Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kevin Boyer

The win was almost perfect. It was our last conference game at home; it's nice to go out on top.

M. Thompson

The wind pattern is almost identical to the one we had when we broke the record on Lakota. We should have a fast run up the north sea to coincide with a low pressure arriving in the Shetland Islands.

Paige Patterson

This is definitely the most demanding role I've ever had. It's almost like a job. I've found myself having to do research and really work at this character. It's much harder memorizing lines when they're all in a thick Irish accent.

David Koo

This is an exceptional period of time for astronomy, because for the first time we are able to combine data from almost all of the important wavelengths.

Bill Gibson

This is really a great prize -- all the bowl games, flying on a private jet, staying in nice hotels. I'm a big college football fan so I'm looking forward to seeing some great games. I still can't believe I won. My sons put me in front of the computer almost a dozen times to register, and luck took care of the rest.

Kris Draper

You put Pavel in there, it puts us almost to the upper echelon to compete with the high-end teams.

James T. Walsh

Crooks move into disaster areas almost as quickly as relief workers do, ... These scammers will run every kind of rip-off, from conning people into signing over emergency benefits to signing usurious loans to fronting construction work that's never begun.

Andre Ward

Every time a fighter comes out to fight me, this is almost a world-title fight. This may be the closest he gets to the big time. So absolutely, I'm pumped and I'm ready for each and every fight.

Adam Carolla

I've never really broken this down before, but, in movies, you almost have no connection to fans. And if you do TV, you're kind of connected, but they know you as the TV name not your real name. If you do radio, there's more of a bond there. And then if you do a podcast it's like you're literally inside of your fans.

Rick Rubin

I guess edgy things tend to get my attention.

Tom Robbins

Once one pays some attention to something, then you begin to see evidence of it everywhere.

Steve Albini

You can't help noticing an amazing ass. Pretty naked ladies will always get my attention. Revealingly dressed good-looking women will always get my attention, at least for a moment.

Shawn Johnson

I pay attention to my diet to be a healthier gymnast, but I'm not obsessive over it.

Matt Dunn

A relationship needs constant attention. It’s a living thing, not just a habit. You’ve got to keep on top of it.

Mariah Carey

I really haven't paid attention to Madonna since about like 7th or 8th grade when she used to be popular

Michael Jordan

Winners don't just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them.

Imad Moustapha

Let me first thank President Bush for his concern about Lebanon and the fair and free elections that will happen in May, ... Now President Bush can focus his attention on the really terrible occupation of the Palestinian territories and the occupation of Syrian territories and Lebanese territories by Israel.

Anne Menard

Legislation is being brought before the state to bring clarity to this industry, which is growing. We are now a booming industry. Because of grass-roots interest, more and more attention is being put on this industry.

Ryan Armour

The shot I hit on the second hole could very easily have missed the cup and rolled 40 feet by. That is the way the ball bounces sometimes.

Dave McCarthy

(The Tigers) had the best of the second half. I thought we controlled the game in the first half. If you can't get the ball forward, though, you're not going to win.

Matt Miller

The thoughts that came to our minds when we came down here was to take their minds off of everything. It's their Spring Break. This gives them some fun, something other than cleaning up. Just throw a ball out there and let them play soccer.

Bill Belichick

The third quarter was really frustrating, ... We had the ball at their end of the field for most of the quarter and couldn't get a whole lot done.

Mike Drews

The third quarter was our demise tonight. We continued to take the ball to the ball to the basket, but we just came up empty. When you score four points in one quarter, that's definitely a dry spell.

Cindy Allison

The third quarter really hurt us. They had been playing us full-court man the entire game, but we went through a couple of minutes in that period where Oakland got even more aggressive; we just couldn't hang on to the ball and they were able to score off it.

John Presnell

The third game we laid back a little bit. We were not quite as inspired. We knew that they were going to try and tip and shoot the ball on us. It was a matter of getting our feet going.

Al Melnick

The sun came up today and we played a decent game and we are back as far as playing decent baseball. Hopefully, we can stay there. The other day we made six errors in the sixth inning, but the kids battled back and it was good to see us hit the ball hard.

Heather Hibner

The South Park coach made a classy gesture by presenting the game ball to our starting pitcher and then she went home and had the ball cut in half and gave the other half to April, which I thought was pretty cool.

John Bradley

That's hard starting your first game flying. You've got all of the distractions, and a lot of rookies haven't had a chance to fly out to a game and experience something like that. This is the time the veterans are going to have to step up, especially the first away game.

Chip Ambres

You see these guys on TV all the time and you always wonder if I could play in the majors. You get a chance to do it and are actually doing it. You see they are just like you, that they put their pants on one leg at a time.

Timmy Bailey

You take it one day at a time (and) you thank God for what you have that day. Now I have a chance to do something I love.

Joe Glenn

You take a chance on hoping that the kids will practice fundamentals in tackling.

John Gibbons

You're never satisfied of course. But I look at the big picture, some of the things that have happened, things that might have happened, have a chance to happen and I feel good.

Tom Glavine

You're looking at a game of more and more power pitchers, and quite honestly, you got to figure those guys are more susceptible to getting hurt. It'll be interesting to see how many of those guys are able to pitch long enough to even come close to having a chance to do it.

John Calvert

you're just a collection of particles that have come together by chance and by natural selection.

Alando Tucker

You never know what's going to happen in the Big Ten. We have to close out as strong as we can. There's still a possibility for us to get a Big Ten championship, depending on how things go. We just have to do everything we can to put ourselves in position to hopefully have a chance to win.

Tom Davies

You never know how guys are going to progress. I just hope he's scratching the surface. He has a chance to be a good player. I'd kind of like it to be now.

Doug Miller

Being young, sometimes you don't know how to control your emotions. He'll mature. I'd take him on my team any time.

Robby Reasonover

We had to control Richland's 3-point shooting. I thought our girls did a good job of jamming their cutters. Houston County ran a similar half-court offense, so we were not taken by surprise.

Dong Tao

Will the government really hit the brakes? I doubt it. Much of the investment is following government instructions. It's in second- and third-tier cities. This is what the government wants. They've regained solid control over inflation.

Jim Furyk

Winning two years in a row, pretty much being in control of this tournament most of the way, he's the guy to beat.

John Cislo

Winning two road games puts us in position to control our destiny in getting a home playoff game. It would be good to get one at home.

Mitch Moore

Winning the district championship outright is up to us. It's always good to control your own destiny, and it'll be good to be at home for two games over spring break.

Jim Bolla

We can't control anything like that. A lot is going to depend on what happens with our RPI number and what happens with other teams.

Larry Coker

We were very efficient with our ones. I was happy with that. The game was under control in the first quarter. I would've liked to finish better. We played a lot with our second and third team. When they get an opportunity, they have to perform. They're one play away from being starters. It wasn't a real joyous dressing room.

Ray Chen

We were able to get our new silicon modulator to control the transmission of laser light, while using 10× less power than normally needed for silicon modulators.

Ben Goldacre

Transparency and detail are everything in science.

Dennis Smith

It's under investigation and there really aren't any details we can release.

Kelly Wood

One good shot from the opposition (centre guard) and that's all they needed to win. We had to hit at least three-quarters and it hung straight. That's curling.

Thomas Fuller

One good head is better than a hundred strong hands

John Sharp

One can say all they want about politicians, but politicians to other politicians, their word is almost always good.

Rob Hermann

Once you get to this point, you just want to see the local guys do well. Dustin is a good kid, and we love to help as much as possible.

Chris Chambers

Once you wrap that screen around, and you get really good sound you get immersed, ... You mentally make the leap that you're in this game. It's really amazing.

Stephen Malkmus

One day I'm going to write a straight-ahead story. I really want to, but I can't at the moment. I'm not very good at it right now.

Terry Allmon

No, we didn't shoot well in the second half. But that was mostly North picking up the pressure. They're good. They're just a really good team with a super coach.

Roberto Bettega

Now is a different time, is a different game, a different business. We are very good team. And when I say team I mean the management of this club.

Reba McEntire

Now, if it's just a little toe-tapper, got to make me feel good somehow or another, or when I sing it I can't make you feel good.

Tommy Lasorda

You wait till you see that Dominican team. You wait till you see Puerto Rico. You wait till you see Venezuela. . . . Matsui is a great player. The Japanese team needs him.

Ken Johnson

You really hope that he's OK. He's a great player and you never want to see a player get hurt like that.

Mike Dunne

You're a great neighbor and we all know what you're doing, and we know you're going to do this with care,

Tino Martinez

We all think it shouldn't be, because he's done such a great job here.

Eric Brock

Every guy here has great talent. Guys are just sitting around waiting for their chance. When the opportunity comes a lot of guys are ready to step in and prove themselves on a national level.

Jonathan Freeman

As theater artists, it's a great luxury to have time.

John Lasseter

At Pixar, we do sequels only when we come up with a great idea, and we always strive to be different than the original.

Jon Kyl

At 47 percent, the (estate) tax today is a great inhibitor to growth, ... and is also a business-ending event.

Seth

As I get older and I see all my friends starting to have children, I see them have different reactions to the material that was probably not of great interest to them when they were younger, because they're re-experiencing it through their kids.

Jack Kerouac

Nothing ever happened - Not even this

Dorothy Kelly

That is the quickest way to reach everyone. We need to get enough people together, but this is very preliminary. We must take small steps to get to a big step. This will not happen quickly.

Tommy Tuberville

It will probably never happen again. It will be my luck.

Jefferson Han

A lot of data, whether it's imagery or other kinds of things, work really well when it's geographically laid out. I'm talking about imagery, statistics, incidents and other things that happen around the globe.

Doug Duncan

The question in New Orleans is what will happen to the economy. The key to housing is jobs.

Celso Senise

We have all the ingredients for higher trepidation than normal. What will happen is hard to tell.

Engin Atsur

We can't let that happen on our home court. We were having a special season.

Alex Tanguay

We just didn't want to see the same thing happen as we did last week. This was an important win for us and this is a very important home stretch for us.

Richard G. Scott

Think of the long view of life, not just what's going to happen today or tomorrow. Don't give up what you most want in life for something you think you want now.

Oscar Hammerstein II

The dearest things I know are what you are.

Ellen Hopkins

The only thing about myself I know for sure is that I don't know anything.

Lord Kelvin

To measure is to know.

Maika Monroe

You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.

Haruki Murakami

Some things, you know, if you say them, it makes them not true?

Lee Dashiell

The mating was ferocious. Every day for two weeks. Who knows what they did at night when we went home.

Charlie Munger

Acknowledging what you don't know is the dawning of wisdom.

David LeBlanc

There are a lot of people wondering what is going to come out of this. No one really knows where it is going.

Alanis Morisette

The person who knows how will always have a job. The person who knows why will always be his boss.

Thomas Carlyle

The archenemy is the arch stupid!

Tim O'Brien

Everyone acts stupid at some time in order to be loved.

Ville Valo

So basically, I think music at its best can be everything. It can be totally stupid and very intellectual and emotional at the same time. I don't think all those things shut each other out.

Victor Hugo

People do not read stupidities with impunity.

Stephenie Meyer

Stupid, shiny Volvo owner.

Rick Riordan

You seem to be clean," Terminus decided. "Do you have anything to declare?" "Yes," Percy said. "I declare this is stupid.

Ron White

You can't fix stupid.

Scott Westerfeld

The Rusty Ruins were the remains of an old city, a hulking reminder of back when there'd been way too many people, and everyone was incredibly stupid. And ugly.

Robert Burns

I love drinking now and then. It defecates the standing pool of thought. A man perpetually in the paroxysm and fears of inebriety is like a half-drowned stupid wretch condemned to labor unceasingly in water; but a now-and-then tribute to Bacchus is like the cold bath, bracing and invigorating.

Barack Obama

I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

Douglas Conant

Learning to celebrate success is a key component of learning how to win in the market.

Dontrelle Willis

Whatever I can do to win, I'll do it, even if I have to get hit by a pitch, whatever it takes.

Ami Ayalon

Once we agree on the future, the present will be much easier. A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there. We have first to decide where we want to go, where we want to sail.

Matt Mullenweg

I drive a Prius and drink $10k bottles of wine. The wine isnt on Instagram. The Prius is.

Mark Martin

I've turned over a new leaf. On TV, Kenny Wallace said I was a pessimist after Charlotte, so I got mad. Now I am so excited about coming back that I just can't stand it. I wish we were starting tomorrow and I'm going to win! That's the new me.

Mark Brunell

If we don't win this one, we're done.

Satchel Paige

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you get rained out.

Terry Goodkind

Over the millennia the seed of stories planted in the fertile soil of bits and scraps of facts was watered by wishes and began to take root and grow. Eventually, a bountiful fruit of rumors burst forth, to be spread on the wind of whispers that said we hid a fabled hoard of gold. Nothing could convince the believers that it was not true. The truth does not glitter for these people like gold does.