Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Maurstad

Rebuilding stronger and safer and more flood-resistant is a wise investment of tax dollars. There recently has been an independent study by the Mitigation Hazard Council that has indicated that each dollar spent on disaster mitigation saves society on the average of $4.

Mark Twain

Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain

Jeff Sherman

Parlay cards had a good handle and average win, while props did very well. It just took a while to grade them.

Mark Shapiro

Paul had an average fastball and average curve. He was going to pitch in the major leagues, but there was nothing that would particularly distinguish him from lots of other guys.

Mark Hyman

Part of my training was learning how to refer patients to cardiologists for heart problems, gastroenterologists for stomach issues, and rheumatologists for joint pain. Given that most physicians were trained this way, it's no wonder that the average Medicare patient has six doctors and is on five different medications.

Mike Gundy

Our offense has been very average and by rotating quarterbacks, we couldn't ever get into synch.

Al Way

Our offensive linemen have decent size. The 2000 state championship team averaged 260 pounds up front. We're pretty close to that average (257 pounds) this year.

Cary Thompson

Our offensive average went up after losing our career leading scorer, and our steals went up by 64 this year. We accomplished a lot out of the change in style.

Dave Esquer

Our middle of the lineup and our average with runners in scoring position just haven't been that good. We haven't given our pitching staff any margin for error yet, and that's been a little frustrating.

Pedro Astacio

I was trying to throw strikes. That's what happened, I didn't throw strikes. I have to come back to the next hitter and throw strikes.

Ned Yost

He didn't have any trouble getting the first two hitters out. We're talking about a third of an inning that killed us.

Dave Duncan

He knows how to put a hitter away.

Erik Anderson

He is the strongest hitter in this program, and he has been for the last three years.

Lori Cooper

Kim may also play some outside hitter for us this season.

Brian Sabean

He's a leadoff hitter with a lot of dimensions.

Ned Yost

He's going to be a 3, 4, 5 hitter throughout his career. He's not going to sit in the seventh spot. And I don't know if you've noticed lately but we haven't been winning too many games, so something's broke.

Todd Steverson

I don't think it takes much more than two weeks for a hitter to start getting into the groove.

Ozzie Guillen

Hopefully we can get somebody who can run. I want a second hitter so we can put Iguchi down in the sixth or seventh spot to get more (run production) out of him.

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.'

Al Franken

I'm sure I've devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.

Mayor Lederer

Never in my lifetime have I seen this much activity.

Brian Lumley

And I have to consider myself fortunate, because there are plenty of writers who spend most of a lifetime looking for that certain something without ever finding it.

Dimitar Sasselov

In science, it is rare that a transformational change occurs during our lifetimes.

Donna Nelson

I say that, you know, it's a lifetime goal trying to teach organic chemistry, to make it easy, and I'm starting to wonder if I'm ever going to achieve it in my lifetime.

Claude Monet

Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.

Oscar Wilde

To love yourself is the start of a lifetime romance.

Philippe Petit

It's very easy to walk on a wire if you spend a whole lifetime practicing for it.

Fred Hoiberg

I scared her enough for one lifetime when I passed out. I still think about how scary that was for her. I would never want to put her in a position where I would scare her like that again.

David Perkins

Parramatta are only looking at under-15s, unless there is someone exceptional,

Atul Lele

Patrick shares are going to be up near A$8 because that is what the market was looking for before it was blocked. When it got shot down by the regulator everyone was disappointed, but upwards of A$8 is what is needed.

Patti Lovemark

Part of the problem with that is if you're looking at very young students, you're not going to see that big gap.

Darin Erstad

Sure, we know we can get it done, but we feel that way anyway. We have to keep looking forward.

Jack Warner

Our training as a team is on pace. We are looking better than we did a year ago.

Robert Cox

Red-light violations in the first year are typically decreased by 50 percent. That is the primary reason for us looking into something like this.

David Bennett

I was just looking to see if they were going for two.

Roy Williams

I was just, ... looking into his eyes.

E. Hicks

I was just looking for a pitch to hit.