Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ron Carey

What the union historically has done is gone in, negotiate a contract, then brought it back to its members when they reached agreement. What the company has been dictating and intimidating and threatening people is that they want to shove this contract down the members' throats. That has never been done in the past,

Honeysuckle Weeks

When 'Foyle's War' ended in 2010 after seven series, I was sad but not despondent. After all, ITV had already axed the show once in 2007, then brought it back due to public demand.

Charles Spurgeon

When facts were weak, his native cheek brought him serenely through

LaDainian Tomlinson

When he first got here, he said he had some nastiness to him, and that was one thing he was going to bring. He's definitely brought it. ... I mean, the guy has brought a different mindset to the defense.

Kenneth Stethem

We want him to be brought to justice. We want him to be tried in the United States.

Steve Begin

We were already playing good hockey before the Olympic break. We were playing with confidence, and it's that confidence that we brought with us on this trip.

Sam Castree

The fact that maybe he upset some people in prior departments... I don't know that that's surprising as someone who's brought into many of these departments to institute community policing measures.

Mike Massey

When I'm doing it for charity I feel the freest and the best, ... I lived the life of a hustler for quite a few years, but God brought me out of it and made me a champion.

Mary Cimbalnik

We used to have kids brought here through a church, refugees with life-and-death stories.

Herman Edwards

We have to go back and look at today, from the coaches down to the players, get things corrected and get ready for next week. It's one game. You hate to lose a game, but at some point, if you lose it, you lose it. What we have to do is get our confidence back.

Mike Gundy

We have to find out what he can do if we give him lots of reps, ... That's where we as coaches have to make decisions and we go with them and go full speed ahead.

Will Allen

We have some depth in the secondary and the coaches preach to the backups to prepare like starters and I think you can see that on the field. When all of the guys, from the veterans to the rookies, are playing hard, it makes us a very difficult team to beat.

Kip Drown

Whenever there's a coaching change, players always have a little apprehension about it. Lauren might have given me a little more credibility at first. But they are all my kids now.

Joe Jamail

When Frank Broyles coached at Arkansas, he used to have a golf tournament each year for all the Southwest Conference coaches.

Ekene Ibekwe

We wanted to win for coach on the home court. It was a long time coming for him.

H. Hunt

We've shared it with coaches at this point ... some of it is still negotiable. I think it's a misconception that it's set in stone and we're going with it. I was on the phone all day (Tuesday) with maneuvers that may happen.

Danny Corcoran

We have six people who are trying to get into that relay and, if the girls don't toe the line, I am sure the coaches will have something to say. They want a cohesive team out there on the track.

Wesley Duke

When I walked into the party, Coach Shanahan said, 'Congratulations. We're happy to have you.' ... That really made it official to me.

Shanen Boettcher

There is a lot more to providing a biometrics platform than what the consortium is focused on.

Stanley B. Prusiner

From the point of view of many scientists, gods represent an explanation for the unknown. Scientists are focused on trying to understand the unknown, so there is a fundamental conflict. That said, some scientists find religion useful and perhaps even fulfilling.

Karl Hobbs

We're just trying to follow our dreams. That's it and that's all we're focused on. We can't tell you about anything in the past.

Lance Jeter

We know how long it's been since somebody won back-to-back, but we're not focused on that. We're trying to get another state championship for us. That would be lovely to know that's your place in history. If we win it, it will be more special to us.

Marisa Miller

I was just so focused on being healthy for my baby during pregnancy, and afterward I was not in a rush to lose the weight. I really wanted to be as healthy as I could. It wasn't about getting my six-pack back. There are more important things in life than a six-pack, I realized.

Nick Woodman

I get pretty focused when I start working on something. And I drink a lot of water, way more than most people.

Diane Tuller

We have as good a shot as anybody. We just have to get focused on the court, not the arena.

Judd Anderson

We've got a tough schedule from now on. We have to keep focused and working hard for our ultimate prize.

R. Ingram

When we were 1-6, all we focused on was that we were better than that. We knew it; we just had to prove it. We've come a long way and it's great to be back to .500 and to know we'll get a home game in the tournament.

Larry Walker

We were at triple-match point, now we are at double- match point, to use a tennis term, but we still have a steep hill to climb,

John Doe

We did it in the most hillbilly way we could think of, and there we were,

Doug Donovan

We're looking to get comfortably through April. As for May, we'll see. Last year, I made turns on this hill on May 15 on all-natural snow.

Alan Lowe

When we got to the hill at the (American) Legion, that got to me, ... That was emotional.

Jim Erickson

With the rovers we've actually been able to go look and pick the things we wanted to see whether it was up on top of hills or whether it was down inside the craters, you name it.

Brian Giles

We knew what Jake was going through even before he took the hill for us,

John Lieswyn

Make no mistake. These are the steepest hills that we race in America.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

LUNARIAN, n. An inhabitant of the moon, as distinguished from Lunatic, one whom the moon inhabits. The Lunarians have been described by Lucian, Locke and other observers, but without much agreement. For example, Bragellos avers their anatomical identity with Man, but Professor Newcomb says they are more like the hill tribes of Vermont.

Barbara Mikulski

Nothing really happened - I was elected in '86 - until 1992, and that's when the Anita Hill debacle happened.

Carol Moseley Braun

It's hard to be the first. It's almost as if I'm subject to a different level of inspection.

Tom Robinson

We have never operated outside permit levels at the plant.

Gordon Ramsay

There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A.

Steve Belardi

We used to send all footwear? men's, women's and kid's?all together on a pallet. It was a big hassle at the store level because a lot of it would go to the back room. They were touching every carton. It was crazy.

Ian Hamilton

The process sets wage levels for the country.

Andrew Jones

We're just trying to get people back on a professional level of things.

Garry South

We know how much we're going to have to spend. This is a (spending) level we think we can sustain.

DJ Jazzy Jeff

As a DJ I am never 100 percent in charge of the sound. The sound levels are controlled by someone at the sound board of the venue.

Dexter Scott King

Veganism has given me a higher level of awareness and spirituality, primary because the energy associated with eating has shifted to other areas. If you’re violent to yourself by putting [harmful] things into your body that violate its spirit, it will be difficult not to perpetuate that [violence] onto someone else.

Richie Benaud

Let's just say that at 74 I'm in the mindset that, having been free-to-air, I want to stay free-to-air.

Curt Schilling

I don't go out there with the mindset that he did this, now I'm going to better him. This game's too hard.

Tomas Berdych

I don't know what my mindset is. I don't always understand what my motivations are,

Mark Gottfried

We need to go in with the mindset that we need to win the tournament. If we've done enough already, that's fine. We still need to go in with that attitude.

David Zayas

To get into another person's mindset and what they are trying to do with their project is a challenge, and it is what I like.

Jarret Stoll

We haven't contributed as much as we'd like to. We can't be of the mindset where we're going to wait for our power play to get something going.

LeBron James

We have a lot better mindset this year. I feel that I am a lot better. I know what it takes down the stretch.

Dan White

He just had the mindset for it, ... He doesn't get too down on himself, so the next shot he could come back.

David Moss

My mindset was, just do away with the first half, go get the win.

Janet Yellen

This suggests a presumption that the rate (now at 3.75 percent) will need to be raised further,

Bridget Fonda

I was raised on Bruce Lee.

Steven Calabresi

I and one other person raised our hands.

Robert Milmore

If another bidder comes in the stakes could be raised on TWA to where AMR doesn't think it's worth it.

Action Bronson

My mother pretty much raised me to be a free spirit. Anything my father would say, she would tell me, 'No, it's like this.'

Alan Furst

The idea that someone is going to write me, and I'm not going to answer - I was just raised not to do that. We are the result of our upbringing, and my upbringing was very much to meet obligations... You just didn't let things go.

Brenda Strong

There's an integrity and a strength to women who have been raised in rough country.

Greg Oden

You are who raised you. I've never been into entourages and stuff, and I know Zoe hasn't either, ... That's why I understand when he comes here and doesn't want to be bothered.

Raf Simons

I was raised in a very happy nest by very happy people, and I like to think that those are enough ingredients to make me succeed at Dior.

Carlos Beltran

My goal is to win. It doesn't matter how I do. I want to do well, but I just want the team to win.

Carlos Beltran

Now that I feel 100 percent, I'm looking forward to playing my game the way I want to-getting on base, stealing bases and trying to help the team any way I can.

Carlos Gonzalez

I never want to be satisfied. I never want to be like, 'OK, this is good enough.' I always want to get to the next level and help the team improve.

Carlos Gonzalez

I'm not thinking about my numbers. I'm just trying to do the best I can to help the team win.

Carlos Ghosn

More and more, in any company, managers are dealing with different cultures. Companies are going global, but the teams are being divided and scattered all over the planet.

Carl Crawford

I hate walking around known as a team that loses all the time.

Rick Adelman

We were a team without a personality. With Ron, we have one.

Steve Bruce

We were always the better team but Everton threw on their He-Men and I was always worried they would get a touch or ricochet.

Alan Shearer

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.