Calling Quotations | Page 6

It is always nice to get this first game out of the way. I thought we did OK. I'm happy with the way we played. We got into some foul trouble and that kind of hurt, but the officials were calling it tight and we didn't do a very good job of adjusting to it.

I think the referees did a great job of calling fouls out there. They didn't let you do illegal things, pushing and chucking, when guys were trying to get position. We were aggressive in the second half. I think that's where it (the foul difference) really came from, penetrating, boxing out, getting guys to come over our back, going to the glass and just being more aggressive.

Jeffrey catches all the criticism. But he doesn't do anything I don't tell him to do. I have to know everything he's doing. I have to know what plays he's calling and working on. So it's as much my fault as anybody's. But nobody is going to believe it, because it's your kid.

Jess is calling for the ball more and we know if we get her established then it opens things up for everything else.

Last week Oscar called on the governor to resign, this week he's calling for debates, and next week might be a pie-eating contest.

I saw kids -- 8, 9, ten years old -- playing some extremely violent games. We're calling upon the arcade industry to kind of take a look at their practices.

I saw kids -- 8, 9, ten years old -- playing some extremely violent games, ... We're calling upon the arcade industry to kind of take a look at their practices.

I see Christ as the incarnation of the piper who is calling us. He dances that shape and pattern which is at the heart of our reality.

I say that I suffer from what Rosalind Krauss was calling the post-medium condition, where an artist essentially employs several mediums in order to bring to life whatever specific ideas that they have. For me it's always been that way.

People are going into survivor mode. They are calling it looting and I'm saying it's surviving,

People are frantically calling and telling us their cat is on the third floor of an apartment in New Orleans, or their horses were left in a pasture.

People are calling us to say they've lost the land they've deer hunted on for decades. They want to know what we're going to do about it. We tell them there's nothing we can do. It's private land.

People are calling me a liar and calling me names. But at the end of the day this is what happened, these are the facts, this is the truth. I shouldn't be ashamed of it. I was wrong to have done what I did-I know that-but it did happen and I am not going to live with a lie for the rest of my life.

People are on to us right now. They're got our number. We have to regroup and start doing something a little more different. I'm not saying we're predictable, but when you've got the opponent out there calling out plays, and they know what's coming, then we've got a problem. They know what plays we're calling. They pretty much know what routes we're running. They pretty much have us down right now.

People are already calling us and asking us can they display one of our orbiters in their museum after we're done. I'm not giving anybody anything until we're all agreed the station is complete and the shuttles' job is done.

People always make the mistake of calling an idea small or stupid because they don't understand how it's going to evolve.

Our goal really is to create what we're calling the veteran roll call. We want to have all the names of those who served in Vietnam as accurately as possible.

Over the past couple of months, we've seen a significant increase in the number of plus members calling us to get the free gallon or two,

Over the last four games, I've let him call our pitches. He's done a good job of calling the games. You have to be able to understand the game to call pitches. I've always liked to have the catcher calling the pitches because a coach can only see so much.

Parents are calling and saying they love that we're doing this. Some of them said their kids are doing the poses in the living room.

Our power guys inside, I'm calling them floaters now because there's no power. We're not scoring in the paint.

Our suppliers are mostly down east, and when we were calling saying we need 140 hippos, the first question is, 'What are you doing with all these hippos?' It's funny, because down there there's no demand for it.

Our fund-raiser tells us that it can take three, four or five meetings before you get companies to commit (to a project like this), which could take four to eight months. But he was really encouraged by their response. He had people calling him the day after the show." ()

Our tradition helps our recruiting, there's no doubt about it. It makes the phone calls a lot easier, when you're calling from a team the players see on TV all the time and they see the atmosphere and the fans filling up arena. There's no doubt it makes recruiting easier.

Our campaign is designed to reach out to this 50 percent -- those who are uncomfortable calling their mortgage company.

Our calling card was our defense. We would press and run and score and there wasn't anything anyone could do about it.

Our coalition doesn't seek an end to development in the Jonah field ... but we are calling for a common sense balance that allows for energy exploration with a defined upper limit on emissions.

Residents are calling if they see anything. They're worried and I don't blame them.

Reporters keep calling me and asking if the Internet is to blame for this. Of course the Internet isn't to blame for it -- any more than the comet is to blame.

Please keep in mind that commuters can report matters fundamental to the transit system direct to Metro Police Dispatch by calling 713-224-COPS (2677).

Playing .500 is the first step. Eventually, we're trying to get to where we can contend with St. Louis for the division. I'd rather have a winning record. We're tired of being labeled a loser for the last 12 years. We want to get past that. We don't want anybody calling us a loser again.

People who used to like to go to one or two occasional games a year are saying no. In some cases I'm resorting to calling professional ticket brokers to see if they'll buy any of my seats.

Recognition engines aren't going to be able to discern echoes. If you were calling an airline, and said 'Boston,' the phone couldn't send the signal three times. The server would hear 'Boston Boston Boston,' and think it's a new word every time.

Paul is a good friend of mine and I really wanted to support all the people who have put together this race. It's a big deal for Pensacola to have this. I wasn't looking forward to calling (Paul) and telling him I couldn't run, but there really was no other alternative. I had to do it.

Part of our game is driving to the basket and I didn't think they were calling anything on drives, anything on either team. Nobody going to the basket ever got fouled.

Our mission is not just to make a profit, it is to fulfill a calling . . . An ethical standard is higher than a legal standard.

People have been calling me that, but I deny it." ()

People have been calling KCSU and requesting our songs, that's awesome.

People have been calling and asking about replanting to replace the trees that were destroyed. They looked at what trees did well and which would hold up better next time.

People have really been nice in calling and sharing their concern.

Some of the miners are calling the coal a black Band-Aid. The healing process begins today.

My stuff's staying in the Delta. Both my sons are in college, but I've recruited some other kids to hunt. We've got ducks and I'm not tired of calling them yet.

: ''My name is John Connolly and if you give me one of your four, I promise to stop calling and knocking on your door.

My mother watched her loving husband look at her with blankness or contempt and sometimes hatred. And yet dementia is classed as a social condition, so that the state is not required to pay for long-term residential care. Calling it what it is - brain damage - is too expensive.

Natalie did a great job calling the game for me, and I'm just glad it all worked out with the wind blowing the way it was. My screwball was working real well and has been recently. I've been getting everyone to pop the ball up and it continued in this game.

My wife has tried calling over 200 times. Nothing but a busy signal.

My wife makes fun of me by calling me a grandpa because I have very little patience for inconsiderate children. So if we're walking in the mall, and some kid goes by really fast on a skateboard, I become the grumpiest eighty-five-year-old man in the world and start screaming at them.

My wife loves the area. I love the guys on the team. We've gotten pretty comfortable calling it home.

My phone certainly is ringing much more often these days with companies calling about corporate responsibility. Companies are very eager for an institution to certify compliance with the standards of corporate responsibility.

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.

Looking ahead, we see the Bluetooth market continuing to expand. The 'attach rate' in mobile phones is increasing both as the demand for hands free calling grows and as mobile phones increasingly move into services such as music streaming and gaming. Bluetooth is also being adopted in the wider electronic goods markets and in new application sectors such as automotive and consumer.

Mark and I have been clicking the last couple of games, ... To lose a guy like that, my go-to guy, made it pretty hard on offense, especially for coach Harris calling plays.

Martin Luther King said it was time to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of human civilization. I don't think anyone is calling Martin Luther King a New Age woo-woo.

I will stop just short of calling this harassment, ... I will leave that to my attorneys.

I wish I took more scientific classes, because I've always been interested in science. Most of what I have learned I've learned on the job. It's a really neat opportunity to learn by calling up scientists, some of which are world-renowned, ask them questions.

I was very pleased to hear that they were calling the township and coming down here. The quarry is an important project in the township.

I think our main concern is in calling for some type of federal policy that affects the issuance of credit cards or any credit to consumers. This is a very competitive business and it does provide a great amount of convenience to consumers. Any effort to curb that would affect a lot of lower income consumers disproportionately.

I think Shannon should look at my granny and tell her that he's sorry, because he kept calling and asking if they were all right and if they had been found. And all the time he knew that he had taken their lives.

I think people who look up this bull on the Internet, instead of spreading rumors, or calling police, maybe you should go and talk to that person first, get to know them before making any judgmental decisions.

It doesn't matter if you stick the name 'bluegrass' on it. I think people call things bluegrass that I wouldn't necessarily call bluegrass, but what they're calling country music today I'm not sure that I would call country music. But I love music and I try to encourage people.

I tell my audiences today that I served 10 years in Nashville! That's a joke, of course; I was grateful for the work. Bob Ferguson, who produced Connie Smith, Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, started calling me in.

I think he's gotten noticed. We've had a lot of teams inquire about him. But there's a big difference between inquiring and calling up.

I thought he was breaking my neck -- it hurt really bad. I kept calling for help, but I was so hoarse from him choking me. I couldn't make a very big sound.

I thought it was the least I could do after calling you Little Rock.

June was best friends with Robert Duvall, and I was directing a movie with Duvall and they were constantly talking about me among themselves. Soon John and June kept calling me to do a movie about John's life. When we started the whole project it really was more about John, but as we got going, we all realized there was no way this film could not be about the two of them. A lot of people knew who June was, but I'll bet you very, very few of them knew what a big influence she was on his career and his life.

Justice must be done in investigating the tragic death of Mr. Freddie Gray. His family deserves our deepest sympathy and respect for their loss, and our admiration for their courage in calling us, as a city, to act as our better selves.

Maybe so, ... but you've got to understand what it means to have a guy like that calling your offense. He's bold and unorthodox. He's always looking to go for the jugular, no matter what the book says you should do. So pretty soon you adopt a killer mentality yourself, and you're bold out there. And that's what got us where we are.

Quit calling me Grey. It makes me sound like I’m a boy. Like Dorian Gray.” “Dorian who?” I sighed. “Just think up something else. Plain old Nora works too, you know.” “Sure thing, Gumdrop.” I grimaced. “I take that back. Let’s stick with Grey.

We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.

We live in such a cynical, postmodern society that if you are offended by something like this, people say, 'Lighten up, it's ironic, it's a joke.' And that's really nice if you're a student of art history. But how many 10-year-olds talk about irony? When you get teased, it doesn't make it any better to know that they're also calling it ironic. It sends the message that it's hip to make fun of Asians.

oh well, is it hurting anyone? Because if its not and you’ve been given it, I’d as soon stop calling it a thing and start referring to it as a gift.

I imagined calling in to my own radio show: Yeah hi, I'm a werewolf, and I'm stuck in a cabin in the woods with another werewolf and a werewolf hunter...

Twitter is sort of version of labeling, except with 140 characters instead of a labelmaker. It's the way of calling things out for what they are, wearing badges. Twitter is like the new Scarlet Letter.

The ACC is a calling card. Kids in this geographic footprint want to play in the ACC, and I think what it does is it gives us a chance to recruit some of these kids.

The arm, I don't think it's the most important part of a catcher when it comes to the Gold Glove. It's definitely a factor, but it's calling a game, receiving, blocking balls.

That was tough. We got a few breaks, right up front. They got a few breaks. But overall, they were calling what they see, nothing you can do about it except go along with it because they are calling the game. But it does really change the momentum of games when stuff like that happens.

That was one of the big reasons I didn't want to go there. I've got a couple of buddies that play for LSU. They've been calling on the phone, but I haven't been answering. It's something I've been dreaming about. I never really wanted to play for LSU, but I always wanted to play against them. It will be a big game for me.

That's the leaky, rusty pot calling the kettle black. We don't spend our time talking about their sales.

I was proud of the way our girls handled themselves today. There was a lot of name calling and trash talking going on from their players, things like that, but our team played with a lot of class. Our girls kept their cool and showed a lot of poise and character. My team played with a lot of heart today.

I wasn't a rookie in pennant races, but I was a rookie calling the shots. The players made me look good.

My biggest question wasn't about the organization, the work ethic, none of the things that have been part of Joe's life. My biggest question had to do with how he would adapt and adjust to calling plays in a different time in football. That really was one of the greatest challenges that he faced last year was, 'Can I run my offense as I knew it in this modern day and age of football'. And the answer was no.

my calling and my primary mission for the coming years.

Most analysts are calling for the market to rise between 5 percent and 10 percent next year, but I think it could be more like 15 percent. The economy is heating up, the employment picture has been improving and companies will begin spending more.

Members of the community have already contacted the chapter, expressing interest in helping Katrina's victims with donations of food, clothing, etc. While we appreciate the kind intentions, the logistics of organizing and moving such items under these conditions are not viable. The fastest way to help is by making an online contribution to the Disaster Relief Fund at www.redcross.org. You can also help by calling 1-800-HELP-NOW or your local Red Cross chapter,

Who's calling the shots? Where is the state's input?

We have people calling wanting to know what to collect to send down there to the hurricane area in New Orleans.

We have people calling from out-of-state who want to come and help. As we begin this recovery, we will serve as a referral service for volunteers.

You just have to stay on top of the ball, and keep calling people and asking people, and not get one opinion, but 20. It always changes. It's very important to be involved as a skater because ultimately no one cares more about how you do than yourself.

You just have to be careful. It seems like some games they are calling everything and the next game they are not. We just have to be more careful about it, especially in a tie game, you can't take any stupid penalties.

Will you stop calling it the short stack?

While you're there, you become much more brusque with people. I always thought of myself as a calm, pleasant, warm, lovable sort, but after the '76 convention, some people in the press began calling me the Grand Teton. I can remember being short with people and, in the eyes of some, abrasive. But that's all I had time for.

We continue to believe that the President will invoke his authority under the Taft-Hartley Act and order union members back to work in the event for a strike. Individual members of Congress from West Coast states appear to be taking a more aggressive position, and have been actively calling or writing the ILWU and PMA to encourage the parties to at least extend the current contract, which would minimize the risk of a complete work stoppage.

We were looking for a guy in the third pairing that can be safe, solid and steady. That's Cory's calling card.

When it comes to serious cuts to major programs like Medicaid, the American people are not calling for leadership but magic. They want cuts with no pain.

We do, indeed, have experts we anticipate calling who will testify about this very subject.

We're calling upon Paramount Pictures to remove these billboards out of our neighborhood and from this city.

We're calling our donors, we're asking them to come in. We're e-mailing our donors.

We're calling on the visiting Japanese ministers to pressure their government into stopping whaling in the Southern Ocean.

We're calling on the Legislature to quickly pass the health care reform proposal now pending at the State House, with an employer responsibility provision. By putting a floor under employer health expenditures, the employer responsibility provisions halt the race to the bottom that leaves workers with no coverage and raises health care costs for everyone.

We're calling on Representative Nussle to take the target off of Iowa's seniors, children, people with disabilities and low-income families.