Famous Quotes & Sayings

He's made a lot of progress. He's earned his playing time.

How much more pressure can you give the kid. She stepped up to the challenge. Midway through the season, her starting spot was challenged, which forced her to work harder and she earned it back.

Romesh Gunesekera

I never expected to earn money out of writing. In fact, the idea of getting published was too bourgeois. Then, in England, I realised that writing a book was something you could do without it being laughable.

I'm venturing into a new career, ... And I have to go out there and earn my stripes as much as anybody.

Jamie Oliver

I'm sure everyone thought I was a spoiled brat, ... I always had whatever trainers I wanted, and I can honestly say I earned every single penny. My old man never gave me handouts. Ever. In fact, he was repulsed by the idea.

Inflation is tame. Economic growth continues. Earnings are great. It really doesn't get any better than this. The one problem in the market is valuation, which has gotten pretty high.

Eddy Curry

In high school, they would foul the heck out of me and there was never a call. But you have to play through it and hopefully one day earn the respect of the refs.

Increasingly this is how Gaza will have to earn its living, as opposed to be being supported by the international community.

I'm not a big guy on individual stuff like tying the record. Well, I guess people can say one thing: I earned my scholarship.

If people we're really trying to manipulate earnings you would think they would have done a better job.

If you earn respect, keep yourself healthy and safe, you can do anything you want to in life.

Michael Kiwanuka

If you earned money listening to music, I'd be a millionaire.

I like stocks that have potential earnings possibilities. Those are the ones that could someday be market leaders.

I like Merck, in particular, because here's a stock that's retreated dramatically from its high, but still has its earnings growth-rate intact, ... This company, I think, can grow about 13 to 15 percent. And its price-to-earnings ratio now is getting down to a level that I think is very reasonable relative to its long-term growth rate.

I'm really happy and proud that we earned an eight seed. The team is really excited. With all the injuries and where we've been, it's a real testament to the kids. I think it shows a lot of respect for our program.

I'm running every route like I'm expecting the football, ... I think I've earned his respect by doing that.

I'm pretty happy to still be playing. And we earned the right to be there because of the 18 games in the league season.

I'm just really pleased with our kids. I think we've earned a shot at another state title, and they're on a mission right now.

Jeff Adrien

I'm just earning my minutes, I knew I had the capabilities to play here, and it was just a matter of going out and doing it. Finally I'm doing it and I'm even more hungry to do even more, there are more things I can do.

I'm so proud of my kids. They worked so hard. They've earned the opportunity to go to state.

I had a pretty tough father, as you know. If you wanted a role, you had to earn it.

Derek Fisher

It not just going to fall into our lap. We're going to have to go out and earn it.

It just so happened that we had a number of big-name, negative reports come in to start things off, and it just went from there. Turns out that wasn't indicative of where things are. Earnings are very strong.

Lleyton Hewitt

It was extremely tough conditions. It's swirling out there today, ... Taylor's never going to give you the match. He's a tough competitor. I had to earn it.

E. O. Wilson

It was the first time in their lives that these Romanian women earned money for their work. And for us to be able to make that happen was amazing.

It was a record year in earnings, sales and earning per share.

It's awesome. We earned it. We did a month's preparation.

It's a win-win. Residents get good services from hard-working, respectful service members, and the service members earn extra cash. ... We've been surprised at how quickly it has grown.

It's going to have to reach a point sometime in the future when the earnings aren't going to justify the valuations of stocks,

It's going to have to be the third-quarter earnings to save the market.

It's easy to get mislead by what goes on in football and basketball, where kids get scholarships so often. Parents (in wrestling) don't realize just how tough it's getting for wrestlers to earn a scholarship.

It should be evident by now that the rest of the earnings are going to come in at the same sort of magnitude over estimates. The focus is going to shift.

It's been a more typical September than I expected. Earnings preannouncements have been disappointing, and surprisingly so, and economic news has been disappointing, and surprisingly so. I expected September to be on the strong side because the year overall has been so bad.