Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Yates

So far, so good, ... I'll try to keep this one on the ground and see if we can get a checkered flag Sunday.

Susan Rogers

We'll have silent auctions, live auctions, games and door prizes. We'll be there until the checkered flag drops.

Rick Crawford

To see the checkered flag was a great day, let me tell you,

Helio Castroneves

Everything is going the way we are planning but until the checkered flag, you can't count on it. Today, we are extremely happy. That's what we need to be thinking about and enjoy this moment.

Roger Bailey

Last year's Freedom 100 epitomized the racing of the Indy Pro Series. We saw numerous lead changes, side-by-side racing and a late shootout for the checkered flag. To be able to showcase that type of racing at a venue like Indianapolis is extraordinary.

Robert Gottlieb

Gelsey Kirkland has had more than her share of demons, as her two distressing memoirs - and her violently checkered career - attest.

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Vijay Singh

I still remember it. His yellow shirt and checkered pants, I still remember that. It's part of history and it's still very fresh in everybody's minds.

Carl Edwards

Johnson doesn't know it, but I completed more miles than he did by the time he took the checkered at Daytona. I was already flying west.

Allen Sinai

Greenspan is giving individuals ample warning that they need to take that into account. He's throwing out a yellow flag of caution.

William J. Brennan

Punishing desecration of the flag dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered.

Zebulon Pike

On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.

George Fernandes

Naxal flag will soon fly in delhi

Cheryl Kirkland

These girls have been underdogs all year. They had to play Flag like this, and they stayed focused doing their job. That's what made them successful today.

Peter Lonard

All I saw were American flags and I thought, 'holy cow',

Lesley Stahl

It's not a flag that I look at with anything favorable. That's for sure, ... I can't tell people what flag to fly.

Ken Kesey

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right to burn itself. This is the fractal of our flag. It stands for the right to destroy itself.

Bob Mattison

Every U.S. flag that was ever made -- we can get that. International flags, religious flags, some cities' flags, too.

Greg Martin

Ground radar from time to time is subject to interference from outside sources. There's nothing wrong with the radar. There's nothing wrong with the relays. Planes aren't disappearing. There's still information on the screen.

Tanit Phoenix

I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.

Paul Tagliabue

Having him involved in the process and having someone here on the ground day to day will be helpful.

Brian Kelly

I thought our first day went really well. We are at a point now where we are not going to take a step back just because we lost our quarterback from last year. We needed to hit the ground running and I was pleased with how these young quarterbacks prepared themselves.

Dwyane Wade

I really couldn't even see it and I hit the ground hard, always hit the ground hard.

Robert Morgan

I like to just walk the ground of place I'm writing about.

Steve Pitstick

The ground is just perfect. It's not too wet, and it's not too dry.

Jaspher Ombati

The incident happened when students, who were protesting at night, were attacked. Officers are on the ground investigating the case.

Keating Holland

The tripwire for the administration may be as they see support for ground troops growing, that may be only ground troops with no casualties,