Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Augustine

A lot of it has to do with using a lot of energy, and teams kind of figure out what we're doing. Today we did a good job. A lot of it has to do with letting our offense dictate our defense. We didn't let that happen too much. We missed shots and still got back on defense.

A man who dictates separates himself from others. Somalia

The United States ought to have the upper hand on these nuclear proliferation questions and yet it seems that the North Koreans, the Iranians and even our friends the Indians are able to dictate terms to us without fear of consequence.

They are a team that you don't want to let them dictate the tempo.

I can take a lot of positives. I wanted to dictate the game and managed to do that for a while. I just lacked some intensity, particularly towards the end.

Eric Chavez

Ellis is locked in. A week ago, we couldn't find a hit, and now we're back to being comfortable about scoring runs. As good as our pitching is... our hitting will really dictate how we do.

Especially the younger people (who) are used to, 'I can plug in my video game and play it now,' 'I can download music and hear it now,' 'I can take my iPod with me and listen to it wherever and whenever I want.' Going to the movies requires that you're on a time frame and in a location that's dictated by someone else.

Tom Renney

Even if we were playing Ottawa, we need a good start. We need good starts. We need to get back to good habits about how we start our games. How we manage the puck, how we manage the ice those first six, eight, 10 minutes is important. And we have to dictate the terms.

Jack Baker

Every headline minute-to-minute dictates what the market is going to do. I think there are going to be more torturous, slow days.

Oscar Isaac

In a play, you dictate pace, you dictate rhythm, you dictate when people look at you, when people should be looking at something else. In film, the editor does that.

Kyle McLaren

There have been a ton of penalties called, so special teams is going to dictate a lot of games. Whoever has good special teams can go far in the playoffs, and I think we have good special teams play when we want to.

We dictated the game, and that's what we wanted to do.

Isn't it funny. One victim gets to dictate the result, the other gets the door slammed in her face.

LaVar Arrington

It would mean a whole lot, ... to have an opportunity to try and help dictate the pace of a game from the time it starts.

We tried to work for high percentage shots, we need to. Horton wasn't going to give us any easy baskets. They dictated the pace of the game pretty good.

Jeff Saturday

We just played bad. When you get down like that, defenses can dictate what they want to do.

Ryan Miller

What's good about this is the other times we've played here we've been intimidated and let them dictate play. We did a good job tonight of sticking to the system.

We felt with a 20-point lead, we could dictate the play of the game. I felt we did a good job of executing. We just need to keep working on our game plan.

We wanted to dictate a high energy level. For every shot, we wanted them to work hard and get a little tired. And it worked out.

At the forefront of investors' minds are going to be earnings, and to a lesser extent, the economy. I really think that's what is going to dictate how the market behaves.

John Ridley

Conservative talkers love to throw numbers around: their ratings and their audience size. And to be sure, they have a sizable audience which numbers in the tens of millions. But having people tune in and being able to dictate their actions are two different things.

In general it's going to be that type of week where the number of the day dictates the market.

If you're going to be small, you'd better do things well fundamentally. It's very important to spread the floor and let penetration, quickness and shooting dictate the outcome.

Ewan McGregor

I'm lucky enough that financially I don't have to feel obliged to go for the bigger stuff. I like the stories and scripts to dictate if I want to do them.

I'm excited about it. That's where I want to be. You got some horses on the outside of you, I can dictate the pace. I can do whatever I want, but I think the ideal is sitting right off the pace and letting the horse finish.

Jack Skille

It seemed like we dictated pretty much the whole game and it looked like we kind of got lulled into a slower pace.

Stella Young

By far, the most disabling thing in my life is the physical environment. It dictates what I can and can't do every day.

He's trying to dictate the terms of his departure. He's trying to get around the election law by forcing parliament to open.

He's trying to dictate the terms of his departure.

Brian Billick

He thrives off that kind of challenge. Ray Lewis is too intelligent to let his self-worth be dictated by someone else. Yeah, there's always somebody who thinks you can do it better. And he's 30. But he has a number of dominant years left.

He's very solid around the free-throw line at the high post. But he also understands that our opponents and who's in the game for us will dictate his role on the floor. He's a guy who can get in a zone and be great offensively at different positions.

I have seen it time and time again. You dictate what you want that leadership to do. When that happens, you will see an improvement in education in this county.

Lleyton Hewitt

I played really well in the first set and dictated play from the start,