Famous Quotes & Sayings

Scott Skiles

We'll take the win, but you end up almost feeling a little bit bad about it. They outplayed us for three quarters, handily,

We'll still be almost 100 percent leased when we're done.

Arlen Specter

What is your thinking on the jurisprudence of U.S. v. Lopez and U.S. v. Morrison, which overturned almost 60 years of Congress' power under the Commerce Clause?

Misanthropy is born, I think, out of an almost oppressive sense of loneliness, a conviction that there's no one on earth who understands you. I don't think misanthropes hate people: They hate that people hate them.

Dale Murphy

I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.

Buddy Bell

That was one of those games when we didn't do anything right. We can't play like that. It would be almost impossible to play like that again.

Carl Edwards

That was just pure focus and stress and all that, man, ... I almost went insane in the car there, just ... so nervous.

That was a real fine effort defensively. We almost doubled their digs. We played a great match.

That was a nice double play and we almost turned another one. Our up the middle defense is not too bad and they are playing well right now. We take a lot of pride in that part of our defense.

That's because the name has almost become a brand name. My essence is still me. But that name Corey Hart refers to this an album.

I was really happy. But it's almost painful to be so close.

Phillip Fulmer

I was really happy, and I'm almost hesitant to say this, because every time I brag on him, he goes the other way, but Jon Wade just played really impressive (Monday) night,

Asafa Powell

I was quite nervous out there. I haven't been on the (Melbourne) track for almost a year now, so I need the confidence. But I'm the world record holder and I had to prove that I am.

I was quite domineering... There was a moment where the cameraman almost stuck the camera up my nose, and I got very upset and uptight.

David Toms

I was on the opposite side of the golf course, and there's nobody out there watching us play golf. You knew where she was the whole time. It was almost like a Tiger-type following. You know where she was on the golf course. That says a lot. I don't think that wears off until that goes away for some reason. I just don't see that happening any time soon.

John Morgan

I was not nervous, but I told the guys not to celebrate. I almost wish the game had been tied. It might have been a different outcome.

I got a good bounce it hit the side of a tree and came out to the corner of the fairway. I hit a perfect 6-iron that almost went in. Those are the eagle putts you think you can make.

Carrie Vaughn

I got a crash-course education in urban fantasy. I suddenly had to look up all these other writers I was supposed to be in a genre with. I instantly had to become an expert in this genre I knew almost nothing about.

I get paid to talk and I am almost speechless.

I go over there almost every day and talk to them about things that I really want to do.

Jordan Spieth

If you are going to talk negative about a place, you're almost throwing yourself out to begin with because golf is a mental game.

If Windows (software) can run right away on Macs, that removes the major barrier to switching. I've been asking consumers what they think of this, and I'm getting numbers that are almost too good to be true. That's how enthusiastic people are about this.

Robert Wagner

If you are going to have a broadly defined business, you need to be in the space? Down the road we will see almost all investors with some allocation to alternatives, be it hedge fund of funds or private equity.

If the decision is made that he can't play for the rest of the season, he probably wouldn't play in the playoffs because it would be pretty tough to play after missing almost two years.

Billy Donovan

He was almost in tears because, for the first time in his life, he wasn't getting an opportunity to play. I told him, this is going to come to an end this season. And when it does, your time is here.

Tom Coughlin

He was a little sore. He hasn't played in almost a full season.

He tried it, and his eyes lit up almost immediately. That's the thing about Chad. You see him out on the course, and he has that very mild, laid-back look, but that's not him at all. To be able to change grips like he did, to be willing to do whatever it takes to have more variety in his swing, that's an example of what kind of competitor he is. He's a tough Texan; that's all there is to it.

We had her for two more years. Well, almost two years.

Dusty Baker

We had almost everything today but a stolen base. We managed to score a lot of different ways.

Clint Hurdle

We had almost every position player play anywhere from the low 60s to 100 innings in the field (in spring training). We're not probably going to ask him to do that much, but it's going to need to be a little bit more than him just getting 25 at-bats and being ready to go.

Scott Thompson

We had extended periods (in the 1990s) where it almost didn't matter where you priced a home: There just weren't buyers to buy it. At this time -- when you bring a home on the market at a price that represents a good value -- which may well be a number below the seller's initial expectation -- buyers act.

Joe Allen

We had to repay almost $3,000 to groups and people who had given us money thinking it was deductible, and I figure we've lost maybe another $4,000 in donations we would have gotten since this came up. So we're hurting. We need some help to pay the bills and keep our programs going.

Kate Grenville

I read a lot of poetry, and I love what it does with language. I love music, too, and I think there's probably no coincidence there, that the rhythm of the words is almost as important as the words themselves, and when you can get the two working together, which usually takes me about 20 goes, I feel a huge satisfaction.