Famous Quotes & Sayings

We were deep in our pitching staff and it was a chance for some other guys to step up and Oxford took advantage of it. We made mistakes and they made us pay for them.

We were deathly concerned about Microsoft getting into the Internet, ... We were working with Netscape to get some advantage so we could compete on at least close to equal terms.

We were crisp on offense. Kyle Jenkins takes up a lot of the defense's attention, so we usually get open looks. Kyle did a nice job kicking it out and we took advantage of that.

We need to move the ball better than the last three years, use our quickness as an advantage. I expect to be competitive in our conference. We need to win some key away games.

Maria Cantwell

We need to make sure we have every tool in the toolbox to prohibit oil profiteers from taking advantage of this tragedy,

When you can get that kind of field position through special teams it's a big advantage. Guys like that, the one thing it does is it gets the guys in front of them to keep blocking longer and sustain their blocks because they know that whenever he touches the ball he can go the distance.

Ken Hitchcock

When things are going really well, you're thinking that it's not necessary (to have a captain). But when things aren't going as well, you need to have firm direction in the locker room. ... If you have a captain with experience, why not take advantage of it?

Lots of teams in the Big East have been giving us wide open 3s and taking away the backdoor. They did the opposite, and we really took advantage of our cutters.

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. As soon you apply yourself to orison, you will at once feel your senses gather themselves together: they seem like bees which return to the hive and there shut themselves up to work at the making of honey. At the first call of the will, they come back more and more quickly. At last, after countless exercises, of this kind, God disposes them to a state of utter rest and of perfect contemplation.

Aristotle

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.

Man, you've just got to take advantage of any situation that favors you. There's no doubt the guy is talented or they wouldn't have taken him so high in the draft, but it don't matter who's trying to keep away from their quarterback. My job is to take down the quarterback, not to worry about the guy standing in my way.

Edward Kennedy

Many of us are hoping that he will take advantage of it, ... Whether he will or not, I don't know.

Haley Barbour

Many will see the vote on shore-based gaming as the first defining vote of where Mississippi is headed, ... Will it be business as usual; the same old, same old? Or are we going to lift our horizons and take advantage of this opportunity to have something better?

Many are taking advantage of first-month-free offers at apartments, not knowing what their plans are going to be.

Scott played hard right from the tip. We might have had an advantage inside, and we hit more shots, but hats off to their coach and kids.

Scoring the first 11 points straight was a huge advantage, especially in Madison. We know both teams were going to come out hard with this being (the possibility) of their last game and all, so we were just happy to get hot right away.

So I'm pushing myself, but I am still at heart a home cook, and I use that to my advantage when talking about food.

She took it over. She took advantage of her size inside. A good player will take advantage of what they give you, and she did.

Maria Sharapova

She was picking the ball up early. She used my pace and the quickness of the court to her advantage and came up with some very good shots.

She was more of a take-it-to-the-hole kind of player in high school. In high school, she was the go-to player. She was expected to score. At this level everyone can score. Now, she has a good understanding of the concepts and taking advantage of mismatches.

She's a smart player. Anytime we went to sleep, she took advantage of it.

She's probably one of the hardest-working players I've ever coached. She had the advantage and she took it.

Mike Kerr

She's in there banging away. We ask her to play a post defense and she doesn't mind at all. She doesn't get pushed around by anybody. She uses her quickness to her advantage to shoot in and out of passing lanes that other posts usually can't get into. She gives up a lot because of her size but because of her ability, quickness and strength, she's able to overcome those shortcomings.

She's our spark plug. Having her back gives us a real advantage with two strong pitchers.

Ben Carson

Quite frankly, having an uninformed populace works extremely well, particularly when you have a media that doesn't understand its responsibility and feels more like it's an arm of a political party. They can really take advantage of an uninformed populace.

Brent Scowcroft

The policy of detente with the Soviet Union, which was begun by President Nixon in 1972, was broadly seen by 1975 in bad shape, if not in tatters. In other words, were able to take advantage of the relaxed atmosphere to pursue the same goals they had.

The overall mission of Fuel Advantage is to bring technology innovators and government incentive programs together in one place, so fleet operators will finally know where to go and who to talk to about saving money on their fuel costs.

Annie Leibovitz

There were some advantages to being a woman photographer. I think women have more empathy with the subject.

Big Sean

I had an advantage because people would post me on blogs because I had co-signs from Kanye West, Def Jam, and G.O.O.D. Music. Everything I put out, the blogs would put up. When I realized that, I used that to my advantage and helped build my following on my own.

Benjamin Franklin

As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.

Wole Soyinka

My father was a schoolteacher, and so I had the advantage of both western educational instruction in the school, as well as what you might call the process of imbibing the traditional processes of education instruction around me.

Walter Kirn

Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.

Niecy Nash

One of the greatest gifts that God has given us is free will. Even though it's free, we don't take advantage of it as much as we could when it comes to matters of the heart.