Lay Quotations | Page 6

It weighs on me why we weren't ready to go, because on paper that was a big game. To go out and lay an egg like that is tough to take. We just didn't play well throughout the lineup.

It was what Mr Lay was saying, what the company was saying. I was trying to keep up the deception as well.

It was a long lay off before the game, but we're happy with what we did. I just felt the kids were confident they could win that game. They just went out and played well.

It was a long day. There was a lot of character to come back. To lose 3-2 and not lay down ù these kids have done stuff like this in summer league.

It was all about effort. We don't lay down for anybody. We felt like we had something to prove. The paper said we would give up 24 points and we knew we weren't going to let that happen.

These books were cooked by Lay and the other top executives, who put hundreds of millions of dollars in their pockets, while the employees of Enron were victimized and hundreds of thousands of other investors lost billions of dollars,

These deserters were our undoing. I shall have a good deal more to say about them before I finally lay down my pen, and I shall not hesitate to call them by their true name, the name with which they will be for ever branded before all the nations of the world.

(These decisions) will resolve the majority of those concerns. We can now see the lay of the land and hire more staff according to need.

The secretary-general believes that it is of utmost importance to find ways to implement the cease-fire agreement, start rebuilding trust and lay the foundations for a lasting peace.

The staff from DOT met with the governor today to lay out some details on the decision of an operating bridge as opposed to a fixed span.

The team is coming back from the break with a positive, refreshed outlook. We are ready to take on the challenges that lay ahead in the upcoming competitions.

The talks will take the resolution process forward and lay a foundation for the future.

The Supreme Court explained to universities how it is that they can take race into account in admitting students, and it does lay a road map for the next 25 years on how they'll do that,

The sun lay like a friendly arm across her shoulder.

The thing right now is he will lay down and get off his feet and rest.

I've always been a fan of football, always watched the NFL and it's great to always sit back wherever I can this year. You sit back and enjoy the games, pop a little sports drink - not any pop or soda - lay back, watch the games. It's always cool to see how the games go down and just enjoy them.

I've agonized over this. I lay awake at night trying to think about, 'What is the right price for tickets?' You sense the demand, but I've got to be sensitive to our supporters.

Sometimes you come out with that attitude not to lose rather than fighting to win. Maybe we thought Albany was just going to lay down. We've got to take the first hit. We've got to take this experience and go into Sunday knowing we've got to take that first hit.

Ron helped us lay out the sawmill on paper prior to all installations.

Russia is our strategic partner and we believe that in the course of this visit we will lay the groundwork for a new stage in the development of Ukrainian-Russian relations,

Russell put together a nice drive to start the second half and then when they returned the punt, you could see our kids heads drop. But to our kids credit, they refused to lay down the rest of the game. They could have quit and folded their tents, but they didn't and I was proud of them for that.

Right now we're going to play every game out and we'll see how the division ends up at the end, ... We're not going to lay down for anybody. We're still not mathematically out of it, and miracles have happened before.

powerful because she was improbable. ... Her greatness lay in doing what everyone could but doesn't.

Quarrels would not last so long if the fault lay only on one side.

Putting all the pieces in place takes a long, long time. You've got to do the planning up front before you lay it out on the table.

RASH, adj. Insensible to the value of our advice.""Now lay your bet with mine, nor let These gamblers take your cash.""""Nay, this child makes no bet."" ""Great snakes! How can you be so rash?"" --Bootle P. Gish

Rarely does the market lay out such clean parameters, ... Indeed, if you want to make a bullish bet, you can buy here, but you also have a clear point on the downside to close out positions should the market turn bearish.

Probably his intent was to do a robbery there, ... He walked in. It appeared that he was going to purchase a pack of cigarettes. A clerk lays a pack of cigarettes down for him. He doesn't lay any money on the counter. He just comes up and shoots. He just cold-bloodedly killed both of these ladies and left the store.

Of course, you lay awake nights. You do wake up in the middle of the night wondering about it.

Of course, we probably should have left them where they were, ... But when we'd bring them home, they'd lay eggs, and next thing you know we'd have baby turtles running around. I love nature and wildlife, and it's always been a part of my family.

No question. I play better and we have a chance. But I go out there and lay an egg. Put this on me.

Strider"" I am to one fat man who lives within a day's march of foes that would freeze his heart, or lay his little town in ruin, if he were not guarded ceaselessly. Yet we would not have it otherwise. If simple folk are free from care and fear, simple they will be, and we must be secret to keep them so.

Stories of all lengths and depths come from different parts of the cave. For a novel, you must lay in mental, physical and spiritual provision as for a siege or for a time of hectic explosions, while a short story is, or can be, a steady, timed flame like the lighting of a blow lamp on a building site full of dry tinder.

Some studios are doing some moderate lay offs. LA's future is at stake.

Someone who comes in and says exactly what Roberts said for the O'Connor seat is not going to be given the benefit of the doubt, They're going to lay down very clear markers with dissatisfaction about Roberts not answering things they think he could have.

Now I'm trying to find work. I want to find something. I don't want to just lay around.

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep: An Album of Classical Lullabies

DeAndre did a nice job tonight. I knew we might lay it down some, so we had to make up for it with big plays. And we have the players to make those.

Coming on the eve of that country's congressional and presidential elections, the waiver decision is intended to lay the groundwork for increased future cooperation and to support those in Colombia who are striving to strengthen the rule of law and buttress their embattled democracy,

APOLOGIZE, v.i. To lay the foundation for a future offence.

As far as the terrorists -- who do not respect human norms -- are concerned, they must lay down their arms. Otherwise, they will be fought with anti-terrorist measures,

Anyone who's going to get any of his organs are going to have a piece of history in them. The last few minutes that we had, the nurses let me lay in bed with him, and I put his arm around me and I just laid and I listened to his heartbeat, and I was so thankful to think someone may have that heart.

The builders of the Santa Fe lines in the early days no doubt planned ultimately to penetrate to the Pacific coast, knowing that the real opportunity for the road lay in that direction.

(The budget proposal) does lay the groundwork for more fiscal responsibility out of the White House but this still has to be approved by Congress. Seeing how this plays out on Capitol Hill will affect the dollar.

At some point, and it varies from year to year, the asphalt plant shuts down. When it's cold, you can't lay asphalt. We want it done before the plants shut down. We intend to do everything we can to make that happen.

Baby boomers, who are starting to turn 60 this year, are probably well aware of the financial challenges that lay ahead but few may realize what they will experience emotionally. We have discovered that retirement is a complex process made up of distinct emotional stages, similar to other life transitions, such as pregnancy or grieving and loss.

A thousand years scarce serve to form a state; An hour may lay it in the dust

That's why you can never lay back. You can't play to the other team; you have to play with your own intensity that your team always plays with.

That's just something we do every day in practice. We go hard and somebody's going to fall. You just have to get back up and get back in the play. It comes from practicing with Coach Calhoun. He's never just going to let you lay there.

That other horse was making his third start around two turns, and my colt was making only his third start of his life and first around two turns. We'll probably lay a hair closer, but I expect a better pace scenario; and the extra ground should help. We think we belong in the race. I'm excited about what's going to happen on Saturday.

That night, that year / Of now done darkness I wretch lay wrestling with (my God!) my God.

You suddenly lay on wigs and jewelry and costumes, and sometimes I feel incredibly . . . tied down. . . . It's not the fault of the costumer. It's just what we're dealing with,

You're never going to get around the fact that the local officials are going to be the first responders. My concern is they're going to bring in the military to handle the response. They don't know the lay of the land. That's why the local officials are there.

You may not need the big, hulking guy anymore, especially if he isn't a great skater, ... If you can't lay a stick on the guy, they may not be as effective.

This is a time of grief and mourning for the courthouse community. We're going to respect that. There will be plenty of time for us later to lay out our legal arguments, and examine the evidence and search for answers in this case.

This is not for expansion. Columbus keeps cutting its local government funding and if we do nothing, it will be hard not to lay off safety forces. We have to think ahead rather than waiting for a new gubernatorial administration and falling too far behind.

This is the essence of human creativity. Even guys who are living and standing on a stage, performing, can't lay claim to being as pure as Frank is here.

The valley lay like a ribbon thrown into the midst of the encompassing hills. The grass which grew there was soft and fine and abundant; the trees which sprang from its dark, rich mould were tall and great of girth. A bright stream flashed through it, and the sunshine fell warm upon the grass and changed the tassels of the maize into golden plumes.

This is above and beyond, to know that my children cannot eat, cannot have water to drink, have no place to sleep except to lay on concrete.

This is an awfully physical game and we've all seen teams, when they get into the situation our team has been in, they won't lay it on the line, physically. These guys have not backed off. Our guys have not backed off. In the fourth quarter, they're hitting, tackling, pounding in there. Zack's fighting and it means a lot to me to see them continue to compete that way. We have one more chance. We have a chance to win a game next Saturday. That's what our focus will be on.

This is an awfully big game. We've all seen teams that when they get in situations our team's been in, they won't lay it on the line physically. These guys have not backed off.

This is a major step, where we start to lay out the site and provide for the consolidation of lots.

This is a game where, if you're going to get serious about what you're going to do this season, you've got to lay it all on the line in the third quarter when we have a chance to win. We just looked out of it. We looked out of it most of the night.

They (the government) are clearly trying to lay the foundation not only for the browser market but also to allege a pattern of anticompetitive behavior by Microsoft against a whole series of competitors, not just Netscape.

They said that we had to lay it on the line and ....

They said, 'I'm not going to wait. I've got money to lay down'.

They trip, fall, lay down flat on their face and have no idea of what is going on. Sometimes all you can do is laugh, but when the person is a danger to other people or themselves, then it isn't funny and you have to help them out.

They taught me, not by precept, but by example, that nothing is more commendable, and more fair, than that a man should lay aside all else, and seek truth; not to preach what he might find; and surely not to try to make his views prevail; but, like Lessing, to find his satisfaction in the search itself.

They had to go back and fix the water main, pack the base and lay asphalt over the hole.

They don't lay down. It's not an embarrassment to play against Detroit. They're a very good basketball team.

There might be no attack at all. As everybody knows about the attack, the virus writer may lay low and attack at a later date. The ISPs involved can actively block malicious postings. It's more likely the attacker will lay low or be blocked, rather than succeed.

They're just a really good team. They hit the ball, lay great defense and they have outstanding pitchers. They are the elite of the league.

They're all kind of taking turns stockpiling and gearing up for us. Once again everybody is picking somebody else. We'll just lay back in the weeds.

They're a great ball club. They're not going to lay down. They never quit. But our guys are pretty good too, and we could've folded right there.

There's a watch change at two in the morning, ... So seven people who have been on deck for four hours in immense waves and windchill get to go down below. They're covered in sleet. They're bruised. They're exhausted. And they've got four hours before they're due back on deck. They clamber out of their dry suits. They lay out their moldy sleeping bags on the bunks on the high side of the boat, and they get in. They've already used up 30 minutes. After another half hour, the wind shifts, and the guys on deck need to tack the boat. That means the guys down below have to wake up, grab their sleeping bags, walk across the boat, and lay out on the other side. Now they've lost even more sleep.

There's excitement as far as the whole team is concerned. I'm real pleased with the performances they're able to lay down under pressure. It shows we're going in the right direction.

There's an incomparable rush that comes from finding dinosaur bones. You know you're the first person to lay hands on a critter that lived 80 or 90 million years ago.

A temporary pipeline seems like wishful thinking, too. The work force to lay down new pipe just doesn't exist given all the work that needs to be done on current repairs and assessment.

A sudden, bold, and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open

The more you can create a structure by which people live in a fantastical situation and by which they will act, and the more you lay that out for the audience, the more they will feel at home in it.

It's just amazing that he would lay there that long. How did somebody not see the crash?

It's just total focus, a business trip. I mean, if we lay an egg on Sunday, we have six months to do whatever we want to do. This doesn't happen often; to get in the playoffs is hard. You better cherish it and you better take advantage of it.

It's a small apartment, I've barely enough room to lay my hat and a few friends.

It's a big challenge. Those guys are one of the most explosive offenses in the league. To have so many weapons, you just can't lay your head on one guy. They have a terrific running game. They have terrific receivers. But if we come out and play with the same intensity we had against the Jets, then we should be fine.

It was a September evening, and not yet seven o'clock, but the day had been a dreary one, and a dense drizzly fog lay low upon the great city. Mud-colored clouds drooped sadly over the muddy streets. Down the Strand the lamps were but misty splotches of diffused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement. The yellow glare from the shop-windows streamed out into the steamy, vaporous air, and threw a murky, shifting radiance across the crowded thoroughfare. There was, to my mind, something eerie and ghost-like in the endless procession of faces which flitted across these narrow bars of light,--sad faces and glad, haggard and merry. Like all human kind, they flitted from the gloom into the light, and so back into the gloom once more.

It's actually shocking. Before I was trying to lay off the whole thing, saying, ‘I'm not worried about it, it's not important.' But you know, once you get there, it's, like, wow!

It is the first bricks in the wall of the insanity defense. You do this to lay the groundwork for an insanity defense. There's no other reason to do it.

It's a great credit to our program. I think that's a little bit the lay of the land in Division I athletics. Assistant coaches are very mobile and the guys have had great opportunities.

It's a difficult position for somebody like a Frito Lay to solve both duties,

It might sound so stupid, but guys do not hit on me. I'm not really sure why, but it's very rare that a guy will ever come up to me and be like, 'I'm going to lay down my game right now, and you're going to like it.'

It's a huge facility, and there are thousands of cabinets. If you were to lay them end-to-end, they would go from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore and start to come back.

It's a heavily used trail. It could use some lay time.

I told them when we went into the locker room they were going to have to play better or we could lose this game. We had to come out here after this long lay off after the regular season and put up the kind of defense we always try to. And that worked out for us in the second half.

It's more cost-effective to hire a consultant. Otherwise, we would have to hire someone for that special need and then lay them off.

It's not something a lay person can just look at the numbers and come up with a decision. That's why it's very difficult to explain.

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

For a team that wasn't expected to do a whole lot, they've done a darn good job, ... Some teams lay down there and die. Not that group.

It's more likely he'll lay low than engage in activation.

It's always hard, when introducing readers to a new world/set of rules, not to lay it all out manual-style in the opening chapters but make sure to put the action and the characters at the front. If people don't become invested in them and in the story, the world in which it's set will become a burden.