Famous Quotes & Sayings

Clyde Drexler

I was lucky. I spent almost 12 years in Portland and came to Houston for the last 3 1/2 years, which was a nice. But when you can spend your hold career with one team, that's a blessing.

Scott White

I was always amazed that he had this uncanny knack for being able to pluck a Canadian angle out of almost any overseas story. He was a very gentle man, but had a bulldog's tenacity when it came to chasing down the Canadian angle.

Robby Ginepri

I was almost there, so I feel that anyone on any given day could take out anybody.

Mark Ellis

I was almost positive it would be a one-year deal, so I was a little surprised yesterday. I'm happy.

Brian Dawkins

I was almost in tears when I walked in there and saw that I was going to be a part of that, answering the phones and hearing the joy in peoples' hearts as they were giving.

Giuliana Sgrena

kept on talking and talking, you couldn't contain him, an avalanche of friendly phrases and jokes. I finally felt an almost physical consolation, warmth that I had forgotten for some time.

Kurt Barnard

Kmart is in a condition of repair right now, ... It is almost surprising they are down only 2 percent. They have a huge amount of over-age inventory they have to unload.

Kelvin Sampson

I wouldn't pay a lot of attention to what they say. If I were putting together a 64-team (field), I think it's almost impossible to say Colorado does not deserve it.

Jack Rio

I would think it would be out of character for a guy who has been a successful coach for as long as he has. It almost sounds desperate.

Loren Roberts

I was just amazed at how good the course was, just incredible the shape it was in with all the rain. I only had to take casual water relief twice, and the greens held up very well.

John Patrick Shanley

I was in the Marine Corps in 1971. The idea 'Where does authority come from?' is fascinating to me. And also, the idea of a chaplain is fascinating to me because it's a man of the cloth in uniform, and it's the uniform of a killing machine. Back when I was in the Corps, when I saw that, I was amazed by it.

Willie Worsley

Kentucky was amazed at how disciplined and structured we were. You could see it on their faces. Black teams were supposed to run up and down ... and we'd pass the ball five, six or seven times. What bothered us was how people perceived us.

Charles Gerba

Keyboards are a lunch counter for germs. We turn them over in a lot of studies and we are amazed at what comes out of a keyboard.

Jonathan Cheechoo

Kids in Moose Factory and kids around the whole area were amazed that I was playing at (the junior level).

Joel Quick

(Jack Quick) is just amazed at all the changes. Everything was just cornfields, the school and basically a couple homes.

Chip Brown

It amazed me at the first lesson. I was able to do it and Marty is very gifted.

Bronson Arroyo

He comes in consistently throwing the ball hard and where he wants to. I'm amazed each time he goes out there.

Dan Hill

Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of music: It knows no boundaries, cultures or class.

Javier Vazquez

Just trying to stay tall and work downhill, instead of side-to-side. Sometimes I have the tendency to go side-to-side. I need to work downhill, that's the arm angle I have to have.

Doug Flutie

I think it's actually easier for me to simulate Vick than Peyton Manning, but you can't mimic him to the full extent. You can't stand there flat-footed and fling the thing 65 or 70 yards off your back foot (like Vick can). I've got a little bit of a burst, but I can't run a 4.2, that's for darn sure. You see guys on film take the wrong angle on him all the time because he's so fast. You know he's fast, but you don't know how fast until you watch him in person.

Jim Hill

He could put together a pile of cement and steel beams, knowing you would look at it at a certain angle and you would think it was twice as big as it really was.

Steve Cleveland

He knows angles to the basket. He can take a bump and finish. If you can't push him off the block, he's dangerous.

Zabian Dowdell

(Hamilton) tipped it, but like I said, the ref was kind of behind the call and didn't really get a good angle at it.

Sydney Greenstreet

Pictures are much harder to do than the theater... You're at the mercy of the camera angles and the piecemeal technique.

Dom Starsia

He's a goal scorer. He hardly ever takes a bad shot -- when he has a bad angle he can go over his back and get the better shot. It may look a little showy but it's the right play to make.

Tiger Woods

He's a guy that understands how to play the golf course. Experience helps a lot on this golf course -- where to miss it, how to play it, the angles you need to have.

Johnny Damon

He's always given me trouble. Mike has so many arm angles and he knows how to spot his pitches. He can set you up with that change-up and then throw a fastball right by you.

Marco Sullivan

I was just charging and came up a little short. I can take something out of it because I did ski really well in sections. It was just two big mistakes at the top that cost me.

Zakk Wylde

I was looking at the lyrics, and I just said, 'Man, this has gotta be Dime's tune,' so we just made it Dime's song and that's how the video came about, ... I think it's really emotional and it came out great. It's all about Dime's memory and there ain't a dry eye in the house every time you see it.

Justin Brouse

I was in the backfield and I came out on the wheel. And Corey Martin just lobbed it up to me.

Larry Dossey

I was in so much pain. I had no idea what was happening to me. I was scared and fearful. Then a nurse came by and held my hand and told me don't worry 'cause everything would be just fine. At that moment, my pain had suddenly vanished and I had no idea what had happened. It showed me how something so simple can make a huge difference.

Alex Cintron

I was in shock. I was happy, though. (Arizona) didn't have the confidence in myself. They were looking to trade me and I came here to Chicago. It is going to be good for me.

Jesse L. Martin

I was in 'Rent,' for God's sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table.

Anna Maxwell Martin

I was always a show girl. My parents were wonderful. There wasn't a lot going on where we lived, but they ferried me to classes and competitions all over the place. When I was 12, I came to London as a finalist in a singing competition and I was completely wide-eyed.

Marcus Williams

Kirk came in and was great on the boards. He made shots. He was a good sixth man off the bench. He definitely helped me out (being in foul trouble).

Robin Ross

Kevin is one of those success stories. Things hadn't worked out other places, he came here and now he's doing well academically and he's on track football wise. Those kinds of things are why you coach.

Tommy Chong

Just recently up in Utah, some guy got 55 years for selling an ounce of pot to an undercover agent.

Rick Danko

Just this last year, I made the statement by hooking up with Greenpeace. By not only contributing money, but by contributing more my time.

Mark Fields

Joe not only stopped a continuing market share decline in one of our key North American markets, he reversed course and increased sales in the very competitive Canadian environment.

Elizardo Sanchez

I think it's a humanitarian gesture on the part of the Canadian government and we now hope our government will continue the process of prisoner releases. Right now, 110 people have been released, which means that the number of political prisoners in Cuba is diminishing.

Brian Mulroney

He certainly made an important mark on Canadian journalism.

Craig Buntin

Having three is going to be huge. Next year's Canadian championships are going to be awesome. We have pairs pushing each other, feeding off this, fighting for first and fighting to get one of those three spots at next year's Worlds.

Andrea Martin

Here's the thing: I did one episode of Deep Space Nine, and I loved everybody that I worked with. People couldn't have been kinder... But I had a really, really difficult time with the prosthetics.

Andrea Martin

Here's probably a short answer - I never feel in this piece that I'm stepping out and being Andrea Martin. I always feel like I'm Golde, so whatever Golde would do within those realms, that's what I would do.

Cindy Klassen

Gold is great. Having two Canadians on the podium is awesome.

Ryan Bayda

I was just chasing the puck and I'm not sure if (Aubin) just fanned on it when he tried to pass it around. I just yelled to Darby when I saw the wide-open net and he passed it out in front. You know you don't get those very often.

Cindy Stein

Kim talked about them having a target on their back, and when you defeat the No. 4 team in the country, you all of a sudden have become a target yourself and that's OK. Any coach would prefer being a target versus chasing one.

Tommy Aldridge

Joe Paterno said he wanted to win with a number 80 on. I'm chasing Joe Paterno.

Carrie Vaughn

I admit, I'm suspicious of any career planning that involves chasing the next 'big thing,' just because it's so hard to predict what the next big thing is going to be a couple of years - or even six months - out.

Shakira

What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it's not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It's a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It's a very mental game.

Drew Houston

When I think about it, the happiest and most successful people I know don't just love what they do, they're obsessed with solving something that matters to them. They remind me of a dog chasing a tennis ball: Their eyes go a little crazy, the leash snaps and they go bounding off, plowing through whatever gets in the way.

Gareth Williams

It is a huge relief we have got it. We have been chasing this coin for a long time and it is now very satisfying we have it.

Catrin Nilsmark

I think when you're ahead, like the Americans were, it's a good feeling, chasing in a way, and knowing you have those hard finishing holes.

William Mattison

What you're seeing is the same old, same old: too much money chasing too few stocks.

Ari Fleischer

Joe is one of the president's staunchest supporters and good friends. The president is going to miss him a great deal. We're all on the staff level going to miss Joe a great deal. He's a great guy -- a real kind man, a gentle giant.

Harry Sinden

He was a gentleman as he's always been.

Anne Murphy

He was a gentle giant, a big guy with a big heart.

Alan Grayson

Ladies and gentlemen, we understand the big picture after three weeks of testimony. The big picture is greed.

William Brownfield

Ladies and gentlemen, how can I get any sleep with so many conspiracies and plots? ... The truth is there are many things in this world that have nothing to do with the United States.

William Brownfield

Ladies and gentlemen, How am I going to sleep with so many conspiracies and plots?

James Baker

Ladies and gentlemen, at some point -- at some point -- there must be closure,

E. P. Thompson

It is not unknown for gentlemen to come in and purchase two of the same items.

George Bernard Shaw

I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor.

Seth Greenberg

He is a winning player -- he's got a toughness about him that's unique. He has a knack for making other people better. I don't know where we'd be without him.

Ray Depwe

He had a knack of knowing what to do.

Moliere

I have the knack of easing scruples.

Oliver Hardy

A knick-knack is a thing that sits on top of a whatnot.

Ben Whishaw

I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.

Fred Ray

Some people may have overlooked him. We practice together consistently. I know where they'll (receivers) will be. He has a knack for the ball.

Brandon Lee

I always had a pretty good knack for raising hell

Craig Ferguson

She still cared for me, and the best way I could make amends to her was to be happy. I do have a knack for finding great women.

Thomas Vanek

Those two have a special knack together I don't think I quite have with those two.

Chris Moller

It's important to understand that it's actually the broadcasters, the overseas broadcasters that have said 'no'.

John Pomfret

Working overseas is more difficult in that it's much more complicated to get people to open their hearts to you and to tell you information.

Kathie Lee Gifford

If I prayed as much as I pluck, I'd be the Dalai Lama.

Henry Taylor

I have not skillFrom such a sharp and waspish word as "No"To pluck the sting.

Dave Tippett

This is the end of a real tough spot in our schedule. We managed to pluck a lot of points from this part of the schedule.

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

It only takes 30 seconds to pluck my eyebrows, but it hurts. I have to tweeze 'em in the middle once a week. Otherwise, I look like Bert from 'Sesame Street.'

Sarah MacLean

We are a motley bunch. But we more than make up for it with tenacity." ~ Ralston to Simon

Lawrence Bossidy

I'm just going to keep going and goind and going until I can't go anymore.

Chris Murray

There can be no success in sales without tenacity.