Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bruce Bochy

You don't like being 3-7. But we have too much baseball left to dwell on it or be concerned about it.

Dereck Whittenburg

We're more experienced and we've got more poise. That stretch we went through, we could have won any of those games. I felt good about those four games and that's why I wasn't concerned at all.

Ron Jirsa

We're more concerned with what we're doing and how we can improve.

Anita Allen

We're more concerned with the closed areas within the perimeter.

Ray Rivas

We're more concerned about the safety issue than losing money.

Stan Heath

We're more concerned about playing at a high level. We're doing a lot of things well, but we have to bring our 'A' game because we have high goals.

Barbara Turner

We're more concerned about ourselves and how we prepare to play in the game. If we come in with the right mindset, know what we want to do in the game, then I think we'll be fine.

Anne DiFrancesco

We're meeting because we're very concerned about the school situation in town.

Jim Bunning

We're making progress on resolving the concerns of a few senators,

Peter Pace

I can tell you categorically that any mal-treatment of any detainees by U.S. forces or coalition forces is totally unacceptable - that our orders have and will continue to be that we will treat everyone in our charge with - humanely and with respect.

Michael Lehnert

Keep in mind that though the president has made that distinction, many of the detainees here are not forthcoming. Many have been interviewed as many as four times, each time giving a different name and different information.

Kenneth Roth

I think the effect of this will be to revive concern about the government's mistreatment of detainees and to get people to take another look at the legal basis. There are lots of lingering questions about how do you justify holding these people.

Ibrahim Jaafari

I was informed that there were 173 detainees held at an Interior Ministry prison and they appear to be malnourished,

Chuck D.

I think the administration is making a terrible mistake in opposing John McCain's amendment on detainees and torture,

Audrey Thibodeaux

It does appear that these detainees are not allowing these inmates to leave.

Diane Watson

The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world.

George Casey

Over the past several months, I have received reports of serious physical abuse of detainees by ISF (Iraqi Security Forces).

John Ovink

I don't think it's a lost cause and I certainly hope to get the Department of Justice in line with us. At this time, we're trying to pursue filing an injunction. If the (American Civil Liberties Union) finds that the rights of detainees are impeded, we may be able to get it.

Dee Bradley Baker

When I was a child, I thought I was going to be a paleontologist because I loved dinosaurs. I loved monster movies and sci-fi, and then 'Star Wars' came out, and I was completely out of my mind with that, with 'Close Encounters,' and then I thought maybe I was going to go into special effects makeup, which I thought was awesome.

Larry Lucchino

Tom Werner said this is a happy day for the Red Sox, and I agree. We?re a stronger, more effective and bolder front office.

Jamie Pollard

We're making a change in the leadership of the men's basketball program effective immediately.

Billy Hunter

We remain convinced that the NBA does not have the right to unilaterally create new ways to punish teams that want to improve by spending on player salaries. The effect of this decision is to continue to undermine player confidence in the NBA's administration of our collective bargaining agreement.

Romeo Serra

We respect the position of the CBCP in regard to the mining issue although we believe that the revitalization of the mining industry presents as a major viable alternative in the effective abatement of poverty in Mindanao.

Erik Autor

We're going to monitor this situation very carefully over the next several months. This is a case where what happens in Washington can have as much effect on cargo as what happens on the docks.

Steven Blum

What we're most proud of is are the young men and women that are sitting at these tables ... that are proof positive that this program is the most effective program in the nation when it comes to saving the next greatest generation. We will stay behind you all the way. You have a life partner for anything you want to do for the rest of your life with the National Guard.

Maret Traber

What this clearly shows is that to perform their vital roles, vitamins C and E work together. They have a synergistic effect that will not be gained just by intake of one or the other, and adequate levels of these nutrients is especially important for people who smoke.

Anthony Chan

When we exclude the effects of the recent hurricanes, we have to come away with the conclusion that despite higher energy prices and a battery of hurricanes, the job market is not doing all that bad.

Larry Kramer

We're making adjustments every minute based on how things are holding up.

Kenneth Fisher

The average mutual fund holding period for equity or fixed income is only about three years. It's too short.

Gene Constantino

We boxed out very well, holding St. Mary's to usually just one shot when they had the ball. The girls continue to amaze me with the intensity that they show on defense. And that 11-0 run to begin the game was the turning point. We also really weren't in any foul trouble.

Maya MacGuineas

What's somewhat surprising is that you hear people talking about holding off on spending cuts,

Tom O'Neil

What's not here are those shows on the WB, like 'The Gilmore Girls,' which the TV Critics Association of America tells us is the best show on television, ... Why didn't it get any Emmy nominations? And what about 'Scrubs'? ... It's holding its own, critics love it, viewers love it, but Emmy voters aren't watching it, because it's too young skewing, and the geezer Emmy voters have a demographic a little north of what 'Scrubs' viewers are.

Mike Hargrove

Usually it's two guys holding the victim, but this was even better. I think this trick was invented when Abner Doubleday started this game, and every year there's somebody who hasn't seen it. We had to go all the way to Japan to find someone this time.

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.

Jerome Holtzman

Years later, I was in Baltimore one day and I talked to (then-manager) Johnny Oates. He said, 'You changed the game. You created the ninth-inning pitcher.' I said, 'It was the managers who did it. They started holding back their best relief pitchers to get saves.'

Steve Bellino

With the inventories where they are, and prices were they are, they don't equate. It's geopolitical tension that's holding us up right now.

Robert Barry

We remain confident GM will offer some assistance to Delphi, but bankruptcy risk cannot be ignored. We think GM would find it hard to justify not offering its struggling, former captive supplier, Delphi, some form of assistance.

Harry Reid

We're spending a lot of money in the Gulf, ... We have to do that, but is there anyone in the world that can justify $70 billion in tax cuts? I don't think so. So before I talk about offsets, let the president focus on that.

Richard Gephardt

What we're seeing is a talking down of the economy, the suggestion of a recession, the suggestion of a slowdown in order to justify what looks like it's going to be a $3 trillion tax cut,

Sandra Goldstein

What have they done there to justify that?

Adnan Pachachi

We found him obviously tired and haggard, unrepentant, even defiant, justifying crimes saying he was a just but firm ruler, our answer was that he was unjust ruler responsible for death of thousands of people.

Timothy Ghriskey

We're into a bit of the summer doldrums. There have been a lot of positive earnings surprises, but the anticipation of that has lifted markets for months, with little proof that the economy is improving enough to justify those earnings. So the mood is more upbeat, but that hasn't translated to higher stock prices.

Hiram Rhodes Revels

Have the colored people done anything to justify the prejudice against them that does exist in the hearts of so many white persons and, generally, of one great political party in this country? Have they done anything to justify it? No, sir.

Jon Gruden

We're not going to sit here and try to justify what happened two or three years ago and what happened last year,

Joe Campbell

Until now, financially justifying an investment in an automated system just wasn't an option for many customers. Now finally customers have an affordable option.

James Calvin

We respect the right of Native American tribes to operate commercial enterprises, and the right of licensed distributors to supply them with legal products. But in conducting commerce with non-Native American consumers, everyone in the supply chain should play by the same rules, including collecting state and local taxes.

Ken Dulaney

We're getting tons of calls on this. Customers are disappointed that RIM is putting this legal case before them.

Kendrick Meek

Mrs. Parks' act of brave defiance rocked the foundation of American society and inspired generations of civil rights leaders and created a sense of hope for every American facing legal discrimination in this country.

Hani Durzy

When we asked them to show us a law to show it is unlawful, and they were unable to do so, we said they're legal as far as we're concerned.

Craig Holman

What he's doing here is frankly astonishing. This kind of coordination is obviously an attempt to get around legal contribution limits. The bottom line is that public policy is being made not by principle, but by payment up front.

Tom Jackson

What he said to me was that it's the right thing to do. It might be legally gray, but it's the right thing to do.

Michael Marrero

What has to happen in order for a house to be brought down are a lot of legal things. We have to provide a notice to the owners and that takes X number of days.

Jesse Jackson

What has not changed is the ballistics report saying the gun that Mr. Graham had is not the one that killed Mr. Lambert, that has not changed, the lack of positive identification has not changed, the lack of cross-examination has not changed, inadequate legal representation has not changed,

Brad Smith

We believe we have a set of principles that ensure we comply with all of our legal obligations in China and other countries and ensure we are consistent with the broad principles that the Internet creates and people's desire for free expression.

Madhur Bhandarkar

I like to leave a film open-ended, with a lingering feeling. I'll not do sequels of any of my films till I have subjects to explore.

Art Hogan

We're starting to see that companies are starting to admit that the second half is going to be slow, so that's a lingering fear,

Mickey Levy

We're looking for increases in employment, but because the labor force is growing 1 percent a year, we need 125,000 new jobs per month to stabilize the unemployment rate. We see the unemployment rate drifting slightly higher and lingering higher for the next year.

John Audubon

When, for the first time... I left my father, and all the dear friends of my youth, to cross the great ocean... my heart sunk within me... The lingering hours were spent in deep sorrow... My affections were with those I had left behind, and the world seemed to me a great wilderness.

Davis III

I was right back to work the middle of the day Monday, in the gym, and practiced yesterday with no lingering effects from last week. And that's a major step for me, that I'm feeling better, I'm stronger.

Jon Rogers

The primary issues today's initiatives set out to resolve are still lingering -- legacy labor costs at GM and a possible supply disruption at Delphi.

Charlie Glavin

Going into Intel's third-quarter earnings report, we are becoming more cautious about how Intel is going to address some lingering issues.

Tatsuro Karitani

But the dollar will remain top-heavy due to lingering concerns over an eventual end of the zero interest rate policy in Japan and uncertainty over the prospect for the Chinese yuan.

Khalid Malik

China should make a larger attempt to solve the lingering problems of farmers whose land was inadequately or randomly compensated in the past, and I am sure it will.

Troy Dolan

When I was a freshman, I didn't wrestle as well here as I thought I could. I looked up at the stands and saw lots of people.

Kent Perkins

We're spread out over two blocks and there's lots of fun things. Some families make this a family reunion event. It's a feel-good kind of thing. There's something for everybody.

Jerry Clements

We respond to lots of things; that's why it's interesting. You're not doing the same thing every day.

Lisa Williams

What they really need, if there are lots of animals living in a very close facility, are people who are experienced in handling a variety of animals to walk them, feed them, love them - just provide basic care,

Bob Parker

When we got feedback from other airports about how well their lots were working, there seemed to be a correlation between success and proximity to the terminal. Those airports which reported a lack of success had lots further from the terminal.

Wayne Howard

What about a Boys Club and a Girls Club, something for the kids to do? Instead of buildings and parking lots for doctors, these kids have nothing to do.

Heywood Sanders

What has gone on in Pittsburgh is what has gone on in lots of other cities, which are often faced with convention centers that don't perform as their proponents had hoped or promised, and so it is argued that what you need is an adjacent hotel.

Mark Bachtel

We got what we wanted out of our scrimmages. They were both different styles of teams as Brownsboro was big and strong and wanted to run right over us and Mt. Vernon was big and strong and had lots of speed.

Dave Morrison

We are getting lots of calls from developers. It really cranked up about three years ago and hasn't slowed down.

Steve Matlock

We've assembled a team of dedicated, energetic people whose experience and enthusiasm for this industry is unparalleled. With these talented leaders in place, La-Z-Boy is in for an exciting ride.

Susan Dunn

We've asked the congregation a lot of different things during this period, getting opinions, because we want the whole body to be working toward the same goals. And we believe that the church should get outside its walls and reach out into the community and meet needs of people that live around the church and in the same town, as well as other places beyond our boundaries.

Bob Collins

We've asked all our section pros to put their program up on the Web site and I'm really, really excited the way they're starting to get involved. We're trying to create some awareness in the area and to get people to play. People always want to know, where do I go for a class? Where do I go if my kids want to learn? You can find it in there.

Paul Stamm

We've approached the other trusts and have gotten a verbal commitment, but they would like to be able to be the monies that put us over the top in the project. This has a great chance of being a reality and we really need $10 and $25 donations from people in the community.

Joe Hudak

We've always wanted to try to figure out ways to improve our attendance. There's no doubt it's a great advantage if you can have a lot of people in the stands cheering for you and cheering against your opponents.

Randy Honebrink

We've always tried to reduce the number of people getting bit by sharks through education and awareness. We try to get our safety tips out through our Web site and in publications.

Charlie Sands

We've always tried to have the thing that people want.

Tim Coghlin

We've always thought they were a very skilled team but they're even more skilled than people know. They skate really well, they swarm the puck, the protect they puck well. They all have exceptional puck skills, stick skills, and they compete.

Terry Lickona

We've always known there was a reason to keep all these original masters. We've never erased a single tape from any show we've ever done. We've just about run out of space to store these tapes, but they've turned out be gems. We're proud of these old shows and we think they deserve to be seen by new generations of fans and people that have been fans all along.

Alfonso Scanio

We respect and defend the right of the Church to address questions of values, but it is very serious to receive only one of the candidates for prime minister just ahead of the ballot.

Michael Vick

We're going to sit down and talk about everything, ... I've got a lot of questions for him. I'm going to spend all the time I can with him.

Wolfgang Bernhard

When we export to the United States, to the NAFTA region, we lose three-digit-million numbers, ... That raises questions about our European production facilities.

Jim Steets

When we first got these findings we were scratching our heads because it does raise questions about what the source (of the leak) really is.

Frank Turner

What Lincoln wants to do is to create a mixed-use urban center. One of the questions the plan commission needs to consider is how many and how big and where should urban centers be the most appropriately located.

Mary Barretta

What's interesting about the questions though is you'll find that the ones that pop up that you don't know the answer to. For instance, what fuel does your dryer use. And it's funny, you say, 'I think it's gas but it could be electric,' and that's certainly something that you should know. So it's a learning process as well.

Susie Wisniowski

We're going to have to come up with some sort of strategy. There are just so many questions.

Tim Roemer

We're going to have a plethora of questions for the FBI and for Justice. And I'm not sure they are going to have any good answers to those questions.

Edward Kennedy

Unfortunately, Mr. Chairman, there are real and serious reasons to be deeply concerned about Judge Roberts' record. Many of his past statements and writings raise questions about his commitment to equal opportunity and the bipartisan remedies we have adopted in the past.