Famous Quotes & Sayings

Youssou N'Dour

I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.

I thought he was at least the co-MVP in the league last year. It looks like he's stronger and he's running harder than he did a year ago. He's an elite player, and he's got a nice group of blockers in front of him. He's powerful, fast and he can cut. He's got the whole package.

The problem is, when you think about it, saves are the only stat where 100 percent is the benchmark. And the elite make it look so easy. There is so much to it.

We didn't come this far just to settle. Nobody on this team wants to settle for the Elite Eight.

From what I heard on the radio all day, with the prospect of Preval being president, the elite is already lining up and getting ready to derail him and keep him from governing.

Billy Taylor

Joe and Jose are elite players in our program. But that?s not enough. We need others to step up.

Annika Sorenstam

I think I played really well this week, ... This is an elite field and I am competitive. I stepped up this week.

(Hunter is) one of the top players in the country, and you're talking about a guy who has scholarship offers from around the country. I think the thing that separates him from other linebackers is he doesn't have just good speed for a linebacker, he has elite speed and he still has that size, too.

He can take it as far as he wants to. He has elite skills.

He has been an elite player for many, many years in this league, especially in the playoffs. I think that once you get to the playoffs, it's very important to have guys who've been there to help the other guys along.

I feel like they accomplished something great. (They're) still in the Sweet 16. (They're) with us. They're a top, elite team.

Barry Trotz

We're in pretty elite company. I told the team that if we can do something special, go for it.

Michelle Malkin

While Obama, the olive-branch poseur, has called for a restoration of 'civility' in Washington and liberal elites whine and whinny about the need for 'no labels,' class-warfare demagoguery has metastasized unchecked.

Gerald Wallace

We have a problem understanding that just because we are up 12 or 15 with 3 minutes to go, that doesn't mean the game is over. We just can't do this if we expect to win and be one of the elite teams in the league.

Chuck D.

The fact is this is an elite group of individuals. The fact is we want an elite group of individuals,

LeBron James

We want to be an elite team and we have to learn how. The feeling I had last year at this time is totally different. It is a whole different environment this year. He (Brown) knows what I want from the team and I know what he wants.

We're kind of capitalizing on last year's run to the Elite Eight.

Gloria Reuben

Mountaintop removal coal operations enrich only a handful of elites while impoverishing everyone else in their proximity.

Ben Carson

What you're saying is that 'I, the superior elite, will take care of you.' Why? Because, you see, that superior, elite group needs to feel superior and elite. And they can't be superior and elite unless you have a whole lot of people down there groveling around. So you keep them down there by feeding them.

Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background. In that way, we see the growing up of the American food scene: that it's okay to be a regular person and be really into food.

Chris Bosh

To be a part of the world's elite instead of the just league's elite is a little more special.

Gilbert Arenas

You know, it happens. I'm playing like an All Star, and I know I'm one of the elite players, so if I don't get picked, in my mind I'm still one of them. If I don't go, then I get to work out.

Penn was not a 'mid-major' then. Penn was an elite program.

Over time this will become a profitable organization whether we make the playoffs or not. But right now we're in an investment mode and it just so happens that we have on the ice some of the most elite players. Most teams don't have five or six elite players the way Ottawa does. For us to keep them and people waving around a lot of money, is tough.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Panko are the elite of the breadcrumb world because they stay so crunchy and light.

Chris Duhon

Some of your toughest games come in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight. Usually, this is where we feel national championships are won.

Texas and Texas A&M, for a longer period of time, have been elite teams in the conference, and that's not to take anything away from Baylor right now, but they've been playing at that level longer.

I think we had a solid season. We had 30 wins. That's a big season for us. We won the Big East. We got to the Elite Eight. It's a great season, but I think we could have done a lot more.

Dee Brown

Last year I said they were gonna make the Final Four. This year I know they're gonna make the Elite Eight, just because of the style that they play.

Willie Anderson

Regular guys don't have that kind of attitude. Only elite guys have that temperament.

Mark Romanek

I always wanted to be a feature filmmaker and tried to treat that experience as some sort of elite film school where I could learn the craft, and got paid to learn the craft.

But we haven't played any of the elite teams,

It is great because now Ridgefield will get the recognition. Ridgefield has had some great wrestlers and some that have placed at New England's. To get the gold means that we get to join the elite group of wrestlers.