Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Maurstad

Rebuilding stronger and safer and more flood-resistant is a wise investment of tax dollars. There recently has been an independent study by the Mitigation Hazard Council that has indicated that each dollar spent on disaster mitigation saves society on the average of $4.

Mark Twain

Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain

Jeff Sherman

Parlay cards had a good handle and average win, while props did very well. It just took a while to grade them.

Mark Shapiro

Paul had an average fastball and average curve. He was going to pitch in the major leagues, but there was nothing that would particularly distinguish him from lots of other guys.

Mark Hyman

Part of my training was learning how to refer patients to cardiologists for heart problems, gastroenterologists for stomach issues, and rheumatologists for joint pain. Given that most physicians were trained this way, it's no wonder that the average Medicare patient has six doctors and is on five different medications.

Mike Gundy

Our offense has been very average and by rotating quarterbacks, we couldn't ever get into synch.

Al Way

Our offensive linemen have decent size. The 2000 state championship team averaged 260 pounds up front. We're pretty close to that average (257 pounds) this year.

Cary Thompson

Our offensive average went up after losing our career leading scorer, and our steals went up by 64 this year. We accomplished a lot out of the change in style.

Dave Esquer

Our middle of the lineup and our average with runners in scoring position just haven't been that good. We haven't given our pitching staff any margin for error yet, and that's been a little frustrating.

Lonnie Starks

The anticipation is just boiling over. They're chomping at the bit.

Nobu Matsuhisa

I love big shrimp, like Japanese botan shrimp and the meaty ones from Santa Barbara, Calif. In classic Japanese cooking, shrimp like these would be dropped into a broth or boiled as served with sushi. But I think boiling dilutes their great flavor, and they are better when stir-fried.

Hanya Yanagihara

I go to Japan every November on vacation, and the one thing I never return home without is yuba, which is the thin skin that forms atop boiling soy milk. You skim it off and either eat it fresh or dry it.

Christien Meindertsma

In soap, fatty acids made from boiling pork bone fat are used as a hardening agent, but also for giving it a pearl-like effect.

Dave Cooper

I feel I need a lot of contrast, so I have all these things happening, but they're all necessary to make me feel satisfied. It's got to be this big pot happening, with everything boiling at once.

Jim Lay

We are examining a number of possible explanations for the pressure increase. Loss of control of the reaction leading to excessive heating and boiling of the flammable solvents is a likely cause.

Jeff Lemire

When I write Superboy and other DC characters, it's about boiling them down to core concepts.

George Sharp

We hear this a lot from customers, and I don't think it's a North-South thing. We're in New York now, and it's still boiling hot. ... Even though the fall clothes look beautiful, psychologically, you can't be bothered trying them on.

Mario Cuomo

If you were Merlin and you had taken a young boy with a fragile build and dipped him into the cauldron of boiling juices from lizards' insides and produced a knight with the biggest, broadest sword ever seen, you wouldn't have a better miracle than Giuliani produced by 9-11,

Ming-Na Wen

'Star Wars' is on my bucket list. Even if it's just a small walk on, I don't care.

David Hoyle

Jim Hunt had a bucket over there to catch it. Well, Mike didn't know to catch it - so it filled up and spilled over and leaked.

Clint Hurdle

That was vintage Coors Field. Last bucket wins.

Chip Dinkins

That was big, to get that bucket after they pulled to within one.

Jack Anderson

He's playing like an animal. He's capable of scoring a bucket any time he wants. He's a tremendous athlete. It's a huge help - a confidence builder - knowing he's there whenever we need him.

Horace Horace

What do I do? I've got chainsaws, a tractor with a bucket and a backhoe,

Travis Hess

We needed a bucket desperately at that time.

Aaron Devencenzi

One little 5-gallon bucket can create enough mosquitoes for an entire city block.

David Brown

One water-filled bucket in someone's back yard can literally produce over 1,000 mosquitoes a week.

Scott Stoker

Patton is a real find for us. He went under the radar during football recruiting and it's to our benefit.

Kerry Coombs

Pat said to just keep doing what we're doing. We're still a good football team.

Kian Egan

Our manager is always worried that Nicky will injure himself at football. But I don't really mind because there were only 4 members in The Beatles.

John Callahan

People have got to realize that we have had a lot of injuries and this is a school of 140 kids. When we have everybody, we're a pretty good football team. But suffering injuries and having people step up are part of the game.

Dirk Koetter

Spring football is a two-way street. You don't want guys that are going to be out long term and have to have surgery, but yet, you've got to protect some guys, too.

Terence Newman

some of the same things on the football field.

Mark Robson

Some of the lads are unhappy that they might not be getting as much football as they want but it is a long season and everyone will get their chance.

Rick Dickson

Our preference is to first identify a home away from home venue for our football team. The possibilities, there are more than a handful right now. We haven't weighed in on any of them at this point, and we haven't ruled any of them out.

Dom Capers

Our responsibility was to win football games, and we made good strides the first three seasons, but we didn't get it done this year. I'm disappointed that things had to end this way.

Martin Siegert

Our results indicate that ice melts in one place and freezes in another. It is a mechanism by which nutrients can be input to the lake.

Ashton Kutcher

Whether you like it or not, the digital age has produced a new format for modern romance, and natural selection may be favoring the quick-thumbed quip peddler over the confident, ice-breaking alpha male.

Dave Arnold

I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was safe where we went.

Ken Hitchcock

I will always remember Brett for that goal. He showed his colors. He went on the ice when I told him not to go, and I couldn't get him off. No one is ever going to talk to me about Brett Hull's character. I have seen his character.

Bill Bryson

England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet.

Chris Higgins

That was just unbelievable. We just got a quick rush up the ice and I saw Jason had the pick and Brandon go to the net. I saw Yip and it went in.

Jacques Villeneuve

I was happy to ski and play a lot of ice hockey. But I've come back because I was - and am - a racing driver. This is what I do.

Kelly Ioane

I think she's going to be OK. We just had her ice it and we'll see how it goes.

Bob Hartley

I think he's going to be OK. From the way he looked on the ice and when he left the ice to this afternoon, it's amazing.

Joseph Balestrino

It is a realization that there are inflation headwinds out there.

Hans Olsen

It all leads to the idea that inflation isn't so bad. That supplies some push for the market.

Michael Moskow

If inflation expectations did become unhinged, this might require a stronger response,

Irene Cheung

From March, the year-on-year inflation rate will probably come off quite substantially.

Philip Shaw

Last month's inflation report ... (was) about as strong an endorsement of steady rates as one is likely to see.

Mark Cliffe

His reputation as an arch-dove on inflation is rather misleading.

Joseph Tan

One to two percent inflation is still very tolerable.

Alice Rivlin

No one's really worried about inflation right now.

Mark Zandi

The overall CPI does not reflect the inflation most seniors face.

Neil Ingle

I wish there was something we could do to stop it, but it is zoned GB (general business), and it is perfectly in their right to put it there.

Chad Brown

He was an equal-opportunity dotter. No one has played perfectly this season, so he spread the, I won't say love, but he spread his laser pointer around.

JoAnn Carrin

We're confused. We don't understand the judge's reaction. We're perfectly prepared to prosecute this case.

Theophilus London

I want to wear something that's not perfectly matching; there has to be something unorthodox about it. I want to create this mystery.

Aldous Huxley

Fortunately, however, birds don't understand pep talks. Not even St. Francis'. Just imagine, he went on, preaching sermons to perfectly good thrushes and goldfinches and chiff-chaffs! What presumption! Why couldn't he have kept his mouth shut and let the birds preach to him?

Elsa Peretti

I hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and prearranged.

David Schwimmer

To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way.

Gena Pharis

To be perfectly honest, it's never been too rough. From the start, everyone's been really good.

Kurt Vonnegut

It's perfectly ordinary to be a socialist. It's perfectly normal to be in favor of fire departments.