Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Preston

If a portion of a redwood is rotting, the redwood will send roots into its own form and draw nutrients out of itself as it falls apart. If we had redwood-like biology, if we got a touch of gangrene in our arm, then we could just, you know, extract the nutrients and the moisture out of it until it fell off.

David Ware

If ballplayers were women, Drew Rosenhaus would be a pimp.

I don't think you have to worry about Tommy driving recklessly again.

I expected today's stage to be drier than yesterday, because of the slightly higher altitude. The important thing was to stay in touch with the leaders without taking any risks and dropping too much time. It was a good day for me.

Hugh Johnson

I expected the market to inch or edge forward. I wouldn't have expected this in my wildest dreams.

Randy Johnson

I expect to win every time I go out. The way I would draw it up would be exactly like tonight not very many strikeouts, no walks and a few hits. For the most part, I was pretty efficient.

Jill Wagner

I eat a salad every single day. I also have been doing the juice 'thing' after every workout, and I try to drink a half-gallon of water a day.

I don't think it is appropriate to drag in the other candidates. I don't have any intention of signing (the pledge). I didn't have anything to do with the suit or any of his original troubles.

Nick Bollettieri

For me, this is what a coach's dream is, to be able to rekindle the kind of promise and love of the game that a player had when she first started out, ... She's very happy and healthy.

For the time being I wouldn't panic or read too much into (the oil price), but if it goes even higher or if it remains at such a level for an extended period, it could become a drag on the economy.

For Waco, this is a problem. I'm just glad no one was driving on it when it fell in.

Rick Riordan

For me, writing for kids is harder because they're a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose your pacing or if you have pages of extraneous description, a kid's not going to do that. They will drop the book.

If it could be done tomorrow you'd just see spam just drop off the charts,

If it's during the peak summer driving season and then it comes back into force -- we could live with that,

Scott Podsednik

I got a good pitch to hit and I drove it out,

If you are going to dream, ... dream big.

If we tailor our message much more effectively and much more locally, we think we'll make better and stronger connections with the people who drink our products.

If we win one, we'll probably sneak in at a 15 or 16 seed. We could even go in as high as an 11 or 12 if we win them both. But if we lose, we could drop out of the picture completely.

Bill White

If we were driving more fuel-efficient vehicles, it wouldn't be as much of an issue,

Michael Buckley

If we were a private insurance company, we would drop those properties. But we don't have that option.

If we were able to reach a 'comfortable unease' on the Iranian situation, I think we'd see prices drop into the low $50s.

If thou shouldst never see my face again, pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

If someone is experiencing blackouts, it is a good indication that they are drinking too much. It is an early high-risk factor for alcoholism.

If someone tells you while you're driving that you're tired, you're tired, you're tired, you'll go crazy.

Ian Poulter

He was, and probably is to this day, the best-dressed man in golf for the time he was around. His dress sense was awesome.

He was driving a dump truck by the time he was 13.

Fred Funk

He was dreading every golf swing he had to take.

Aaron Lee

He understood his economic situation. That's part of his work ethic. He knows how Stephanie struggled to get him some shoes. Part of her sacrifice drove him. He talks about repaying his mom.

He transitions from dribble to jump shot really well. I mean really well.

He won't be dressing for the rest of the year. We felt it wouldn't be appropriate for the organization.

William Faulkner

One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can't eat eight hours a day nor drink for eight hours a day nor make love for eight hours --all you can do for eight hours is work. Which is the reason why man makes himself and everybody else so miserable and unhappy.

Ryan Holmes

One of the most important principles I've learned is, every so often, just drop everything. Stop racing from one party to the next.

Elizabeth Kenny

One of the puppets is a drawing on my thumb. That is Handsome Percy.