Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alafair Burke

I was downright obnoxious. In second grade, we had some program where we kept a public list of all the books we read. I think it even included the number of pages. In my nerdy mind, having the longest and most impressive list was somehow going to make up for the fact that I couldn't climb a rope or do a backwards summersault in PE.

Linda Chavez

In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us.

Scott Wilson

The city of Houston bent over backwards for these people, and I am glad we did it. But now we are absorbing some of their problems.

Robert Frost

The dog barks backwards without getting up; I can remember when he was a pup

Franklin D. Roosevelt

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Edgar Chen

The judges learned the lesson about self-representation too late. They bent over backwards for him.

John Duncan

All he has served to do by doing this in a backwards fashion is harden the U.S. administration's position,

Shawn Mendes

The first year I started hockey, I didn't know how to skate, so I got on the ice with all of the hockey players, and we were doing drills where we had to go backwards in figure eights. And I could not skate, and I just kept falling on my butt, and it was very embarrassing.

Clint Hurdle

The bigger issue is the first-pitch fastballs they are squaring up. He might have to start pitching backwards (by starting batters with breaking pitches) and doing some things different off the mound.

Bill Evans

Harrington gave us a lot of scares. He likes to cut back and he's low to the ground. We bent a few times but we didn't break, and we had a couple of goal-line stands inside the 15 that were good.

David Smith

I went to see what was going on. I seen him standing on the reef, waist deep in water. He yelled, help! then he was looking around, then bent over, look in the water, stand back up. I yelled back at him, Ed, help what?

Stephen Schwartz

If somebody was bent on using that material in a weapon, they would most likely kill themselves and their compatriots before they were ever able to use the bomb,

John Cronin

It seems that they're bent on destroying the structure of government itself,

Stuart Pearce

It's a 'suck it and see' situation with Georgios. But I think this weekend will be too soon for him. We will wait and see but he is hell bent on getting back as quick as he can.

Joseph Pilates

Americans! They want to go 600 miles an hour, and they don't know how to walk! Look at them in the street. Bent over. Coughing! Young men with gray faces! Why can't they look at the animals? Look at a cat. Look at any animal. The only animal that doesn't hold its stomach in is the pig.

Kevin Hall

There's a sense in the health and law enforcement communities that the situation, in fact, has gotten worse with time. The governor recently spent the weekend in Southwest Virginia, and a lot of folks bent his ear on the meth problem.

Ed Mitchell

The result in Idaho is that you could theoretically be a convicted cannibal and still have a hunting license. But if you are a convicted cannibal, you cannot legally own a bent BB gun in the state of Idaho.

Harry Hill

It was one of those years when God bent over and kissed California.

David Stern

I would say that the city is making it pretty clear of what they want us to do, and we'll accommodate them.

Leslie Brunell

I would say we're talking several to many years before the city can be rebuilt.

Jason Wiemer

I talked to (assistant coach) Rich Preston and expressed some interest. I knew I wanted to come back here and wanted to make sure they knew that. It worked out well. I enjoyed playing here, I love the city and liked the guys here. I looked at the team, watched them play in the playoffs. It was something I wanted to be a part of.

Mike Shanahan

I think it's a better system. There are more opportunities, and because teams have to come to your city to do the interviews, it can be done without conflicting with what you're trying to get done.

Bill Hopkins

It always concerns me when a homegrown company like Roanoke Electric Steel gets tied up with management control outside the city and state.

Jay Clark

I actually got into Mason City on Dec. 17. I really won't know about Mason City until I get back from Christmas.

John Burke

He controlled the night in the city of Albany. Everything had to go through him, whether you were working with another agency, you had to go through him. If you wanted to make an arrest, you had to go through him, unless, of course, a cop witnessed a crime.

Sunny Mindel

He is recognized as the mayor who led the city from being described as ungovernable to being an international symbol of urban renaissance. Why? Because of the unprecedented record reductions in taxes, homicides and welfare numbers, and the improvement in the quality of life for all New Yorkers.

Greg Ellis

Guys were actually talking about the Kansas City game.

Ken Klee

Having said that, I'm glad to be back. I wanted to be a Maple Leaf and it seems they wanted me.

Marty Schottenheimer

He's a big target with great hands and a terrific player. We're glad he's back.

Chris Linsley

His personality shined back through, and we knew we still had our old Dillon. He looked at his mother and mumbled the words 'Mama,' which made us glad to hear that.

Laurie Glass

I thought we executed our game-plan very well. We served very aggressively, and that got them out of their offense. They've had a great season, and they have a great volleyball program here, and I'm glad we got out of here with a win.

Jason Donald

I will gladly give him that record. I thought 19 was a lot, but Colt is going to shatter that. He is a tough guy.

Charlie Villanueva

I went to set the screen and two guys were on Jose. I was wide open. I was a little surprised. I'm glad to get it.

Ron Zook

I was just glad to see him practicing and running around out there. I think everyone was.

John Oates

I was just glad to meet somebody outside of my group of small town friends who was into music. Somebody else who had aspirations to do something more than sing at a record hop.

Robert Massey

He's been a plus. I'm glad we've got him.

David Nalbandian

I'll be damned if I'm going to Houston to sit on my butt for a week.

Paul Tagliabue

I really thought it would take longer for Houston to get another team,

Barbara Morgan

I'm living here now. This is my place. I'm not going back. People in Houston have been wonderful to us,

Chris Palmer

Donna (Palmer's wife) and I have made a lot of friends in Houston during the two times we've lived here. We'll always maintain those friendships. I'm just sorry it didn't work out the way everyone wanted.

Jim Lovell

Err Houston, we've had a problem. [pause] We've had a main B bus undervolt.

Jim Lovell

Houston, we've had a problem here

Ray Stone

We pre-positioned about 60, some in Houston and some in Atlanta, so we could set up a storm office as it unfolded and move the others in quickly.

Edward Hirsch

When I taught at the University of Houston in the Creative Writing program, we required the poets to take workshops in fiction writing, and we required the fiction writers to take workshops in poetry.

Chase Utley

We knew Houston had lost today. We wanted to get it, and somehow we did.