Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bob Kurtz

I was looking for something to do this summer, and I enjoy baseball a lot. Baseball and radio are a nice combination.

Mary Berry

Key officials anticipated on Election Day that there would be an increase in levels of voter turnout based upon new voter registration figures, but did not ensure that the precincts in all counties received the resources to meet their needs,

Albert Pujols

I would say it's the best base hit I've ever had in my career,

Herschel Sandler

I would say this tournament was a little stronger than the Valley of the Moon based on individuals. You can't always look at teams. I think having Healdsburg, Will C. Wood (Vacaville) and Hogan (Vallejo) was great. Vacaville also brought some good kids.

Frank Lautenberg

Keeping a Cold War era base open and closing Fort Monmouth, which is essential to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan , makes no sense,

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Keep in mind that if you take a tour through a hospital and look at every machine with on and off switch that is brought into the service of diagnosing the human condition, that machine is based on principles of physics discovered by a physicist in a machine designed by an engineer.

Brian Graham

Jose Bautista needs at-bats. He's shown he has that power, that he can hit at Class AA, which was exactly the right level for him last year. If he does the same thing in Indianapolis this year, then he's earned the chance to be the everyday third baseman in Pittsburgh.

John Hart

Jon is young, but he has the qualities that you look for in a leader, ... He has the respect of everyone in the organization, the business department, the baseball people, the veteran scouts. He's going to be a great leader.

Alex Pareene

John Boehner was and is an unprincipled ward-heeler who simply couldn't weather the transition of the Republican Party from a corporatist party with a sizable conservative base to a purely conservative party.

Linda Brown

He could have been killed if that brick hit him in the right place. The message is that the homeless in DeLand are vulnerable, that they are not any better than what happened to Mr. Roberts in Holly Hill.

Scott Gibson

It hit me like a ton of bricks that I needed to be there, ... There are fascinating advancements occurring in the biotech and genomics fields. We'll have to learn what's going on or we'll be sitting on the sidelines and be left out of touch.

Roger McGuinn

I think the good thing about the Internet is to give something away and to sell something else. Get a business model like that because the old brick and mortar record stores are falling apart, and the big record companies are collapsing under their own weight.

Joanne Kelly

I'm a troglodyte. I think that's the word for it. Like an old school weird person who throws bricks at their computers.

Mark Wilson

If the voters knew we were going to spend more money on bricks and mortar than we spend on the entire education system today ... these things don't look so rosy.

Sharon Nichols

I just relocated here and to me there aren't enough stores. But I don't want to see it become Brick Township, either. As it is, I won't come here from Thursday to Sunday in the summer because of the traffic.

Sathya Baba

I have no enthusiasm to visit the houses of the people; nor have I any disinclination to do the same. I do not care for the brick and mortar structures in which you live; I care to visit and reside in your hearts.

John Updike

The city overwhelmed our expectations. The Kiplingesque grandeur of Waterloo Station, the Eliotic despondency of the brick row in Chelsea the Dickensian nightmare of fog and sweating pavement and besmirched cornices.

Dave Opton

You've got the pressures of people being pushed out of, or jumping out of, high-tech positions. Then you've got the opportunity of brick and mortar companies that are looking to integrate into the dot.com world.

Ken Hill

Sometimes I will click on a random sequence of notes- not to actually use it in a song, but to see if I can find maybe a simple pattern that I can build off of.

Bob Mancini

Kitchener may be the class of our conference. Erie always has a good team. They do a good job of reloading. We'll be playing in two very tough buildings this weekend.

Daniel Kurtzer

I would suggest that we need to focus on killing terrorists instead of building democracies.

Rachel Kyono

Kauai Jr. golf teaches you about honesty and integrity about the game. It helps you to become a better person and you build up a lot of good characteristics.

Curtis Painter

Just trying to build a little relationship. I felt like we had to get to know each other before we got out here.

Sarah Robinson

Just to walk in and see everything you had and work so hard, to try to build up, be destroyed in just a matter of hours was just devastating.

Bobby Perry

Kansas was a big team. We didn't really handle it well, but I think we can treat that as a learning experience and hopefully build on it.

Mickey Arthur

Kallis tends to the 'wall', he's the rock around which we normally build our innings. But Herschelle has played beautifully so far. He's been playing well all week and the good thing about Herschelle is he scores (quickly). He also tends to take out time and the game away from the opposition. We are really looking for a big partnership from them.

Tracy Brookover

John did an excellent job in his three years. He took over a program that hadn't won a game and turned it around. I just want to continue to build on what he started.

Jon Murphy

(King) is a guy that in this tournament has been fantastic for us.

Jason Couch

James did a fantastic job in the second half.

Barry Bonds

Just seeing everybody, all the fans out there was just incredible,

Carl Hunckler

Joe got strikeouts in key situations. I thought he did a fantastic job.

Craig Wilson

I think it's a great step, not only for the club, but for Jason. He's proven over the last two years what he can do. It lets the fans know that Jason will be here for a while. It's outstanding for him and for us.

Adam Dunn

I think it's a great idea. It gets the fans into (the game) and gives us something to look at.

Nikki Burish

I think it just shows how much women's hockey is growing and how good it is to all the fans out here.

Ronald Harwood

He wanted to make a picture for children. So I read a lot of stuff and he read a lot of stuff. . . . But I don't like all those fantasy books, I'm not good at 'Lord of the Rings' and the 'Harry Potters.' . . . It's not my world. I like things to do with reality and the world we live in -- or lived in.

E. Hicks

He could come incognito as a fan or participate in the ceremonies.

Bob Murphy

I was leaking oil at that point. I was very fortunate after 8 to be even.

Bill Bullock

He wanted to get back in the area, and we feel very fortunate that it worked out. It will be really good for us.

Terry Adams

There are still some exceptional teams in the section. Obviously, at the moment, Upper St. Clair and Peters Township are the top two. We're fortunate that we got the first victory.

Jimmy Chupp

Hard work gets us here, but the hard work started after last Christmas. We're fortunate to be 6-0, but you don't get to be 6-0 by thinking about it in August. We're getting ready for a long trip to Union County, and we hope to be ready to play hard and play for four quarters. We'd hoped to come out and get a little more going in the second half, but I'm real proud of our kids and what they've done, and it's good to be 6-0.

Benjamin Franklin

Happy that nation, fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting.

Matt Murton

He's a great pitcher. We're fortunate to get some good swings off him.

Davis Bunn

There is more of a joy now than there was before. I was just so fortunate so blessed.

John Dowd

We're one of the fortunate towns that are growing, and that's providing (additional) operating funds ....

Liz Boyd

We are fortunate to have had her talents for as long as we've had them.

Lee Smith

he was a great person..and, uh..he had a heart of gold...he never met an enemy.

Jerry Colangelo

He wants to win a gold medal. He said that very clearly. He said if asked, he would be honored.

Laura Skaer

Gold prices have people snooping around where they haven't snooped for a while. No question, there's an increase and interest in exploration.

Joe Ismail

Gold is not quite ready yet to move in the upward bias.

Wang Jian

Gold has never been sold at such a high price in Beijing.

John Bliss

Golden Valley is a very tough team and they always play us very tough. We're going to have to step it up.

Turkish Proverbs

Gold does not rust on the ground, and rocks don't get soaked in the rain.

Tony Benshoof

He's a very good slider. He's the best. He'll win the gold for sure.

Thomas Morgenstern

It is a dream. Two gold medals within two days.

John Chaney

Kids will say whatever sounds good, and you guys print it or whatever. They've gotten together on things before, and it hasn't made a difference.

Steve Pilcher

Just when you think the world has gotten as weird as it can get, something like this comes along.

Greg Olson

Joey's been through a number of different coordinators now when you look at it. Has he ever really gotten into a system where he's been able to get in and get comfortable?

Jeret Peterson

I think I should've gotten more points for landing on one ski that's so much harder than two skis.

Tony Robichaux

What we haven't been doing is scoring early. We've gotten better at that. It helps when we can put up runs every other inning, but any team plays better when they trust the pitchers.

Rick Hendricks

Had it been Europeans, the Inquisition might have gotten involved from Mexico.

Sen Freedman

Having power outages in our state is nothing new, and Northeast Utilities' response time has gotten worse, not better.

Jeff Williams

He's been real durable, ... I think he's gotten better ever week.

Willie Randolph

He's gotten some big hits for us. I like his swing. I like his energy.

Ken Hill

Music is about textures as well as melody.

Ken Hill

People don't have fun making music all the time.

Shamir

I was inspired to make music since I was 7 because my aunt is a songwriter.

Swae Lee

I write a lot of rhymes, but I don't really end up using them a lot of times, and I end up just freestyling. I like to write music, though, more than I like to freestyle, to be honest.

Andrew Lack

has got two revenue streams: one from our music and one from the sale of his iPods.

Tony Oller

Being from Texas, acting or music isn't really a thing to do.

Steve Earle

Music was very influential on me as a kid.

Orlando Bloom

He's got the music in his head. There's a rhythm to it all.

Carrie Smith

His passion was music. He was a rapper. That was his talent.

Eminem

A plaque and platinum status is whack if I'm not the baddest.

Vijender Singh

On my wedding day, I gifted my wife a platinum ring.

Big Bank Hank

'Rapper's Delight' was done in 17 minutes. Just one take, no mistakes, and it went to press from there. The record went platinum in 8 days.

Dan Furmansky

He wants to place our rights up for a popular vote on the ballot.

Roger Ortmeier

He was battling. He was throwing strikes and he had a lot of pop on his fastball. He was locating it really well.

Grant Hill

It wasn't popular for college athletics to embrace Title IX.

Bobby McGee

There are subdivisions popping up all over the place.

Will Wright

I think the primary thing that's made the Sims popular is that they're accessible,

Alex Walker

I thought that one was a pop up.

Lucio Gutierrez

I will regain the presidency by way of the constitution, the truth and popular support,

Frances Kissling

He will go down as a fifth-century pope in terms of who women are.

Van Orden

He never put on airs. He never tried to outdo anybody. Because of that, his popularity simply grew,

Lynne Dickey

I'm just waiting for my turn, and I'd still be putting it off if Dr. Heinrich didn't have this anterior approach.

Matthew McCaffery

Their service is respectable, but putting them together - it was uncomfortable for the city.

Paula Creamer

All I can say is they had better get ready because they're going to get beat. I'm putting it down. I'm very confident.

Bill Spears

still putting some feelers out and seeing what's going on out there.

Jill Davis

It's sort of a symbol of us putting down roots.

Ann Barney

It was more us putting everything together as a team.

D. James

It's going to take off, you know, so that's not even a concern. We're going to be putting up some points, no problem.

Jeff Ross

I'm not hurting anybody. Comedy's all about innuendo. I'm putting it out there just like anybody else.

Najib Razak

I've made Umno more democratic, more inclusive. Of course, by doing that, I'm putting myself at risk.

Robert Reich

The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires stronger unions and a higher minimum wage.

Rod Stewart

I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger. I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was stronger

Ronald Reagan

A stronger defense is an investment in peace.

Wilt Chamberlain

I was played the villain so much because I was bigger and stronger than most, and they cast me as the villain everywhere I went.

Zane Grey

I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.

Zainab Salbi

Stronger women build stronger nations.

William Strunk, Jr.

A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses.

William Strunk, Jr.

...when a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor.

Rick Warren

You do not grow stronger by accident - you grow stronger by intention.

Joe Cocker

Ive been touring now since about 68.

Kerry King

The worst thing about touring is the travel.

Penelope Keith

I love touring, I really do.

Lewis Black

My touring has never stopped; from the time I started doing stand-up, I've been on the road.

Trent Reznor

Touring in the past, the show was just something you had to do to get to the after-show,

Chris Blackwell

I was touring a lot... I loved the touring because you could really feel the audience. You were much closer to everything.

Bruce Dickinson

I'm not going to do any more solo touring.

Daniel Johns

Touring doesn't kill me and I can handle it.

Andy Partridge

I felt pressured by continuous touring.