Famous Quotes & Sayings

Conan O'Brien

President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards.

Dwight Gooden

My first year in baseball, there were only one or two reporters. My second year, I got to the Triple-A playoffs, there were four or five. When I came up in 1984, I never saw so many people.

We used to have a 330-yard cinder track. Now it's cut to 200. They put a baseball field in the back corner.

We urge all persons to read and base their investment decision only on the preliminary prospectus, dated May 21, 2001, and the final prospectus dated the date hereof,

We understand we're officially in October baseball. It just doesn't seem right to celebrate when your magic number is one.

We shocked the world. A bunch of hockey players beat the United States. Baseball Canada is in ecstasy.

Amy Bloom

I think all writers are mainly writing for themselves because I believe that most writers are writing based on a need to write. But at the same time, I feel that writers are, of course, writing for their readers, too.

Allison Tolman

I'm hoping I can evade a type and go for roles based on what I consider plausible and what I consider good.

Based on my pool of coached clients, 90% of the challenges for business owners exist in a lack of personal development.

Danny Meyer

At the base level, a burger is a piece of meat and a bun with something on it. It's simple but it seems to make a lot of people happy.

Joseph Pulitzer

A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself.

What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about something important.

Burning Spear

As a person, I've been in the business since 1969, and I never remember getting an honest count based upon how many records been sold for Burning Spear.

Ray Bradbury

I've only written one science-fiction book: 'Fahrenheit 451.' That book is a book based on real facts and my hatred of people who destroy books.

Anthony Carmona

Peace and security of our planet must be based on the collective action of all nations, not a few, however powerful they may be.

We have signed a contract based on a European price formula, which allows us to begin selling gas at a price of $230 for 1,000 cubic meters starting from January 1.

We have seen spikes in giving based off of those things (television telethons for Katrina families).

Morgan Ensberg

This seriously is one of the loosest teams in the history of baseball. It has to do with the character of the squad and starting 15-30. When you start off in the loser echelons of baseball, you learn how to come together quickly.

This will have the tendency to authorize police to make decisions based on ethnicity.

This was a great high school baseball game. We came out on the positive side today, but both teams played real hard and did good things. It was just an exciting high school baseball game.

The past couple of days have been based on one entity's view of what January's weather will look like and that hasn't been enough to establish a price trend.

The partnership between IBM and Novell is focused on delivering Linux solutions to the market that enable customers to meet their requirements for IT and network infrastructure workloads. We support IBM's initiatives to enable more IT professionals to evaluate and deploy DB2 Express and look forward to working together to bring to market compelling solutions based on DB2 Express-C and Linux.

There are headaches, ... But the hardest part is the emotional pressure - the thoughts of not growing old with my wife or watching my sons' baseball games.

There are growth issues the Board of Supervisors needs to deal with. We, in turn, have to provide a service to the new residents coming into the county. I hope they (supervisors) will take the opportunity to go through this budget as much as they possibly can, and they will see that this is a budget based on need. This is not a wish list.

Jose Aznar

This relationship is based on a firm belief in shared values and in principles that we defend and that we proclaim and that we assume.

Junior Seau

To chase an athlete that really doesn't want to speak with you and when you finally get him, gives you three words and you have to write a story based on three words of information he gave you, that's pretty tough.

To capture this opportunity, we need breakthrough partnerships and synergy based on mutual trust and understanding.

To base education on one standardized test on one day is an abomination to education. We've made a cookie-cutter type of education system for all children and that's not fair to the kids, the schools and the communities in which those schools are located.

The players need to know they've got an administration that's going to put a much stronger financial base behind the Reds, which means more money for them, more facilities. There will be no excuse that they didn't have enough money.

The physical condition of the base is the best I've seen,

Brian Leetch

The power play is based on results and not how many chances you get. We missed a chance to get points last night, so it magnified the importance of this game.

Frederick Jones

The president wanted to see the matter resolved in a positive way. Our concerns were making sure that no money was going to the Castro regime, and that the World Baseball Classic would not be used by the regime for espionage. We believe those concerns have been addressed.

There are always going to be month-to-month variations. It's like a losing baseball team: They win two games in a row and they've got a winning streak.