Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barry Bonds

No. I don't have to. I mean I'm a good enough ballplayer as it is.

Andy Morris

She's a smart, heady ballplayer who knows the game and situations and what to do in those situations.

Rick Upchurch

Oh, yeah, absolutely. No doubt about it, man. That's special stuff. That's special stuff to be able to go out and play with a great ballplayer - not just a good ballplayer, but a great ballplayer.

Trot Nixon

Yeah, he's going to fit in extremely well. He's a great young man, he's going to bring a lot to the table. The fans are going to love him. He's a hard-hat guy. He's got all the skills out there. He's been getting better and better every year. He's getting better with age. Fans are going to grow to love Coco out there in center field. We all loved Johnny while he was there, but they're going to do the same thing with Coco because he's a special ballplayer and he plays hard.

Kyle Lohse

You know, he's a very good ballplayer and very sound, fundamentally. The thing is, we have a lot of guys in that outfield. I'm just glad I don't have to call those shots.

Joe Posnanski

When I was a kid growing up in Cleveland, I believed - completely, wholeheartedly, without reservation or pause - that the Cleveland Indians were named to honor a Native American ballplayer named Louis Sockalexis, who played for Cleveland in the late 19th Century.

Dusty Baker

He's a ballplayer. These are things a ballplayer does -- they run the bases well, they hit well, they throw, they throw to the right base, they steal a base. I think we're very fortunate to get such a talent at such a low price.

Ron Santo

He's a Cub, there's no doubt about it. Not only is he a great ballplayer and a Hall of Famer, but he's a Chicago Cub.

Bill King

He wanted to be a ballplayer but said 'I would have been a Double-A or Triple-A ballplayer at best,'

Italo Calvino

Bringing a child into the world makes sense only if this child is wanted consciously and freely by its two parents. If it is not, then it is simply animal and criminal behavior.

William Lennon

We're not bring these charges to be popular, we're bringing these charges in order to stand up and take on public corruption head-on.

Sumner Redstone

Li is clearly a pioneer in bringing innovative partnerships to the Chinese people.

Guy Hohenhaus

Lifting the last remaining hold order at Pimlico is a positive that things are coming to a close there. We will continue working with all parties involved to monitor the situation and bring it to a conclusion. We thank the owners, trainers, and staff for their diligence in practicing prudent bio-security measures and their patience as we work through this science-based process that will make sure the remaining horses test negative before they will be released from the detention barn.

Sathya Baba

Life would be stale if there were no trials and difficulties. It is these difficulties which bring out the human values in man.

Steve Mitchell

Let this be a starting point for us in renaming B Street a starting point for us to come together as a community all nationalities, bring it down to the human level.

Jim Johnson

Luckily, we had some engineers along. They just love that kind of scenario -- troubleshooting on the fly. That's what brings us joy in our work is fixing something and carrying on, instead of just being shut down.

John Strand

Luna Energy is a neighbor that brings tax revenues and new jobs to our city and county.

Buck Martinez

Luis Gonzalez has the respect of everybody in baseball, and his opinion is very valued. He's always been a character guy that we respect a lot. We felt that he brings everything we want on this team.

Robert Mueller

And at that point, I think we all realized it was something tremendously tragic, probably a terrorist attack, and the next step was to go down to our command center and get things going.

Chuck Adams

Manhattan Associates' solutions have enabled us to transition our distribution operation from a warehouse that stored $4 million of goods to a true distribution center that manages just over $1 million of goods at any given time. Our products are now where they should be--within reach of our customers.

Gerald Galloway

Major urban centers like Sacramento, like Los Angeles, remain protected only at the margin. Engineers and scientists have got to be fully involved in this decision process, this political process.

Dana Taylor

Lucas comes with a wealth of experience and will be slotted into a center midfield position. At 22 years of age, it will be great to have the leadership that he brings.

Chris Agnello

Luke is an incredibly talented player who can start on the right or center of midfield. I had the pleasure of helping coach him at Real Salt Lake, and he is one of the fastest players I have ever seen come out of college.

Tim O'Brien

Love, as wonderful and horrible as it is, has at its center a kind of pitiful humor.

Connie Lemos

Last year, we sold out 20 days before the show, and we set a record at the center for selling out so fast.

Sara Baker

Many people think the Health Center just offers first aid. We want to let students know that we're a full primary health clinic with doctors and RNs

Jim Boeheim

Seven rebounds, that's pretty special. (He played) 14 minutes and got seven rebounds. Our other center (Darryl Watkins) got one rebound in 25 minutes, so that's pretty good.

Dan Curtis

Life is extremely valuable, and you don't always get a second chance. What a way to be able to say thank you to someone.

Nell Fortner

LSU is a well-oiled machine. They are extremely talented, but we feel we are playing them at a good time.

Shane Valdez

Luke is extremely hard to score on. He's got good solid takedowns, he's solid on top and he's very hard to take down.

Ganiyat Adeduntan

Last year we got a taste of it. The first game we played extremely well and the second game we didn't play our game. We're going to try to get to the Sweet 16 - that's our goal.

Sean Comey

September will probably be an extremely unpleasant month at the pump. This goes to show that even if you're far away from where the hurricane hit, there's a ripple effect.

Sergio Gabrielli

Self sufficiency is an extremely unusual phenomenon nowadays.

Rochelle Aytes

'Mistresses' is about the lives of four women, each going through different versions of infidelity. Their longtime friendship is what gets them through extremely challenging times.

Gus Malzahn

McFadden and Hillis are good at everything including catching. If we match them up on the linebackers, it's going to be extremely tough.

Rachel Platten

My friends and family have always been extremely supportive, but the support I've received from fans has been so overwhelming. I love hearing all of their 'Fight Song' stories; I have been so inspired by so many of them.

Marc Rotenberg

We're not big fans for the posting of privacy policies because what is much more important is privacy practice.

Gary Bettman

Like all fans, we're thrilled that we're back and that the game is doing as well on the ice in terms of entertainment, excitement, speed and skill. And that our fans have been receptive.

Lance Armstrong

Luckily the fans saw through these (doping) allegations.

Mark Sanchez

'Luchadores, mil mascaras'... a thousand masks. I see a lot of those in Jets colors. And then the Hispanic fans of other teams, they'll wear them in their colors. And they're like, 'You're our guy, Sanchez, but I'm a Steelers fan.'

Mike Tice

Look, when you go to some stadiums, it's so deafening that you can't hear. When you have 15,000-20,000 of the opponent's fans in there, it's not deafening. There is a difference. The fans that were there were great. But it wasn't like a big game when it's just your guys in there.

Simon Cowell

Look, she doesn't need to thank me and she doesn't need to thank American Idol. She does need to thank the fans who voted for her on American Idol. That's all.

Elaine Elliott

My kids are great kids. I would think the Lobo fans would support us because we are from the same conference.

Jaromir Jagr

One positive thing is we don't have to travel very far. Maybe our fans will be in the building. Maybe it will feel like seven home games. It's good for hockey and it's good for New York. More people are going to get interested in the playoffs.

John Bunting

Obviously when you get into the season, the fans are taking it one game at a time, too. But all of a sudden, here it is. Here it is.

Italo Calvino

Sometimes I try to concentrate on the story I would like to write, and I realize that what interests me is something else entirely, or, rather, not anything precise but everything that does not fit in what I ought to write.

Jacqueline Leo

Life isn't a 24/7 merry go round. If it were, you wouldn't get the 7 hours of sleep necessary to keep you fit and sane.

Richard Turner

Madonna is a pretty good rider and very fit and agile. Being thrown off is just one of the risks of riding.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Many ingredients are called 'earthy,' but none comes as close to fitting the bill as buckwheat. I'm mildly obsessed with the stuff.

Deon Thompson

Sean May, I like how he plays. We've got the same style. It's a good fit for me.

Elisa Zied

Moderation is boring, but it's the key. You need to watch your portion sizes and then you'll see you can fit a lot of these beautiful, wholesome, healthful and tasty foods into your diet.

Jennifer Armintrout

Move over, Helen of Troy; Jenny Trout is going to wage a war on good health and fit bodies!

Ewen McKenzie

Mat was very keen to be fit for this match, but in the end he wasn't right.

Rudi Voeller

My impressions are more than positive, all my 23 players are fit and all have been practicing well.

Isabella Rossellini

There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes.

Kristy Swanson

I can't ask for every movie I make to be great and brilliant. I can only try.

Mallory Ortberg

In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.

Malorie Blackman

Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Like I said, Dennis has been of great value to our team.

Danny Kaye

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.

Danny Kaye

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

Scott Peck

Life is difficult. This is the great truth, one of the greatest truthsit is a great truth because once we see this truth, we transcend it.

William Congreve

Let us be very strange and well-bred: Let us be as strange as if we had been married a great while; and as well-bred as if we were not married at all.

Robert Kazinsky

Being a kid is so much more fun than being an adult. I think that's the crux of it. I think men are just less inclined to grow up because it's much more fun being a child.

Robert Palmer

The music I heard growing up, since there was no TV or cinema or record covers, I didn't know if it was black, white, hip, square, male, female... whatever. I'd hear melodies and things and got intrigued on that level.

Albert Schweitzer

Grow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them.

Gopal Ahluwalia

Like all of us, as you grow old you need more maintenance and more fixing.

David Watson

Make your day what you want it to be. What's special is loving each other and growing as a couple.

Pam Dixon

Making money on identity theft is a growth industry and it's just not pretty.

David Hilal

Licensing is the story. All that other growth from services and maintenance comes from having new software business.

Kevin Regan

Last year was the first time we did this tournament and it successfully raised nearly $3,000. We want to grow it this year knowing the more we raise the better for the Le Mars community.

Ren Jing

Many people laughed at us in the beginning. They asked, 'Why are you spending so much money just to grow grapes?' But they aren't laughing now.

Brandon Flowers

U2 have a lot of religion, also people like Johnny Cash and Elvis. Those people weren't shy about it - it's nice there are people who've come before that were open about it.

Jai Courtney

Would I want Johnny Depp's career? Sure! But do I want all the trappings and all the stuff that comes with that? I don't know. It's a pretty serious trade off. Can you prevent it? Probably not.

Heinrich Hoffman

Look at little Johnny there, / Little Johnny Head-In-Air.

Johnny Weir

I want to be judged by who I am, not what I am. I mean, I am Johnny Weir. Judge me the way you see me, love me the way you see me, hate me the way you see me.

Gabe Kapler

There's not a man in here who doesn't realize Johnny Damon makes us go. He's very important to us.

Gabe Kapler

There's not a man in here that doesn't realize that Johnny makes us go. He's the catalyst.

Alex Pettyfer

Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career - and then you move to Paris.

Johnny Vegas

People are always asking, 'Where does Michael Pennington end and Johnny Vegas begin,' and you're going, 'It's not like that: it's blurred right across.'

Casey Stengel

Johnny Sain doesn't say much, but that don't matter much, because when you're out there on the mound, you got nobody to talk to.

Richard Rogers

I love my job. What would I retire to?

Robin Chase

I would love to have had much more money so that I could be a philanthropist.

Robert Palmer

I love Slipknot. But then I like Jao Gilberto... It's the spirit that comes through in music.

Robert Osborne

I love to be able to meet people who are successful, and I love them not because they're successful, but usually people who are successful have qualities that make them interesting to be around.

Malcolm McDowell

I've tried it all. I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit oneself.

Malin Akerman

I love when you get to work with people you know because there's so much more trust, and you're much more willing to be vulnerable in a scene with someone you trust.

Albert Schweitzer

Thinking about death... produces love for life. When we are familiar with death, we accept each week, each day, as a gift. Only if we are able thus to accept life bit by bit does it become precious.

Albert Schweitzer

Be faithful to your love and you mill be recompensed beyond measure.

Albert Schweitzer

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

Brian Price

Look, we would have loved to have won the ballgame, no question about it,

Robert Krulwich

When I was a teenager, I loved political conventions.

W. Hull

I did it because I loved the game.

Susan Castro

I can tell you that she was a very popular teacher, loved by parents and students and staff members.

Mason Cook

If I wasn't acting, all I'd do is ride my bike. I've always loved doing that.

Jeff Fenech

I would have loved to have been there with Danny, because we planned it for so long, but I'm not, and that's life,

Doc Rivers

I loved it. He was saving his money.

Jill Clayburgh

I loved it, but I really have to come to rehearsal. I had to spend time with the material. I don't know how people do it; it's very complex.

Randy Jackson

I loved every minute of it! Dude, you were the bomb!

Karl Dorrell

Make one or two more plays than they do.

Terry Teachout

One reason why Shakespeare's plays remain so popular is that they're now regularly presented in updated stagings with a contemporary flavor.

Bret Bielema

Obviously, you've seen him make plays out there. He's going to make some for them (opponents), unfortunately. We're trying to get those out of his system.

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.

Alex Barashkoff

I don't think he was rattled. Big plays come with more experience. We're a young team and we need to get better.

Augie Garrido

If we play our best, and the other team plays its best, and they win, then congratulations to them.

Plaxico Burress

I make those plays every day in practice. I just didn't make it.

Jason Richardson

I'm a jumper, he's a passer. So there's going to be some spectacular plays going on.

Michele Jackson

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

Denene Millner

I knew that Steve Harvey had a good, solid message to share, and I wanted to use my knowledge and skills as a relationship author to help him bring his message to those who were willing to receive it.

Ed Parker

Condition and guts take over where knowledge and skill end.

Earl Nightingale

Getting along well with other people is still the world's most needed skill. With it...there is no limit to what person can do. We need people, we need the cooperation of others. There is very little we can do alone

Eliot Spitzer

Imagine if the pension funds and endowments that own much of the equity in our financial services companies demanded that those companies revisit the way mortgages were marketed to those without adequate skills to understand the products they were being sold. Management would have to change the way things were done.

David Nicholls

Afterward, there was some debate as to whether we'd actually "done it properly," which gives you some idea of the awesome skill and artful dexterity of my lovemaking technique.

Kim Hostman

She has a lot of new skills that she's working on. Hopefully, she'll have them down for conference.

Mark Cuban

Doesnt matter what your skill and physical gifts are if you cant get your head right.

Charles Caleb Colton

Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive.

Charles Stross

We're currently living with a generation of established novelists who are embarrassingly out of date with respect to social networking, internet skills, and so on.

Tony Sabatino

Scott is a special player. He does it all.

David Wright

No one's going to be selfish. Not this year. We can have a special year with all the talent we have here.

Dennis Crowley

Foursquare makes maps special. We take maps that are blank and put dots on them to help you figure out what to do.

Bill Cowher

I can't say enough about our special teams. To me, that was the only thing that was on today. We didn't play well enough offensively or defensively.

Bill Cowher

I can't say enough about our special teams.

Ai-jen Poo

We [women] are the majority of the population, majority of the electorate, majority of the workforce... and yet we're still doing majority of family unpaid or low paid labor. And we live longer. Our stuff is not "special interest" stuff. Our stuff is the stuff of the future, of the whole.

Avery Cutshaw

I look for him to be pretty special by the time he's a senior.

Kelis

I don't ever want to part with any of my shoes. They all have a special place in my heart because they say something about who you are today.

Bill Cowher

We didn't play well enough offensively and defensively, but I can't say enough about our special teams.