Famous Quotes & Sayings

Billy Connolly

I think that you'll find that Billy Connolly is British.

John Updike

Billy Collins writes lovely poems. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.

He's a young guy. It's like Billy Martin said -- if you tell him 10 times, tell him 11. Hopefully, that's the one that catches. He's gotten better and better at a lot of things. Obviously, there's room for improvement in concentration and not getting distracted by things. That's something we'll keep striving for. A lot of pitchers face that. Hopefully, we'll get through that.

Ned Yost

He got a pitch in on Carlos that Carlos hit out of the park, and Billy drove a pitch out over the plate, but other than that we couldn't muster much offense off him.

Natalie Merchant

I just wanted to get all this stuff in one place, ... A lot of it was scattered around or out of print. There are songs here that I thought would never get heard, the ones with Billy Bragg, for instance. The lyrics are kind of embarrassing - we wrote them in the middle of the night during these song-writing marathons - but I feel they are still documents of my work and that this is the place to let people hear them.

Willie Randolph

I'm legit now. I won't be breaking Billy Martin's or Earl Weaver's records, but that's been building up for a long time. I don't want to get a reputation, but I want to protect my players.

Patrick Swayze

I'm sorry, but I thought I was the sickest most irreverent person in the whole world -- Billy Bob just won that contest. You put Patrick Swayze and Billy Bob Thornton together and something's gonna happen.

Lon Kruger

I'm very excited for them. What (coach) Billy (Donovan) has done is remarkable. Two Final Four appearances in six years? That's a great accomplishment.

Buzzie Bavasi

I learned that from Mr. Rickey, ... and I hope Billy learned that from me.

Ryan Freel

I learned more in 15 minutes with Billy than I learned in 13 years in pro ball.

Martin Freeman

I love watching Billy Bob, just as a punter anyway. I like his work. But working with him is really easy and really straight-forward. He's immediately good. He doesn't have to work up to it. He doesn't make your life difficult. He listens. He's a very good listener, in terms of his acting.

It's disappointing that Billy doesn't want to do it. It would've been awesome.

It (the AFL) was so important to me. I had a lot of money in it, a lot invested in it. Emotionally, I spent a lot of time, effort and energy on it. I felt an obligation. A guy like Billy Sullivan had everything he had in it. It wouldn't have been the right thing to do.

That's completely up to Billy (Beane, the A's GM). But if they bring Mark (Ellis) and Marco back, do I see me here? No.

Victoria Jackson

There's a lot of money in Billy Graham's Association and in that Denver, Colorado thing, Focus on the Family. So, why can't we make Christian movies?

As long as it ends this way, I'm OK with it. I just wanted to be sure Billy had a lead when he came in.

Jo Brand

I've always been a bit of a Billy Connolly fan I have to say, because he is the supreme protagonist stand-up if you like. He's a perfect stand-up.

Jeremy Foley

Now all of a sudden, Billy can coach again, huh?

Mike Woodson

Salim will be back on Monday and we'll sit down next week and maybe think about bringing someone in, but I don't know who that's going to be. I'll sit down with Billy (general manager Billy Knight) and figure out what to do next.

Ned Yost

That's going to be the hardest thing I'm going to have to do this season is finding Billy Hall playing time.

Jason Giambi

A little surprised, yeah, ... but I've been around Billy Beane a long time. I know at the beginning, he made some moves that weren't very popular, but I understood where he was going. (Tim) Hudson's and (Mark) Mulder's contracts were coming up. The team, the manager, the players have done an unbelievable job.

Billy Joel

And the word spread of Billy the Kid.

Doug Melvin

Billy will find his way. Every year he seems to get his 400 or so at-bats. Things will work themselves out there.

Billy was in the toughest weight class in the Shore, and for him to comeback like he did shows what kind of leader he is. He stepped up.

Billy was better than half of the team.

Billy Vessels was a loyal supporter of OU all of his lifetime, ... We are honored to celebrate Sooners, like Billy, who during their time at OU carved a place in the school's proud tradition.

Larry Hogan

Billy played well. He got into foul trouble in the second quarter. He got two fouls in the second so I pulled him. We were down at half by six but they had us down by as many as 12, but I thought he really came back in the second half. It was a big game for Billy.

J. Taylor

Billy pitched a ridiculously good game. He deserved a better fate.

Lamont Dozier

Billy Paul's song is hard to beat. I made it my own with a couple of little things, but I wasn't really going to fool with his thing. I ain't crazy.

Ned Yost

Billy looked like he was playing in for the bunt.

Ned Yost

Billy knows his role. His versatility gives us a weapon at more than one position. He will get his playing time.

Mark Sanford

Billy Hill I've known since freshman year in Congress,

John Brady

Billy (Donovan) was committed today to stay with Darrel. That's good coaching.