Famous Quotes & Sayings

We had expected a small braking, a minor tap on the pedal, from GDP growth but not a move down to a lower gear,

We had expected a rebound. Gasoline prices are down a lot, so that is good news, but they are still very high and that may be what is weighing on people's minds at this point.

We had a little pressure on us. Our girls were a little tight because they were expected to win this game.

We've got that Gill magic, I guess. Nobody even expected us to be here. To come out and play like we did shows a lot of heart and determination.

John Romero

With out-of-state people relocating and local renters joining the ranks of first-time homebuyers, the lots are expected to go fast. Pricing will be in the $180,000-$200,000 range.

Fran McCaffery

With Tay, I was just trying to get a feel for him. He expressed himself candidly where he thought he could improve. I told him where I saw him fitting in and what I expected of him and he was sure he could provide that.

Mark Jackson

When you're at home, you're expected to win. The pressure is on you to get it done. On the road, you're pretty much in the underdog position. It's much better.

We had stated that we expected prices to come down ... just two weeks ago.

The position, frankly, never matured to what I expected it to be.

Unearned revenue is more important than sales or earnings. And we expected unearned revenue to rise sequentially.

expected the worst and it was the worst.

I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!

Frank Thomas

When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with proper swings.

We only expected parts of the oil and gas reserves to go back to the hands of the Bolivian government, but not 100 percent.

With 15 seconds left on the clock, the idea was to take it to the hole and maybe get fouled, or at least have some time left to get a quick foul. I never expected it to take 14 seconds.

Arundhati Roy

I don't want to play these games of statistics any more; I have done that. I don't want to be imprisoned by that, or by the morality that is expected of activists. I have never been that pristine person, that role model.

Hank Blalock

We understand what's expected of us. We didn't need to spend a lot of time talking about that stuff. We just needed to get to work.

Andrew Bird

The fact that I wasn't expected to read music at all and was absorbing everything by ear... it had a huge affect on the kind of musician that I became.

Peter King

The party has to be rebuilt on all levels, ... In a way, maybe it's to be expected when you've had a governor in office for 12 years and he and his people are stepping down.

The pants were getting very dirty. That's expected though when you have white on them.

Scott Niedermayer

The playoffs are tough. Nothing is going to be given to you. Tonight, we played like we expected that something would be given to us.

There are 100,000 people expected and we are honored to have such a great host to make our journey so comfortable.

We always talk about this game being a game of runs. Theirs was two points better than ours. No one expected us to be here, especially after our 1-7 start. But these kids have now set the standard for our program.

The players are really upset, they're disappointed. Others may not have expected us to get this far but, to these guys, they've failed to reach a goal and there's really no talking to them about that.

Michelle Phillips

When a woman is incarcerated, she's expected to give up her freedom, but not her soul.

Daniel Alfredsson

We kind of expected him to be suspended. Kicking has no part in this game. I understand the suspension. It's tough. Things happen so quick, but you shouldn't kick anyone. I think he realizes his mistake and I don't think you will see him do that again.

Why it was put in and who knew about it, and what they were expected to use it for... we'll never know.

To be part of a team that's expected to win and come out and get the win on opening day is big.

Amy Grant

To be invited into these powerful situations is life-changing. I don't know what I expected to happen on this show, but the lessons we are learning as we help these people have just surpassed anything I could have imagined.

Hines Ward

This year, there was no expectation. We were the sixth seed. Nobody expected much out of us.

We were not ready to play as physical of a game as we expected to. We need to have a sense of urgency in the beginning.

Adoniram Judson

Though I have seldom done anything to my own satisfaction, I am better satisfied with the translation of the New Testament than I ever expected to be. The language is, I believe, simple, plain, intelligible; and I have endeavored, I hope successfully, to make every sentence a faithful representation of the original.

We have got some really hot weather but we're not getting the wind that we expected and that we got yesterday.