Famous Quotes & Sayings

Linda Cropp

We took a big step forward today to invest in our future. Our local and small businesses will reap millions of dollars. Major League Baseball did not get an open checkbook. I said from the beginning I would support the ballpark but not at any cost.

Tom Carpenter

We think big Black Rock has to be built. If it's $4 billion, it's $4 billion. Let's get on with it. I wear a Mariner hat and I get over to that ballpark in Seattle sometimes. I don't think that stadium got put up without state help, and it's not cheap.

Ryne Sandberg

I don't know where I'd go and want to win a championship other than here, ... That's still what I'm striving for. That's still why I'm with the organization and coming out to the ballpark as often as I do -- to be a part of that and to win a championship here.

Scott Podsednik

I recall standing out in left field after Paul did what he did, thinking about, man, what does that man feel like now? ... So to go out and hit one out of the ballpark for a game-winner is pretty indescribable.

Laurie Fisher

I have no problem with Matthew taking that deal, from the figures that I understand the ballpark to be. He's a young man who can set himself up for the rest of his life, so that's a sound decision on his behalf. You can't knock back that sort of money, but we're very sorry to see him go.

Miguel Tejada

I just want to be in the lineup every day. I can forget what happened the day before. I love being at the ballpark and love playing the game. It's not about a streak. It's just about me wanting to play.

Jeff Kurtz

I'm glad how the kids responded and came to the ballpark today ready to play. It was a solid effort on our part to play a first-place team and keep us in the thick of the race.

Clint Hurdle

After the line of games he put together going into this start, I had my mind made up when I got to the ballpark that if he gave us good effort through six innings, that's going to be plenty. Leave his confidence at a high and turn it over to the people who have gotten us in position to build some of the momentum we've been building.

Gary Gaetti

It's been a great ballpark for everybody the fans and players yet it's probably time for something new when you see it the way we see it. There's a lot of great memories here.

Mike Thompson

He is short, single and has a mullet. But why would such a guy need a makeover, you ask? Hmmm ... That is a very tough question to answer. Maybe Mickey doesn't need a makeover, but some minor changes to his trendy and stylish habits.

Gary Bennett

He obviously changes the whole scope of the game when he's in the lineup. It's obvious he's at a whole other level.

Tom Shea

He's been unchallenged, and that changes starting today.

James Franco

He's a warrior, but everything changes when he meets Isolde.

Dale Walker

It changes (your game plan) some. You've got to put people in different positions, but we've done that some this year and I thought we did a pretty good job with that.

Toni Kukoc

It is playoff time. Whoever responds and changes quicker is going to win four games and then go to the next round. So I think it's pretty much time for us to respond and make some different decisions and then win the game.

Buddy Bell

I think we're all very optimistic. Because of the changes we made over the winter, because of the chemistry we developed through the course of spring training, I think we all feel pretty good about where we're at right now.

John Koppin

I think what the folks up there in Sprint territory are experiencing is this euphoria, this anticipation that these changes are going to take place. They are (going to happen), but they aren't there yet. This is a trend and we are on the front end of the curve.

Billy Hite

I think it's very doubtful that he'll play, unless something changes here. I think he wants to play, but I don't think he's ready yet.

Patrick Barkey

I think it masks the state of the economy and understates the degree to which the job picture has worsened.

Mark Frauenfelder

I actually studied engineering in school - I have a degree in mechanical engineering. But, when I got out of school, instead of going to work as an engineer, I was in a band.

Phil Dow

I think the main impact of the election has been a degree of uncertainty. Once we know who the president will be it will be very much like Y2K -- it will come and go. You have to focus on sales and earnings, and those have been pretty robust.

Ted Brennan

It got so hot those few weeks, I know it easily got to 120 degrees in there. The wine was literally cooked.

Sarah McLachlan

I'm an eternal optimist with a small degree of cynicism.

Sarah Dessen

Its 75 Degrees! In December!

Washington Allston

In the same degree that we overrate ourselves, we shall underrate others.

Ramon Rodriguez

I played college basketball in West Virginia for two years, and then I graduated from NYU with a sports management degree because I realized the NBA's not going to happen.

Ron Cameron

In the end it will be the market which determines the outcome and there is sufficient price tension to suggest another increase but to what degree remains uncertain.

Sonya Hartnett

I don't understand why one should be one thing or the other. Writing, to me, is writing is writing. It should be a flexible tool. Whatever skills I have, have to work for me; I won't be dictated by them.

Brian McInerney

Right now our flood threat is ... dictated by what kind of snow pack is in the mountains.

Hanno Langenhoven

The route to a destination is dictated by the start location of the one that makes the journey.

Paul Dergarabedian

Especially the younger people (who) are used to, 'I can plug in my video game and play it now,' 'I can download music and hear it now,' 'I can take my iPod with me and listen to it wherever and whenever I want.' Going to the movies requires that you're on a time frame and in a location that's dictated by someone else.

Dave Smith

We tried to work for high percentage shots, we need to. Horton wasn't going to give us any easy baskets. They dictated the pace of the game pretty good.

E. B. White

Basically, when you play the top teams, you need nine players ready to go. We knew that going in, but it was unfortunate that the fouls dictated the game.

Morris Hatalsky

I saw Scott missed his putt at 18 and that dictated my strategy on 18. I knew I could three-putt and that's what I did. It's very gratifying to come to a place like this and win.

Adam Mansbach

Writing novels is largely about endurance and patience. I take a lot of breaks, hit walls, and go do something else while I think things through. But I do it every day, and I try to treat it as a job, something that is not dictated by whimsy or muses.

Greg Gallaspy

What we want to do is ensure there's a balance. That's the key.

David Hartley

Having a new state-of-the-art plant is encouraging, but it does not ensure that Cott will do a better job of managing its entire plant operations.

Denis MacShane

I will be urging him to ensure any shutdown is as painless as possible for local communities,

Charles Grassley

We must ensure that this nightmare NEVER occurs again,

Jon Postel

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Martin Winterkorn

Regardless of whether we are in an upturn or a downturn, our goal is to ensure the Volkswagen Group reaches the top of the automotive industry.

Tim Frank

Our policy . . . does not require a player to take a drug test at any point during a game, and we will ensure going forward that no testing is conducted during this time.

David Emerson

Part of what we're doing right now is to ensure that what we do doesn't make matters worse.

Kip Hawley

In view of our need to establish trust with all of our stakeholders on the security and privacy of our systems and data, my priority is to ensure that we do it right, not just that we do it quickly.

Alan McCoy

This is not chest-thumping. This is not done to intimidate. It is about serving our customers." ()

Clarence Fountain

And when you are serving the Lord, you go where he takes you without fear.

Bob Woods

We always want to work on our serving and serve-receiving.

Sarah Brown

The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.

Kim Brown

It could be synergistic, to buoy the success of that program,

Jim Beattie

He's getting away from what made him a successful pitcher.

Kevin Criswell

We have to be. If we want to have any success in this tournament we have to do it. We're probably a little under-talented, but we'll play better as a team.

John Gibbons

He does all the things successful lefties do,

Rob Reiner

You never know if anything is going to stand the test of time or going to be successful.

Richard Dawkins

The replicators that exist tend to be the ones that are good at manipulating the world to their own advantage. But other replicators are also successful otherwise they would not be common. The world therefore tends to become populated by mutually compatible sets of successful replicators, replicators that get on well together

Rebecca West

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

Russell Crowe

I never actually expected success, but it doesn't surprise me when it comes because I know how much work I put into what I do.

Alexandra Adornetto

As young Australians, the value of teamwork has been instilled in us throughout our schooling.

Karen Minton

We'll see showers off and on throughout Saturday.

John Swanson

You need to have that. It spreads throughout the community.

Gabrielle Giffords

While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to some extent.

Scott Skiles

We don't want to get into a fouling-type game, which has been our trend throughout the year.