Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Adler

Patrons from around the world have always been gearing together for benefits--it's the serendipity effect, ... You don't know who you're going to run into. It's the ultimate status symbol.

Bruce Henning

We need our seniors to kick it into gear one of these days. But those guys are working hard and doing what they have to do to get better. Unfortunately, their scores don't show it right now. But they'll get better.

Tom Boonen

I was unable to move up one gear but I still managed to keep pedaling and win that great sprint as you all saw.

Norman Cook

I didn't really get into second gear until I was 30. My first wife was a nurse and she was very anti. I never really started caning it until 1990, when I was 29. I had to make up for being a late starter. It wasn't self-destruction - I was having fun. There was never any reason to stop doing it, because it was fun. It makes it much harder to give up. It wasn't even starting to hurt.

Marco Polo

Getting all of our gear was pretty cool. We got 20 shirts and just a ton of stuff.

Don McKee

His passion to win is unbelievable. It always seems that some players have another gear when it comes to the playoffs. He's very relaxed right now and doing a good job. I'm very pleased with the performance and he's a guy that's really stepped up.

John Wiater

When they get moving on the construction, there will be 75-80 construction workers, and when the plant is all geared up, the workforce will (more than) double. All hiring is done under the West Virginia Jobs Act, which means 75 percent of them have to be local workers.

John Travolta

I was suited for fame, and I mean that in the most non-egocentric way. I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature.

Lance Wilson

We can kick it into gear when we need to. We try to always keep it in gear. Sometimes, you just come out flat.

Larry Walker

Reggie? Good luck. Congratulations. ... You guys win the championship down there?

Lydia Lenker

Re-election doesn't lead us. These are good issues.

Gregg Hostetler

Recognition is always good for the program. I think they have to prove it to me.

Jane King

Realtors should be all over this. It's a good product.

Joe Torre

Reggie was one of those guys who knew how good he was and let people know how good he was. Some players resented that during those times.

Stephen Hadley

Our relationships are in good shape. This is not a trip where the president has to come with a deliverable or an initiative.

Carl Pettersson

Pars are good. I had a good round going,

Mark Brunell

Patrick is a great guy and a very good player,

Doug Higgins

Patrick did a good job and we moved some guys around on defense. We started to play a little more solid.

Rosevelt Colvin

Regardless, if we said it 10 times a 1,000 times, if Rodney's out there or if Rodney's not out there, whoever's out there -- 11 guys -- we play team defense,

Marcus Slaughter

Rebounding is about heart. If you want the ball, you go get it. I'm not a 7-footer like (others). I'm just a guy who wants to get a rebound. I have a passion for getting it.

Claude Julien

Price is showing things at 18 guys don't usually show until their second or third year as pros.

Frank Yallop

Pat's always a guy you can rely on.

Brian Graham

Patrick was just a wonderful person. He was the guy who lit up the room.

Rich Rodriguez

Pat is a talented guy with a strong leg who is going to keep getting better.

Chris Snee

Part of it was their scheme, part of it was us not doing our assignments, and part of it was guys just getting beat.

Romeo Crennel

Part of the reason we wanted to get veteran guys in here is because of the experience,

Bill Ball

Our nine seniors, a lot of those guys have made tremendous sacrifices. Every team has scorers, but you've got to have guys willing to play roles, and that's what we've had.

Virgil Virgil

Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his grief.

Barry Manilow

I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life. Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time. No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right. I am totally committed to my music and my fans.

Berthe Morisot

In love, there's sentiment and passion; I know only sentiment through myself, passion through others. I hear certain voices I know say: sentiment=love of the intellect; I can answer: passion=the love of the body.

C. S. Lewis

Afflictions are... if we can so take them, our share in the Passion of Christ

C. S. Lewis

And there’s also ‘To him that hath shall be given.’ After all, you must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence can’t give. Perhaps your own passion temporarily destroys the capacity.

Carrie Brownstein

What I value most in new music is strangeness, oddity. Passion. And humor. I listen to a lot of hip-hop because it combines so many things like that.

Carrie Fisher

I rarely cry. I save my feelings up inside me like I have something more specific in mind for them. I am waiting for the exact perfect situationand then BOOM! I'll explode in a light show of feeling and emotion - a pinata stuffed with tender nuances and pent-up passions

Carl Sagan

My deeply held belief is that if a god of anything like the traditional sort exists, our curiosity and intelligence are provided by such a god. We would be unappreciative of those gifts (as well as unable to take such a course of action) if we suppressed our passion to explore the universe and ourselves. On the other hand, if such a traditional god does not exist, our curiosity and our intelligence are the essential tools for managing our survival. In either case, the enterprise of knowledge is consistent with both science and religion, and is essential for the welfare of the human species.

Bethany Hamilton

Surfing for me is more than my lifestyle; it’s my passion, my love and it’s a part of me,

Holly Hatton

Our performance was not good. We weren't in it from the beginning.

Randy Jepson

Our performance as a whole was not that bad. We weren't outstanding, but we weren't poor either.

Lu Shanzhen

Overall, I am satisfied with the performance of our gymnasts.

Jeffrey Benjamin

Platitudes and generalities can only be sustained when performance exceeds intellect.

Jerry Slocum

It is a tough one to sit on when you have that type of performance.

Kenny Jackett

That was as well as we've played this year - particularly the first 45 minutes. The performance was excellent.

Richard Menicke

I was really pleased with the performance of Steffen Anderson.

Sasha Cohen

I think it was a gift. For that performance, silver is generous.

Steve Houghton

I was very pleased with our performance. We were very successful from a team standpoint. We have made significant progress in practice and it showed up at Wisconsin.

Jim Smith

Reece is one of those players that when he's on the floor, something's going to happen. It may be good, it may be bad. But it's going to happen.

Greg Marshall

Our players were as embarrassed as I was.

Sherri Coale

Our players have such tremendous respect for Marsha. I wanted them to be a part of treating her the way she has always treated us.

Steve Spurrier

Our players have remained relaxed when on the verge of winning,

George Steinbrenner

Sure, there will be some more back out, whether it's our players or somebody else's. I'm used to spring training being to concentrate on the World Series, and that's what we like to see our players do. But we don't tell them not to play.

Ben Gordon

Some of the players just brain-locked out there.

Mary Pinkowski

Some of our players were nervous. We got off to a slow start. It was frustrating.

Phil Jackson

Some of our players didn't look ready to play.

Jurgen Klinsmann

Some of the younger players do need protecting as they are new at this level. That is why I do not play them all the time as they need to be bedded in slowly.

Nancy Kotowski

Our schools are very pleased with the results.

Richard Parsons

Overall, I'm pleased with the results from most of our businesses,

Kelly Svebek

I think they (teachers) are real pleased overall. This time of year, there's a lot of wondering.

Marc Walters

That was a real big win for us. I was real pleased with how they played. They were businesslike.

Rob Parish

I was really pleased with that considering we raced all 5A teams.

Gerald Perry

I was really pleased. I was very pleased to be honest. He could've done a lot more, but it was the first day.

Frank Allocco

I was pretty pleased with the way we responded to being down.

Mike Dowd

I was pleased we competed well. We fought; that made a difference.

P. J. Harvey

I was pleased that she had upheld the work that we had done.

Chad Hedrick

I was a little tense to go out there and get it. But now I'm relaxed and confident.

Sean Burroughs

That was probably as relaxed as I've ever been.

Armando Benitez

I was probably as relaxed as I've ever been,

Chuck D.

I think that's why I was really relaxed at the plate,

Jamie Silverstein

I feel cool. I was surprised how relaxed I was.

Nik Wallenda

I'm often very relaxed when I'm on the wire. There may be some tears because this is a dream of mine.

Rebecca Stead

On Sunday, I think the most important thing for me is to just turn my brain off. The idea of not trying is the key, because that's where you're relaxed enough to let your brain make new connections.

Claire Forlani

The older I get, the more relaxed I am.

Jane Campion

Only when you are relaxed can you see what's going on.

Jim Boeheim

I think there should be an expansion. Whatever seems to fit.

Mark Tacchi

That was the first time, other than the medley (relay) that we've put Libby (O'Brien) on anchor. Starting her just wasn't working. When Krissy (Brown) starts, that seems to spark her. We get more out of it all the way around with Krissy starting and Libby on anchor.

Fergal Murray

That?s the one everyone seems to go straight for.

Jimmy Baron

I was very concerned, but he seems to be fine.

Jim Smith

I tell them it's the future. It seems to be where truck tires are heading.

R. Robinson

I think just watching (tape of) the team we're going to play there seems to be more urgency, there's more awareness, more attitude.

Robin Wright

I think just by watching him, like, 'Let's get on with it. Let's just shoot the scene, and we're done,' which seems logical.

Randy Ready

(Johnston) has been hot. Anything he touches right now seems to work out for him.

Jay Haas

I'd like it to go back to no carts. It just seems right. It seems like if spectators can go out and walk, we can, too. It's part of the competition.

Jason Venable

Stephen Munoz really stepped up when Thomas went out.

Anthony Gonzalez

I was just tired. When he took me down I said, ?this kid's tough.' So I stepped it up.

Charlie Bell

I think this woke us up. As a team, we stepped it up a bit.

David McClure

I thought he stepped up real big." ()

Ozzie Guillen

He did it all today. He showed up big. He stepped up and did a tremendous job.

Robert Garcia

I think you really have stepped it up a notch, and it's been noticed.

Randy Johnson

I got a little tight. So, I just stepped out and let someone else pitch. Everything is fine.

Darren Testa

He was a big surprise. He really stepped up for us.

Michael Coburn

He's a young guy, but he stepped up. That's what we needed.

David Davies

Sven's got a roving eye. He's like a seagull and can wrap his wings around people.

Kevin Morris

Out the end windows of the cafeteria, it's all new,

Max Mathurin

Rene Preval has been declared the winner with 51 percent.

Ben Curtis

I'm here to win and that's what I want to do,

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

Beck

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

Beck

Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead

B. B. King

I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.