Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have a men's shelter with 38 beds, which is much closer to full than we normally would be at this time.

We have always had close communication and dialogue with the government. It is always a good thing for the government and the DAB to cooperate.

We have also maintained close cooperation in the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and made contributions to world peace and stability.

Johnny Damon

We need to know how to win close games, and this was close most of the way. We need to know how to push runs across.

We need to have engine (capacity) very close to our plants. There is no reason why we wouldn't consider Michigan.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

We couldn't close the game. These last few games could have gone either way. It's hard. We knew that they play hard. They are young but they play hard.

Frank Robinson

We couldn't close the deal. And that was it. There's not a whole lot else to say.

We could have landed a knockout punch right then and there. But they went on a run and they kept it pretty close the rest of the game.

We could have done a couple different things down the stretch, but I'm really proud of the way our kids played. It was close all the way.

Fabio Capello

We could have closed out the match a lot sooner,

We know the day is drawing closer when the community of freedom will once more encompass the pearl of the Antilles, and the hemisphere of the American democracies will be complete,

We have worked hard for nearly a year to cooperate fully with the United States Attorney's Office, and are pleased that it has determined to close its investigation,

Willie Randolph

We have to win the game. He's our closer and I thought he'd come in and close it out.

We just didn't score. They had 12 points at halftime and yet they were within a point. And the longer it remained a close game, the more pressure I think we felt was because of the finality of this single elimination.

Brad Smith

We just didn't look good. We didn't win the close ones, and that was the difference in the meet.

We just didn't dig deep enough tonight. We got what we deserved, a tie. We need to close the deal out on some people and we didn't do it. So we got what we deserved. Overall, it was a good performance for a lot of guys.

We played pretty consistently during the regular season. All the games in district were very close and competitive. It's going to be interesting to see who makes it out.

It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it is wise not to look down too closely at the luminous glow which sometimes shines on your path on a summer night, if you would not see the ugly worm below.

Orhan Pamuk

I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.

Marlee Matlin

I'm tired of seeing listings of programs I want to watch that aren't closed captioned. And I'm tired of looking for the symbol on the side of the video package.

Paul Eenhoorn

Interestingly, I'm more closed on set than I am off set. On set, I'm closed. I don't want input. I want to concentrate on what I'm doing with this other person. But outside of that, I'm open. I'm everybody's friend, unless they don't like me.

Patrick Modiano

I've always had the wish, the nostalgia to be able to write detective novels. At heart, the principal themes of detective novels are close to the things that obsess me: disappearance, the problems of identity, amnesia, the return to an enigmatic past.

The big challenge our society faces is that we live in an increasingly open world with increasingly closed communities. This is also due to the evolution of the Internet, where people only read things that won't challenge their beliefs.

Pritam Chakraborty

I don't like talking unnecessarily, and my communication skills are zilch. I just can't converse with people. Maybe it's because of my stuttering or stammering, but I'm not confident of talking with people. I only talk to very close friends and family.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

I never really had any close friends in India, and I felt a terrible loneliness and isolation for many years. Westernized Indians don't like my books and I tend not to like westernized Indians - so we're quits.

Richard Marx

But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.

Richard Lewis

I didn't ever feel close to my real family. I didn't feel validated; I never felt right because I was always wrong.

We have the potential to develop into a really good side and have managed to put ourselves into contention for most of the time. However, we must learn to be far more decisive and to close the door on the opposition when we have the initiative. The Hong Kong Sevens is a massive stage for any Sevens player and our guys will be highly motivated to make an impact.

We have the eyes of the government on us and they are looking closely at what we do.

We were hoping our team would've been a little closer together time-wise. But we're still pleased with their individual results.

We were going to have a knee-jerk negative reaction to the Fed's decision no matter what, with so many different opinions on what should be done, but I think today, it may be that people are looking more closely at the statement and see it as the Fed saying things are slowly going in the right direction.

Phillip Daniels

We were going to get him, but Bubba saved him, so he better thank Bubba for saving him. We were close to the Gatorade cooler, but we weren't able to get him. But I think he should have been dumped. It was a big game for him. You know, getting into the playoffs. But we'll get him at the Super Bowl.

Joan Chen

We were so up high that we were really close to heaven, and that does render greater meaning to life.