Famous Quotes & Sayings

We've backed ourselves into a very dangerous situation. The economy is dependent on everyone consuming like crazy. If everyone heard my diatribe and said, 'Yeah, we better start saving,' the economy would go into a recession.

We were in a delay, but then I changed the setup where it was a three-man delay with our three guards and Durham's guy backed off him a little. That's not the way I would have drawn it up, but it was within what we were trying to do at that point.

Joe Gibbs

We felt like we kind of backed up there. We were fortunate to get out of some things with some rolls and stuff, ... It was just an evaluation thing. We like Andy, we just felt like we need to make a move for the team.

We're beginning to get backed into a corner. It's something worth trying.

We're a wounded dog backed in the corner right now. We're going to come out fighting. We've got some guys down, but you step in and you play as good or better.

Yes, for most people the spring stats can fool you. But watching the way he's throwing the ball, he's backed off and pitched, not thrown. He's more letting the pitches work for him and letting the ball move for him and locating. He's not trying to overthrow or overpower hitters, but just make his pitches and have them put the ball in play.

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We have information that he not only struck the victim but then backed up and ran over him again.

LaDainian Tomlinson

I think at the end of the day, even though I didn't win a Super Bowl ring, I felt like I backed them up for drafting me. I backed up the San Diego Chargers for picking me with the fifth pick.

The Coyotes are excited to have the Stockton Thunder join us as our ECHL affiliate, ... The Thunder is backed by a solid ownership group, and an extraordinary environment which will be beneficial to the development of our prospects.

Najib Razak

For many decades, Myanmar was on the receiving end of very public diplomatic scoldings, often backed up by sanctions.

Caitlin Kittredge

My parents managed a summer camp, and it was vacant for about seven or eight months out of the year. It was in the middle of nowhere in the woods. We backed up to a state forest. So absolutely, there were creepy woods all around the house. It was easy to get lost. It was really spooky.

Cliff Stearns

Last Thursday, our Supreme Court backed that local governments can co-opt private property, and give it to another private entity, for economic development.

We pressured a little bit in the first half. But we really backed off in the second half.

George Foreman

Frazier was not a big man at all. Frazier was about 5'9, but he would make anyone run. Put up your dukes and cover up because he's coming. He never backed up from anyone.

We definitely would like to start it by May 1. We're still shooting for it. But if we don't get it ready by then it will be backed off til September.

John Hall

There are backups for everything. All records are backed up, not just on disk but also on paper,

Kailash Kher

My songs are all about celebrating poignant music. While some of them focus on fun and revelry, they are fortunately backed by powerful lyrics. Put together, the lyrics, tune and my voice strive to take the songs to the next level.

Mitt Romney

There will always be, within a party, people who backed one candidate versus people who backed another, and there will be factions in the party, and there's always a little glee faction looking at the difficulty of the other faction.

Earl Campbell

I think one game we played the Oakland Raiders and Jack Tatum and I had an accident on the one-yard line. The only thing that Jack Tatum didn't do was wrap me up so I backed into the endzone backwards.

Three or four teams have backed out already, so it's going to be a small meet.

You know, there were five different teams that had it all locked up, and they all lost within the last week. And so Nebraska sort of backed in, and Oregon was the consensus No. 2, and the computer polls didn't like them, so then ended up the Fiesta Bowl. And then it was a rotten game.

Some of the best shows on TV start with the perception of controversy, which is usually not an issue if it's backed by quality. The intent with 'The Book of Daniel' is to make a high-quality show that is both highly entertaining and thought-provoking.

Just because we didn't win a championship doesn't mean we didn't have a good season. We never backed down from anything.

Billy Cox

(Jimi) was so into it -- if you listen closely you will see that I stayed on him, ... And when he started 'The Star Spangled Banner,' that impromptu thing, you hear the first four, five, or six notes; I'm in there with him. Then I said, 'Wait a minute, we didn't rehearse this, and it doesn't sound too good with me playing.' I backed away, and he continued and made a classic out of that.

Dick Vermeil

Larry Johnson has already carried the load. He knows he can do it. He just doesn't have a Priest Holmes backing him up like he backed up Priest Holmes.

Ken Schrader

I saw the pit right there, so I thought I'd still hook a left. I just kind of slung it around, put on four tires, backed up and took off.

I think that charged the club. Whether he hit Bobby to send a message or not, I think the team backed up Bobby. We scored five unanswered runs, and that nailed the coffin.

Susan Minot

I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.'

Price dynamics in gold next year will continue to be largely determined by speculative interest, backed by a myriad of justifications like inflationary risks, energy-price led economic slowdown, expectations of a US dollar correction, soaring physical demand, supply-side constraints, hopes of large scale central bank buying and so on.

Our quarterback position is going to take a lot of criticism, but Chris has been our guy. He has never backed down and he's done a great job.

Our officers backed off the chase because of the danger. But the suspects' car ran out of control and hit the house at about 60 (mph).

Sourav Ganguly

I batted well in both the innings and have played well over the last four-five months. I hope to do well in Pakistan if my present form continues, backed by a bit of luck.