Famous Quotes & Sayings

Patrick White

Here I hope to continue living, and while I still have the strength, to people the Australian emptiness in the only way I am able.

Virgin Blue

Having secured over 30 per cent of the Australian domestic market, we are now focused on strengthening our network, developing our product for the business market and steadily building our presence as the low-fare value-based carrier in our region,

Guus Hiddink

He's a strong, determined character and an exponent of how I see Australian football.

Tony Roche

I think it's exciting times in Australian tennis right now,

James Hogan

It is a big rally in terms of the Australian market.

Kevin Rudd

When Howard ... sends our diplomats into Washington to try and hush this whole thing up in the middle of our Australian federal election campaign, it's plain as day that they knew what the whole problem was.

Wayne Clark

He will go down as one of the greats of Western Australian cricket not only for his efforts with the gloves and the bat but also for his leadership and team spirit.

Robert Allenby

Greg is Australian golf. He doesn't owe the tour anything.

Mark Hensby

Greg has never gone out of his way to help Australian golfers ... we all looked up to him, ... He isn't the easiest person to talk to.

Jeff Adrien

I was just battling. The last couple of games I wasn't battling and I kept thinking about it. All I wanted to do was play like it might be the last game of the year and that's what I tried to do.

Shawn Scobee

I was in there three or four times every day during the week. I went before class and after class and before practice and then after batting practice. I think I spent more time in the training room than I did in class this week.

Jimmy Lawler

Kevin just missed it. We had the tying runs on and Kevin at the plate. I'll take my chances with that most every game. Garcia won that battle and you have to tip your cap to him.

Kara Suhie

Kerry Burke was our number one fielder today and she scored the run that got us on the board and that was definitely important. We did leave a lot of runners (nine) in scoring position today, but for the most part I was happy to see that we were getting the bat on the ball.

Andy Reid

I wouldn?t say lucky. You?re going to have these types of games and it?s important that you come out of these on our side of the stick and that you battle through it. Everything is not going to be a 42-3 game. You?ve got to have the wherewithal to battle a little bit, and our guys did that.

Scott Depew

Jake swings the bat pretty well. We wanted him to get some more work at first base, and he just happened to come up in the last inning and got a big hit.

Drew Bennett

I would say it was a pretty good battle over the years. I'd say it was a pretty good competition,

Kelly Smith

Jordan pitched with a lot of heart after having pitched extended innings a couple days ago. Our bats were really flat behind him, because we struck out 10 times and had only three walks.

Bobby Cox

Jordan has been swinging the bat good and he's running good, ... He can certainly help us.

David Collier

What we have done is made sure that we've safeguarded the future of English cricket.

Ian Bradshaw

It is great to be selected in a West Indies Test squad. I've really enjoyed my time representing the West Indies at the one-day level, but Test cricket is the real test.

Rahul Dravid

We're playing some good cricket and everyone in the team is contributing. We ran away with this one.

Marvan Atapattu

In terms of cricket I would rather think we get on with the game now and play to our potential, than thinking about it too much.

Clive Field

A meeting was held to discuss some Zimbabwe Cricket ideas for making progress on negotiations. But they have dug their heels in and are all adamant there will be no talks until payments have been fully made.

Malcolm Speed

For 18 months the ICC have been consistently reviewing the role that Twenty20 cricket could play internationally, and this response indicates there is strong interest from many parts of the cricket world in this type of event.

John Newcombe

I tried out for the cricket team, then found out I had to play Saturday mornings... or Saturday afternoons and practice twice a week.

Larry Lewis

There's an ebb and flow of cricket populations. When you have harsh, wet springs it can damage the egg sacs and cut down the numbers.

Runako Morton

It was disappointing to lose your skipper at that point in time. He felt like it could have been his day to get some runs but that's cricket - sometimes you get the hard knocks.

T.I.

To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.

Brian Jenkins

I think that is the lesson of the Israeli efforts over the years.

Mark Farley

He's done a nice job with our kids here. I thanked him for his efforts and everything he has done here the past few years, and wished him well.

Stuart Anderson

On the state level, these efforts will continue.

Atsutoshi Nishida

Regrettably, two different types of products seem set to hit the market. But this is the kind of technology that will be around for five or 10 years. Efforts should be made continuously to make unification happen.

Phil Smith

If you want your town to be pedestrian-friendly, you need to persist in your efforts over time. You can't just do one thing, either. You need a multiple strategy.

Rio Ferdinand

In my mind, and in a lot of the lads' minds, we are still concentrating all our efforts on finishing second.

Kip Hawley

By incorporating unpredictability into our procedures and eliminating low-threat items, we can better focus our efforts on stopping individuals who wish to do us harm.

Brian Urig

I?m really proud of the efforts of the girls today. This was a very tough team from Georgetown, and our girls showed they can play with anyone, from any state.

Sanjeev Bhaskar

During an early performance of 'Spamalot,' I left my regal gloves in the fridge to cool down and didn't remember them until I was on stage. They needed to be thawed overnight.

Ian Paisley

The gloves are off. We're taking no more nonsense from anybody.

Joseph Stalin

No revolution can be made with silk gloves.

John Turner

Prior to the chair, (detention officers) would have to put on rubber gloves and go into (the inmates') bodies.

Paul Bliss

We give them gloves and put them right in there. We don't pull any punches.

Robert Buchanan

There's no question that Wal-Mart is 'taking the gloves off' on price heading into the holiday,

Tim McCarver

Watch Darren Daulton use his mitt like a glove.

Dick DeGuerin

Now we can really take the gloves off.

Jimmy Rollins

I had two good swings there. That's part of baseball. You don't get rewarded for good swings all the time. You have guys there with gloves and that's what they're paid to do is get you out.

Joe Roth

He is one of the most talented and professional actors I have ever worked with, truly one of the greats of our time.

Ed Belfour

I just have a lot of respect for Terry. He played without a mask. It just means a lot to me to be up there with him and the other greats that have played that long. It's a tribute to all the guys I've played with, all the great teams I've played on.

Laurence J. Peter

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Sylvia Hatchell

Her leadership has also improved. For a sophomore, she has shown a lot of maturity.

Larry Kupczyk

He's a skilled player who has been able to put the puck in the net on a regular basis. Jesse also took more of a leadership role this season and is a very solid player.

Rep. Bucher

I think the legislative leadership is pretty ripe to take up this issue.

James Thurber

I thought once he was out, people would move on. But he is still there, concentrating power within the leadership and himself.

Oscar Lua

I think it was inevitable. The kickoff team is struggling a bit, so they need some sort of leadership out there.

Abbott L. Lowell

I must follow them. I am their leader.

Peter Yang

He had the leadership to make that happen.

Woody Hayes

When you're winning - you don't need any friends. When you're losing - you don't have any friends anyway.

Brad Richards

I would say it was one of the better teams I've seen.

Trey Smith

Just the way they work together was really unique. A lot of other teams don't have that.

Dave Orlandini

He can penetrate. He can take it to the hole. Other teams have to worry about him.

Mike Eaves

He just has to do his part, let his teammates do their part and we should come out all right.

James Spithill

Going to the gym on my own I struggle with, but when I'm in there with a teammate or a group of guys, it's the ultimate environment.

Alejandro Canizares

He's a valuable player. He's one of the top three on the team, so we had a much weaker team this week.

Sergei Samsonov

He's a terrific player. He's tricky. He makes a lot of plays. He makes that team a lot better. Him being out of their lineup works to our advantage.

Matt Wichorek

I was down on myself. Our team was all over the place.

Willie Williams

We just have to go there and finish. This is a different team from 1995 and, hopefully, we will have a different result.

Octavio Paz

Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.

Queen Rania of Jordan

Polls show that Arabs admire a lot of the Western values, cultural aspects in the West. It is more about policies than about way of life.

Markie Workman

They're a lot better than what we play on the Western Slope.

Eckhart Tolle

Especially for those of us living in the Western culture, death to a large extent is still a taboo subject. It's considered something dreadful that shouldn't be happening. It's usually denied. The fact of death is not faced. What we don't realize in Western culture is that death has a redemptive dimension.

Bruce Campbell

Westerns pop up every so often, everybody does a western and then they all die.

Frank Mauro

Western New York is probably characterized more by stagnancy than anything else.

Clint Eastwood

I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it.

Clint Eastwood

Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have messed with? That's me.

Rick Perry

We don't have to apologize for American exceptionalism or western values.