Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Baird

The bottom line is, even if the player was unaware they've been given the drug, the test doesn't require intent. The standard is so strict, if the NFL wants to enforce it strictly, you're basically sunk.

Frederick Moran

The cable division came in with 13 percent cash-flow growth, which is basically the strongest we're going to see out of the whole cable industry this quarter, ... They're showing some real power.

Bill Richardson

And the president is basically saying, on Social Security, 'This is my issue. This is my proposal. Take it or leave it.'

Neal Milner

An ombudsman has an obligation when it spots trouble, when it spots patterns, basically to speak truth to power.

Cindy Cuthbertson

The state does the spraying, and basically we just have to wait until it's our turn. They've told us it will hopefully be sometime Wednesday. But even after they spray, you still have to come inside by 5:30 p.m. or 6 p.m., so we don't know what will happen.

Joe Yevoli

These next two games basically seal our season. If we can win these next two, we've accomplished our goals. That's the thing we need to do, close the season out like we wanted to.

Ashraf Laidi

The speech is as expected. He opens the door basically for further interest rate hikes. It shows he totally agrees with the last FOMC statement that said short-term interest rates hikes 'may' be needed.

Rob Stevens

The show basically charts life. Youthful optimism, brash idealism, first love, setbacks, relationships, the drive to keep on improving one's self and life, ending on an optimistic note for the future. There is no definite script of the show. Instead we follow musical paths.

Ben Wilcox

The system has basically been rigged to protect incumbents and discourage competition.

David Chang

As a child, I didn't see my dad that much because he was always working at the restaurant. He became pretty jaded after working at the restaurant for so long.

Cokie Roberts

People came through. They all came together, they didn't worry about ratings, the stuff we spend way to much time worrying about. They became a community.

Kirk Hanson

Once the school started collecting tuition money, they became a business. Simple as that.

Michael Kazin

Once the majority of Americans became middle class, once their jobs ceased to be manual jobs, then they began to look around and choose to live in a place, in part, because of the weather.

Atharva Veda

Deities became his protector.... resolutions his messengers and people sat in his company.

Jerome Gumbs

Coach challenged me a little bit. I became a little more assertive, a little more aggressive.

Scott Turow

De Tocqueville talked about the legalistic bent of American culture but, whatever that was, it became accentuated in the latter part of the twentieth century.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Dennis and I immediately became good friends, and he's helped us in so many ways since he came with us. Dennis is such a nice guy, and he reminds me of a Jewish mother. He's always concerned and worried about everything. He's very caring.

Katherine Klem

And there, in that kitchen, I became determined to start Ignite.

Christy Scott

Again, we played a solid first game and then let down the second game. We struggled with hitting errors and a couple mental mistakes, but we regrouped and finished well in the third game.

Cassie Campbell

After she lets in a couple of goals early, she has a tendency to fall apart, so that's what we're going to try to do.

Paul Byrd

The mood was up in the locker room, which was nice. We've had a couple of red-eye flights. I think we were a little delirious, so we were kind of happy. I was glad to go out there and give us a good performance. I wanted to pitch a lot of innings.

Dennis Roth

Defensively, we stopped them on the goal line a couple of times and that was a good sign for us. Midway through the half and into the fourth we started to have some kids dropping out with leg cramps and I think that later in the season we might have been able to give Herrin a better game.

Mike Tice

Defensively, we gave up a couple big plays. Most of those were physical,

David Reeves

Defensively we didn't execute a few things and I should have put us maybe in a couple of better calls,

Jeff Petrovic

Defense is where we've been struggling, but Cole made a couple of plays early on that jump-started everything. He without a doubt is huge for us as a senior leader. He energizes us.

Danielle Santos

Definitely. We're trying to do some big things this year. But earning respect is going to take more than just a couple wins.

George Gelnovatch

The start was not what I was looking for in terms of energy. I think in the second half, some things started to sink in and we took our level up a couple of notches. Once we did that, it really made a difference in our play.

Wayne Krivsky

At home with my wife and dogs after six weeks of spring training. That's been the last 11 opening days for me. But this one here, this is special.

Jeff Nobers

Once we get the permits, it's about 120 days to get the store built, stocked and open.

Jalal Rumi

Days of wanting.Let them go by without worrying that they do.Stay where you areinside such a pure, hollow note.

Brendan Shanahan

The old days of having a two- or three-goal lead and just being able to lock on are over. You're just going to have to keep on playing.

Sherri Coale

After 30 days of practice and three wins now, it was not something I expected. I was very surprised there was a lack of poise from particularly my point guards.

Plaxico Burress

Some days you get the pretty lady. Some days you get the beast.

Michelle Monaghan

Some days I really love being a mom, and some days I don't! It's crazy - I'm tired of packing lunches!

Patricia Lockhart

Soon we'll be working overnight and on weekends. It's not about the three days or 10 minutes, it's about giving up the rights our past teachers worked for.

Jim Tressel

There will be some days where we are prolific or, whatever, and then there are other days where we do just what we have to do to win and feel good about that, ... And there's going to be days where, you know what, we didn't do our part. I know that's the way Troy feels.

Kathy Johnson

People describe our show as high energy and dynamic. Our music is very uplifting.

Helen Fielding

I've only done some work on (the screenplay), and I find it very difficult, actually. Because you can really get away with murder in a book. You write 'round so many things, you can describe people, you can explain things. A screenplay is actually very short. It is only, like, 110 pages long and it's very spread out and every line has to do so many jobs, so I found it really hard.

Geno Auriemma

You can't describe it. I can't describe it and I'm a pretty wordy guy. But I have no words to describe what I saw (Saturday).

Jen Bluestein

Well, he's doubled his own obscenity level, ... As they say in Boston, $63 million is wicked obscene. Here in New York City, we've got a different word to describe it.

James Acker

There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings.

David Gibb

This was huge, there is no other way to describe it.

Brenda Frese

This team had the heart of a lion tonight. It's hard for me to describe how special this is for our program.

Tina Deese

There's really no words to describe what Holly did today. She had perfect control, save for that first at bat, and made Mercer swing the bat. It's a really great feat to get 15 outs by strikeout.

Robert Jackson

There's one word to describe going to go see Coretta - historic. It's good to finally see her at peace.

James Mulva

As an industry we feel it is not a good precedent to fund a government program.

Emily Hall

As a group, the funds have shown that you can do about as well in a screened universe as in a non-screened universe. But that doesn't mean all socially screened funds are good.

David Hale

Back when I gave that speech in March, some of my hedge fund friends thought it would be a big issue by the third quarter. But here we are, it's July, and it just hasn't seemed to register.

Tim Kaine

Often, money is taken out of that fund for other projects. I'll make sure that stops.

Steve Robertson

Cocaine trafficking, the profits involved that are immense and terrorist organizations, just like any other organization, have to fund their organization.

Cathy Nixon

Any win is a good thing for us. This was one of the goals we set, this is something we wanted to accomplish. I'm proud of the kids, they played well and it's fun to see the reward of their hard work.

Dale Mitchell

The state does not provide any funding at all,

Joe Jones

The Second Injury Fund seems to be advantageous to a very small number of people.

Lamar Butler

The students were just happy, excited, clapping. It was a fun greeting.

Stan Hyman

Offensively, we're sticking to the game plan and we're playing really good baseball. The guys had really good approaches.

Jere Lehtinen

Of course, we know it's Sweden. It's going to be a big rival. Still, it's a game you know you have to play. It's better you don't think too much. It's better you don't think, you just go and play hard and show that way.

Michael Bennet

Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues.

Kelly Golob

Oh, I always won the game when I was practicing growing up. I'm undefeated. . . . If I missed, I got fouled.

Jerry Hayes

North Side's a lot better than last year, ... I wouldn't say we were surprised that the game was close. That's what happens when rivals play.

Scott Skiles

Normally, you run away with a game like that. Obviously, it's a big problem.

Fran Riordan

Normally, I'd say a win in the first game is huge, and it is huge. But we still have to come back and win two more games. These guys (the Kings players) have to understand this isn't the be-all, end-all. And if they don't understand it, I'll make them understand.

Jack Kokinda

No one wants to win or lose a game like that, but I'll take it.

Jeff Tedford

After the first week he matured big time. More than just physical things, the mental part of the game and the leadership he provides in the huddle has improved dramatically.

Kelsey Grabiak

No, she was happy for us. She was really excited.

Robby Davis

We're happy with the jump we had. We've got work to do, but we're moving in the right direction.

Gary Cole

We're happy to see them. We hope they're here for a long time.

Rene Portland

We're happy to be here (at least) one more night.

Hines Ward

We're happy to be going to the Super Bowl, but we want to win. We plan to go there and win the whole thing.

Jud Honaker

We're happy to be able to help, and we wish them the best.

Randy Nelson

We're happy they're willing to sponsor us since we couldn't get sponsorship here.

Baruch Spinoza

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

James Kelleher

There are a lot of reasons why (Wall Street) just isn't happy about this restructuring.

Jan Hammer

The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing.

Brennan Manning

The trouble with our ideals is that if we live up to all of them, we become impossible to live with.

Bono

It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.

Aristotle

That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable.

Amy Carmichael

It is great to be faced with the impossible, for nothing is impossible if one is meant to do it. Wisdom will be given, and strength. When the Lord leads, He always strengthens.

Albert Camus

We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.

Albert Camus

It is always easy to be logical. It is almost impossible to be logical to the bitter end.

Robert H. Goddard

It is difficult to say what is impossible

Ray LaMontagne

I can't get excited by my own music. It's impossible.

Ronnie Wulf

You see him playing the game, but you don't really get to see what he can do. At practice, he was just awesome.

Carmelo Anthony

You saw us playing the way we have to play down the stretch. The way we must play the rest of the way.

Annika Sorenstam

You still are playing the same holes, it's just a different order.

Adam Dunn

You playing today, LaRue? What is it, a spot start?

Stefan Hell

Eventually I realised there must be a way by playing with the molecules; trying to turn the molecules on and off allows you to see adjacent things you couldn't see before.

Uli Hoeness

We're playing for the people, not for the regime. We want to reduce this to soccer only.

Sarah Olson

We're playing better as a team. This was more respectable than the first time we saw them.

Matt Hasselbeck

The Pro Bowl. But I don't feel like playing right now.

Pat Summitt

And we talked Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday ... we talk all the time. But did we talk about playing each other? No, because we had a different agenda.

Al Golden

You never know it as well as you think until you have to be the teacher,

Ian Millward

And, until we get that right, we're not going to win games.

F. Stone

You have to give them you until you is what they want.

Brian Leonard

Right now it is only a scare. We won't know until after the fact.

Mark Ellis

I just feel good. I didn't think anything of it until (Mark) Kotsay said, 'If you get a chance, keep running.

Robert Harrison

I'll be here every year until I die.

Ozzie Guillen

If not then he'll have to wait until Monday.

Carol Davis

If I was the council, I wouldn't want to wait until July. It's been too long.

Rita Ora

I never knew how small L.A. was until I started to work here.