Filling Quotations

Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots.

When you're providing emergency aid, you're fighting hunger; you're filling stomachs.

We're all kind of basically involved in the same thing, putting up a blank of some kind and filling it in.

Because of my tremendous respect for Bob Barker and for the show's high standards of professionalism I consider this a tremendous honor that few announcers have ever been treated to. Both Rod's and Johnny's shoes are huge; I can't think about filling them.

This is a truth that should be repeated like a mantra: to have any chance of a ful - filling life, we require not only clean air and a steady climate, but also an abundance of meadows and woodlands, rivers and oceans, teeming with life and the mass existence of other living creatures.

I'm originally from Dallas, Texas, where Bonnie and Clyde were from, so when I was a little kid, my grandfather used to drive me past the Barrow Filling Station. At my elementary school, there was a barn outside that they used to say was a Bonnie and Clyde hangout.

When you're doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do what's expected of you, and things go poorly, you will look to external sources for what to do next, because that will be your habit. You will be standing there frozen. If you are just filling a role, you will be blindsided.

If I go away, I take a little picture of my son. It's in a frame with a speaker, and he recorded a birthday message for me when he was nine or 10. I can't listen to it without filling up.

There was a time when idealistic folksingers such as myself believed that Reality TV was a programming vogue that would peak and recede, leaving only its hardiest show-offs. Instead, it has metastasized like toxic mold, filling every nook and opening new crannies.

There's been a vacuum with movies that people can relate to. There's been a paucity of dramas that people can relate to. I think audiences are clamoring to connect - particularly after 9/11 - with things that are genuine and real and I think documentaries are filling that need.

No man wants to feel that he's there because of his woman's biological clock or because he's filling a job opening for husband or significant other.

When moms and dads put their kids in acting class, good luck. Because you're just filling them with stuff they don't need yet.

I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary

If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.

While President Putin is busy redrawing the map of Europe, President Obama is busy filling out his brackets.

As a teenager, Monica Seles won some historic matches on the tennis court, dominating opponents and filling a room with trophies.

Launching a Broadway show is like no other endeavor. It's taxing because you're present - it's not like cutting a movie and test focus-grouping it and filling out forms.

When I first started as an editorial cartoonist, I was terrified on a daily basis. Filling that hole the next day, knowing that tens of thousands of people were going to expect something funny. There is still that pressure, but you kind of learn how to cope with it a little better.

When you have a few cake formulas and filling ideas in your repertoire, you will find that it's pretty much an assembly job - you can mix and match a different way every time.

Each multiplex has screens allocated to each studio. The screens need filling. Studios have to create product to fill their screen, and the amount of good product is limited.

My whole musical life has been an educational process, and I'm just furthering my education and filling in the blanks. There's stuff that I want to know that I don't know.

Size matters in fiction, but so does lack of size. Everything else being equal, fat novels tend to be perceived as serious, very thin ones as more honest, more real. Writers address these age-old expectations by filling their big books with philosophy and cramming their little ones with feeling.

That's what the Affordable Care Act is all about. It's about filling the gaps in employer-based care so that when we lose a job, or go back to school, or start that new business, we'll still have coverage.

We are proud to play even a small part in helping our industries provide emergency shelter for the victims of this tragedy. It appears that most of the shelters ordered by FEMA have now been produced, but we do expect to see some carryover into 2006. In addition, industry sales in 2006 may increase due both to the need to replenish dealer lots that were depleted while manufacturers diverted their production capabilities to filling FEMA orders, and the permanent rebuilding of the hurricane-stricken areas.

We are looking forward to him again filling a crucial role in our bullpen.

Until now, the Germans thought, 'We can make it with diesel.' They saw hybrid as a technology that was just filling a gap. Now they're seeing that, particularly in the U.S., they're missing a market.

When we were coming up, it was kind of a retooling thing and we were filling in with whatever you could fill in with. (Now) you've got a good ownership that's not only going to allow those guys to play, but they're going to bring in the pieces and make it competitive and allow them to win.

Very few of the responses will have a post-attack impact, ... In the last two weeks people have ... been very distracted. Filling out response cards to consumer confidence surveys has not really been their number one priority.

We're providing a service that's very valuable to students, ... It's free to students and free to schools with scholarships. We're filling an essential need.

We're filling the pipeline to retailers and sales reports so far are very positive.

We're filling a void of an underserved community. We continue to see that in Northern and Central California.

We're filling a little bit of a niche. It's tough to sell 40,000 (concert) tickets in a stadium. Most of the (amphitheaters) do 16,000 to 18,000, and we're in the 20,000-plus range. We can do a concert on a Friday night and a soccer game on Saturday. That's unheard of for stadium venues.

We're putting the supermarket in competition with the corner filling station for the output of the farm.

We're starting to get the concept and believe in it. We have players filling their roles off the bench, allowing our starters a little rest. Everyone is accepting their roles.

We're running out of inventory. Most the people are looking for a building that will produce income. So if your going to buy an empty building, you have to be aggressive when filling it up.

We've got most of the tagging information. But we're missing some of the resolution information from various periods. We know where those areas are and people are helping us by filling in the blanks.

We've got folks who want to go south to check on things. They're afraid they won't be able to find any gas down there, so they are filling up lots of gas cans. It puts a strain on the local stations,

When you see an item like that, you have to have it because it is filling a void. It is something you didn't know you wanted. It can be quite emotional.

When you say you are going to do something, you get it done. I committed myself to filling them all. I didn't quite make it.

We developed some uniform guidelines for filling the Schultueten. Parents were asked to fill them with healthy treats.

We really haven't shot the ball well since our conference tournament final. We've been playing good defense. We knew it was going to come and boy they stroked it tonight. When we're filling it up we're tough to beat.

We hope we are filling a need in some of our smaller communities. Of those we've signed up so far, most are from smaller towns.

There are ways of filling the gaps, but it's not going to happen as immediately as people would like.

The psychic space that Pac-Man grew to occupy in early 1980s popular culture was truly enormous, filling in the vacuum of downtime between "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" and stepping into the breach vacated by Kiss, when all of Am

NOP stands for (and is pronounced) no op, as in no operation. The NOP causes the processor to do absolutely nothing. What's it good for? Filling space. The 8080 can usually execute a bunch of NOP instructions without anything bad happening

It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there?

We're just going to pick up where we left off last year, ... The girls get along well and they've already gelled. They play well together, and we have a lot of strong younger players filling in our holes.

Luke came into my room a little after 5:30 a.m. and said his room was filling up with smoke.

Look what we've accomplished so far this year. We're pretty much filling the stadium every night with a team that has only won two games. This is pretty much unheard of in the CFL. This is a sign of the completion of the initial phase of this project . . . The fact David can step out this early is a huge compliment to what he has achieved.

Last year, they came in and they were on top a lot and we were kind of the underdog. This year, I feel like they have different guys filling different roles and have a great sense of urgency.

Seniors appear to be filling incremental prescriptions, given additional drug coverage.

September and October are too late to fill the markets we're used to filling in May. I have grave doubts it will protect our markets.

She sets our standards. She's great. Filling her spot is going to be hard.

Older women are like aging strudels-the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own.

So many wait until Friday. Every five minutes we were filling out fishing licenses.

She punished him by filling the bathtub with scalding water and submerging him in it. After she inflicted these serious, serious burns on him, she turned him back over to his grandmother. The grandmother took him home on Christmas Day and kept him for a week, allowing him to suffer and gradually die.

She really hasn't had a lot of experience, but every race she seems to get better and better. She's maturing and filling out and if I can just keep her mind right, she'll last a long time.

She is so confident, so cool. She's so much a starter. You don't look at her and think she's just a replacement, filling in for Betty. The season has gone really well in terms of getting her valuable experience this year.

Mobile home parks are just not being created today, but mobile homes are being sold. They're going somewhere. They're filling in the corner of a hayfield here and an old wood lot there.

Mr. President, in your State of the Union address you said keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. As the big oil companies are posting record profits, many families in New Jersey are finding it difficult to balance the costs of filling their tanks with other critical needs of their families. We urge you to address the growing crisis before the summer travel season begins.

One of our goalies is out sick and our other goalie Jordan McCormack was filling in and she did a great job.

No one has given up this year, even when we've faced adversity. Guys are filling in and doing the job.

One way to confront feelings of resentment in our heart against somebody is by filling our mind with someone whom we really love unconditionally.

My concern is that consumers have put off filling their heating oil tanks because of the high costs. But prices, obviously, haven't gone down. So while the supplies will be there, they will be more expensive.

Never underestimate the long-term influence of filling others' buckets.

I was filling in for the 25 ... I'm not the only one that's been in somebody else's equipment or with somebody else's number on the side. There's been a lot of people doing it. It's just kind of how it is.

I wouldn't be worried about it at all. I think it's very natural to see some backing and filling after the gains we've had.

I grew up with music hall and revue and was used to filling in the little gaps here and there to get bigger audience reaction.

If we listen more than we talk,and instead of making sure our voice is heard,we make sure we hear their voice,and if everyone listened....and Intead of filling silence with words,we fill ourselves with silence,the world would be a better place

I got on the floor and looked up. The arena was filling for the Duke game. I looked around and said, 'Wow! This is unbelievable.' It's a dream come true.

I brought him here to see if he could understand some of the things and see a little bit how they're kind of off base on a couple areas. He's got a notepad, he's been filling it up. Hopefully he takes it back and learns something.

Basically we have an ordinance that's drafted, but it's a matter of filling in the blanks.

Because she is so tall, getting gas at filling stations with canopies poses a problem, ... We have to be extra careful.

China is a huge market and the majors don't sell that many units there. Someone has to be filling that demand.

Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.

I have a sense of urgency, of time. I am a woman and am always running between work, doctors' appointments, school meetings, filling up the fridge, then going back to work. Like everyone who combines professional and family life, I am always doing several things at the same time.

Get those dinner reservations now. Places are filling up quick. Girls should have any hair or make-up appointments set, and guys should have their tuxes rented. And remember to plan on having a good time.

From an operational stand point, we know when a bus is filling to capacity of 55 seats instead of a bus pulling up to a station and 70 people are waiting on a bus.

I don't want to alarm anyone that New Orleans is filling up like a bowl. That isn't happening.

For the teams that aren't filling an entire lineup, we need to find out if it's because they don't have enough kids or they don't have enough at the right weight classes.

I got a little bit lost in the writing process: like, that moment in the 'Fight Song' music video where I'm throwing the crumpled paper on the bed, that was really true life. I was filling journals with different possibilities of lyrics for the first verse. And none of them felt right.

If we are healthy, I think we've got a pretty good chance of being a pretty good club. There are some areas that you hope will hold up. Most of them are health related. But I would say that we've done a decent job of filling in some of the gaps. I'm really pleased with the type of players we've brought in here.

I always look at myself as a role player anyways, so I wasn't looking at myself as the starter, ... Even though I was starting I looked at it as though I was filling in. When those guys got back I was ready for whatever.

He gives me all this money and keeps coming back every year and filling my pockets. It's been real handy. I feel like I've been on Easy Street since 2003. I know I'm not, but I act like it.

We can get a pretty good evaluation at this time according to how much help the student requires in filling out the registration and the interview responses.

There is no excuse for failing to declare one's business interests. It is simply a matter of filling out a form. Failure to do so constitutes either negligence or an attempt to conceal a possible conflict of interest or even contempt for the Parliamentary ethics process. Either way, there must be consequences.

We're in the process of making a bottom but probably not at the bottom. After the damage done to people's psyches, my guess is we'll get a bounce, but then spend a month backing and filling in this general area.

We can confidently say the rains have established. In many arid and semi-arid regions, the drought is already alleviating, the dams are filling up and there is water for livestock.

Here is what is going to happen with a company going into bankruptcy: They are going to cut any flight that isn't full. Fort Wayne is going to be in the boat of not filling up a flight.

Here is a highly respected in-house lawyer who was making a positive reputation as a council member. I have not spoken to Richard but I think it is a shame that after just two years when he was filling an unexpected vacancy he does not have the opportunity to carry on and maintain the positive impact he had already made.

He's going to remain steadfast in his determination to simply ensure a nominee who holds the greatest promise of filling the very large shoes of the man who has just passed. I don't think he'll confine himself to any candidate of a particular race or gender.

He's filling the biggest hole we've had this year. It's obviously an area in which we're looking to improve.

He's filling a vacancy and doing an outstanding job. It's going to be key for us to get our offense going. We missed some reads in the South Plainfield game that we hope to correct this week.

We made some mental errors at key times. Kim Anderson has done a great job filling in for Sarah.

... He can start the equivalent of his third term now , by filling his presidential staff and cabinet with new faces -- or old faces in new positions -- and by concentrating on new or forgotten initiatives.

He (Kopriva) started late in the season but has a done a good job of filling a top position for us. He has been a good addition to the team.

There are still legitimate concerns filling out the product palate. It's a bit of a one-trick pony.

I would still be very, very careful, ... There may still be some dips before we get into an advance. Things are getting better but we may have another few weeks of backing and filling -- investor sentiment still shows some complacency about risk.

Joe is normally a 135-pounder, and he's filling in at 160. We told him to eat like crazy because we needed a guy for that spot and he did a decent job. He just couldn't quite pull it out.

I think it is a little different role for James this year. He's stepping in and filling in where we really need him right now. He's stepping into the role and just trying to get better every day.