Sink Quotations

The home run took a while to sink in because all I could think of was, 'We beat the Yankees! We beat the Yankees.'

As for Philadelphia, you know what it is like? Sink holes. You stand in the earth and it opens up and you're sucked down. I'm never going to escape Philadelphia.

Does film music really matter to the average moviegoer? A great score, after all, can't save a bad film, and a bad score - so it's said - can't sink a good one.

As an entrepreneur, one of the biggest challenges you will face will be building your brand. The ultimate goal is to set your company and your brand apart from the crowd. If you form a strategy without doing the research, your brand will barely float - and at the speed industries move at today, brands sink fast.

Save for thee and thy lessons, man in society would everywhere sink into a sad compound of the fiend and the wild beast; and this fallen world would be as certainly a moral as a natural wilderness.

I'm not Waylon Jennings, but I do a fair imitation of him, and a few other country greats, like Willie Nelson. It would be great to sink my teeth into a project where I could play a country singer. I'm like an old cowboy.

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, / By all their country's wishes blest!

The worst thing we could do is impose time limits and then expect people to sink or swim once they move off welfare.

In the case of 'News Radio,' I loved that show. I loved the actors and the producers, but I was longing very much for something more to sink my teeth into me. I think it was an incredibly smart show, but I found myself on the peripheral of a lot of it.

The house of Austria has publicly used every effort to deprive the country of its legitimate Independence and Constitution, designing to reduce it to a level with the other provinces long since deprived of all freedom, and to unite all in a common sink of slavery.

You, I, we all encounter behaviors that we might say, I wouldn't do that. But she has a huge amount of contact with how people live. She sees more hospices and sink estates than most people.

After 'Memory Keeper's Daughter,' it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the Internet and sort of cloister myself away from the world again and sink into that psychic space to write again.

I think Tokyo is going to sink under water soon. All those stupid high-rise buildings will sink and maybe all the traffic will be gone. And everything will be peaceful and quiet.

When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success.

If you are going to do something potentially for another eight years, you want it to be something that you can really sink your teeth in and that's going to be different and interesting for this next period of time.

'You are no saint,' says the devil. Well, if I am not, I am a sinner, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Sink or swim, I go to Him; other hope, I have none.

If not met promptly and decidedly, the two portions of the Union will gradually become thoroughly alienated, when no alternative will be left to us, as the weaker of the two, but to sever all political ties or sink down into abject submission.

For people who live in the suburbs and must commute long distances to work, their wealth will sink as energy prices rise.

I like to do things that are publicly embarrassing, to feel the embarrassment touch me and sink into me and then be gone. I like getting on elevators and singing too loudly in that small space. The feeling you feel is almost like a vapor. The discomfort and the wishing that it would end that comes around you.

Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed. We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.

War never accomplishes anything. It's never going to look good in the history books. People are never going to look back and think, 'He started a lot of wars; what a great leader he was!' That's not the way it works. God knows how many more of these things we're going to need before it starts to sink in.

You learn their honesty, you learn their competitiveness. You learn a lot about a person. It's not that they have to sink the putt and there's a great deal of talent involved - but you do learn about how competitive a person is on the golf course, and frankly, how honest.

I win at golf. I'm a club champion many times at different clubs. I win at golf. I can sink the three-footer on the 18th hole when others can't.

Where most of the country is, well, hot - from the bone-baking dry heat of the desert to the flesh-melting humidity of Kerala in the south - Kashmir is cool: so cool, in fact, that in the winter, the temperatures can sink to sub-zero.

There is no one better to beat than John Force because when you beat him you beat the best, ... I've won a lot of races before, but never as a team owner. I think it's just starting to sink in. I put a lot of pressure on the guys after Indy, and for them, they worked great this weekend in the heat, under the gun, they pulled through and they got it done. I appreciate that because it proved to me that they're tough, they're strong and they're with me.

We're going to throw everything and the kitchen sink at them (tonight) and see what works. They have a lot of juniors and seniors and have been in the playoff environment before. It's going to be a really tough game for us. We really have to play well.

We're going to see people in a debtor's prison without walls, ... They'll essentially slip through the safety net, hit the ground and then sink into an underground economy.

When we did the press conference in the range there was this interesting-looking guy who asked, 'So, you played a mass murderer, a pornographer and now a lawyer -- is there any depth to which you will not sink in your roles?' I thought it was really funny, as if the most extreme of them was a lawyer,

We're beside ourselves ? all of us are stunned. We can't comprehend what happened. It won't sink in.

We knew they had to foul down the stretch and shoot threes and make us miss. It was big to finish like that. It really started to sink in when I was shooting free throws. It's still sinking in. It's big. It's the 2A championship.

Would you let the sink back up for a week before you call the plumber? No, you'd get it fixed. It's the same thing with PCs. They're a much more integral part of our lives than they had been in the past.

We are not aware of any more sink holes. However, that is why we must inspect each drainage area to see if the road has been undermined in any additional areas.

What the MTA has decided to do is pour poison on the deal in order to provide ammunition to the opposition, in hopes of having the contract voted down. It seems as if a decision was made by the state to sink the contract.

We've seen everything but the kitchen sink being thrown at the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act remains a top priority to get enacted. To the extent people don't focus on that or move away from it or try and mix the two (issues), that's not helpful to moving the Patriot Act forward.

The pool always gave people trouble. The pump never worked right, so Elvis ran a garden hose from the kitchen sink to fill it.

Senior Day is unique. It's always tough for a lot of reasons. It's hard for them to know that it's their last to play at home. The reality of the season starts to sink in. There are no more games left. But some of them come out and have career performances. I just hope we're ready.

So many guys on this team have never been through the America East, they don't know the history of Maine versus Vermont. When you have so many new guys, it takes some time for all that to sink in.

So let's sink another drink 'Cause it'll give me time to think.

She was pretty humbled by winning Miss Utah. I remember it took awhile for it to sink in. Weeks after she won she was still grasping the fact that she is Miss Utah now.

She had such a huge heart, ... It hasn't had time to sink in.

Sink or swim doesn't fly in this situation. We're all in this together.

Sink me the ship, Master Gunner - sink her, split her in twain!/ Fall into the hands of God, not into the hands of Spain!

Obviously when the boat has gone over it has taken in water and then it has taken in more water - enough to sink it.

Now reality is beginning to sink in -- that Asia is basically a long-term workout. I really don't see much relief from Asia for quite a while. I think we'll get tired of hearing about Asia before the year is over, but it's really earnings that's key. It's growth that's really the issue.

If we don't pull the hazardous materials out of the marsh, they're going to sink in and we're going to be looking at groundwater issues and wildlife issues and adverse impacts to recreation for decades to come.

I got hurt after the fight and couldn't go back out there. It started to sink (in) for me. We put a lot of work in every day, and it's just frustrating to think that we're not going to be competing for a Stanley Cup ... that's why we play.

If they have to sit and hand write it and look at the file, maybe it'll sink in that maybe I shouldn't have done this. You know, they're all to the age where they're smart enough to know what they've done.

I'd like to get home and sit down and let it sink in.

I discovered the fun of genre is... you get to explore your fears, and you get to use the metaphor of the genre - whether it's a giant monster or a... 12-year-old vampire. Whatever it is, you can sink something underneath the surface and make a personal film under the guise of great fun romp.

I'd always assumed that by 40 I'd have at least a modicum of stability - a steady income, an established career, a bountiful fullness, like a pillow into which I could sink as I entered the second half of my life.

I am delighted but I don't think it will sink in that we have won the title until the last game of the season. Their minds have been on Hampden but it has been difficult to point a finger because it is a natural thing.

But this time, because of the lockout, we had the whole year to sink our teeth into it. We discussed it with players, coaches, refs and managers, and this was (the edict) to come down.

I had pretty good sink on my fastball, my cutter was good, my breaking ball was good.

I feel fortunate to be there now with three different teams. I think once that game gets here, it's just going to kind of sink in.

Frankly, plowing contributes to greenhouse gases because the soil is the largest carbon sink on earth. If you turn the soil you release the carbon in the soil into the atmosphere and contribute to global warming.

I expect the market to constantly get knocked on the head, and eventually it's going to sink in.

If it doesn't sink in by now, it's not going to sink in. We just can't let that happen again.

If it doesn't sink in by now, it's never going to sink in. It's something that comes from inside and every guy on the team has got to have it.

I give the big guys credit for every point I get. If they can score, my guy has to sink in. If they don't sag, the posts will score every time. All of us have our roles and my job has been to pick it up the last couple of days.

He tells everyone I tried to sink his boat. It probably wasn't that bad an idea, but I wasn't that creative.

He grabbed the ball after I caught it, but I knew it was a touchdown. I was just waiting for the referee's signal. It didn't really sink in until I got to the sideline.

Henrik doesn't seem to be in awe of any opponent. If I know Hitch, they'll be ready. It's a good test for us. I hope they throw the kitchen sink at us and that we're able to respond to it.

When he said it, everybody wanted to scream. But nobody had the energy and it took a couple of minutes to sink in.

We surprised a lot of people. It's starting to sink in with the girls and the community. The town is abuzz.

We threw everything but the kitchen sink at him. He's very good off the dribble; he can pop and shoot. We had trouble staying in front of him. He's just a phenomenal player.

Having just played in it, it was probably the biggest game of my life and it's going to take some time to sink in.

He said it requires special washer. He said he'd have to take whole sink out, and he didn't have the part in his truck. I'm not real handy with that stuff, so I just took his word for it.

I also respond very strongly to characters I have not done before ... something I can really sink my teeth into, and what's scary, and what terrifies me, because that's where I need to go.

He changed the grip on my sinker last spring and got it to sink more consistently. He had me put my middle finger on the seam instead of my first finger, and slide it up on the ball about two inches. Those two inches made a huge difference.

Half dust, half deity, unfit alike to sink or soar

Hartmann was great again. His slider and changeup were working for him tonight and he had some great sink from his fastball.

Kitchen sink will consume less and ... restaurants that are paying higher prices for coffee might not top off your cup anymore. They might not offer you that second cup so freely and that's probably the only area where you'll see the slippage.

Just think that every household has a certain amount of Mr. Yuk stuff stashed under the kitchen sink or in the garage, and all that material is presumably mixed into the water to some extent,

I think it's beginning to sink in. More and more faculty are reporting plagiarism.

I tip my hat to (University's) work ethic. They came out and threw the kitchen sink at us, and we weathered the storm for those first two periods.

I was afraid of Korean food when I moved to L.A., let alone sushi. I remember thinking either sink or swim. Living here in Studio City, Ventura Blvd. is the Mecca of sushi restaurants. What you thought was so exotic is just run of the mill.

I think we're going to have to begin to believe that we're not in an inflationary environment. Sooner or later it's going to sink in.

I think we have to be careful that it's clear we're dealing with him, but not to go so far that if he in fact sinks ... we sink along with him,

It is hard to tell how far share prices will sink at this point.

It is my growing conviction that the Baptist churches in America are behind the age in missionary spirit. They now and then make a spasmodic effort to throw off a nightmare debt of some years' accumulation, and then sink back into unconscious repose.

Organisms in the ocean provide over 40 percent of the oxygen we breathe, and they're the major sink for capturing all the carbon dioxide we constantly release into the atmosphere.

Such tax relief will put more money in the pockets of middle- and modest-income consumers, who will sink those dollars back into the economy immediately, helping to grow the economy and create jobs right away,

My theory is that literature is essential to society in the way that dreams are essential to our lives. We can't live without dreaming - as we can't live without sleep. We are 'conscious' beings for only a limited period of time, then we sink back into sleep - the 'unconscious.' It is nourishing, in ways we can't fully understand.

It feels great. I don't know what to say; maybe it will sink in tomorrow.

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?

I think if they keep going like that for a few months there won't be 10 or 11 (penalties) a side. If they're just consistent and make sure they call the penalties, it's going to sink in.

It didn't seem possible and it took a long time to sink in.

The aircraft will sink into material and it pressing against the front gear will cause much more friction than normal braking would, ... It can stop it very quickly with no injury and very little damage to the aircraft.

That won't sink in for a while. He's one of the greatest pitchers of all time.

I was being kept abreast of everything by phone, phoned almost by the hour, so I knew everything that was going on... I still can't come to terms with it now. It's just almost like a dream. It's like a nightmare that you wake up to every day. That's all we can say. It's just devastating. It's going to take a long time even just for it to sink in.

I would not drink bottles of water at my mom's house because I never knew how long she'd been refilling them from the sink and putting them back in the refrigerator.

I would like Gaza to sink into the sea, but that won't happen, and a solution must be found,

We just couldn't make a shot. Ray couldn't make a shot. Luke couldn't make a shot. ... We couldn't sink our teeth into the game.

You can get everything and the kitchen sink here. We are never lacking materials. Sometimes we have to turn things down because we're overstocked.

You, like many people, have more debt than you want. This is a lot more common than you think. If doesn't matter if you have a lot of income or a little. If you spend more than you make, you will sink into debt.

You just try to see the ball up ... His ball has so much sink and so much run, I just try to get as close to him as possible and try to take away that late break.

You just throw it at the net and hope for something good to happen. When you're playing for a national championship with seven seconds left, you're going to throw the kitchen sink at them.

Winning this medal was something I didn't even dream about a year ago. The enormity of it all probably won't sink it until the end of the season.

Without anybody to give him some competition or to push him, Johnny, like anybody, might get a little bored or sink into complacency.

You absorb a few losses in a row and spirits start to sink a little bit. Body language starts to change, so the kids left there happy and have, I hope, a little bit better sense of how to play a complete game.