Dent Quotations

My junior year, I went to an LSAT-prep course. I flipped over my test and thought, 'You bastards.' I walked out and went to Waffle House. That's where I had what I call 'The Waffle House Epiphany': I didn't want to be a lawyer. I wanted to make a dent in the universe.

We all have ambitions, but only the few achieve. A man thinks of a good thing and says: 'Now if I only had the money I'd put that through.' The word 'if' was a dent in his courage. With character fully established, his plan well thought out, he had only to go to those in command of capital and it would have been forthcoming.

I don't see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That leaves fuel economy standards as the only effective tool we have as a nation to make a dent in our dangerous and ever growing consumption of oil.

It is only with the passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 that we have been able to put a dent in violence against women, and women have had a place to go.

The whole time I was on 'Grey's,' I'm still reconciling myself to my 11-year-old son, because he never saw me during that time. By the time he got up, he'd see a dent in his pillow, but by the time I got home, he was already asleep. So for three years, he had a daddy that he never saw because I had to work.

I don't want to have one hit, one song of the summer, and then have me disappear forever. I really want my things to last, and I want my songs and my bodies of work to resonate with people. I want to hit people - at least make a dent in them. I want to make a mark somehow.

The thing about home is that it's a tough place to sustain a career, just by dent of the size of the place. I had about as good a run there as anybody, but it's still a tough ask. I mean, the person I think with the best career in Australia is Ray Meagher, in 'Home and Away.'

We're absolutely slammed and we don't have enough people to wait on all these tables. But everyone is upbeat and positive. We wanted to help, even if it's just a little bit. We can't even begin to make a dent in contributions, but if we can make some small difference, then that's great.

The product (in Japan) will be lessened. The local demand will remain, but the teams are just realizing now their monopoly is crumbling because of the major leagues. The major leagues have put a major dent on fans' appetite for Japanese baseball.

One stone was thrown hard enough to dent a shelf 12 feet from the window,

If we're going to make a real dent in the bullying issue, we're going to have to address the bullies themselves: find ways to help empower them that don't include allowing them to be predators or to simply be punished.

If we do all this work, and there's no pandemic, you still have 36,000 people die every year of seasonal flu, and you could make a big dent in that. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Basically, I see things the same way as he does, but we see the aftermath of Katrina putting a bigger dent in the economy for a longer period of time than he does,

Baseball cannot avoid conflicts. Games are played on Good Friday, the most solemn day on the Christian calendar. On Oct. 2, 1978, they played on Rosh Hashana, and Bucky Dent hit one into the screen at Fenway Park. Supply your own moral.

I don't think you can fault the marketing because everyone knew the movie was coming out. But when time and bad reviews conspire against you, it's hard to make a dent in the marketplace.

What you need is not just one storm. You need a number of storms occurring over a month or two to really put a big dent in the fire season.

There are still some supply disruptions related to the hurricanes, but it looks like there is a dent being made in alleviating these supply disruptions.

I think the Latino community in San Diego County has been segregated out of the political culture. Even when you have one or two elected officials here, it hasn't made a dent in the overall sense. It is not part of the political culture of this city.

It is going to put a major dent in GM's profitability, but GM is stuck right now.

I was 10 years old at the time and I wasn't sure who I was going to like. I said 'Whoever wins today, I will throw my loyalty to.' Bucky Dent hits that home run and bad-a-bing I was a Yankees' fan.

March did make a dent in the long-term drought over the wintertime. It was like the cavalry coming over the hill. The rain we got should help set up local farmers for the spring season.

The ability to make new work from old work - especially if that new work is different enough that it doesn't dent the market for the old work - is something that benefits all creators, since so few can claim not to have a giant or 10 supporting them underneath.

That's been going up in particular in the last couple of years. It's put a real drain on profitability, cash and a big dent in our balance sheet as a result of that. We think there is a potential for that to continue with health-care inflation the way it is.

We are thrilled that we have been able to make some small dent in all that is wrong down here.

We've been handed this opportunity where we can make a real dent in popular music that we never would have had before. I think we all believe in what we're doing to such an extent that I want to take that risk. If this doesn't work out, that's fine, but at least we tried it.

Those were two grown men out there pitching today. They put a dent in the hardware of Coors Field.

We're not a big enough industry to put a dent in as big as Mother Nature can.

This year we've been so fortunate with the weather. Even with the rise in gasoline and oil prices, it hasn't made the anticipated dent that we thought, which is a good thing.

This will put a dent in it for a day or two, and then it's back in business.

We've only just put a dent in the amount of fuel (wood and debris) that's still out there.

While the stronger-than-expected rise in British GDP put a further dent in the prospects of an interest rate cut in February, we still expect the combination of sluggish growth and falling inflation this year to prompt a modest loosening of monetary policy.

With higher gasoline prices putting a dent in consumer spending and underlying inflation looking to be contained, further interest rate hikes seem unnecessary.

Earnings warnings continue to dent confidence and the price of individual issues, ... This is a market that's nasty and negative. It's difficult to divine if we're reaching a bottom or not.

(Crossovers) are putting a dent in demand for SUVs. The designs of these vehicles are fresh and something different and they are capturing consumer's attention.

Even if it rains, it's not going to be enough to put any kind of dent in the (rainfall) deficit.

Even an 8% current account deficit failed to dent it significantly, which is surprising.

There's never been anything to put a dent in it. There continues to be a huge appetite for the show.

The tournaments are big enough now where if you do play well enough you can make a massive dent in it. It would take a lot of pressure off. There were three or four of us last year jostling for spots in the Ryder Cup, and that's not a nice position to be in.

The software industry as a whole is eager to put a dent in piracy, so Microsoft as a leading vendor can say it has stepped up to do its part in the fight.

SBC is facing pressure from at least two areas -- competition and the economy. Contrary to what many people might think, competitors are making a real dent in SBC's business.

Say you can't put one foot in front of the other, you punch like a child, and you're not flexible at all. We'll show you some aikido, some ground jujitsu, some gun stuff, some knife moves. We can make a pretty good-size dent with that.

Dent Middle School is the only middle school in Richland School District Two with an arts and media program such as this one.

Apparently, the market does not believe a turn to colder temperatures will boost heating demand enough to make a significant dent in supplies. Obviously some other supply disruption may have to occur to take the pressure off prices.

As a series goes on, each game gets bigger. We have a chance now to put a dent in them, but we know that, coming off a loss, they're going to be more desperate.

As a Welshman I share the view that we want to beat England to dent their chances of qualifying, but then again I want to do the same thing to Poland next week.

A small number of them bear a large part of the responsibility. They are vulnerable to legal action, and if we can change them, we can finally make a dent in the problem of obesity.

This is not good and it is not good for the party's image. The stand, which the BJP has taken on the issue of lawmakers who were caught taking money on television for asking questions, is not right. It will dent the party's image.

The weather will be more seasonal over the next week but it will take much more than that to put a dent in supplies.

This doesn't put a dent in the list.

Although the governor has proposed putting a dent in the difference between New York and other states, even if workers comp reform and tax cuts were enacted tomorrow, it's going to take time for the benefits to flow. Unfortunately, a job growth projection behind the nation's rate seems realistic.

They're in there by the thousands. You could see them literally coming up along the banks. The ones we caught didn't even put a dent in them. We would throw one in the cooler, two others would jump out and we'd have to chase them through the woods.

They have made a dent and we appreciate that, but we would still like to see all past due accounts paid and payment of their current bills. When our cash flow is poor, we can't do what we need to do.

Absent a double-decker highway costing billions of dollars, there are only minor fixes that we can do to make even a dent in the problems there.

It's fine if you're making 1,000 or 2,000 of an electric car, and I think there is value in that in a lot of ways, but it's not going to have a big dent in oil consumption in the country, or CO2 emissions.

It put a serious dent in the problems at those intersections. The numbers were pretty high, higher than we'd like to have, but in same breath, it is a legitimate way to face drivers who practice those kinds of habits.

It's very bad news. Numbers such as this put a dent in the view that exports can pick up to counter a slower consumer sector. Growth this year isn't going to be that great.

It's got to hurt, doesn't it. It's got to dent his chance of being leader.

It's putting a serious dent into the crime problem in San Diego and certainly has made the Meadowbrook Apartments a comfortable and safe place to live,

It's translated into about a dozen languages, ... but there has never been an American comic book that has made a dent in the Japanese market.

It's like he has a dent in his ankle. Not blowing anything out is pretty amazing, to tell you the truth.

It was appropriate to do something to make a dent in the compensation that the bishop hadn't received,

I try to make a dent in people when I can. I figure people drift toward liberalism at a young age, and I always hope that they change when they see how the world really is.

It won't come down to the last tournament this time. I want to be there and I'd love to have it sorted by the end of year. The tournaments are big enough now where if you do play well enough you can make a massive dent in it. There were three or four of us last year jostling for spots in the Ryder Cup, and that's not a nice position to be in.

This is just the latest attempt to put a dent in the execution industry and it will take a while to play itself out.

Small amounts add up quickly and make a significant dent in students' financial needs. Every bit helps, and you'll find it's well worth the effort of applying.

Every warm day is a day lost for the bulls. We would need a really severe, prolonged cold spell -- say six to eight weeks -- to begin to make a big dent in inventories.

Increases in oil inventories and a firmer dollar put a dent into gold prices early Tuesday. Gold fell about 1% before recovering slightly and stabilizing.

In all three of them, the style is pretty much the same. But Josh is more laid-back, and you have to motivate him. Blaine, you really have to coax, but that's just maturity with him. But take those two out of the lineup, and it puts a big dent in us.

Higher rates may dent demand for loans because lending growth in Japan is only just starting to recover.

Honestly, we didn't make a dent in cleaning up that area. We have a special opportunity to move things along and inspire people.

If he is confirmed as being the person who has died in this operation ... it will make a big dent in the operations of the radical terrorist groups in Indonesia.

You could put a million guys in their garages working on these cars, and it still wouldn't make a noticeable dent in the nation's fuel supply. That said, these cars are still displacing some petroleum, though a tiny amount.

This has put a significant dent in Toll's expansion and growth plans. This has put an end to the bidding process for the time being.

The enemies of the state will always test a new threshold of destabilization but they will never dent the rock steady foundations of our constitutional democracy. We leave to our law enforcers and the criminal justice system the task of meeting the residual threats posed by the remnants of the failed conspiracy.

The increased production being touted by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait is not going to be enough to dent the price,

The figures have been pretty flat, and we have to work on that. But we've made a pretty good dent for a long time.

All these alternative energy sources are unlikely to make a dent in the big picture. It's going to be many, many years into the future before we see any meaningful results. I don't think any real analysts or investors are betting the ranch on hydrogen.