Famous Quotes & Sayings

Whichever character I'm using and wherever I am in my mind dictates what kind of story I'm going to tell.

We can't let them dictate the tempo. Their offense doesn't take any chances. They are very patient, and they run their stuff extremely well.

Johnny Damon

We had opportunities; we just couldn't capitalize. That's the most aggravating thing about this game. When you're not hitting and scoring runs, it dictates how well your season goes.

We can at least try to dictate the agenda.

We have a team that needs to dictate tempo. We?re not big, we?re not quick, we?re not going to overpower you with talent. What we have to do is do two or three fundamental things well.

Mitt Romney

Fairness dictates that the highest income people should pay the greatest share of taxes, and they do.

Zakk Wylde

For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?

Thurston Moore

We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent. I'm just going to let time dictate how Jim's future evolves.

Marshall Faulk

Without a doubt. It's just weird when you hear the ones called out and I still take that step to go because it's always been like that for me. Now I have to hear formations and personnel that dictate when I'm in the game. But it's fine. It's a process.

Simon Mawer

Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time.

E. B. White

Basically, when you play the top teams, you need nine players ready to go. We knew that going in, but it was unfortunate that the fouls dictated the game.

Chris Evans

I love acting. It's my playground, it let's me explore. But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.

Lleyton Hewitt

I felt like I played pretty solid. I put pressure on nearly all of his service games. I was trying to dictate as much as possible and get him on the defensive.

Grant Heslov

His public persona dictates that he's the life of the party -- which he is -- and that he's all about fun -- which he is.

Jake has done a good job for us. He's able to spot his pitches and dictate to the hitters instead of letting them dictate to him; he's pretty consistent.

Connie Mack

I would stress that the legislation I am proposing does not dictate an outcome,

Danny Blind

Italian sides always give you the idea that you can play your own game. But they also dictate how far you can go.

Dennis Hastert

I think it behooves them to find the votes, ... To have a small number of people dictate to this nation what they can do and can't do is just not acceptable.

We expect to stabilize the price but price is dictated by the market.

There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak to whom and when.

Gerard Butler

He will dictate if we go at the weekend and where we go,

Robert Kelly

If we can dictate the pace like we did tonight, I like our chances.

David Booth

I don't dictate what humans should read. Only 15-20 percent of men read fiction. The rest don't.

Michael Barrett

Where I hit in the lineup shouldn't dictate my performance. It has no correlation. I just have to get good pitches to hit.

Steve Simmons

We'd like to be in a position to utilize our bench. But the game will dictate that.

What history dictates is even relatively weak presidents have often gone for home runs with nominees,

Ryan Holmes

Workflow and usability are not afterthoughts; they impact the core of any project and dictate how it should be engineered.

Willie Randolph

We're going to let Pedro pretty much dictate when he's ready to get on the mound or do whatever he wants to do. We're going to let him take his time. He's a veteran. He knows what he needs to do. We don't need to put any schedules on him because that can always change.

John Scalzi

When I'm writing a novel or doing other serious writing work, I do it on a schedule that dictates writing either 2,000 words a day or writing until noon. After I hit whichever mark comes first, then I can give my attention to everything else I have to do.

Orson Welles

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

Aimee Carter

Characters are incredibly important, but I tend to build them around the plot during the outline stage. However, once I'm writing the manuscript, the characters I'm writing dictate how the plot unfolds.

Tomorrow's payrolls numbers will dictate whether this setback lasts longer than today.

Wale

The Web is the new way to figure out who's hot and what's not. You can't let TV dictate because it's so polished, so political. It is what they want you to know. The Internet is the raw.