Famous Quotes & Sayings

Even though we closed the forest, (Rita) evacuees tried to find shelter in the campgrounds. At Caney Creek we are told there were 20 people in one of the buildings.

To define a miracle as a violation or suspension or overriding of natural laws is already to presuppose what nature is like (namely, that nature is a closed causal nexus governed by inviolable rules). It is also to impose prior limits on divine action.

While we generally don't preannounce our quarterly results, given yesterday's market volatility and given the fact that our Miami corporate office was closed and management was inaccessible because of Hurricane Rita, we felt it prudent to preannounce our third quarter results,

Douglas Brinkley

While the scars of the monstrous Civil War still remain, the wounds have closed since 1865, in large part, because of the civility of Grant and Lee.

You can lose your job in any field you go into. I enjoyed the experience and got to know a lot of good people. I wish they hadn't closed the shop - if it were still open, I would probably still be there.

LeBron James

We wanted to be mentally focused and not give a team like Portland back into the game. We closed the game out.

Scott Skiles

We've had our ups and downs obviously this season. But the way they closed the season speaks to what kind of group of guys this is. We had many opportunities to not be as sharp, let the last few games go by and go on vacation (today). Whenever that (possibility) presented itself, the guys fought their way out of it.

To manage perpetually strong growth when the output gap has long closed will likely require a string of further near-term rate hikes.

Jim Taylor

Every location was closed because it was not meeting its financial expectations.

As soon as we got back and closed the gap down, they hit the first 3 and then Willis hit another 3.

At this moment we are ordering Total closed for two days.

Joe McNally

Digital technology has thrown a closed shop wide open, and there are more people out there snapping away than ever before. Some of the pictures are bad, some of them are good, and many of them need some seasoning and direction.

Steve Greene

Doctors still haven't closed up his left leg yet but they're hoping to by Saturday and he is still running a high fever.

Oscar Isaac

Being someone with Latin roots, so many doors are constantly closed for you because people put you in a category, and the thing I've always wanted to avoid is categorisation.

Felicity Huffman

We went to a party and I couldn't get in. I was like, 'But I have a statue!' ... They were like, 'No, you can't get in.' There were too many people and the fire marshal had closed it off, so all the other Housewives were up there partying and I was downstairs. Poor me with my statue!

You have an oil market that is quite tight in the products side, particularly in the U.S.. Then you have a hurricane which closed eight refineries. The market looks at the situation and realizes supplies are even tighter. Prices will only fall if demand declines.

Darren Star

Women are really emotional creatures, and men are kind of closed in terms of emotions. I think women are just a lot more out there.

Serena Williams

To me it doesn't matter. If they'd closed the roof I would have been okay, but if they kept it open I was fine too.

John McDonald

We will be closed for several months. The worst thing was the water damage.

Bill Clinton

Those same closed economies, isolated from the risks of the global economy, have also been isolated from its fullest awards.

We got some open looks and missed them and we kind of slid from there. We fouled and they hit their free throws and closed it out.

There's more to be feared from closed minds than from closed doors

We slowed the game down, got some stops and forced them to take long shots. We got some easy shots and just closed it out.

We were overall the better team. But we didn't put them away when we had the opportunity to. It turned out to be a game of survival when they closed the gap on a 15-point lead down to three.

When the (Phoenix) steel company closed 30 years ago, no one realized in 10 years, we would all be jobless and our downtown would be in ruins.

What we've done is we've closed the units to outside visitors in an effort to contain the spread of the virus.

Dennis Green

We need the public to be patient and understanding. We want to get this project done as soon as possible. We realize it is going to be an inconvenience, but it is much better than what would happen if the road has to be closed during the ski season.

Water should be safe to drink throughout the city. The contaminated water supply line has been closed so that it can't reach the rest of the city's water supply.

People would think we've closed and moved on.

Next week we'll have a soft start since U.S. markets will be closed Monday and trading is likely to show very thin.

From a statistics viewpoint, we played pretty well. We forced 11 turnovers and closed down their inside game. Unfortunately, Stearns lit it up with four three-pointers to open the second half and that was it.

Abu Abbas

If all options are closed before the Palestinians to get their rights, then only God knows what the Palestinians would do.

I don't try to force anything. I let the game come to me. They closed on me early, so I was swinging it out. And then they stopped doubling me, so I knew I could take control.