Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe Lieberman

'This is America,' my father used to say to me, 'and in this country, a smart young fellow like you can grow up and do just about anything.' My dad, no doubt, was thinking doctor, lawyer, teacher, scientist or businessman. I was thinking second baseman, New York Yankees.

Joaquin Andujar

I throw the ball ninety-two miles an hour, but they hit it back just as hard.

Joaquin Andujar

How can I play baseball if I'm stupid? If I was stupid I wouldn't have pitched in the World Series. I'd be playing ball in Mexico or Yugoslavia or on Pluto.

Joaquin Andujar

You can sum up the game of baseball in one word: 'You never know.'

J. R. R. Tolkien

If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.

The level at which physical demand emerges to support the metal will then form a base for gold to make fresh gains.

Don Cooper

The level of competition in Cuba isn't the same as it is in the major leagues. It's about Triple-A. Contreras went (to New York) and was expected to win right away and that wasn't realistic.

The last two years we've been hammered by graduation. It's a brand new team, a fresh start. If we get with the program, hopefully we'll play our best baseball in the second half of the league season.

Allan Ray

The last two years, Coach Wright's been real in depth with what he wants us to do. He definitely defined everyone's roles on the team. He basically just bases the offense on guys doing what they do best.

The law was passed in October, so if you're not the kind of person who saves every receipt you can use a table based on your income and family size.

The lawsuit is not doing anything to the process. We have to move forward, just like with scheduling. We have to schedule based on what we know to be the way it will be next year, today.

Mike Scioscia

The last month of the season I think there were a lot of similarities that started to manifest in our club that did in 2002. I think our situational hitting all of a sudden got back to where it needed to be, we're running bases well. We're going to get a chance to get into our game hopefully, and if it can emerge like it did in 2002, we have a chance to get on that roll.

Steve Mann

The lines and dimensions in the cases aren't based on your normal 8-by-10 (prints) but might be three by nine. These are natural dimensions and that helps it feel right.

The loss of this base would have devastated Connecticut.

The loss of the Champ Car series would mean the teams - all based in the United States - would close down, resulting in the loss of hundreds, maybe thousands, of American jobs, ... As we've said before, the IRL wants to bury, OWRS wants to build. That's the difference.

The long-term winners will be the big companies we all know by name now. In the shorter term, the smaller firms are doing a good job of building customer bases and rolling up the technology they'll need to compete.

The long-term goal of the program is to provide a uniform standard of safety and professionalism that isn't based on a particular style.

The main thing is early we were playing good defense behind him (Bowers). He stayed smooth, and we hit the baseball is the bottom line.

Calvin Ayre

The location of Costa Rica was originally chosen based on gaming laws. I was legally able to set up business down here. Every place where I operate I make sure that we are really strict about complying with all local laws.

The list is based on our own survey research. We start the data collection in October and publish the list in April.

The league is great, road trips and fans are unbelievable. There is no doubt that baseball is the No. 1 sport in Venezuela -- there is nothing even close. You have to deal with press here just like in the big leagues. The following is just like the big leagues.

The kids were relaxed, and they were finding the ball. Instead of trying to come up with one big hit, we did a good job of slapping base hits around.

The design of many of these systems is really based on how adults think, and the machines are complicated and children take years learning how to use them.

The department will likely require studies over a season or more. Based on the information presented by Erie Boulevard, we weren't sure they were ready to do that.

Bill Coleman

The difference between what someone is paid and what they think they should be paid is based on differences in perception of value ... and performance.

Analysts are expecting that next quarter's growth-rate will double, and that's based fundamentally on the really solid performance of our core businesses, ... Our Internet growth is taking off. Our Internet businesses grew 2.6 times this quarter, so the growth is in fact spectacular for us in our key businesses.

Ameritech has a unique opportunity to build on our $5 billion European investment base while continuing our expansion into high-growth segments in North America,

All that was contained in the report is based on presumptions and allegations. There's no proof.

All of this is based upon the Summit County lie. This is all rumor and innuendo from a political crony of Ohio's last political boss.

All of the schools, and the district name, are based on the Mohawk Indian language because that's the tribe that (historically) roamed these plains.

All the big electronics companies are based in Japan. So when you start putting a lot of electronics and electrical systems in, I think they probably have the best infrastructure to make the sub-assemblies.

All the decisions are based entirely on the election code.

Joseph Estrada

All the hostages, based on reports, are alive,