Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Gordon

I was looking to be a closer again. That was the biggest thing.

Marcus Williams

I was always around. I ended up talking to him a lot and got really cool with him. But the biggest thing with me was, I wanted to get away from home and grow and build myself up somewhere else.

Mark Martin

Just to be able to put an exclamation point on Richmond was the biggest goal, but in hindsight, knowing that when you have a chance to win the last regular-season race, it just propels you right into the Chase.

Yasser Arafat

is very important for the international peace all over the world, which means it is very important for the biggest power all over the world -- America.

Aaron Gray

Guys are putting too much stress on the offensive end and not enough stress on the defensive end. I think that showed in the last game. We also have to cut down on turnovers. The biggest part of the meeting was cutting down on the little things. People don't understand that one possession, one breakdown can lead to you winning or losing the game. We've confronted those issues and hopefully we'll learn from them.

Vicki Phillips

Having heard about this, my biggest concern is that we should go back and look at all of the projects he did ... to be sure there isn't anything we should have a concern about, ... Out of fairness to the citizens ... that's the only prudent thing to do.

Jarome Iginla

He's a big part of Hockey Canada, he's probably the biggest part, and it's great that he's coming over to lead our team again.

Richard Smith

Here you have one of the biggest name-brand corporations on the planet getting into what many people in other circumstances would consider hacking. That's just not acceptable.

Scott Hoyt

Going forward, sales growth will be more modest and inconsistent. Fundamentals are mixed. The biggest drag is high and rising gasoline and other energy prices.

Alex Rodriguez

I always enjoy my stay here in Canada. It's one of those places where you just feel comfortable.

Stacey McAlpine

He's got his fair share of experience playing for Team Canada and wearing the Team Canada colors. He's proud to be a Canadian and is pretty excited about coming back to Canada.

Kirk Pengilly

He seemed to have the whole package. Canada must be proud of him.

Ezra Levant

He should be lucky we have freedom of speech in Canada because if we were in a country that didn't, he'd be in jail.

Bruce Arena

I think you can't overreact from one game, the Norway game, and ignore the Canada game. You judge players over time, not over a game. As he continues to move forward we'll have a better feel for the direction he's headed. Obviously, he's getting better. From my perspective, I need to see if he's developing into a guy who should be a player on the World Cup roster and can help us win a game.

Yasser Elguindi

If you gave oil companies a choice between the tar sands in Canada or oil in Saudi Arabia, which do you think they'd choose?

Deborah Ellis

In 'Off to War, Voices of Soldier's Children,' kids from Canada and the United States talk about what it is like when their mother or father goes off to war - and comes home again.

Adam Stern

Being Canadian, we get excited about it. We take a lot of pride in wearing the Canada jersey. A lot of us were stoked for it. We have a chance to surprise some people.

Steve Butler

Canada still looks great, the fundamentals are still quite positive.

Richard Barnes

Jackson was the worst. That should have closed it. That should have thrown the whole thing out.

Gary Anderson

Ken is the closest thing I had to a brother.

Vince Young

Just like those other guys, you've got to start somewhere. They are close to me, and I know they won't hurt me. And they are intelligent. I have the last say-so on everything, but they know what I want and the things I'm trying to accomplish.

Lee Terry

Just pick you out a tree to stand under. I usually stay here pretty close to the truck. They don't seem to mind that.

Sarah Krycinski

Jordan gave it all he had. It was good time for him, close to a personal record.

Chris Simms

Joey and I have a very close relationship; we talk about routes like that all the time. When we come up to the line of scrimmage in that situation, we have two routes in mind.

Brian Cashman

Joe has a great deal of trust in him. Joe has worked close with Ron for a number of years, and he's been talking to him for three years about replacing Mel when Mel decided to retire. This is the man he wanted.

Frank Castillo

J.P. got a pretty good look but it just didn't drop. The games in this district are so close that it comes down to making plays and making free throws.

S. Walker

I think it really (threw us off). Some of the girls didn't know whether to play on them or play off. It slowed the pace down a lot and that's what kept the score close until we went on our run, and that forced them to play a faster game.

Joe Torre

Just win as many games as we can and see where that leaves us when it's over.

Brian Thornton

Josh did a great job tonight, but it's not just tonight. He's done well the last several games and in practice. When Josh is playing well, it gives us a lot of versatility. When Josh is hitting shots and doing a great job on the boards, it gives us a lot more options.

Byron Scott

I think it's a good thing for our team right now. If we can win games without Chris, I think it gives these guys even more confidence. And it also shows when he comes back that we'll even be better.

Mark LeRose

He keeps us in games. He's really stepped up recently and made a statement.

Brian Dawkins

We've been through so much before as a team, all those big games that we have lost and the way that we have been able to rebound,

Ian Livingstone

I thought there was going to be a limit to paper and pencil games and I really wanted to get into the next medium,

Sam Huff

I thought they might win 10 games last year. If they win 10 games this year, I think it would be a hell of a successful season. Right now I think Joe Gibbs would settle for 10. Who wouldn't?

Ed Pultz

I thought that was one of her better games at managing the game. She played under control, rebounded and played pretty good defense.

Stacey Phillips

I think we had a good taste of what it takes to be successful. For six games and winning a tournament -- they got a big mouthful of success.

Matthew Morrison

I actually grew up break-dancing. When you break-dance you listen to hip-hop and rap, so I've been listening to that music since I was a kid.

Laura Vandervoort

I grew up doing martial arts, and I'm a second-degree black belt.

Bob Wietharn

It is my heart, where I grew up, and where I'll always be.

Pat Clark

Our numbers grew approximately 20 kids this year.

Josie Bissett

I prefer to be a mother in the Pacific Northwest! I grew up outside of Seattle and personally find it to be the most beautiful place in the world.

Joyce Kesse

I guess the Internet grew so fast, so quickly, there probably needs to be regulations on these very same things.

Rene Burri

I lived and grew up in the black and white period of photojournalism.

Jenny Lewis

I'm constantly dodging people in L.A. There are some people I don't ever wanna see again, but if you live where you grew up, you're running into people constantly.

Jemima West

I'm completely English, but I grew up in Paris and went to school here. My parents moved when I was five.

Darryl Sutter

Kipper is always one of the main reasons why we win hockey games.

Mark Richards

I think we've talked about that a lot, about the opportunity and how it's knocking at our door. There's a lot of players who played minor-league hockey for 10-15 years that never made it past the first round.

Steve Yzerman

It's true that in Canada, we pride ourselves on the game, and we like to think we're the dominant hockey nation in the world.

Wade Belak

He's one of those guys whose English gets worse every year. But as long as it doesn't affect his play, we're all right.

Kevin Smith

I liked hockey, and I still like hockey.

Kevin Bleyer

Never mind what makes Canadas constitution so special. Probably something to do with hockey, or the inalienable right to poutine, or securing the blessings of Rick Moranis.

Lester B. Pearson

This fastest of all games [hockey] has become almost as much of a national svmbol as the maple leaf.

Paul Coffey

It's impossible for me to go back and put on that hockey sweater again.

Vince Williams

It?s been frustrating since Day One. There?s things that need to be addressed in a huge way. It?s been frustrating on a personal level and a hockey level. I know a lot of other people feel the same way.

Julie Buchanan

Kathy told me she honestly thought they'd be home in three days, so they didn't pack a lot.

Adam Braidwood

I take a lot of responsibility for it. I'm going to go home and look in the mirror. I don't think, my last two games, I've played up to my potential.

S. Walker

I actually had to do my homework to pass the time. It was horrible.

Vicki Bosley

He was a hometown hero, and Lorraine made sure everyone knew it.

John Milton

He unobserved / Home to his mother's house private returned.

Larry Brown

He'd be in a lot more trouble when he got at home if he didn't do what he did.

Mark Mersel

He knows those guys. It's more of a homecoming than you might know.

Simon Spurr

I'll always be a Brit abroad, and I love London so much, but New York is my home.

Najib Razak

The vast majority of Malaysians are sensible people; they're moderates, they want peace, they want harmonious race relations at home. They look for national unity.

Robert Vega

He didn't want to go home. From what we know, he spent the past two nights sleeping in the woods.

Paul Stephenson

I think we were the better side on the night.

David Dinkins

I don't find myself sitting up nights saying, whom should I support?

Richard O'Brien

It is difficult to go on the next night after you receive a sandbagging.

Richard Hough

The Battle for the Philippines was the greatest naval battle in history, judged in terms of the number of ships taking part, the number of ships sunk, and the importance of its outcome. It included every form of naval warfare of the 20th century: gunnery duels between battleships; destroyer battles at night and by day, as ferocious and sustained as any at the Battle of Jutland; submarines that stalked the depths; sinking many ships; and finally, carrier warfare on a scale never dreamed of even by the most ardent enthusiasts of air warfare at sea.

Richelle Mead

Because it’s our duty to God to protect the rest of humanity from evil creatures of the night.

Richelle Mead

Mistress, I have never asked anything of you in my servitude. But now, I beg you this: do not make me keep passing these adolescent sentiments back and forth all night.

Richelle Mead

There would be no wedding for me. No bridal hopes. Not with Seth, not with anyone. Those things were lost to me forever. There was only an eternity alone, no lifelong lovers, only those I shared a night with…. - Georgina

Richelle Mead

I lost track of day and night too. My time was divided into Dimitri and not-Dimitri. He was my world. When he wasn't there, the moments were agony.

Randy Cunneyworth

He's been sitting long enough. We need a contribution from him.

M. Wolfe

He was just sitting here three weeks ago.

Chris Barnes

He got tired of sitting on the bench.

Richard Barnfield

As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made.

Tyler Perry

I'm always on to something else. It's like, I'm sitting here now jotting down notes for something that's in my head. There's always something going on in my head, and I have to just keep executing.

Robert Hunter

Being in a floodplain is like sitting down in a bathtub.

Tyler McNeece

Being in the game, being able to make a difference, is so much better than sitting on the bench.

Tim Stewart

If I were sitting in that seat, I would want to have a vote as to what was going on here.

Jonathan Swift

T is as cheap sitting as standing.

Steve Zahn

I lived in Minnesota in a small town.

Jacob Zuma

Jan van Riebeeck's arrival in Cape Town was the beginning of all South Africa's problems.

Ewan McGregor

I certainly have no plans to leave London. It's a great town.

Amanda Walker

With no students, the town is pretty quiet.

Charles Bukowski

I broke that town in half like a wooden match.

Edward Abbey

When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.

Dennis Tomasevicz

The town of Shelby has just been unreal.

Dolly Parton

I modelled my looks on the town tramp.

Anne Boleyn

In my small town, nothing really good happened too often and I thought, 'What am I doing here? I'm wasting my life.'

Andy Robinson

It has been killing me watching from the stands, I want to get back into the action,

Brian Urlacher

If I was someone, I'd do the same to us after watching that film.

Rhett Miller

We'd probably be watching 'Dora the Explorer' or something.

Hugh Johnson

We're all watching the same stuff. Like sheep.