Famous Quotes & Sayings

Randy Johnson

Regarding the unfortunate incident that happened this morning as I was on my way to take a physical, I hope that everyone will understand that the past few days have been a bit overwhelming and I wish I had handled the situation differently, ... I am very sorry it happened.

Satoru Iwata

Recently I have gained a little bit of interest in getting more involved in game development again.

Paul Ferley

Recent comments by Fed officials on indications that the U.S. economy had a fair bit of momentum going into the natural disaster seems to have resulted in the consensus of the Fed continuing to hike rates,

Jerry Taylor

Price gouging -- like spinach -- may be unappealing at first bite but it's good for everyone in the long run,

Nancy Lopez

Our passing broke down a little bit and we're just not at the next level yet.

Peter Struck

Our relations now, they are a little bit difficult, but they will be repaired,

Janine Benyus

Organisms sip energy, because they have to work or barter for every single bit that they get.

Gail Goestenkors

Parity is a great thing for the sport, but I think we?re still 5-10 years away from reaching the same level. There are more upsets, but only in the early rounds, if you consider those upsets. There?s still a lot we have to do to get to a desirable level, and there are so many things to consider. It?s happening a little bit now, but you?re not going to see everything change all in one tournament.

Ezra Morse

Paul broke the Waldport dry spell of state placers last year when he placed fifth, and now we've made a bit more recent history by placing three wrestlers in the same year. It's been a long time since that has happened and since we've had a wrestler in the state finals. With all these placers returning next year, we are poised to make major gains next season.

Bill Doniel

Someone going by could have seen a very tempting, elderly, potential victim. We're looking for more information. We know from other cases that it's those little bits of information that can make a difference.

Helen Roberts

little bits here and there from people who hear my story.

Roz Chast

I think of my drawing style like handwriting: it's a mix of whatever handwriting you're born with, plus bits and pieces you've pilfered from other people around you.

Trent Reznor

Just because technology exists where you can duplicate something, that doesn't give you the right to do it. There's nothing wrong with giving some tracks away or bits of stuff that's fine. But it's not everybody's right. Once I record something, it's not public domain to give it away freely.

Ian Wright

I am a predatory striker, ... That is why people say they would have liked to see us playing together. He does what he does outside the box and I would be inside waiting to get bits and that would have been good to see.

Nicholas Kristof

I can't help thinking that if the American West were discovered today, the most glorious bits would be sold off to the highest bidder. Yosemite might be nothing but weekend homes for Internet tycoons.

Richard Boulderstone

Keeping the bits is not enough - you need to be able to recreate from them something that readers in decades and centuries to come will be able to use.

Stan Glowiak

I thought we still had opportunities. We got bits and pieces, but we didn't get the whole package.

Bryan Piskorowski

I think the fact that the election is so close is having an effect on the Dow. It's (the race) so close here that little bits of nuances like a 24-year-old story on George W. Bush is having an effect on stocks.

J. J. Johnson

Steve is an accomplished senior executive with a rich skill set, including consumer brand building, media, marketing, operations, people management, finance and technology. He also brings a great blend of start-up and high-growth business experiences.

Scott Cooley

Some of the higher-turnover areas, like small blend funds and mid-cap growth funds, have a problem delivering comparable returns to their peers when too much money flows into the fund.

Mark Howard

Our preferred alternative will be somewhat of a blend or a combination of those.

James Patrick

Our team is a blend of skilled underclassmen and seasoned veterans. We need to continue to improve and grow as a team to reach our goals for the 2006 season.

Cindy Fitzgerald

Our strength is individual talent. Our weakness - and it?s something we have to work on - is blending that talent into a team as strong as we can possibly be.

Robin Reynolds

Our 2005 player field will feature the perfect blend of both solid veterans and rising stars. This year, fans will be able to see some of the most exciting players in women's tennis today.

Sally Drucker

Pine is porous, and you have to work it in and blend it for a uniform look. A good finish is the hardest part.

Bret Boone

It is a tough road now. We've been calling this a poor start, but how much longer is it just the start to the season? When does the start blend into the long road of the season?

Michael Walsh

Just build a classic horseshoe of wood and plaster, and fill it with statuary and curtains, then sit back and savor the beautifully blended results.

Sara Anderson

Our parents kind of looked at different magazines and talked to people they knew and kind of looked at colleges that were ranked high in the Midwest.

Jake Plummer

Passes that I threw in college up the middle of the field that were complete were now intercepted and coming right back at you. It's the quality of players. They don't let you make many mistakes.

Mike Stoops

Sure. You would have liked (more production). Rickey has practiced well and is getting in shape. That comes from playing and not being in the system. It is difficult for junior college players to come in and make a huge impact early on.

John Junker

Sure, it's a challenge, but if you love college football this is something you want to be involved in. Our people are really excited about it.

Joni Finney

States have no idea about the knowledge and skills of their college graduates.

Helen Haugh

State College was small then. You more or less knew everyone.

Jocelyn Price

Stephanie is a great all-around player who will most likely play outside hitter for us. She has solid fundamental skills needed to play college volleyball, and has a good feel for the game. With experience under her belt, Stephanie will become quite a student of the game.

Jon Barber

Some of these (junior colleges) come in and don't even think we should be on the same field as them.

David Atlee

Some of the college towns that we operate in in the Lower 48 do this every year.

Rob Leavitt

Our regional is not one of the strongest around, but it's always nice to win and get through that again.

George Clooney

O'Reilly actually said some nice things about the movie,

John Cusack

Partial Insomniac. Nice Person. Sometimes Brooding. ... Partially inspired. Nice Idea. Sometimes Boring.

Joel Cormier

Paul really played nice in net. He made some big saves.

Michael Haynes

Payne is an outstanding shot blocker, ... She has a nice touch around the basket.

Charles Anderson

Sure would be nice to have some school officials here.

Brian Lempola

Staples-Motley has a number of outstanding athletes. We also had a nice meet. I'm very pleased with our season so far.

Bradley Starks

Some of the drills were kind of crazy. They were new to me, but when I got used to them they were alright. The people down there were very nice and helpful.

Jacqueline Salame

Someone called from New Hampshire, and he wasn't nice in his rhetoric.

Bob Hadfield

Our policy is to provide water for the orderly development of Carson Valley.

Elliot Krieger

Our relationship with the union, once the order was put in place, has been pretty good,

M. C. Escher

Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.

Shaukat Aziz

Step by step, we are getting there. It has to be done in an orderly way,

Gary Thayer

Manufacturing is expanding, but not as broadly as in November. There was weakness in new orders and employment.

Barry Lopez

To allow mystery, which is to say to yourself, 'There could be more...things we don't understand,' is not to damn knowledge....It is to permit yourself an extraordinary, freedom: someone else does not have to be wrong in order that you might be right...This tolerance for mystery invigorates the imagination; and it is the imagination that gives shape to the universe.

B. F. Skinner

Going out of style isn't a natural process, but a manipulated change which destroys the beauty of last year's dress in order to make it worthless.

Bill Crawford

In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.

Big Pun

I'm as wicked as Hitler's first born, cause of me, lot of old ladies purses gone.

Ken Williams

I still have 17 pieces of shrapnel in my neck.

Jimmy Johnson

There are so many pieces to the puzzle,

Jill Buford

I don't think any one of these is the solution. It's going to be a combination of them all. This is just a big puzzle and we need to put all the pieces together.

Jacqueline Grebmeier

Here we put all the pieces of the puzzle together.

Charlie Batch

He's been able to put this together and make sure the right pieces are in place. And we were pieces of this team.

Carson McCullers

Sometimes this fellow's music was like little colored pieces of crystal candy, and other times it was the softest, saddest thing she had ever imagined about.

Aaron Copland

The melody is generally what the piece is all about.

Eddie Carbone

She puts all the pieces together. I promote the tournament, work with the players. She runs the tournament.

Barbara Kruger

The so-called language of Barbara Kruger is vernacular language. Obviously, I pick through bits and pieces of it and figure out to some degree how to objectify my experience of the world, using pictures and words that construct and contain me.

Barry McGuigan

I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.

Billy Corgan

I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car.

Bill Taylor

Players win games, teams win championships.

Bill Tilden

Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater. When I step on the court I feel like Anna Pavlova. Or like Adelina Patti. Or even like Sarah Bernhardt. I see the footlights in front of me. I hear the whisperings of the audience. I feel an icy shudder. Win or die! Now or never! It's the crisis of my life.

Bill Simmons

You always hear that tragedies put sports in perspective, that they prove we shouldn't care this much about the successes and failures of a bunch of wealthy strangers. I'm going the other way - sometimes, sports put everything else in perspective.

Bill Simmons

I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. '30 for 30 had a big impact because I loved how that was about finding, empowering and working with these incredible directors, and I thought the same thing could work for writers.

Bill Shankly

I never drop a player I only make changes.

Bill Cowher

We're not attempting to circumcise rules.

C. S. Lewis

A spoiled saint, a Pharisee, an inquisitor, or a magician, makes better sport to Hell than a mere common tyrant or debauchee.

Dave Huber

That was ugly. I was waiting for the ugly duckling to turn into the swan, but it never happened.

Barry Trotz

That was the turning point. That was a big save.

Jason Garey

I think it turned out pretty well for me.

Elisa Massimino

I think things are really turning on this.

Pete Kendall

I think if you turn on the film, you can see him all over the place.

Heath Sager

I think so. I thought we were much better than an 0-3 team. Now we've kind of turned the corner.

Tom Price

I think Jaguar can turn it around, but right now it's tough. If I had only a Jaguar store, it would be very, very tough.

Steve Cox

I think Knute Rockne is turning over in his grave.

Author unknown

I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.

Chris Evans

For the youth, the indignation of most things will just surge as each birthday passes.

Benjamin Disraeli

To be famous when you are young is the fortune of the gods.

Bruce Catton

Early youth is a baffling time

Barbara Mertz

A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.

Alexander the Great

At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!

Aeschylus

Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.

Agatha Christie

Youth is a failing only too easily outgrown.

E. W. Howe

Youth is about the only thing worth having, and that is about the only thing youth has.

Stephen Kinzer

It is never wise to discourage youthful idealism.