Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sophie B. Hawkins

It isn't hard to be an artist and do your money thing. It's much harder to wake up in the middle of the night knowing that you're being ripped off and starting to get this feeling in your stomach almost bordering on bitterness toward people who are saying one thing and doing another.

It is no wonder that workplace dating is taking off, with more than 28 million young people, some of whom spend more time together in the office than they do outside of work. Employers almost have no choice but to permit interoffice dating,

Landon Donovan

I think that's what angers them about us. We have lives beyond soccer. For a lot of them they don't, players, coaches, people in Mexico, that's what they have. It's almost what makes it sweeter to beat them.

I think that we definitely try to get those strong teams on the schedule. It's a hard concept. I think sometimes your strength of schedule can help you or hurt you. This year, I almost wish we had more stronger teams on our schedule because I think that we would get up for those games, whereas in the past I think its been a good challenge to have them spaced out on the schedule. So I hope the team is up for it and ready to compete on Sunday.

I think that was kind of our focus this week. It's a whole new deal now. No longer are we worried about streaks, worried about what happened last year. Friday night was the start of a new quest. They want to start their own tradition, their own streak if possible. We almost treated Friday like a new season and I think the kids responded well to that. When you can come off the floor after being knocked down, that's big. I think we're headed back in the right direction again.

Helen Fielding

I think that almost accidentally I hit on something that is quite fundamental to women, which is this gap between how we feel we're expected to be and how we actually are,

Jim Tressel

I think Ted is a guy who believes he can find a way to hit the home run, and he's hit home runs many times, ... He didn't Saturday, but sometimes that's the risk you take, cutting back. I don't know that I would call that hesitancy. For him, it's almost like he's trying to make a big play. To me, hesitancy is you go up and you stop. He doesn't stop. He tries to sidestep and I think we've all seen that work. We've also seen that not work, but that's a result of good coverage.

David Wong

I think that in the semiconductor world one has to realize that there are a number of different dynamics that drive the industry. One of the most important things, which provide some security, is the fact that technology changeovers are a very important source of growth. In particular, in the communications world we're seeing lots of new standards, we're seeing the world move from copper protocols to optical fiber communications. So in some of these segments, almost independently of the economy at large, there's going to be huge growth just as we move into these new technologies and we take on these new areas in semiconductors.

Harry Connick

It is hard to sit in silence, to watch one's youth wash away, ... Everything that I have professionally, and so much of what I have personally, is because of this great, fair city... to see it being drowned like this is almost unbearable.

It is my understanding that we almost lost the MULES because of the separation of the department.

I think we're going to have work a lot harder for it. It's going to require us making the very most of all our abilities, because there are so many great teams coming back almost intact. So we'll be different. To me, that's very exciting because we're going to have to be different offensively, different defensively.

Sally Field

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.

Laura reads almost everything. She reads the newspapers, the magazines, and the books. She reads things that would not be of interest to the president. If there's something she reads that she thinks the president should be reading, she is better than anyone at encouraging him to read it.

Jeff Lindsay

Later, in the afternoon, I read what I did that morning. It's almost always a surprise. But I can read it rationally; edit, polish, re-write, and think what I might do tomorrow in the early darkness.

Later in his career, he was almost like another coach for us, ... He would lead and we would follow.

Malik Bendjelloul

I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?

I went off at the first junction and almost got stuck. I put it in first gear and full throttle and managed to not get stuck.

David Caruso

I went from starring in a Paramount movie to unemployment for two years. Literally, I couldn't get a job for almost two years.

I watched five minutes (of videotape), and (my assistant coaches) had to dry my eyes. I was crying. (The Tornadoes) are incredibly athletic and big, and long arms. It's almost scary.

Ronda Rousey

I wear sunglasses almost all the time outside - not because I think I'm really, really cool, but because of the rays.

Devin Hester

I was almost brought to tears. I knew I was faster than that. When I heard the time, it upset me. But I knew I'd have a second chance and I was going to come out here and prove out here that I'm capable of doing it. I just thank God it's all over now.

I was all right until the seventh. It went downhill from there. I was pretty ticked off. I almost blew the whole thing right there. I left the ball right down the middle for Schneider and he did what he was supposed to do. He hit a double, but I'm glad he didn't hit a homer.

I was all right until the seventh and then I went downhill from there. I almost blew the whole thing.

I was a little surprised. I've seen a lot of miracles happen, and one almost happened here.

Todd Hollandsworth

I was able to get back to the wall, get a gauge on it and I was actually almost kind of waiting on it to come down, make a good jump after it and bring it back.

Ken Hitchcock

I will always remember Brett for that goal. I will remember him for being a guy who was almost like a stealth player. You never knew where Brett was on the ice, and then all of a sudden, he stepped into a shot and scored.

Craig Fugate

I will almost guarantee you that somebody is going to die this weekend.

I went with one less club (an 8-iron). Luckily, it was enough to carry. Still, I almost went over the green. Lucky I made par.

I will listen to Mr Bush but my position is very clear and very firm. The occupation is a fiasco. There have been almost more deaths after the war than during the war.

John Holmes

I will just go out there and have a good time and just keep doing the same thing I have been doing. Go out there, hit it in the fairway, knock it on the green and make the putt. Just another day of golf, that is the way you have to look at it. That is basically all you are doing, just playing golf. Almost everybody out here does it every day so you just have to think that way.

Jim Nantz

I was kind of out of things to say, to be honest. My teeth were chattering and I had chill bumps up and down my arms, and the moment was almost too big for me.

Other years we've been playing catch up at this time. Right now we're almost two months ahead.

Catherine Mary Stewart

Robert Preston in 'The Last Starfighter' had an aura. It was almost a surreal experience meeting him. He exuded charm, warmth and that movie star magnetism that is impossible to describe.