Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jonny Gomes

Like I always tell people, I'm a baseball player, it's what I do,

Robert Fick

Like I always say, I'm just glad to be in the lineup, playing baseball.

Paul Archey

Major League Baseball is very interested in playing games in Europe. We're investigating possibilities in Europe where we may be able to play regular-season games as early as the 2007 season.

Bud Selig

Major League Baseball is fortunate to have a man of Jimmie Lee's experience, intellect and dedication already on board to handle such a complex and important position as the chief of our baseball operations. Over the years, he has demonstrated considerable skill in working through the labyrinth of our minor league system. I have great confidence that he will be an enormous success in this key position.

Gary Wadler

Major League Baseball can't put its head in the sand and do a sound-bite press conference and say everything's going to be fine. Everything's not fine.

Mark Snyder

Major League Baseball and Holiday Inn are going to hit a home run. I just had to say that.

Mike Butters

Lets put it this way. If this was baseball, our magic number would be six.

Billy Beane

Lenny was so perfectly designed, emotionally, to play the game of baseball. He was able to instantly forget any failure and draw strength from every success. He had no concept of failure. And he had no idea of where he was.

Higinio Velez

Let's fight together so this event won't be held every four years but rather every two, so the baseball world won't have to wait so long to enjoy this.

Richard Rogers

I think we did a pretty good role, linking, being a sounding board really and a driving force, especially from the bottom up. I think that part of this is bottom up as well as top down.

Patrick Schillinger

We're not dependent on just one line or grade of paper. We have a very diverse paper industry in the Fox Valley from fine paper to paper board to tissue. When there are fluctuating markets in one segment, usually the others offset any downturns.

Butch Waller

We're not changing anything. I learned that years ago. The key always for us is can we stop their inside people and get some boards and kick it out? By the looks of it, they'll transition, and so will we.

Bruce Cheney

Like everybody else, I enjoy my privacy and I don't want it invaded. At the same time, I enjoy breathing fairly regularly, and I don't want, for the sake of having to take my shoes off when I'm boarding a plane, to die because I got fussy about my shoes,

Sylvia Fowles

(LSU) coach (Pokey Chatman) challenged me in the locker room at halftime to get as many boards as possible. I just picked up my energy in the second half.

Mark Wilde

Let Willamette's board deal with the consequences. This is a great time for Weyerhaeuser to be out looking for deals.

Ken Auletta

Let's concede that most journalistic enterprises need to make a profit, and to do that, they must be like supermarkets, offering a range of choices to their customers - international news, weather, sports, business, gossip, movie reviews and results of planning board meetings. But too often, journalistic supermarkets have become specialty stores,

Lynn Ribolini

Leslie worked hard on the boards and defensive end. But we have grown to expect that out of her.

James Touchton

Many of the Board members have been out of school for 30, or even 40 years.

Evan Bayh

Like all Americans regardless of party, I hope and pray that he will be a great chief justice. Time will tell,

Sathya Baba

Love must flow not from the tongue or from the head only, but chiefly from the heart.

John Cox

Mr. Murdock was the chief lawyer, chief lobbyist -- he was the whole package on this deal.

Arnaldo Otegi

maximum chief of the Spanish army, in other words, the person responsible for the torturers.

Bertrand Russel

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth more than ruin more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.

Lord Coe

My job now is to put the team together that will be with it right the way through to 2012 and as soon as I have found a new chief executive I will take a step back,

Walter Dellinger

one of the three most important chief justices in history.

Arlen Specter

One of the things that I talked to her about was the complexity of a Supreme Court nomination hearing because there are a lot of complicated issues. And I said to her, 'You've got a pretty good road map in what went on with Chief Justice Roberts.

P. Herbert

Only a sweet and virtuous soul, / Like seasoned timber, never gives; / But though the whole world turn to coal, / Then chiefly lives.

Jin Zhong

Lee grew up and had his education in Japan, he has a strong Japan complex and must trust Japanese health system more than Taiwan,

Alan Williamson

Sentiment towards the precious metals complex remains overwhelmingly bullish.

Jamie Cullum

'm really proud of 'Sad, Sad World' because it manages to state a very complex paradox of an emotion that I experienced when I had children, which is this great happiness and this great intensity, but with that intensity comes a deeper understanding of the world.

S. Iyengar

My guru had stern discipline, ... Gradually a fear complex grew in me.

Chris Bates

Newer complexes generally go for higher rents than older ones.

Mary Bravo

When the objects were presented in a sparse array, search times to find the target were similar for displays composed of simple and complex objects. But when the same objects were presented as dense clutter, search functions were steeper for displays composed of complex objects.

Donald Tusk

If there's one country that can be trusted to understand the complexity of history, it's Israel.

Toni Tennille

Any woman can be a siren one minute and in pigtails the next. I am a very complex person with more than just the one facet that television played on.

Tina Brown

Obamacare is the wildly complex Rube Goldberg contraption it is because getting the legislation through Congress required so many political tradeoffs and so many unavoidable deals with so many vested interests. But that's no excuse.

Jarod Tufts

We're not complacent, but we have an extreme sense of confidence in our status for the transition. We're fairly confident that there aren't going to be many problems.

Jamie Dixon

Levon was obviously very good tonight. It was a team effort. I like our 11 guys and I have confidence in all of them. I think you can see that and they all seem to step up.

Richard Grasso

Let us not forget the great tragedy that has befallen this nation, ... restoring the public confidence that this marketplace will be up and functioning.

Brandon Roy

Last year we had huge confidence because teams didn't know how quick we were or how fast we were going to play.

Susan McGrath

Last year we had a strong team, but we didn't have the experience or confidence to be able to comeback. Getting that year of experience really helped us get a win like the one today.

Chris Gaynor

Last year, we didn't know what to expect. We were a young group of guys. This year, we've got the confidence to get over that hurdle.

Carmelo Anthony

Last year's second-half stretch was incredible. Hopefully we can come together and do the same thing we did last year. I have confidence in me and my team to step it up.

Wade Wilson

Last year we lost games, and it really didn't seem like there was a lot of hope for getting better. This year there was a feeling that this is something we can overcome. The confidence is still there. We feel like we can be a real good offensive football team.

Alberto Fujimori

Many people, myself, had confidence in Montesinos because (he) succeeded very much with fighting terrorism and narcotics,

Laurie Sikora

Modeling takes extreme dedication. You have to really want this to make it work.

Jerry Angelo

Given Marc's situation he had a horrific (knee) injury for really a good 2½ years, to watch his dedication and his work ethic, there were doubts he would ever play again. So getting him back and going and then obviously having to do what we did (Tuesday) was very, very tough.

Jerry Angelo

Given Marc's situation-he had a horrific injury-for really a good two and a half years, to watch his dedication and his work ethic ... having to do what we did was very, very tough.

Preston LeMaster

Four years of hard work and dedication is finally paying off.

Bart Starr

Desire and dedication are everything!

Matt Centrowitz

On paper we'll be better. Their dedication will determine what happens.

Tony Blair

One of the most respected people of our times. Sense of duty and service ... extraordinary grace and dedication ... Long may she reign over us!

David Stern

We are saddened by the news of Jason Collier's sudden passing, ... He epitomized hard work, dedication and perseverance, and more importantly compassion, kindness and selflessness.

Alex Garwood

The Pat Tillman Foundation is thrilled to be participating in this fundraising event. We thank Roy for his dedication to the foundation's efforts to keep Pat's leadership spirit of giving back alive.

Michael Morse

made an enormous mistake in my life: I took steroids while in the minor leagues.

Norman Ornstein

Let's face it. When you're the governor of New York and even mentioned as a presidential candidate, you're going to be under an enormous microscope.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

My father was very bright. My mother had enormous drive. Put that together, and that's my gene pool.

Courtney Pratt

I feel more optimistic, ... because we have a solution to the problem of the pension fund, which was an enormous problem.

Ken Marino

I'm a huge 'Eastbound & Down' fan. I'm an enormous Danny McBride fan.

Steve Kelley

I have a passion for public service and I can see the enormous potential Minnesota has,

Joey Cheek

I feel the same as I felt in the 500. I didn't feel an enormous pressure to perform, I didn't feel like the weight of expectations are on me.

Jon Cryer

I feel like I could dominate the origami field. I think I have enormous potential in that area.

Frank Darabont

If I read a script that I have enormous respect for and I don't know what to do to it, then I'm going to be honest about that.

Dick Morris

Man, is that guy fortunate! Fortunate to be able to be president at a time when he CAN respond without violating his principles.

Spike Jonze

Movies, they take years of my life, so I'm fortunate that I get to work in a lot of different mediums.

Howard Dean

Mayor Bloomberg is fortunate enough to be a billionaire, which puts him well out of touch with New Yorkers, ... Freddy's going to do this the old fashioned way.

Mike Anderson

Obviously, that's not typical Bryce. So we're kind of fortunate to get away with the win.

Arron Afflalo

Obviously it was desperation being down nine with 3 minutes left. But 3 minutes is a long time and nine points is four possessions. We were very fortunate tonight.

Chris Richard

We won't be happy until we win it on Monday night, if we're fortunate enough to do that. If we win it, that's when we'll be able to say we're happy to be here.

Tallia Cahoon

I feel so fortunate to have lived there.

Charlize Theron

I feel so fortunate that I am in a relationship with a wonderful man. I find it incredibly unfair that because of our sexual preference, we have the rights that we have, and that, because of someone else's sexual preference, they don't have those same rights.

Kevin Diverio

I can't say we're tougher, but we're fortunate to be playing with a lead down the stretch. You make a mistake, you're still up four or six. If you're down, you put more pressure on yourself.

Isabella Rossellini

There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes.

Kristy Swanson

I can't ask for every movie I make to be great and brilliant. I can only try.

Mallory Ortberg

In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.

Malorie Blackman

Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Like I said, Dennis has been of great value to our team.

Danny Kaye

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.

Danny Kaye

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

Scott Peck

Life is difficult. This is the great truth, one of the greatest truthsit is a great truth because once we see this truth, we transcend it.

William Congreve

Let us be very strange and well-bred: Let us be as strange as if we had been married a great while; and as well-bred as if we were not married at all.

Kristy Curry

Let's not make a mess of this. It started with our seniors today, for whatever reason. They didn't handle the situation. We will be better from today, I promise you that. The film clips are already being clipped.

Digger Phelps

Let's get serious. Glen Davis, he's so tough in the paint. They can't handle him.

Bruce Carter

Obviously we don't have a Superdome. We have to take a look at what we have in our county. We can handle hundreds or thousands, but not tens of thousands.

Troy Powell

One thing we did well was we handled their full-court press. They've got a lot of quickness, and they press the whole game.

Derian Hatcher

My abs are sore. They speed around, and they handle the puck, too. It's really tough to handle the puck when you're moving.

Peter Bondra

Maybe the pressure was too much for us, and we couldn't handle it.

Rafael Palmeiro

Maybe it wasn't the right thing to do. I've never been in a situation where I'm getting booed so badly, and I just really don't know how to handle it.

Ben Roethlisberger

Obviously, Tommy can handle this team, ... but I'm going to make sure that I'm out there.

Stew Morrill

Obviously, Nevada speaks for itself, a Top 25 team. They handled us pretty well in Logan. We played well the last time we were here. We've played pretty well in this building.

Albert Schweitzer

I too had thoughts once of being an intellectual, but I found it too difficult.

Dennis Prager

I have spent a good part of my life showing what an intellectual bubble the Left lives in.

Dennis Prager

Leftism hides under an intellectual veneer, but underneath it is all emotion

Dennis Prager

My great project is to undo the moral and intellectual damage of most universities

Edward Abbey

How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups?

Charles Caleb Colton

Precisely in proportion to our own intellectual weakness will be our credulity as to those mysterious powers assumed by others.

Chris Christie

These esoteric, intellectual debates-I want them to come to New Jersey and sit across from the widows and the orphans and have that conversation,

Cary Elwes

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

Camille Paglia

The North American intellectual tradition began, I maintain, in the encounter of British Romanticism with assertive, pragmatic North American English - the Protestant plain style in both the U.S. and Canada, with its no-nonsense Scottish immigrants.

Aisling MacRunnels

Secure multi-tenancy is the key to utility computing, and now we can scale more securely.

Gaelic Proverb

Monday is the key day of the week.

Ted Turner

Mr. Parsons, AOLTW CEO, views Ted as a key member of the management team.

Ed McComiskey

McNally's save was the key and probably the turning point of the game." ()

Tom Reilly

One of (the victims) was underneath his desk. He had been shot numerous times. Another was a young lady slumped over her keyboard of her computer. She had been shot through the back,

John Lovell

One key thing is to remove each engine.

Mike Manley

One thing that is very important to us is if our dealers are profitable, and a key to profitability is throughput.

Manny Fernandez

My defensemen, they made some key saves when I was out of position. It's a team game, and they seem to be there at the right time at the right moment.

Manny Fernandez

My defensemen, they made some key saves when I was out of position, ... It's a team game, and they seem to be there at the right time at the right moment.

Steven Jackson

let the league know the Rams are planning to do something this year.

Frank Haith

Obviously we're disappointed. But we've got to get ourselves emotionally ready to come back. That's what this league is all about. This league is that good.

Rocky Nelson

Now we are ready to open our Middlesex League season. This worked out well and this is where I thought we would be.

Dennis Eckersley

Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down

Jack Schrader

From top to bottom, I just don't see how there could be a better league in the nation.

Bill Belichick

There are only three teams in the league that have a better record than they do.

Byron Scott

(NBA commissioner David) Stern and the league put us all in a bind. We understand the situation. We're going to play another year in Oklahoma City, and then after that we have no idea what's going to happen.

Mat Sprague

I would have rather had a league title for the school and the kids, but it's an accomplishment I'm proud of.

Ebenezer Ekuban

I'm at a loss for words. I've been in the league seven years and I've never experienced anything like it before.

Jeremy Corbyn

Like a majority of the population and a majority of even Tory voters, I want the railways back in public ownership.

Mo Ibrahim

Make as much money as you can, but can you please pay your taxes, because this is a major problem.

Ayad Allawi

major negligence on the part of some members of the multinational forces.

D. James

Major market indexes are going to remain in a range, ... I don't see a big trigger on the upside.

Jaren Jackson

Major is not a big scorer but he can play defense.

Kathy Jordan

Many students major in things, and when they go to work they say, 'This isn't quite what I thought it was'.

Jeff Burns

One of our major points is promoting four-hour rounds or less. Our members really like that.

Ang Lee

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

Jim Ford

Now, we've also got new major fundraising efforts.

Busch Series

Man, I had no idea what to expect.

Rashad Bobino

Man, I can see why they're No. 1 in the nation.

Mario Bailey

Man, he's a senior. He's worked hard, and this is for him.

M.I.A.

Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.

Rae Rosen

Manhattan is unique; the rest of the region is more like the nation.

Toba Beta

Man has to postulate weirdness, before reaching the new science.

William Burroughs

Man has sold his soul for time, language, tools, weapons, and dominance.

Pat Connors

Man has a very poor track record when it comes to nature.

Barry Alvarez

Man did he play. I was really proud of him. . . . I really thought he played exceptional for a young kid.

Robert Rose

Occasionally we have problems, but usually it is a minor incident, nothing like this,

Bob McDonnell

There is no question that the minority party always makes a sport of going after the governor.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.

Carol Leifer

I recently became vegan because I felt that as a Jewish lesbian, I wasn't part of a small enough minority. So now I'm a Jewish lesbian vegan.

Louis C. K.

Look at all the minorities around here! I'm the only majority.

David Hillery

There are plenty of opportunities for minorities on campus, you've just got to take them.

Josh Byrnes

He's done everything there is to do in the Minor Leagues. Right now, there's just no spot for him in the big leagues.

Tony McCoy

Racing may be a minority sport, but I wouldn't swap it for all the money in the world.

Vincent Alfano

We've been very busy. They're (police officers) running around. We're very short-staffed with people tied up with mostly minor incidents.

Francesco Rutelli

Let those who won be put in the position to govern.

Kelly DeFeciani

Sharon's position will be replaced immediately in May by the person who comes in third.

Ryan Snair

Sean can play any of the infield positions and can catch, too.

Kenenisa Bekele

My getting to this position is something that doesnt completely surprise me at this point,

Greg Valliere

On one hand, he seems more palatable to Wall Street than Dean, in that his positions on trade and taxes are more moderate.

Terry Carmack

She supports the president's position when she agrees with him and stands up to the president when she doesn't.

Ledawn Gibson

She can do it all. She can play any position on the court, one through five.

Claude Tyler

She had a will to compete. She would play any position for us, one through five.

Tom Lehman

I'd like to be in a position to give my spot up if I had to.

Denene Millner

I knew that Steve Harvey had a good, solid message to share, and I wanted to use my knowledge and skills as a relationship author to help him bring his message to those who were willing to receive it.

Ed Parker

Condition and guts take over where knowledge and skill end.

Earl Nightingale

Getting along well with other people is still the world's most needed skill. With it...there is no limit to what person can do. We need people, we need the cooperation of others. There is very little we can do alone

Eliot Spitzer

Imagine if the pension funds and endowments that own much of the equity in our financial services companies demanded that those companies revisit the way mortgages were marketed to those without adequate skills to understand the products they were being sold. Management would have to change the way things were done.

David Nicholls

Afterward, there was some debate as to whether we'd actually "done it properly," which gives you some idea of the awesome skill and artful dexterity of my lovemaking technique.

Kim Hostman

She has a lot of new skills that she's working on. Hopefully, she'll have them down for conference.

Mark Cuban

Doesnt matter what your skill and physical gifts are if you cant get your head right.

Dale Tallon

We addressed a need we had for speed and skill in getting Patrick Sharp.

Charles Caleb Colton

Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive.

Rich Alday

So far, we've had a lot of success pitching, offensively, defensively, and as a team. Hopefully, we'll make that continue.

Susan Hayward

We had a very successful fair. We were thrilled.

Tucker Max

There is no number or level of success that would make me think, 'Wow, I didn't think that was possible.'

Dick Wolf

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.'

Dick Van Dyke

Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.

Dennis Ritchie

C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group

Dennis Green

The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.

Deana Carter

But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

And we simply cannot be constant with the fact that God’s cause is not always the successful one, that we really could be “unsuccessful”; and yet be on the right road. But this is where we find out whether we have begun in faith or in a burst of enthusiasm.