Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pete Carroll

John David is ready, he's as ready as a guy could be in a backup situation. I feel very fortunate we've had him in the wings.

Matt Hasselbeck

He didn't have to be that guy. He was my backup and he was the most supportive guy on the team.

Curt Schilling

He's a classy guy. I'm guessing (he retired) because from a pitcher standpoint, the backup catcher has got to catch Timmy and that represents a whole new set of challenges.

Rich Rodriguez

He's doing a nice job, he's our backup long snapper and he's competing to get better. We've been proud of the way he has worked. He's better now than he was last year and every week he keeps getting better and better.

Stuart Cohen

We're preparing as if we're getting a Class 4 hurricane, checking equipment, supplies, generators, communications, backup communications capabilities, phones and pagers, ... Our normal disaster recovery procedures are in place.

Rick Vanhoy

We've got to keep him healthy. Brandon Brothers is our backup fullback. Brandon's tough, and he'll run over some people. But we really need Brandon on defense.

Jeff Rubin

What you need is backup protection, a way to destroy the data if the machine is stolen, and encryption. With our data destruction, it's like the laptop will swallow cyanide.

John Dunning

I already knew it was going to be a tough day because I wasn't going to have my staff. I tried to have backup, but then my backup didn't show up.

Sterling Marlin

I don't know what happened. I reached down to look at my oil temperature, and when I looked back up everyone was dead stopped. The only silver lining is that our backup car should be as good as our primary. We came down here testing last month and had a tough time deciding which car to bring back, so that's a good sign for Sunday.

Reagan Silber

Kevin brings a level of expertise and credibility that perfectly matches the status and style of the destination we are creating here in Las Vegas.

Jim Leyland

Kenny Rogers made the All-Star team this year. He's 50-some games over .500 lifetime. He brings a lot to this party. I think we got a tremendous deal here.

Roy Williams

Kevin's our third guy right now, and he brings veteran leadership to this group. But we do make fun of him because he's so small. He looks like he's 5-7 out there next to us. But he does make plays.

J. Nicholson

Ken Holland brings a wealth of experience in preparing a team and he has had great success in selecting championship teams.

Tom Doyle

Keith brings a level of professionalism to the team that will help us get to the next level. He has been working with NBA caliber players and knows how to get these guys ready to play at that level.

Jim Kubinski

Just the name Augusta brings to mind thoughts of championship golf. I feel we are ready to start playing our A-game, and what better place to do it than Augusta, Georgia.

Rob Sands

Jon brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to Constellation Europe as we continue to implement our international growth strategy.

Robert Stevens

Joanne is a highly capable and effective leader who brings vast experience to her new position. Her close working relationship with Tom Marsh over the past few years has provided superb preparation for her new role and I am confident of a seamless transition.

John Stocco

I think it's a good step, ... We know what kind of playmakers we have with our receivers and backs. You've got to make teams pay if they want to bring everyone up for the run.

Justin Brouse

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

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.

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.

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.

Melissa Arms

Kim couldn't have done that routine better. She had a great week at practice and came in very confident.

Natalie Peters

Kling has a good arm. She just came up and did what she does every day in practice.

Claude Nobs

Keith Jarrett did the first festival when he was part of the Charles Lloyd quartet, ... Then he came back 15 years ago. This year he is doing only four concerts worldwide, and we are very proud that he picked out Montreux as one of the dates.

Jim Fuller

Katie wasn't very far off her school record (3,254). Katie had a pretty hard week. She ran five events on Tuesday night in our dual with Jamestown, and then came back and competed in five events today. If Katie isn't sore tomorrow, I don't know if she will ever be. That was a good score for her today considering how much she's competed this week.

Pete Carroll

Just like last week, no, we weren't shocked to hear this. We weren't cheering when the new BCS ranking came out. The BCS ranking is really important when you finish the season, not now.

Nathan Robertson

I was just desperate to win it. It was such a big occasion and right now it ranks as the best. We can win grand prix events but it is the medals you have won that define your career when it's all done.

Joe Nemechek

I was looking to get back to the front on the next (green-flag) run, but the car got loose -- it was a struggle just to maintain our position.

Steve Schmidt

Kerry's sham economic indicator says that our economy was better under Jimmy Carter than under Ronald Reagan, a deception few Ohioans are likely to believe.

Don Jordan

Ken was recognized early in his career as a man of integrity, strength and imagination. I hated it when he told me he was taking early retirement. I tried hard to talk him out of it.

Chris McKay

Key would be the detection of carbon and nitrogen containing particles.

Gary Griffiths

Kids need to be connected to the school and they need to feel someone cares about them. In a large school setting it can be extremely impersonal. There's nothing worse than a student in a large setting not being connected to anything. That's the height of loneliness.

Ayn Rand

know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity. I know not and I care not. For I know what happiness is possible to me on earth.

Courtney LaVere

Knowing it's the end of the season and the end of my career possibly, I don't want to regret anything.

Santonio Holmes

Knowing I have three kids to take care of, I want them to have a dad, something I didn't have. I want to be there to support them. My mom was always a single parent raising four kids. I really want to support my mom.

Keith Brooking

Just to be dead honest with you, a lot of it I think was on us, the linebackers.

Cyril Connolly

Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph -- green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree.

Algernon Swinburne

Here, where the world is quiet;/ Here, where all trouble seems/ Dead winds' and spent waves' riot/ In doubtful dreams of dreams.

Phil Garner

He's hot. We all know he's a dead fastball hitter.

Jeff Pustina

I think we might have to extend the deadline tonight.

Herb Brodarick

In the 18 years I've been down here, I've worked with many a good person who's gotten discouraged when they run into dead ends or are told no. That doesn't necessarily stop him. He doesn't give up.

Benjamin Franklin

If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.

John Ruskin

In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes.

Ray Scott

I guess the weather has something to do with it, but you had a runner dead to rights at home, and you hop it up there and there's nothing you can really say about it, but it's part of the game.

Adam Fisher

I think I still got my point across, irrelevant to the jury deciding or not. Plus, with the jury you never know. I mean, there's always that risk. And with the settlement presented to me I was happy,

Chan Gailey

I think in the fall we'll still be in the position of deciding who's going to play what positions for the first two weeks. And then we've got to make a decision one way or the other after two weeks and go with it. And the interesting part will be how quickly any of the freshmen might be able to get involved.

Bodo Fritzen

I think it's going to be a strong team. I will probably have some headaches deciding who to start, which is a pleasant headache to have.

Jameel Jaffer

The immigration laws should not be used as instruments of censorship. The State Department should not be deciding which ideas Americans hear and which they do not.

Mitsuru Sahara

A strong CPI figure could be the market's deciding factor for a rate rise in March.

Charlie Christie

It's now about how we react to the defeat in our cup-tie on Saturday and then the three or four league matches after that. They will go a long way to deciding our top-six aspirations.

Steve Bonney

It's an issue of government is out of control, government is deciding for the people what the issue should be.

Stephane Dujarric

The relatively high voter turn-out and the fact that the polling was conducted in a largely free, fair and peaceful manner attests to the determination of the Congolese people to participate in deciding their nation's future.

Dries van Noten

I have my own office, and I'm there during the evenings and weekends. But during the week, I'm sitting in the middle of my studio, talking with everybody, deciding together every detail, every pallette, every yarn, every colour.

Ken Hill

Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing.

Charles Warren

I was like, 'Wow,' something's going on here, ... Something good is about to happen.

Ramon Hernandez

I was looking for a fastball. I got it on the good part of the bat. It went where no one could get it.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's too good a guy to have something like this (stroke) happen.

Buck Showalter

Kenny was effective. They've seen Kenny so much. They hit some good pitches for hits. He bent, but he didn't break.

Kevin Towers

Khalil is an exciting, popular player. We think he's going to have a real good year, offensively and defensively.

John Crumbley

(Key West) had a tough week this week, but (starting pitcher Daniel) Foltz pitched a good game. It was good to be in this type of pressure situation.

Ernie Els

I wouldn't say I missed it, I did not miss it for a good three months. I guess subconsciously I knew I was out. I was going to be out for a long time. I think I just wanted to shut myself off. Not watch it or read about it or anything like that and concentrate on other things in my life.

Dan Chapman

I would try to get here about 6 p.m., get good parking and wait in line.

Bill Parcells

I was kind of thinking back to Seattle last year, ... We kind of talked about that. We're just fortunate, really.

Joe Edgens

Kelley is going to be right up to the last minute before it's done.

Dave Kaplan

(Jocelyn) bounced back from a rough outing last time. Very nicely done. She's going to get another start, and we're going to keep working with her.

Will Grace

JLo-so karen hows married life?Karen-well it only lasted 20 minutesJLo-Oh is that short?

Bobbie Davis

I think I said to the players last year that they had one day to celebrate. And then they had to start concentrating and thinking about this year.

Jack Parker

He couldn't make a pass or shoot a puck. If this wasn't his senior year, if he was a junior, we probably wouldn't have played him this weekend. I didn't want to miss what could have been, at any moment, his last game.

Jim Knight

There are so many things that we try before we ever go to court. It's the last step, and we don't like to do it, but there needs to be consequences.

Bob Stewart

Going into this year, we could have more trouble. At least going into last year, we had below-the-surface water. If we don't get that water, we could be setting up for a worse drought.

Sonny Vaccaro

Going into these last two years, it was Greg and Derrick. I mean he was right there.

Mike Pearson

I want to play every snap. I want to start every game. Ephraim wants to, too. Even though I'm disappointed, I've got to look at the silver lining that maybe this is not putting as much strain on my legs. I think I've come back sooner than expected, but you kind of wish you were all the way back.

Chuck D.

The silver lining is that may have compressed the pain.

Lleyton Hewitt

It was weird. He was lining up ready to serve and I was ready to return then he walked off to the chair. I wasn't sure what was going on.

Anthony Sanfilippo

There is a silver lining in all the destruction that happened, and we plan to be a part of it.

John Barbour

We had people lining up outside the store since 4 a.m.,

Steve Goldman

I can't say this is the bottom, but things are lining up better than they have in the past.

Matt Raymond

There has to be some sort of silver lining out of this tragedy.

Mike Robinson

Jose looked like he was in state placer form. He's wrestling really well.

James Bond

He just stayed there . . . no one looked at him to see if he was okay.

Elian Gonzalez

He just looked so relaxed and so calm, it's just something I ... have been thinking about since that day.

Jennifer Byrd

He just looked like he was sleeping, honestly.

Danny Aiello

I used to make up stories about my father. I would go to the movies and look for a character who looked like my father.

Wayne Allen

Have we ever looked at something like that?

Jim Murphy

He's a special kid. He's someone to be looked at down the road.

Mike Price

He's just running around a little bit. He looked good, though.

Jeff Mittie

I thought for our first practice we looked solid,

John W. Snow

I would think that next month we would see better numbers,

Susanna Moore

I lived in Calcutta for five months in 1999. While I was there, I read many journals, diaries, collections of letters and histories.

Penny Brown

Here we are, months later, and we're still talking about the same thing,

Bob Israel

It could be six months before many dealers reopen doors,

Martin Freeman

I think the hardest part about anything you do for 18 months is just keeping yourself together for 18 months.

Eddie Jordan

We've been waiting for two months for this quarter.

Jim Heath

We tour or play irrespective of any release. We do a lot of a month on, a month off.

Phil Dow

We've got to get through that and it's probably several months before we get a turnaround in any sectors,

Denise Monteiro

We've established a visiting schedule months ago and we're going to keep it that way.

David Briggs

I think the oil prices (being) off helps.

Chris Perkins

What most people need to understand is that oil is not going to be around forever, and we need to start thinking ahead. The sun is going to be here for as long as we are.

Sarah Palin

Up here in Alaska we're sitting on billions of barrels of oil. We're sitting on hundreds of trillions of cubic feet of natural gas onshore and offshore. And it seems to be only the Republicans who understand that companies should be competing for the right to tap those resources, and get that energy source flowing into these hungry markets so that we will be less reliant on foreign sources of energy. In a volatile world, relying on foreign regimes that are not friendly to Americans, asking them to ramp up resource production for our benefit, that's nonsensical.

Rodrigo Rato

Oil prices have certainly become a threat for the world economy.

Veerappa Moily

Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.

Van Jones

We pull out of the ground death, we burn death in our power plants, and then we act shocked when we get death in the form of oil spills and global warming.

Rodney Dangerfield

People say fish is good for a diet. But fish should never be cooked in butter. Fish should be cooked in its natural oils - Texaco, Mobil, Exxon .

Tracey Emin

The wheel that squeaks gets the oil.

Wade Davis

Mining in BC's Sacred Headwaters is like drilling for oil in the Sistine Chapel

Drew Kesse

He immediately reached out to us. We're very grateful.

Mary Jordan

They wanted to see them. And when you say no, we can't let you in, we've reached capacity, that's heartbreaking and that's what it was.

Kypros Chrysostomides

It seems that today we reached a satisfactory conclusion.

Rush Limbaugh

Do you think if there was any real evidence, we would have reached a settlement?

Larry Harris

I feel we reached out and stole a Clipper.

Bruce Bochy

He wanted me to sign it, ... He took it over to me.

Peter Scobie

There are tentative signs things are slowing. It's not a foregone conclusion.

Frostee Rucker

When he stayed back this year it wasn't just to have fun. It was to put his signature on his work.

Crystal Merillat

He had to go sign up. There was no stopping him then.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

There is nothing insignificant-nothing.

Wendy Wasserstein

The signature of a truly enviable woman is the tenacity and continuity of her women friends.

Mike O'Connell

Part of it was the uncertainty of not being able to sign him. If it comes to the summer and he wants to come back, we'll listen. ... I wasn't sure of which way he wanted to go.

Roseanne Barr

In Tulsa, restaurants have signs that say, "Sorry, we're open.

Theo Holtwijk

In concept, I'm willing to sign off on it.

Rich Beem

The thing is a rocket. It's a silver bullet.

Fred Upton

We need to know why NHTSA, which has officials who are paid to do nothing else but monitor accidents, have been asleep at the wheel when it had information served up to it on a silver platter by State Farm Insurance Company which would suggest grave problems with Firestone tires,

Rick Pitino

This is the most disappointing preseason I've experienced in a long time. We'll look for the silver lining, and when I can find it, I'll let everyone know.

Michael Guido

There's a lot of inflow into silver in anticipation of the ETF.

Teemu Selanne

The silver medal, it's going to taste better a little later. But right now, it's very disappointing.

Ben Horowitz

There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.

Alicia Keys

Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?

Jerry Garcia

Every silver lining has a touch of grey.

J. K. Rowling

There's the silver lining I'm looking for.

Larry Schnall

It's a state-of-the-art vehicle that we're testing right now.

Mark Williams

There will be a long and testing time for him, but we'll wait and see how he comes through,

Eartha Kitt

I have to keep testing myself.

Patti Smith

We are testing things all the time on the site.

Emile-Auguste Chartier

Every idea I get I have to deny, that's my way of testing it.

Carl Crawford

We would do start-up testing in 2014 or 2015.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

David Champion

I think it's desperately time for a change.

Brenda Ellis

King's is a tough team. We're going to have to come out and give it everything we've got.

Mark Grudzielanek

Just try not to think about it. It's a tough situation. You don't wish it on anybody.

Barry Alvarez

He's a tough little guy. He's only 175 pounds, but he's a tough guy.

Glenn Mason

He's good, he's durable, he's tough and he's smart. I'm going to try to get him another year of eligibility.

Pete Domenici

I think it's going to be very tough for them,

Ai Sugiyama

I think it's going to be a tough match,

Dawn Fraser

It is going to be a very tough series,

Avery Johnson

We thought we had it won in regulation. Carmelo made a tough shot. If we had to do it all over again, we probably would have fouled.

John Silvia

I think it's way overdue for this administration to get tough on spending,