Famous Quotes & Sayings

Korvotney Barber

When we were shooting free throws, I was getting off the line quicker than them, so I got in there every time and made the tips.

Tom Greene

When it comes down to a last second shot, anything can happen. After the free throw, our assignments fell through and weren't executed properly.

Brad Blew

When it came time for our kids to play to win, we came through and did a good job. We've won a lot of games at the line and we feel that's one of our strengths. When we can get the lead and put it in deep freeze late, we feel good about our chances.

Ariel Sharon

We respect them (the Palestinians) and have no aspirations to rule over them. They are also entitled to freedom and to a national sovereign existence in a state of their own,

Edward Norton

We're so hung up on this notion that we have some obligation to help the struggling black man, you know. Cut him some slack until he can overcome these historical injustices. It's crap. I mean, Christ, Lincoln freed the slaves, like, what? 130 years ago. How long does it take to get your act together?

Charley Casserly

We're going to take the best player available. We have enough needs. We did a good job I thought in free agency. But we still have areas where we can use depth. It won't be hard for players that we pick to come in and contribute this year.

Kay Hagan

Religious institutions should have religious freedom on this issue. No church or minister should ever have to conduct a marriage that is inconsistent with their religious beliefs. But I think as a civil institution, this issue's time has come and we need to move forward.

Bruce Allen

What we're planning is how to get the Buccaneers ready for the midnight Sunday night deadline so that we're ready to call free agents (on Monday).

Romeo Crennel

What we're not able to get done in free agency we'll get done in the draft.

William Daley

We've asked the lawyers to work overnight to draft some documents, and we'll be back in the morning.

Ron Williams

Tom was one of those perpetual-motion reporters, always running from one court to another, ... And if he wasn't in the courthouse or at a trial, he was on the phone. He had probably the best stable of lawyers and court contacts anyone has ever had.

Woody Harrelson

When we did the press conference in the range there was this interesting-looking guy who asked, 'So, you played a mass murderer, a pornographer and now a lawyer -- is there any depth to which you will not sink in your roles?' I thought it was really funny, as if the most extreme of them was a lawyer,

John Heine

Usually a lawyer looks at the narrative portion of the registration. An accountant looks at the financial statements. As they're reviewing the documents, they make notes about areas where they have questions or concerns about the adequacy or quality of disclosure, holding it up to the rules we have in place. On the basis of those notes, the staff composes something called a comment letter, which is sent to the filer.

Akio Morita

While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.

Chief Joseph

Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.

Chief Joseph

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.

Charice Pempengco

I want to be an entertainment lawyer so I'll be in the business still.

Charlie Munger

Accounting incomes were reduced by discrepancy [ but] "the net amount paid by lawyers for lawyerly discrepancy is close to zippo. In this case, the goddess of justice was blind.

Jim Livengood

We're aware of the situation with Hassan Adams. I've spoken (with) head coach Lute Olson and we've decided to delay any further comment, or provide any reaction, until Monday.

Peter Scheer

Words spoken in that context are privileged and could only be the basis for a libel suit in the most extreme circumstances.

James Newman

Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.

Sam Shepard

Writing for the theatre is so different to writing for anything else. Because what you write is eventually going to be spoken. That's why I think so many really powerful novelists can't write a play - because they don't understand that it's spoken - that it hits the air. They don't get that.

Janet Reno

We're not here to generate controversy. We're here to do what's right and to make sure that the voice of the American people that has spoken is heard fairly,

Elliot Perlman

I can't really remember a time in my life when I didn't know something about what we call the Holocaust. It was this dark topic that I would know more about when I got older, but which was spoken about in hushed tones.

John Mellencamp

Wait a minute, guys, I have always been on your side. I have always spoken for you, always tried to put on a good face for the state of Indiana. All of a sudden, some of you people think I'm a bad guy?

John McWhorter

As languages go, English is pretty user friendly. If you look at a tiny language spoken somewhere that most of us have never heard of, chances are it's going to be so complicated that you have a hard time imagining how people can walk around speaking it without having a stroke.

John McWhorter

Rap and spoken word have reawakened the country to poetry in itself. Texting and Twitter encourage creative uses of casual language, in ways I have celebrated widely. But we've fallen behind on savoring the formal layer of our language.