Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are pretty happy with where we are at so far, especially the fact that the players are backing themselves. Their confidence is coming as much from the pre-season preparation we had, including the tour to Australia, as anything else, but there is still a lot to do. We've won nothing yet.

Eddie Izzard

We stole countries with the cunning use of flags! Yeah, just sail around the world and stick a flag in. - I claim India for Britain!They go, - You can't claim us, we live here! 500 million of us!- Do you have a flag?- We don't need a bloody flag! It's our country, you bastards!- No flag, no country, you can't have one! That's the rules that I've just made up, and I'm backing it up with this gun that was lent from the National Rifle Association.

We started backing up midnight to 2 o'clock in the morning, which suggests it was Asian-inspired.

We've been able to handle a lackluster earnings season so far. Energy companies haven't really come into the fray yet, so things may look a little better after they report. Another positive is that we're backing off a bit from the high price of oil.

When we went in the locker room, we said we weren't pushing. We weren't getting as hard after them as we should. In the second half, we brought the fight to them. Instead of backing down and letting them do what they want to do, we made them step up and play -- play defense and make tougher shots.

John Marshall

We're going to talk to the voters about the issues Colorado cares about. We don't begrudge him bringing in Eastern Bloc friends, but I suspect that the cowboys down at the coffeehouse in Delta are more interested what the candidates have to say about water and health care than whether or not the president of Poland is backing you.

We're still not sure whether all this is a planned strategy of the SPD leadership or if they are taking it step by step. It put the CDU under initial pressure, but it somewhat backfired, as Merkel's position has received firm and repeated backing from her state prime ministers.

We've got information about who's backing bin Laden and, in a lot of cases, it goes back to the royal family.

We like backing experienced entrepreneurs who have built their own companies, who have been in high-growth situations and understand the value of a dollar.

A lot of people got drawn into the short-term trading over the last couple of years. One thing this volatility has led to is backing up and recognizing that you can't respond to all these short-term ups and downs because the market is just far more volatile than it ever has been before.

They needed a very senior engineer who could knock heads together when disputes arose and had backing from senior management. Steve is really tailor-made for the job.

This is the proverbial bounce, and it's encouraging that it bounced when it did, but is this the turn? This week there will likely be some backing and filling before the long holiday weekend.

Tony Stewart

This makes sleeping tonight a little bit easier. I don't ever remember being part of something like that. I'm not real excited about having to be in that situation (today). But if that's what it comes down to with five to go, trust me, I'm not backing out.

It's a one-trick-pony tactic because they know they've got a nag in the race. They're backing the wrong horse.

Larry Davis

They're a scrappy bunch. They aren't backing down from anyone, being their first year in Division I.

Chris Rogers

There's always the story of the moving van backing up to the back of the hotel in the middle of the night and cleaning out a room. It doesn't happen often, but it has happened.

A third country needs to offer a jail cell for Charles Taylor if he's convicted. Countries should be lining up to take Taylor, not backing away.

Roy Rogers

It's a trio, but it's really an ensemble. When you come to one of my shows, it's not just two guys backing me up. That would be boring.

Roy Williams

It was a sensational day for us. When they made their runs we were able to counter instead of being soft and backing off and being tentative.

It was a slow-moving procession. He was backing up and the police kept telling him to drop the knife, but he refused. They hit him with a host of pepper spray and he still doesn't go down. He just wipes his face like it's nothing.

Peter Greene

It's a bit of a disappointment how we're trading today. It suggests to me that the market needs to do more backing and filling. We're not getting that type of follow-through you like to see. There just doesn't seem to be much conviction right now.

Tom Brokaw

Oklahoma residents are known for not backing down from a fight in the political arena, on the gridiron, NBA courts or rodeo arenas, but in their reaction to the bombing, they knew intuitively they would not find restoration in rage.

Ultimately he's likely to be forced to compromise more, ... there hasn't been very much in the way of backing down.

As a leader in home entertainment and a pioneer in DVD technology, we are very excited to introduce our first HD DVD players for U.S. consumers. With the support of some of the hottest films, we can confidently say that Toshiba's HD DVD players will come to market with important industry backing in time to meet the HDTV transition.

Backing and filling is definitely going to be the name of the game here for the next couple of weeks. We're living on a number-by-number situation with earning season in full tilt right now, so, we're going to keep an eye on the earnings. And so far earnings have been quite good.

Jimmy Walker

Our defense isn't backing up the pitchers either. So it's really a bit of everything.

The senior center was started with no financial backing at all and was promised that it would last three years.

Now is not the time to be backing up.

Ken Livingstone

Texas playing Tower Bridge will be a combination of the modern and the best of the old that reflects the breadth of what London stands for. I am very pleased to give my backing to this unique event Virgin Radio and Texas are putting on.

So now I feel like I've actually graduated to the point where it's not because I'm a homegrown kid that I was in the major leagues. I think that's what some people thought sometimes. But now, I don't have the Monforts backing me. There's not any excuses. I'm on my own out here, and I sink or swim by myself.

Rubin was Mr. Strong Dollar, ... and we have to see where Summers stands. The market wants more of the same, because it's been backing a winner all the way with Rubin.

Frank Kelly

Right now, we need qualifying donations, ... We don't want people backing up a dump truck; there is a limit to what we will accept.

John Bolton

Quite some time ago the president said unequivocally we support the development goals in the millennium summit declaration, ... Now that's different from the goals that were actually written by the secretariat. There is no backing away by the United States in the support for the millennium summit declaration.