Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Howard

We didn't win - and let's be honest with each other: We didn't even come close to winning.

We didn't want to get into a running game with them (Nimrods) because of our situation. We were hoping to keep the game close and try to pull it out at the end.

We didn't want this to be another 'almost' game. It's important for us to go out and prove to ourselves we can win a close game.

We were disappointed to learn last week that these fields were closed to us.

Greg Walker

We have played so many close games this year. We lost some on crazy things and won some on crazy things. I think the key to it is we've been in so many, that nothing surprises us anymore.

We have played in a lot of close games, so I think that helps us. We've been there before, and they usually know when to get things done.

We've seen very satisfactory earnings growth. There's a hope that the Fed is close to the end of its tightening campaign.

We've won some close games this year, and we're gaining confidence. It would be great to win a game by 20 points, but we'll take the wins any way we can get them. This was a great win for us, and the offense really stepped up. Some of the kids hit some big free throws and grabbed some big defensive rebounds tonight.

Mike Woodson

We have had a lot of close games that we just didn't make plays down the stretch, but we refused to lose tonight.

Alex McLeish

We have run them close but we are not giving up yet.

We have repeatedly warned that some of the world's oldest and smallest indigenous groups are at high risk not only of displacement, but even of extinction because of the Colombian conflict. All indigenous communities have close links to their ancestral land, on which their cultural survival depends.

Stanley Hauerwas

The fact that I spent my life in universities in a manner that I no longer have close identification with bricklayers is a pain to me.

Roger Enrico

The creation of a closely aligned, separately managed bottler of this size would help us pursue consolidation opportunities and improve our performance in the marketplace.

The process in Illinois is unique, and we're all closely following what is happening there.

The reality is that most of Microsoft's partners are also its closest competitors, but that's nothing new,

There is close cooperation and a regular exchange of expertise.

Maria Sharapova

When I'm down or when it's close in a match, I feel like I am still in it. Mentally I'm still really, really tough.

Prince Charles

We shall not forget you, and we shall watch with the closest interest as you embark on this new era of your remarkable history.

We set up our schedule hoping to make February as close to what it'll take for us to win the regional tournament. I really think these last four games will have us sitting on go for tournament time.

Stephen Amell

I started to book good television jobs in 2010. I started to get really close to exceptional jobs in 2011, and then I got 'Arrow' in 2012. I know how lucky I am because just getting the lead in a pilot doesn't guarantee that that pilot is going to turn into something great.

When you wrestle a team so many times it gets closer and closer, but that didn't happen today. The kids wrestled great and we were able to rotate kids in. It feels great. It's a little different going in as a favorite. We have to take it one step at a time, two down five to go.

When he birdied 15, 16, 17, and 18, I didn't even come close to matching that. That's pretty tough to come back from.

Noah Baumbach

'Frances Ha' is the closest final product to what I had in my head of any movie I've made. I'm not entirely even sure why that is.

Noah Feldman

Like many great world faiths, Mormonism has an important strand of sacred mystery. Mormon temples have traditionally been closed to outsiders and designed with opaque windows.

Mike Wallace

But I was never, you know, when I see some kids today who are close to their parents, close to their friends... I think it's simply wonderful. I was not a happy kid. Back in those days, I remember the sick, gray days were better. Because when it was sunny I'd feel worse.

Nan Hayworth

The tenor of the comments as we got closer and closer to August got dominated by 'Wouldja please get this over with' and not let us go into default.

Nastassja Kinski

I always have the feeling in these low states that something good is about to happen. That's when I feel the fullest, the rawest, the closest to myself.

Naomi Benaron

When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a story of hope and rebirth.

Ellen Greene

I think creating of any sort, whatever line you're in, is paramount - you can be an architect, you can be a banker, you can be anything - I think that when you create, you're closest to God and yourself.

Pope Benedict XVI

The Lord has placed next to me many people, who, with generosity and love for God and the church, have helped me and been close to me.

Gisele Bundchen

Sometimes doors open and other close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging. That's where I think you live your life to the fullest.

Norman Douglas

To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.

Peter Jackson

We have lost close friends and relatives to cancer and Parkinson's disease, and the level of personal suffering inflicted on patients and their families by these diseases is horrific.