Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeff Whitney

They've had an up and down season. They'll either come in wanting to be a regional buster or play really loose. They are going to be competitive either way.

Clint Eastwood

Comedy isn't necessarily all dialogue. Think of Buster Keaton: the poker face and all this chaos going on all around him. Sometimes it's a question of timing, of the proper rhythm.

Paul Merton

I read every book about Buster Keaton and Chaplin to see how they worked - it's all about dedication, tunnel vision, pursuit of perfection, getting the gag right.

Jonathan Demme

And then when the song was over I didn't say 'cut.' I thought it would be rude, 'It's Buster Keaton -- this guy knows exactly what size he is in the frame.' That's the filmmaker in Neil.

Tyrus Thomas

Texas gave us some hard punches and we had to be Buster Douglas and swing back. And we swung back at them. We knocked out Mike Tyson.

Jessica Walter

Of course, it's been 32 years since she's had Buster, but that's how long she's been depressed about him. All kinds of horrible things ensue. I do, at one point, let my car roll into the lake with Buster in it ? like Susan Smith did with her children.

Peter Jackson

Buster Keaton's 'The General,' from 1927, I think is still one of the great films of all time.

Paul Merton

There's something magical about film, it's the ultimate for me, because it's kind of permanent - inasmuch as anything is. When I went to see Buster Keaton when I was about 14 and I came out of the cinema having really laughed at this film which had been made 50 years before, I thought: That's immortality. It's fantastic.

Ronald Biggs

The idea was to make a movie ourselves with everyone playing a cameo role. Preferably before we all go, 'cos poor old Charlie Wilson was murdered, and of course Buster has gone.

Scott Vickrey

I think it made us stronger. It showed us no matter how far we are down, we can come back. And Douglas is a quality team that can hit the ball. Even when we were up 14-9 I didn't feel the game was in the bag.

Joe Alexander

In places like Ford County, Piatt, Douglas and DeWitt counties, (agriculture) is a large economic driver.

Curry Haggerty

I told them we could live with 12 turnovers, but 18 is too many. Good players make plays in the fourth quarter when it matters. That's what Douglas did.

Kenny Brown

There seemed to be a lid on the basket. But Douglas is a well-coached team and they don't rattle easily.

Mark Harmon

A Douglas fir, when it dies, hosts thousands of species.

Brian Seymore

Douglas has very good hands, and he doesn't hesitate in traffic. He doesn't play scared.

Sprague Grayden

I was lucky I was raised by parents who gave me a lot of sense of self and a lot of confidence in myself.

Jim Calhoun

Kentucky gave us a great shot, but we're going to D.C..

Joseph Zadroga

James gave his life for the city, for this country.

Joyce Majewski

Just look at this watch someone gave to me.

Vin Abene

Jon pitched well. He gave up a two-run homer in the first but he settled down after that and kept us in the game.

Jason Calabrese

Joel gave another strong performance, of which there were many in the two seasons he played for me.

Joe DeSantis

John is the kind of player who can give us something positive or something negative. Tonight he gave something very positive.

Ken Lucas

I think in the long run it will prove to be a good thing for the team and myself that we gave it a week off and let it heal. I hate to miss any game, but I think it was the right thing to do.

Greg Paulus

I actually thought they gave us the timeout. But I'll take J.J. at the line any time.

Susan Murray

kind of hard to get to your car.

Charlie Otero

Knowing the last moments, the last thoughts, the last words was pretty hard to take,

Author unknown

Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and be evil.

Laura Lange

I wouldn't say I've progressed since last year. I don't think I'm going to play in college, so this is my last year playing and I'm going to play as hard as I can.

Mark Mulder

Izzy told me the first time you're traded or released and go somewhere else is the hardest. After that, it's no problem. I can now understand why people say that. It wasn't hard making an adjustment. It was just different.

Joe Jones

Joe has really been positive throughout this whole thing. He's worked hard to get back to being the player that he once was. We're hoping he's going to be able to do that.

Jerry Snyder

I talked to the coach; he said that'd be great. He's actually one of the reasons I'm pushing so hard is because he was so enthusiastic about it. I think if I do get to play I'm going to love that coach.

John Howell

I think it's about time we got a little respect. I think, last year, we had a quality team and wasn't recognized at all, and it was hard to see that. But I think the teams in our section make us better every night.

Sundar Pichai

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Kathleen Blanco

knocked us down but they did not knock us out.

Guus Hiddink

It is normal that we were knocked out when you look at the potential of the two sides.

Chris Moore

I'm tired of seeing him. Golly, he was (on) tonight. I don't know if that's a regular occurrence, but I just want to give that young man his credit. ... I don't know what we could have done to stop him. He just plain stepped up and knocked down big shots.

David Richard

In Mississippi some people didn't know we were there until we knocked on their door.

Romeo Crennel

I'm not going to measure a season by one game. When you get knocked down, how do you get back up and respond the next time out?

Hedo Turkoglu

It should have been like yesterday's game. We should have knocked them out.

Patrick Murray

It should be knocked down but it will take somebody to be killed before it is.

Tony Stewart

Talk to your driver, Chad, ... He knocked me all over the track.

Ken Brown

It knocks us all. We don't like to lose. We take pride in getting there and saving lives, and this has just knocked us all.

Vladimir Guerrero

I swung after they took me out (Thursday), ... I just wanted to make sure I could tell (manager) Mike (Scioscia) I was OK. I didn't want to wait until (Friday).

Brandon Graham

And it was me, Troy, Jerone, Mike and Anthony.

Brandon Siler

That's sweet right there. I couldn't even have the possibility of doing it. That's so sweet. We've got the utmost respect for Mike and the things he's done here.

Mark Sue

It's a pleasant surprise. Mike was instrumental as a turnaround player at Motorola. This is what Nortel really needed.

Mark Sue

It's a pleasant surprise, ... Mike was instrumental as a turnaround player at Motorola. This is what Nortel really needed.

Mark Sue

It's a pleasant surprise. It's positive for the company. Mike was instrumental as a turnaround player at Motorola. This is what Nortel really needed.

Mark Sue

It's a pleasant surprise, ... It's positive for the company. Mike was instrumental as a turnaround player at Motorola. This is what Nortel really needed.

Terry Stotts

They obviously made Mike a priority. They didn't give him any open looks.

Tom Connelly

There were many personal attacks, and Mike was in the cross-hairs of those attacks. It got to him.

Mike Lorello

He tends to remind me about that a lot. You just have to roll with the punches around here.

Greg Walker

When he was on opposing teams, we actually used his swing to teach off of. Some of the things he does, we talked about for two years ... so we know his swing pretty good.

Buddy Bell

I don't know what to say. We didn't swing the bats.

Virginia Woolf

For the young people could not talk. And why should they? Shout, embrace, swing, be up at dawn...

Wynton Marsalis

Certain music, jazz in particular, has the ability to make you a better citizen of the world. It helps you expand your world view and gives you more confidence in your cultural achievements. Improvisational jazz teaches you about yourself while the swing in jazz teaches you how to work with others

Wynton Marsalis

Everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.

Wynton Marsalis

Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to coordinate with them.

Willie Nelson

Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.

Andy Greene

I just think I'm getting more comfortable with my swing and with myself as a ballplayer,

Hiroshi Okuda

If there are big swings in the future, it could have an impact, but there hasn't been any for now.

George H. W. Bush

Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me.

Robert Duvall

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

Wil Wheaton

I don’t know what the future of my career holds, but I know that whatever is over the horizon, the road I’ve traveled to get here is like those Interstates in Texas: everything can look the same, and it can feel like you’re not going anywhere, until you suddenly get where you’re going and realize that you’ve been traveling for a long time.

William H. Wharton

In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants.

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Saying youre from Texas makes you kind of proud.

Jackson Rathbone

I miss Texas so bad. That’s the hard part about being out here in L.A., trying to pursue acting and music and lighting and production and stuff. It takes a lot of time out from your personal life, and I can only get back to Texas three times a year at most. It’s tough.

Henry Rollins

Texas is as odd as it is vast.

Henry Rollins

Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.

Jon Meacham

The attacks of September 11 - and subsequent acts of terror from London to Madrid to Fort Hood, Texas - embody the most repulsive of human instincts, the will to power at the price of the lives of others.