Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeremy Reichert

Our main focus for the next two weeks will be preparing for the division (matches). This will determine the seeding for zone and is crucial to our success.

Christopher Shays

Our waterways are crucial to the economy in our region, so we need to take every step to keep them secure,

Matt Raymond

Roads are not only crucial in fighting forest fires but also in promoting forest health.

Jerry Narron

LaRue's play is one that nobody talks about. That was the big play in a crucial part of the game.

James So

The 13,500 level is the next crucial support level but I don't think we'll see the HSI falling that far today.

Jeff Haile

That was crucial for us and that was a crucial shot for them to miss. It's a hustle play, a heady play. She knew what was on the line, she had to hustle to get back and she did.

Annika Sorenstam

That was a pretty crucial eagle. And the momentum definitely turned there.

Jill McCorkle

I think too many people edit themselves way too soon. There's plenty of time to edit, and it is a crucial part of it all, too.

Rep. Flores

I think that what we saw from last hurricane season is that increasingly, having gas is as important and as crucial as having electricity and running water.

Greg Mason

Reggie's just a player, a very good post presence offensively. That was the difference in a tight defensive struggle.

Paul Columbia

(Our pass defense) is something that we need to make better. We need to do a better job with the pass rush, it's not just the defensive backs, it's also the defensive line.

Shane Battier

Our offensive and defensive execution was poor when it mattered. We couldn't get a stop when we needed it.

Joel Sankey

Our offensive and defensive lines are very good.

Matt Sgambati

People like to use the word 'ugly' in big defensive games. But these two teams play hard physically.

Mark Watkins

Our problem tonight was we just didn't have enough contributors down the defensive end, we just didn't get guys in the right position and (only) two guys in double figures ain't gonna get it done.

Carmelo Anthony

Our team needed me out there to get some things done on the offensive end and the defensive end. At halftime, I just told (the team) it's time for me to wake up.

Fran Dunphy

Our whole defensive thrust was better that last 10 minutes or so. It was a big stretch for us. From that point on, I thought we really played terrific basketball.

Aaron Gray

Other teams are keying in on him, setting whole defensive strategies around him. That's presenting opportunities for other people to step up. It's amazing. It seems like every game, it's someone different.

Paul Konerko

Really, you can split that thing five ways. Those guys were unbelievable.

Bret Meuli

Our record should have been flip-flopped. There was an inning in four or five games where we lost games. If we could have had five innings back, we would have made the playoffs. The playoffs are our goal.

Eric Etchison

Our offense got complacent. We got up by four or five runs and the offense just went stagnant.

Kenichi Chizuka

Our original outlook was that we are looking to win five medals. Talking with the various federations, we might get two or three more.

Stan Smith

Our (offensive) line is amazing. If the line gets off and gives the back five yards, it opens up a lot of things. I can't stress enough how well they do.

Steve Roach

People have been saying that for five or six years. You can only put these things off for so long and then the day comes when your realize you're in serious danger.

Peter Lynch

People have been looking for recessions for the last five years,

Leslie Peterson

People need the help now. Easily, I could give out five times what I give out.

Martha Stewart

People make jokes about making lemonade. I actually like lemons. These are my first lemons in five months,

Folarin Campbell

Regardless of the attention, all four teams are going to come out here and give it their all.

Barry Trotz

Paul took four penalties. I was ready to strangle him.

Jim Edmonds

Our lineup's been thin all year. We played without three guys for three or four out of six months. We'll be all right.

Jim Edmonds

Our lineup's been thin all year, ... We played without three guys for three or four out of six months. We'll be all right.

Cathy Alexander

Our league lost a lot of players. Vail Mountain will be the strong team, but the other four teams lost a lot of players and are all young.

Mark Sweeney

Steve Finley, having him as a fourth outfielder is a luxury that a lot of teams don't have. Obviously he's not a fourth outfielder but that's what you have to pencil him in as.

Dan Witter

State is kind of like a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. You don't really look at it until you get there because we have to win four games.

Chris Roberts

Some of the properties have been sitting for over four months. They need significant repairs.

Christopher Cox

Some of the most significant thefts have occurred during the last four years,

Larry Walker

Reggie? Good luck. Congratulations. ... You guys win the championship down there?

Lydia Lenker

Re-election doesn't lead us. These are good issues.

Gregg Hostetler

Recognition is always good for the program. I think they have to prove it to me.

Jane King

Realtors should be all over this. It's a good product.

Joe Torre

Reggie was one of those guys who knew how good he was and let people know how good he was. Some players resented that during those times.

Stephen Hadley

Our relationships are in good shape. This is not a trip where the president has to come with a deliverable or an initiative.

Carl Pettersson

Pars are good. I had a good round going,

Mark Brunell

Patrick is a great guy and a very good player,

Doug Higgins

Patrick did a good job and we moved some guys around on defense. We started to play a little more solid.

Richard Midgley

Regardless of whether we won or lost last Saturday, there would've been a lot of pressure going into this week.

Jackie Williams

Recovery is a miracle. It lasts for a life time.

Sam Burns

Recessions usually last about a year. That would place the end around March or April.

John Buchanan

Our record over the last while has been pretty well exemplary, with just the odd incident.

Samuel Johnson

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Roger Short

Part of the time we do go around in pairs, but these pairs don't last a lifetime.

Jay Bly

Our line play versus the run is going to be a key. We're going to have to play disciplined on defense. No matter what offense someone plays, if you get whipped up front, you're not going to win. We saw that when we looked at last year's tape, but we've made some adjustments.

Lee Salem

Our only regret is that it didn't last longer. That was Bill's decision.

Patrick Stewart

Our last words were, 'Be safe. I love you,' ... He said, 'I will.'

Vernon Geberth

That was not necessary to do what he did to her body. That's a utility to prevent screaming.

Cindy Sheehan

I think this is so urgent and necessary that this is what I have to do.

Adrian Edwards

It is not the U.N.'s wish to have these barricades and things in place, however, as part of security provisions for doing our work here, they have been necessary in the past.

Charles Ruff

It is neither necessary nor appropriate for the president to testify.

Christian Louboutin

It is extremely necessary to realize that the world doesn't only have one way of seeing things.

Jay Wright

He just did what was necessary to win the game. And having that weapon is valuable.

Brian Cashman

He's got time to do what's necessary to get us where we need to be.

Angus King

If it's necessary to join a caucus and get a committee assignment, I'll do it.

Amanda Schull

If it isn't necessary I would rather not subject my skin to too much, so if I don't have anything special to do for the day, I try not to wear any make up.

Bertrand Russell

I do not pretend that birth control is the only way in which population can be kept from increasing. There are others, which, one must suppose, opponents of birth control would prefer.

Joe Solmonese

It certainly, for me, raises the possibility that she's more fair-minded than our opponents are hoping.

Carl von Clausewitz

The only situation a commander can know fully is his own: his opponent's he can know only from unreliable intelligence.

Sam Davis

Obviously, you'd rather play a team that doesn't get after it quite that well on defense. They put a lot of pressure on the perimeter and get a lot of steals from opponents with their half-court pressure.

Justin Trudeau

When I get passionate or worked up about an issue, I say things that the Conservatives and opponents and critics like to pounce on.

Aberjhani

Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.

Kirk Ferentz

When you do things that are uncharacteristic, we had to play well on special teams, and we didn't do that. When you do things that are not characteristic, even subtle things, you have to give your opponents a lot of credit.

Andrew Young

One of the principles of nonviolence is that you leave your opponents whole and better off than you found them.

Kelly Moylan

Unfortunately, we don't get another shot (at Shawnee Heights). But that's okay. We still have plenty of tough opponents waiting for us.

Joe Crawford

It didn't surprise me because they saw that they were getting the rebounds and they stuck with it.

Avery Johnson

He got some big stops and rebounds for us and stopped them from getting some rebounds and that is what he's here for.

Hugh Godsey

She got some big rebounds and some big shots for us.

Rahshon Clark

We let them get a lot of rebounds that we should have come up with that were real crucial.

Billy Donovan

I want to see you get 15 rebounds just once.

Mike Sillinger

It was one of those nights. The rebounds were there, we just didn't get them.

Billy Donovan

It was a tale for us defensively where we weren't able to get enough rebounds and stops.

Dan Corbin

And she had to have about 15 rebounds and some blocks, and she was just incredible.

Ryan Gomes

(Pierce) has been making those big shots for us.

Bethenny Frankel

I've often thought if I didn't make my marriage work, I would have failed at my one true shot at happiness.

Joey Mullen

I thought he was solid all night. He didn't have a lot of shots for two periods, but when they did, he was there.

John Ontjes

Friesen's a tough player. She made some unbelievable shots in the first half.

Justin Gray

I take tough shots all season. I do take a lot of them. You end up making some.

Frank Sciolla

It didn't matter. We were getting lay-ups. We were getting all the shots we wanted. They just weren't going in.

Kirk Hinrich

I thought all of my shots were going in. When they didn't, it starting getting frustrating.

Bernie Bickerstaff

He's had to do a lot of things because we haven't been making shots from the perimeter.

Russ Crist

We made the shots to win the game. They just had enough time to get one off.

Crystal Kelly

Our team is so talented. We have so many threats. Teams shouldn't be able to stop us.

Jim Tressel

Our first thing is to stop the run, period.

Shaul Goldstein

Our battle, ... is to try to stop it all.

Bill Crawford

Change isn't about what you are stopping... it's about what you are starting.

Bill Crawford

Making changes isn't about stopping the problem, it's about starting the solution.

Joseph Druce

I was just, like, 'That's it. That's it. I've got to stop this. I couldn't get it out of my head.

Abu Ahmed

Just because we have a big guest, do we stop going to prayers?

Dee Brown

That was what we set out to do, stop Grier.

Bobby Frankel

I was experimenting, but nothing worked. I just had to stop on him.

Geno Auriemma

I think she's taking it pretty seriously. You know, it's that time of the year.

Justin Smiley

I think he's taking it pretty well, but I know it's tough.

Bob Hunter

I thought I was going to be a reporter, taking notes,

David Jacobson

I feel like this is part of something big he is doing, ... Like taking over the world.

Joe Crawford

I feel like I'm getting better every game, more comfortable, just being aggressive, taking my opportunities.

Andrea Mitchell

I feel terribly guilty. I'm not used to taking off time at all.

Angelo Crowell

Just taking things more serious, taking a different approach. I was kind of transformed, so it's kind of cool.

Steve Smith

I have a one-track mind. I was not taking the hitch. I wanted to go for the goal.

Will Blackmon

He's calm. Relaxed. He's not nervous. He's taking control.

David Davies

Sven's got a roving eye. He's like a seagull and can wrap his wings around people.

Kevin Morris

Out the end windows of the cafeteria, it's all new,

Max Mathurin

Rene Preval has been declared the winner with 51 percent.

Ben Curtis

I'm here to win and that's what I want to do,

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

Beck

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

Beck

Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead

B. B. King

I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.