Famous Quotes & Sayings

Scott Skiles

We responded particularly well tonight. When things didn't go our way, we didn't go into one of our tremendously long droughts and hang our heads and look defeated. We did the reverse. We picked it up on defense and blocked some shots and got out in the open floor.

Stephanie Hill

We blocked well in the third game and they weren't able to put the ball through like they were. I thought the big difference was in serving.

Peter Power

We blocked the written procedure in order to seek further clarity on the decision.

Colby Armstrong

We're just keeping things simple. Philly's a great team, and I thought we did a good job of getting behind their 'D' and making things happen and coming through the neutral zone with speed. After the first period I think we were a little slow, but we got going as the game went on. We blocked shots and killed penalties, and to win games you have to do that.

Gary Mickelson

We're hopeful there will be sufficient law enforcement support to allow this to happen. A bus carrying some management workers was prevented from entering the plant earlier this morning. In fact, picketers blocked the entrance and broke out some of the windows on the bus.

Jim Haslett

When you turn the ball over for a touchdown, when you have a blocked field goal for a touchdown and an interception that directly led to a score -- we have to eliminate those mistakes. It is a shame because I thought we played well enough to win.

Helen Sharman

I get standing ovations at meetings when I say Britain should be involved in human spaceflight. Unfortunately, that goal has been blocked by a handful of people in high office.

Bob Ney

We're not going to put a wall around the Capitol, ... We're going to have perimeter security. We're going to have certain streets that have been blocked and certain ones that are open. But we want a free flow of people into this Capitol with people doing tours, doing the things that people need to do in the people's house in the Congress.

Ashton Youboty

(Woodley) always got blocked or picked up or he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. You just have to be in the right place against him.

Wolfgang Niersbach

We're getting the message to cab drivers, airport staff and everyone that the World Cup isn't just happening in stadiums.

Paul Guen

We were superb. We showed no weaknesses, it was a highly deserved success. Now we are going to try to take some rest before next week's French Cup match.

Gordy Sheer

We found out pretty quickly what a nice guy Mark was. In fact, he's still the nicest guy on the World Cup circuit. But back then, he'd catch some good-natured ribbing about it. Luckily for us, he took it well. If Mark had wanted to rip us limb from limb, he probably could've.

Kathy Russell

We are getting a renaissance downtown. We've got designer restaurants and designer dogs, and (people) would like to have a designer cup of coffee with their designer dog.

Mark McFarland

Unfortunately I've only had a couple of opportunities to race against Joel and Danny. I do know they're both hard, clean racers and I really respect that. The fact that the NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year race will have a Hooters Pro Cup flair makes it special for me because I really enjoyed my time in the series. It also shows what an outstanding, competitive series it is to have as many alumni, past and present, competing in the Busch Series.

Lindsey Kildow

World Cups are important because you have to ski well and gain confidence for the Olympics. You have to have other goals besides the Olympics because the Olympics is only one race.

Sourav Ganguly

World Cup 2007 is my goal and I believe that I have enough cricket left in me.

Frank Hadden

With my World Cup hat on, we have to get the most of all our players. This is an opportunity. It's not a reflection on the other guys. We've still got to make our mark with an attacking game. Our attack has been under wraps because we haven't had ball.

Jimmy Johnson

With my four years in Cup so far, each year had . . . a different set of pressures. I'm looking forward to it this year. I don't anticipate it to be the same. It just continues to change and intensify each year. I just hope that all the lessons I've learned so far have taught me enough that I can get it done.

Robert Nelson

We're a watchdog group that has become the eyes and ears of where the tax money is going in Walton County. We spend a lot of time, through volunteer efforts, to analyze budgets, analyze expenditures and try to look at different government programs to see if there's an actual justification of benefit back to the taxpayer.

William Shakespeare

Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief.

Chris Cleave

In my world death will come chasing. In your world it will start whispering in your ear to destroy yourself. I know this because it started whispering to me when I was in the detention center.

Chris Brown

Well the first time I performed, my mom was like how she is now when sees me on stage – all red, smiling from ear to ear. So I don’t want to mess up, [be]cause she’s smiling. Seeing my mom happy is kind of like an overwhelming feeling.

Chief Joseph

I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.

Charles Lamb

Milton almost requires a solemn service of music to be played before you enter upon him. But he brings his music, to which who listen had need bring docile thoughts and purged ears.

Charles Lamb

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

Charlaine Harris

I love him," I said, but even to my own ears I didn't sound happy about it.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.

Dean Baker

We've backed ourselves into a very dangerous situation. The economy is dependent on everyone consuming like crazy. If everyone heard my diatribe and said, 'Yeah, we better start saving,' the economy would go into a recession.

Tiger Woods

When we were taking the carts back to the tee, ... I couldn't hear anything. In my left ear, I'm half deaf, people whistling and screaming, and then my right ear, I'm half deaf. It was electric, it was loud, people were really into it. J. D. brings huge galleries everywhere he goes.

Cedric Redmond

When we were going into the locker room at halftime, we heard some fans saying that we're going to fall apart in the second half. We wanted to make sure that didn't happen.

Dan Donegan

When it comes down to vocals, I want to hear something that's going to be melodic. David's always had those animalistic instincts of making those gut sounds, or whatever you want to call it. But he's developed a really strong singing voice.

Omar Sy

When I was a boy, my older brothers listened to Earth, Wind & Fire and Kool and the Gang. When I would try to get into their room, they would close the door and say, 'You can't hear that. It's not for a child!' Now, I can listen to it and enjoy it.

Barbara Boxer

To my constituents, today's hearing is about shared sacrifices in tough times versus oil company greed, ... Working people struggle with high gas prices and your sacrifices appear to be nothing.

Don Alexander

Tom Welter (the OSAA executive director) told me they were getting a hearings officer ready to go (today) if an appeal is filed.

Tyrone Marshall

We're more aware of each other now. Guys are looking out for each other. We're doing more things together. That definitely relieves some of the stress and heartache that we've been having over the past couple of weeks. Being able to come out here and play soccer is a step in the right direction. Doug is still in our minds and our hearts.

David Scurto

We're making excellent progress. It was a very informative meeting and it was good for us to be able to hear from residents that live in both the north and south ends of the city. It was very interesting to hear what they had to say.

Gary Barnett

What makes Jeremy so valuable are his mental toughness and competitiveness,

Bret Campbell

We feel a lot better about ourselves. First, Jared Newsom and Jeremy Kelly have stepped back up to their capabilities. We shot the ball extremely well this past week. And we took better care of the ball. That's something we hadn't been doing.

Jeff Pentland

We made a lot of progress. I'm not one to put expectations on people, but I think you're going to see a different Jeremy Reed this year.

Reid Hoffman

Jeremy Stoppelman started Yelp. Max Levchin started Slide. I started LinkedIn. It was a mininova explosion of folks jumping out to doing other entrepreneurial activities.

Tiki Barber

He won't have to think about it or hear from his agent what the organization is thinking. He can stay focused on football - not that Jeremy hasn't been focused.

Greg Dobbs

He made a tough pitch, but I knew if I didn't foul it off, Jeremy was going to get hung up. I just did get a piece of it.

Tim Ritchey

He'll probably go a half-mile or five-eighths, ... Jeremy Rose will be on him. I'll tell him to go a half, and if he's feeling fine to go five-eighths.

Lou Duva

He'll miss you with three, four punches and knock you out with the fifth. Even hitting the bag, he'll miss and almost fall down, but then, Bam! When he knocked out Jeremy Williams, he was falling down. So, we're working on his balance.

Mike Hargrove

He'll get some but it's not going to be an everyday thing. I don't necessarily think that Jeremy is a leadoff hitter or we want him leading off.

Alex Smith

We're so close, and sometimes the scores may not reflect that, but we're so close to being competitive in this league. There's a lot of things we're doing better now that we weren't doing at all earlier in the year. Coach always says it's a marathon, not a sprint, but that's the truth.

Muriel Siebert

We're going to see what Bush says tonight, and we're going to see what Greenspan says tomorrow -- now that's a real one-two punch.

Huston Street

We're going to really play it by ear and be cautious. We're not out of April yet -- that's what I keep getting told. There's a lot of season left. ... Talking to Larry, he says these things can take five to 10 days.

Peter Young

What we're hoping to do through this federal process is see if we can formalize a rule that specifically says the swim with program is prohibited and that you are -- you have only so much approach to any dolphin that's out in the wild.

Amy Grant

What a great thing to wish for, your life plays out in a way, that you miss something that's so important to you, and somebody says what would you like, or if I could wish I would turn back the hands of time and go back and enjoy this experience that I missed.

David Kochman

What he says is careful and correct. The most important fact is that Rod Smith is the only Democrat in this race who has taken not only one, but two seats from Republicans.

Mike Sanders

What he had done with these photos was place them in water in a plastic bag with what he says was an attempt to destroy them.

David Wood

We had 13 girls get awards. That's the starting lineup plus two, so I think that says a lot. We had a real solid starting lineup all the way through and it says a lot for the talent that we have.

Fernando Ferrer

We can do better than a mayor who says he doesn't think many people make the minimum wage. We can do better than a mayor who says that poor people get better health care in this city than the wealthy. I believe that hope and opportunity have to be present in equal measure on every block, on every street in every neighborhood in every borough of our city.

W. S. Gilbert

We found historic letters showing that Lord Stanley directed his aid-de-camp to travel to England to purchase the Cup. That was an interesting historical find.

Don Waddell

We're extremely excited to add a player of Bobby's caliber to our lineup. He's a hard-nosed player who has enjoyed a distinguished career that includes valuable Stanley Cup championship experience. He is a veteran who will play an important role in our success.

Mike Fisher

We're just looking at this as one step on a long road. We feel like we've got a good team here and we want a chance to win a Stanley Cup. That's what we're focusing on right now.

Peter Fleming

We're not asking to let Stanley out, ... We don't want him killed, that's all, because we think his message is important. Williams has without question gone through a personal redemption, has repudiated his past and has made contact with thousands of kids, teachers and parents across the country.

Nigel Coe

We believe that Stanley Works currently represents a good risk/reward opportunity for longer term value investors.

Paul DiPietro

With the Stanley Cup win, this is the greatest moment of my life.

Rolf Breuer

We achieved bulge bracket status and only Morgan Stanley is better (in terms of earnings,

Eric Brewer

When those things happen, there will be a little bit of notoriety, ... That's very easy for me to deal with because I've never played hockey just for that reason, the honors. If I didn't get those honors, that would be fine too. I always like to play well and do well. Some things go hand in hand. What I really want from hockey is a Stanley Cup ring.

Peter Fleming

ignores the needs of California's youth and the sense of hope and future that Stanley Williams brings to so many who are disadvantaged.