Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bronson Arroyo

I've become accustomed to it. It's always a soap opera around here, no matter what. If there's not a soap opera going on, it's not Boston.

Hines Ward

Teams seem to put us in black jerseys whenever we go anywhere that's hot. We're accustomed to playing in that.

The so-called pathological liar has learned from an early age that they get punished more often for telling the truth than they do for lying. They get so accustomed to devious behavior that they lie without much thought or emotion.

A vile and overbearing temper becomes sometimes, in one long accustomed to the exercise of power, unendurable to those who are subject to its humors.

That swing at the end of the first half was an example of something happening that we're not accustomed to. We're usually pretty good in that situation ... but not that time.

What is so striking about the 50-year period since independence is the extent to which African states have suffered so many of the same misfortunes, ... a flamboyant, autocratic figure, accustomed to living in style and demanding total obedience.

The whole project is somewhere north of $3 million. We want it to basically be a spa for your car, and we know we have to match the expectations of what people in this area are accustomed to.

Bruce Bochy

I've touched base with him just to make sure he is ahead of schedule at this point. He's fully aware of how important it is for him to be in a little better shape to start out spring training than what he's probably accustomed to.

Greg Davis

There's going to be some ups and downs. ... A couple of times they didn't play to the standard that they're accustomed to, and I think we'll see the very best of it.

There's no excuses for that in my mind. I should still go out there, with a healthy elbow, and get guys out. I'm accustomed to challenging them with a fastball. If it's going to be 91, 92 (mph), then that's what I've got. You can't change your pitching. But it is frustrating.

The track here is not suitable to prepare them for the Games and the whole idea is to make them accustomed to the smaller, tighter track. This is 47 degrees at its steepest and calls for a lot more control and concentration so we want to make them comfortable on that type of surface.

We are very accustomed to handling complicated and sometimes lengthy product evaluations, and we don't 'give up' just because we may be reviewing a controversial device.

We are trying to get accustomed to the rapid arrival of the heat. Playoff preparation is continuing.

Craig Biggio

The key to our success this year is obviously not from our offense. It's from our pitching and defense. We made some plays when we had to. Brunt made a great play. This is the kind of baseball we're accustomed to playing this year. We bounced back and played a little better today.

Roberto Carlos

In Brewster, when one of us causes a problem, we all pay. We're not accustomed to mixing with Americans. They base their opinions too much on appearances.

In light of the great financial challenges of presenting the 2006 festival on the grand scale everyone is accustomed to, we simply could not have produced Jazz Fest without... Shell, who becomes the festival's first-ever presenting sponsor.

In an industry that is accustomed to a daily diet of ratings, it becomes a little traumatic for everyone when you don't get them on time,

I'm not a real outspoken guy. I'm someone who believes if you put the work in, the guys are going to respect that and follow along. I got accustomed to that being a captain in juniors.

Dick Vitale

I like going to new environments. I'm so accustomed to going to Duke, Carolina and Kentucky, and those are phenomenal. But it's nice going to new places.

Isiah Thomas

I'm rooting for him. I hope he can come back and perform at the level he's accustomed to.

Baron Davis

Derek Fisher and myself, we bring a lot to this team, as far as winning, ... When you want to win, when you experience winning streaks, you get upset when you lose. It feels bad. When you're accustomed to losing, then you really don't have any feelings towards it.

That helped us stay in the game. That was what we were more accustomed to after going 4 of 14 from line against Dallas.

Fritz Kreisler

I, too, soon got accustomed to the deadly missiles, - in fact, I had already started to make observations of their peculiarities.

E. B. White

It's a little different from what we're accustomed tobut it does establish a little more formal procedures, ... The procedures can be altered if we find they don't work for us.

It's a hindrance, no question. I feel pretty confident that when I'm out there, I'll be able to be competitive and productive. Even if you don't get the minutes or opportunities that you might be accustomed to, maybe the minutes you can play will be enough to help the team out in any way possible. There's no question I want to play.

It's not just one man (who will make a difference). But we'll play better because we're now more accustomed to things.

Richard Park

I just want to get to that point before the regular season where you don't think. You just go out and play. These guys have been here so long they are accustomed to it.

Curt Schilling

I left some balls in the middle of the plate again, in situations that you can't, ... I let them feel like they were in that game the whole way and not shutting the door is not something I'm accustomed to.

Bryn Terfel

I'm accustomed to the ticket sales picking up in the week before the festival. But I am delighted the opera gala on Sunday night is sold out a week before the concert and we've sold more than 7,000 tickets for two other concerts.

Brian Boucher

I'm accustomed to playing a little bit more than I have, so it's been a bit of an adjustment for me. Just mentally, you have to cool off a little bit, not be looking so much at the schedule . . . and then be disappointed when you don't get the game. When you get the call, you get the call.

I'm accustomed to it. It's a truck that hooks up a lot of cables and is ready to shoot a football game.

That's something we've become pretty accustomed to here. He's a tremendous player, and he's been doing that all year.

Chris Shelton

It's strange for me, power-wise. It's not something I'm accustomed to. I'm not going up trying to hit home runs. I'm just trying to get good pitches to hit and they're going out of the park. It's surprising.