Famous Quotes & Sayings

With Sam, you went in and basically he turned on a tape recorder, let it run until it was out, and went back and found out what you had. That made country boys like Carl Perkins feel comfortable.

With rapidly rising household bills for energy, water and council tax, it's no wonder that consumers remain cautious about spending money expect on basics such as food.

You had a little bit of a back swell with Hurricane Maria, then Nate sent more of a backswell.   So basically you have a mixture of four different swells coming in and just making great waves for this area.

You have to give him a little room -- not too much room -- but you have to give him enough room that just in case he does go you can have a chance to recover. You basically have to rely on your instincts more than anything. He's a quick player but I'm pretty quick, too.

Gray Davis

This year, he's on the right track, and he's trying to chart a course for California proposing investments that will control traffic, reduce pollution and build more schools. That's good, basic stuff.

When you meet up in your early days, those are the relationships that last. A lot of things are different than those days, but our practice rounds are basically the same.

Kevin Garnett

When you lose, the easy part is to see who gives up. Giving up is very simple. You basically take your stuff and walk away. To continue to work and to continue to compete is one of the most difficult things, especially when you really don't have anything to play for other than dignity and self-perseverance. That's when you see who's really with you.

What the judge basically told us to do was move forward with the elections under the current regime.

We've reached a stage where everyone is following the same basic formula and all SUVs look pretty much the same.

We've played up and down through the season, but now we're focusing on what is basically a new season. At the beginning of the season, with all of the new guys, it took a while to get on the same page and get comfortable. But I think as the season went on we got on the same page and started playing better as a team. Lately, we've had a little more success as a team.

We were on the ice on Tuesday and just had team pictures and a little bit of a chat about what's happening on the weekend. The guys got their gear together and we had a light skate and basically got ready for (today).

What happened basically is that they were doing a figure-8 bus race, and the driver was ejected and run over

Dave Barry

What, exactly, is the internet? Basically it is a global network exchanging digitized data in such a way that any computer, anywhere, that is equipped with a device called a 'modem', can make a noise like a duck choking on a kazoo

Kevin Brockmeier

I'm a Sagittarius, born in the year of the rat, all of which is basically meaningless to me.

Kodi Smit-McPhee

I think indie films have more of a fresh, experimental vibe about them, whereas studio films know what they want and can basically get it.

Jesse Jackson

Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven.

Kim Yuna

For the off-ice training, I do basic strength training, and for the on-ice training, I practice jumps, spins, steps, and my new long program with my new coach Peter Oppegard.

Steve Forbes

I chose 17 percent because, with the generous exemptions, it allows people to meet their basic needs, but also produces a healthy revenue stream,

I cheated slightly, ... I wrote what I wanted them to say and then basically browbeat them into saying it.

Bill Frist

I do not expect that this year will be any easier than in the recent past, but I am confident that for the sake of this institution and the congressional budget process, we will do the most basic of our responsibilities this year-produce a budget.

I'd much rather have this challenge than having to deal with lesser known countries. The challenge we have in particular ... everybody has basically written us off.

Brooke Burns

I do love sharks. The tuna fishermen go and fin the sharks and dump 'em back into the ocean. It's basically mutilation.

Colleges are basically first and foremost businesses. They're not in the business of holding people back because they don't have a certain set of skills. ... I think that now that the data is out there, I would hope colleges maybe offer more remedial classes that try to fill in those gaps.

College is the first time you're away from home, parents, and 'Watch Your Head' basically means to be careful.

Terry Thomas

Collectively the guards felt a little disrespected after last year. Teams were basically thinking that we were suspect, so now when they play off, we punish them for it.

(Colts linebackers) David Thornton and Gary Brackett helped me out a tremendous amount, basically teaching me how to play the position.

I believe in the basic goodness of people, ... If presented with the facts, people will make the right decisions.

I believe so, we're in the taper phase. The proof will be in the times at the meet. There's always a little bit of uncertainty in that. You basically work them hard and rest them out.

Andy Reid

He battled through that thing like the warrior he is. He just came up with some huge throws in the second half. That basically tells you the whole story about Donovan McNabb right there.

Brian McDermott

He basically would have been in the crater at the time of the eruption and we are hoping that by some freak of nature that perhaps he got delayed on the way.

He basically went from shelter to shelter, from recovery home to recovery home.

He basically was, 'I'm sorry for not listening to you guys.' I told him he didn't have to apologize,

Adam Goldberg

He basically was curious and wanted to see where and what the storm drain systems were all about. So he decided to take a little expedition in the storm drain systems of Pima County and learn a lesson the hard way.