Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jason Terry

People live up here because they love the outdoor world they want to turn a plain old backyard into a living space.

Carnell Williams

I was playing backyard football wanting to play organized football, but my mother wouldn't let me.

Mark Clayton

I was out in the backyard catching balls.

Robert Patrick

I was working around the backyard and I looked up, 'Is that snow? Right on.'We don't have to go all the way to the mountains to see that now.

Jerry Angelo

I didn't like how we ended that '01 season. We got beat. It made us look weak, and I've got that taste in my mouth still. We just didn't look like we were ready to play. We got beat in our own backyard and got our butts kicked.

Chuck D.

I think it's going to be a backyard brawl and it would be great to get that first 'W' on the board. But it's going to be like a street fight. This is the best JB team I've seen since I've been here (18 years). They've got good size and are physical. So we're expecting a fight.

Susan Williamson

Because of that, we thought search-and-rescue would be important training. I think it's only a matter of time before Molly will try to open the backyard gate. It could be a matter of months.

J. R. Moehringer

Baseball always gets credit for the foundational part of masculinity - the father thing. The eternal game of backyard catch, 'Field of Dreams', the Ripkens, the Griffeys, the Bondses, so on. But football is the real paternal game, because it's a conveyor belt of father figures, in the form of coaches.

Rasim Ljajic

I have never heard of a funeral which is conducted at night, in the backyard of the family home and without the presence of the family.

Mike Williamson

Regardless of the results, we played outstanding in the first. We played at both ends of the ice, shot the puck finally. We didn't get rewarded, but there's not many times you won't if you keep playing like that.

Jim Brandt

Rebecca is within 7 points of qualifying for state and Alyssa is with in 20 points. I see both of them qualifying at GNAC in Hastings.

Tomasz Beer

Reasons for this trend are not really known, but may include a desire to do something rather than do nothing on the part of both physicians and patients. Unfortunately, these men may be enduring significant side effects for an uncertain benefit.

George Washington

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle

David Wade

Real strength is telling the truth when troops are being killed, and one year later a lot of Americans realize John Kerry had it both right and consistent about Iraq and this president's still got it dead wrong.

Vinny Testaverde

Really, you just hold your breath and hope that he's okay and that it wasn't a concussion. I kind of had one eye on him and one eye on the field because it was obviously a critical situation for us to win the game there. But I guess you could say that we lost on both ends today - losing Wayne and the game.

Andy Reid

Reggie is well deserving of his Hall of Fame induction. In my mind, he will go down as the greatest defensive end in NFL history. He was a great teammate and a fun player to coach. As good as a player as he was on the field, he was an even better person off the field. He left a lasting legacy, both in the NFL and in the community.

Andrew Yang

President Chen has been constrained by both the opposition parties and factions in his own party. I would say President Chen has done a mediocre job on foreign policy, and an equally mediocre job on domestic policy.

Allan Hoffenblum

President Bush is in California for specific reasons that do not involve Governor Schwarzenegger, and the governor is involved in a special election that has nothing to do with the president. Both are having political problems now, so other than cordiality, there's really no reason for them to be together.

Paul Jewell

Jimmy's down talking to Fulham at the moment. He had a clause in his contract. I'm really disappointed to lose him, but he's been a fantastic player for us.

Paul Jewell

Jimmy is talking to them and I'll be disappointed to lose him. But we had to have the clause as he'd have otherwise been out of contract.

Fay Vincent

It doesn't mean (Selig) shouldn't investigate, but it's going to be a very difficult position for him. If people suggest that he could use the 'best interest of baseball' clause to suspend Bonds, I think it would take the union about three minutes before a federal judge to get that enjoined.

Dora Murray

June and John were the folks who invited Santa and Mrs. Claus to the concert.

James Burrows

I have a fun clause in my contract. If I'm not having fun, I can leave.

Greg Sarris

I think the anti-gaming clause shows, 'Hey, these Indians aren't doing this for the money,'

James Frecheville

I was Santa Claus in first year of primary school, our elementary's school play, because I had most panache, that was probably why. I was 5.

Carl Goldberg

If someone construes that clause to be a loophole, I think it's strictly an interpretation that was not the intent of the authority.

David Simmons

There is no ghost clause in that lease.

Dan Beck

Our teams are assessing that and figuring out what the go-forward plans are for this.

Julie Powell

I was painted into a corner. I was completely lost -- I didn't know what I was going to do. I wanted to learn to cook. ... It wasn't until the project was nearly done that I really understood that what I was trying to do was figuring out a new way of living and finding new experiences in life.

Pete McNally

It is just such a large package, we are just figuring out how to store it. It's a big program.

Charlie Whitehurst

I think we're more methodical right now. We're still figuring this thing out. We're only four games in. ... When it all gels, I think we'll be all right.

Mike Flanagan

I think he's still figuring out what he's going to do. He kind of inherited somebody else's team.

Lee Ann Womack

I don't have any idea what I'll do next. This year I'll be figuring that out, and something will just come to me, just like it did with this record.

Bill Clarke

He didn't go to work that day figuring he was going to get killed.

Sam Hunt

I was pretty gung-ho about music and pursuing that and figuring that whole thing out, so I was wide-eyed and ready to go when I moved to Nashville. I never looked back.

Karin Slaughter

If I wasn't a writer, I would probably be a watchmaker. I like putting puzzles together, and that is what a watch is, figuring out how all the gears and everything else works together. I'm patient and good at focusing on a single task.

Ed Goren

Present me a team, and I'll give you a story line.

John Burton

I was actually present when she was examined. She wasn't pregnant. I know she wasn't pregnant.

Ryan Evanochko

That was just the shot that presented itself. I tried to take my time and find an opening.

Carlos Delgado

That's the way it should be. It's not just the present. It's the present and the future.

Shimon Peres

I think this is the end of the present government,

Michael Watkins

I think the superintendent makes the recommendation, presents it and we vote on it.

Chief Bender

I do not want my name to be presented to the public as an Indian, but as a pitcher.

Sheridan Samuels

I am here to work. I will have to work with the present administration because they are in charge.

Nicole Perrot

The only thing I thought about was: Just stay in the present, ... This is my first win. It's special.

Tom Wilson

Some of them, quite frankly, are nothing more than a driveway.

Kevin Spacey

'The 24 Hour Plays' is a quite brilliant, exhilarating event for everyone concerned.

Mary Kelly

The (anti-virus) system worked, which was quite a relief.

Carl Jacobs

That was quite a ride. We'd be thrilled to repeat it.

Tom Miller

That was quite an accomplishment for us. This is a very tough tournament.

Paul Johnston

That's the really big trend, ... Year 2000 has been the big thing that has really worked quite well.

Steve Griffin

That suggests to me there is something quite clandestine going on or something strange.

Terry Grant

I was quite shocked when they called me.

Carol Patterson

I was quite disappointed the vote went the way it did.

Lane Olinghouse

Remember when atmospheric contaminants were romantically called stardust?

Beck

I remember you would record a guitar part, and we would have to sit there for 15 or 20 minutes waiting for the computer to process it. You'd see the little wheel spinning on the computer, and you'd be praying that the hard drive didn't crash and you didn't lose the performance.

Bill Dixon

If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations - something that I imagine could be troublesome.

Carl Sagan

Even through your hardest days, remember we are all made of stardust.

Bill Vaughan

These are days you'll remember. If you recall nothing else from your graduation ceremony, remember you heard the New Jersey Governor quote from 10,000 Maniacs.

Gary Snyder

That's the part most of us can remember being part of homeroom,

Juanita Johnson

I was thinking, 'Well, this is easy.' Three-fourths into it, I remember sweating. I hadn't sweated in a long time.

Larry Anderson

I was here for Camille and I'm leaving. I was here and I remember it well. I don't want to be here for another one.

Eric Osmundson

I thought oh, not again. I remember my first year here was a similar situation.

Christian Bale

I put on weight like Santa Claus. I just get this belly that kind of extends out.

Samuel Butler

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Enrique Garcia

We're like their Santa Claus. It's kind of special and we make them feel normal.

Ludwig von Mises

The Santa Claus principle liquidates itself.

Daniel Handler

Or why you are wearing a picture of Santa Clause on you shirts, but-” “It’s Herman Melville.

Al Smith

No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.

Jeff Bridges

Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.

Esther Dyson

I joined the board of the Santa Fe Institute.

Jim Butcher

I felt like I had just double-tapped Santa.

Bill Cowher

I was just one small part of this, trust me.

Brad Radke

I think these two teams have a lot in common. We can look out and say, 'Look what the A's can do with a small payroll' and we're in the same boat.

Lilly Singh

I think one of the most beautiful things about YouTube is that it makes the world a smaller place. You realize that we're all different, but we're all the same. And if you think about it, it's a beautiful concept.

Aaron Sanchez

I think I can find a house, ... but a small house.

Ang Lee

I thought it was a small work of love. I never thought it would play like this.

DerMarr Johnson

He kind of let me know what he wants out of me. I know that he wants more rebounding with a small lineup. He wants me to be a little more intense.

George William Norris

There is not much danger of the smaller nations if the big nations will behave.

Roy Wilsher

There are still some small bund (concrete container) fires, but the tanks are out.

Dennis Bailey

I did a small part, he's the one who did the big part.

Jeff Crowe

I think they need to sort it out.

Ben Windsor

That's the whole thing, we work well together and we're all sort of into the same stuff.

Suzanne White

That's the sort of story we need to tell.

James Mercer

I tend to write a pretty half and half split of, like, slow, morose things and then sort of more upbeat stuff.

Gordon Fischer

I think he does sort of have this patina of independence. But I don't think he is all that independent from the White House.

Glen Mathison

I think it would be irresponsible to speculate at all that this was some sort of attack.

Rudolph Penner

I think they're going to squeeze out all sorts of other spending items.

Marion Zimmer Bradley

He used to sit on my lap. I was sort of ambivalent about that. He was surviving any way he could.

Ray Stevenson

I feel like I don't exist. It's like I'm some sort of an alias.

Gary Shaw

We try to give them a little leeway. They're not always staring at their watches.

Kathryn Stockett

I sit in my little office and I feel like I've got all my readers staring at me.

Paul Ballew

We do have some payback out there staring us in the face.

Amanda Hocking

Wendy: Why are you staring at me? Finn: Because you're standing in front of me.

Burton Rascoe

What no wife of a writer understands is that a writer is working when he's staring out the window.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

You gonna keep staring at me, Great Acheron, or are you ready to chew me a new one?

Maggie Stiefvater

Ronan kept staring at Whelk. He was good at staring. There was something about his stare that took something from the other person.

Rick Riordan

I gave her my deluxe I'll-Kill-You-Later stare.

Stephenie Meyer

Something I've never seen in all my lives. I'm staring at... hope." - Wanda

Edsger Dijkstra

Computer science has as much to do with computers as astronomy has to do with telescopes.

David Willetts

Looking at scientific inquiry, next paradigm will be based on very large datasets. Scientists are in the lead in handling very large datasets - Hubble telescope or Large Hadron Collider are massive datasets.

Alan Watts

LSD is simply an exploratory instrument like a microscope or telescope, except this one is inside of you instead of outside of you.

Alan Watts

You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.

J. D. Salinger

It happens to be one of those days when I see everybody in the family, including myself, through the wrong end of a telescope.

Garik Israelian

The one way to discover about aliens is to tune your radio telescope and listen to the signals.

John Wagner

Thanks to the invention of the telescope, planets that are 100 billion miles away look to be only 50 billion miles away.

Joseph Campbell

It is not only that there is no hiding place for the gods from the searching telescope and microscope; there is no such society any more as the gods once supported.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The telescope makes the world smaller; it is only the microscope that makes it larger.