Famous Quotes & Sayings

Benoit Mandelbrot

When people ask me what's my field? I say, on one hand, a fractalist. Perhaps the only one, the only full-time one.

Benoit Mandelbrot

I was asking questions which nobody else had asked before, because nobody else had actually looked at certain structures. Therefore, as I will tell, the advent of the computer, not as a computer but as a drawing machine, was for me a major event in my life. That's why I was motivated to participate in the birth of computer graphics, because for me computer graphics was a way of extending my hand, extending it and being able to draw things which my hand by itself, and the hands of nobody else before, would not have been able to represent.

Aron Ralston

What you're looking at there is my arm, going into the rock... and there it is - stuck. It's been without circulation for 24 hours. It's pretty well gone.

Arsene Wenger

I know how important it is to have a helping hand.

Anton Seidl

The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly believed.

Bill Vaughan

The petition of an empty hand is dangerous.

Bill Vaughan

On the one hand, it's common sense it's hard to see someone you love get sick or die. People are interconnected and their health is, too.

Bill Bruford

My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.

Walter Jones

The 3-4 is challenging. We know we'll have our hands full, no question about it.

That was huge. I was happy to see we were able to handle that pressure and not let it get to us.

That was the story of the night - we couldn't get out hands on the ball.

That's unbelievable in itself. I don't see how that could ever happen. It's hard enough trying to play one season and play every game. Only a handful of people do that every year. Rarely do they do it over and over again.

Dusty Baker

That's the most unselfish, smartest spot in the lineup. You have to be able to handle the bat. It's also a position that won't run as much because then they'll walk D-Lee. It's a position for a more established, accomplished veteran player.

Marty Schottenheimer

That's what it's about. You're going to have a handful of opportunities to make plays and the team that makes them is going to prevail.

I was pretty nervous at the start but handled it well. Tomorrow (Sunday) will be a tough day, though it would be marvelous to win.

I was proud of the way our kids handled it.

I wasn't really nervous. You're anxious. You're hoping that your team will execute. I thought for the most part that our kids handled it pretty well.

Chipper Jones

Logic would say Roger has the upper hand in that situation.

Mike Gonzalez

I was having trouble gripping the ball. The resin was wet. My hands were wet. I just told myself to throw strikes.

Mike Gonzalez

I was having trouble gripping the ball. The resin was wet. My hands were wet, ... I just told myself to throw strikes.

Geraldine Brooks

I was holding this thing in my hand and thinking 'Who owned this? Was it someone who lived in this house?

Gore Verbinski

I think comedy is drama, often. It's hard to have comedy over a period of time - commercials are one thing, but over a period of time - comedy and tragedy go hand in hand.

We have to put some money into the hands of these men and women so they can live.

Rick Adelman

We're challenging shots, getting hands on passes, helping teammates and seeing what the other team is doing. It's nice to see the activity.

We don't suspect any person in particular. But there must have been someone who handled these materials.

We don't handle hazardous waste, and now, with these items designated as such, we are prohibited from handling them.

We handled Watterson pretty well the first time, but they're much-improved and are very young.

Troy Perkins

I think I bounced back well for the next game, and we showed it with a 2-0 victory. We played pretty solid in the back, and the things they did have were just breakdowns, and we handled it well.

I think if people haven't seen Thaddeus Young they don't know how talented he is. He's going to impress a lot of people with his size and how he can move and handle the ball.

Warren Moon

I think he'll be able to handle it very well; he's a very intelligent guy, very well-spoken, very humble. Look what it did for (New England's) Tom Brady; look what it does for any quarterback who wins this game.

I think he handled it well because he had a long truck ride and it was his first start over the track. I think he did quite well.

Larry Coker

I think Kirby did well. He handled himself well. He knew what to do with the football. He had some opportunities and plays that weren't made for him.

I thought Marco was going to make it because he got it into his left hand and I have seen him make that shot a thousand times.