed, disconnected songs.

Pete Carroll

The thing I like is that I'm in charge of everything, so I can structure things the way I like. I get to wear all the hats. There are a few guys in the NFL who have that opportunity, but not many. You basically have to win a Super Bowl.

Dom Capers

The thing I was the most disappointed in (Sunday) was basically the fundamentals of our team. Our tackling, our blocking, there were far too many penalties right now, it's a gut check and a character check for our team.

Noreena Hertz

Back in the 1970s, Kodak tried to give $25m to a black civil rights organisation in Rochester, New York. The company's shareholders rose up in arms: making this politically charged offering wasn't the reason they had entrusted Kodak with their money. The donation was withdrawn.

James Blankenship

Colby Davis and Michael Cheshire, the two returning linemen from last year who were in there tonight, I think they really took charge of the young kids.

Sendhil Mullainathan

A few drugs - such as beta-blockers, statins and glycogen control medications - have proved very effective at managing hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and strokes. Most insurance plans charge something for them. Why not make drugs like these free? Not for everyone, but just the groups for whom they are provably effective.

Mo Shaoping

The way they have done this shows they know how controversial the charge is.

Rekalin Sims

That's what I want to do. I want to be able to be able to take one, two charges a game, even more than that if I can. I guess in a way I kind of look for them. That's just part of my game.

Kirstie Alley

Scientology helps you lose your insanities. One of the keys is, they say, 'You're in charge of your life, buster. You're responsible for any condition you're in.' If I look at it that way, it helps.

Jeff Wuite

The outcome was that no charges should be laid.

Jeff Wuite

An investigation has been started. In fact, the staff sergeant in charge of vice is looking into that.

Vivian Covard

(Benjamin) was put in charge when Josh was born, and he was given way too much responsibility.

James Flecker

A ship, an isle, a sickle moon - / With few but with how splendid stars / The mirrors of the sea are strewn / Between their silver bars.

Tom Herrion

As a team we take a lot more free throws than we used to. And we've improved greatly at it. But it's like every other team sport, the team that makes the fewer mistakes wins.

Marco Polo

At school, a few people know that I'm over here. I don't know about everybody, professors, curling people and a few kids in class.

Budd Booth

That was a big accomplishment for them. They all seem to be playing well together, and we have a lot of youth and depth, so that's encouraging for the next few seasons.

Dave Tragethon

People should make reservations, because if they wait until they get to the mountain we might be full. There are people who come up, make a few runs, come in and party a little bit, then go back out. Then there's those who come just for dinner, the party and the fireworks.

Matt Stairs

Offensively we have a very good team but . . . pitching is the most important thing and we lost a few guys.

Matthew Simpson

Of history, how little do we know by personal contact; we have lived a few years, seen a few men, witnessed some important events; but what are these in the whole sum of the world's past.

Dan Campbell

Oh, better, ... I would've thought playing in a few games would've been nice. I was a little pessimistic. I guess I was wrong.

Frederick Daily

Normally the IRS is only going to want to look at one specific year and they're usually a few years behind,

Paul Thayer

The old guys aren't going to go without a buyout.

Ricky Ponting

The older guys have been the ones who have performed the best, so how do you move them on?

Scott Skiles

After it got to seven points our guys just hung in there. Our guys were fatigued after last night's game, so I'm really proud of how they all battled.

Randy Walker

The most important thing a quarterback can do is walk in the huddle and make 10 guys better. He makes more than 10 guys better.

Ozzie Guillen

Strikes. He makes guys swing bats. He's not afraid.

Stan Cliburn

Stu has these guys prepared. We go over the other team's weakness.

Stan Cliburn

Some things were a little slow motion out there. I think the weather, with the day off (Friday), might have got our guys a bit.

John Powers

Something is being invented at Microsoft right now that competes with everything you guys are thinking of right now. You have to be able to work with that.

Tom Renney

Some people find themselves in harm's way, other people put themselves in harm's way. Usually the winner puts themselves in harm's way; Kaspar helps us identify with that. We need a physical presence. We need more guys playing like that anyway.

Brett Favre

In the NFL a lot of times everyone gets caught up in the business side of things. For them it's all about money and it really leaves a sour taste in your mouth.

Brandon Jacobs

I can be in the NFL as long as any other back. I went late in the draft because no one thought I could do it.

Jerry Rice

They never clocked me on my way to the end zone. They never caught me because I ran scared.

Jerry Rice

I was always in search of a perfect game and I never got it.

Hines Ward

Guys ask me, 'Why are you always smiling?' Are you kidding? I'm in the NFL, that's why!

Fran Tarkenton

Ignoring facts does not make them go away.

Bum Phillips

Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too.

Bum Phillips

You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.

Bum Phillips

Nothing. And, I don't start before noon.

Charlie Mars

All of a sudden, it's like we're Wal-Mart. We don't have the structure to do this.

David Schwartz

A lot of these structures are going to come down.

Roland Williams

Once you go to a Super Bowl, you're spoiled.

Mario Harpel

This was a super win for Nick. He has been working hard. It was a well-deserved win.

Bruce Lee

The word "superstar" is an ilusion

Lord Northcliffe

Never lose your sense of the superficial.

E. O. Wilson

If someone could actually prove scientifically that there is such a thing as a supernatural force, it would be one of the greatest discoveries in the history of science. So the notion that somehow scientists are resisting it is ludicrous.

Anthony Hopkins

The magical, supernatural force that is with us every second is time. We can't even comprehend it. It's such an illusion, it's such a strange thing.

Andy Warhol

I'm a deeply superficial person.

Steven Blum

One of my biggest superstitions is to never speak about the future out loud. Lets just say I got a lot out there and I hope to keep on going.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

When it's your fourth marriage, you tend to lose faith in superstitions.

Maria Sharapova

I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.

Paul Kuschel

I would have been better off wearing nothing on at all.

Michael Sheen

I would never use prosthetics. I don't like sticking things on. I don't really like wearing wigs, either.

Mallory Jansen

Most days, I still feel like I need to be wearing mascara, eyeliner, have my eyebrows done, have on bronzer - the whole thing! I may as well do it all.

Marie-Chantal Claire

I like wearing classic pieces with a modern twist.

Don Cherry

I never, ever said 'don't wear a visor,'

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The key to wealth is that it doesn't matter. Once you've had it, you don't think anything of it; you can wear cheap watches.

Natalia Kills

I really can't break away from wearing black and leather!

Bonnie Langford

I see wrinkles and lines, and wear glasses to read, which I hate. But I am in a better place in my body than I used to be.

Michael W. Smith

Is it going to win an Oscar? Probably not.

Brandon Jay McLaren

I would say just the weather in Vancouver in the winter can be kind of unforgiving.

Barbara Kingsolver

Want is a thing that unfurls unbidden like fungus, opening large upon itself, stopless, filling the sky. But needs, from one day to the next, are few enough to fit in a bucket, with room enough left to rattle like brittle brush in a dry wind.

Bai Ling

I'm one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.

Barbara Pym

She set about preparing her supper. It would have to be one of those classically simple meals, the sort that French peasants are said to eat and that enlightened English people sometimes enjoy rather self-consciously - a crusty French loaf, cheese, and lettuce and tomatoes from the garden. Of course there should have been wine and a lovingly prepared dressing of oil and vinegar, but Dulcie drank orange squash and ate mayonnaise that came from a bottle.

Art Buchwald

When it came to writing about wine, I did what almost everybody does - faked it

Art Buchwald

I like champagne because it always tastes as though my foot's asleep.

Ayrton Senna

You either commit yourself as a professional racing driver that's designed to win races or you come second or you come third or fifth and am not design to come third, fourth or fifth, I race to win.

Benito Mussolini

Tomorrow, the Tripartite Pact will become an instrument of just peace between the peoples. Italians! Once more arise and be worthy of this historical hour! We shall win.