Busting Quotations

People are roasting each other at parties, at work events, around the fire. It's so fun. People are busting each other's chops, and it's a sign of affection, truly. It's a true test of love and friendship: can you make a man laugh at himself? So what makes a good burn? Go after targets you love and respect. And hit 'em hard.

We're not going to sit there and say that we need more runs. We know how hard it is, and it's not like our hitters need to be told. We don't need to state the obvious. They're coming in and busting their butt everyday and doing whatever they need to to get better.

We're still at a point in time where we're just mainly concerned with him busting loose all the adhesions that could be left in there from his injury, and I think that's about done. He pitched some outstanding change-ups and threw some good quality fastballs there.

We've been inconsistent with our offense and pitching. But the effort is there. Guys are busting their tails. And certainly, relative to previous starts, we're on fire.

The fact that people were actually talking about nuclear- bunker busting for the first time is what scared people. This is going to drag on for months and months and months.

We had been busting (Edmonds) in with fastballs a lot through the years, and in key situations,

Nobody's really busting the doors down to buy women's apparel this fall selling season. Women's dress and casual footwear is probably the strongest I've seen in a good six or seven years.

I grew up watching 'Grease,' and 'Grease 2.' I fantasized about walking through school halls and busting out in a song. At that time, I was too much of a chicken to do so. I'd love the challenge now.

I don't think it's right for a men's or women's sport to get cut because we're all out here busting our butt. But I don't think they should get their program back just because they are females.

GM spun off Delphi for the sole purpose of busting our union. They think this is the time to start breaking our unions and we are not going to let them.

If the FBI's motivating factor for busting down the Koresh compound was child abuse, how come we never see Bradley tanks smashing into Catholic churches?

Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy.

He'll bend over backwards for a teammate. He'll do whatever it takes. I mean, he's a senior on the scout team. He's busting his butt every day. You don't find that much around the country.

Joey jumping up about eight feet and heading that one in was a great effort. He was just busting to get in there.

Joel was hustling though, I have to give it to him, I said 'You bust your can tonight, man, you don't know what a ball is going to do' so thank goodness he was busting his hump, or we don't score that run.

I was busting my tail down the line because I knew it was going to be a bang-bang play at first,

I thought the secondary played solid and good the entire day. The one deep wheel route we gave up on our boundary was somebody else outside of the secondary busting an assignment and not covering their guy. They tackled well for the most part, their positions on the ball and challenging in many coverage, I thought, were really pretty good.

Our guys are busting it every day. We're not getting it done.

Terry is busting a gut to get on the field and he will be a big asset to us as the season progresses. It will be almost like signing a new player.

I think so. Especially with this team. We're a young team, but we sure don't lack desire and heart. Everybody's hungry. Everybody's fighting for a spot. So that has a lot to do with it. Everyone busting it until the very last out.

It doesn't get into your passion for the game, it doesn't get into your preparation for the game, ... But it does sink in the back of your mind when you're out there busting your tail for this organization, that next year, who knows where you might be?

We have some players on this team really busting themselves. We're just a little short-handed and a little hurt right now, or we might have more to say at the end of games.

Today was kind of a flat day after the guys have been busting it. Guys are dragging a little bit.

We haven't reached our peak yet, which is good news. We're really close to busting loose.

We are not going to go on an aggressive land-acquisition program (to build runway safety areas). Instead of busting up stable neighborhoods, the city will continue to work with the FAA to find the appropriate technologies and safety measures at an airport that has been hailed as one of the safest in the nation.

Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny.

We shot ourselves in the foot. I thought we were so close to busting open, but we gave it away.

There is a considerable busting of trust. Nobody is willing to give the company the benefit of the doubt.

We've got to find a way to win. We gave up too many points, too many costly penalties. We allowed too much in the run game. That's all on us. The guys are busting to play hard and win. But we've got to play smarter, smarter than that.

We are busting at the seams over here. We only have about 2,000 square feet of office space and no showroom. We have a little office to show the work that we have done to prospective clients. But that is it.

We're disappointed obviously. I think this goes to what we've been saying all along that this is the end result of executives' poor planning. Their plan is more focused on union busting than running an airline.

blatant union busting and an insult to every American worker.

I've been busting it. This is as much as I've battled for a long time. It was a playoff game for me.

I've seen Jay get an IV. I've never thought a quarterback could get an IV. It lets me know he's busting his behind as much as I am. You appreciate that -- when your leader is getting down and dirty.

The talent, man, was outrageous. Rudi Johnson was already there, and we were busting Rudi Johnson. Our whole scout team defense had fun out there.

I've been acting since second grade, and I just remember when I first moved to New York and I was living in Washington Heights with three other actors in this tiny apartment and busting my butt to get to the subway, walking to, like, five auditions in a day.

Northwest Airlines' behavior toward AMFA is blatant union- busting and an insult to every American worker, ... The UAW is proud to offer this support to AMFA members.

After creating record deficits and debt with his budget busting tax breaks, the president is asking our seniors, our students, and our families to clean up his fiscal mess with painful cuts in health care and student aid.

On defense, we started off pretty rough but we never quit. We kept going, and kept busting them in the mouth. The defense never quit, and defense wins games.

Actually, I think it's what happens before crunch time that matters more. It's so easy to forget about that. We need to be busting our butts before crunch time. That's when we'll start to win those matches is when we play the same intensity for longer periods of time.

This is a pattern of lawyers and others in the White House busting their backs to do the best work they can to be try to be responsive,

This continues to be about busting our union,

Almost every economist agrees that the American health care system is unsustainable. Medical care is so expensive that it is busting all of our budgets - government, business, and personal. Eventually, the medical price bubble will pop. What, then, are the alternatives?

A lot of people thought he was going to be the next Paul Coffey, rushing the puck to the net, but that's just not his game up to this point. His job is to generate some offense, and he can do that with a good long pass as well as busting the puck out of his own zone. But that's all going to come.

They are busting the unions with this. Collective bargaining will mean nothing.

It?s a 110-year-old building and has served the town well. But very little has been done to it. The basement is wet and uncomfortable and we are truly busting at the seams.

It's all about those guys in the locker room. They've been busting their butts. It's fun winning.

I told the seniors after the third game, 'This is what you've been busting your butts since June 1, for this match. And they responded.

It's not just about busting the bad guys. It's about helping kids out.

It's the kids that did it. It's nice to be honored, but if the kids aren't busting their butts and doing what you ask, then it doesn't mean anything. It's nice to be honored by your peers, but it is more of a tribute to the kids.

Dale Sr. absolutely loved the plate races, ... His comment always was, 'Let's get the best stuff and not lease it to anyone else.' I remember he'd usually come into the engine shop at 7:30 in the morning, after he'd been working on his farm, and if we weren't busting our tails, we'd soon be looking for new work. It still seems like Dale is watching over us and demanding our best effort.

The offense isn't going to come, the defense isn't going to come without me going out there and busting my butt every day. Whether it's in practice or in games, if I'm not scoring, I'm hoping that I'm doing other things to help.

The big issue is they come downhill at you. They start busting some things at you, so you get a little nervous and come up a little more. Then they start hitting over the top of you.

They both played extremely solid, very consistent in all aspects of their games. If we can get a little run going for Derek or just a few more putts to fall for Ed, they are both on the verge of just busting out. I just love the consistency of how both are playing under par virtually every round. Both only had a couple of mistakes that kept them from scoring lower.

They called me into their office, they said their piece, I said my piece -- it was very professional, just tough to take. They were respectful to me. Did I agree with their decision? No. I would have liked to stick around. I told them that over the past 10 days I had made big strides, was close to busting out and that they were making a wrong decision.

Not today, the season. It's a waste. ... Kids are out there busting their butts, and there's still nothing but negativity.

I loved our toughness. They've learned to listen to what I say and not be concerned if the vein in my neck or head is busting or anything like that. I liked our competitiveness, and I think it will help us.

Instead of taking action to bring down gas prices dramatically before the Fourth of July holiday, (Vice President Al) Gore, Browner and President Clinton are pointing fingers to blame everyone, but not themselves, for busting the summer vacation budgets of millions of Americans,

I really think this town is ready to embrace this team like they did the one in '86. It's early, but if they keep this going, it's going to be a special season. New Yorkers know when guys are out there busting their butts and playing good baseball. They aren't guys looking to hit the three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to get the headline.

I have to keep improving myself. That's why I'm out here busting my butt.

He's in good shape and in good spirits. He's busting to play so that's always good to see and psychologically I think he's in good shape as well.

He's in a shooting slump. We all know it. If you're a shooter, you have to keep stepping up and (taking) his shot. It's up to me to make the decision to go in another direction during a course of ball game if I feel we're not getting enough from him. He's still busting his butt in other areas. He had good looks from the 3-point line.

This is a little bit like busting a street drug dealer to get at the Colombian drug cartel,