Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Ritchson

I didnt really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing.

Al Pacino

I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn't good enough. I didn't know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.

Chris Chambliss

If you're not having fun in baseball, you miss the point of everything.

Chris Berman

Back, back, back, back... Gone!

Tommy Richardson

We knew they were a great baseball team, and they did everything right to start. They had no walks, no errors and we couldn't run on them, but we've been behind before and that's why you play seven innings. We knew we could come back strong.

Lou Piniella

Uh, look. When you're last in the league in pitching and last in the league in errors, that's not a good combination to win baseball games. We're last in the league in walks. There's a direct correlation between those things.

Don Cooper

I don't believe there's a baseball job that I couldn't take care of.

David Price

I'm a very competitive person, whether it's school, baseball or even playing video games.

David Murphy

My goal on Earth is not to win a World Series or be the best baseball player who ever lived. That simply is not up to me because I have to wait and see if it is part of the Lord's plan. My goal is to follow the Lord and what he wants me to do so that someday I may enter His kingdom and receive everlasting life.

Charles de Gaulle

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

Charles Dickens

Some philosophers tell us that selfishness is at the root of our best loves and affections. Mr. Dombey's young child was, from the beginning, so distinctly important to him as a part of his own greatness, or (which is the same thing) of the greatness of Dombey and Son, that there is no doubt his parental affection might have been easily traced, like many a goodly superstructure of fair fame, to a very low foundation.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

God's gifts are many; His best gift is one. It is the gift of Himself.

Bob Thomas

We want them to swim fast, and this is the best way to do it, in short races.

Farley Flex

We want them to be as comfortable as possible. So they can give us their best performance.

Steve Davies

We want to take care of our district games and then, game seven, eight, nine, 10 make sure we're playing our best football.

Jeff Matteson

We want to surround our families with as much support as possible. There are some great people working with kids in this town. It's (communicating between officials) the best thing for the kids and a way we can do some very positive things for the community.

Nick Saban

We want to support every player, and I think every player knows he has a responsibility for what to do and what not to do. As a coach, I also feel a responsibility to put a player in the best situation possible so he can have success.

Venancio Figueroa

We want to stay competitive and make sure we're providing customers the best value.

Red Schoendienst

When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard to come up, but it's just hard to stay in the big leagues.' That's because there's always somebody. The Cardinals had so many minor league clubs and had so many good ballplayers.

Mark Lamping

I think there are some things that if you're from St. Louis you have an inferiority complex about. We don't have the great residential condominiums of downtown Chicago or we don't have the number of Fortune 500 companies as we used to have. But there are those things we think we do really, really well, like the Cardinals and KMOX and I think we take great pride in those things.

Phil Garner

I thought the Cardinals were going to be hard-pressed to duplicate what they did last year and they did duplicate it. We are a different club and we are probably not offensively as potent as we were last year. ... We are probably a little stronger in the pitching department and probably a little weaker in the offense department. I don't know how that's going to work out.

Reggie Sanders

If the Cardinals have me back, would I love to come back? Most definitely. But that's a long way away.

Frank Robinson

I remember my first Opening Day very well. We lost 4-2 to the Cardinals on a two-run home run. I remember my first at-bat, a double, missed a home run by a couple of feet. I had an intentional walk and another hit and went 2-for-3, and I thought I was on my way to the Hall of Fame.

Braden Looper

I was upset then. I was pretty naive. The Cardinals drafted me, and I envisioned playing my whole career there. I didn't know how long I would be in Florida.

Larry Fitzgerald

It's rewarding to be recognized by the fans and other players for my abilities and to be able to represent the Arizona Cardinals fans from around the world.

Vicki Bryant

We are committed to providing our fans the opportunity to share a piece of Cardinals history and we are very proud to offer with the help of our Hall of Fame Players this truly unique, limited edition collectable.

Juan Pierre

Mentally, we just didn't get it done for whatever reason. Stuff went our way a couple times in the Cardinals series, and this time we didn't put ourselves in a position to have things go our way.

Chris Brown

You are the fans, sit back and watch. That's all you're doing anyway.

Brandon Evans

We knew they were going to make a late run. But what I did, it was for my team. Plus all the support from the fans just helped us play better.

Dhani Harrison

I'm a huge Wu-Tang fan.

David Anders

I do Comic-Con and stuff all over the world. They can be taxing and they can take it out of you a little bit, but it's just great for the fans. They get such a kick out of it.

David Ginola

I went see the horror thriller, Hannibal. I am a massive fan of Anthony Hopkins. He is superb in the film.

David Prowse

Actually I'm not that involved in the fan site.

David Naughton

I'm not a big slasher film fan.

Rene Portland

The point guard has always had a tough thing to please. Obviously, they have to please all of our fans and they have to live up to the expectations and the history of the great point guards here at Penn State.

Mike Bohn

where our fans come regardless of who we're playing.

Guy Finley

We go through our lives in a continual dance of being filled with something that needs an answer, and then going out and finding that answer... only to find out that our answer wasn't quite the answer.

Gary Dunn

We always have a lot of new guys come out for the team, but the new guys have a lot of potential. Before, we just had people who filled the spots.

Mark Wigley

We have to get past the standardized image. It didn't include any of the poor people - any of those neighborhoods that we only know now because they're filled with water.

Bill Gates

I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm – not all – that religion used to fill.

Aidan Turner

I feel like a bit of a phony sometimes - I started acting because I didn’t know what else to do. I filled in all these university application forms and honestly didn’t want to do any of the courses.

John Gibbons

We're moving in the right direction. We filled some needs and now we need to go out there and see how good we are.

Thomas Dewar

The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along.

Dorothea Brande

Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.

Dennis Ritchie

Twenty percent of all input forms filled out by people contain bad data.

Dale Carnegie

Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking.

Judith Butler

The argument that all Jews have a heartfelt investment in the state of Israel is untrue. Some have a heartfelt investment in corned beef sandwiches.

Jacques Rogge

You have succeeded brilliantly in meeting your challenge. These were truly magnificent games. We say a heartfelt thank you to Italy, Piedmont and Turin.

Mr Bush

We send our prayers and heartfelt condolences to the loves ones whose hearts are broken.

David A. Bednar

Heartfelt and willing obedience invites the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost.

James Crawford

We've really been dedicated, and it's a heartfelt loss.

Steve Buoni

It was some of the most heartfelt thanks I ever felt in my life.

Khieu Kanharith

This is our small, heartfelt contribution to join with Americans in offering condolences to those killed in the Katrina disaster,

Ignatius of Loyola

Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.

Charles Dickens

Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope.

Charles Simmons

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

Alan Rickman

I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.

Eric DiBiase

We've won nine of the last 11, so I like our chances.

Andrew Palmer

We want to show that we're no joke. People thought last year was a fluke. We can make improvements from last year. We're ready to see what's out there.

Craig Smith

We know what to do and what not to do because of last year. That's why we're in this position right now.

Bruce McMiller

We know we made a lot of progress last year, but there is still a lot out there.

Tony Russa

We know him and technically a position player can get here the last two or three weeks and that's plenty of camp. I'm sure he's been working.

Diane von Furstenberg

Don't talk about your diet. It's just boring, and the last thing you need when dieting is to be considered boring.

Charles Spurgeon

But no thoughtful man's life is uninteresting or devoid of marvels. A sincere life cannot be empty of memorable occurrences.

Alan Greenspan

How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?

Dianne Feinstein

Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.

David R. Brower

Sometimes luck is with you, and sometimes not, but the important thing is to take the dare. Those who climb mountains or raft rivers understand this.

Catherine Crier

Obviously, the most memorable has a lot to do with the time spent on the matter, and the Westerfield and Peterson cases are up at the top of the list.

William Shakespeare

His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!

William Shakespeare

Beware the ides of March.

William Shakespeare

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

William Shakespeare

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

David Gower

Vaughan now plays more on the crease than he did,

Patrick Marleau

We want to play them in their end and always have the puck and start making plays in their zone. When we're successful, we get results like this.

Wayne Chrebet

When it comes down to it, everyone is just trying to get their plays and get to the season healthy. I don't think it'll be anything too crazy.

Chauncey Billups

We're going to run some decoys for him. We're not going to run plays for him.

Sarah Snook

I'm the youngest of three sisters. We were always performing plays for each other.

Jeff Banks

We had backups ready to go. We charted his plays to see how many times he touched the ball, worried about overusing him.

Michele Jackson

She understands that if she plays well, this team plays well. Defensively, she buckled down and the rest of them followed.

Donny Burnett

She's our leader. When she plays well, we all play well. When she is off, we're all off.

Arthur Clough

Shady in Latin, said Lindsay, but topping in Plays and Aldrich.

Chris Jones

Just to be able to play every day in stadiums like this.

Jason Giambi

That was a Yankee Stadium homer, for sure,

Jacob Ruppert

Yankee Stadium is a mistake: Not mine - the Giants'.

John Alexander

We would have to have a year trialing the new stadium through Super 14 before the World Cup.

Brett Heyl

It was everything you'd think it would be. Walking through the tunnel into that stadium with your country's team, there's nothing like it.

Gary Hetherington

Without the new stadium we probably wouldn't be going to Cardiff,

Dan Kaiser

It wouldn't be a stadium type of a thing.

Chris Gray

It's been unbelievable. It's probably one of the loudest, if not the loudest, stadiums I've ever been in.

Simon Jordan

Even if I built a 50,000-seater stadium and bought Ronaldinho, there'd still be complaints about crap hotdogs.

Edith Wharton

traditions that have lost their meaning are the hardest of all to destroy.

Carlos Fuentes

There is no creation without tradition. No one creates from nothing.

Boozoo Chavis

I keep up the tradition, the zydeco.

Edmund Burke

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Brian King

We try to keep the regulations down. That's an A.T. tradition as much as anything else.

Charles Rosen

The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.

Auguste Comte

The dead govern the living.

Camille Paglia

The piddling ignoramuses who deny that there is a distinct, discernible, objective western tradition are just woozy literati.

Allan Bloom

As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead.

Alan Bullock

Spending a weekend with Hitler would have been boring in the extreme, although you would have had a greater certainty in coming back alive.

Alain Prost

I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not.

Al Seckel

I live in one of the coastal cities in Southern California, and every so often I like to take a walk down the boardwalk in Venice during the weekends when it is abuzz with lively activity.

David Sedaris

..she took pictures of germs, viruses, and people reacting to germs and viruses. On weekends, for extra money, she photographed weddings, which really wasn't that much of a stretch

David Ginola

I am still feeling my calf strain, so I have been unable to train this week. I will again have to sit out the weekend action, but the lads are climbing ever higher to safety.

Dave Barry

Here in Miami, on weekends, amusement-seekers will come to the marina, set up folding chairs, and spend a highly entertaining day watching boat owners perform comical maneuvers such as forgetting to set their parking brakes and having their cars roll down the ramp and disappear, burbling gaily, below the surface.

Derek Jeter

You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.

Dennis Miller

In view of all the deadly computer viruses that have been spreading lately, Weekend Update would like to remind you: when you link up to another computer, you're linking up to every computer that that computer has ever linked up to.

Denise Van Outen

At weekends, I've been going on long but steady-paced four-and-a-half-hour bike rides.