Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Martin

The opening ballgame is different than any other. The adrenaline is at an all-time high.

Wendell Berry

The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it.

O. Henry

The past few years you could see something just wasn't adding up,

The passion that India has for the game is greater than any other country has for any sport. Factor in the billion-plus population and an economy growing by 7 to 8%?and what that means for the value of TV rights, advertising and sponsorship?and you understand the commercial power of India.

The partner could not adopt this child. You need to be a heterosexual couple legally to adopt a child.

The parents and teachers need to know their reading scores in the next two weeks so that they can get some additional help or remedial intervention for those who didn't pass.

The parents and I added it up about 15 times.

Brian Billick

the parameters are set: Take number 21, take number 23, add them together and cut it in half. Anything beyond that is just hard to understand.

The paradox of this vice president is the things that made him so valuable in the beginning and so important to the president - his willingness to take the lead and be a strong visible advocate on some issues - have come back to haunt him. It's almost like everything that's bad in the administration has come back to stick to Dick Cheney .

Evan Williams

The paper pointed out to us we did not advertise that we were having a conference,

The only thing you can do is research in advance and not book a wedding in key areas or times that have bad weather,

The only thing they have in addition is the most incredible witness that could ever walk into a courtroom, if he walks into the courtroom.

The only thing the high-carb/low-fat diet of the '80s accomplished was renaming adolescent diabetes,

Allan Bloom

There are great industries of psychotherapy that address our difficulties in 'relationships' -- that pallid, pseudoscientific word the very timidity of which makes substantial attachments impossible. One has to have a tin ear to describe one's great love as a relationship.

There are gray areas we expect teams to exploit. We know everybody is looking for every little advantage. But when these templates don't fit, they don't fit. It's not fair to the other competitors to let one team get way with it.

Julie Klausner

There are good intentions behind many people's conversion to veganism, including an admirable devotion to the well-being of animals and a justified skepticism about the crap the USDA allows manufacturers to put in our food. But it's hard to ignore the often sanctimonious nature of what some nutritionists view as an 'extremist' way of eating.

There are going to be games when there will be adversity. You can't get down, because I don't think we're a fluke. A whole lot of people might think we're a fluke, and teams that think they're a fluke are going to get down on themselves.

There are a number of ways Opera can make money off the browser, but all that requires volume. Removing the price tag and the banner ads increases the likelihood that more people will use the browser. More eyeballs means more revenue off the browser without charging for or putting banner ads in people's faces.

This really strikes at the heart of Microsoft's message of 'Where do you want to go today, where do you want to go tomorrow,' ... Now they've lost potentially significant competitive advantage in the future.

This really sounds like a missed opportunity. We were really hoping that significant progress would be made so that both governments would begin to work together to address this very large trade imbalance.

This really provides us with a cushion for unforeseen bad times as well as additional funding if other opportunities are available. It kind of straddles both sides of the street.

This really is the first credible evidence of a biological basis for chronic fatigue syndrome. It reflects the remarkable confluence of a number of scientific advances that are coming to bear on a problem of great importance to many people in the U.S. It's an important step forward in the field of chronic fatigue syndrome research.

This shows that they are willing to throw everything they can at this beside engineers and ingenuity to address the real problem.

This shows that feed restrictions in place in Canada, and similar restrictions in the United States, are simply not adequate to control the spread of this disease.

To celebrate the first anniversary of the adopting in 2003, I decided to knit 100 pieces to send to the orphanage.

To be a beautiful person, fill your life with other beautiful people, places and things.

Tobacco use is the single leading cause of preventable death. The vast majority of all adult tobacco users became addicted as teens. If we don?t work to prevent teens from using tobacco, we risk losing thousands of lives and spending more and more money treating tobacco-related illnesses.

The playoffs are very challenging and we have a long road ahead of us. We are not guaranteed that we will win anything so the girls know we have to practice and work hard if we want to advance in the playoffs.

The players showed an awful lot of patience at the plate and we took advantage of the walks. That's good to see.

The only thing I can say is that his proposal would strengthen and enhance enforcement of all aspects of the water law. But the proposal does not address the issues we are concerned about.

Jamal Lewis

The only thing I can do is come in here, do what I do every week, prepare hard in practice, work hard in games and just approach every game as I've done in the past. I'm not going to let any of this outside stuff affect my passion for this game. I love this game, I play for the fun of it. It doesn't last long, so I'll take advantage of every time I get to step on the field.

Jane Campion

'The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative.

The physician may also recommend additional tests if necessary.