Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dirk Nowitzki

We never make excuses with injures. We would love to have Josh out there. Same with Devin. (But) we should have won the game with the guys that we had.

Ray Allen

I was just off. I'm not going to make any excuses. I just didn't make shots.

Bob Marquardt

I was kind of nervous, especially when they had all that momentum in the fourth. It was kind of shaky there. Rebounding is something where we did not do a good job. There is no excuse for that.

Shay Doron

I was kind of hoping she would get back in there because I didn't want any excuses later.

Elizabeth Ryan

I think it's outrageous. I think they're making excuses so they can keep raising it.

Scott Proctor

It had nothing to do with it. If you execute, you'll get guys out. I felt fine to go today. There's no excuse for not getting it done.

Bill Snyder

I think that's probably the case. But that's an excuse, and I don't mean it to be.

Joe Horn

I think that lingered. I think every week, different guys had different excuses why we were losing. And it happened over and over again.

Roger White

I think Purdue played really well. There weren't any holes in their lineup. It was indoors, it was fast and it was on their home court. All excuses aside, we just couldn't finish the matches.

William Wordsworth

O Reader! had you in your mindSuch stores as silent thought can bring,O gentle Reader! you would findA tale in everything.

John Porter

Jerry was a strong person, but a real gentle person at the same time. He was slow to get mad, but if you made him mad, you better get out of the way.

E. P. Thompson

It is not unknown for gentlemen to come in and purchase two of the same items.

George Bernard Shaw

I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor.

Ari Fleischer

Joe is one of the president's staunchest supporters and good friends. The president is going to miss him a great deal. We're all on the staff level going to miss Joe a great deal. He's a great guy -- a real kind man, a gentle giant.

Alan Grayson

Ladies and gentlemen, we understand the big picture after three weeks of testimony. The big picture is greed.

William Brownfield

Ladies and gentlemen, how can I get any sleep with so many conspiracies and plots? ... The truth is there are many things in this world that have nothing to do with the United States.

William Brownfield

Ladies and gentlemen, How am I going to sleep with so many conspiracies and plots?

James Baker

Ladies and gentlemen, at some point -- at some point -- there must be closure,

Antoine Rivarol

Women read each other at a single glance.

Blaise Pascal

Symmetry is what we see at a glance.

W. G. Sebald

A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.

Carolus Linnaeus

A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them

Ellen Burstyn

So I was at the Actor's Studio, thinking about this, and I happened to glance over to the other side of the stage and I saw the ugliest chair I have ever seen. And I thought, 'Well, I could kill that chair!'

Jean Cocteau

Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.

Robert Frost

The sidelong glance is what you depend on.

David Baker

I will do what it takes to get through this year,

James Johnson

I think they've done as much as they've been able to do. It takes a break, some remark.

Mike Parker

That's the sixth-best in the United States. She's getting to be where she wants to be. Forty-seven takes her to her new goals.

P. Herbert

It drains you; it takes a toll on you.

Ben Crenshaw

I don't know where this week is going to lead, but I've had so much fun. I'm just going to kind of see where it takes me.

Reggie Williams

I feel free. It just takes time sometimes.

Patrick Foley

It can get complicated. It takes time, and there are a lot of legal-document translations.

Jenny Lewis

I think it's always an adjustment for me, but I do feel like, ultimately, I can kind of write anywhere. It just takes a second to get back in to the groove.

David Burroughs

If it takes one day, three days, 365 days, that it will have to be.

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.

Willie Parker

Man, watching Jerome all day long, he just is what he is.

B. J. Novak

There's not many good comedies to watch - you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

I was kind of amused, and shocked. At first I was watching it with my children. Then I said 'Children, OUT!

Stacy Keibler

I think there were a lot of women out there watching and voting, and there were a lot of men out there watching, but not voting.

Bill Burr

When I watch 'Breaking Bad,' my stomach is in knots.

Matt Berninger

I watched R.E.M. connect with the back row of a 50,000-seat venue.

Chord Overstreet

I watched 'Full House.' I loved 'Full House.'

Connor Franta

I watched a million coming-out videos, and that was kind of how I accepted it myself.

Miguel Cabrera

I was thinking, 'Whoa,' ... I say to myself, 'I better watch out. I've got to be ready.'