Famous Quotes & Sayings

it would be exploitative to take advantage of the situation.

It was to our advantage to see Minnesota lose last night. To see them get upset like that made us bear down and realize that we can't let this happen to ourselves. We had to make sure that didn't happen.

It was the right move at the right time. It was perfect. They slowed down a little bit, and we took advantage of it.

It was the perfect week for the team to give themselves permission to lose, and they took full advantage of it.

Petr Nedved

It was very nice. We would have appreciated it more if we had won in Pittsburgh on Sunday. But we made the most of it. When you get a chance to relax you have to take advantage of it and we did.

David Lopez

It was very important to give them the wind first. That way we knew in the second half we could take advantage of the wind and we did. Also, Chris Tidwell did a great job out there. He made some great saves that had my heart beating (fast) for a couple seconds.

Brad Boyes

It was us, we sat back. We've got to go hard and keep pressing and we didn't do that. We sat back on our heels and a team like Atlanta with the firepower they have, (they) came out and took advantage of it.

John Gibbons

It was working to our advantage. He couldn't throw strikes. It's a big lead to overcome, though. Brutal conditions, but it was working in our favor at the moment.

It was working really well. I was hitting my spots with my fastball away. Those guys were kind of taking it here and there, so I was taking advantage of what they were giving me.

It was weird, very weird. There was just no flow. We didn't play that bad, but we didn't take advantage of our chances either. We let them hang around and hang around and we end up with this.

It was an end-to-end game and we took advantage of our chances early. We had a couple more, but their keeper made a couple nice stops. Then it was a good high school soccer game.

It was a chance to play in front of these coaches and show what I could do. I was taking advantage of that.

The second half of their season, they've been as good as anybody. We fought hard to get home-ice advantage. Now we have to take advantage of it.

These statistics precede Southwest Airlines' arrival and show that passengers are taking advantage of the choices and fares available to them.

Herb Asher

These recent economic numbers show Ohio has the worst economy in the nation. But that's not something Democrats have taken great advantage of.

These quasi-state corporations are in fact driven by private interests while taking advantage of their state status and privileges. The state has come to serve the interests of several corporations instead of the majority of citizens.

These were two very good teams tonight. They got the momentum and we cooled off. They got the momentum going and got the crowd going and just all the advantages of the home court in a sectional final. But I'm proud of my guys.

The storm left fantastic powder. We definitely anticipate a lot of skiers and snowboarders up here to take advantage of it.

The store consolidation plan does not change our optimistic outlook with regard to new store development, and we continue to expect that we will open up to 70 new OfficeMax stores in 2006, using primarily our new Advantage store prototype format, to strengthen our position in key areas of the country.

Scott Skiles

The stat sheet does not really show it, but they pretty much out-played us from beginning to end. We had a hard time in the early going even following our simple game plan. We tried different lineups to keep it close. In the third quarter, they took advantage of us and we could not do much to stop them.

The sense of conquest is in it. Not often is a collector able to obtain complete material in one assault. The plant may be at the moment sterile, or only in fruit or flower... but this lack has the advantage of stimulating the collector to go back in another season or year to complete the work.

The senator from Alaska announced that he will also take advantage of the suffering people of the Gulf Coast by tying badly needed relief funds to the speculative revenues in his drilling plan.

Javier Lopez

The striking evolutionary conservation of ratchetting points suggests that recursive splicing provides specific advantages for large introns, ... One possibility is that recursive splicing prevents the generation of long RNA transcripts that could form structures that interfere with correct processing into mRNA. Another is that recursive splicing might help stimulate transcription through long introns by promoting interactions between the splicing and transcription machineries. We also know already that recursive splicing is used to control the removal of certain exons from mRNAs, generating structural and functional variation among the gene products.

The software guys haven't been shooting high enough. But as the performance available becomes higher, someone out there will be smart enough to take advantage of it. Of course, if they're not Microsoft, that could be tough.

The snap count, it's an advantage. When you go to the silent count, you lose that advantage. It's a good little amount of time. You've got to look at the ball, and it costs you split-seconds. It's even tougher for the tackles, because they're lined up way out there.

The smart card is a developed card of multiple advantages and can serve both citizens and residents.

The small increase in mortgage rates in November may have prompted many prospective homebuyers to jump into market in order to take advantage of pre-approved mortgage rates.

The students in the horticulture program really take advantage of it. But the rest of the students don't care. They don't benefit from the things they have.

Arsenio - he's probably the player of the game. He's been playing a reserve role all year long. He had a chance to step up and he took advantage of it. He hit some crucial free throws at the end; hit a couple jumpers - he was really crucial in the win. He came up big for us.

As a kid I always wanted to play for Siena. I remember going to games at Pepsi Arena with my dad. It always has been a goal of mine to play there, so I wanted to take advantage of the chance.

As a line we need to provide a little bit of offense. It's not a priority but, at the same time, we need to take advantage of every opportunity we have.

The Burke Administration continues to dodge going public with news of the City's newest arrival - a $4.8 million dollar 'structural deficit' - while, at the same time, using that bad news to its advantage in wage negotiations with police and fire unions.

The bye is the advantage. Playing a L.C. team that's better than their record, that's not easy.