Famous Quotes & Sayings

Keith Ginter

I would think (general manager Billy Beane) doesn't want to pay someone $1 million to play at Triple-A, but my wife and I talked for about two days about it and we couldn't leave that money on the table. I have to provide for my family. The way I view it, it puts pressure on them -- if they don't want to pay me $1 million, maybe they can pick up part of it and move me somewhere else.

Brian Turner

Joey told my dad (Chamberlain coach Billy Turner) that he was bringing his cousin back down. We just thought it was all talk, or that if he did bring him then the kid wasn't really going to be an impact player.

Billy Wagner

I think it's a great idea. I think it's good for baseball, I really do. I just think it's not good for Billy Wagner.

Al Harrington

(Hawks GM) Billy Knight told me I'm not going anywhere, so mentally that's where I'm at now. I'm not thinking about it at all. He said if there's something that comes along, something that he's thinking about doing, I'll be the first to know before he does it.

Gabe Kapler

I think it's always an issue. Billy definitely is one of those guys who plays hurt consistently and plays well.

Caron Butler

I think that was real big. I was bleeding and they wiped me up real quick and stopped the bleeding for about eight seconds and I was able to get my free throws. I went back (for stitches) and Billy just came in and played great basketball. He picked it up where I left off.

Billy Connolly

I think that you'll find that Billy Connolly is British.

John Updike

Billy Collins writes lovely poems. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.

Larry Rothschild

He's a young guy. It's like Billy Martin said -- if you tell him 10 times, tell him 11. Hopefully, that's the one that catches. He's gotten better and better at a lot of things. Obviously, there's room for improvement in concentration and not getting distracted by things. That's something we'll keep striving for. A lot of pitchers face that. Hopefully, we'll get through that.

Ian Mckellen

'King Lear,' I've been seeing all my life. I mean, the great actors of my lifetime... to join their company, as it were, by playing a part that's challenged them, is one of the great joys of being an actor who does the classics.

Carolyn Peck

Kentucky had 55 rebounds the last time we played them, the most of them coming in the second half. I challenged our team at halftime, specifically the seniors not to let that happen again. They really responded.

M. Thompson

Knowing our girls we will grow from this. The seniors will challenge the entire squad to refocus and improve their concentration on shooting at our practices.

Ken Trump

Kids are much more tech savvy than many adults anyway. The challenge is how do we narrow the gap between the two.

Chip Gramke

I would think he would want to spend the time to get to know the largest district, the most challenged district and the most successful district. I'm not sure if he's on tour to tour schools or to promote an agenda.

Shane Valdez

Jake has grown a lot this year. He's getting taller and starting to fill out, so it's been a challenge to determine what weight class we're going to put him at.

Sean Burke

Just the ugly getting uglier, ... I challenged myself to concentrate hard for a full 60-minute game and I was pleased with that.

Roger Federer

Just stay with him, for the entire time. I have the feeling that other guys tend not to take the physical challenge with him. That's what I won't do.

Joe Williams

Jonesboro and Craighead County prevented some potential problems by having officers at the sites immediately, ... We're going to have a hardcore group left, who lived in shelters in New Orleans, that will have little motivation to return home. It's going to be a challenge for whomever tries to place these people somewhere in the long run.

Mick McCarthy

Kelvin has been great and I'm delighted he's proving what a good keeper he is.

Steve Bleasdale

He is young, he wants to improve as a player and we are delighted to have him here.

Mark McGhee

I was delighted with Joe. Physically he is a real presence as a centre-forward. His touch is good and he wins headers. It was a shame we couldn't provide a platform for him to win the game for us.

George Gray

I was delighted to be invited to the Dutch Consulate in Edinburgh to receive their medal from Michael Hughes, the Dutch Consul.

Ken Schanzer

Whatever it is we're paying, ... we're delighted to be in this relationship. We want to keep going forever.

Mike Baker

We are extremely delighted that we are on the eve of a launch that will mark the start of the cornerstone of the space station.

Ian McGeechan

Lawrence is one of the giants of the English and world game and we are, of course, delighted that he is remaining with us for a further 2 years.

Lamine Diack

I am delighted to see such strong interest from so many different parts of the world.

Aguri Suzuki

I am delighted to have signed two drivers with such great experience.

Hank Blalock

Kevin is great to play behind. He works relatively fast, uses his fastball and throws strikes, and makes it easier on his defense.

Eddie Guardado

Kevin said that in a way, he was glad. It would make it easier to focus on getting ready for the season in Seattle.

Scott Stevens

Kids can figure out ways so that their parents don't find anything on their machine, but Net Threat Analyzer goes back in after the fact where things are easier to detect,

Brian Sell

I would say that we'll probably be able to get into races easier and get more perks and stuff like that.

Doug Flutie

I think it's actually easier for me to simulate him than it would be a Peyton Manning, ... but you can't do it to the full extent. You can't stand there flat-footed and sling the thing 65, 70 yards off your back foot, or when you take off and run.

Dr. Jones

I think it probably could work in terms of making it easier to feel lumps.

Jim Thorpe

I think it played easier today than it did in the pro-am.

Bill Archer

I think it makes it much easier if we're looking at a 10-year number for $35 billion,

Rickey Henderson

He can steal as many as he wants. He's got unbelievable speed but he doesn't have the greatest jump. Right now, he's just running on raw speed. But if you watch a pitcher's move and get a good jump, sometimes you don't have to run as hard and it's easier to steal second.

Scott Terry

I write about everything in life. Whether it be things that plague us in the world today or what's on the front page of the newspaper or even love, it all comes down to what inspires you.

Clint Myers

Katie was phenomenal. And it was great to play in front of this crowd. They helped keep us in the game.

Al Groh

Kai has been through two years of playing in a lot of games, he's been to all the stadiums, he's played all the teams, he knows what's out there in front of him, he knows what needs to be done. He's a mature player now and he knows what it takes to be a really, really good player.

Dave Freer

just the main front in a war which has nothing to do with Iraq,

Glenn Walters

Josiah wrestled you down in front of your children, upsetting them to the point that they started to cry.

David Rudow

I think it's a good acquisition because it's the front end of development.

David Small

I think it brightens the spotlight on recycling as an issue in front of the General Assembly. It also recognizes that these things take time.

Jim Provuncher

It all starts up front. If our guys can do the job up front we have the opportunity to be in games.

Marty Reasoner

It can be tough getting out of the way when you're standing in front of the net.

Tucker Carlson

I wouldn't say I'm happy now. My skepticism is warranted, given what I've seen over the decades.

John Capel

Just to let them know that I haven't given up yet. They thought I was just going to let them have the title, but not yet.

Robert McKinley

Just pay attention. Make sure you're not given a product you don't want.

David Lawrence

I think it encompasses a value that the legislature has given to the transparency of government operations, to help people understand what their government is doing and why.

Jon Brayshaw

I think it is symbolic of solidarity and what Powder Ridge means to our community. Once in a while in your life, you are given the opportunity to do something to help out someone else and do the right thing.

Max Minghella

I think it'd be pretty unrealistic to think we're the only planet in the world with thinking beings. It's kind of a strange conceit. Especially given how many universes there must be.

Patrick Jones

He is still in limbo. We have not been given any information formally of what the problem is.

Steve Rives

He is someone who has given us a real go-to guy.

Andrea Harris

has given me a more positive outlook about the growth of my business.

Bruce Allen

He didn't have to stand up, ... He's not the reason we lost to the Jets.

Brian Williams

There are teams that have been in the playoffs in the past that have lost a lot of money.

Joe Papin

For me personally, maintain the weight I lost over the summer.

Debbie Carter

He said he got disoriented and lost his sense of direction.

Don McClure

He's also there for people who have lost loved ones." ()

J. Horton

He's been there and done that. He won some big games, he lost some tough games. He made some big plays, he missed some plays.

Matt Doherty

I was disappointed we lost but pleased we didn't quit.

Gary Powers

When he walked Christensen, I thought he had lost it. I let him stay for two more batters and got us in a jam.

Max Black

We've got to keep it going. I haven't lost to them. I can't start.

Hector Elizondo

I was working for Neil Simon on Broadway.

Tamora Pierce

Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' just rocked my world in the late '80s and early '90s. I couldn't read them fast enough.

Dean Thomas

Neil has had a scan and we are just awaiting the results but he could be out for quite a while.

Peter Lawwell

Neil has apologised and we know that his reaction was wrong.

Claire Tomalin

I always feel sad when I come to the end of a book.

Anthony Gardner

Today is a very sad day for America.

Josh Brolin

To complain now would be kind of sad. I like the way things are going.

Frank Zarb

It has been a very challenging and even a very sad year at AIG.

Julia Sweeney

Well, you can't be depressed and sad 24 hours a day.

Ben Carter

He did a lot to put us on the map. It's a sad time for tourism.

Richelle Mead

Rose you can't go." This time the sadness in Lissa's voice was mirrored though the bond, flooding into me. "It's not that Dimitri didn't ask to see you. He asked specifically not to see you.

Umberto Eco

Musical compositions can be very sad - Chopin - but you have the pleasure of this sadness. The cheap consolation is: you will be happy. The higher consolation is the pleasure and recognition of your unhappiness, the pleasure of having recognised that fate, destiny and life are such as they are and so you reach a higher form of consciousness.

Willie Dixon

I don't want you to cook my bread, I don't want you to make my bed. I don't want you to because I'm sad and blue, I just want to make love to you.