Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathryn Stockett

What conflicting ideas that we love and embrace these women, and entrust them to raise our children and to feed us and to bathe us, but we keep something as silly as a bathroom separate.

If we could just run him up or see him, we could say we know where he's at, we know he's there. We could start with a battle plan.

She had this old tin bathtub that you can carry around, that they used to use before indoor plumbing. We saw it hanging in her garage. It was the original tub they used in the house. She was going to throw it out, but she let us have it. We hang it up now.

Mark was inside, in a small bathroom by the entry,

I think she was still hitting her spots. They just put the bat on a couple.

When you're in trouble and need to get those double plays to get out of it. You know that the team you're playing is swinging the bat pretty well.

Ivan Rodriguez

It doesn't matter where I bat in the lineup. If I do my job and we're a healthy team this year, we could win a lot of games.

I think I'd go for Collingwood, who can bowl a few overs and bat a bit,

Hanley Ramirez

I think I'm swinging the bat a little better than last year. This year I'm short and quick. Last year I was horrible.

Terry Collins

I think he'll do fine. He was a shortstop out of high school, so he knows about playing middle infield. He's got good feet and a strong arm, but his bat is going to carry him no matter what position he's at.

I think he has a chance be a terrific offensive player. But part of becoming a great offensive player is having a full understanding of the strike zone and understand what pitchers try to do to him in certain situations. The only way you get to that point is you keep carrying the bat to the plate.

Ozzie Guillen

It depends on how they swing the bat. Whoever swings the bat better will move up. I can wiggle and play with my lineup. If A.J. swings well, I want A.J. to protect Dye. If not, I want Iguchi to do it.

John seems to have really found himself in the past few games and it's were thrilled to have him swinging the bat the way he is capable.

Weird, isn't it? I can swing a bat and not feel anything with my elbow. Right-handed, left-handed, doesn't matter. It feels perfect when I swing.

Carl Crawford

You just want the first pitch you can get the bat on. You do what you can do with it.

Alex Rodriguez

who can change the game around simply with his bat in his hand.

We couldn't do anything, but they had a lot to do with it. We didn't hit our spots well, and we had one guy swing the bat well. We got our butts kicked our hats handed to us and that's all you can say about it. They made the plays, and we made errors. It was a butt-kicking. I'm man enough to say it, and that's what happened today.

Phil Garner

Well, I think Chris is swinging the bat pretty good right now and he has through these playoff games, ... Going with a little bit of a hot hand. This is only a move to do today. I haven't even thought about tomorrow.

Moises Alou

He always tries to do what's best for the team. No question about that. I hate to take him out of the game and have one of the kids bat fourth in a late-inning situation. You don't want a young kid to come up three times in extra innings.

He really pounded it. He's really starting to come around with the bat a little bit.

He read it off the bat well, played it well and he was in perfect position. When it was off the bat, I though it was in.

Magglio Ordonez

He plays the game the right way. When you play the game the right way, the game comes to you. He's really quiet, but he talks with his bat and glove.

Mark Ellis

If I could figure out this team, I'd be a genius. We're all either swinging the bat well at the same time, or not.

If I found a bat in my yard, me and my roommates might pin it up to our fence.

Phil Garner

I'd hoped they would try to be cautious with him and maybe throw something up there and make a mistake and let him hit the ball. They took the bat out of his hands, which I hoped they wouldn't do.

Ray Allen

I caught a couple of stingers out there. It's been a long time since I swung a bat, and it was an aluminum bat way back then.

Ned Yost

I don't think there is a guy I would more want to see up there in that situation than Carlos because he's been swinging the bat so well.

Elizabeth Taylor

I don't talk about it. But when I was a little girl, my father was abusive when he drank and seemed to kind of like to bat me around a bit, ... I don't blame him at all. I know he was drunk when he did it. I know he didn't mean to do it.

I don't think Capote knew exactly what he was setting himself up for. He said later if he'd known what was going to happen, he would have driven right through the town like a bat out of hell.

I am proud of our guys because I really thought they maintained their focus for five straight days. Winning cures a lot of ills. It is lot easier to play when you're winning and you are swinging the bat and people feel good about themselves. Losing is a hard thing. I want it to not be fun when you lose.

I am not worried about our hitting. We're going to be fine. We've got some guys that swing the bat up and down the lineup. It's just one of those things where we really haven't got going yet. We have had some opportunities, but just haven't come through yet but that's just part of the game. It's obviously a little more glaring when you start the season that way.

Laynce Nix

I don't want to say no, because I could be. Right now I'm where I need to be. I'm getting more confident doing my regular exercises, swinging the bat feels good and my throwing program is coming along.

Jay Moore

He's not mobile, and he kind of slings the ball. He doesn't get his passes up real high. Hopefully, we can get some hands up and get a chance to bat down some balls.