Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Geist

The crack of a bat sounded amplified in cavernous Yankee Stadium, sprinkled lightly with fans on a cool September evening.

James Bay

When I'm writing, I need to amplify my thoughts and feelings on just a conversation that I might have had with somebody - somebody close to me. It's often the case that the people closest to me are the people on my mind the most.

Stefan Sagmeister

By far, the most determining factor of any brand is the product or the service the company produces. Branding companies have very rarely any significant influence on that, but it is, of course, in their interest to amplify their importance.

Michael Schenker

In the past, I have not been able to hear myself. I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically.

Seth Shostak

When I graduated high school, nearly a half-million people subscribed to 'Popular Electronics' magazine. Soldering up some radio or hi-fi amplifier on the basement workbench was not just a personal passion - a lot of young people were doing the same. The magazine expired in 1999 for lack of interest.

Charlie Worsham

When I'm at home or in the studio, I have a 1963 Martin. It's a D-28, and I love that guitar. I write on that guitar, and it's the first guitar that I put a pickup in and ran through an amplifier, splitting the signal to the amplifier and a DI or in the studio mic'ing it traditionally and putting an amp in the other room.

Lester Holt

I have a couple of basses in my office. And I try to be courteous of my co-workers, but sometimes I get carried away and I crank up my amp and I rock out. It's kind of my stress reliever.

Kevin McCloud

I'm quite shy. Television presents an amplified version of yourself. When I'm on camera I'm pumping more adrenaline, I'm being a bit more engaging than I am in everyday conversation, but that's normal, isn't it? Otherwise nobody would want to watch.

Eleanor Catton

My sense of injustice about our family's 'weirdness' in not owning a car was amplified by the fact that we did not own a television, either - my parents were unapologetic about this and told me very cheerfully that I would thank them for it when I was older, which was quite true.

Jon Groth

We were too passive offensively today until the ninth, when we put up some runs. I was glad to see us come back late. It ended just short of where we needed it to.

Alfredo Palacio

The people of Ecuador, particularly the people of Quito, today have ended the dictatorship, the immorality, the great power, the terror of fear,

Tim Fish

I really started self-publishing on a serious level in 2002. Those smaller books did well, ended up moving from doing a series to compiling everything into a trade paperback in about 2005.

Ewen Bremner

I turned down plenty of films which proved to be hugely successful. And, of course, I've also had plenty of experiences where everyone thought we were doing brilliant work and it ended up pretty horrific. Same as any actor, really.

Roxanne Cardejon

We started out with only one tumbler and we ended up with seven at the KIF championships.

Angelo Babbaro

We started out last year also at 3-0, but we ended up going 3-3, so we've got to keep up the intensity.

Darren Rommerdahl

We started off a little slow but got better as the game went on ...When we ended up getting our opportunities, we were hungry enough to go and get some goals.

John Shaw

We started flat, we played flat and we ended flat. I don't know why, but maybe my younger players just weren't ready for it.

Ignacio Bunye

We are thankful that the incident ended peacefully.

Mike Rush

When you say goodbye to so many great volunteers, it's always hard, but it's good to know there's always a new generation of leaders emerging.

Paul Souza

We've seen responses that these genetic problems are being eliminated.

Liz Ellis

The real beneficiaries will be the next generation of netballers and other professional sportswomen.

Marie Brennan

When I'm working on a novel, I generally do write every day, but in between those marathons, I take breaks. My brain needs time to recharge.

Susan B. Anthony

Every generation of converts threshes over the same old straw.

Terry Hill

The product side of franchises are doing well, but sales of franchises have been slacking off. Just about all franchises are working to generate leads for business.

Steve Swasey

The production studios are realizing that there's some revenue to generate from shows that are even off of the air.

Rob Pike

The process of software development doesn't feel any better than it did a generation ago.

Thomas R. Cech

If you want to study one of these strange organisms, you had better have a good justification. It's not good to study gene organisation in some obscure insect that no one's ever heard about.

Michael Green

She's been running in front. She's been out there when Perkins, at the time, and Gibson have been getting it together.

Eric Volbert

To open up Chantel in the post, we had to hit some long shots, and for the most part that didn't happen. That's one reason we got beat, and the other reason is Dudley. We held her in scoring the previous three times we played Gibson County, but tonight she got us.

Dean Laidley

I thought Jon Hay was good and Josh Gibson -- they were the two big pluses in the backline.

Richard Roeper

Mel Gibson is a masterful storyteller, and this is the work of his lifetime.

Ryan Lochte

If I could have one superpower, I'd be like Mel Gibson in 'What Women Want,' where he reads women's minds.

David Jolly

Sloan Gibson is doing a great job. We need to give him more power to terminate employees.

Carol Vorderman

Everything has to be organised for kids in London - you can't just walk three roads to see a friend.

Carol Vorderman

My commitment is to my kids and my mum and I'm having a whale of a time.

Carlos Mencia

I grew up in the projects and I know how important it is for kids to have hope.

Carlos Ghosn

It would be easier to make money in other sectors, but since I was a kid, I liked cars.

Carl Barks

I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.

C. S. Lewis

Kids like us don't often have the chance of meeting a great warrior like you. Would you have a little fencing match with me? It would be frightfully decent.

Tommy Amaker

We have no one to blame. That's what I wanted the kids to know.

Jim Allen

When your kids get on a bus, you want...

Miguel Nicolelis

We want kids to think that they can think about science. They don't need to just play soccer.

Erika Eleniak

I liked acting early on, and I really liked roles that were meaningful to me, and 'Baywatch' was.

Dita Von Teese

When I was a little girl, I watched all old movies. My mother liked old movies, and she loved shopping for antiques, so I was around old things all the time.

Liam Payne

I really liked one girl and asked her out 22 times, but she always said no. Finally I sang to her, and she said she'd go out with me.

Johnny Kidd

It was suggested that I take a recording test. I passed, was liked and, well, you know the rest of the story.

Nicolas Roeg

I think I've never really liked the idea of genre, a film that follows the rules of a genre.

Kiersey Clemons

When I was younger, I liked writing stories and watching younger actors on TV.

Bill Cowher

Would I have liked to see us be more in sync in the passing game? Yes. And that's the one thing I come out of the preseason saying I wish we would have done better,

Jacqueline Bisset

What I realized on the 'Grasshopper' was that I wasn't sure that I liked being in every shot. It wasn't fun.

Lisa Randall

When I was in school, I liked math because all the problems had answers. Everything else seemed very subjective.

Taylor Handley

When you get to play pretend for a living and do it with really talented people, it's really fun to go to the office!

Eric Maskin

I'm not a housing market expert, and I don't want to pretend to be one.

Barbara Kingsolver

I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.

Rusty Agte

Much as I'd like to, you can't pretend this is not a big deal.

Tenzin Gyatso

When things are desperate, there is no need to pretend that everything is beautiful.

Martin Freeman

I enjoy fighting scenes. I like fighting in film. I like pretending to fight in films.

Orson Scott Card

I'm right here. This is who I really am. I'm not pretending.

Anna Netrebko

In Russia, I pretend to be a lot of princesses and wait for prince. That was my dream.

Robert Smith

I've got a presence on all the social networks, in fact, but I've never once sent a message. I'm there because otherwise, someone's going to pretend to be me.