Famous Quotes & Sayings

When we thought that the running game was down, it's almost like an injury to a key player. When that key player goes down, that next person has to step in and fill that role.

Henry Ward Beecher

When we talk about ourselves we almost invariably use Latin words, and when we talk about our neighbors we use Saxon words

We will make sure our edicts are followed to the highest degree. And overall, we've had almost all our athletes and teams do that. It's unfortunate that a few athletes have colored the rest of the delegation.

We will have almost all those guys back next year and with a top 15-ranked recruiting class ready to break into the lineup.

We will complete the first step soon to attain proper storage for the items. We have a collection of almost 3,000 items that need to be preserved better.

When I wok up in intensive care after almost three weeks unconscious, I only realized how serious my injuries were when I saw my hands and feet were black. Then I put two and two together. . . . I'm definitely going to lose bits of my fingers and toes. And they say I could be in here for another six months.

We've played 40-minute games. But we've got to start playing a full game. We're almost there but we're not quite there yet. This is a huge weekend for us.

We've only been at it a couple of days -- we've got about 50 people, maybe more, out canvassing. We're finding that almost everybody (we ask) is signing up, so we're feeling good about that.

We've not had reports over the last 10 days or so that we used to have of murders or other atrocities almost every day. It is slowly getting better, but most Serbs are gone.

Nikki Sixx

We had sort of Spinal Tap moment in Europe . . . when I caught on fire. Vince almost had to stop singing, he was laughing so hard.

We'd be in places where he would speak, and he'd be speaking about an NCAA Tournament and going deep in the tournament, and people were almost laughing at him. They weren't laughing after about two years.

We'd been planning this for months and the entire project almost went down the drain. We weren't going to let that happen.

Rhodri Morgan

We are enjoying one of the most favorable economic climates in our history and are outstripping the rest of the U.K. in almost every aspect of economic activity.

Two things happened almost simultaneously. One is that we wanted to build to real customer orders, rather than do configurations later at the customer's site. The other is that we wanted to get out of stocking finished goods.

Charles Schumer

Two of the biggest problems that upstate New York faced in this bill were LIHEAP and the MILC program, and now both are in the bill with almost everything we wanted.

The reason traders are jumping all over this is because Pershing Square Capital purchased almost 10 percent of Wendy's International shares to try to force it to sell off their Tim Hortons chain. The company is now doing that.

Jenny Lewis

When something is coming off of a Neve board and being laid down on tape, it's like a warm blanket for the brain. When you're working in a digital form, it's so harsh; it's almost painful. Your ears get more fatigued if you're mixing all day.

Everywhere we look there's a spill. There's almost a solid sheen over the area right now.

Cindy Klassen

Finishing fourth, you're almost there, you've almost got a medal. I think going into the next Games, it gives you confidence. Coming fourth feels terrible at the time because you're on the verge of getting a medal. But you also know you're so close that you can do it.

Firemen can do almost everything. You already trust them in life-threatening situations; why not let them help you with your everyday problems, too?

Fifteen years ago, people were making jokes about sushi being bait, and now, in parts of L.A. -- not in Japanese neighborhoods at all, especially on the West side -- it seems like there's a little sushi bar in almost every mini-mall.

Marisa Tomei

Film, there's this whole allure because it just lasts and lasts, but I think the allure for me of doing a play is that it's almost like the sand paintings they make in Venice. It just goes away after one time, and that's it. You had to be there that one night to be part of that.

The real story is that the fans are tied to Elvis by the same loyalty that he showed to them, ... He did show an extraordinary sense of identification with the fans. He had an almost mystical belief that all of his strength -- and his very legitimacy -- came from his fans.

There a lot of people I know struggling with that, just barely making it. Then having almost $3 a gallon for gas, it's just outrageous.

There almost seems to be fear and trepidation in this administration about criticizing any pork spending. He missed the opportunity to make a strong statement about wasteful spending. This is an administration of missed opportunities.

Carlos Santana

There almost certainly are victims in the houses, but we won't know for sure until we get reports from firefighters,

Ken Hitchcock

There almost becomes a fear factor. Nobody is used to what you can do and can't do. If you take one or two, then you don't want to do anything. Then you end up doing nothing.

There almost a better team with Nate out of the game. They're more focused on getting it to McDaniel. And he's the best player they've got. He's one of the best in the country. They did a great job of getting it to him. We weren't physical enough with our help defense on him.

There are a lot of reasons to worry about corporate earnings because of gasoline, oil, high commodity prices. It's almost like damned if you do, damned if you don't, because you're worried about what these commodities are doing to the economy, yet they're the strongest thing in the market.

Ian Frazier

When I go to Indian reservations in the West, and especially to the Pine Ridge Reservation, I sometimes feel unsure where to put my foot when I open the car door. The very ground is different from where I usually stand. There are fewer curbs, fewer sidewalks, and almost no street signs, mailboxes, or leashed dogs.

Francis Collins

The shelves of many evangelicals are full of books that point out the flaws in evolution, discuss it only as a theory, and almost imply that there's a conspiracy here to avoid the fact that evolution is actually flawed. All of those books, unfortunately, are based upon conclusions that no reasonable biologist would now accept.

Chris Hemsworth

I almost feel more anxious lately about, 'Here's your opportunity, now you've got to make something of it.'

Chantal Sutherland

I crossed paths with a horse that happened to change my life. That horse is Game On Dude, and what a horse! He's a soldier. Together we traveled the world. We won the Santa Anita Big Cap, Goodwood, almost won the Breeder's Cup Classic; we won the San Antonio, Hollywood Gold Cup and the Californian.