Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steven Wright

The past week our bullpen threw a lot, especially with the doubleheaders in the (Rainbow) tournament, and we have five games this weekend, so I figure if I can finish the game off, I can give 'em a little rest so they can go out and get the next four games.

Felix Hernandez

In '05, '06, '07 and '08, I wasn't throwing any changeups at all. Maybe two or three per game. In '09, I started playing with the grip, started throwing it in the bullpen and playing catch. It came out really good.

Bronson Arroyo

We got on a streak just like this last year, and you really feed off each other. You're thinking about getting deep into the game to save the bullpen for October, and it's fun.

Cole Hamels

Yeah, every bullpen they want to know how I'm doing, so that's funny. Once I'm on the mound I don't notice it, but it is funny. It's nice, and flattering.

Walt Jocketty

We are glad to have Braden back in our system, and he's glad to be back. He will be a quality setup pitcher in our bullpen and be able to close for us on days when Jason is not available.

Buck Showalter

We were sitting there getting ready to be in our bullpen early.

Brad Thompson

We came into the game knowing that the bullpen was going to have do some work, so it was good to be able to do it. Cal did a great job starting. I figured that he would go three or four innings, so I was ready and when the phone rang I figured it was me.

Joe Torre

We have to improve our bullpen somewhat and find someone to play center field. Teams have to change all the time to try to stay up with things and try to improve.

Ozzie Guillen

We're winning because our starting pitching has been great and our bullpen has done a good job. To win the series was really important to us.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Call me tacky, but I love the union of sweet and sour, even in some now-unloved Oriental dishes incorporating pineapple and ketchup.

Wesley Clark

I said the rosary, and I said the Our Father, as they call it in the Catholic Church. One of the things I learned in the conversion process was to say the rosary, and I had a set of rosary beads. So I said 'Hail Mary, full of grace.'

Viswanathan Anand

I honestly don't remember when and why I started calling my mom 'Momsi'. These are family things; it starts for some reason. It's not that I just call her Momsi; I call her other things as well!

Constance Marie

Family to me is foundation. It's the people that you can call on whether you love them or hate them. When push comes to shove, they're there for you, and that's kind of how this family is.

Chris Carter

If you look at 'The X-Files' generally, we did 202 episodes. About 80% of them are not 'mythology' episodes, which tend to be the epic episodes. They deal with the big conspiracies, the search for Mulder's sister. They deal with what I would call the 'saga' of 'The X-Files.'

Elizabeth Wurtzel

I've calmed down. Looking back, I was engaged more in dramas than I was in relationships. I've spent a lot of my life being in it for the plot, and I don't do that anymore. I'm satisfied. I'm not competing with myself. I accomplished things I wanted to do, so everything I do now is because I want to, not because I'm trying to prove something.

Don Rickles

I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.

Rob Bishop

The political spin in Washington is revolting, just revolting. It's a callous political game.

Martin Lapointe

The overtime calls hurt the game. It's a big game, a big rivalry. the refs should let us play. I guess this is the new NHL. To lose a game on a cheap penalty is not the way to play hockey.

Zac Efron

If I had a daughter, and some guy came home with her, I'd be on him like a hawk. When I meet people's parents, I know my place. It's not that hard.

Yotam Ottolenghi

The moment to tell my barber I was gay just never came up.

William Kamkwamba

People in my village had this mindset that in big cities like New York, if you are lost or without directions, no one will help you. The first time I came here, I tried to make sure not to walk by myself, because it would be difficult for me if I got lost. But people will help you.

Virginia Postrel

The low point for neon came in 1982, when Holiday Inn did away with its signature 'Great Sign,' replacing the neon extravaganza with a forgettable green plastic box.

Vikram Seth

If you were to ask me to pick my favourite author, well, there are so many of them, I'd really just have to say the first names that came to mind, and I'm sure that I'll later think 'Oh, I should have mentioned that one.'

Chuck Palahniuk

My parents divorced about the same time the movie 'The Parent Trap' came out, about two twins at camp who scheme to get their parents back together. I had that same fantasy.

Yani Tseng

Walking down the red carpet, suddenly I felt very special and different. All the flashlights from cameras and requesting voices from the media, the scene, it was just like what I remembered seeing on TV or a movie when I was a little girl - the scene only when movie stars appeared.

Yehuda Berg

Before we come to a challenging situation, before the universe squeezes us, how much of our effort is geared toward the reason we came to this world? The more focus we have on the front end, the less focus we end up needing on the back end.

Chita Rivera

The show did go on, but came very close to not going on at all.

Don Cornelius

I figured as long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for 'Soul Train.'

Yogi Berra

I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.

Sundar Pichai

There are different usage patterns - I never do email during the day. I don't multitask well at all. I don't know how to be in a meeting and participate and be on email at the same time. I do see some people do it more effectively. I've never quite figured that out.

Brad Holland

The truth is, we haven't really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We're all experiments.

Aimee Bender

As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault.

Angie Myers

We still haven't figured out a good rotation. We're trying to find something that works for us, and we'll work at it until we get something.

Paul Kim

To me, Valentine's is a special day. I realized that not many girls would get anything and it would be an ordinary day. I figured I'd take the initiative and put a smile on their face.

Catherine Hardwicke

As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and how they figured out how to do things.

Paul Westerberg

So I figured in keeping with the record, I'd do something off the wall which is show up for free and wing it... I don't know, I'm just going to play some songs. I think it'll be fun.

Anthony White

The police officer said, 'Drop the gun!' He said it four times. The guy just turned around and pointed the gun right at the cops.

Bruce Coville

I loved teaching. I used to teach fourth grade.

Big Sean

Kids that I went to school with didn't know how to interact with black people like that. There were only, like, three or four black kids in the class.

Bill Hader

I would say it wasn't until my fourth season on 'SNL' where people or my agent was saying, 'You're an actor.' I never thought of it that way.

Christine Keeler

I don't know if he was the fourth man or the fifth, but he was certainly in the top 10.

Denise Morrison

I am one of four girls and was inspired by my father to dream big. Some girls want to be doctors, but I wanted to run a company.

Natalia Vodianova

I raised my sister. I was six when she was born. My mother had to make a living for herself and it was very hard, so I was looking after my sister, cooking and cleaning, and she had four jobs.

Gore Vidal

No sooner does an American president take his oath of office than the speculation begins: Will he be reelected in four years' time? If not, who will succeed him? A member of his own party? The other party?

Pat Paulsen

You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can only make a monkey out of the voters every four years!

Wayne Rooney

As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.

Viswanathan Anand

In Gujarat, we had the world record of largest number of chess games in a single venue - 20,500 - and in Tamil Nadu, I have been emphasizing on the positives of chess to the authorities.

Randy Petersen

The policy doesn't look overly generous, but right now this is the only game in town.

Age Hareide

The points mattered more than anything tonight. The results in the other games went our way, and now we can travel to Belarus knowing that we are in the play-offs. I hope our luck continues.

Malcolm Jenkins

The Penn State game was crazy. There were like 110,000 people there, and they were ready for it.

Ted Young

The pat on the back (for winning the regular season) is gone. The first do-or-die games for the girls are (today) and on Saturday for the boys. Everything you've worked for is gone on Saturday if you're not prepared for it mentally or physically.

Nolan Bushnell

'Pong' hit the fancy. It was sort of the perfect storm of a game which has two players highly social, a game that women could play better than a guy, and sort of an acceptance of this social nature of games in a bar.

Peter Nowak

We played well in the first half, and made all of the adjustments we had to make in the second to win the game. I am very pleased with the way we played our first game here tonight.

Mark Fox

We played well in spurts and didn't play well at times. Often games in March aren't pretty, but we were able to find a way to win.

Zac Efron

I feel disconnected, like I don't know where I am, if I'm on my phone too much. I'm also just the type to call. I'm not good on text.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Salbitxada is a sharp and lightly sweet Catalan sauce that's traditionally served with calcots - spring or salad onions, grilled whole, make a good substitute.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Verjuice may not be the easiest thing in the world to find, but you should be able to track some down in good delis and online.

Yotam Ottolenghi

There is nothing like a good old recipe. If it has lasted, then it is good.

Walter F. Ulmer

We've got some very good things to do without screwing around with sleeves.

Valerie June

The challenge is how strange and different my voice sounds, so I have tried to sound like other people and tried to be something I wasn't. I have tried to be a soul singer because someone else thought that a good idea. Not because I did.

Val Kilmer

The good reviews that people have told me about through the years haven't really helped me do my job. So it's kind of like, if your hair turns out right you want to go out, you don't just want to stay in and look in the mirror. That's kind of what reading a review is like to me; it's like reveling in something that's just one night.

Henry David Thoreau

Be not simply good - be good for something.

Abraham Lincoln

Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Swiss chard is undervalued in Britain. It's a great substitute for spinach and keeps its shape well.

Yotam Ottolenghi

A great ratatouille is one in which the vegetables interact with each other but are still discernible from each other. The trick is to cook them just right: not over, not under.

William Shatner

I love technology. Matches, to light a fire, is really high tech. The wheel is really one of the great inventions of all time. Other than that, I am an ignoramus about technology.

William Shatner

In entertainment, whether it's movies or television or whatever, I'm a great audience, but I don't remember the names of the people I've seen or the groups that I've heard.

Wentworth Miller

I know what it takes to go from the point where someone's looking at a newspaper article, and thinking, 'Oh, this would make a great TV series,' to the point where you're actually on a set and there's a camera aimed at someone.

William Manchester

He was a great thundering paradox of a man.

Wes Anderson

Every time you do a take on a movie, you're not sure if it's going to succeed. Even if you have a great cast, like we had, every scene you're kind of waiting for the release. 'Oh, yes; it happened. We got it!' There's always the possibility that it's just not going to work.

Zubin Mehta

The New York Philharmonic is a tremendous opportunity, a great orchestra.

Abraham Lincoln

I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.

Constance Marie

I just remember all those days in the unemployment line, stressed out over when my next job was coming.

Clotilde Hesme

People are affected by what they see, hear. This is what matters to me the most because then our job as actors is justified.

Evangeline Lilly

It's a surprisingly sacrificial job being an actor.

Ben Carson

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.

Beeban Kidron

When I was 13, I had a weekend job at the Photographers Gallery Bookshop in London.

Fareed Zakaria

My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.

Brooke Shields

We live in New York. To be able to have a steady job and take your kids to school, and be around and work hard, is the perfect life.

Carly Fiorina

You know, the truth is this: it is a leader's job to challenge the status quo. And when you do, you make enemies.

Don Cornelius

When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock.

Nile Rodgers

I'm always swimming forward like a shark. You just keep going and you don't rest. I love waking up knowing that I have a problem to solve.

Nick Park

There is no worse situation to be in than Oscar night. Not knowing whether you've won is completely draining.

Todd Lowe

Vampires are pretty frightening. Knowing they can 'glamor' you is pretty weird. And you shake hands or hug them and they're cold. I wouldn't like that.

Anne Robinson

If there's anything about longevity in television, it's about knowing what to take and what to turn down, and what to stop.

Charli Turner

We have the mentality and we understand the expectations that have been set. Knowing you can do it and actually doing it are two different things, but for now, I know we can repeat from last year.

Deborah Lewis

We're lost, not knowing what the next day is going to bring.

John Cannon

We have no way of knowing that at this time.

Scott Anderson

We have no way of knowing if someone is a nominee officer or a regular officer.

Charles de Gaulle

Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.

Adriana Lima

If you're having dinner with friends and they're always on the phone or always texting, it's just impolite. Unless it's something important - like someone is in the hospital or something - don't do it.

Dave Barry

You should definitely have a travel agent. Why go through all the hassle of dealing with airlines, hotels, and rental-car agencies yourself, only to see the arrangements get all screwed up, when with just a single phone call you can have a trained professional screw them up for you?

Dave Barry

I become faint and nauseous during even very minor medical procedures, such as making an appointment by phone.

David Murphy

The future of mobile is the future of online. It is how people access online content now.

Byron Katie

Happiness is a clear mind. A clear and sane mind knows how to live, how to work, what emails to send, what phone calls to make, and what to do do to create what it wants without fear.

Steve Largent

When you start thinking about taking pictures, sending an e-mail, receiving an e-mail, speaking into your phone and have it transcript voice into text and then sent as an e-mail, it's mind-boggling.

Steven Wright

Imagine how weird phones would look if your mouth was nowhere near your ears.

Bob Newhart

It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves.

Bo Derek

I found that whatever interested me in life, I could pretty much pick up the phone, call somebody, and all of a sudden be in the middle of it.

Fletcher Smith

We still have a ways to go but I'm optimistic. We'll have to wait and see, but I think we all know where the range is.

David Jones

We have always done a very wide range of plays.

Mario Testino

Ultimately, I made my range wider because I wanted to suit each publication that I worked for. Talk about reinvention - I'm like the Madonna of photography.

Ayn Rand

The more neurotic and evasive a person is, the shorter the range of his interests.

John Burnside

The fabric of a garden is determined as much by its textures as by its tonal range and architectural flair.

Tom Hodgkinson

If you can find a way to make a living doing something you enjoy, or a range of things that you enjoy, then it can scarcely be called work.

Ellen Borakove

Many are in the size range of 1 1/16th of an inch.

Brian Johnson

I used to have the Range Rover LR3, which I loved very, very much.

Scott Graham

Overall, I think the (Federal Reserve) is on the sidelines and we're probably back to a range trade.

Clint Eastwood

When you work with kids, especially, you want to be ready to turn the camera on at a moment's notice.

Leah Busque

I had the idea for TaskRabbit one night when my husband and I were getting ready for dinner.

Pat Smith

When the township of Edgewater is ready for our ferries, we'll be there.

Bill Ford

We're not going to be ready until January,

Bridget Grall

We are going in there ready to play whatever team is there.

Mike Jaskie

We have a lot of work to do to get ready for November.

Brent Faurote

We have two left, and they have to be ready to go tomorrow.

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

The world is so different for a child, waking in the mornings, wide-eyed and ready to take it all in.

Matt Cohen

Yeah we're there, we're ready to go. We did a whole training, a whole cycle, just to get to this point.

Drew Carey

When the show's in production, we work for three weeks at a time and then take a week off.

Tom McLean

We're averaging about three a day right now in Citrus County.

Van Cleve

We had only three weeks to make a totally life-changing decision,

Mark Erickson

We were still with them through three (quarters), though.

Joey Porter

Three on the road? Nothing we've never done before.

Virginia Kennedy

Trophies can take over your life. So I keep them in three areas.

Brian Kerr

We got the three points. That's all you can say. ... We have to do much better on Wednesday.

Rowan Alexander

Whether it is 1-0 or 6-0, it is three points.

William Shakespeare

Shall I never see a bachelor of three score again?