Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Billick

The problem I see is I don't know who you compare Vince Young to - and I think that makes people uncomfortable. Young is a different breed.

Phil Klay

We have a tendency to think of war as this quasi-mystical thing, and that interpretation flattens the experience - by using different perspectives, I wanted to open a place for readers to compare and contrast, to make judgments, to engage.

Nastia Liukin

It feels great, even though I had a mistake on the floor. Mostly all my routines are new compared to the World Championships, so I think I just need a little more time to get consistent.

Vince Spadea

I think my career, if you compare it to other Americans, it was maybe in the shadow, not as good, but was much better than 90 million people that were playing and quit.

Jake Abel

It does not matter what film you're making. If you're young and there's romance in the movie, it's compared to 'Twilight'.

I think if you compare quarterbacks -- who are the leaders of their offensive unit -- to how the team is doing and not so much how many passes they throw or how many passes they complete, I think the team success tells you a lot about the quality of the quarterback,

Robert Maillet

I think I'll get a little more interesting small parts and see if I can really... I guess you don't have to have the pressure on you compared to when you're a leading man in a film.

Vera Zvonareva

We're all upset. I think my tennis match doesn't mean anything compared to what happened.

Darius Rucker

We realized instantly it was going to be like that. People wanted to compare it to what we'd d done before. But are we going to complain about selling 16 million records? I don't think so.

LeBron James

Those guys don't realize, I'm a football player first. I'm going to lay down for a little bit, regroup and get back up. I'm used to taking those hits. They're nothing compared to football hits.

Without a doubt, he's the guy that I play the most alike. If you wanted to compare me to somebody, I play like him. ... I like the way he plays. He's such a competitor. I met him this summer and he's a big inspiration for me. We hung out a little bit, got to know him. He's a real nice guy, and everything was cool.

Amy Vanderbilt

We received 4.4 inches of rain, compared to a 10-year mean of 2.14 inches.

Yes, the demand for space at independent schools is a very real issue, especially at the more 'well-known' or 'prestigious' schools. The sector is also growing very rapidly, with around 2 000 registered schools in 2004 compared to 550 in 1990,

We executed really well compared to their quickness and speed.

We finally played them like we knew what we were doing. They were very surprised at how well we played on the field compared to the last game with them.

Kurt Russell

Well, for a nine year old kid to be able to earn $110 in one day compared to $10 for a paper round, the economics were even obvious to a ten year old.

Unfortunately this year there was a great disparity on the home side as compared to the road side.

Pete Carroll

We don't have that number (of touches) in mind. One of the guys you could compare him to his Marshall Faulk, in that offense of the Rams. We'd be lucky if he could be like that.

Dick Bennett

We are seeing in the numbers he is ahead, but the depth of his support is not as great as it could be, so I think what is going to happen is, they're going to take a look at him and compare him to Gore and see where it all plays out.

Joe Torre

We're not trying to rush him to get ready for any particular date. But compare this year to last year and it's night and day for him.

On the ice, I don't even have to look for Paul Daley, I can just feel where he is. He doesn't even need a number out there. He's a great skilled player, but nobody can compare to him in the locker room. If not for him, I don't know if we even get as far as we did.

One of the marked characteristics of the U.K. security industry as compared with defence is the lack of company scale. This can put our firms at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to big contracts.

One of the problems is that the reporting of data on wildlife crime is extremely haphazard. We don't have any feel for what is taking place compared to trafficking in firearms, humans or narcotics.

Tomas Berdych

I was surprised about the first two sets because Ivan played different tactics compared to the other two matches he played when he won. But I expected him to play better and even though three match points went I knew it wasn't the end.

Denise Richards

I would be so lucky to be compared to her, ... I could never live up to that, though.

John Beilein

(Basketball) is nothing compared to what he and his wife are going to enjoy.

'China rich' is the new 'crazy rich.' It's a new level of outrageousness. It comes from this world where overnight fortunes have been made, but the fortunes are so ginormous compared to anything we've ever seen in the history of the world.

Chris Paterson

I have been here since he started and if you look at the squad now compared to the one he inherited it's markedly different and I think he would say himself that it has taken until now for him to get the squad he wanted.

I have been here for three years and if I compare things from the first year I met (Webb) to this year, she has grown and matured so much as an individual.

I hate to compare this team with last year's, but it's a one-and-done tournament. We're a very unselfish team, and that's really helped us.

I feel like I am very fortunate compared to a lot of people and I want to give back if I can by helping with the MS walk.

Kyle Orton

If I play well and win a lot of games, everybody will compare me and Ben. If I play poorly, I'll be a rookie quarterback playing poorly and there won't be any comparisons.

Avril Lavigne

i dont want to be compared to britney,ashlee,hilary or lindsay. i want to be compared to me.