Famous Quotes & Sayings

Felipe Alou

Barry, besides what he does with the bat, he's a tremendous base-runner. He doesn't have speed, but his sense of reaching a base or taking the extra base is still there. He's a good judge.

Because we have offered mini-plans in the past, we've received a number of inquiries as to whether we would this year. Based on the demand we've experienced and how well season ticket sales have gone so far, it's not practical to offer them this year.

Because we have a dome now, instead of a flat roof, the telescope sits a lot higher on its mount. They built a platform that surrounds the base so that it is the perfect height for students to look into it.

Because this is a scientific experiment, people are chosen based on very specific information. However, we haven't selected everybody yet, so someone could still get a letter in the next two weeks.

Hu Jintao

China's space mission is solely based on peaceful purposes, ... We are devoted to the peaceful use of space and are ready to extend out cooperation to other countries.

China's investment demand is based on excessive optimism about the future. India depends on capital inflow to fund its consumption-led growth, like a poorer version of the U.S.

China's current growth has been based on the rapid expansion of sectors of its economy that are already well developed: investment and exports have grown far faster than the overall economy. Yet the longer this pattern of expansion continues, the bigger the future risks.

China is part of our global supplier network. These are business decisions made based on cost, quality and the capability of the supplier.

China is becoming a major manufacturing base for the world.

China hopes all sides will deepen their discussions based on previously reached agreements, including to resolve the crisis peacefully through dialogue and reaching the final goal of a nuclear freed Korean Peninsula.

China highly values relations with Bolivia and is ready to further its reciprocal cooperation with Bolivia based on mutual respect and benefits,

Mike Schmidt

I'm always there for Pete. Major League Baseball has created this Pete Rose purgatory, and that's where he is. I don't think he would mind if the commissioner said no, if the committee voted no.

Mark Teixeira

I'm always ready on Opening Day. It's been the weirdest Spring Training that I've ever had. The World Baseball Classic didn't help, but I feel great and my body feels great.

Rod Barajas

I'm a professional baseball player. Nothing that happens during a game is going to take me away from doing my job.

I'm a more traditional baseball person. We're going to give the kids free rein to play the traditional style of baseball.

Salar Kamangar

Imagine you can tell YouTube you have an hour to watch TV, and it would give you programming based around what you have watched in the past, what your friends watched and recommended, what your favourite celebrities tweeted about, and on one piece of input from you about what mood you are in.

I'm a huge baseball fan. I always liked Marge, and I just wanted a couple of her things.

No one looked at that stuff. They didn't invest based on those documents. They wanted to invest in KL because everybody else was investing in KL. Why not get in?

No one looked at that stuff, ... They didn't invest based on those documents. They wanted to invest in KL because everybody else was investing in KL. Why not get in?

Larry Bowa

No, not at all. Whoever replaces Joe Torre has got their hands filled. He's probably been as good a manager as there's ever been in baseball for a long, long time. My thoughts right now are coaching third base for the Yankees in 2006.

One thing we wanted to focus on was the heart. That's the base of our pyramid, so it was probably the most rewarding thing because we can now build on that.

My concern is that we're growing, and we've got to try to establish some vision for where we want the city to go with the growth - and we've also got to try to strengthen up the bases from which we're beginning to grow. We've got to get the infrastructure sound. We've got to go back and pick up some of these things where we've regressed so that we can provide a vision, and we can work from a solid place.

Ryan Klesko

My defense at first base is good. I'm not like the typical first baseman who doesn't move well over there. Why do you think I get called the Pick Master?

Hideki Matsui

My decision was based on what's really most important. What do I prioritize? From that standpoint, this season and winning a championship was the most important thing. Especially this time of year, it's very important to prepare yourself.

My decision on how we go into the Honduras game is going to be based on the yellow card situation and the injury situation. We want to continue to improve and not just use the Honduras game as a nothing game. We want to get our players some more international experience and use the Honduras game to prepare for the semifinal.

(My Dad) told me, 'You have the chance to go to UMass and be a good kicker and a decent baseball player,' ... 'or you can play big-time Division I football, now pick.'

Eric Sogard

My dad played baseball and my uncle and pretty much everybody, so I was brought up early, at a young age, playing baseball.

Robert Stromberg

My dad was a low budget film director. I grew up as a kid making movies, based on the love of seeing what my dad was doing.

Muslims come from all political parties, ranging from the Bloc and the NDP (to) the Liberal party. They make up their minds based on what is good for Canada, not necessarily is good for the Canadian Islamic Congress.

Jerry Only

Music shouldn't be based around money or politics. Music should be a bunch of people that really do great songs together doing them together for the pursuit of having a good time.

More important is the opportunity to up-sell Comcast high-speed Internet access. You're getting this subscriber base to bring their own access, and Comcast can sell them cable-modem service pretty aggressively.

Matt Clement

More important is him and his health and his family, not baseball. Let's get him healthy and get him healed up, then we'll worry about when he's going to come help us pitch.

Marsha Blackburn

More people are working in jobs that are interactive technology based or find a basis in intellectual property.