Famous Quotes & Sayings

Buck Showalter

Kam was outstanding. He gave us a great chance to win, but he ran into Beckett. Two big body, quality starters, and obviously Beckett was at the top of his game.

John Beck doesn't have a good arm, he's got a great arm, one of the strongest in college football. He's very accurate, has an extremely quick release. He's one of the best I've ever seen.

Ray Liotta

I talk to my friends and, you know, they all seem to get relationships that aren't right. You kind of want someone who is not at your beck and call but loves the idea of being in a relationship and what that entails.

Gordon Taylor

David Beckham is a patriot, and I am sure he will help in any way he can. Beckham needs to be part of any future plans to remould the England set-up. Beckham and players like him need to be integrated into the set-up in the same way that the Germans take on board former players from Beckenbauer to Rummenigge.

Sven Eriksson

I don't have any problem with Beckham as captain. I have not spoken to him about the dismissal. I don't know what happened but you do get sent off in football. He is going to be captain in Germany.

Being such a small town, it is hard to get doctors to work here. If you're the only doctor, you have to be on call 24-7. You have to be at everyone's beck and call. You can't go on vacation. You can't go shopping. You have no free time.

Marlon Byrd

That's the Beckett from the World Series a couple of years ago.

I've got 24 guys and I'm going to play everybody. You don't have to worry about keeping the nine starters happy. They're playing. I want the guys on the bench to always be ready at the beck and call.

Rebecca Brown

The Last Time I Saw You ... the obsessive, darkly humorous voice that has earned her comparisons to Samuel Beckett and Djuna Barnes.

David Brock

For CNN to tap an unapologetic preacher of hate signals a desperate and misguided ploy for ratings without regard for the thousands of Americans Beck has offended with his malicious commentary.

There was a time when you wouldn't find but a handful of African-Americans in Beckett Ridge,

John Gibbons

That was a character builder. We've got winners on this team. That wasn't easy. Beckett was rolling. We got some big clutch home runs. That was outstanding. That's one where you come all the way back -- when you end up winning those games, it does a lot for you.

I've been a huge fan of his since I started directing. For me, directing Beckett has the same rush I had when I was directing Shakespeare. It is sublime material, and when it works it is so powerful. It's some of the most exciting theater I've ever been part of.

Edward Carey

Fairy tales, before they were sanitized, were very dark, and kids love that. 'Coraline' by Neil Gaiman feels like Beckett for kids. I think there's plenty of room for that. And I think there's a danger of being too patronizing to children, having things too sanitized.

Barry Humphries

I've played Beckett. I put on in the 1950s the first Australian production of 'Waiting for Godot.' I played Estragon. The most interesting conversation I've had about Beckett was with a Dublin taxi driver.

Getting Beck was so huge for them, ... We perceived Beck as the No.1 quarterback on Nebraska's board. They told him if he comes to Nebraska they would not recruit another quarterback this season. And they haven't.

If the fans do not know me now, they will know me after Saturday. We all have to pay our dues. Some have to pay them longer than others, but we all have to pay them. I was not just excited when I first heard that I was getting this great opportunity. I was overwhelmed. I am not concerned with anything Beck might do. I am here to come to do what I do. I am going to bring the thunder and the rain. When I hit Beck on the head, he is going to feel the pain.

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John Gibbons

Beckett settled in, and can really overpower you when he throws strikes.

I couldn't tell what happened, really. I missed it. I tell you, though, that kid's a good player and I hate it for Coach Beckett and his staff.

I don't think this will bring any trouble for the grand coalition. Beck is also someone who supports the coalition.

There are people in this servile world who will endure any trampling, and at the first beck rush delightedly to proffer their assistance.

You are at the bench most of the time. You are at the beck and call of the dentist.

We panicked a little bit. Beckham forced a shot with a couple of extra seconds left, but that happens.

Billy Collins

Discovering Samuel Beckett in college was a big deal for me. I realized you could be very funny and very dark at the same time.

Fabien Barthez

You have to create your own luck. At 2-0 the match is over. With a Beckham penalty it is 90 percent luck for a goalkeeper and 10 percent concentration.

Steven Gerrard

This time round, there's ... a good mix of youth and experience. It could be the likes of David Beckham and Gary Neville's last World Cup, so I think everyone's going to be desperate this time round to deliver.