Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nasser Hussain

We are seeing Australia being drawn back to the way the rest of the world has to play Test cricket because without either of their two all-time greats - McGrath and Warne - they just cannot play like they have become accustomed to,

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Ever since the Industrial Revolution, investments in science and technology have proved to be reliable engines of economic growth. If homegrown interest in those fields is not regenerated soon, the comfortable lifestyle to which Americans have become accustomed will draw to a rapid close.

It's possible that Generation Facebook, accustomed as it is to a whole range of experiences that it only imbibes online, doesn't have the same need for physical interaction in order to be creative as previous generations still do. It's possible that Generation Facebook can co-create and collaborate quite happily from afar.

We've become accustomed to let officials handle everything.

Vinton Cerf

when we do get to the point where we need all the services in space that we have become accustomed to on Earth.

Phil Jackson

We're not amazed, to say the least. We are enthralled by it, and it's a beautiful thing to see, but it's something that we've grown accustomed to over the years.

Conrad Black

All my life, Americans have been accustomed to thinking of theirs as 'the richest, freest' country in the world. By most measurements, it was long a contender for that honor, and - among the larger countries, if equal weight were given to wealth and indices of freedom - probably did deserve to be so described.

The more tracking that's done even within the family, the more we'll all be getting accustomed to tracking, and ... it will become more and more acceptable.

Derek Jeter

A lot of the guys are pretty accustomed to how things work here.

A lot of these guys are used to playing with more time and space. They played the game a lot slower in their native country. They are not accustomed to the high pressure, the voracity of the Americans. When players accustomed to more time on the ball don't get it, they sometimes feel the referee isn't protecting them the way he should. He gets frustrated because he isn't performing the way he is accustomed to, and he lashes out, often at the referee.

They have a history and tradition of winning in Campbell River and they expect nothing less than to be in this series every year. And that's the type of tradition we're looking to build here. Right now we've got a lot of veterans who just grew accustomed to being knocked out in the first round and we want to change that. We have no illusions this is going to be an easy series just because of the standings. Campbell River expects to win it every year and we need to work hard to show we belong.

This approach was radical in 1938 when the play was first produced. Audiences were accustomed to realistic plays that often elaborately emphasized the specific details of time and place and, for Wilder, lacked the quality of universality and theatricality.

Jon Gruden

Thirty-one of 31. The last time I checked, that's pretty good. I think, too, having been in Europe, getting accustomed to a new holder is a process in itself. . . . And France is on a roll right now. These aren't just extra points. Some of these are bombs from 44-, 48-, 50-yard area. He's been good from all the hashes.

Ehud Olmert

This is a difficult situation that we are not accustomed to.

It's not just one man (who will make a difference). But we'll play better because we're now more accustomed to things.

For a century now artists have been accustomed to pushing outward the boundaries of what's called art, delighting in the squeals of people whose expectations are violated. But the old fun is gone. the conservatives, by and large, have given up the game.

It's one of those areas of politics where people have become accustomed to something that was once radical. It's just normative at this point.

It's taken time to get accustomed to each other. We're ascending.

John Olver

They force you to make decisions a lot quicker than we are accustomed to and the decisions we made were not good ones early. We played almost the entire first period in our zone. Defensively we played fairly well but we were in our zone the whole period.

There were a lot of things set up against them. A class like this is going to help you in certain ways. That's what you want out of any recruiting class. At the same time, the depth wasn't quite up to what Tennessee is accustomed to.

This man was accustomed to significant swings. He'd make big, he'd lose big. He was an active, aggressive trader,

I told him on the sideline that there are days where you're not going to be sharp. Those are the days you almost have to will yourself. Even though your not playing the way you're accustomed to playing, you've got to find a way to eke out points.

Fritz Kreisler

I, too, soon got accustomed to the deadly missiles, - in fact, I had already started to make observations of their peculiarities.

E. B. White

It's a little different from what we're accustomed tobut it does establish a little more formal procedures, ... The procedures can be altered if we find they don't work for us.

It's a hindrance, no question. I feel pretty confident that when I'm out there, I'll be able to be competitive and productive. Even if you don't get the minutes or opportunities that you might be accustomed to, maybe the minutes you can play will be enough to help the team out in any way possible. There's no question I want to play.

This is the tip of the iceberg of a very oppressive regime that we have almost become accustomed to in America.

There's a tremendous amount of pride and tradition. While we haven't had the kind of success the last couple years, the guys realize the history of the program and the expectations. We expect to be there and we're not accustomed to not being there.

There's an entire generation of hunters in North Dakota that are just accustomed to CRP being there. We're talking 21 years, and that's what they know on the landscape. I remember what the landscape looked like in the '70s, and believe me, I prefer the conservation activities on cropland remain, and also, CRP is an integral part of what is out there now.

It was definitely a good experience, getting a NBA type coach and being able to play 30 minutes a game. Going from college basketball I wasn't too accustomed to the style of play in the NBA, so being there helped me out a lot.

Oscar Arias

It's a country that's accustomed to elections every four years. Clean, crystalline, transparent elections.

It's a chance to get a little accustomed to the surroundings, but it will be different with several thousand people in here on Friday afternoon. Part of it, though, is getting a little bit of the excitement of being here out of the way, from when we walk in here for the first time.

Vint Cerf

The immediacy of the mobile changes it from what we're accustomed to in the personal computing world to something that's instantaneous... What's interesting and powerful about the mobile environment is that it's connected to services on the Internet. This augments both platforms.

Tim Howard

When you play professionally, you get accustomed to turnover. Players come and go - they get injured, they get transferred, they get cut from the team. Coaches are hired, and coaches are fired. It's just part of the world you live in.