Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dennis Franchione

Are we there yet? I can't say that, but we're a lot closer than we were. Hopefully we'll take another step this year.

Each game we win we get closer and closer. We still have hope and we will keep pushing.

Tarja Halonen

Even during difficult times, he contributed to positive developments in his own country as in the other Baltic states and paved the way for them to come closer to Europe.

Fiscal year 2007 starts in July, so we're closer than you think.

Charles Stross

Britain is relatively compact and much closer to the borders of the U.S.S.R. than anywhere in North America.

Every time in the last couple of weeks that this has looked closer to a resolution, the market has done better.

O. Henry

Billings sucks, dude. It's so far away, and everybody was coming from Missoula anyway, so it made more sense to do something closer to home.

Everything points to a moderation in the economy, which points to the Fed closer to being finished. The front end of the market has some value here.

As the game gets closer and closer, the rim gets a little smaller. We kept inching, inching, inching, and maybe they start to play a little tighter. The pressure's all on them.

Ali Babacan

as the country's accession process progresses, it will be closer to modern standards.

As to which reforms he would like to see included in a package on the floor or what amendments will be offered or supported, we will be discussing those as we get closer to action.

As it gets closer and studies get complete, we'll learn more of the details.

Steven Pressfield

I knew I wanted to write novels, but I could not finish what I started. The closer I got, the more ways I'd find to screw it up.

To me it felt like it was just because I know how we are -- we have a tendency that when teams make a run on us it's a big one. To me it seemed closer than it was, but that could just be me because I'm always nervous.

To be honest I felt like we would win today. But as the time drew closer I started getting nervous about it. I'm glad the girls didn't show any of that.

We think that these orbital characteristics may mean that they were all formed closer to the sun, and then were tossed around by the giant planets before they ended up with the odd orbits they currently have,

We are a step closer to it now -- the doomsday scenario.

We are still closer than we have ever gotten before.

The timely conclusion of the second contract shows our closer co-operation with the EIB.

I started seeing this stuff and said, 'Wow, what the heck is that?' I got closer and once I saw the teeth, I realized it was actually a human skull,

I've been living a nightmare, worrying if she is hurt or ill. There is no one I hold closer to my heart than my sister, and I am deeply worried wondering how she is being treated.

What they are doing is sending a signal they are no closer to the end of the tightening cycle than they were at the January meeting. We have little doubt that the new Fed is concerned about inflation and, probably more importantly, inflation expectations.

We try not to look at it (the standings). Each game we win it's closer and closer and hopefully we're going to continue the next few games to keep winning. Then we can think about the playoffs.

We tried to feel each other out back in November, so this was a good measuring stick. The margin was closer the first time, but we played a much better game tonight and competed more. The score obviously won't show that.

We just needed to get closer to him. He had uncontested shots in the first half, and he's too good a player to do that.

We just got it, and need to look at it closer before we respond.

What's going to be key over the next week and determine how stocks perform is the interplay of pre-announcements versus brokerage upgrades. The corporate news will become more relevant than the economic news as we get closer to the period of quarterly reporting.

We had 298 evacuees in the four shelters, but we're down to 120 today. Our numbers are continuing to fall as people find family members to stay with or return closer to home down south.

Without the fall season, it would probably be easier or likely (to become a recognized Title IX sport). It moves them closer in that direction.

Matt Paxton

We had a real strong one, two and three man today. It's nice to see that third man running a lot closer than the other two. We've been waiting on that all year.

Craig Dawson

We had a really good match tonight. The score really doesn't tell the story, as it was much closer than it appears. George Washington has developed its program and they had a nice crowd there to support the team. The win gives us some momentum heading into this weekend's matches at Yale.

We think it's closer to the truth than the first two.

We're doing a better job of filling events and getting people closer to qualifying.