Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rakesh Shankar

Refinery utilization still remains very weak, with refineries still lagging in their recovery from an aggressive March maintenance schedule.

William Sullivan

Our research finds that green space produces consistently positive impact, from stronger social ties to better attention skills and less aggressive behavior, helping reduce violence.

David Lucas

Our position is there are going to be aggressive incentives on 2004 pretty much right off the bat, ... The sentiment of customers is if they come in and it doesn't have a promotion on it, they'll wait until it comes on. And the automakers know that.

Fabio Capello

Parma were too aggressive in the first half, ... I knew that they would not be able to keep that pace all match long. We performed really well after the break. I picked up the right players and I am glad about the result. We were slow in the first half but we hugely improved our passing game in the second.

Lamont Bryant

Patrick is the best player in the state. There are a lot of scorers in Illinois, but how many defend and rebound the way he does? What puts him at a level with other top players is he is very athletic and plays hard all the time. He gets at least 10 points a game playing aggressive defense.

Tim Bryant

Pascagoula came out and played inspired. They were aggressive and had a good game plan. Give them credit. We were tight, but I'm proud of them for taking care of business in the second half.

Raul Ibanez

Our offense has a nice pace, a nice feel right now. We're being aggressive when we have to, being patient when we have to. Good balance up and down the lineup, good approaches at the plate.

Peter Jones

Our office will conduct a vigorous investigation and an aggressive defense on behalf of Mr. Wesson.

Brian Hill

Steve has played under control and yet at the same time has been aggressive at driving the basketball and creating opportunities. He's really played well lately.

Caron Butler

Our main thing was to go .500 or better (on the road trip). Now that we've got three wins, why stop now? Let's make up for some of the losses earlier in the season.

Dennie McDaniel

Our team goal this year was to host a playoff match and we've accomplished that. Our second goal is to win region. We lost to them earlier (in a non-region match). We've gotten better since then and they've gotten better. It's going to be a great match Tuesday night." ()

Ken Skilton

Our goal as a team was to win the sectional, and it's even sweeter since we tied Maple Heights earlier this season. In the finals, some guys wrestled well and some didn't. But we had some tough matches.

Rick Comley

Right now, you hope to find a way to win and we did. We were resilient enough to win tonight. Probably, earlier in the year we wouldn't have done that.

Earl Spencer

Respect for the family's privacy at this stage is thought to be only just, in view of the public nature of the earlier part of the day.

Peter Dunne

Most of the Q1 openings were earlier than planned and have been performing better than anticipated in the short time they have been opened.

Keiichi Sano

It is a very choppy market. The earlier hurricane threat did impact the U.S. oil market. Refinery runs were being reduced as workers got evacuated. Now Emily looks to be approaching.

Mike Sullivan

I think St. Joseph is a much better team that they were in December. Their third and fourth swimmers are swimming much better this time of year than they were earlier in the year.

Brian Fuentes

That was unfortunate for Zach. He was a guy that had some issues earlier and was starting to come back, and it stinks that his season's over.

Skip Bertman

Stacy looked exhausted. It ended fast. I've seen worse fights in baseball.

George Cole

Some of the workers that ended up working there were graduates of those programs.

Eric Rinard

Our girls were excited to play (Shadyside) again. This year we were able to finish the game and they remembered last year and how it ended and wanted to come out and play hard.

Matt Bomer

Playing athletics, playing a lot of different sports, going to drama school... I was one of those kids who wanted to do everything, so I ended up being pretty average at everything.

Keith Adams

I'm happy because we wrestled well and ended the season on a positive note heading into the league tournament. Now we have a week off to get back in the practice room and get focused.

Shawn Roberts

I was 12 years old, so auditioning for a TV show was something I didn't even think really happened. The next thing you know, I ended up booking the gig and I did four seasons on 'Emily of New Moon.' I got to learn on the job and kept going from there.

Brian Campbell

I was just trying to step up and make a play and it ended up being a pretty good hit.

Harry Redknapp

Jamie has been forced to stop playing, otherwise he could have ended up a cripple,

Boo Rigsbee

That was awesome. It just shows that even when we did have errors, we persevered. We ended up making the plays that won us the game.

Donovan Hayles

Our motto is to work with what we have and the result this evening is a good one.

Valentino Castellani

Starting from this evening we can concentrate heart and soul on preparing for this great event.

Bernadette Peters

I love Some Enchanted Evening, and If I Loved You. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.

Kyle Eastwood

I think the very first time I was probably about 6 or 7, ... I went with my father. I think it was an evening show.

Ryan Herrs

It got him off his game. Tommy didn't have a Tommy-like evening and that hurts us.

Mike Helton

I think everybody who was part of it would like to figure out how not to have another evening like this one. It was extremely undesirable.

Beatrice Arthur

I thought nobody would come just to see me sing. I knew it would have to be an evening of comedy, also.

Faure Gnassingbe

We are going to organize a big celebration on Saturday evening after your victory,

Laura Ingalls Wilder

In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high.

Travis Cabral

Someone has to do it. I'm glad it's him.

David Thompson

Otherwise, I'm glad I've got other shows to watch.

Rick Barnes

P.J. said it best, seeds mean nothing. You got a team today that was going to shorten the game. I'm glad we get to play one more time. ... If we made mistakes, they had a lot to do with it.

Larry Brown

Physically he got tired. He tried. He seems rusty, but that wasn't totally unexpected. I'm glad he got to play.

Ruben Sierra

Playing down there is like the World Series, you know. Those kids they don't want me to get on so they were pitching me tough. I was glad that happened, because it got me more ready when I come here and I know what I'm going to face.

Carrie Underwood

I'm glad I can present a polished version of myself when it counts,

Jessica Miller

I was a little disappointed at the turnout but I think it was nice to have it small and intimate. It was very respectful and I'm glad some people were able to come out...

Ichiro Suzuki

I was able to hit a home run in my first at-bat and I was glad to do it. I didn't have that in mind but I knew we should score first and maintain the lead.

Jason Donald

I will gladly give him that record. I thought 19 was a lot, but Colt is going to shatter that. He is a tough guy.

Grady Little

Outstanding. He just getting his work in and getting ready for a big season.

Lois Frankel

Right now, the city, we're calm, we're under control, we're ready to go,

Samuel Pahlsson

Rested? I don't know, but I'm ready to go.

Paul Davis

I think this team is ready to get on a roll right now. I think this is the team you're going to start seeing.

Robinson Cano

I want to win a World Series, so I'm going down to spring training and get ready for the season.

Ben Broussard

I went up there ready to hit. I didn't want to take any pitches.

Christina Sims

The are just hopping ready to get there.

Ed Pinckney

That was a long time ago. I'm ready for another one.

M. Thompson

I was ready to take some shots. I'm not going to be shying away from shots.

Garry Marshall

I think she's a find. She's got a shot. She's pretty, but she's not a sexpot. She can play a regular person in a film. And she's also very bright.

Garry Marshall

I think she's a find, ... She's got a shot. She's pretty, but she's not a sexpot. She can play a regular person in a film. And she's also very bright.

Kenneth Chenault

Regular feedback is one of the hardest things to drive through an organization.

Amar'e Stoudemire

I was just a regular kid in poverty, struggling.

Jerry Kelly

He runs on a regular basis, I truly don't know what his capabilities are.

Javon Walker

If it was the regular season, I could have played.

Buddy Bell

If this was the regular season, he'd play. But I don't want it to run into the season.

John Servis

He's been able to train on a regular basis, and it's been a long time since he's done that.

James Calhoun

Of course, any vote will be made in regular session.

Randy Jepson

Our season was a real struggle all year long. Nothing went our way all year, but this weekend we didn't give up.

Keri Nichols

We've talked all season about free-throw shooting. We talk about shooting with confidence.

Zack Greinke

I was about 20 times smarter before this season started than I am now.

David Dellucci

That was the worst part of the season that stands out.

Bobby Lamb

It had nothing to do with our season because we had an outstanding year.

John Butters

It has been a pretty strong season for earnings.

Dennis Dacus

Lisbon will be a 10-win team before the season is over.

Gary Sheffield

It doesn't matter. I look at it like this, the start of the season I'll do what I've always done. That's it.

Alan Trammel

I still think Carlos will play before the season is over.

Dustin Villepigue

I was wondering what he was doing there. I didn't have the ball. Then he swung at me, but I didn't swing back because seniors aren't supposed to retaliate.

Mark Lasley

Most of the seniors that are starting have been starting since they were sophomores.

David Mobley

Seniors always find a way to win. There?s wisdom in experience. It showed tonight.

Matt Loveland

We wanted to (get to state) for the seniors and we wanted to do it for (Graham).

Martin Brown

We have several seniors from a lot of different sports,

Meggie Ford

We thought some of our other seniors were going to get on through, but it was a heartbreaker.

Colleen Kennedy

We have a lot of seniors this year,

Gary Sharpe

We're going to the South side on Tuesday. Our seniors have never won down there.

Abe Badmus

We're going to do everything as seniors to keep this going.

Haley Barbour

The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision.

Mike Delahanty

You have to see how much (it costs) to prevent, versus how much you actually lose.

Dennis Friestad

There were too many mismatches. There were too many 12th graders versus freshmen.

Carrie Chapman Catt

If we learn from the experience, there is no failure, only delayed victory.

Charles Darwin

...for the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.

Blaise Pascal

It is the contest that delights us, and not the victory.

Chris Evert

Don’t let a first-set victory lead into a second-set slump

C. S. Lewis

The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.

Alain Badiou

In love, fidelity signifies this extended victory: the randomness of an encounter defeated day after day through the invention of what will endure.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.

Brian Littrell

In every victory, Let it be said of me...My source of strength, My source of hope... Is Christ alone.

Brian Michael Bendis

If you like Powers, you'll love The Victories!

Nate Lowman

I think that fashion is industrial, whereas style is ideological. So they're not necessarily connected.

Marie Trintignant

The theatre fulfills, whereas the cinema is empty.

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.

Bobby DeBerry

I am going to tell them to wrestle like Devils. And they should have nothing to lose.

Dan Gable

Great wrestlers make other wrestlers great

Jamie Franco

It's weird. We've been going at it for so long that we can't really wrestle each other anymore.

Joel Schlegel

I had to take a long road. After my quarterfinal loss, I had to wrestle a lot.

Kurt Angle

Wrestlers in the U.S.A. are very aggressive. All they want to do is attack, but they'll make mistakes.

Korey Kostur

It's going to be 10 times harder. That's because we didn't wrestle well at the Warrior.

Jerry Lawler

Koko B. Ware is a crossword wrestler: he enters the ring vertically, and leaves horizontally.

Kelly Hu

I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I signed on to work with a wrestler.

Randy Savage

Being a wrestler is like walking on the treadmill of life. You get off it and it just keeps going.

Ryan Hansen

Our nemesis all year has been our rebounding.

John Devine

Overall, 2002 will be a very challenging year for the industry,

Beck

I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live.

Beck

I'm always working on my own music, too. I've been working on a record for a few years.

Beck

I have for four years now been ringing the bell. Economic Holocaust is coming. Economic day of reckoning is coming.

Beck

I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.

Barry Ritholtz

It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going to happen in the future, and any investment plan that is dependent on accurately forecasting where markets will be next year is doomed to failure.

Barry Lopez

Over the years, one comes to measure a place, too, not just for the beauty it may give, the balminess of its breezes, the insouciance and relaxation it encourages, the sublime pleasures it offers, but for what it teaches. The way in which it alters our perception of the human. It is not so much that you want to return to indifferent or difficult places, but that you want to not forget.

Babatunde Osotimehin

The United Nations has been in the Great Lakes Region and Sahel for 50 years, mostly investing in peacekeeping. NOW is the time to invest in young people!