Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sarah Miller

I found out that two of my students have lost everything, one of them will not be returning to St. Peter's because her parents had to place her with family members out of the area. I found out that another one of my students has moved to Birmingham with his mother as well so he will not be returning.

Stewart Downing

He took it on Tuesday night at Birmingham and played really well.

Jim Zwerg

By this time another group of kids had come down from Nashville. So 22 of us spent the night in the Birmingham bus station with the Klan marching around outside.

Jerry Morris

There are no street lights out here, so I couldn't see the vehicle to get a description. It was just a bit unnerving. It upset my wife and it's a bit ironic that we moved here several years ago from Birmingham to get away from this type of thing, only to have it happen here.

Rick George

We welcome Regions to the Champions Tour family of title sponsors. For 14 years, Birmingham has been one of the premier stops on the Champions Tour. With the commitment and support of Regions, the tournament will continue to be one of Alabama's most popular sporting events, not to mention one of its most charitable endeavors.

Randy Halcomb

With a great showing in this tournament, we have a chance to get into the state's top 10 poll. Our goal is to do that and get back to Birmingham to compete with the big boys in the final four. We have a tremendous opportunity to make a statement down there.

Dirk Benedict

As children get older, they are supposed to gradually stand more and more on their own and eventually completely leave the nest. My boys are definitely starting to do that. Soon I might actually go on a date.

Bonita Favre

The boys and (David) did an excellent job,

Kelly O'Meara

The boys team is a real mystery to me right now. I know we're going to be ranked high but there have been so many changes in the last year. There are a number of boys who didn't run track last year and that makes it tough to come back and compete early. I hope they all understand how special a team they can be this year. I don't think they have grasped that yet.

Dennis Driscoll

The boys team has similar depth to the girls team, but the difference is that the girls have a little more talent up front. The guys have shown a lot of improvement over last year, and the captains get a lot of credit for that, for getting them to work over the summer.

Steve Duwel

The boys seem to be peaking at the right time. They are coming on very strong as we wind down the season.

Nancy Cartwright

The boys room is not a water park

Susan Simmons

The boys really took off a lot of time in their individual events. They should have a great season next year if they continue to work.

Rocky Gibson

The boys really impressed me with their execution. Coming out of timeouts with a plan and being all on the same page was key.

Brian Corcoran

The boys ran very well today. We're still working on our compression for our one through five runners.

Rob Sumner

Our defenseman couldn't get there because he was getting blocked. There was a scoring chance created off of it and they scored.

Edwin Mulitalo

Our defense has given us a chance to win a lot of games over the years, and they gave us every chance to win tonight. For some reason, our offense still doesn't want to be a force to be reckoned with. We have a lot invested in our offense, and hopefully it will become what we want it to be.

Jerry York

Our destiny?s still in our hands. We still have a chance to win it and that?s what we?re looking at.

Jeff Joseph

Our concern remains that this is an effort to stifle technology before it has a chance to grow. It has never been illegal to record a song off the radio in the context of fair use.

Tony Bauman

Our emphasis was on defending. Our goal was to defend first, then look for opportunities. - We wanted to keep it close and see if we could steal a chance or two.

Doc Sadler

Our effort was tremendous. It's frustrating to get an effort like that and come up short. We didn't give ourselves a chance at the end of the game.

Colin Falls

Other guys are going to have to step up around those two seniors for us to have a chance to win.

Ben Bernanke

People saw the Depression as a necessary thing - a chance to squeeze out the excesses, get back to Puritan morality. That just made things worse.

Tony Lee

People come here because they're desperate, and we offer them a chance of living. That's why they come here, because of something we have here and nowhere else is offering.

Mats Sundin

As a team, we are scoring some goals but we still have a lot of work to do. If we want to compete with Ottawa and the other top teams in our conference, we have to do better in our own end.

Todd Helton

Any win is a good win, especially on Opening Day, but this is a game where we found a way to win. If we are going to compete this year, that's the kind of game we have to win.

Larry Lewis

The one thing I've realized is our kids will compete in a big venue, ... When you go into these games, you take away all the positives. Did they play hard? Did they get better?

Craig Stevens

The most important thing at the moment is Ian's health and I'm just hoping he can get over his bronchitis and get fit and healthy and go on to compete later this year.

Andy Roddick

Now I feel I can be a contender and when I'm looking into the grand slams it feels like I can compete all the way into the second Sunday.

Dave Beeler

Sometimes you've got to step up and compete and that's what we did today. A lot of freshmen stepped up.

Howard Stringer

Sony and its peers all face tremendous pressure in the marketplace, but we have a sense of urgency and we have a sense of purpose. We can and will compete vigorously.

Lee Brown

Teams can register to compete on our Web site. We're also still taking applications from craft and vendors.

Chuck Layman

Right now we're starting to compete and play the way we should.

Aaron Rowand

After playing 14 innings, when my head finally hits that pillow, I don't think I'm going to have any trouble sleeping tonight.

Lauri Hakala

Sometimes it goes that way, sometimes it doesn't. I've been really mindful of my footwork. I'm happy it finally worked.

Andy White

I slept in today until about 12. I had finals (scheduled), but I hadn't studied for any of them, and I was really tired, so I took a break.

Nancy Evans

This is the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle which will let us get the most prized piece of information about a star, that is, its mass.

Darin Erstad

We're happy that spring training is finally over. It's always fun to get the season under way and to keep score for real.

Dennis Schain

We did go through the proper process here in issuing the final permit.

Bela Lugosi

Death, the final, triumphant lover.

Linda Kilpatrick

We're just too inconsistent right now. We're not ready for the playoffs. We're not playing like we should be in the playoffs. Our players need to do a little self-analyzing before our final three games.

Dynelle Tadlock

We ran our offense to get open shots and it finally paid off. I wanted the girls to recover from those two losses as a team, and I think we showed we can play team basketball.

Bob Woolmer

Practically we have one goal in mind and that is a year away and every series is part of our preparation to that goal.

David Rose

The scarce resource that's out there is people's attention. The real goal is to simplify the way that people interact with technology.

LaDainian Tomlinson

I've said it before, but I guess nobody really took notice before. It's just a goal that I have.

Dan Hampton

It was a perfect storm of talent, personalities, direction, goals and dominance.

Olli Jokinen

It was a huge goal by Horton, to get it back right away.

Mike Aronson

The second goal was a big one. That enabled us to play with a little more freedom. And the third goal, with the penalty kick and them losing (Gordon), that was a huge turning point.

Donald Tsang

These proposals will lead us to the ultimate goal of universal suffrage.

Mal Strange

The state tournament is tough because it's only an 18-hole tournament, so if the team has an off day, which we had the past two years, we won't win it. These kids want to keep their record going, but the No. 1 goal is to win the state tournament.

Kevin Myers

I see our role as a complement, not an alternative to the public schools. We view ourselves as a partner, an extension. Our goal is to return the kids to the public schools as quickly as possible.

Carmen Bambach

A showdown of the two greatest rivals of the Renaissance.

Scoville Jenkins

Rafael is a great player. This was a learning experience. He was what I expected, and a little more than I expected.

Ernie Harwell

Radio will always be with us because of its great portability. TV can't give you that.

Amity Gaige

Reading while I'm writing ideally inspires my competitive side. When I read great writers, I want to be a better writer.

Jarrod Cooper

Randy shows up to work every single day. I don't know what misconceptions people had (going into the season), probably the same ones I had, but he's a great leader, no nonsense, he shows up and plays.

Steve Rushing

Ramon is a great rider, but an even greater person,

Mark Recchi

Ray is a very smart player. Obviously he's got great talent, and we're hoping he's able to come back and make a difference.

Fred Couples

Really in all my years on Tour, in the U.S. Open I probably played great golf in two of them, out of maybe 20, so it's a lot of work.

Mark Twain

Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Jonny Lee Miller

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

Clive Woodward

This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,

Mustafa Shakur

This is an opportunity to be around pros and watch Steve going around the court, trying to pick up some things.

Alexa Posny

This is an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime.

Kate Buckley

That opportunity made me realize I wanted to be a director,

Arthur Miller

The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom. The witch-hunt was not, however, a mere repression. It was also, and as importantly, a long overdue opportunity for everyone so inclined to express publicly his guilt and sins, under the cover of accusations against the victims.

Brenda Strong

We are all being called to be more present than ever, while dealing with a more challenging array of personal and professional challenges, opportunities and all-around growth.

Brad Pitt

When you first get opportunities, suddenly you get surrounded by a lot of people who want to make money off you but also are there to help. But they start telling you so much what you need to be and what you need to do to maintain some idea of career maintenance.

Jane Fonda

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

Bob Baffert

He just had little pesky injuries. He's showing his stuff now.

John Cena

Whether you like me or you don't, I still dig showing up for work.

Chris Marshall

It's showing our talent off to the scouts.

Mary Parsons

There are a lot of conflicting statements from the proponent.

Micah Rasmussen

We're just going to let the governor's statement stand.

Erick Jensen

If they wrestle like they did this weekend, we could make a statement at states.

Elaine Chao

it is a wonderful statement about who we are as Americans.

Tom Murphy

I think this is a wonderful statement of values, really,

Andrew Fastow

I think many of the statements in there are false.

Daniel Breaker

Juilliard's mission statement is learn about the classics so you can use that as a springboard to anything that comes your way.

Sergei Bubka

His statements are really crazy, we are really shocked.

E. O. Wilson

I was completely surprised at his statement (to resign).

Patrick McVerry

Defensively, again, we are going to be tops in the league.

Lance Corcoran

Anything and everything they are doing at the top is not translating to the staff, to the facilities.

Daniel Payne

That's my top goal, to go to college.

Mike Smith

We're going to be on top of that very quick.

J. Taylor

There's no better way to top it off.

Charli Turner

We want the top spot. That's our goal.

Dick Morris

... the top 10 percent of incomes pay 70 percent of the income taxes and cast about 25 percent of the vote.

Andrew Lansley

If I'm serious about patients and their GPs being able to have more control of their health care, I can't have a top-down system that imposes restrictions on the services they need.

Sam Nunn

Leadership must be established from the top down.

Norm Chow

I think he's a tremendous player. He's so explosive.

Dan Bennett

Dale Hansen is a tremendous talent, and we wish him the very best.