Famous Quotes & Sayings

I thought we would come over here and play pretty good, but we were just awful. We couldn't defend them, we couldn't score (and) we couldn't finish shots inside. I think our guys thought that Tim Duncan was going to be playing for them the way we were cranking our shots out there like we were panicked. That's been a problem for us and it was pretty obvious this game.

We've been trying really hard to get more quality over quantity because we limit our field. This is the time of the year they're starting to crank it up.

We just have to keep doing what he's been doing and crank him up for the first Saturday in May.

Brian Sabean

I think it's reasonable to think he can play 120 games. I know we're going to have to rest him, and some days he'll come in cranky and unable to go. The next step is get him out in spring training and get him in position to do what I think he wants to do. Whether that happens or not, only God knows, but I think the effort is going to be there.

Christie Brinkley

I crank up the music, and I dance around the house.

He had a big night. He is really starting to crank it up. He made some big, big plays.

Darius Kasparaitis

He doesn't look very happy and when he's cranky you don't want to talk to him. It's playoffs. Everything is kept secret, even from us, maybe because they don't want players saying something stupid. I know as much as you do.

Joe McNally

Photography used to be not for the faint of heart. Its rigors would weed out the not-so-committed pretty quickly. You had to crank the f-stop ring yourself!

Jeff Ament

I had a portable 8-track player under all my ramps, cranking one of my four 8-tracks - Cars/'Candy-O,' Ramones/'Road To Ruin,' Cheap Trick/'Heaven Tonight' and the first Devo record. I don't remember skating without music.

You crank it up too many notches -- people use that term -- you get to a point where you can't perform,

I've got the music going really loud, especially when I've got that last five minutes of working out and I just really need to crank it up a little bit.

Christie Brinkley

I've gotten into the habit of cranking out a set of push-ups before each show to get my blood pumping and find my focus. I worked my way up from eight to 30. That was a real accomplishment.

Kate Walsh

I still like to make crank calls.

When we get to the district, our kids tend to crank it up a notch and get the job done. Our goal is to win at least two matches at state and place.

Mark Twain

A crank is someone with a new idea -- until it catches on.

Jeff Gordon

Something is going on with the front end. I can crank the wheel, and it won't do anything.

Jennifer Aniston

Some days you're not in the mood. I'm premenstrual and cranky and you just want to tell everyone to f--- off, but you can't. The people are so warm. They come right up and practically hug you."-about fans.

Now IBM has customer councils, Web logs, a lot more sources of information, ... But one of the problems with getting information is that you need to validate it. How good is it? Who is this person, a crank or a CIO? Share offers a measure of quality of input.

Now is the time to crank it up and start throwing it into some new gears for the playoffs. Teams are picking up their performances this time of year and when you look at us, we haven't really had any lapses in the last two weeks.

I used spinning gear and 6-pound line today. I had found my fish with a crank bait, but I just couldn't use it today. I used a worm. I had to slow down and finesse for them.

This is not the sort of thing that you crank out in a weekend,

You should be able to crank it down on a cable.

Brian Nichols

You're a lifesaver; I haven't had any real good crank since I went to jail.

Engineers are in short supply, so that kicks up the demand - even here, where the district is thought of as one of the better employers. The schools just aren't cranking them out.

Steve Sabol

Everything Lombardi stood for, everything that the Packers accomplished, all the principles that Lombardi has espoused for the last five years would be tarnished if they lost. He was as crabby and cranky and miserable as I'd ever seen him.

Brian Green

We all get papers like those in the mail. We put them in the crank file.

At that point, I felt that Maryland was shooting lights out. They were playing great basketball. So I felt like - I was hoping - they wouldn't be able to shoot that way for the entire game. We just needed to crank our defense up a notch.

Mike Holmgren

The other guys have to crank it up a notch.

We've heard that Mississippi State is a tough place to play. The fans have their cowbells, and they're trying to crank it up. They are a good defensive team, and it's a hostile environment.

Stephen Hawking

I am discounting reports of UFOs. Why would they appear only to cranks and weirdos?

Tim Purpura

But it's not the arm. He's not having any problem with his arm. I really want to hear what he has to say about how he feels, and does he want to crank it up one more year.

Grimes

My dream job would be sitting in a room, cranking out hits for Rihanna.

She had similar characteristics to mammals. She was cranky and demanding.