Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael McKean

One piece that looked like it was doomed - we were going to shoot it in this hotel hallway, and it was just my character musing that maybe this was just the beginning of something, maybe we were on our way out of obscurity or something, and then we were setting up to do it - and we just had to get this other shot.

One of my friends introduced me to the idea of in-line skating. I laughed at the beginning but realized that if I could play hockey and tennis, why not skate too?

Obviously when things go horribly wrong at the beginning of your career, it's nice to know first of all that you're able to fix it and second of all than an organization gave you the opportunity to fix it.

Obviously, what their goal is - and it's been their goal from the beginning - is to liquidate the company.

Obviously we weren't pleased with our record at the beginning of the year, but we continually looked at the positives. We have improved every week since North Carolina.

Obviously, we thought from the beginning that the penalty was excessive. Hopefully, everybody understands what has happened and we can put closure on this issue.

Obviously with each win our guys are beginning to believe more and more. We want teams to know if they come into our place they are going to have their hands full.

Carmelo Anthony

Of course it was a disappointment at first, having that as one of my goals at the beginning of the season. But at the end of the day you and everybody else knows how the West was.

Miles Davis

Of course, because I was at the beginning of my career. For me, as a musician, to have a chance for an icon like Miles Davis to play on one of my songs was something unique and unbelievable.

I think they've done a great job, just learning the philosophy of the program. At the beginning of the season, we wanted to get 30 wins, and we still have a legitimate shot at that.

John Madden

I think they caught us at the end of a long trip. We didn't really have our legs in the third period, but we stuck with it and overcame a little bit of adversity. At the beginning of the (season) I think we would have collapsed a little bit.

Kofi Annan

I think they are beginning to wake up. I will be able to make that judgement, let's say, by the end of Wednesday,

It is beginning to look as though there has been a real improvement in the labor market at the start of this year.

It is beginning to dawn on users that this is a matter of long-term ethical responsibility. We need to preserve our heritage and make sure that when the great things are done by various politicians, representatives and civil servants we will be able to, in 30 to 50 years, actually read the material.

It is always dangerous to make comparisons, but having lived through February 1986, this current pattern is beginning to have that look to it.

I think the rally just ran out of gas. You're right at the beginning of the earnings reporting, and all the good news is priced in, and buyers are getting a little tired. I think it's time for a little pullback. After we see a little consolidation, then we can go higher again.

I think there are some signs out there that the economy is beginning to slow. That's going to keep the Fed on the sidelines at least through May and it's also eventually working its way into the markets.

Allen Iverson

Just getting back into the game and making it a game is all heart. It feels bad, though, because we don't give that effort in the beginning and then we start showing the heart when we're about to get blown out. You have to play like that in the beginning and get stronger as the game goes on.

Japanese investors have just started kicking in offshore investment at the beginning of the new fiscal year. They will do so more and more from now on, weighing down the yen.

January sales were better than we expected at the beginning of the month. We expected them to be down 15 to 20 percent.

Rick Hendrick

Jim Hunter (NASCAR vice president) walked in our pits and said we're going to check the tire pressures, ... What I didn't understand in the beginning was if you blow a tire and hit the wall and your pressures were too low, we're going to take points. And I thought, 'well how are you going to check pressures in a right front after the wreck?' So then we were told they were coming through checking them and if your pressures were too low that they could take points.

I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

Ernie Grunfeld

Kwame was the number one pick here and it probably didn't work out the way he would've liked or we would've liked, but we wish him the best, ... Sometimes a new beginning is good for everyone and we feel we have two very solid players for him.

Kristen really has had a great season. At the beginning of the season, she was a little down because the judges were scoring lower than what she was used to. But once she got past that initial shock, she did great. ... To go on to state with the competition at our district is quite an accomplishment.

I think everyone is really excited. At the beginning of the season, everything was new and everything came kind of slow. Now we just play. Now we're ready to show what we can do.

Kevin Bacon

I think even though from the beginning they were saying it's not because of the homosexuality, I think it is. But they can't say that,

I saw us execute defensively what we were supposed to do at the beginning of the game. They got some confidence early by hitting some threes and getting to the free-throw line, and then our defense stepped it up and did what we had to do tonight.

I said at the beginning of the year that you could have three or four losses and still win the league. That's looking more realistic now.

I said at the beginning of the year ?home and away it really doesn't make that much difference.' But it really is a difference. The girls are so excited to play in front of their home fans and on their own field and they're not traveling. It's so nice to be at home.

I said at the beginning of the season, I hope they implode the stadium before somebody does (pitch a no-hitter),

I said it two or three days ago. I said this was only the very beginning of the Classic, and it was not over. People started saying that Cuba would be out and I said to be patient, and just wait. Now we've shown what Cuba can do.

Jeremiah Trotter

I said it at the beginning of the season -- (takeaways) was our main goal. We know we are a nasty defense. We know we are a good defense, but last year we didn't have enough takeaways. That's a focus for us this year, getting to the ball.

Isaac Singer always wrote in Yiddish. He was so unsure of his English at the beginning that he was easy to edit and he learned fast.