Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Smith

You have to have that consistent effort ... to win the game, period.

Bill Bavasi

This was a pretty high priority for us in the off-season. The signing for us is terrific because there's so few real quality left or switch-hitters that can operate in the middle of the lineup and be as consistent as Raul. We wanted to lock him up.

Chris Petersen

We talked last year about him taking the next step there, and that didn't happen for whatever reason where we wanted him to. Did he get better? He did. He got better on occasion, but he wasn't the consistent guy that we needed.

J. J. Johnson

I think just having a good, consistent product and being locally owned has helped.

Jim Rosborough

You want to see what we saw last year, that he was kind of a fireball out on the court. We feel we can get more out of him, being one of the better four-men (power forwards) around. We expect him to be more consistent but we need to see more zip and enthusiasm out of him.

John Tiner

The current decline in the price of gas is actually consistent with the usual decline of gas prices at this time of year.

Donyell Marshall

This is only one game. We need to get more consistent because we are winding down to the playoffs.

Peter Costello

These wage costs show that there are real wage increases going on in the community, but they are restrained and consistent with low inflation, provided the economy maintains productivity growth,

Frank Robinson

This is kind of strange -- an individual who's been as successful as he has and as consistent as he has in the American League has struggled this much and this long over the course of this season. I've never seen anything like it before in my days.

Bill Peters

A fire engine from the 1940s wouldn't have the same pump power. The tank wouldn't hold as much water. It wouldn't provide as much safety for firefighters as new equipment does.

Sylvia Hatchell

She's the engine that makes our offense go.

John Milton

But that two-handed engine at the door, / Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.

Stefan Bielmeier

I wouldn't go as far as to say Germany is the reform engine of Europe, but it is making slow progress.

Herbert Hoover

Engineering is a great profession.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

To strive consciously for an object and to engage in engineering -- that is, incessantly and eternally to make new roads, wherever they may lead.

Robert Yates

They only have one place in victory lane, and I think it would be better if they were all individually owned. That's not what Jack Roush, my partner in the engine business, would be happy with.

Charles Chafer

They had an engine test they didn't like so they will do another month of testing,

Jim Press

There was a time when having a big, giant engine was sort of in, ... everything is sort of pointing to the fact that if you want a good image, it's better to be efficient.

Mark Slough

Sammy is excited to be back and I think they're excited to have him back.

Skip Prosser

That's for you guys to talk about. We're excited about who we have back.

Scott Gaffney

You're excited for the first two weeks then after a while it gets old.

David Perno

We've taken a tough road. We were swept at home, but rebounded to take 2-of-3 at Mississippi State. We are excited about this team.

Josh Pinnick

We were excited about what we were getting done out there.

Shawna Smith

We were excited about it. Especially since we lost to them at their meet the week before.

Kevin Connors

We were excited about Carlos. And still are.

Jason Richardson

We were down by two but I thought we were down by three. I didn't know, I was just trying to get a shot up. When it went in I just thought we were going to overtime, then realized that we had won. It was a shocker. I was excited about it.

Johnny Miller

We've had an uphill struggle all weekend, so we're really excited we made the race,

Linette Johnson

Actually it was more like five times. I over exaggerated.

Ichiro Suzuki

I've seen a lot of great plays in my five years in the majors. And I know we have enough talent on our team to be able to contend.

Caroline Paul

I should really be lifting only five days. I'm sort of obsessed, and I end up going in six, sometimes seven, and that's not good. Something that I preach but don't practice - moderation.

Matt Sylvester

I've been giving him assists for five years; he owed me one.

Buddy Bell

Five in a row, ... The problem with that is you see it better.

Keith Hanson

Five Americans in the top 10, I think that says something about where we're at. We know where we stand now.

Jalal Talabani

We do not oppose the presence of Turkish troops if they are around five or six thousand soldiers.

Frank White

Big hit, big hit, real big hit. ... We floated after that. Having a three-run lead after five is big. And to hold on and win like we did is pretty awesome.

Akshay Kumar

Ever since I started my career, I have been busy with four to five releases a year. I enjoy being busy.

Adrian Fenty

This government can get things done when we put our minds to it. The real goal is that we institutionalize that in the police department.

Reggie Evans

That's why we still got a lot of our main guys still playing. That's our goal for right now these last three games, is to try and get the home-court advantage.

Ron Wilson

We're 3-0 and scored 15 goals since we picked up Thornton. It's kind of nice, the things you were hoping would happen with the trade have.

Dave Ramsey

Goals convert vision into ENERGY.

Bruce Alter

Each year, every team's goal is to get to the playoffs and then to get to the state championship. Last year, we didn't do that. We want more this year.

Cristy McKinney

We did a little better in the second half than we did in the first. We had to set new goals at halftime. At least we didn't give up 60 points in the second half.

Dwane Casey

We did a good job in the first half, but in the second half I thought we were a little lax. Putting together 48 minutes is our goal from here on out ... that has been the story of our whole year.

John Sweeney

We had several good opportunities on goal in the second half. We played well tonight, but we see where we need to improve.

Dave Nichols

We go back to 0-0 now. Our goal now is to start another little win streak of four.

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.

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,

Aung San Suu Kyi

Religion is about increasing peace and harmony in the world. ... People of all different religions should be given the opportunity to pursue good in their own way.

Booker T. Washington

Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.

Earl Nightingale

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

Pete Carroll

This two-week opportunity for them really makes them dangerous,

Bill Belichick

We got a lot of people an opportunity to play and you never know when that's going to be beneficial.

Mark Sinatro

We can now take this opportunity to reach for the stars.

English 16th Century Proverbs

A woman and a ship ever want mending.

Russ Miller

Profits are up 15%, but are premiums going down?

Carlo Ciampi

A project once seen as utopian has become reality,

Clint Zandt

A profile is an investigative tool. It is not science, it is not DNA, it is not latent fingerprints. ... It is just one more tool investigators have. But a profile does not tell you who did the crime.

Lindsey Williams

The talks have been constructive. We have had progress.

Kofi Annan

Africans are making important progress on all fronts,

Zheng Jingping

So there must be trade surplus in the processing trade.

Bob Hazel

Teachers have enough problems as it is. It's sure not positive.

Jim Soukup

The whole project should take about two weeks.

Joe Berlinger

Each film stands on its own. But we have a series that hangs together and is visually arresting.

Kate Looby

Within about two weeks, we'll have made those decisions.

James Marsh

I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features.

Kent McCord

Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work.

Brian Eno

I often work by avoidance.

Billy Connolly

Don't work out, work in.

Elisabeth Harnois

The more you work out, the more you get the energy to do it. And the more you get motivated to do it, especially when you start seeing results.

Elisabeth Harnois

Working out makes me feel good. When I don't work out for a few days, I start feeling grumpy. When I'm at the gym, it wakes me up. My spirits are higher. I just feel happier and more motivated to do things.

Viktor Yushchenko

Enough arguing: There is enough work for everybody.

Willie Randolph

Even if he comes back, he's going to have to work his way back in there. ... There's no rush. That's for sure.

David McCullough

When I began, I thought that the way one should work was to do all the research and then write the book.