Famous Quotes & Sayings

Johnny Carson

Your chances of getting struck by lightning go up if you stand under a tree, shake your fist at the sky, and say ""Storms suck!

Dany Heatley

I'm a big fan of it. It might not be fair, but whoever is in the shootout are guys who can put the puck in the net, so chances are if there was a big goal, one of them might get it anyway.

For the most part, when Katie gets on, we play pretty well. If she gets on early (in the game), then our chances of success are always very high.

All of these things lead to a world with more stress, more chances for people to be rude to each other.

David Brown

The markets have been pinning their hopes on improved chances of speedier tax cuts and structural reforms that would speed up the road to faster German recovery, ... Investors would tend to give a grand coalition the thumbs down, as reforms would be put on ice.

The hurricane season goes on till the end of November, so we're not out of the woods yet. But at least the chances of another hurricane forming are getting narrower and narrower.

Ray Allen

The guys that we have potentially may or may not be here next year. Organizationally, if our chances are slim to make the playoffs, we have to focus on who is going to be here in the future. It seems like a logical move. Our young guys have been playing well. It does get frustrating when you feel like you have to play for next season.

The guys are hurt and frustrated. We just can't get it done. We had chances up until the end. The disappointment level is up there.

Ernie Els

The heat kind of took its toll at the end. It was quite muggy and I had a few more chances on the back nine.

Ernie Els

The heat kind of took its toll at the end, ... It was quite muggy and I had a few more chances on the back nine.

This is merely a blip. We had a lot of chances in the game and their keeper made some good saves.

This is a great triumph. Our chances of playing the World Championship grew today (Saturday).

Tom Glavine

All I can do is keep trying to pitch and keep giving us chances to win, ... Sure it is frustrating when you try and go out there and win games and do not.

You want to get that runner, ... Yes, they might still have runners on first and second with one out, but you will take your chances with that instead of letting the go-ahead run score that late.

You've got to make plays when you have chances and the opportunity arises. If you don't, you are not going to win many games.

The game was pretty even. We played hard and had some chances to score.

Jeff Carter

The last four or five games, it's been going my way. I've been getting more chances and more bounces.

Henrik Lundqvist

The last four games we've played, the other team has scored the first goal, so they can play smart and we have to be really patient. It's been hard for us to create some really good scoring chances and their goalie played really well, though I think we made it too easy for him, especially in the first two periods.

The likely consequence could be very messy elections at a time when the country is most fragile, ... The instincts to print money and spend in order to get the voters' favor will be infinitely increased, and the chances of hyperinflation would go up that much faster.

Luis Ayala

The depth of our team this year has been the key, especially with the injuries we've had. We've got the numbers and that's been a key to our success. We have a lot of chemistry on this team and a lot of experienced young guys who are waiting for their chances to step up and contribute.

The difference between them and us on the night was they took their chances and we did not. Everything we hit went right at the keeper.

Mark Thompson

(You can) use it for the rest of your life, basically. It's a game they could have won. Last year, we played a preliminary final and it was very tight and we had chances to win that if we'd handled that better. Eventually, you know as a coach of a club that you've got to experience these types of games and this type of pressure.

The major reason children lie is to escape punishment. The chances are the more a parent or a teacher is harsh, aggressive, or punitive, the more motivated children are to make up a story to protect themselves from punishment.

Vijay Singh

The key was hitting more fairways, and when you hit more fairways you get chances for birdies. You can't make birdies from the rough here.

Their keeper had some fantastic saves. We should have had those chances all game.

Otto Rehhagel

The draw is not easy, but there are no teams that have qualified for the next World Cup and so I think our chances are good. We fear none of the teams.

The earthquake made the whole village homeless as house after house collapsed once the ground started to shake. We had to move down in search of shelter, otherwise our survival chances would have been low.

The coaches were giving me chances after chances after chances. You can only get so many chances before the coaches say, 'We're through with this guy. Let's move on. In the locker room at halftime, I kind of felt like I know I can do this. Let's go.

Todd Bertuzzi

The chances were there and I just wasn't putting them away before. I was fortunate enough to get a handful of good chances tonight.

The chances to go to a second round are 50-50.

The chances that we did have, we didn't finish them. They had three chances and they went in. Every reasonable chance they had to score they did. But we can't put our season on one game.

The chances of you hitting on a big-time player would be Vince Young.

The chances of us getting our money back aren't very good.