Famous Quotes & Sayings

Virginia Postrel

Apocalyptic fiction, while ultimately about God's purposes, usually portrays an immediate, human world of competing conspiracies. Whatever happens is orchestrated, coordinated and planned in advance.

The Patriot can end up cannibalizing or competing with vehicles in the Jeep lineup and not provide the incremental volume that they hope it does.

That was three freshmen and a sophomore. Zach showed a lot of speed in his 100 leg of the relay, so he looks like he'll be a good competitor in the 100 for us, and could be competing for a top three spot in the long jump.

We have an 8-year-old doing gymnastics, and we have a gentleman competing in swimming who is 90 years old.

Brad Smith

We can settle this lawsuit tomorrow. We can get back to ... competing in the marketplace.

Mark Zuckerberg

When we are thinking about stuff like embeds, we are not thinking about how we are competing with YouTube. We are thinking about how are we going to make it more useful for people to share stuff on Facebook.

Tim did a great job of competing and hitting his spots. He's one of those kids, you tell him what you need him to do and he comes through.

We've got so many cross currents competing right now, and we're in this trading range. And I think we're gonna have this volatile trading range for a while.

We continue to see a rising demand for custom home and large-scale remodeling in Loudoun. We won't be competing with residential developers, however. Our goal is to help existing homeowners improve upon what they already have.

I think it will be important to do well in this meet. It's a quad meet, which means there will only be four total teams competing so it will be important to develop a team atmosphere. It would be nice to come away with a win.

I think Joe's overall game has seen him competing physically at a better level this season. He'll be even better after working out all summer.

I thought he was great tonight. And that's the way we need him to play every night. With that same intensity and that same drive. He's a fantastic player when he's competing and playing hard.

We are now competing for students not only with much lower-cost state schools but with other private schools that devote more resources to scholarship aid.

I was very pleased with her effort and the way she's competing now. She's got that confidence.

Phil Jackson

I was very disappointed with the road trip. We had players injured and our team was not competing as hard as it could. The injuries hurt our team morale.

I was happy with the performance of the entire team. The team worked really hard since the fall and was extremely enthusiastic to get it started. They seemed to be in the meet 100 percent and competing hard. It was a great way to start.

Sasha Cohen

It felt a little empty with her not here. Michelle has always been a big part of the event. I miss competing with her. It really doesn't feel like the Nationals.

I think on the field I'm a complete corner. I'm going to be out there -- the guy competing 110 percent every play. Off the field I don't think you'll see me get in any trouble -- I'll go to practice, go home, get some food, get some sleep, (and) go back to practice.

Scott Boras

With all of the talks he had with American and Dominican players, he got a feel for this and made the right decision. I think he understood the importance of a player of his stature competing in this event.

Joe Sakic

We expect all of the acquisitions that we made to help our club, ... I expect us to be right up there with everybody else competing for the Stanley Cup.

Joe Hall

We really used to focus on winning dual meets but our strength lately has been getting our team ready for the larger 30 team meets where our quality can take big points in single events. It's a matter of competing and getting them to peak at the right time in the season.

Those middle-60 dollars will be spent probably at Target, Penney?s and Sears. They?re not competing with Meier & Frank, Chico?s or somebody like that.

We are really competing like we thought we would. We're getting an overall great team effort, and it's because everyone is believing.

Hugh Howey

There are two competing philosophies in 'Wool': one is that people have to live under an iron thumb in order to survive, and the other one is that everyone should live completely freely and happily and everything will sort itself out.

I would portray the lag as a glass half full rather than half empty. It's a pretty great performance when you consider what this quarter was competing with last year.

I would have loved to be there. It would have been a lot better to be competing with other top world athletes. If it's possible let's try and get back into the games.

Jason David Frank

I have always been a martial arts fighter; it goes to back when I was eighteen. I was competing on the circuit, but when you're performing, you tend to pull punches because you don't want to hurt anyone.

I don't regret not competing as a freshman be-cause (focusing on club) is what got me my scholarship and my future is way more important.

What you saw tonight was the result of some seniors determined to go out competing at the highest level.

Having an extra round of wrestling puts more pressure on the kids. You're competing at a faster rate, and it's a longer day.

For me personally, you're always competing when you step out on the field. Obviously, I made a lot of mistakes last year that I have to improve upon.

Brian Williams

Katie is a friend of many years, and a gifted broadcaster. While I am losing her as an NBC News colleague, I am gaining an able new competitor. I want to welcome Katie to the evening shift and I look forward to competing with my friend as we all continue to cover the stories that matter, all over the world, each night, for years to come.

Joe Cope is still the starting center. I'm going to rotate J.P. in there to get as many reps as I can with the Duckworth factor keeping him out of there. But he's competing for a starting job.