Famous Quotes & Sayings

We came out ready to play in the third quarter. We were fortunate that they had a couple second-chance opportunities at the beginning of the quarter that they missed. Sometimes it's that simple - make or miss - and we made a good percentage tonight.

We came out here in the beginning of the game really shaken up, with jitters in our stomach. West Virginia gave it their all. They played like it was their last game. Unfortunately, it was ours.

We came out flat in the second half. We came out and committed two costly fouls at the beginning of the half. We just played sluggish.

Reza Aslan

I have watched Muslims chant 'Death to America!' on the streets of Tehran, then privately beg me to help them get a visa to the United States.

Scott Turow

I tend to start with a kernel, a vague concept, and just begin to write things down - notes about a character, lines of dialogue, descriptive passages about a place. One idea fires another. I do that for about a year. By then there's a story, and I'll go on to a complete first draft that sews many of those ragtag pieces together.

Rodney Brooks

In 2008, I decided I wanted to begin a new venture, so I started Rethink Robotics. We build factory robots that a person can learn to train in just a few minutes. In May 2011, I stepped off the iRobot board.

Marlee Matlin

I began acting on stage when I was 7 years old. My first role was as Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz' at Chicago's Center on Deafness in Northbrook, Illinois.

I spent years only ever reading horror and then trying to write horror - and deep down, a horror writer is still what I'd love to be. But it wasn't until I started writing crime that things began to work for me.

Patricia MacLachlan

I think it's important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say, writers from the South or writers from abroad, it's where they begin as children that is important to them.

Patrick Modiano

I often have the impression that the book I've just finished isn't satisfied: that it rejects me because I haven't successfully completed it. Because there is no going back, I'm forced to begin a new book so I can finally complete the previous one.

Pico Iyer

I sometimes think that so much of our life takes place inside our heads - in memory or imagination or interpretation or speculation - that if I really want to change my life, I might best begin by changing my mind.

Patti Davis

Christopher Reeve understood that... everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.

My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I've spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you.

Ray Comfort

The universe began in an instant, is expanding, and exhibits design, order, and complexity. Every effect must have a Cause, and design must have a Designer.

Rami Malek

Not long after 'The Pacific,' I began shooting the comedy 'Larry Crowne,' which was also with Tom Hanks, who also directed and plays the title character.

That was the day I began cutting classes and returning to TV tapings; it ultimately led to a friendship with Johnny O, and an increasing fascination and respect for what he did.

Richard Perle

Nor should we exclude the possibility that Islamic terrorism may begin to make common cause with Western political extremists of the far Left and far Right.

Malala Yousafzai

I distracted myself from the fear and terrorism by thinking about things like how the universe began and whether time travel is possible.

Marina Oswald

Sometimes in the dark of night I begin to think. And I wonder if Lee started all this violence.

Phil Anselmo

Knowing what you're up against is part of the strength of writing something that is even, I guess, considered halfway original, knowing what's out there to begin with.

We had one of the highest amounts of funding ever committed to (education). It's certainly possible there will be a special session called before the beginning of the next legislative session to stabilize the funding for public education in the future.

We had one church where the ushers would go outside the sanctuary into the hallways to return to the front with the offering. After several months, they began to realize that one guy's plate never had 20-dollar bills in it. He was taking them out while he was in the hallway, out of everyone's sight.

We hadn't played in awhile, so we were a little rusty in the beginning. But we got stronger as the game went on.

We have them and will be training with them now. We expect to begin using them at the beginning of this construction season.

We were hoping Homeland Security would offset some of those reductions, ... It hasn't. We're down officers, the city of Boston is down officers, and the crime rate is beginning to creep back up again. I think there's a direct cause and effect here.

Dennis Conner

We were having trouble finding a guy to do the bow. There were a couple of mistakes up front one day, and Dennis leaned over the wheel and said, 'Tomorrow, you're going to try it.' That was the beginning of the end. Unfortunately, I got too good at it, and he wouldn't let me try anything else.

We were small in number, but you have to begin somewhere.

Typically at the beginning of the year, there is a tendency toward reinvestment dollars, which should at least give the market a hint of an upward rise.

Paula Creamer

Today was incredibly exciting, ... At the beginning I was very nervous because of just knowing that I had a seven-shot lead, but it is still hard to imagine I had a seven-shot lead with the players here. They are the best players in the world.

Kate Warne

Today was -- and I expect tomorrow to be -- quiet. I think many people have already begun the Easter holiday and it would take a big surprise in something tomorrow for the market to move very strongly one way or the other.

We do expect broad-based dollar weakness to resume when or shortly after the U.S. Federal Reserve begins to signal the end of the current tightening cycle.

We worked so hard throughout the season on our defense because we were so offensive minded in the beginning of the year. As the season went on, we knew defense would help us win games.

We work a lot on defense and we do a great job at the beginning. But we will have to pick up the intensity throughout the game.