Famous Quotes & Sayings

O. Henry

In the last 20 years, all these spots and sales promotions and contests were designed to deliver to advertisers, but we've lost sight of the fact that we have to get the listeners first.

Kenny Smith

The game itself is really the last thing on anybody's mind. It's all about the contests and the parties and the people-watching and being cool. It's a celebration of the game and a lifestyle. It's when everything and everybody surrounding the game comes together and struts their stuff.

Livy

Great contests generally excite great animosities.

Paradorn Srichaphan

Tough matches prepare you better for contests ahead.

M. J. Rose

Do send out a newsletter when you have a new book out or are going on tour. Also list relevant event dates and notifications of contests you are running.

George Baker

At our twentieth reunion, we had a picnic at Cascade Park. It was 1951 and most of us had little kids. There were games and contests and it was a lot of fun.

Adam Fisher

We specialized it to run employee contests in the stores. We encouraged employees to go through the warehouse to find good items for sale on eBay.

Mike Ferda

Because of the weather (rain) in the previous contests versus Hamilton and Browning, we weren't able to run the option that much. It opens the outside running game when teams load that many defenders near the line of scrimmage. It's the part of our offense that we need to run.

Bob Parsons

Go Daddy(R) gives money away all the time. We do it with contests on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. A happy employee is a productive employee, no doubt about it. Giving more than people expect is one of my favorite parts of the job.

Jerry Sloan

Guys played a lot harder. They played a lot more determined to try to win, rather than the way we have been.

Mewelde Moore

He's a classy, determined individual. Those are the characteristics you love to see in a head coach.

Jim Clarke

Going back to the farm and isolating the virus will let us determine whether we have a concern.

Pat Riley

He's got size. He's very strong. He shoots (43%) from the three. He can post up. He's very methodical. He plays the game until he needs to determine the difference between winning and losing. That's what he's developed into.

Josh Byrnes

He's determined to do better this year and it could impact his contractual future. I think that's healthy determination, but no one's pushing him here.

David Jones

I think it's going to be difficult to determine what the immediate impact is going to be. We probably won't know until the day after.

Eric Carlson

I think it's going to take a long time to determine that.

A. Milne

I think it's all going to be determined by oil prices and this far this morning, it's upwards and onwards,

Kurt Tsue

It could have been from heavy rains, old piping, or road work that was underway nearby. We are still trying to determine the cause. But for now, at least the sewage has stopped flowing.

Barry Bonds

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

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.

Oliver Lafayette

This was a great atmosphere. I wish it was like this every game. We can't say enough about the fans tonight.

Chris Nicholas

What we've realized is there are various types of fantasy fans out there. We wanted to have a game that matched each. If you're a new player in fantasy, if you have less time to manage your teams, maybe the free option is more what you need.

Christina Aguilera

Her fans are so loyal, they will always be there for her.

Stacey Koerner

Her fans are her fans. Even if they do want to see any of these new shows, they're not going to leave her show.

David McGreal

Here's the thing about dunking, especially at the high school level. One, you don't see it that often. It gets the kid excited, the team excited, the fans excited. Then there is the intimidation factor.

Brad Turner

Jacksonville was faster and Forney was bigger, so we've seen different types of defenses, ... We feel like we can do some things.

Marcus Williams

I think it made me grow up a lot faster than I wanted to, but I needed it.

John Whitelavich

He was a linebacker last year and we were looking for a tailback and tried him there. He didn't know the plays very well, but he's learned them now and got faster over the summer. He's a tough runner.

Dan Hendricks

He can run, that's all there is to it. There hasn't been any faster horses in the races so far, and the next one there will be and it's a whole new game.

Dan Hendricks

He can run, that's all there is to it. He's got tactical speed. It's just that no one has run faster yet.

Jim Johnson

He is playing faster than I've ever seen him play.

Rick Spielman

(Greenway) didn't have eye-popping speed numbers (4.75 in the 40-yard dash). But he does play faster than his 40 time. He's going to be a good football player in this league. He's instinctive and he's tough.

Scott Davis

This was our fastest volume growth in the US for five years and we are growing faster than the market.

Michael Litzinger

He returned from a mission and got back to good form a lot faster than we expected.

Oscar Gonzalez

I would think the probability of a move (on interest rates) would be somewhere around the 40 percent range.

John Kessel

Kafka is not interested in documenting the manners and mores of any particular place; he is not interested in probing the psyche of individual characters.

Len Lichtenfeld

I suspect that there will be a significant interest in getting better tests into the mainstream.

Scott Shapiro

I think it's 18 teams that have shown interest.

Alex Tang

I think investors will very soon realize that interest rates and oil prices are still going up. A big selling may be near.

George Burley

It can have a snowball effect. With the national side doing well there is more interest in the game, which is great.

Lisa Presley

Having kids was the smartest thing I've ever done. They're little sponges who come into the world with a clean, shiny slate and such pureness. I'm interested in having more kids.

Jerry Colangelo

He's having a sensational season. Obviously, we've got interest (in Anthony) because of where he is with his interest and his maturity.

Ron Hilliard

He should have a big year. He's been rated by Dennis McCarty as one of the top linemen in the state. Michigan State, Penn State and Rutgers are very interested in Dan.

Kellan Lutz

I love the idea of marriage. I definitely want marriage and little Kellans running around.

Keke Palmer

I love competing. I love a challenge. I love going in and showing people what I can do, proving to them that I can get this part, that I can give you what you want.

Grady Sizemore

I always feel like that. That's what I love about the game. There's always pressure in baseball.

Maria Sharapova

I also want to play in the Olympics and would love to represent Russia there as well.

Stephen Jackson

He wants to play with us. He loves his teammates. He has no problem with his teammates. He told me that personally. He wants to come back and play.

Wayne Elliott

He didn't have a lot, but he loved life. He was my only son.

Rod Carew

He cared. I love him. I'm going to miss him.

Peggy Fleming

He just loves what he's doing. And that rubs off on his skaters.

Sami Hyypia

He is very aggressive, loves a tackle and can play as well.

Geoff Petrie

He was probably the most popular player in the NBA other than Michael Jordan,

Jeff Overton

I don't even know what to think yet. Michael Putnam and I waited all summer to turn pro to play in this. Man, it was worth it.

Robby Gordon

I'm not worried about the penalties. Michael wrecked me plain and simple.

Charice Pempengco

I really wanted to be a dancer, actually. Michael Jackson inspired me a lot.

The Children

I know it's the first time I've ever shared one with Michael Domino.

Daryl Hannah

I just finished a film with Michael Radford called Dancing at the Blue Iguana.

Michael Robertson

I'm not Reggie, ... I'm just Michael and I'm going to go out there and be myself. I'm not too worried about (the numbers), and I'm just want to go out there and win.

Martin Brundle

..and look, Michael Schumacher is about 4.5 seconds behind, um, Michael Schumacher now...

Madeline Albright

And I think Michael and I ought to go out there and be a tag team.

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.

Sarah Caldwell

That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions.

Willie Nelson

There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.

Peggy Cohen

The notes said they weren't suffering, they were just going to sleep.

Pamela Anderson

I'm known for my handwritten notes.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Are we not formed, as notes of music are, For one another, though dissimilar?

Jimi Hendrix

You've got to know what goes between the notes.

Gabriel Mann

I never wanted to get caught in doing something that was really one note.

Maimonides

God cannot be compared to anything. Note this.

Steve Denyes

They are still using the original notes from the symphony, but they are personalizing the arrangement and making it their own.

Alan Miller

Our reporter on the scene talked personally to the governor, who told her the 12 were alive.

Claudia Vercellotti

Participating in the legislative process has been personally devastating and a rude awakening. We never stood a chance.

Sandra Bullock

If you went to go see 'Why You Were Sleeping' or anything else, you wouldn't necessarily think that's me. Those who know me personally would say (Sarah) is me. 'Cause that is more me,

Elliott Abrams

I personally would not talk to a Jew for Jesus.

Bryan Blair

I personally think this is just going to be another tax.

Jim Thorpe

I personally think the tour is better without them.

Noam Chomsky

I personally never expected anything of Obama, and wrote about it before the 2008 primaries. I thought it was smoke and mirrors.

H. Hart

I personally like to use the slap shot a lot, so for me, the stiffer the better.

Billy Godwin

I personally don't think it could have went to a better candidate.

Mike Shanahan

When he's in there, there is a presence. He really picks up our team.

Anthony Johnson

That made a big difference. They come out there, starting it up, and everyone else picks it up.

Martha Graham

You don't pick dance. Dance picks you.

Magic Johnson

You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.

Sam Smith

This has been a long process. You have to be patient. Whether someone picks me or not, you just have to want it.

Ron Lievense

Anthony is our motor. He runs the show and when he picks it up, everything rolls.

Amy Waldman

Nothing in life gets dropped without someone else having to pick it up.

Robert Asprin

Don't pick up hitchhikers!"- D. Adams

Marissa Mayer

Pick something and make it great.

Chuck D.

It could have something to do with the coarse quality of their paper.

Fernando Couto

I think we have the quality and the right spirit to get a win.

Dwane Casey

I'd like to see if he can get up 20 shots. You can't just walk through that and get that many shots up, quality shots. To get 20 quality shots, it takes work.

Jimmy Johnson

I didn't come back and feel like I solved the world's problems. But I spent a lot of quality time with my wife and didn't think about racing.

David Carr

He is a quality guy. If he hasn't taken a step forward, it's because he hasn't been shown the way.

Rob Zombie

I wanted it to be like a high quality, drive-in movie.

Richard Bach

You don't tell the quality of a master by the size of his crowds.

Trisha Goddard

There is a learning quality in all of our shows.

Richard Davidson

The best way I can mentor and lead those around me is to embody these qualities myself.

Wang Xuming

Regarding our textbooks, the (policy) has been consistent. There haven't been any changes.

W. S. Gilbert

in any scenario regarding the one vote in question.

Estee Lauder

I can understand the skepticism, particularly regarding Estee Lauder,

Simon Spurr

Spring 2010 is the second season that I'm showing the double-breasted suit. I think the right double-breasted suit is young again.

Doug Tolin

I thought we would come out and play better in the second half. But we could never really get anything going. It kind of went the other way on us.

Jim Court

I thought about it for 10 seconds or so.

Sue Donohoe

When he wanted to know what time it was, you had to get down there. You didn't tell him that it was 30 seconds left.

Jim Calhoun

We've got to take away 3-point shooting and not get fatigued by the shot clock. They make as many shots under 12 seconds as any team you're going to play.

Greg Thompson

I think it's who comes in second place.

Bruce Bainter

I went down there and it was up over the second step.

Mark E. Smith

We made some adjustments in the second half.

Manny Acta

I don't know Soriano as an outfielder. He is here to play second base.

Linda Casey

I think it speaks to the convenience of convenience stores.

Sarah Palin

Stand up, speak out, and be bold. Screw political correctness. Never let them tell you to sit down and shut up.

Hassan Adams

(The hype) speaks for itself. It's a big game, and we're going to be prepared.

Hector Elizondo

I love Russian, because it's delicious to speak like that. If you have to speak French, you can also do that, because it's not difficult. Accents are a cool thing to do. And I love doing them.

Mahatma Gandhi

One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable.

James Russell Lowell

There are two kinds of genius. The first and highest may be said to speak out of the eternal to the present, and must compel its age to understand it; the second understands its age, and tells it what it wishes to be told.

Michael Redd

It speaks a lot about our team, because we've been up and down all year long.

Darian Townes

It's my first time to see him in person. I'm going to take some of what he speaks about and try to put it in my game.

Seth Vining

That speaks well of the team. But we still have a lot of work to do.

Bryan Ball

I was just battling. Trying to give us a chance.

Kevin Madden

It can be done without trying to browbeat people.

Jennifer Fallon

I actually started writing publishable stuff the day I decided I'd actually like to write something I'd like to read, and stopped trying to think what does everyone actually want.

Drew Brees

We're trying to be that franchise that year-in and year-out is competing for a championship.

Mark Krikorian

I think it's going to implode. They're trying to do too much.

Steve Foley

It hurts, man. We've done everything we can do to this point; trying not to aggravate it.

Estelle

I think the one group I am trying to appeal to is the world. That would be big enough.

Jacquelyn Jablonski

I was always trying on clothes, always really into fashion, ever since probably kindergarten.

Greg Bowers

We've been trying to play at Brooke's level, and we've been disappointed in past, but this is an accomplishment.