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almost blocked devastated great hit knew players stayed
We knew they'd go to him at the end. I stayed with him. He hit a great shot. That's what great players do. I was in his face. I almost blocked it. I was devastated when it went in. Torrell Martin
almost business drivers license touches
We know getting a drivers license is something that touches almost all of us - it's a high-volume business but it doesn't have to be high-aggravation, Sonny Perdue
almost articulate likable sort
very articulate but sort of reserved, almost kind of shy. And so I think he is a very likable sort of person.
almost basically exciting experience jokes laugh people religious room special thousand time
Ultimately, jokes are this really special thing that we can all share. It's exciting to have basically a thousand people in a room together that can laugh at the same time, but I think of it almost as, like, a religious experience. Mike Birbiglia
almost fully investors money rate recommend simply since work
I almost always recommend investors get fully invested, since it's better to put your money to work than to let it simply track the rate of inflation.
almost badly people provided schooling
The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and treated almost as slaves. Louis Leakey
almost begging ceremony good people private putting script
As a teenager, in my songbook, I used to script what my lighting would be like. I used to dance in my roo;, it was like putting myself in a trance, and making myself feel good about things, almost like a private ceremony of begging people to like you. Mika
almost body goes hip hurdles knee leg move split tells trainer
I hate leg exercises. I hate one-legged squats. I hate the hurdles and the split squats. I hate all the leg exercises. I know they help me, and I'm able to move around and don't have knee problems, and my hip doesn't hurt anymore, but when my trainer tells me I have to do them, I almost feel like my body goes into convulsions. Michael Strahan
almost along broken gets good hard pushed unless writer written
Nothing good gets written without the writer suffering along the way, in my opinion. Writing should be a pleasure, but unless you feel almost broken many, many times in the journey to a novel, you haven't pushed yourself hard enough. Mohsin Hamid
billion community control cost economic experience higher measures past potential support
We know from experience that if the international community does not support these control measures now, the potential cost to the world will be much higher in the long term. Past outbreaks have already cost more than $10 billion in economic losses. Kofi Annan
billion chinese life people remember
The people will always remember him, ... We have 1.2 billion people, but the life of every Chinese person is precious. Jiang Zemin
billion increase mp3 percent players sales sold video
We are projecting an increase in sales of MP3 players to $4.5 billion in 2006, with 30 percent of all MP3 players sold having video playback capability.
billion gas prepared supply
We are prepared to supply 30-40 billion cu m of gas to China.
billion bit china countries global happens increases nobody original population projection seems situations studied took total
We studied different countries around the world that are representative of different situations and took a look at where they'd end up. One thing that happens right away, which nobody seems to have thought of, is that the total global population increases dramatically. From an original projection of 8 billion we end up topping out at 10 to 11 billion. In many countries, this would have an enormous, and not necessarily positive, impact. For example, the idea that China would go from 1.5 to 1.8 billion, just because of this, is a bit frightening.
billions businesses pay state taxes
There are businesses in our state that make billions and pay no taxes at all.
billion cash flow interested next phase seeing sit stardust together watching
We're interested in watching the next phase of high-rise condos going up, and we're interested in seeing how the Stardust comes together with their new $4 billion product. We have cash flow we can sit on while we're watching the market.
billion imagined incredibly inhabited virtual
We're incredibly excited to welcome the 500 millionth Poptropican into our virtual world. When we started in 2007, we never could have imagined that we'd see a day when half a billion avatars inhabited Poptropica. Jeff Kinney
billion octopus split
We split from our common ancestor with the octopus half a billion years ago. And yet, you can make friends with an octopus. Sy Montgomery
call clear information resources
We want them to have clear information about this subject, and resources to call on.
call effort takes
We want them to call us. It takes a collaborative effort with our partners.
calling answers levels
The honest answer is more complex. On some level I was sent. Or inspired. Or called. But my calling, such as it was, wasn't a single booming invitation from above (really, is it ever?)... Chris Bohjalian
calling expect instead matter plays
We know what he would expect us to do, and it was just a matter of me calling the plays instead of him.
calling felt music saying
When I was a little boy, I was reading Dante and I was saying to myself 'Bravo, Dante, Bravo.' It's so beautiful, the music, the sound, the meaning. I felt like calling him by phone, like a friend. Roberto Benigni
calls companies expensive family kid navigate phone trying
When I was a kid trying to communicate with family in the Soviet Union, it was very difficult. You had to go through the long-distance phone companies like MCI, which were difficult to navigate and expensive to make calls through. Jan Koum
call guy
wake-up call for every guy going through these houses.
call eventually firm helped herself individual intern interview jordan monica park public relations understand vernon whatever york
Vernon Jordan is an individual who I understand helped Monica get an interview with a public relations firm in New York where she was eventually going to -- and may still -- park herself as an entry-level intern or apprentice, or whatever they call it in that trade.
calling uncomfortable okay
I felt uncomfortable calling myself a writer until I started with 'The New Yorker,' and then I was like, 'Okay, now you can call yourself that. David Sedaris
expected
We know what's expected of us, and we know what we need to do. We don't want to end up like two years ago.
expected expense job prior seen
Walgreen did a better job than expected in expense management, something we had not seen in prior quarters.
expected version
Version 3.0 has all of the functionality that everyone expected in 1.0. Richard Smith
expected further guards played positive since team
The positive was our team play was further ahead. I thought our guards played the way they should have. They played like I expected since they're the veterans.
expected
We're in a win-win situation. If we lose, we've still done more than we expected in our first year. Paul James
expected factory gates generation happier hated left life occurred walked work
Our grandparents' generation never expected too much out of life and, paradoxically, were happier for it. It never occurred to my granddad that he would enjoy work. He hated it from the day he walked through the factory gates at 14 to when he left at 65. Mark Barrowcliffe
expected good program strong
Wayland has a strong program so I expected this to be a good game.
expected koreans olympics skating time
When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. Kim Yuna
expected fallen great growth number sales taxes
We're doing great on growth on sales taxes so far. We expected this number to fall, but it hasn't fallen yet.
half linux firsts
I was Computer Shopper's linux columnist for more than half a decade, from the late 90s onwards. Yes, I know about Linux. (My first review of a Linux distro in the press was published in late 1996.) Charles Stross
half empty gods-will
If I empty out half of my life, God can only fill half...God will fill as much of us as we allow Him to fill. Aiden Wilson Tozer
half safe matter
There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium. David R. Brower
half intensity played second slow
We started slow today. In the second half we played with better intensity than we did in the first half.
halfway michigan respecting seven state ten
We are at the turn, we are halfway around the track. It's just about respecting Michigan State and approaching like we have the other seven (Big Ten games).
halftime hard played struggled
We struggled a little and they made it very hard to penetrate the middle. We made some adjustments at halftime and played better.
half pulled second
We started off slow, ... but in the second half we really pulled away.
half missing three top
We started each half missing a wide-open lay-up, and that kind of set the tone. My top three scorers couldn't find the basket.
half period second spent team wears
We spent the whole second period in the box. It wears half the team down. We can't be doing that. It kills us. Jeff Carter
indicate pluto
I think the new discoveries are going to indicate that Pluto should not really be called a planet.
indicate spring type
He's getting better. I thought this spring that he didn't indicate to me that he was that type of (one-dimensional) hitter. He indicated to me that he was a lot better. Pat Gillick
indicate possible stage
I won't indicate at this stage that I'm sympathetic to this or that possible change. John Howard
indicate rethink
It does indicate that we need to rethink New Zealand's anti-smoking campaign.
indicate likely people return seem seen volume waiting
I think if you look at volume it would seem to indicate there very likely may be a return of investors. People who are more opportunistic have seen the signs. But a lot of people are waiting for clarity.
indicate second seems stage statements suppose
I suppose such statements would not be accepted, ... seems to indicate that the second stage of negotiations has already begun.
indicate truly
would indicate a truly catastrophic occurrence on the plane. Andrew Card
indicate needs record team
We're a team that needs a lot of things to go right for us to win. We're improving. Unfortunately, our record doesn't indicate that.
indicate record
(Blanton's) record doesn't indicate that he's Cy Young, but we made him look like that. Ron Gardenhire
investment social program
Social Security is a family insurance program, not an investment scheme. Diane Watson
investment revenue concepts
I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue. Daymond John
investment commodity crucial
Patience is a crucial but rare investment commodity. David Dreman
investment profitable
Knowledge of the investment is most profitable Benjamin Franklin
investment smooth makers
For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising. Austan Goolsbee
investment maggie town
We're making a substantial investment into the town of Maggie Valley.
investment perfect pressure skills themselves tremendous
Women's skills and abilities are no different from men's but they put a tremendous pressure on themselves to make perfect investment decisions.
investment large sure
With the investment we make in that zoo, it's a large investment. We want to make sure it's managed to it's maximum.
investment ourselves period second
We've complemented that with a second office to think about how we need to prepare ourselves for that period 10 or 15 or 20 years from now, by way of investment in our technology, our organization and our people. Stephen Cambone
million mind run
When you take away the phone and e-mail and you don't have a million things to run around to, it allows your mind the space to think more expansively about the things that matter. Ewan McGregor
million pressure resolve
We've got fines accumulating at $1 million a day. The pressure is on to resolve this problem.
million today worth
What $1 million is worth today is not the same as it will be worth in 2030.
million perry rick win word
We're going to have to use the word million in the plural, but with that being said, we're not going to have to outspend Rick Perry to win this thing. Jason Stanford
millions
I want to sell out arenas and sell millions of records. Katy Perry
million returned three troops vietnam
Three years into American involvement in Vietnam they were up to 500,000 troops in-country and there probably were already a million who had returned home.
million next project received three
Three years ago we received 7 million applications. This year, we project 13 million applications. Next year, 15 million.
million power restored
We've restored power to about 1.328 million people, but 89,000 are still without.
million people product sold telling works
We've sold or sampled more than 15 million servings. People are telling us that this is a product that works for them.
numbers endurance vices
The martyrs to vice far exceed the martyrs to virtue, both in endurance and in number. Charles Caleb Colton
numbers sides smallest
The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands. Charles Simmons
numbers mind neurons
In the human mind, the number of possible connections that can be made between neurons greatly exceeds the number of atoms in the universe. Alan Moore
numbers needs credit
The economy is turning, and credit comes in with a lag, .. To the extent that a number of small firms are finding it difficult to get the credit they need at a price they can afford, that's likely to change for the better. Alan Greenspan
numbers clouds united-states
Although the outlook is clouded by a number of uncertainties, the central tendencies of the projections .. imply continued good economic performance in the United States.
numbers generations todays-generation
The number one problem in today's generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.
numbers people problem
I have had some problems because the French don't like people to have success, they don't like the number one. Alain Prost
numbers generations christianity
In every generation the number of the righteous is small. Be sure you are among them.
numbers alternatives grit
You just have to stand and grit your teeth and know your poll numbers are going to go down - and mine have - but you gotta grit through it because the alternative is unacceptable. Chris Christie
phones looks lists
If someone is interested in working with me, I would much rather them email me and we sit down or get on the phone, than them look at a client list and decide if I'm worth it or not. It should be based on work, and based on how we get along. As opposed to like, "Oh, he's worked with this, this, and this. Let's go. That's fine."
phones nba novelists
As a novelist, there are three phone calls you never expect to receive in your lifetime because if you waited for them you would grow despairing - one calling from Stockholm with a Swedish accent, one from the NBA, and one from Oprah Winfrey.
phones differences profound
I always used to reach for the cigarette when the phone rang, and I figured nobody would ever call me in Tokyo. The time difference is so profound it's, like, already September in Tokyo, and I figured nobody would be able to work it out.
phones people too-late
Right, my phone. When these things first appeared, they were so cool. Only when it was too late did people realize they are as cool as electronic tags on remand prisoners. David Mitchell
phones way messages
Sending a message on a mobile phone is not the most natural of ways to communicate. The keypad isn't linguistically sensible. David Crystal
phones agency car
You should definitely have a travel agent. Why go through all the hassle of dealing with airlines, hotels, and rental-car agencies yourself, only to see the arrangements get all screwed up, when with just a single phone call you can have a trained professional screw them up for you? Dave Barry
phones medicine doctors
I become faint and nauseous during even very minor medical procedures, such as making an appointment by phone.
phones people online
The future of mobile is the future of online. It is how people access online content now. David Murphy
phones mind email
Happiness is a clear mind. A clear and sane mind knows how to live, how to work, what emails to send, what phone calls to make, and what to do do to create what it wants without fear. Byron Katie
population republican goodness
Goodness knows the Republican electorate is a pretty narrow slice of the population. David Price
population conservation policy
You don't have a conservation policy unless you have a population policy.
population potential proportion social
The potential for social unrest, social instability is pretty significant. You have a very substantial proportion of your population that has been undereducated, malnourished, marginalized, is disaffected, not able to go to school. John Williamson
population potential proportion social
The potential for social unrest, social instability is pretty significant, ... You have a very substantial proportion of your population that has been undereducated, malnourished, marginalized, is disaffected, not able to go to school.
population
There is no population in there. It's deserted. E. O. Wilson
population serious thinker
Writers read essays and serious thinkers and serious readers... that is a small population. Alan Lightman
population
The population is healthy, but it's not like we've got a lot of them.
population rate
The population is growing, the unemployment rate is dropping. It's a combination of those two factors.
population should myth
There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed. Edward Zwick
statistics observation application
The bearings of this observation lays in the application of it. Charles Dickens
statistics probability
History cannot be reduced to a set of statistics and probabilities.
statistics firsts
Statistics is the first of the inexact sciences. Edmond de Goncourt
statistics ends scissors
The thing with high-tech is that you always end up using scissors. David Hockney
statistics life-is uncertain
Human life is proverbially uncertain; few things are more certain than the solvency of a life-insurance company. Arthur Eddington
statistics theory results
It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.
statistics eyeballs rely
When all else failed, you had to rely on eyeball intrumentation. Arthur C. Clarke
statistics possibility refutation
It was one thing to have guessed it, another to have had that guess confirmed beyond possibility of refutation.
statistics computer program
In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently. Alan Kay
top-down simplicity doe
Optimization hinders evolution. Everything should be built top-down, except the first time. Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. Alan Perlis
topshop urban apparel
I love going to Topshop, Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, I'm in love with their jackets. Chloe Grace Moretz
topics until
Until a few years ago, the topics in my Ph.D. were unfashionable, but they are very popular today. Benoit Mandelbrot
top-10 planning persons
I'm planning to be the youngest contestant in the Top 32, and I'm planning to be the youngest person in the Top 10... Diana DeGarmo
toppers microsoft company
I am not topper in my university but all toppers are working in my microsoft company. Bill Gates
top
We'll be around the top of our division.
top-down challenges charity
Unlike solidarity, which is horizontal and takes place between equals, charity is top-down, humiliating those who receive it and never challenging the implicit power relations. Eduardo Galeano
top
She has to be (on the top of her game).
top tower
I can't see the top of the Eiffel Tower yet. Carles Puyol
users
We look at our users' interests, without our users we don't have business. Jerry Yang
users
Toolbar users are more sophisticated, use advertisers in more sophisticated ways, Eric Schmidt
users
We thought it was very important to keep our users out of jail. Peter Norvig
users
By the end of 2006, we will have about 60,000 users in total. The new ones will be installed this month.
wireless
Wireless is really kind of where everyone's going.
wireless
Wireless is on fire. I don't see what slows wireless down.
wireless
Wireless is not a failsafe. It's a telecommunications accessory.
wireless
Our wireless routers are indoors, while the new networks' will be outside.
yesterday knows
I am but of yesterday, and know nothing. Charles Spurgeon
yesterday nuts today
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground. David Icke
yesterday may tomorrow
If you concentrate on the present, you eliminate what happened yesterday and any apprehension of what may happen tomorrow. Denis Waitley
yesterday giving want
Are you smelling me?” After yesterday I suspected that my body was giving him all kinds of information I didn't want him to have. “Don't tempt me,” he murmured. Deborah Harkness
yesterday what-is-love rose
The snows and the roses of yesterday are vanished; And what is love but a rose that fades? Edgar Lee Masters
yesterday errors forever
bureaucracy, safely repeating today what it did yesterday, rolls on as ineluctably as some vast computer, which, once penetrated by error, duplicates it forever. Barbara Tuchman
yesterday faces tomorrow
Face tomorrow tomorrow's not yesterday Avril Lavigne
yesterday political demise
When I die, I don't want my demise to be used as a political rally, and that's what happened yesterday. Bill O'Reilly
yesterday done may
Yesterday is done. Tomorrow never comes. Today is here. If you don't know what to do, sit still and listen. You may hear something. Nobody knows. Carl Sandburg