Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Shapiro

We're so careful in our risk assessments that we may have a better chance of keeping our players on the field. And risk-assessment tools have absolutely gotten better.

Toni Simonetti

What we're saying is the rumor is absolutely false. We are not preparing a bankruptcy filing.

Elaine Elliott

What they really proved is that they absolutely belong, this is truly a Final Four team. We're so proud that the Utah name is going to be up there with the best of them, forever enshrined by what they've done.

Sean Collins

When we came out and saw the entire crowd, it was absolutely packed, and it was an amazing site to walk out to that.

Charles Davis

When we base the right of access on the media, it begins to be viewed by lawmakers as a special interest. It is absolutely critical that we broaden the conversation and make it about the people's right to access, and not the media's right to access.

Sherri Coale

What a great preparatory environment for postseason play. We're going to get all the energy and passion and emotion from an Elite Eight game that sends you to the Final Four or the atmosphere of a Final Four. It will be absolutely alive in there.

Lori Hines

What a game that'll be. Both play two absolutely opposite styles of basketball. We'll see which style wins out.

John Humphries

What I actually said was that there are three kinds of politicians: those who do not lie full stop, those who lie if they absolutely have to, and those who do not give a bugger about lying,

Mindy Tucker

What he does not think is helpful to the country is misstatements and the spread of misinformation about the actions of the Justice Department. Anyone who reported this morning that he criticized anyone who opposed him was absolutely wrong and in doing so became a part of the exact problem he was describing.

Scott Walker

We've always had the rallying cry of, 'Hey, nobody out there thinks we can do it,' and that was fun. We've never really had a star player, and there's never really been a case of 'So-and-so didn't produce and that's why we're losing.' So it might take a little adjustment, but I think we're definitely a lot better team with him.

Sean Cotter

We've always felt Heidi was a real good hitter, and she's definitely a feared hitter in the conference, but it just seemed like she just wasn't able to put it together for long stretches. And this year she's just been in a really good place, I think, both physically and mentally.

David Lambert

When I was in Taiwan, we were there for about 8 months, and I was 11 at the time, so it was definitely a culture shock. But it was a really interesting time to be there. I didn't entirely realize how different it is from the States. I just accepted it because I was there and my parents needed to be there.

John Goodman

When I was in high school playing against those guys I really didn't feel friendly towards them at all. I tried to make myself think I hated Unionville at the time, and there was definitely a lot of trash talking. You run into those guys all the time. It's pretty important to have those bragging rights so you can walk with your head a little higher. But now that I'm out of school and you see those guys there's no hate there. I have a lot of respect for them.

Jillian Rose Reed

When I was in high school, I had already kind of been working in the industry and had done a couple of acting jobs. There were definitely some girls that were either jealous or thought I was a snob. I was just trying to be a teenage girl and go to high school and have fun like everybody else!

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.

Sarah Murphy

We're maturing as a team, playing better and better. We're definitely turning things around. We're making strides.

Ma Jun

We're manufacturing to meet the demands of our own people but, in the meantime, for the entire world as well, and that definitely put a lot of extra pressure on our environment.

Marty Smith

We're starting to (build confidence). It definitely isn't where we want to be, but with good swings and pitching, it's coming together.

Jamie Dixon

We've always thought he was a very good player and always believed in him. He just happened to play on some very good teams behind some very good players. Last year, he developed and got better. He played in a lot of big games against a lot of good people.

Richard Foreman

We've always respected Israel's right to defend itself, including going after armed groups and armed men in some of these areas. But we've always said they need to do that in a manner which has the utmost care to avoid harm to civilians, particularly when they're conducting operations in heavily populated areas. And we've said that often results in tragedies and numerous deaths. And that appears to be what's happened again.

Drew Goddard

We've always idealized youth and then destroyed youth. That has happened since the beginning of time, and I'm fascinated by why we do that.

Chuck Gillingham

When we went to interview her, she almost canceled. But she had been with her daughter that morning and was thinking if, God forbid, something happened to her daughter that someone would come forward and do the right thing.

Chris Carpenter

When I was out there in the sixth, my hands and my fingers started cramping up, ... The same thing happened when I went up to hit.

Tyler Oakley

When it came to 'Binge,' it wasn't my intention to get on a little soapbox and have a teaching moment. It was more, 'Here are things that have happened to me; here's what I've learned from it. If you'd like to learn from it too, great; if you just like the entertainment aspect, that's fine too.'

Kurt Andersen

When I talk to college students about Spy, it's like I'm describing something that happened in the 19th century. We were very lucky. We started Spy at a time when our generation had arrived at full adulthood and wanted to connect to its anti-establishment youth.

Trent Rollins

Tom should have won that match. He was 14-5 and gets pinned. I don't know what happened there, either.

Jeff Mitchell

We remember what they did to us last season. It's the season opener against a division opponent that knocked us out of the playoffs, and with what has happened to New Orleans recently, you know they are going to come in here ready to play. We shouldn't have any problem getting up for them.

Karen Wagner

When we got to talking about this, I knew in my heart it could be done. This community has never let us down when there is something as important as air service. We've come through in all sorts of circumstances, and this Essential Air Service is just the last of those little hurdles we've had to overcome.

George Hood

We're going to let our attorneys review the ruling and see what we can do to get our port built. Obviously, there are more hurdles we have to jump.

Michael Strahan

I hate leg exercises. I hate one-legged squats. I hate the hurdles and the split squats. I hate all the leg exercises. I know they help me, and I'm able to move around and don't have knee problems, and my hip doesn't hurt anymore, but when my trainer tells me I have to do them, I almost feel like my body goes into convulsions.

Liza Minnelli

I'm so grateful for everything that's happened. I love my work. People have such hurdles - I just wanted to perform, and I wanted my parents to be proud, and they were proud.

Jim Fuller

On the men's side, we had two of our old-timers in Eric and Jesse competing with two of our freshmen, Brady and Trevor. Jesse competed unattached tonight. He's coming off a foot injury, and he's just starting to come back. Eric was just tired after football. We've been kind of slow with him coming back. But he will be there pretty quick. His mark tonight isn't much off his personal best right now. Brady and Trevor both have a couple of events they need to work on. Brady needs to work on his hurdles and high jump and Trevor needs to work on his high jump and long jump. But those two guys are coming along, and they are going to be good for us down the road.

Doris Anderson

One of the big hurdles to overcome is kids attitude toward science. Some kids think science is boring or they say I just don't understand it. You work around that by making it interesting and fun and relevant for kids.

Gerard Cassidy

I wouldn't view this as any indication the company is putting itself up for sale. I think it's an indication of better corporate governance. What they are trying to show everyone is that there's not going to be any artificial hurdles to them being acquired.

Bud Black

He has to continue to get over the little hurdles that are going to make him a big-league pitcher. In his case, it is realizing the importance of location and trusting his sinker in the strike zone.

Scott Nicklas

He may have pulled his (right) quad. We'll have to wait and see. (But) he pulled out of the hurdles and triple jump because he hurt it in the long jump.

John Hoch

When we were up seven at halftime, coach told us to keep playing our game. We knew we had to keep rolling and in the second half we just shot lights out.

Nick Ferguson

When we were in the dark tunnel, Jake Plummer was the light that showed us where to go.

Steve Chapman

We're making light of the subject itself. And they look pretty funny. They're good conversation pieces.

Jaime Pressly

We're making light of all the serious, politically correct stuff that society has created. Basically, Earl redeems himself (after) the mistakes he has made in judging people.

Dennis Phillips

We're going to swing the bats and hit, but I'm tired of playing well enough to win and not winning. We're 16 games into the season. The light should be going on and we should be making plays.

Bill Cleary

We're going to see. She went through a light practice (Wednesday) and she was pain free, so we're really going to work her out and see what happens.

Anne Sullivan

Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.

Lydia Parnes

What we're looking for is to have small businesses apply standards that are reasonable in light of the information that they're storing. There's no business around that would leave a stack of money on a table, for people to just walk in and take. What we're really saying is that information about consumers, about your customers, is the new currency.

Glenn Rummler

When we bumped into Belle, the story is very romantic. She was very involved in society. Belle the name was right. It was just one of those lightning bolt deals.

Clint Hurdle

We've always wanted to improve our bullpen, but until this year we weren't able to get the pieces we wanted. It's been frustrating. . . . It's not easy to spend the bulk of the game battling for a lead and then seeing it get away. . . . Now we have some depth. We have some quality arms.

J. Horton

We've always believed. We feel we have the pieces to be a really good basketball team, and it's just a matter of us going out and doing it.

Kyle Hines

When we weren't winning, we were still working hard. It just didn't seem like we had all the pieces of the puzzle. We all believed sometime we'd click, and I'm happy it's now.

Tim Salmon

When we were coming up, it was kind of a retooling thing and we were filling in with whatever you could fill in with. (Now) you've got a good ownership that's not only going to allow those guys to play, but they're going to bring in the pieces and make it competitive and allow them to win.

Alice Marquardt

When we bring something in, we usually only bring three or four pieces in.

John Howell

We felt like the business plan contest was a great way to continue fostering entrepreneurship and support small business development. Part of what we have viewed as our mission for economic development is fostering entrepreneurship. That's one of the things we are going to be addressing as we sell these pieces of property.

Bruce Sewell

We believe this will be one of the largest pieces of litigation in U.S. history,

Ron Dittemore

We are getting thousands of pieces of information and the teams are working through each piece deliberately.

Sean Maloney

Very few pieces of technology cross the line and become a cultural icon.

Jean Richter

What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end

Simon Hoggart

What has always puzzled me is the flexibility of God's word. For instance, Catholics can now eat meat on Fridays. And limbo has been abolished. How does this work? Who tells them?

Ken Johnson

We're going to do anything we can do to try to piece this puzzle together.

Chinua Achebe

...Nothing puzzles God

Luc Montagnier

I am very puzzled by the fact that young people are getting infected again. They don't take precautions despite an enormous amount of information. It's like riding a race car at 200 kilometers an hour. Some people like the risk.

Sherwin B. Nuland

Where nothing in a person's earlier years lends itself to an old age devoted to continuing intellectual and physical pursuits, a late-life interest in Tolstoy or even crossword puzzles is unlikely to appear, no matter the urging by well-intentioned social workers or people like me who write books about it.

John Felmy

We're still calling on consumers to be prudent in their use of gasoline. It's just a complicated jigsaw puzzle we're putting back together.

S. Walker

We're starting to get some of the puzzle pieces together.

Jon Cooper

We've got good leadership and chemistry on this team. That's something our team lacked the first two years. There's still a couple of pieces of the puzzle needed to push us across the top. Rome wasn't built overnight, but I truly believe we can pull this thing off tonight.

Erica Mann Jong

What all the ads and all the whoreoscopes seemed to imply was that if only you were narcissistic enough, if only you took proper care of your smells, your hair, your boobs, your eyelashes, your armpits, your crotch, your stars, your scars, and your choice of Scotch in bars--you would meet a beautiful, powerful, potent, and rich man who would satisfy every longing, fill every hole, make your heart skip a beat (or stand still), make you misty, and fly you to the moon (preferably on gossamer wings), where you would live totally satisfied forever.

Nancy Coleman

Unless the public is satisfied that the election process has been done fairly and the winner has won fair and square, there's a real question about how the next president will govern, whoever he is.

James Cornish

Unfortunately Mr. Burke lost his life in this crash and others were injured. I am satisfied that the officer's driving fell well within the limits prescribed by the criminal law.

Marc Boldt

Unfortunately, most of the community is satisfied except the Friends of Salmon Creek.

Jeff Hunter

We feel that this is a very appropriate resolution. You have to remember that this incident happened 17 years ago. The passage of time there are some evidentiary issues that arise and are challenges. So, the nature of the offense and where the victim is today we feel that this is a very appropriate resolution and the state and the victim are quite satisfied with the resolution.

Scott Sandelin

We're focusing on Thursday and to hopefully play three games there. We're not satisfied just to get there.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

God is never satisfied with anything less than all.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

There is a restlessness within us that cannot be satisfied until we rest fully in God.

Cherie Lunghi

It's a bit of a headache being a perfectionist. You're never satisfied.

Ken Cox

We remain optimistic that two others trapped in the tunnel may be found alive,

Pete Witte

We found out that one address was the source of 200 police calls in one year. That property was public enemy No. 1. When the city went inside, they found an illegal auto repair shop, mattresses in a storage section of the building that had condoms and needles all over them. We got the building emptied out, the city used Community Development Block Grant money to buy it and now it's on the road to demolition. The end of the tunnel is near.

Mark Rowen

We believe we're moving ever closer to the light at the end of the valuation tunnel on eBay. We find it interesting and amusing to note that as investors' risk/reward ratio had dramatically improved, the market has become increasingly jittery about the future prospects for eBay.

Michael Unzueta

We believe this tunnel is, in fact, the largest tunnel ever found on the south-west border.

Charles Guggenheim

There would be a paragraph about some veteran digging tunnels for the Germans in a slave labor camp, or something like that. Finally I decided to look it up and go further into it.

Benjamin Netanyahu

I would say we want to stop the firing of rockets, for sure. But we also want to dismantle the terror - the tunnel - the terror tunnel networks that we have uncovered.

Bob Beauprez

After several trillion dollars of stimulation by the Obama Administration and the Fed, one might think the economy would be chugging along at a pretty good clip. But, it just isn't so, and the light at the end of the tunnel is pretty dim. Just ask a small business owner.

Brian Durocher

We've got light at the end of the tunnel relative to the playoffs. It's a credit to the girls that they've made these two games into big games.

Richard Butler

We've got a professional job to do; we do it on the basis of evidence. You really want that light at the end of the tunnel to get larger, to get out of sanctions? There is only one way down that tunnel and that is on the track of disarmament.