Famous Quotes & Sayings

They're very much alike. The biggest difference is that Robinson is a little bit stronger. He played running back before, so he's not afraid to dip that shoulder and run you over. Just like we did against Vick, we have to contain him and make him one-dimensional, where he just throws the ball.

Paul Farmer

The danger is that they build up a power base and turn everyone in the organization paranoid, everyone becomes afraid of everyone else and the work culture begins to reflect the personality of the leader,

Johnny Damon

The guy's been amazing for them. He's a competitor. He wants the ball. He knows how to get the job done. He's not afraid of anyone. He's their MVP.

Markus Zusak

The idea that he is haunted by what humans do I just loved that irony because we are all so afraid of dying. Originally, he was a very different voice. He was supercilious. He was enjoying his work too much and he would say creepy things, which is the obvious.

A lot of times people are afraid to travel down rivers because they are not sure where they can put in or take out, they don't know if it's private land or not so this is a nice area where the put in and take out are monitored. It's safe, they're clean.

M. John Harrison

A good ground rule for writing in any genre is, start with a form, then undermine its confidence in itself. Ask what it's afraid of, what it's trying to hide - then write that.

Geno Auriemma

You worry at this time of the year that you get a little bit hesitant, a little bit tentative, and it becomes a walk-it-up, grind-it-out game. I don?t want it to be like that. I don?t want to be afraid to run and afraid to lose and worry about ?What if.? I just want to go and run up and down the floor and make some plays and see what happens ? that?s when we?re at our best.

You will no doubt expect a long letter after so much delay, but I am afraid you will be disappointed, as long letters are not my forte.

Dirk Koetter

Andrew's had a tendency in the past to get frustrated with certain players if they don't make plays. What's become evident in camp is he's got a lot more confidence in a lot of guys. He's not afraid to let it go.

And opening my eyes I am afraid of course to look--this inward look that society scorns-- Still I search in these woods and find nothing worse than myself, caught between the grapes and the thorns.

Bruce Bartlett

And no other think-tank has shown any interest in hiring me - for a variety of reasons. I think they're afraid of the White House. They're afraid of losing access. I think they're afraid of losing contributions. And some simply disagree with some aspects of my argument.

All those guys will have an opportunity in spring training to show what they can do. We're not afraid to push people to Portland. We want to make sure they're ready for it.

All the yellow cards put our defense under pressure. They were afraid of being taken out of the game.

All these younger kids, they're ready to play out here. They're ready to be in the spotlight. ... They're not afraid to win like I was, to be quite frank. It was hard with the lead out there and the cameras on you and the people cheering you. It was hard to balance all that, and these young kids now are able to do that.

John Gay

The girls knew exactly what was at stake. I don't know if the pressure of that got to 'em. I think they're really super frustrated and I'm afraid some of them might be ready for (the season) to be over and if that's the case, I'm really disappointed.

Shane McAnally

The truth is, I probably would be dead if I had become a star, because at that point I was so closeted and so afraid of people of finding out I was gay. There was no telling what would have happened.

These guys kind of have a deer-in-the headlights look; they haven't been through this kind of thing and it shows. I'm afraid FEMA has gone backwards in time to the old era of a more traditional campaign-loyalty position.

Billy Gillispie

These guys aren't afraid to miss. We made some shots today. That makes your offense look a lot better.

These girls aren't afraid of anybody. We have so many underclassmen that they don't know they're supposed to be afraid of these teams.

This is a great opportunity to learn about other cultures that we have in the area. Come out and get to know your neighbors because we're afraid of what we don't know.

Apache has outperformed the market. It's up 9.8 percent so far this year, ... Apache is a driller that also benefits from increased business overseas. That means that the lower dollar is a benefit to them. They've got a big find in Egypt. It's an independent oil and gas company that I think has lots of room to run. I wouldn't be afraid to buy it here. It's been a market leader even over the last 12 months.

A number of respectable institutions raised their current year and 2007 forecasts for gold and more of them are no longer afraid of mentioning the word 'record' when it comes to future gold prices.

James Zogby

And the reason why people are afraid is because leadership led them down this path, it exploited the fear, the concern, and it used an Arab bogeyman to do it.

Jim DeMint

appear to be the brainchild of a group that is afraid to tackle the real problems in the tax code.

are not necessarily afraid of that permitting process.

An expected political vacuum is not something the market is afraid of.

As fearful as investors were nearly seven weeks ago, they're afraid of missing the bottom, so that's why you see the violent moves to the upside. But we still have to get through October,

Chuck D.

Sadly, racial segregation in our community remains an issue. We continue to reach out to people of color, but I'm afraid it will take a long time to overcome the divisiveness of the past that is inherent in our culture.

John Hart

Sandy was always the baseball guy who understood what GMs went through. He wasn't afraid to tell it like it was. He was always fair because he understood the game. He's special.

Sandy was always the baseball guy who understood what GMs went through, ... He wasn't afraid to tell it like it was. He was always fair because he understood the game. He's special.

Quite often when people get to a situation where there is a big prize, they are afraid to lose . . . they change their game.

Public school is a place of detention for children placed in the care of teachers who are afraid of the principal, principals who are afraid of the school board, school boards who are afraid of the parents, parents who are afraid of the children, and children who are afraid of nobody.

Josh Turner

Raising three boys is a huge responsibility for me, especially in this day and time when I look around and there's a lack of good, strong, upstanding Christian men who are not afraid to be men and just own up to their responsibility.