Counted Quotations

In the Middle Ages, I think the French kings murdered slightly fewer of their family members than the English kings, though I haven't actually counted the heads.

I started keeping track of my pet peeves and so far have counted over 160... but to pick one: muffins. They're imposters. They think they're breakfast food, but really, they are just terrible cupcakes.

In bitter almond oil, like in a great number of other substances that previously had been counted among the 'aromatic compounds' on behalf of their strong smell, a derivative of benzene is present. The special properties of benzene and its derivatives are caused by the typical arrangement of their carbon atoms.

To change your mind about something is always difficult. I think that people who are big enough to admit they were wrong can be counted on your fingers.

Whenever a Kurd wants to measure the depth of some foreign leader's commitment to Kurdish autonomy, he listens for one particular word. That word is 'federal.' Anyone who will say he favors Kurdish federalism can be counted a friend of the Kurds.

The British theatre and establishment is so hard to penetrate, and there are so many talented people involved in it. So, to be counted among some of those actresses... It doesn't get better than that.

The only thing I hope I did was never put in question my love for the game, or my passion to be counted on when it mattered most.

I love to be scared. Not, 'Hey, I think I smell smoke...' scared, but creepy, paranoid, what's-that-out-there-in-the-dark, ghost story scared. It's no surprise that I was the girl who got invited to the slumber parties because I could be counted on to tell a tale to scare the bejesus out of you.

We've got ballots flying around, being counted by hand, arriving by truck and in God knows whose custody.

The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately.

I've always had a loud mouth, and for that I've gotten a lot of attention. I did falter in some big competitions in my career, but being counted out and not being seen as a threat is something I'm used to.

I'm a good businessman. I pay my bills. Growing up in a situation where everything counted helps.

Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.

In my early teens, I acquired a kind of representative status: went on behalf of the family to wakes and funerals and so on. And I would be counted on as an adult contributor when it came to farm work - the hay in the summertime, for example.

I would argue that no financial instrument counted as regulatory capital should be allowed to receive any protection from losses.

In general, states do not count on pledges of 'no more war' from their neighbors. Israel's army never counted on it from Egypt, for example.

Political scientists after World War II hypothesized that even though the voices of individual Americans counted for little, most people belonged to a variety of interest groups and membership organizations - clubs, associations, political parties, unions - to which politicians were responsive.

We are processing the overnight permit applications right now, and I haven't counted how many applications but it looks like we've got a thousand.

We're going to do the testing that's required. That's essential because voters do need the confidence that their votes will be counted accurately.

We'll be doing a number of different things to make sure the automated voting isn't counted in this next tally.

when I counted the candles on my birthday cake and cringed.

Let the count begin not just of the votes not counted in Miami Dade, but as the court so wisely ruled, of the undercounts in every county. Then every American will know with certainty who has won the presidency.

Senior development specialists in the Treasury can be counted on one hand. America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that would be needed to meet the commitments.

No one counted us to be there on Saturday, except for us. This bunch of girls, they believe in the program, they believe in themselves, and I'm just really proud of them.

More often than not you need personalities in the team to standout and be counted to ensure that we pull off match winning performances.

Obviously, '97 sticks out. And winning the (Southeastern Conference) tournament in 2000 when we just had an up and down year ... but found ways to win when it really counted sticks out.

I was sweating it out when they counted off this morning,

I was so happy for him. He has worked so hard for four years and was very, very solid right when it counted the most for him. He really came through for himself and for his team.

If we had gone 11-6 over the last 17 games, we would have won 89-90 games. That's all it would have taken. But you know, baseball is a game of luck, health and bounces. It's hard to play when guys you are counted on are injured. More than half your bullpen had injuries. It was like all the injuries happened at once hit us.

I'd like to see every Brooklyn organization raising funds for the relief effort, ... Brooklyn book clubs, sports teams, block associations, business and professional associations, schools, libraries, houses of worship, and any other forum where Brooklynites come together can all join in and make a difference.  I would also like to see all Brooklyn restaurants donate a percentage of their receipts for a week to the relief effort. Right now, donations of money are most urgently needed.  As the rescue and recovery progresses, there will be many other needs, and we will continue to respond as those needs become clear.  Brooklynites can be counted upon to come to the aid of our southern neighbors and we will be there for the long haul.

I don't know necessarily if we're calling it a rebuilding season. Our expectations are always the same. I think a lot of people may have counted us out, but we'll gladly take that role.

But we didn't do it. On the drive that counted the most.

Bush is slightly ahead now, but that's because the Democratic strongholds in the state -- Dade County and Broward County -- have not had their votes counted yet.

I give a lot of credit to their pitcher. She made the right pitches when it counted and we couldn't get it done when we needed to, and hopefully they'll learn from that.

If an athlete misses two out-of-competition tests, it will be counted as a positive case as well, and the athlete concerned will face at least a two-year suspension.

He taught us that to stand and be counted was the way to be.

He is a rider who has always stood up and been counted and will have an opportunity to race in the world's.

He finds the perfect approach to Murrow, what his contribution was. It's not a film that makes Murrow out to be a grand hero who saves the United States. It shows that within a domain limited by the possibilities of the medium and the demands of sponsors, that someone can make a stance, can stand up and be counted and make their voice heard.

We feel it's time for veterans in Santa Cruz County to be counted and honored for their service to their country.

We thought we were qualified for the postseason, just from the schedule and opponents. We just couldn't do anything about their finish in 2005. That shouldn't have been counted against us.

We made too many mistakes and that counted against us. We have to have a look at ourselves. We made too many mistakes and had two yellow cards too many.

He was our team and has been since he was a sophomore. He's been the guy we've counted on to score goals.

He was one of the few in television who could always be counted on to deliver comedy that was smart and funny.

He was huge down the stretch. David Heck, no question, stepped up for us when it counted at the end.

He counted them at break of day - / And when the sun set where were they?

He is one of the few people who can get on a stage in an arena in front of any audience anywhere in the world and and play original songs for hours (that) everyone would be familiar with and sing along to. The list of people whose music has this power could be counted on one hand, tops.

Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You'll find only trace elements of this language in the poem.

Kayla has been clutch for five years in this program. She is someone I always counted on to have on the floor in crunch time or a late-game situation, because she's so aware of the circumstances of what's going on and what her team needs to do.

It came down to who is going to play the big points better. Our girls found a way to elevate their play and do well. I couldn't be more proud of a team than I am of them. They just played really well when it counted the most.

I think, that happens a lot in our game. Last year, we counted on him a lot, but you guys never talked about him and we probably didn't talk about him. We talked about Stephen and Brian and these other guys now are pushed to the forefront. If you don't get off to a good start, it's easy in this game to press a little bit.

I thought they played great. They gave up few yards here and there, but when it really counted they kept 'em out of the end zone. It was a great showing by those guys and really restored some of that confidence we maybe lost.

It has 800 squares. I walked and counted them all.

I was able to see a tape of them (York)Suburban) playing and I counted them passing the ball 37 times against East Penn on one possession. At that point, I decided we needed to speed them up in our game if we wanted to win.

Just being able to go out there day in and day out where a lot of people counted me out says a lot for the work I put into it, and for the medical staff and the team.

Jason was on the bubble and really needed a win to make the Olympic team. He totally came through when it counted the most.

Last season I counted four fingers at them for the number of European Cups Liverpool had won. Next time, I can just stick my whole hand up.

People are counted where they're living when the Census is taken. Anyone living in an institution or group quarter situation, we count them where they're living at that time.

Our procedure is if a student misses school, they're just counted absent. There have been no comments or big rush or threats of students saying they're going to leave.

Our four that we counted on are going (to state). We were hoping we'd get lucky and have another, but we're happy with the four that are going. They can all potentially win state.

Our video guy said they should have counted the first one, too, because their guy pushed our guy into their goalie. I don't know if I've ever scored a goal that didn't count, but here I almost had two . I'm happy I got one at least.

Our young guys got to play a lot this week and that will help us down the road. It is a long season and you never know when one of those guys will be counted on to come in and make plays.

Results from 1,177 polling places of the 3,070 polling stations have been counted and tallied, accounting for 378,008 of the votes cast so far,

Our position is that Ms. Wade has not met her burden to show that there were improper ballots that were counted here.

Some of the guys we counted on stepping up or needing to step up really didn't show up, and that was disappointing. We can't have that kind of drop-off between the first group and second group.

I wish Reggie was here because he was so looking forward to this. He counted the time and dates after his retirement. He respected the men who played before him and made the way before him so much.

It feels great going back-to-back. A lot of people counted us out because we had a little controversy or whatever. But every team has its own controversy. It's just that our team's was public. We really wanted to prove to everybody that we were here to win state.

It definitely is an honor to be counted on and be seen as a leader. It's a responsibility you don't take lightly and I try to make sure I am always accountable for my actions and to this basketball team. I have been here the longest of anyone and I know what coach Davis expects. I have tried to pass that along to the incoming players.

I thought it was a clean block at the end. It was a big win, a lot of people counted us for dead. I was glad to see our guys fight back, they met the challenge. Tonight the guys pulled together, responded and executed down the stretch on the fly.

We needed good credit, and our income needed to fall within the range for our family. They started out counting us as three, with our son, Evan. The baby had to come out before it could be counted too.

That was the run that counted the most.

Most counted that game as their most fondest. I certainly believe there's more incentive.

Who has ever counted the waves from the ocean of your eyes?

We just couldn't get a hit when it counted all night long. We had our chances. We left a ton of kids on base. It's too bad. Pius gave us chances to win and we didn't take advantage of it.

You kind of wish it was a game that counted - Indianapolis Colts. Hopefully, the tables will turn and we can come out and play hard and get a win.

You kind of wish it was a game that counted - Indianapolis Colts,

Will special sauce now be counted as a durable good?

We had high expectations after the spring. It's frustrating but things happen on and off the field to players we counted on. But in life, mistakes happen. The first game will show the character of this team. We'll see if we can fight through the adversity.

We had great practices (on the beam) all week. We counted four falls. That's two points. But we had some good individual performances. It was a good meet.

We hadn't counted on, I guess, the over-enthusiasm of people.

You know he's going to continue to get better. He's someone that can be counted on, not only now but in the future.

We are obviously gratified by the unanimous ruling of the Florida Supreme Court, ... The Supreme Court's clear and unambiguous ruling, that the counties are authorized to proceed with the manual recount, is a victory for everyone who wants to see the votes counted fully and fairly here in Florida.

We haven't counted up the money yet, but the show went well.

To be counted out, and for our team to pretty much come together as we have against all the adversity, doubters, injuries ... we just worked hard every day. I couldn't be happier for my guys. We're a team. We're a family. We're sticking together.

We're not saying don't fill it out. If that is their personal desire to fill out only some questions, its better to do that than not get counted at all.

We have counted on customers realizing they need big processors to anchor their Web serving e-commerce applications, and that anticipation appears to be paying off,

We came here for revenge. People may have counted us out, but we played a tough preseason to get us prepared for a game like this.

We called on her to corral and control and be physical with the opponent's best player and she did that. She could always be counted on to score a few points when we needed to.

We've counted again a couple of more times in sort of an unofficial way and come up with more than that.

We had a fast car on the track but we stopped and put on tires and we got too tight. On long runs we were really good. It was a solid day for us. We were our best when it counted and that is a good thing.

We had a couple goals disallowed. One they said didn't cross the line and the other they said the whistle blew. On their fourth goal, the net was off and they counted it.

This was a great high school Division V game. The effort was good. The plays were unbelievable. But we made mistakes when it counted the most.

There are 1.1 million outstanding in California, absentees that haven't been counted, (and) 900,000 that haven't been counted in Washington.

We always thought we could do it, that's what has made it a little more sweeter this year. People have counted us out sometimes, we've been proving them wrong all season. It's good to be here.

We've played great defense in the past and this wasn't one of our better ones. But when it counted down the stretch, second half, we found a way to lock up and get it done on the (defensive) end of the floor.

We're thankful to be counted among the many of you that are changing the world with your music and your lives.

Tuesday can be a turning point. It's set to be a big day. It has to be a very big day. We've counted a very high number of calls for strike, higher than what we had at the peak of mobilization against pension reform in 2003.

This team didn't have any seniors. Some of the guys left the program or were asked to leave who were counted on to help.

What it suggests is that they experienced more revenue erosion than they had counted on for January. It's encouraging for the long-term. They have a much higher cost base than they should given the size of their company so they need to right-size it. It's hard to lay off that many people, but they need to do it. I give them credit.

We knew coming into the game Julia Montebello was 2-23 from the 3-point range, so we didn't concentrate on her as much. We have to tip our hat to her though because she made a big shot when it counted the most for them.

You had to stay on to win. Boise and us obviously were very close, and we each counted a fall. It was down to those final tenths. It just worked out in our favor. ... I'm very proud this team held together.