Famous Quotes & Sayings

Iraqi businessmen had been bringing back the funds that they held abroad. Now that it doesn't look like the oil income is going to come, Iraq is going to be in a very difficult situation. There's going to be a tightening of belts that are already so tight that they're cutting off circulation.

I knew in the second half we'd have to buckle our seat belts a little bit, because they were going to throw some numbers at us. I was proud of my team.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has completed research that clearly demonstrates booster seats reduce the risk of injury by nearly 60 percent when compared to safety belts alone. When we compared types of injuries between booster seat users and those who used seat belts alone, we found that children in booster seats suffered virtually no abdominal or spinal injuries while children in seat belts suffered injuries to every body region.

Royce Clayton

The greatest promoter in all the world. I've seen him carrying belts for heavyweight fights, everything.

Manny Pacquiao

Only in death will I relinquish my belts.

The unfortunate news is we're going to have to tighten our belts and budget for higher fuel costs.

Kathy Whitworth

It's hard to break old habits, but they got some time under their belts (Tuesday night). We just wanted to get a chance to try it out before we get to some tougher games.

They're still young, but you can really see the difference a year of experience under their belts can make. The whole team is really stepping up and you can see a lot of confidence in each and every one of them.

Brian Dawkins

It really does. All the new guys that have played last year have a year under their belts and I think we are trying to take this thing to another level. We are trying to be one of the best, if not the best defense to play for this organization.

It was clear we needed to make everything much stronger and stiffer. Which led us to the shorter belts and greater rear support for the seat.

UK consumers are tightening their belts as they feel the financial pinch inflicted by rising petrol and fuel prices.

Lennox Lewis

So, I gave my belts out to others to give them a chance.

Other in the industry are tightening their belts but we remain committed to steady, incremental growth.

We have a plan to reduce the county's sales tax by one percent, ... thereby reducing the cost of gas for the consumer. We (county) will have to make due with a little less and make a cut in the price of gas that will be visible to the consumer. If we have to tighten our belts a little bit then that is what we will do.

We've had our seat belts on. And we're trying to survive the ride.

This one would be a big boost for us. To get this game under our belts would really get us going in the right direction and where we need to go. It would put us one step closer to the (NCAA) Tournament.

What our tests have revealed are that in some crash circumstances the airbag sensors are not detecting the crash severity early enough, so we're getting airbags firing late, ... That means you will not get the most effective protection you should from the belts and the airbags.

Brian Baker

We feel like there's a lot of up-and-coming guys that can play well at times, but we just haven't really put a tournament together, ... I don't really know why we haven't done that well. But we're working hard. I guess the general consensus would be that we just need, I guess, a little bit more experience under our belts and need a breakthrough win. Hopefully this can be mine.

Ann Kirkpatrick

When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.

Serena Williams

It's always good to get a smaller tournament under your belt so that by the time you get to the Slams, you have a lot of experience.

Sean Duffy

As American families and businesses have been forced to tighten their belts, Washington has refused to do the same.

Michael Buckley

And a utility belt! I'm like an asthmatic Batman!

Police officers not wearing their seat belts certainly sends the wrong message to members of the public, ... Obviously, for their own safety, it's in the people's best interest to wear their seat belts.

Phil Hartman

I got my uniform and my belts and I wanted to learn how to salute.

If they're telling everybody to tighten their belts and they're leasing these luxury cars, it just doesn't fly in Peoria.

I feel like I have all the love and respect for him, I know he's just a scared man, he's nothing else. And now he doesn't have the belts anymore.

Evan Bayh

Families and businesses are tightening their belts to make ends meet - and Washington should too.

Audley Harrison

m the future champion of the world. I think the Americans want to see me in a test but what they don't realize is, when I get in there with these guys that peole want to see me fight, I'm going to deal with them as I have my first 19 opponents. Hopefully that will satisfy them, and if it doesn't I'll have the belts around my waist to satisfy them. My mission will not be finished until I have the belts wrapped around my waist. I'm here to stay!

I'm still going to respect him and the fact he held those belts that long,

That surprised me a lot. You would have thought the guys at the top would have tightened their belts a little bit.

Matt and Paul can step in at any moment. We want to get them some experience under their belts and get them into the varsity rotation about midway through the season.

We're definitely a different team than we were six, eight or even 10 games ago. We're playing with more confidence. Our sophomores have an entire season under their belts now. They're not sophomores anymore.

P. J. O'Rourke

Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.