Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matt Hill

Plum always has a good baseball team. They're probably the best team we've faced so far this year.

Michael Mann

'Police Story' had some of the best writing on television, and one reason for that is because most of the scripts were based on real cases.

Poland was the main base for CIA interrogations in Europe, while Romania played more of a role in the transfer of detained prisoners.

Lech Kaczynski

Poland needs to reconsider its mistakes. But more than that, it needs a consensus based on truth.

Politically, Republicans now need to be visibly engaged on behalf of something that resonates with their own voting base. Where else do you turn to get your base excited?

Polling done for the purposes of publicizing results is meaningless. And I think the media are guilty of spending too much time on polls People don't vote based on polls.

Porch is the best we've seen. He's got an outstanding fastball. He's able to get any pitch over at any time. He did a great job mixing up his pitches and keeping us off balance.

Personally, in my home, the district in central New York, the Air National Guard base, not 5 years ago, the commandant came through and said, This is one of the sorriest looking bases I have ever seen.

My suggestion ... that a check be made for that was simply to make sure that that base was covered. It was not to suggest in any way that Ms. Whipple was improperly using steroids, or had in fact used any such perfume.

My sense is that we probably will refine the criteria on which we base a 1,000-foot buffer, ... The one thing we've undertaken quickly is we have a map that would show what a 1,000-foot buffer looks like around our schools.

Only certain donors qualify for this method. It's based mostly on height, weight and hemoglobin levels.

Bernie Williams

One thing I've got going for me is I'm a baseball player playing a guitar. I'm not a renowned jazz guitarist. There should be people who are just happy to see me up there playing.

One thing is for sure, our kids aren't taking the chance to play for granted any more. Based on what they've seen and heard in the last week, being able to play this game means something to them.

One thing I see right off the bat is that we're not as deep. We're going to have to make adjustments based on our opponents. Hopefully everything will get settled in.

Will Muschamp

Nick is an outstanding coach and makes decisions based upon the best interest of the organization. Dom is an outstanding coach. I enjoyed my time in Miami and am proud of what we accomplished. We had a good thing, and I expect the Dolphins to continue accomplishing good things looking forward.

Justin Kirk

Ninety percent of a good performance of an actor is based on the material. If you've got the material there, you can ride it.

On the first Monday of the month, it changes, ... But because it is based on two months ago, there is a lag.

Dave Roberts

On the field, I don't think anyone's looking for people to be best friends off the field. When it comes to winning baseball games, you have to have 25 people willing to sacrifice and do whatever it takes.

One of the biggest things that people say is that kids love football, they love baseball, they love soccer, they love basketball, but put a hockey stick in their hands and we'll find out where their true love is.

Chuck D.

One of the biggest decisions this organization will make is whether B.J. Upton is going to be the everyday shortstop. If not, personally, my decision would be to move him to third base and let him play there.

One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship.

Manny Acta

I believe that part of what the World Classic did was remind people that baseball talent comes from all over the world. There are a lot of people playing this game.

I believe we need a fixed base operator if we want to be a regional airport,

I brought him here to see if he could understand some of the things and see a little bit how they're kind of off base on a couple areas. He's got a notepad, he's been filling it up. Hopefully he takes it back and learns something.

Ben Johnson

I am saying 40% of people in sports are still using performance (enhancing drugs). I think that based on past experiences I have had. It is not only track and field, there are soccer players, football players, basketball players, cyclists and you would be surprised that some of the great players are doing stuff.

CDW is priced at gouge levels -- three, four or five times what it ought to be, based on real risk. Most people are better off using some better system to cover themselves.

Celebrity children's books don't sell based on whether they are good or not. They sell based on whether parents want to buy the celebrity's name or not.

But we're trying to diversify our fan base to include women, minorities and youth. Our diversity is not based on color of skin. Our sport is the most diverse in terms of nationalities.

Mike Scioscia

But we're not going to get there if we don't play better baseball.

John Breaux

But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana.

But that's why, ... when you say 'baseball' you put the word 'team' right after it. In my opinion, I have the best team in this league - from the owner right down to the bat boys.

But the real risk that we have to see with the economy is -- does it take another leg down based upon consumer spending?

Ann Veneman

But the fact of the matter is that all scientific evidence would show, based upon what we know about this disease, that muscle cuts - that is, the meat of the animal itself - should not cause any risk to human health.