Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Don Wilson

What we're seeing is the foreign market backing off.

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.

We are not backing off. We are putting money in here. We are putting in seven brand new pieces of converting equipment. There will be more.

We are not backing away from the pattern,

We are here and we are not leaving, ... I'm not backing down from anybody.

Kesha Rogers

In 2010 and 2012, I won the Democratic nomination in the 22nd Congressional District on the program 'Save NASA Impeach Obama,' without any organizational or financial backing from the party.

Elizabeth Warren

The word's out: I'm a woman, and I'm going to have trouble backing off on that. I am what I am. I'll go out and talk to people about what's happening to their families, and when I do that, I'm a mother. I'm a grandmother.

There is clear confusion on Prop. 78 as to who is backing it, which means it's the one with the greatest potential for change in preference.

Suzy Menkes

Fledgling designers need investment - but how much easier it is to put them in a dead man or woman's shoes, perhaps also backing the new designer's namesake line, but only as what the French call a 'danseuse,' a plaything.

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.

We're due for a week's worth of consolidation. Just some backing and filling. Following that, we can head higher.

Alan Greenspan

I do not understand where the backing of Bitcoin is coming from. There is no fundamental issue of capabilities of repaying it in anything which is universally acceptable, which is either intrinsic value of the currency or the credit or trust of the individual who is issuing the money, whether it's a government or an individual.

Walter Martin

Who knows the minds of men and how they reason and what their methodology is? But I am not going to extrapolate from the General Conference backing out on my book and make it a personal issue.

Bernie Sanders

While commentators on Fox and right-wing radio have the backing of Rupert Murdoch, a major Republican contributor, and other conservative corporations, progressives understand that their position is extremely vulnerable.

Lee Ritenour

Even though there are some great keyboard players on the album, there are a number of songs with no keyboard on them and the backing is all guitar oriented. This is first time I've ever done this actually.

Elliott Abrams

Now in its third year in office, the Obama Administration has never championed the cause of human rights. Its slow reaction in June 2009 to the stealing of the election in Iran and the birth of the 'Green Movement' there, and its delay in backing the rebellions in Egypt, Libya, and Syria, are evidence of this problem.

James Robertson

When you're relying on something that uses electrical power and someone to do maintenance on the thing ... if you have a power failure that takes the station out, you run the risk of sewage backing up into homes. By putting in a gravity line we won't have to rely on electrical power to transport sewage.

Today's decision is a very strong recognition that the Bank of Korea is backing a recovery in the domestic economy. It shows they're prepared to back that forecast in the face of a strong won exchange rate.

When I saw him backing in on that ball, I knew he was going to turn and rip it. And when I saw him turn and begin, I (thought the shot) was in.

Standing up to 33 nations, not backing down in the face of the world and the world's superpowers was seen as a great victory.

My question was maybe we need to study this and make sure it's the right step because once we take all the employees and everything under city control there is no backing up,

I think the same. I think we don't really understand how good we are. We've got a lot of potential. Until we show everybody how good we really are, people will really start to believe us and start backing us.

I think the reason that the U.S. would not want to be seen to be backing off from the strong-dollar policy is that it gives the markets the license to sell the dollar. And I think that obviously if we see a weakening economy and a weakening currency, that poses all sorts of problems for the administration and for the Fed.

I think Dan had a great first outing. That's a good way to start the year with the team backing you up and scoring 16 runs.

I think we'll see some degree of moderation, but I don't see any backing off to a large degree.

Mike Farrell

I think what we're doing here is backing ourselves into a situation where it is not necessary to be at all,

Fernando Vargas

I was wondering why they stopped the fight. I was the one pushing the action, backing him into the ropes. I definitely want a rematch. Let's see what he says.