Famous Quotes & Sayings

This is a project that we've been trying to get off the ground for some time now.

This is going to help us get off the ground on our professional signature-gathering campaign.

Shane Warne

This ground has special memories for me. I have never lost a Test match here and there have been some pretty special individual moments for me here as well,

Herman Edwards

That's what we wanted, we wanted the shotgun. That's great, as long as it doesn't go on the ground. It went on the ground today.

Chris Carpenter

That's why I was getting all those ground balls. It's tough to elevate.

That's going to be the big bugaboo. We need to set ground rules about what land we should talk about and let the public know that we're not talking about parks or libraries.

Billie Armstrong

You say it to my face, you might be pickin' yourself off the ground

Ezra Klein

I think it's weird that the news cedes so much ground to Wikipedia. That isn't true in other informational sectors.

There is a lot expenditure in the sky but there is no development on the ground. And it is the development on the ground that will influence our lives.

Mike Jackson

An instrument ground is sometimes referred to as an isolated ground.

Europe's offer provides a middle ground around which WTO members should converge,

We have done as much as we can to get to a resolution with a mayor who doesn't want a resolution. We have got to take the moral high ground and stay united. If we don't, we are going to be destroyed.

Better an ounce from the ground than a pound from the roof

Jack Kingston

This is the time to pull together as a Nation, as different people from all over the States with different perspectives and different social statuses and different income brackets, to unify into one and help those on the ground who need our help the most.

John Bytheway

To have friends who will always take you to higher ground is an incalculable blessing.

Dan Dierdorf

We wanted someone who was a real industry insider, someone who could hit the ground running without a long ramp-up time. I think you'll find this is big news in the industry because she's popular and well-known.

Regina Brett

Cancer taught me to live only in the day I'm in. In the moment I'm in. Some moments, I simply ground myself by touching the desk, the table, the wall wherever I am and say, 'You're right here. Stay put in this moment.'

Larry Sullivan

This thing isn't even off the ground yet, and we're already $16,000 above,

We want to give them solid grounding in biology, conservation and life skills.

Stephen F. Lynch

To have no one on the ground is just inexcusable, sir.

When you patch potholes in wet weather, you might as well be patching with oatmeal. We have to wait until the ground dries up.

There is a low possibility that people are still trapped under there. The parts of the structure that are not lying on the ground are a threat.

The organization really hit the ground running. Vince and Scott had a lot to do with that.

Tony Blair

unanimous support ... for the troops and their commanders on the ground and respect for their judgment.

We've got a lot of pipe in the ground on the railway and we're going to need more.

We've been spending a lot of time in the shop working on equipment. Everything is spit-shined and ready to go, but there's nowhere to go because the ground is so wet.

Zara Phillips

Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.

Patrick Young

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.

Scott was very well-qualified for this position. We feel like he will just hit the ground running.

Robert Kazinsky

I'm married to my job. I'm obsessed with my work, and I run myself into the ground every single day. Unfortunately, a lot of other pursuits have to take a back seat.

Causey has no defense. He's an accountant, and he was right there at ground zero.

I make sure my jersey doesn't touch the ground because I'm superstitious and I put everything on my right side first, then my left side.

Edward Fitzgerald

Now the New Year reviving old Desires,/ The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires,/ Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough/ Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.