Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Grayson

Americans are fighting and dying in Iraq. Companies like Custer Battles go there with the idea of stuffing their pockets with cash. This jury of eight people heard the evidence and were repelled by it.

They have been responsible for the school being in the condition it is in now. They brought shame to the school, nearly losing it's accreditation. We had to endure embarrassment, humiliation, court battles and costs and we want to see a change.

Rich Rodriguez

As I mentioned to some folks last night. There's a lot of good football teams in the Big East and we had some very competitive battles with them and we'll continue to have those the next several years.

Jairam Ramesh

Elections in India are not contests between personalities. They are ultimately battles involving political parties; promises and pledges that political parties make; the vision and programmes that political parties bring to the table. So although, Modi's style is 'I, me, myself,' I don't think 2014 elections as a Modi versus Rahul contest.

Every time we play, Blevins battles hard. Every time we play he is very physical under the basket. I don't expect anything less from him.

Being the head recruiter, he knows the battles that we're up against. I'm just grateful that he's staying with it. He's got some other things in mind because he knows when we bring (recruits) here, until we get a new building, we have to spruce this up.

There have been no battles to move immigration in the direction the public wants. The battles have all been about the leaders pushing the other way.

Is it going to be considered as an exception within the framework of the WTO, or are people at it going to say, 'Oh, this has been signed at UNESCO, but it does not touch our work.' This question will be at the heart of the battles to come,

It would look like the very thing people aren't looking for this year from either party. Two politicians fighting out their own battles instead of fighting over how to solve people's problems,

Patrick Sharp

We just played the way we wanted to for three periods. We got away from it early and were trading chances with them and were playing sloppy defensively. As the game went on, we tightened it up. We won the battles we needed to.

We will see more battles of the data.

We're involved right now in some very significant legal battles and it would be the wrong thing for me to do to step out in the middle of those battles.

We've had tight battles with virtually every time we've played them. It was a playoff-type hockey game tonight.

Joe Gibbs

We've had some big battles that I've been a part of in the first go-around,

Jeff Davis

We've had some battles with Turpin over the years. It's so much fun. It's exciting to coach in. It's fun for the parents to watch. I think it's a really good thing.

At this point in the season, you've just got bring your best game. If a team spends time worrying about your opponent, then you can psyche yourselves out. You start winning the battles and hope you can win the war.

There's still a few battles left. Those players know where those battles are, and they're all going to try to have the game of their life.

The resignation of Justice O'Connor creates a devastating and dangerous moment for reproductive health care and women's rights. With so much at stake, Planned Parenthood will be on the front lines of the Supreme Court battles to ensure women's health is protected.

There's going to be a lot of back and forth, charges and counter-charges. There's going to be a number of legal battles over the legitimacy of the elections. So there are just so many issues that have not been answered, it's very difficult to see what's going to happen in the future.

Joe Clark

I know there are scars and wounds from battles fought. It is a different day and a different process.

I like the battles in the corners or behind the nets. I like hitting the other guy when he is bigger than me and to try to take him down. Usually I fall down too but it doesn't matter.

Shoichi Nakagawa

I had an impression that ground battles will kick off from now on.

It is unfortunately true that our generation and that of your parents have left you with a big mess that will now be yours to clean up: wars, budget challenges, pollution, global warming, battles of health care, natural disasters. They're all there for you. We're willing those to you. Are you ready?

James Blake

It's going to be a great match. We've had some great battles over the years, hopefully I can come out on top this time.

Tim Phillips

It just doesn't seem right to us that the lady players could play in three events and could take away significantly more than the men's champion who battles away through these best-of-five matches. We don't see it as an equal rights issue.

Martina Hingis

I'm very excited. We've had great battles over the years, and now that I haven't played her since my comeback, it's definitely a great challenge. We always played one of the best matches because we knew every time we played, either we win the tournament or we were close to doing so. So (it) always brought the best tennis out of each other.

It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general on the other side of the Atlantic; but there was never a time during my command when I would not have chosen some settlement by reason rather than the sword.

But you don't want to make your spouse's battles yours. You might have opinions, but ultimately it's your spouse who's in charge of his or her working life . . . and it's his or her family.

Being a Longhorn, we fight a lot of battles in NFL locker rooms defending our program, ... We are constantly defending ourselves. I understand it, because during my time at Texas, the only team that was close to us in talent was Oklahoma. With them, player for player, it was extremely close in talent. I think it's just a matter of time until we get over the hump.

Cal Poly is a feisty team. We have always had intense battles with them and the home team has come away victorious the last four years. Their team is pretty well experienced and deep. John Nguyen has had a solid year with impressive wins at the top position.

Eric Davis

I don't know if I've ever coached a better competitor than Mike Gray. He battles out there and will do whatever it takes.

Michael McDowell

The last few laps were a lot of fun and we had some real battles out there. We lost the ABS system during the race so that made the infield sections a real handful but we had a lot of fun out there.

Ron James

Their pass rush did give us some issues in the first half, there's no doubt about that. But also, we knew they were going to give us tight coverage, and we didn't win a lot of the one-on-one battles you need to gain first downs and move the ball.