Switched Quotations

Sense About Science is much more than an innocent fact-checking service. It is a spin-off of a bizarre political network that began life as the ultra-left Revolutionary Communist Party and switched over to extreme corporate libertarianism when it launched 'Living Marxism' magazine in the late eighties.

When I first started swinging a bat, I swung righty. So one time, my dad came home, and he wanted to see my batting stance. So I showed him. He says, 'You don't hit right-handed. You hit left-handed.' At that age I didn't even really think about it. Just like 'all right,' and I switched hands. He said I'd thank him later.

I try and have a relaxed attitude and stay quite switched off until about an hour before kick-off.

Because these show are live, script pages are being switched during the program and new commercial teases might be yelled in your ear with just enough time to scribble them on scrap paper before reading them.

Bill Phillips was this nervous, chain-smoking student. He had signed up to be an engineer, he had gone away to fight in the Second World War, he had come back. He had switched to sociology because he wanted to understand how people could do these terrible things to each other. And he did a little bit of economics on the side.

We should assume that the end product can be switched off by any consumer who is offended or frightened by it.

When I was 13, I started writing songs, and it fell into my lap all of a sudden. I wrote poems and journals, but that's when it switched for me to songwriting. That's when I wanted to do everything. It was like a fire all of a sudden. I started coming to Nashville and moved here when I was 15.

Probably the best caddies are the smartest ones and the ones that are switched on mentally more than some of the others maybe.

To me, wearing glasses is no pleasure, but once I conceded that I simply couldn't properly judge distance without them, I began to experiment. I tried glasses and found them uncomfortable. I switched to contact lenses, and they also bothered me.

Turn the preparing of food into a communal affair by enlisting others to help with the chopping, grating, stirring, simmering, tasting and seasoning. When the cooking is finished, eat together round the table with the electronic gadgets switched off so you can savor the food and let the conversation flow.

Feminists who say that I switched sides because I am an opportunist should know that exactly the opposite is true. It's cost me a lot of money. I've gone from being well-to-do to being $70,000 in debt. I have done something self-destructive financially. I could only do it because I don't have to support a wife and child.

I'm not frightened about death. I don't know why, but I just feel that at a certain moment your switch is switched off, and that's it. And you can't do anything about it.

When I had the idea for 'Shopaholic', it was as though a light switched on. I realised I actually wanted to write comedy. No apologies, no trying to be serious, just full-on entertainment. The minute I went with that and threw myself into it, it felt just like writing my first book again - it was really liberating.

Barley malt has a really deep, rich taste. A lot of manufacturers have switched over to corn syrup over the years because it's a cheaper sweetener, but it doesn't have the flavor.

I was bashing Israel in the past because nobody else was exposing its true record. Many people are doing it now, so I switched hats from a critic of Israel to a diplomat who wants to resolve the conflict. I have not changed, but I think the spectrum has moved.

I grew up in Europe, and soccer was the first organized game I played. When we moved back to the U.S. in the middle of 4th grade, I switched to American football and stopped playing competitively until college, when I played intramurals.

The devices that our kids use are shipped from the factory with every possible audio, visual or vibration alert switched on. Each new app, website, tweet and message adds another layer of intrusion - each intrusion is cynically designed to get a response, and each response creates an appetite for another intrusion.

We started out in man-to-man and then switched to two different zones, and it was actually more effective. They held the ball for probably four minutes in the fourth quarter when they were up by two. It was really shocking.

We knew what they were going to do in the last set, so we switched and put Ryan Campbell on him so he couldn't get to the hole. Carlson made his move and spun back to find Campbell there. We had him locked up 15 feet from the basket and he could do nothing but kick the ball out for a forced three-pointer.

When I was a little kid, I fished real worms to catch fish and my nickname was Wormy. The worms also kept the girls away. Then when I discovered girls, I switched to flies thinking the girls would go fishing with me. That didn't work either! Not long after that, I changed my nickname from "WORMY" to "Fly Fishing Man" and started fishing flies. The girls fell all over me, but then I couldn't catch any fish." Moral of the story: "Young Man, Don't Give Up Your Worms Too Soon!

We were tough tonight though, I don't want to make out we weren't. We battled and scrapped, but we also switched off, and that undid all the good work, and cost us two points, and that's why I'm frustrated.

We are hiding him a little bit. It's really not by design. We switched a few things with him in batting practice about a week ago. We moved him up in the box a little. It wasn't that he was struggling. He just couldn't get anything on the barrel.

We did break down a few times. Our man wasn't giving up many shots, but we had a few players get in foul trouble, so we switched to zone and they were able to find open shots.

We tried a new lineup tonight, and it looked like that might have been too soon. We switched out and we still couldn't seem to get it together.

We didn't want Carolina to get into a rhythm. We played a lot of zone, but we played some man. We switched defenses as much as we could.

We used to live right nearby and it used to interfere with the TV as soon as they switched it on. They could see into Red Square in Moscow.

We set it up a little differently. AJ (Johnson) had been going good and we figured that they react to his movement on the court. They switched everything and got crossed up. Jack got open and laid the ball in.

We've switched to Fox Sports Midwest, At Home.

When the season started, (King) was the No. 3 hitter, and I've always been one to have my best hitter in the No. 3 hole. But Edgar Ramirez started off hot, so I moved him to No. 3 and switched Tom to the second hitter. Then we started winning. I figured, why change something that's working?

The plant closed and I started the HVAC program at Morristown. It was an 18-month course. Near the end of completion, I switched over and went into the electrician programs, too. I was able to choose my HVAC license certification and get my electrician's license through the state.

We made a little adjustment. We switched off on screens on him. We made him work for all his shots.

Most people who know me know I'm not switched on all the time. I don't like to be like that in real life, because it's draining.

Monthly sales of horse treats have increased from 50 of the former 40-lb paper bags to more than 600 of the new 20-lb oriented polypropylene bags since we switched to the new bags.

On that Sunday of the Masters I remember turning on ESPN to find people talking about me. I switched over to the Golf Channel and people were talking about me. It was hard to escape.

I was real pleased with the way we were playing defensively, and we were passing it around pretty well too, so we switched the field on them well. We finally got the goal. That's what kind of broke the game open.

I was surprised. They just lost (Game 7 to the Pistons) in the last couple of minutes and they had one of the best records in the NBA, then they switched everything up. I guess they felt they had to get better.

I was satisfied with my performance today. I've switched to a heavier pole, which I really like. All I need to do is run faster and jump higher.

I would have liked more close games, obviously. We switched around a lot. It was a clean, good start. I hope we get better games tonight and I'm hoping with the marquee teams we have tomorrow and going into the weekend, we'll have closer action on the court.

I got in deeper this time. I switched direction like I was getting a double. He had good defense, but I knew I could finish it.

I'd like to think I'm not quite so pretentious as to think my characters go off and live their lives once I've written the final page and switched the computer off.

Bath have got their backs against the wall after two successive losses. They wouldn't want to lose three matches in a row and a win at Leicester would put them right back on track. We need to be switched on. We've spoken about it at length this week; we need to make sure we get it right, if we don't get parity up front we will battle.

Basically, I switched over to the piano and then at the age of fourteen, I picked the bass up because it was something that just came into my life.

I don't think she appreciated being inside, catching excessive dirt. But once she switched leads she hits another gear. She's done it in all her races. She's exciting.

He was a lot less forthcoming once the tape-recorder was switched on.

He wore out, I think, at the end. The kid plays with so much heart. I thought Carlos and Armando, and we switched Courtney on him at the end, those kids really did a nice job making him work.

He grabbed that rail, ... He just hadn't realized that we had switched on the electricity yet, and that's what we're going to do with this television ad as well.

Whatever happens in this game won't matter after Week 17. If the site was switched in Week 16 or Week 17, I'd have a problem with it. But this is so early in the season, it won't be important.

Whatever happens in this game will not matter after Week 17. If the site was switched late in the season, I'd have a problem with it. But this is early in the season.

We took away coffee, that saved $150,000 a year. Why do you need coffee in jail? ... Switched to bologna sandwiches, that saved half a million dollars a year.

We swung the ball and switched fields real well tonight.

We switched up to a 3-2 defense and that worked well against their weave. We extended them out and it caused some problems.

We switched up our defense from a man-to-man to a drop defense, where several players would drop on one of their main players.

We switched to PFAA so we could have autonomy. You don't midstream decide to throw out everything you've worked for with one organization that has only had 24 months on the property.

We switched to PFAA so we could have autonomy, ... You don't midstream decide to throw out everything you've worked for with one organization that has only had 24 months on the property.

We switched to a zone, higher up and more aggressive. Our kids played hard. I thought we matched Bingham's aggressiveness more in the second-half.

We switched to a man-to-man and challenged the girls (and) through effort and heart we came back.

We switched to a different type of paper for our boarding passes, which resulted in over $700,000 savings annually.

We switched to a 1-3-1 (zone) and changed our personnel to get a little more speed and defense, and it worked well.

We switched things around a little bit. Now, the change is not all Chris (Landsom's) fault. We thought we would see what we could get Tory to do.

We switched the field in the second half, and we took control. Those guys all did a beautiful job in the midfield.

We switched some things up at halftime, we moved our press up into a full court and we started to create a lot of shots and scored a lot of points because of that. I had a chance to use 12 players in this game and that was a key. Our depth just wore them down.

We switched our coverage. You get two outs with one pitch, it's definitely a momentum-changer.

We switched it to more of a pressure defense in the second half. We were too soft in the first half. We wanted to really challenge their offense.

We switched from the spread (offense) to the wing-T, going more power and getting it to No. 32 (Cole). We can't get too far away from that guy.

We switched Erin to the number two position. She played much better.

We switched defenses and the change caused Galva some trouble. Our energy level picked up at that point in the game.

We are exploring opportunities to separate portions of our switched voice operations into separate companies or tracking stocks,

He's a very honest horse and very nice to ride. Those other two races I won on him, once he switched leads then he really kicked. He's just so game.

We looked at the scoreboard and saw (WSU) had 30 something points. We had to pick up our defense. We switched things around and it started working for us.

I would've made a double bogey but I double-chipped. The wind caught me on my downswing on the first shot and I went long. The guys behind me hit good shots and came up short. The wind switched that quickly.

I would've made a double bogey but I double-chipped, ... The wind caught me on my downswing on the first shot and I went long. The guys behind me hit good shots and came up short. The wind switched that quickly.

Kelly is our defensive player and our offensive player. It was key because we switched her in the last 10 minutes.

I switched Zach to No. 1 knowing that he is on a hot streak. I wanted to see if we could take his game to the next level.

I switched up her role a bit. She gave us some good, solid minutes. We have some girls who can shoot, but we needed a bit of strength (inside) and she was finishing off some plays.

I switched to a new driver last week and that really seemed to help me. I really felt comfortable and hit some clutch drives down the stretch. I made a lot of putts too and you have to do that to win out here.

I switched six years ago, thinking I'd only last a month or so, but it's just been the easiest thing.

I switched my mind, ... It worked for us.

I switched coach two and a half years ago and since then I've been playing much better. Thanks to Henri Reis my swing is better and it gives me confidence.

It is a big step. We've really switched gears.

I thought we played very well in doubles today. We switched things up and we ended up winning the point. We struggled in singles play, but I hope that we can learn from this match and continue that in the next couple of matches.

I thought the girls ran really well. Our top three have consistently switched spots over the last several meets. It's nice to see them running that tight. We're trying to encourage the other girls to close the gap.

I thought our pressure should have been better, but it got us in trouble with free throws. Boone was living at the line and Gonzalez was her next-door neighbor. At one point we switched defenses just to try to calm down the free throws they were getting.

I thought once we got it to 32-30, we were OK. We switched to a little bit of a zone to try to take away some of their dribble penetration. To their credit they stepped up and hit those outside jumpers, which put us into a position where we had to foul. They converted their free throws.

I think it was probably my fault. I asked some young guys to do some things that they're probably not comfortable with. I need to keep in mind who we've got on the field during certain sets and not ask those guys to do too much. We kind of switched out of what we were doing earlier in the game.

I went to the office in the morning, then I came home and we switched halfway through the day so he could go to the office,

I was majoring in physics, but switched to electrical engineering, which was in the same division (Mathematics, Physics and EE) as a senior.

I was just trying to play solid D, no reaching, no poking. When they switched off a big man, keep my hands up, try to front. Little stuff like that, but it didn't end up working.

Jimmy has switched from a two-hand backhand to a one-hand backhand and has struggled with that, but is improving. He has also played some very tough competition at No. 1 singles. I think for him (5-8, 140 pounds) it's the right move going to a one-hand backhand because it gives him more mobility and a bigger reach.

Kyle did a great job running the offense, and I switched things up on him a couple of times. I didn't give him any breaks, either. I kept thinking I should take him out, but I just couldn't. He was an ironman tonight.

Last time we played, Coates got a lot of rebounds against us. We switched it up a lot tonight to confuse them.

I respectfully ask legal authorities to launch an investigation as soon as possible. I am desperate to find out who switched the samples for what motive and how.

Our kids came out focused tonight - Carter was on fire in the first half. But then they switched to a box-and-1 and shut down our hot hand.

Our intent is to take lessons that have been learned and found effective in other switched infrastructures and deploy them in IT shops. We are looking to disrupt that market by driving those systems to industry-standard components in form of processors and operating systems.

Our press has been good to us most of the year. We used different types of presses ? we used a diamond-and-one and a we switched to a 2-2-1 ?Êand I thought our kids read it real well. What was really big off the press was that we converted some easy lay-ins. Those were some big points for us.

Our strategy for CPG is to focus on e-business and building block products for the edge, where the Internet meets the public switched telephone network,

Our run was a great answer to their run. This is something that has plagued us all year. We would have a halftime lead and find a way to squander it away and then struggle in the second half to get it back. I think when we switched defenses was a big factor, and we also just stuck some shots when it counted.

Other students studied piano or violin, but I switched from flutes to drums. Music is a bridge between cultures.

Paul was part of our game plan and he was probably our best player today. We switched off as soon as he went off. Just before that I could tell that Rooney was getting frustrated because Paul was getting to him.

My Ph.D. thesis concerned the metabolic mechanism by which the end product of nitrogen metabolism in the earthworm is switched from ammonia to urea during starvation. I remember spending my nights collecting over 5,000 worms from the University campus green.

Looking at it right from the top, it looks like we should have switched spots. But I'm not going to sit and whine about it because there are a lot of teams sitting home that would love to be in our position.