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.

Stephen Jen

Regardless of the decision on the euro, the U.K. is becoming so well integrated into the euro economy that investors are willing to invest in the pound as a proxy. That has made the pound surprisingly resilient.

Aaron Greenberg

Record labels and movie studios are coming to us and trying to figure out new ways to reach their consumers. They?re coming to us because the 18- to 34-year-old demographic - which is their core demographic - is becoming harder and harder to reach.

Ben Wilson

Re: Ian Bell becoming England captain I always thought it was customary for the England captain to lose form after he'd been named captain rather than before.

Vince Young

Our relationship is great. Like father, like son. Like big brother, little brother, ... I just love being around him. He's done a whole lot for me. With him I learn football but also learning just life, period, becoming a man.

Charles Hood

Parts of the city have become a target-rich environment for human remains. It's becoming a very difficult task.

Dennis Durbin

SUVs are becoming more popular as family vehicles because they can accommodate multiple child safety seats and their larger size may lead parents to believe SUVs are safer than passenger cars. However, people who use an SUV as their family vehicle should know that SUV's do not provide superior protection for child occupants.

Bruce Condon

Surfing, like snowboarding is becoming more mainstream. It's really getting much more popular as people realize it's not that hard.

Cate Blanchett

Suddenly, my friend's daughters are becoming my best friends. I have so many 12-year-old girlfriends.

Howard Davidowitz

State Street is now becoming very valuable property, and Carson's lease is way under-market.

Jay Oxley

Our league will be tough. Telluride has been tearing it up down south.

Rodney Selph

Our league is so tough and we don't have a lot of nights where we could do this. It was a nice team effort.

Tony DiCecco

Our league is legit. You have to respect everybody.

Willie Randolph

Our pitching is like everyone else's in the league - very uncertain.

Doug Johnson

Our schedule hasn't been very good, and that's something I think the league has to look at and try to fix,

M. Wolfe

We noticed it, obviously. It opens up an NCAA berth for another league team.

Bill Shankly

When I've got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.

Bert Blyleven

I want to stay around longer than the pitchers who were at the top when I came into the big leagues. I don't want to be gone and have all the old guys - Seaver, Carlton, Ryan and Sutton - still pitching. I got rid of Palmer, now I want to outlast the rest of them.

Arsene Wenger

Nobody will finish above us in the league. It wouldn't surprise me if we were to go unbeaten for the whole of the season.

Daniel Alfredsson

Our special teams tonight were the difference. Five-on-five, I think we were the better team. It's a tough loss.

Becca Fitzpatrick

There's nothing special about losing your virginity over a toilet.

C. S. Lewis

I dread specialists in power because they are specialists speaking outside of their special subject.

Skip Bertman

That would be something very special. It's already been a very special season.

Jimmy Calderwood

That was very disappointing on such a special day,

Chris Chelios

I think it's pretty special and he's having a blast.

O. Henry

I think he could be a very special player.

Avery Johnson

I still think this can be a special season, but right now we are sputtering.

Donald Trump

I think this wedding is one of the most special ones we've done.

Crystal Kelly

Our team is so talented. We have so many threats. Teams shouldn't be able to stop us.

Jim Tressel

Our first thing is to stop the run, period.

Shaul Goldstein

Our battle, ... is to try to stop it all.

Bill Crawford

Change isn't about what you are stopping... it's about what you are starting.

Bill Crawford

Making changes isn't about stopping the problem, it's about starting the solution.

Joseph Druce

I was just, like, 'That's it. That's it. I've got to stop this. I couldn't get it out of my head.

Abu Ahmed

Just because we have a big guest, do we stop going to prayers?

Dee Brown

That was what we set out to do, stop Grier.

Bobby Frankel

I was experimenting, but nothing worked. I just had to stop on him.