Famous Quotes & Sayings

I thought we got off to a good start against Central but we had an error which really made a big difference in that game. The emotions of that game left us where we couldn't bounce back. Against two top 10 teams in the country you can't afford to have a letdown.

I thought we made crucial mistakes at times when we really couldn't afford it,

I think we lost to a superior football team. There's no question about that. We knew that coming in. The thing we couldn't afford to do, we did. We gave them 17 points off of turnovers. Those are things you have to eliminate against a team that is superior to you. I was a little disappointed in that aspect of it.

I thought overall the defense was better than last week. We need to be more consistent. We would stop them and then give up a big play. We can't afford to do that .

I think a lot of the smaller schools need as many days out into tournament play like the Boo Williams or the Deep South because we cannot afford to fly to just see one game in Iowa and fly back like some of the larger schools can. I wish it was a different weekend and that we had more days out as well.

Bobby Bowden

I think it's worth it. We can't afford to be missing an opportunity to play on national television on a Monday night.

Bobby Hamilton

It has a small hole in the bottom and it's beveled at the top. It gives the driver throttle response. With a restrictor plate, you can't ever afford to let off the gas.

I think this meet is indicative of the competition within the Southeastern Conference and certainly among the nation's top-12. At this level of competition, you can't afford to count a fall and tonight was no exception.

I think we are still in a consolidation period, ... and I think we can't afford to overlook the impact of the economic news on the market. You had a retail sales number this morning that was in line but nothing spectacular and a rise in jobless claims.

I think we are dealing with an extraordinarily difficult year financially. We can't afford to leave any stone unturned.

I think that the community would lose their local banks. They can afford to undercut us until we're gone, and then what?

Mark Williams

It is helping people, because there are some people who are buying medications who could never afford it before.

Gordon Brown

It is important that the government has all its votes at its disposal this afternoon. The security of the nation comes first. No government can afford to take risks with the security of the country.

It is no secret that the MBTA is having financial difficulties, but what I do not want to do is have people that are cheating the system drive up the cost of that program to the point where I won't be able to afford it.

I was wondering if I was going to be able to get formula for my child, wondering if I was going to be able to afford it and wondering if I was going to be able to make a house payment,

Moira Kelly

I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids!

He's been battling it for a week to 10 days. We don't anticipate it being a big issue. If this was the regular season you wouldn't even know about it. With an off-day and everything, we could afford to give him some rest.

Hopefully we learned a lesson tonight. In our conference, we can't afford to take anybody for granted.

Hopefully we can get them a house soon. But finding a place they can afford and one that's big enough is pretty tough.

Hopefully we all got the message and learned that we can't afford not to be ready to play. We've got some special things we're going to work on to drive that point home.

There aren't enough members to pay for that YMCA. We can't afford to be there.

We messed around for two games and dug ourselves in a hole already. We can't afford to dig ourselves in any deeper holes.

We may lose that 3 or 4 star affordable hotel. That's a bit of a concern.

Margaret Spellings

We make small fixes with programs to emphasize key areas, but we don't think strategically about the bigger picture, ... We can't afford to leave the future of our nation's higher education community to chance.

Javier Solana

We must do better militarily. We cannot afford to waste more opportunities to fulfill our objectives, in particular avoiding a growing trans-Atlantic capability gap.

Javier Solana

We must do better militarily, ... We cannot afford to waste more opportunities to fulfill our objectives, in particular avoiding a growing trans-Atlantic capability gap.

We have to be efficient on offense. We can't afford many turnovers, because Buckeye Valley has a lot of good athletes and great balance.

We have to ask, 'How can we break a huge challenge like sending humans to Mars into a series of doable, affordable steps? How can we break that problem down into chunks in order to keep making progress?'

Greg Schiano

We have to adjust, certainly. That's one guy we couldn't afford to lose. What Eric brought was athleticism and speed.

Scott Skiles

We lost Shawn too many times tonight. I know from experience, he's a very slippery player. If you relax, he slides behind you. He's got a knack of finding cracks in there. We lost him several times, and that was one critical play where we couldn't afford to lose him and we did.

Jonah Lomu

I have crooked toes from wearing boots that didn't fit me because that's all I could afford as a kid.

Alan Autry

I'd like to ask the folks who did the analysis to come forward with the report that we can't afford to be compassionate anymore, ... Where is the report from Supervisor Waterston and Perea that shows the rest of this county that we can't afford to be compassionate?

Mike Shannon

I'd like anybody to do something, because people like me can't afford it. I'm on a fixed income.