Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim earned this by working hard all year long. The school is so fortunate to have another state speech champion.

I think we earned some respect by getting a sixth seed. And if we didn't, we'll go out and try to earn some more.

I think we earned it. We grinded it out and we earned it.

I think we earned a 2-seed. We put together a nice win streak to end the season and improved.

Matt Hasselbeck

Robbie's here, he's earned it, it's a great honor. We joke about it at home, but he's got to be the leader of the offensive line out here.

Reggie didn't come in with the same credentials. But more than me and more than Turner, Reggie has earned his accolades.

Our players have earned the right to have the stage here in Chicago.

Ron Brown

I think you'll feel like you earned it more. Instead of two teams meeting one night for one game -- that part doesn't feel like much of a tournament. For the most part, it's a good move and it's one they needed to make.

LAKSHMI or wealth accrues by fair means as well as foul; money is earned by gambling, by various forms of deceit; by highway robbery; by high and low; by all and sundry.

Jacqueline Novogratz

Money earned by men would not always reach to their wives and children.

She earned the respect of her teammates through her performance. The team was smart enough to realize they needed her if they were going to reach their goals.

Nick Harkaway

Sir Terry Pratchett - he was knighted in 2009, and on him it looked earned rather than entitled - wrote about dragons, wizards, turtles, witches, time-travelling monks, and suitcases with legs.

Jim Hamilton

She is hard working and tough. She is still green and has a lot to learn. She's earned it. I hope she can step up, but I don't like to put pressure on freshmen girls. I need a front runner.

Maureen Dowd

She more than earned her sobriquet, 'Miss Run Amok'.

Andre Agassi

Most people have weaknesses, ... Federer doesn't have weaknesses. So that equates to a problem. I mean, I could lie, I could say something else, but he's earned that respect.

Jay Wright

Now that we've got a good thing going here, I'm happier that it worked out that way. Everyone feels they earned it. You kind of know who your friends are. There was plenty of time for people to show whether they were loyal to the program or not.

John Chavis

Obviously I think enough of (Mayo) to be a starter. That's what we've done, and he's earned that. I feel good about him playing.

Brooke Smith

She was in a position that wasn't really ideal, but she's earned what she's gotten. She's talented and smart and she works really hard.

When there's instant success, there is this expectation that (making it that far) is the norm and that we're always going to be there. What a lot of people don't realize is that the region is a lot tougher than before. Every team that has made it this far has earned it.

Matt has done everything a quarterback needs to do to prepare. He earned the job.

John Stevens

We know him well and he has already earned our respect and admiration,

There was a lot of unsung heroes for us. It was a team effort. Sometimes people get lost in the shuffle. But it takes an entire group. They earned it and there was nothing given to them.

Smith is a Kodak, All-American candidate. More than scoring, she makes the people around her look better. She has earned her mark in history.

Tax expenditures for middle- and working-class Americans - like the earned income tax credit - aren't thought of as loopholes; they're just thought of as benefits.

Pete Carroll

It's all up to the individual. I think they've earned that right. They earned that by hard work.

Jack Johnson

For every point I'm given, I'll have earned two, because I'm a Negro.

Kerri Walsh

They just played great, and we were not in sync. They earned the win. I hope it never happens again, and we know what we have to do.

They won the job, earned the position through their play in training camp.

Nothing would preclude it. It will be the teams that have performed throughout their season and have earned it.

That's the first earned run we've given up this year.

Each team earned their points using the other's strength.

Gary Collins

Everybody pitched well. We only gave up one earned run.

Eric McCormack

I've earned it. The character's earned it. The show's earned it." ()