Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joel Salatin

I didn't really see a way to make a living on the farm. I always loved writing. I was the guy who won the D.A.R. essay contest and things like that, and it was the era of Watergate, and I decided I would be the next Woodward and Bernstein, and then retire to the farm.

Joel Salatin

I inherited Mom's verbal skills, and participated in forensics and essay contests in elementary school - and won every essay contest I ever entered.

Brad Smith

We will contest today's statement to the full extent permitted under EU law, including a full oral hearing on these issues.

first day and a half in this contest ... has been really riddled with insult and political invective as opposed to really talking about the issues.

This was a great team win, they did a great job on the defensive end and executing on the offensive end. Our goal was to contest every three-pointer and I think we did a great job on that.

We have a fast pitch here, with lots of grass, and that will make for a good contest here. It will be good to see how good the batsmen on either side really are on this track.

This whole contest is just totally inappropriate because of the themes of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe . It is simply a retelling of the story of Christ.

We're not playing hard enough, we're not playing mean enough, and we're not finishing plays. We're just way too nice. We would have won the Mister Friendly contest out there.

Gary Johnson

The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs. It's a contest right now.

We were right in the contest for 75 minutes, the game was there for the taking. We aren't far away from getting the mix of our team right.

Flip Saunders

We weren't aggressive. We were taking half-(hearted) cuts, so when you take slow cuts, you're not going to lose anybody. All the shots were contested shots.

We can't prevent shots, but we can contest them.

We contested every shot. We tried to get around screens a little more than we have.

We contest all the details of the report.

We really buckled down on defense in the second half. We limited their second shots and contested most of their shots. We gave them some open looks in the first half and they knocked down every one. We did a better job of contesting the shots in the second half.

We knew he could shoot the 3. We were late sometimes getting out to contest the shot. He knocked it down, so I give him credit for making good shots.

We always light up the house. We always had contests there every year. When we moved here, we decided to continue the tradition. We lit up the house, and before we knew it, all the neighbors were doing it, too.

We've really been sound defensively for the last four or five games. We're noted for our offense, we have a lot of good offensive players, but you win championships with your defensive effort, and the defense was really good. We really contested the ball-handler.

During King of Spring contest we moved up a couple of spots and we are now seventh in the nation.

Defensively, we tried to clog the middle so their big guys couldn't get in there, and we did a fairly decent job of that. We just didn't get out and contest shots.

Steve Perry

Soon another test would come. He must be ready for it. So he sat, but it was not mindless meditation but mindful scheming that filled him. In a contest like this, there could be no second-place winner. To be second was to be last and to be last here was to be dead.

Ronda Rousey

See, for some reason, I feel like it's a victory if I wake up one minute before the alarm. It's like I'm in a contest with myself, with my foot kicking around until it wakes up the rest of my body. It's the stupidest thing. But it makes me feel like I've already won something.

You want every shot he takes to be contested over a hand, and you don't want to let him get anything easy. Because a scorer like that, if you let him get something easy, it really gets him going. Then he's more comfortable making tougher shots.

A lot of filmmaking is an endurance contest between you and the people you're filming. Every time that you relax, I promise you, something interesting will happen.

This is the first time we've had a good contested race in the time I've been here,

This is not sour grapes. This is a person who lost a contest by misinformation.

Jackson Katz

The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.

There were a couple of 3s that were contested and we had a hand in his face, but he hit them anyway.

Lindy Ruff

As far as mishandling the puck, it was a contest between Eddie and Marty, and I think Eddie was worse than Marty,

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.

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

I don't see it as a contest or keeping score or a concentrated effort. I see it as an opportunity to recognize two important political figures.