Famous Quotes & Sayings

There's nothing untoward happening - everything's aboveboard. He should be ashamed of himself for once again being a sore loser.

Dick Vermeil

There's nothing like having talent. I've been on the field a long time, and we've never had better football players sitting in this room, collectively. We have some talented players on defense who can run and make plays. Our draft and free agency were good, and then the maturity of the kids that were already here blended together. I could just see from watching practice against our offense, it was going to be a much better defense.

Stuart Rose

The trading environment remains difficult and we do not expect this to improve in the next financial year. Progress will become more demanding as we start to come up against growth year on year.

The tradeoff and struggle in the market is the power of good earnings and the strength of the economy against the fear of higher interest rates and rising oil prices,

Mike Holmgren

The tough thing in this league about playing the linebacker position is that as a rookie you are seeing many things for the first time and you are going against athletes that you didn't always play against when you were in college. The physical part of it is tough, but they have handled that beautifully. Then it was just a matter if they could handle the volumes of material that are expanded a little bit when you get into our league.

Wayne Gretzky

The tough part now is that we're in a different situation than we were in 2002. We just missed one full season and I know there's probably some concerns from owners, probably more in the United States, in the sense of getting started again and trying to build that enthusiasm for the National Hockey League again and then having to shut it down for 17 days.

David Carr

The toughest for me are the guys who guess a lot. The good one I play against every year is Samari Rolle. He doesn't just play it by the book. He plays with instincts. Those are the tough guys for me. They can get beat a lot, other times they can look unstoppable. They jump routes. They sit on certain things. They can make plays on pure instincts and pure athletic ability.

The tornado touched down, then lifted off, then came down again south of downtown.

Jim Boeheim

The top teams are always going to have a rivalry. Connecticut is more of a big rivalry for us now because they've been so good. Now Georgetown's coming back, they'll be good again and that'll be a big rivalry game. It's the good teams that are rivals.

The top of the lineup just battled all game. They took good swings and got the job done against a team that can really swing it, too.

The top of our agenda continues to be the global war against terrorism and the part each of our countries is playing in that fight,

The top five girls at the meet are training for the Olympics and its fun to compete against them and to know that you can get in top ten with them.

O. Henry

The tremendous growth in the game of game has generated a huge talent pool of players, and we are pleased to present an opportunity for them to play against the world's best.

The timely hits came our way in this game. To come up with a pair of two-out rallies against a pitcher like Roth shows our guys were not going to quit in this one.

The United States is imposing targeted travel restrictions and is planning financial sanctions against individuals responsible for the recent electoral fraud and human rights abuses in Belarus, including Alexander Lukashenko.

John O. Brennan

The United States does not view our authority to use military force against Al Qaeda as being restricted solely to 'hot' battlefields like Afghanistan.

(The United States) and Russia have a joint responsibility to continue nuclear disarmament and we must fight against a new arms race. And we find that the president's suggestions really should be considered and they should be considered by NATO and Russia and also in the U.S.,

Colin Powell

The United States and India stand united against terrorism and that includes terrorism directed against India as well,

The United State and Bangladesh work closely together in the fight against terror. This arrest is a sign of the fruits of that cooperation.

The United Nations is based on principles, embodied in the U.N. Charter, that require its leadership, especially the secretary-general, to stand and defend its principles against those trying to force the United Nations to become part of illegal wars, to endorse illegal occupations, or to ignore looming genocides,

The union would agree to terminate the strike after the 24-hour period and agree further in writing not to again strike over information relating to the company's proposed health care plan.

I started this lawsuit because I wanted to deal the final blow against the Church, the bearer of obscurantism and regression.

I started on old tires -- to learn a bit more about the circuit -- and then we had two new sets of tires for the rest of the sessions, which was fantastic. We made a slight change for the third session and again for the fourth session, even though it was damp.

I started the people who competed the hardest against Tennessee. I didn't care what class they were in.

I started teaching lessons again last year. I said I can teach if she can be in class.

Ariel Sharon

Israel would very much like to promote a peace process, but because of the utter failure of the Palestinian Authority in the struggle against terrorism ... we will not be able to move forward as we would have liked,

Israel is now sustaining a war for its own existence. A nation defending its citizens against terrorist bombings and a military and diplomatic onslaught by an array of Arab foes is practicing survival, not genocide.

Bill Gates

is quite an amazing thing, given that they had a lawsuit against us and we were really mostly in conflict?. We have a great, ongoing dialogue with them, including them guiding us on the concerns of other content companies.

Ariel Sharon

I spoke to the heads of the defense establishment and once again reiterated the order that there is no restriction on our operations to stop the attacks on the communities inside Gaza and along the border with Gaza. We don't intend in any way to allow this situation.

Gerry Adams

isn't about guns. This is about those who are against change.

Bill White

I start by articulating the policy and goal that the brightest, the most qualified and experienced should make the decision, ... Nobody successfully argues against that.

Johnny Ramone

I started doing up-and-down strumming, basically to keep time and to play fast. As time went on, I started realizing other guitar players couldn't do it. I always went against the grain.

When you make speeches, you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.