Famous Quotes & Sayings

The data speaks for itself. I respect everyone's opinion, but we make decisions based on facts, not opinions.

The decision was mine. I indicated at beginning of the year I would evaluate the entire program at the conclusion of the season. ... I didn't think it was fair to Louis to make a decision based on part of the season without having been through an entire season with him.

The decision was based on new evidence that came to light in this litigation.

The decision to name one of the top managers in the game of baseball in recent time, to bring him back to this organization, is a very big day for our franchise.

Gene Edwards

The decision to build a formal living room is really based on the price range of the home, rather than design trends.

The decision should be based on the qualifications of the nominee, not whether the nominee is a member of the same political party,

The decision is not being made based on money. We are making the decision based on the football team's best interest.

The decision is made on the merits, not based on U.S. television interests, ... The reason why bidding took place before the selections was to take that factor (U.S. television money) out of the games selection process. If the networks were able to vote, they'd vote to know the cities before they bid.

Larry Sabato

The Democratic base is as energized as I've ever known it to be. Bush is hated, and that's all the invective you need.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of acts which have stained the game, and he must now live with the consequences of those acts. There is absolutely no deal for reinstatement.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

There's nothing bad that accrues from baseball.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

You count on it, you rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then, just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

The people of America care about baseball, not about your squalid little squabbles. Reassume your dignity and remember that you (players during the 1981 strike) are the temporary custodians of an enduring public trust.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

Baseball has undergone and absorbed a whole set of dislocations.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

Baseball has the largest library of law and love and custom and ritual, and therefore, in a nation that fundamentally believes it is a nation under law, well, baseball is America's most privileged version of the level field.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

Talking to Yogi Berra about baseball is like talking to Homer about the Gods.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

Baseball is about homecoming. It is a journey by theft and strength, guile and speed, out around first to the far island of second, where foes lurk in the reefs and the green sea suddenly grows deeper, then to turn sharply, skimming the shallows, making for a shore that will show a friendly face, a color, a familiar language and, at third, to proceed, no longer by paths indirect but straight, to home.

Adrian Gonzalez

That's why I've gotten so much experience at my age. You have three teachers next to you every game, and if I'm not playing, I'm watching baseball. You pick up little things here and there.

Adrian Beltre

I'm not perfect. Nobody's perfect. But I love baseball and I love to play hard.

Vinny Castilla

To know the whole country's watching you, it's going to be a great experience. Baseball in Mexico is not as big as soccer, but people love it, especially in the northern part of (the country).

Tickets between the bases are $500 and up, $1,000 for a seat a few rows up from the field,

Trucking specifically has been a very strong growth sector. I think we quit counting, but at one point there were more than 35 over-the-road truck terminals based in Springfield.

Nicola Sturgeon

Trespass, the outdoor clothing company based in the South Side, is run by two of the nicest guys and proudest Glaswegians you could meet, Afzal and Akmal Khushi.

Troy Perkins

Yeah, that's something I base my game on, is a lot of communication. Bobby does it very well, being a center back. Facundo is getting better with the (English) language, and he's stepping up as well.

You know, this was written a long time ago and it was based on history. All of Star Wars was reasonably political. It's just that most people didn't notice it until this episode was put into the puzzle.

Mike Redmond

You know, he was pumped when I just walked over to him. That was pretty neat. It puts things into perspective as a baseball player.

O. Henry

You know, from our perspective, we'd love to ... you know, we want to support the Baseball Classic but it's actually a plus for us that he's coming here March 1st and not playing there.

Elizabeth McCracken

When I first met my husband, he was sculpting Vilnius out of clay - a sort of Vilnius, anyhow: a map of an imaginary European city based on the Lithuanian capital - to illustrate his second novel.