Famous Quotes & Sayings

Shelley Smith

Our players were not happy with the results from last year and the record was not indicative of the level of soccer they played. They have been working hard to do everything they can to correct that and a refuse to lose attitude is key entering this fall. They have the motivation to improve and don't want a repeat of what their record was last fall.

Carleen Courtney

Patient care wasn't suffering, but the efficiency and the attitude of the nurses were.

Patricia Richardson

Part of the whole L.A. mentality that nothing really matters unless it's a success... is such a shallow and dangerous attitude to have.

Dennis Johnson

Our main goal is to steadily improve throughout the season. The girls positive attitudes are their biggest assets. They all work very hard and have a strong desire to improve, which is going to be essential to their success.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Our loyalties must transend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.

Rose Mashigo

Our lives are driven and channeled by our decisions, whatever situation we find ourselves in, we got ourselves there.

Kyle Fenner

Our kids will take the same attitude they've taken all year and that's to compete and rebound and play defense and execute on offense.

Evelina Christillin

People have been incredibly receptive, showing a very positive attitude and lots of goodwill. Turin will be a much more international city now.

Mike Lowell

Sure, there's been a little bandwagon jumping. But I think that's only normal, ... It's tough to identify with guys who haven't been with the organization for a while. I still believe you have to win back the fans, and I still think, after '97, I guess the fans had an attitude of 'You got to prove us wrong before we start giving you our money to watch you play.'

Tom Kelley

Pat Bledsoe wrestled well. He wrestled a pretty controlled match. Four or five different times, he was in on a single leg, and we covered each time.

Dave Dagostino

Statistically, we had a good first half, but Rebecca Haynes made so many plays in that half. She was involved with every single offensive play that we had and she single-handedly controlled the defensive glass.

Michael Shapiro

States are doing an excellent job in keeping the tires in a controlled management situation.

Jack Strong

We never quit playing. We controlled the play in the second half, we just couldn't finish.

Fred Hogan

I think they all played pretty well tonight, but my two girls in the middle really rebounded well. Hamilton really played well and controlled the pace of the game for us.

Chris Simcox

It is being very tightly controlled this time because the opposition has blatantly said that they are going to direct violence at our volunteers,

Phil Jackson

Kobe played a game in which he really controlled the offense from his position. He really doesn't play guard very often. We had people open because he got double-teamed. In the first half, Cook hit his shots.

Scott Smith

That was a very workmanlike performance. He never let up. It was really solid technique. He controlled the pace of the match and all positions.

Dave Carlile

That's Trevor 'The Waterfall' Hall. He's the full package. He's the full meal deal. ... It may look like he's in trouble, but he's actually in controlled position.

Howard Rubenstein

Steinbrenner spoke to Johnny Damon today for about 15 minutes and he indicated it was a good conversation.

Alan Siegel

Representative government demands an ongoing conversation between legislators and constituents.

Michael Parks

Photojournalism provokes conversation and thought, which all good journalism should do. The exhibition provides an excellent teaching opportunity, fostering discussion about how we cover events of our time and the needs of society, while talking about the profession and craft of journalism.

Commissioner Robinson

I'm hoping we don't have to have another conversation like this for four or five years.

Ashton Kutcher

You know, photo conversations are replacing verbal conversations. I don't know if that's a bad thing. A photo is worth a thousand words.

Pat McGovern

I went to the legislative hearings, and I was struck by how the conversation was primarily about the costs to employers, and there was no discussion of women's health. I knew that for some women it's a very joyful time, and for others it's very complicated.

Dave Heeke

Jay and I had a lengthy conversation and then I sat back and decided that Jay is the right guy for the program. I thought the players played extremely hard and I think they have a nucleus to be a very good team next year.

Gary Ross

I thought it would be interesting to hear a conversation between filmmakers instead of just a filmmaker gassing on about his own movie. Steven is so literate about this stuff and a great film journalist in his own right and a good friend, so it worked out. He also loved the movie and volunteered to do it.

Michael Moschen

Juggling is a conversation with the stick, the body, the brain.

Ron Wilson

Patty played a great game. He was taking the puck to the net, and he was a force. I think he got excited when he saw he was going to be on the point on the power play.

Roger Taylor

Paul is not someone trying to be Freddie. He's someone trying to take this somewhere else... I'm very excited about working it all out.

Elizabeth Gabler

People have too many options for their entertainment, and we've got to work to get people excited about movie business.

Billy Boyd

People love the movies and they just get excited when they see someone from them, no matter who it is. It's always positive.

Dwayne Hickman

Suddenly I was on stage.Looking out into the sea of screaming excited teens, I thought for a fleeting moment that maybe I had been too hard on myself, maybe I was just as much a teen singing sensation as this slick Avalon fellow.

Jeff Fried

Steve's excited as can be. He's just excited to get there and perform.

Joseph Jackson

some form of normalcy with all the madness going on. ... It's a different experience for him. We're excited about having him go to a different school and getting a different perspective on learning.

Mohammed Ali

Some people are excited to take it. Others are refusing to touch it.

Royce Chadwick

Our players are very excited to play on TV so all their families can watch. We're down to late February and every game is of the utmost importance. It's nice to be home, and we have a lot of positive things in our favor. We're looking forward to a big crowd.

Kathleen Hohl

Regardless of the number of men we ordain to the priesthood each year, that number does not keep pace with the number of priests who retire from the ministry. As a result of fewer priests, the need for well-trained lay ministers is even more important.

Graeme Edge

(Rehearsal's) mostly to get the sound and lights up and knock a few cobwebs off.

Jon Peck

Our report can only reflect the numbers provided to the state. There are larger communities that reported fewer than some smaller communities.

Karen Hoem

Our overall goal this year was to make the playoffs. It's been a few years since we've been there.

Chris Shaw

Our question mark is in the back. We lost a few and our goalie. We are young in the back, but talented,

Ken Goldstein

Part of the real story here is that, through July, producers were still getting more output, with fewer labor hours put in. Productivity in the third quarter is probably going to be stronger than in the second quarter, confirming the idea that, while the stock market's not in good shape, the overall economy's not that bad.

Markus Persson

PC gaming has always been strong, and I see it surviving for quite a few more years. It will be around for at least as long as people use PCs.

Brad Radke

Our offense is much improved. We had a few guys who had down years last year. They'll help out more.

Chris Liddell

Our market share remains broadly where it was in the last few quarters, ... It's a monetization issue, and that is something we're going to have to reverse in the future.

Scott Baker

Regardless of who I'm facing, if I'm going to be nervous it's not going to help the situation.

Herman Sanders

Reed just made the shot. We said in the huddle to make sure we knew where he was on the last play. We tried to help on Chad, but he kicked it out and we couldn't recover.

Pedro Marquez

Our relay team did well. We just need to work on passing the baton, but that's something that we can work on and improve on. Also, not looking back while we're running will help out.

King Abdullah

Our relations with India will help Indo-Pak relations.

Brian Rooney

Oregon has a lot of in-migration, which helps to keep the unemployment rate (higher).

Lee Janzen

Part of his learning process is helping other guys.

Rob Gorman

Part of what we're about now is trying to help people come up with their own recovery plans.

Nathan Thompson

Paul Wellstone was a person who really would have liked to see something like this happen. Projects that help people in need are what he wanted; it's really fitting.

Sam Loeffler

Our lyrics are about a lot of things. They are not very introspective. For example, the song 'Panic Prone' is about drugs, this idea about kids getting drugged up and medicating themselves and whether to help people or not help people at all.

Lance Manning

Our players are picking up on what we're doing very well. And they're hungry to win.

Bob Marlin

Our team hung together when things got tough.

Jim Hamilton

Overall I was pleased with the way we hung in there at the end. This was a total team effort.

Nigel Worthington

Robbie has made his money and he is a wealthy chap. I am looking for hungry players.

Greg Robinson

Pitt was 1-4 -- and one time was ranked No. 23. They hung in there and now, all of sudden, they won two in a row.

Larry Walker

I was mad at the pitch before being called a strike, I was mad I swung at that, and then he hung me one, ... So, madness, madness, happiness, all in the matter of a minute. Stupid.

Mike Wilton

That was huge, winning that one. It was wonderful that they hung in and pulled it out.

Matt Benefiel

That was a dogfight from the get-go. We just kind of hung tough.

Steve Hook

I think that took a lot out of them. But they hung tough.

Fred Siget

He knew this instructor who liked to teach people with handicaps.

Adolf Hitler

As in everything, nature is the best instructor.

Adam Dunn

The instructor was pretty nice. We just goofed off the whole time and lifted weights.

Publilius Syrus

Bad nature never lacks an instructor.

Nayef Rajoub

Our relations have always been excellent. If we don't see each other in person, then we are speaking on the phone every day.

Beck

I try not to do email; I try to talk to people on the phone.

Karen Stewart

I was just so delighted, I called her right on the phone right away and said, 'We got it! We got it!' .

John Madden

I didn't get a phone call. If you don't get a phone call, you know what that means.

John Ball

For sure, he would have wanted me to play. At least I got to talk to him on the phone (Saturday) morning.

Charlayne Woodard

I talk to my girlfriends. And I have three sisters. I talk to them on the phone every day.

Kevin Garnett

Good; I can talk some (trash) to him. That's probably the reason he's not returning my phone calls. It makes a lot of sense.

Bobby Bowden

I get to sleep. The phone doesn't ring ... If I have a two-hour flight, I get to sleep for an hour-and-a-half.

Paul Jacobs

We may see WCDMA phones at those price points, between $100 and $120, toward the end of this year.

Grady Little

Outstanding. He just getting his work in and getting ready for a big season.

Lois Frankel

Right now, the city, we're calm, we're under control, we're ready to go,

Samuel Pahlsson

Rested? I don't know, but I'm ready to go.

Paul Davis

I think this team is ready to get on a roll right now. I think this is the team you're going to start seeing.

Robinson Cano

I want to win a World Series, so I'm going down to spring training and get ready for the season.

Ben Broussard

I went up there ready to hit. I didn't want to take any pitches.

Christina Sims

The are just hopping ready to get there.

Ed Pinckney

That was a long time ago. I'm ready for another one.

M. Thompson

I was ready to take some shots. I'm not going to be shying away from shots.

Nancy Keller

We now have a new tool we can use to find secondary metabolites that are of pharmaceutical interest.

Gerald Temples

I was sick of that. Our secondary didn't play very well.

Nicholas DiNubile

I would say a brace should be a secondary consideration,

Tom Zbikowski

We are a little uneasy but the secondary will make plays. After we get settled in you will see that we make plays.

Don Miguel Ruiz

The same way that you are the main character of your story, you are only a secondary character in everybody else's story.

Art Briles

The quarterback part, to me, is secondary to him as a person. His background, being from West Texas, tough, unselfish, not spoiled ... he's a can't-miss guy, in my opinion.

Francis Gaskins

This is just a warm-up for a big secondary (offering). If they were serious about selling, they'd sell more than 6 percent.

Mick Jagger

I'm very much against the secondary ticket market. I don't know anyone who isn't.

Jacques Rossouw

These are secondary analyses and are exploratory to some extent.

George Raft

Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly.

Michael Heisley

I have spent my career making a difference with underperforming assets.

Dick Durbin

He said he spent more time worrying over and working on that decision,

Terry Jenkins

If we wouldn't have done anything, we would have spent more.

King Krule

A lot of the time, I was unhappy as a kid, so I spent it, I guess, in a gray place.

Jay Weatherill

What we are trying to do is to look at all of those resources and say, well, would they be better spent on just advocacy and information, or can we make savings out of that and redirect them into savings.

Italo Calvino

I have spent more time with other people's books than with my own. I do not regret it.

Felix Feneon

If Monsieur X spent an eternity studying treatises on optics, he would never paint 'La Grande Jatte.'

Geoffrey West

I spent most of my career doing high-energy physics, quarks, dark matter, string theory and so on.

Sachin Tendulkar

I think I have already spoken a lot. Now it is time for me to play.

Roy Makaay

I have already spoken to him about Bayern.

Charles Osgood

Compared to the spoken word, a picture is a pitiful thing, indeed.

Nadine Gordimer

Too much will be speculated about him, too much spoken about him, too much written about him,

Dick Jauron

I haven't even thought about it, and we haven't spoken about it.

Charley Casserly

I haven't spoken with him yet, but I will.

Mike Vogel

They're very quiet. You can tell that there's something that they're about to do. They have the track walks before the race. They go and do their thing, and not a word is spoken between any of them. They're just staring at the track.

Shawn Roop

I've never spoken to her. We communicate with e-mail and faxes. That pretty much sums up what the Web can do for a company.

Stephen Hess

Besides, he's already spoken extensively about the hurricanes.

Haim Saban

Me? I don't know what you're talking about.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Dante said, “I tried talking Nora into a ride, but she keeps blowing me off.” “That’s because she has a hard-A boyfriend. He must have been homeschooled, because he missed all those valuable lessons we learned in kindergarten, like sharing. He finds out you took Nora for a ride, he’ll wrap this shiny new Porsche around the nearest tree.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I can't imagine why you're so interested." He shook his head. "Interested? We're talking about you. I'm fascinated.

Becca Fitzpatrick

You're going to have to drive off the road and park behind thoses bushes," I instructed Vee. Vee leaned forward, peering into the darkness. "Is that a ditch between me and the bushes ?" "It's not very deep. Trust me, we'll clear it." "Looks deep to me. This is a Neon we're talking about, not a Hummer.

Bill Engvall

Because we've become so ecologically minded now, they have developed a product called Rapidly Dissolving Toilet Paper. Just how rapidly are we talking? 'Cause I don't want to have to play Beat the Clock in the thicket.

C. S. Lewis

Watchin' and listenin' is the thing at present; not talking.

C. S. Lewis

There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy. For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again.

Carrie Fisher

If talking were aerobic, I'd be the thinnest person in the world.

Bill Bryson

Taking a scenic route in Southeast Iowa is like talking about a good Barry Manilow album. You have to make certain allowances.

Luke Zeller

Rebounding has been one of the big things we have worked on all season. It has been a total team effort.

Mark Ellis

Sure, we had a lot of injuries. But a lot of teams have injuries. We can't use it as an excuse.

James Allen

Some of the teams have been pretty tough.

Ray Collins

Our team is one of the most competitive teams in the nation.

Milan Brown

Other teams just were not going to let him do what he did.

Jon Heacock

I think this team as a whole, have an understanding. They have had to play in this conference, and they know what's happening.

Bill Simmons

Our favorite teams bring people together, keep family members close, bond people from different generations. Some of the happiest moments of my life involve something that happened with one of my teams.

Bill Shankly

We are a team. We share the ball, we share the game, we share the worries.

Bill Shankly

This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

Robert Battle

Reflection is not something you have a lot of time for.

Amar'e Stoudemire

Swag is something that I've had for a long time.

E. O. Wilson

Springtime is the time for gazing at galaxies.

Adam Carolla

spontaneous, clever, specific, oblique and at the same time very human.

S. Walker

That could be a possibility. I'm thinking, hopefully, we can get something worked out. As of right now, we'll just take it one day at a time and see what happens.

Charlie King

Right place at the right time is all I can say about that one.

Gil Brandt

Really? I think for a long time they probably didn't have a quarterback because they were a wishbone team.

Boy George

Most psychiatrists or analysts are a waste of time

Bob Rose

We need solidarity. This is a union town, and it's time to show that.

Jack Purtell

I was a little worried going in, but we went in and we were the aggressor.

Bill Burr

Well probably the coolest show of that whole tour was in Germany. I had a chunk of material on [Adolf] Hitler, and I was worried about how they'd react, but they loved it.

William Morris

I was pretty worried about him for a while.

Byron Sanders

I was worried about them the whole time,

Bill Parcells

I think he kind of tweaked it a little bit. He's just not getting around. I'm getting a little worried about him to tell you the truth.

Roger Clemens

I don't know that we've ever even worried about that.

James Blake

I feel like I am getting better every week. I'm not worried about my ranking, I'm just worried about getting better.

Ron Gardenhire

But as I told you before, we're a little worried about this.

Carl Krauser

I don't think we have anything to be too worried about.