Counting Quotations

I am so lucky to have the job that I have. I can never lose sight of the fact that people are counting on me to do my best.

The day after we had pitched a game, it was our duty to stand at the gate, and afterwards to count the tickets. I remember counting 30,000 tickets one day at the Polo Grounds in New York.

I just think we shouldn't get into counting coaches' records. I've never been for that but I know that's just American society.

If I were doing a real rock show, slapping the phone book in time to the music, grooving with the songs, then it would matter to know how I felt about what I was playing. You can't fake it in that situation. But I'm just counting them down as they appear on the chart, 1 through 40. What really matters is what I say between the songs.

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.

In a way, Strandbeests have turned into migration animals, and the step counter gives them an idea of where they are. While counting their steps, they know more or less where they are between Kijkduin and Scheveningen.

Simultaneous recording with superimposed ionization chambers and Wilson chambers, ionization chambers and sets of counting tubes, has not yet been carried out.

It was the oddest feeling. I thought Laci Peterson needed me; I thought she was counting on me to bring her and her baby home.

Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.

I'm probably one of the worst people with numbers you've ever met. My brothers always kid that they think I'm counting cards in Vegas, but I'm just trying to add things up.

I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.

The wool of a thousand sheep in good pasture at the least ought to yield fifty marks a year, the wool of two thousand one hundred marks, and so forth, counting by thousands.

There's only one thing that regularly keeps me up at night. Working with the greatest people in the world and knowing that they are counting on me to build a company that endures - a company where they can grow professionally. A company where they can build world-class products and be proud to work.

I think when you're just counting on your voice, you actually need double the energy. I find myself acting out the scenes and being very physical while I'm recording because I think you can tell when someone is just sitting on a stool.

When you wake up, instead of checking emails on your phone, or counting your retweets, pick up a pen and scratch a few sentences into a notebook.

The only thing to be said for air travel is speed. It makes possible travel on a scale unimaginable before our present age. Between the ages of 20 and four-score I visited every country in Europe, all save two in Latin America, ditto in Africa, and most of Asia, not counting eight trips to Australia and 60 to the United States - all by air.

Counting one thousand gifts, I discovered I could count on God.

I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them.

When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love of my life.

When you're on your deathbed, you probably aren't counting the movies you've made.

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

I am in love with Counting Crows. It is so manly and American.

I am very concerned about the millions of baby boomers who are counting on the stock market to deliver them a safe, sound, long retirement. I am afraid the baby boomers who are counting on the stock market are in trouble.

Why does my brain insist on counting the steps every time I walk up a flight of stairs? I just can't help myself. There's something about my mind that always wants to keep counting.

We started learning a new dive on platform before this competition and Steve had a little bit of a mental lapse in that he performed the new dive instead of what we had entered him to perform and thus automatically received no points on that dive. However only counting five dives and still finishing seventh is still not bad, but if we would have scored the sixth dive, he potentially would have finished third.

When you've got as many guys as we have getting significant playing time during the playoffs, it makes you feel like a starter and part of the system. They're counting on you. You don't want to let your teammates down, let the coaches down or let the organization down.

When we had the 6-3 lead, they were counting the 19th victory. They thought they were the best, and they're still the best in my mind. But they thought they were invincible, maybe. But no one is invincible in sports.

What he said was incredibly encouraging, but I'm not counting any chickens yet.

We can definitely use more contributions and the community is a very caring community and has been very good about assisting in the past. We're counting on them to once again come forward and help out.

We're going to continue to run this business as well as we can going forward, ... We are reviewing our strategic options, and in the current planning process we're counting on break-even results in 2003.

We're hoping he could be a 50-foot shot putter. We're really counting on him to be a consistent point scorer for us in that event.

When you say 'ever' in our game, that gets your attention. That's remarkable. When everybody is counting on you and watching you to produce and you still do it, that's impressive.

What one thing can you start counting today that will actually be meaningful in your life?

We'll be counting on the continued generosity of businesses and individuals to hit our fundraising goals, but we can sure promise them a priceless entertainment experience and opportunity to help the community in this time of need.

The Iraquis can see it. The Kurds can feel it. The jihadists are counting on it.

We did get an increase in our building aid picture but we in effect have planned some implementation of single point of entry that we were counting on that aid to actually reimburse an expenditure that we're having. So literally there is no increase in the state aid picture for the Rome City School District.

When I turned 50, I realized I was now going to start counting backwards in terms of the years I had left. Then I turned 60, and I just stopped counting. I don't have a fear of death, but I have an awareness that there's a time limit.

The population has grown weary of a transitional government that is more concerned with personal enrichment than lifting them out of misery, and they are counting on the ballot box to improve their lot. If the elections go awry, they will turn once again to violence.

We're looking forward to using the technology in November's election, and seeing that other counties have the opportunity to implement the same changes. It will eventually make the (vote) counting process go a lot easier.

When I'm counting how many times I'm coughing in a day, in a week, holy cow.

We were counting on him to pitch quite a bit so that puts us behind the eight-ball a little bit.

We were counting on 200 innings from Brian this year.

The plan outlined today is riddled with uncertainty for everyone: for those who are counting on a guaranteed benefit it would bring uncertainty by making Social Security's shortfall worse; for those who might hold a private account, it would bring uncertainty about how the accounts would be funded after the surplus is exhausted,

We're not counting ourselves out. We're right there.

We're not counting on them as saviors or anything else like that,

We're not counting him out, but this is a day-to-day situation,

make suggestions on perhaps new means of counting the votes.

Let's face it, we did a great job getting back here. But we lost six seniors and now we're counting on two or three freshmen and a couple of sophomores to step up. And they did a great job for us this year.

Let each deputy here display his courage. I am counting on you.

Short of them telling me there's something seriously wrong, I plan to be out there on Sunday, because I know that my teammates are counting on me to be out there,

She has to take two blocks of reading. That takes away time that she could be using to take another subject. They're counting the reading as a ninth-grade English. She's losing out on that English.

Since there is only one race going on, counting will begin immediately, ... Generators and lanterns will provide light for the staff counting the ballots tonight.

She's a great little set shooter with three-point range. She played a little last year, and we're counting on her for some leadership.

She's a four-year player that we're really counting on to have another solid season.

Mitt Romney speaking to a $50,000-a-plate Republican fundraiser says he doesn't have to worry about the 47 per cent of Americans who don't pay tax. He was not counting on the smart phone recording his speech and then posting it on YouTube.

Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed the great majority of both the positive and negative particles to possess unit electric charge.

My goal is still to be a No. 1 goalie and I think it's going to happen next season (either in San Jose or elsewhere). I'm really counting on that. And I think I made the smart decision to sign with the Sharks.

My hope is that the end product won't look like the draft. I am counting on Germany, France and Britain to ensure that this text is put into shape.

Now that the legal hurdles have been cleared, the counting can resume in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade Counties ... with these legal obstacles gone, we hope these counts can be finished in the next few days,

Now that you're back and you're counting down to Opening Day, it's more of a clear thought process of what's going on.

Neither side reached 50 percent (in the lower house) and the margin is under 25,000 votes. Such a tiny difference necessitates a scrupulous checking of the counting and tally sheets.

Obviously it's a disappointing loss. We were really counting on him.

Obviously, the Teamsters are counting on all that work to create a problem that management can only solve by caving in to their demands.

Right now, he's a guy who's going to have to step to the forefront. It'll be an opportunity for him, and we're counting on him to come through for us.

Rick Nash is a great player and Adam Foote will help. They're counting on Bryan Berard to put up some offensive numbers and play a lot of minutes and I don't think he can do it. Plus, they're just not deep enough.

People were viewing him as the savior, as the guy who's going to take care of everybody. I felt the pressure as his coach. Everyone is counting on him.

Nobody is counting us out, except maybe Spurs fans. We'll be all right.

I was riding at Calder, but they said I couldn't ride there because I was 16 years old. So when I turned 17 I went to Belmont. I have won 26 lifetime races counting this.

I have four good-looking young men up here that we are counting on big things from. As well as the rest of our senior class, those guys have done a great job so far.

I don't believe he'll start right now, but we have cleared the air extremely well. I like the way he trained (Friday), specifically. Right now, Jeff is ready to come in. I'm counting on him to play, don't know how many minutes. Nobody's guaranteed minutes in this franchise. Jeff is aware of that and, I think, is prepared to play and do whatever it takes to help this team.

I'd be lying if I said no. But it's kind of a good feeling, knowing that the Reds are giving me this opportunity. It's about taking advantage of your opportunities. The situation over here I'm feeling is that they're counting on me and some other guys. I feel like I'm up for the challenge.

I'd be crazy not to consider it, but I'm not counting on that,

I cut out of work early today to catch the beginning of the game. But the girls are counting on me to be there tonight for practice.

I can leave but I won't leave. My city is drowning and burning at the same time. We are the only Internet connection still alive in the city and we're going to stay here because our customers are counting on us.

I am counting on the last 14 days, that is the decisive time when undecided voters make up their minds.

Certainly, he's one of the players I am really counting on to set a good example and a good tone each day.

I loved counting the number of boob jobs I saw as I walked down Rodeo Drive.'

I had hoped to avoid Sweden. Here in England everyone is counting on a win, despite not having won against Sweden since 1968.

I have a completely addictive personality. Diet Coke is my last - God, I know people counting days off Diet Coke; I'm such a Diet Cokehead. Now I won't let myself buy it.

I hated canceling. Obviously, when you cancel, people miss the artist they've been counting on -- sometimes counting on years in advance. Unfortunately, there is absolutely nothing I could have done about it. I was going through hell.

I give Lisle a lot of credit. They run the system and they execute it. I quit counting their offensive rebounds at 19. That was one of the few things I had written on the board: 'execute our system, stop the ball, and box out.' And when you do barely one of those, you're going to struggle. We're back to square one. We need to start over from the beginning.

I feel pretty good about having an experienced guy like John back there. He's been through some battles before, and we'll need him to lead us through some more battles when we start our season. I'm counting on John to do some good things for us and get us prepared.

I did it for 13 other guys counting (Jeff) Sluman and Mr. Nicklaus -- let alone the whole country. It's unbelievable. We needed this Cup, we needed it. We really did. When people get down on us and say we don't care, I can tell you one thing, we care.

I can tell you that when you're counting every penny, knowing that you are a single bad decision away from bankruptcy, you inevitably lose focus on what really matters for your business.

Getting my wife and kids here put my mind at ease after going back and forth over the situation the past couple of days. I'm counting my blessings.

From Friday to now, we're counting about $1 million lost in terms of revenue. We're giving compensation as well and there are cancellations.

I don't think a lot of teams were counting on him to be as fast as he is. He works hard. He hits two-a-days, and last year was really his first time swimming.

For whatever reason our offense hasn't come together yet, but our defense has been outstanding and that's probably the biggest reason we're 4-0. Only one opponent (Martha's Vineyard) has managed to score more than 50 points (51) and counting tonight, we're allowing an average of 42.5 points. When we can do that, I have to like our chances.

He was counting on every body being distracted, concentrating on what they were doing.

He had infections in both of his big toes and he told our training staff to do what they had to do to get him fixed up as soon as possible because we were counting on him to make plays. That kind of attitude is infectious. They removed both toe nails ... he healed quicker than we thought he would and he got himself back out there.

He is not going to give up, ... So Anna Nicole and her bevy of contingency-fee attorneys should not be counting their money just yet.

He looked really good. As of right now, we're counting on him to make the start.

He'll be sore, but we'll be counting on him,

He came in last year and was a big part of the bullpen. He was someone we were counting on, but it didn't turn out that way so we'll find another route.

there is no guarantee in the U.S. that people of different economic levels have the same degree of counting in the balance.

What we were trying to convince the court was that the rules shouldn't be changed in the middle of the counting of the votes in an election; that the rules going in should be the rules coming out.

What we weren't counting on was the rapid progress of the Open Invention Network, which serves a similar purpose for businesses in a much more compelling way.

Guys are expected to perform well. I think our guys that we really weren't counting on playing, they have learned the system a little bit.

Gonzalez made several visits to the branch during the months preceding the robbery in order to conduct surveillance on the armored-car deliveries. On March 17, 2005, . . . an armored-car delivery was made while Gonzalez was at the teller counter, which allowed him to watch the entire delivery process, including the tellers counting the cash.

He's been the go-to guy all year. It's a hard thing knowing we lost by just three. I'm sure we'll be counting the free throws and offensive rebounds they got.