Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think it'll be a good proxy for a popularity contest for James Cramer.

I think it all worked out pretty good. I didn't do any work so I wasn't going to try to win the stage. The others had worked, so I wasn't going to try to contest the sprint.

He was actually an image pulled from our logo, and we had a contest to name him. We thought he would make for a great mascot.

Stephen Jackson

He (Crawford) didn't have enough time to pass so I knew he was going to shoot. I just tried to contest the shot. I contested it and he hit the shot.

Having a contested race is probably a tribute to our population growth. There may be a general feeling that 16 years is long enough and is tough for chance. An elected office is not supposed to be permanent." ()

Chris Rock

Have you been watching American Idol? They have Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul judgin' the singin. Paula Abdul?! Gettin' Paula Abdul to judge a singin' contest is like gettin' Christopher Reeve to judge a dance contest!

Lafayette gave us fits in the first half. They can really score some points. I was happy with how we played in the zone. We were smart and were able to contest the people we were supposed to contest. We stopped the bleeding.

Kyle Korver

He hit that (three-pointer) over me in the first game of the season. I thought I contested it so hard the first game and he still made it. I was, like, 'Not again.' But he missed it.

O. Henry

In the last 20 years, all these spots and sales promotions and contests were designed to deliver to advertisers, but we've lost sight of the fact that we have to get the listeners first.

I therefore urge Ken to enter the contest at the earliest opportunity. I hope my supporters and colleagues, including those who are themselves still thinking of running for the leadership, will follow my lead and back a winner.

I had to contest it. We had too much riding on things.

In a political contest, there is a winner and a loser, and the winner does the things that he wants to do and loser doesn't do anything, ... Second in a political contest is also last.

I knew there was a contest because I listen to that station, but I had no idea that (Elaine) applied. I think it's great. I am very happy for them both.

Barry Alvarez

I liked the way the guys played. They were where they needed to be. They contested throws. They responded to a tough week and that's what I like to see. They didn't go into the tank. They didn't put their tail between their legs. They responded.

The Internet is a contest between people with the same name to be the person who dominates that online space.

The contest went pretty well. Now we have to see how we do with a wedding.

The elections will be held in 36 municipalities only, in the other 22 there will be no contest because there are not enough candidates.

Bobby Simmons

All you can do is contest him. If you contest his shots, then hopefully he'll miss them.

Kenny Smith

The game itself is really the last thing on anybody's mind. It's all about the contests and the parties and the people-watching and being cool. It's a celebration of the game and a lifestyle. It's when everything and everybody surrounding the game comes together and struts their stuff.

This is a good way to learn about our musical culture in a fun way. There will be a song contest where we play old records from the 1950s, '60s and '70s, and people will guess the song name and artist. If we get enough people interested, we may even have a dance contest where people can do the Twist or the Mashed Potato.

Gary Williams

We're like a lot of teams this year on the road, and hopefully we'll have a good performance. A lot of that comes from your defense. You can't get into a scoring contest on the road and expect to win very often. Most teams play better offensively at home.

Dick Gephardt

strongly supporting everything that's being done in this contest by the Gore-Lieberman ticket.

Eric Davis

They wanted to win a game for Greg. We talked about trying to scrap, defend hard and contest every shot.

Rahul Dravid

They have shown so far they are a very competitive team. It wasn't an easy game by any stretch of the imagination and nine wickets does not reflect the contest between the two sides.

It was a great success. This contest is supposed to be fun and it was fun.

Nancy Gibbs

Few Westerners know Iran as well as Robin Wright: her first trip there as a journalist was in 1973, and she has covered every important milestone since, from the Islamic revolution and the hostage crisis to the more recent staring contest with the West over Tehran's nuclear program.

Deborah Norville

The ladies who ran the contest said, 'Well honey, don't you sing while you sew or maybe you tap dance while you sew?' I said, 'No ma'am, I just sort of sit there.' That was not what they wanted to hear.

Livy

Great contests generally excite great animosities.

They have been in every game except one. When Copley and Revere get together, you just throw out the records. It's always a hotly contested game.

Allan Ray

They have a couple of great shooters, and we have to get out and contest their shots. And they have a big guy down low that is going to be a handful.

This contest, I think, is really important because writing is the most difficult thing for people to do. The purpose of this contest is to have fun with writing to put the imagination on paper.

Al Gore

This is an endurance contest and who ever gets the nomination has to be able to win in a wide range of places.

You don't get into a pissing contest with a skunk and I got in with a few skunks and I didn't win.