Shaky Quotations

The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.

For my 23rd birthday, I received a nylon string guitar. I told myself that if I could play Eric Clapton's 'Tears In Heaven,' then I could play the guitar. I practised every chance I got, driving my housemates insane, until several weeks later I had a shaky version of the song down. I wrote my first song on the guitar a few weeks after that.

Since my brother died in 1982, my parents and I had formed a shaky tripod of a family; now that I'd lost my father too, it was too easy for me to glimpse a future point where I alone was the keeper of not just my own childhood memories, but of my family lore.

What we're seeing right now is a dangerous combination of higher costs, lower confidence and a still shaky employment outlook.

We're getting smarter, that's for sure, ... It's still not perfect, we still have to work on a couple of things. We were winning 3-0 and we have to keep the lead and make sure nothing like that happens in the future. We put ourselves in a difficult spot and, for our confidence, it's not good to have a lead and then get shaky at the end.

We're getting back to fundamentals. I think you're in that type of environment. There's a better feeling in the economic world, and the market's just doing well. We started off shaky and just picked up by the close.

Ultimately, the bill may rest on a shaky premise, as Clean Air Act permitting provisions seem to have only a marginal effect on decisions by oil companies to invest in new refining capacity, ... Industry and government analysts alike agree that profit margins are the most significant factor, and record profits from high gasoline prices have encouraged a major investment in added refining capacity. Projects already reported or announced are expected to add nearly 600,000 b/d to our existing capacity over the next several years.

We're still hoping for a big rebound in export volumes this year, but we're certainly off to a shaky start. We think there's plenty of demand and that prices will be sustained -- it's just getting the product out there.

She's always trying to play tactics against me ... but if it's not working 100 percent, she looks shaky and she loses her rhythm.

No doubt bears will highlight the rise in continuing claims, up another 29,000, but we are unmoved: A rising ratio of continuing to initial claims signals accelerating productivity growth, not a shaky recovery, ... Labor market conditions are improving -- but we still expect a soft payroll report Friday.

I am compelled to note that Father Jenkins is off to a somewhat shaky start. He has violated the first rule of all great leaders, which is to never follow a superstar.

Cecil you know, started off the first of the year a little rough but he came straight from basketball and he did the same thing last year. Kind of started out shaky but he ended up being one of our best pitchers if not the best.

But considering fundamental economic weakness and a shaky performance for U.S. stocks, investors were not ready to push the Nikkei over 10,000,

Basically, I knocked it in. But the defense played well. There were some shaky moments, but I'll take the number of shots they had on goal.

I felt good, it was fun to out there and face hitters again. I was a little shaky the first couple of hitters but it got better.

I can't remember when 40 points was the last place total at indoors. I knew we were on shaky ground coming in, but if you told me we would score 40 points - I'd thought that would be good for seventh place. I'm sad to finish last, but we're loaded with young talent that will help this team in the future.

I found that a lot of David Addison bled into the character. Wily and intrepid and a loner and gets a pretty big kick out of life. It's only when in this particular film that he is confronted with a family situation that he starts to find himself on shaky ground.

I don't think anybody is carrying anything inside. If anything, it's a good place for shaky hands.

From the stories that I've heard about the last time we were there, I thought things got a little shaky up in the stands,

He was a little shaky today. But that's how tennis is, you have good days and bad days. He definitely is a very experienced player and I have known him for many years and you have respect for that.

He had a shaky start, then he really settled down and pitched well.

He did very good today to hold it together. There were a few shaky moments but he he knows how to get himself focused. If he can get that first serve in, he's doing real good.

He came to our door and was saying, 'My wife needs medication, I need money,' ... He was shaky and my husband told me to close the door, so I did.

Going in, we were kind of shaky a little bit. How were we going to play? What's going to happen here? The way it evolved, now, we have a much better feel for ourselves. That confidence builder will help a lot as we go to Worcester.

He's always been a guy that we could count on to give us a lot of innings. Shaky first inning, but he settled down and really did a good job. He's a smart kid, quality pitcher, and once you weather what he did in the first inning, it gave him a lot of confidence.

We looked shaky in the first game. When we were down five in the second match, the girls came together and played really well. They took it upon themselves to go out and get the win.

I actually didn't think my floor routine was that good. It was pretty shaky to me but some other guys made some mistakes. I stuck most of my passes, a small step on my dismount. On rings, my strength was hard. I was breathing hard through the whole thing and I lost my lower back muscles it felt like during my handstands. I was able to stick my dismount and I came out with two first-place finishes.

I think we were a little shaky at first. This was our first away game, and I think we were a little slow getting off the bus, but by the third or fourth inning we woke up and started putting the ball in play.

It is kind of shaky for us right now. We really don't know what to expect. But we got to find something to do (to win). Fast.

I watched every minute of it. Sergio was looking kind of shaky early on the back nine and hit a weak shot in on 18, but I had faith.

I was a little shaky when I first got on the ice with him because I know this guy is a great player. He's a star in the NHL and we've never really had that in Nashville. But it's a great feeling.

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.

I was little shaky on my five, six-footers. A couple of them I hit a little too hard, and they just came right back at me -- a few lip-outs -- but it happens and you move on.

It is a strange market at the moment and frankly I am surprised that the rise we've seen earlier in the week from the Ukraine-Russia dispute is still there. People still feel a bit shaky about what happened in Russia and Ukraine, and with Sharon ill and some uncertainty in Israel.

Our guys had some good swings with runners in scoring position. It was real important to answer after we came out a little shaky in the top of the first.

Over the very near term, because of the shaky economic data, the entire tech sector is still in a tug-of-war.

Platinum still looks a little shaky short-term and has the potential to dip to the 100-day moving average at $935/oz, while palladium could fall back to the $220/oz area.

My parents' marriage was already shaky when I came along. They split up when I was five, and I didn't see Dad all that often after that - four or five times a year.

Lindsay's dives were shaky at points, but he hit enough of them to beat the Golden kids. That's what we told him to do tonight - don't worry about points, just beat the rest of the field.

I was hitting shots OK, but I was a little shaky on the greens. That's always a little scary here. It was nice to pull myself together by the end of the front nine and give myself a chance.

It felt really good. I felt like I was in a great rhythm tonight. It was good to see that. I've been a bit shaky the past couple of games but I really felt the rhythm and I just took the open shots that I had.

I think part of what made the original 'Sufferfest' charming was the extremely low production value. It was all shaky handheld footage from Cedar.

I think if the Interior gets involved in undermining the decision-making right of a sovereign nation, they are treading on very shaky ground,

I think he did pretty good, actually. He started off really good. I thought he did what he had to do. A little bit shaky toward recently, though.

Man that first game is so important because it sets the tone for the season. We had a shaky first inning, but then we settled down and got the win.

That was one of the plans, to challenge Gerber. He was shaky first game. But a lot of times, when you change a goalie, the momentum switches sides.

We have some very tough games ahead which we need to get ready for tournament time. We had some shaky moments but it was good to comeback against quality teams.

We had two really good scores. Brant's 71 and Carson's 72, that's really what won it for us. It was kind of shaky there on getting our third and fourth scores. When it comes to tournaments, I like four scores in the 70s. So that's something we have to address.

We have complete confidence in her. She had a shaky first inning; she was nervous. After she settled down, she started hitting her spots.

Today was a little better than yesterday, even though I got off to a bit of a shaky start. I played quite solid, hit a lot of greens. It was good, and it's going to be an interesting weekend.

We came out with a shaky start. We gave up a couple of runs and had a couple of errors and that did it for us.

We got off to a shaky start, got back in the game and then fell apart in the last inning. We just are not hitting the ball very well, either. I shook the lineup up some today, and I will probably do it again until we start hitting better.

When you shoot a shot and if it's not where you think you called it, or even if you just have a shaky shot. When things just start not going right you should actually recognize it before it starts feeling bad, and sometimes I know that's a big problem for a lot of people, including me.

We had some great moments and we had some shaky moments. I'm certainly happy to have the win, and we had some guys that played well. Then when it got tight, we had enough big plays to hold them off.

Tommy was outstanding, vintage Glavine. He's been coming on steady for us since the early season shaky starts.

This would be a very good strategic fit -- largely because each is a little shaky alone.

We were a little shaky in the first half. But we started executing our plays and started wanting it more.

We were a little shaky early and out of sync offensively. Then we calmed down, spread the floor and attacked the basket.

This year's team is very young but extremely athletic with better physical size and skills than last year. Several freshmen will have to step up and start from day one. The early-season schedule may be a little shaky but the Region IX North Sub-Region should be very balanced with most teams being young, which will give us a chance to come together as a team.

Yet, with the underlying sentiment toward the dollar being shaky at the moment, the trade report could shift market attention to deficit problems in the US and spark some dollar selling.

The problem is that good economic performance rests on a shaky foundation, because of large and continuing global imbalances.

When I went out to skate, I didn't have any doubts. The legs are always a bit shaky when you get out there but, the second the music starts, you don't ask yourself any questions and you just go for it.

We had a shaky first inning, and they made some big defensive plays on us. That's what kind of game it was. I'm proud of the way Kristen pitched her way out of trouble.

We wanted to end it there and that felt good. Our defense was shaky in Game 1, but we kept up in Game 2.

We were thinking the game might be over. Their kicker had been shaky all day.

We got a little shaky there. But we regained our composure.

Vanessa pitched a pretty good game and was strong at times and a little shaky at times. But it's tough on a young pitcher when you are close to closing out a game and then there are errors behind you at critical situations.

You got kids cheating their way to a diploma and a degree. They're building a fairly shaky academic foundation.

You get nervous, but you can't play scared. We've got to get better. That's how you get better. We were awful shaky in the beginning and guys started relaxing a little bit and got better. I was pleased with the way it worked out.

You get a little nervous. But you can't play scared, and we have to get better. We were awful shaky in the beginning, but guys relaxed and started getting better. I was pleased with the work done.

This new Shaky Worm is going to be hard to beat. I can use it three ways depending on the conditions.

There have been people who've been a little shaky in class, but I gotta tell ya, they really step it up (on graduation night).

There have been a number of strong offsetting influences on consumer moods so far this month. Obviously, the two biggest negatives are the shaky jobs situation and rising gasoline and energy prices,

We did a good job tonight. We were a little shaky at times, but overall we did well. We're starting to move in the right direction. The girls are staying positive and working very hard.

We could see a shaky start today in the States as the market come to terms with the news that Microsoft are to delay the release of their new Vista operating system until after Christmas.

brought the tone, and he brought it hard and fast. He picked up and carried Sunset, which was really a small film, and made this popcorn piece. It was kind of wobbly for a while. God, there were times I was cursing him out, cursing the writers out. I don't like it when it gets shaky like that.

As the final results are not confirmed, there is scope for the New Zealand dollar to be a little shaky on account of the perceived uncertainty. This is exactly what has happened.

I started a little bit shaky but I had Phil to guide me around here. We made some good putts and it went really well.

I see no reason to buy banks now. Their fundamentals are shaky with bad loans and companies are stepping up selling of bank shares ahead of the September implementation of mark-to-market accounting rules.

The structure is very shaky right now, it's very unstable, ... We're waiting for the Army Corps of Engineers to do an assessment and advise us whether we can go underneath it, or we have to shore it up, or tear it down, before the rescue continues.

Pretty shaky on my part in the fielding. But my fielders really picked me up. I made it a lot harder on myself.

Our defense was a little shaky at the start, but it was the first game of the year.

After a shaky last three to four years, we're definitely seeing more travel.

After a shaky first inning, the team really relaxed and fell in behind Wiley with some defense and made the plays I know this team is capable of. Every single person on this team contributed. This is what it takes to win - a team effort.

Coming out I was a little shaky and a little nervous. The ball was a little hard, but I got into the flow of things and started to feel more comfortable. I started to forget about all the people on the sidelines. But that's what comes with being a quarterback. You have to deal with the pressure.

There were still some shaky times for us, but they minimized it. When we needed to get routine outs, we made the plays. Nothing spectacular.

There's been a wave of consolidation in the sector over the last year. The world's gold producers have been functioning in survival mode for a few years. They've had to deal with the same issues as other base metal companies -- shaky demand, falling prices for commodities and criticism for being a waste of capital and destroying shareholder value. That's changing.

It was a productive day at the ballpark. After a shaky beginning I thought we settled down and played some good defense. It seemed like we had a mini-hangover from last night and was very uncharacteristic of this team. We have a great opportunity early in the morning to play another very good opponent.

I told myself before the game, Patrick Roy always came back superb after a shaky game. It always feels great when you can respond like that.

It might be a little shaky at first, but I'm sure after the first play I'll be fine.

It really started us off on the right foot. If he had a shaky match, that could have made it real difficult.

It is unbelievable, that is the only word. Well, also amazing. After the shaky start we had, it is amazing how we pulled through.

It's always nice to make a difference. I know I might have been shaky at the start, but to come up with a couple of big saves in overtime and the shootout ... for us to get the win, it's pretty big.

That just totally helped our momentum, it helped her, she did a great job on the next hole. The first couple of holes were a little shaky out there for us, Annika hit some really good shots but I missed a couple of putts early on.

It's so easy for shows to be gritty and handheld and shaky and really tight in people's faces.

It was a pretty low-scoring game, and we stuck to the game plan through some shaky times.

It was pretty shaky there for a while, but we hung in there. It wasn't pretty, but the guys stuck together and we managed to make a couple of good plays, thanks to Santana,

Once that buzzer went off I was real happy. A little bit shaky but we're getting down to the Garden and that's all that matters. We knew they were going to throw everything at us and they did.

Their goalie was a little shaky to begin with. We got some bounces. We play a lot better with the lead.

I like the camera to be still and not very shaky and have everything happen within the frame.