Famous Quotes & Sayings

Erin Sullivan

We want to secure our spot in the conference tournament.

Charles Howard

We've seen each of the teams in our conference once this season. Now it's just a matter of playing more consistently the second time we face them.

Cody Rincker

The fact that I knew a few National Trail Conference players that went on to play there helped.

Britt Bonneau

We've still got a lot of conference play to go. We've won five out of the last six, though, and the good thing is that eight of our last 12 conference games are at home. But this one? Yeah, this one's a big one for sure.

Dominic Modise

There are a lot of good teams in our conference where 100 percent of the players are international. The level of tennis in Houma and the Louisiana isn't high enough, so you have to go internationally.

Sue Johnson

There is no doubt in my mind that Ray would be the top player in the conference if she were healthy. But she?s giving us great minutes when she?s out there.

Jack Ferraro

We did not end the season on a positive note. But, as always, we have high expectations. We have a lot of guys returning (from a team that finished 19-7-1 and won the conference title for the fourth-consecutive year) and we have quite a few skill-players.

Nell Fortner

The postseason is very important for a young team. Even the conference tournament is important for us, to get (the players) that experience. Hopefully we're playing a little past that also.

Pam Borton

We started slowly but played better midway through the first half and were able to control the tempo of the game. It's always good to get that first win in conference play.

Sartaj Aziz

We have never crossed the Line of Control,

David Gergen

When he hung up on Nancy Reagan, that's when he crossed his final threshold.

Mariella Frostrup

Mixed messages are just part and parcel of the romantic terrain, and rather than berate yourself for any crossed wires, you'd do better to work on your future resilience.

Patrick Valenzuela

When we crossed the dirt, the leader drifted out and we got through. He just took off and got the job done.

Phil Jones

What has happened in this situation is, it's sort of crossed the line.

Dan Gillerman

We are all keeping our fingers crossed and praying and are very elated by every small, however minute, sign of progress. But I think there is still a very long way to go... And hopefully Sharon will survive and come back.

Don Hill

She probably went over the edge today. She probably crossed over, really kind of marginalized herself,

Damien Mason

Lee crossed the line, but everybody does some wrong, and he has been very supportive of people in the community.

James Watson

We're just sitting here with our fingers crossed and hoping the eye goes east of us. If the TVA transmission lines go down, we'll go down, because we're dependent on them. Our system is in good shape, but when you get 80-100 mile per hour winds, it's hard to predict what's going to happen. We're making preparations for the worst, but hoping for the best.

Wayne Beatty

Unfortunately, it's one of those situations where, whatever is recommended, at least 50 percent of people are guaranteed to be upset.

Rob Jeter

Because of the level we're at, we can win the regular season but we're not guaranteed into the NCAA tournament. At this level, you have to win your own tournament.

Kate Winslet

My god, I'm not really doing it for that. I don't think we really need another film about the Holocaust, do we? It's like, how many have there been? We get it! It was grim! Move on! No, I'm doing it because I've noticed that if you do a film about the Holocaust? Guaranteed Oscar. I've been nominated for four. Never won!

Marc Short

No one is guaranteed to be on the list one year to the next.

David Gerrold

'The Next Generation' was a lot of fun for a while, and then it wasn't a lot of fun. The reason it wasn't a lot of fun was that this one was going to be a guaranteed hit. The original 'Star Trek' was never a guaranteed hit.

Dave Borison

We will be first to market with 802.11n products that are IEEE compliant, guaranteed to be interoperable with other 802.11n products.

Tim Schafer

Publishers are very risk-averse, so they lean towards licenses and sequels. But the fact is that even those are not guaranteed hits. So, if 'playing it safe' does not guarantee hits, they might as well leave it up to the really creative, risk-taking people, because they couldn't do any worse.

Ben Horowitz

As long as people are clear on what they need to do and what's going on, you're very likely to succeed. When nobody is clear, then you're guaranteed to fail.

R. Robinson

I would say that it (the visit) is not guaranteed yet,

Terry Porter

The big hurdle is going out and raising the revenue. There's no doubt about that; it's an uphill battle.

Pam Gregory

She is typically a long program skater. I think she got over a big hurdle mentally in the short program, and she's going to be very ready.

Bob Ingalls

Getting 20 percent penetration we think is achievable, and that would be the first hurdle we are looking to achieve.

Charlie Ward

Of course, there's one more hurdle to jump,

Jack Michael

We had a nice day. It was pretty much a team effort. We were disqualified in the shuttle hurdles relay but scored pretty much in every other event.

Mitt Romney

The decision to put American lives at risk is a decision that has a very high hurdle to pass.

Joe Girardi

Those are little hurdles you have to get over. Sometimes you have to learn to pitch with a lead, even if it's a slight lead.

Fatih Terim

We managed to pass the first hurdle by reaching the playoffs.

Scott Nicklas

He may have pulled his (right) quad. We'll have to wait and see. (But) he pulled out of the hurdles and triple jump because he hurt it in the long jump.

Steve Sullivan

We were being embarrassed. We were being intimidated, we just sat and told ourselves that we can outplay them.

Ashley Pelzek

We've set ourselves up well. We know we can win these games.

Andi Anderson

We usually redeem ourselves in the second half. We just had to play more steady and we had a lot of turnovers.

Bryan Mullins

We stuck together. We didn't get down on ourselves or point fingers.

Ben Roethlisberger

We still see ourselves as the underdogs. We always have. If people want to pick us, they can.

Corey Claitt

We started off real slow this season, but we wanted to put ourselves back on the map.

Keith Foulke

We're not going to roll over. It's unfortunate that we've put ourselves in this situation. But we're not going to give it to them. We're going to go out there and fight, fight, fight.

Gloria Starr

We're ruining ourselves around the world by using inappropriate verbiage and symbols.

Denny Rinehart

We're going to throw ourselves right in there, headfirst, and see what we're made of right from the beginning.

Charlie Chaplin

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.

Charles Caleb Colton

That alliance may be said to have a double tie, where the minds are united as well as the body; and the union will have all its strength when both the links are in perfection together.

Dhani Jones

When you wear a bow tie, doors open for you.

Dhani Jones

People look at you differently if you wear a bow tie, as opposed to a necktie.

Dhani Jones

There's four main pillars to the bow tie - self-representation, service, collaboration and critical thought. You have to understand how to represent yourself and critically understand how to collaborate and serve others.

Jamie Oliver

I like ties but I prefer not to wear one when I'm nervous.

Charles Spurgeon

Bread is a second cause; the LORD Himself is the first source of our sustenance. He can work without the second cause as well as with it; and we must not tie Him down to one mode of operation. Let us not be too eager after the visible, but let us look to the invisible God.

Chiaki Kuriyama

I once hit Quentin on the head with my ball and chain.

Charlaine Harris

In the world I lived in, the world of human people, there were ties and debts and consequences and good deeds. That was what bound people to society; maybe that was what constituted society. And I tried to live in my little niche in it the best way I could.