Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ron Wyden

The reality is that the special interest groups that have lobbied against Free Choice Vouchers object to any measure that would empower employees to have a say in their health benefits because it begins to erode their power in the current health care system.

Dee Brown

There ain't no difference. Take Penn State. They're a rival. Whoever wants to step up and play against Illinois is my rival. That's the way I see it.

There are a lot of big guys in this league, and Bas will help us. We need someone who can come in and compete against these guys.

There is no doubt in our minds that we can get a result against them. If you can win seven games back to back in the SPL then you must have the belief that you can continue that run and that's what we'll be trying to do.

Dee Brown

When I'm playing against them, I guess I get a little more juiced.

Dick Vermeil

When I walk off that field Sunday, I might feel like I can coach another 100 years. They just won't guarantee me that feeling every Sunday. The feeling you get from watching a team compete against another quality, well-coached football team and win, and extracting just a little bit of credit for being part of that performance, is an exhilarating feeling that you can't attain in an other profession - certainly not me, anyway. There'll be a right time, and it'll be clear in my mind exactly what it is.

We set out to dominate from the start. We saw what Beauregard did against Andalusia and we were determined to not let that happen to us.

Daniel Ortega

The people of Nicaragua were suffering oppression. This made us develop an awareness which eventually led us to commit ourselves to the struggle against the domination of the capitalists of our country in collusion with the U.S. government, i.e. imperialism.

As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet in her weakness, trembling at the approach of her dissolution, but not appealing to me against the inevitable, rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience, and pointing to a hopeful future.

Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.

Terry Zwigoff

I don't like most Christmas movies. They're pretty bad, though they seem to make tons of money anyway. Like this movie 'Elf,' I got the script for that, and I turned it down right away. Against my wife's better judgment.

Thomas Bangalter

Initially, electronic music was anti-establishment, as punk rock and rock n' roll were. The music was shut down; the police were against the parties.

The only one that really competes against Hannah is Hannah. When Hannah skis well, I think she's the best (female) skier in the world.

John Wilmot

The only objection against the Bible is a bad life

The only message you can give (the players) is to keep working hard, keep doing the things you do. We played well against Buffalo in our own rink, but things just didn't turn out well. . . . We're really not finishing (shots) with good regularity.

The only institution that Minnesota Republicans are truly interested in preserving is their slipping grasp on statewide offices. Minnesota Republicans have spent the past month barn-storming the state in an attempt to build support against Democrats in the State Senate who have repeatedly kept this amendment off the ballot in favor of focusing on real issues facing Minnesotan families. Republicans continue their noisy death rattle knowing that polls show that this is their last opportunity to place this amendment on the ballot before they lose the Governorship and State House to Democrats this fall.

Robert Young

The only inadvertent sort of thing is it sets us up as an either/or, ... You're either with Microsoft or you're against them. The market doesn't want to hear that. The market wants suppliers who have customers' interests in mind. The perception is somehow that we want Microsoft users to fail. We want Microsoft users to succeed better than before.

The primary reasons behind the back-to-back triple digit losses for the Dow are fears of a U.S. policy of protectionism against China and rising oil prices.

Kofi Annan

to protect themselves against criticism or to criticize others.

We were definitely happy with that since we collapsed at Old Mill. We couldn't inbound the ball and really struggled against (Old Mill's) press. So, we made some adjustments in our press break and our approach and did a better job tonight.

Steve Nelson

We were criticized for taking that fight but it was the right decision because the interim title made him champion again. But we need this fight against Toney to prove Rock's totally for real, to cement his legacy as a top heavyweight champ. The plan's working and this could be a very exciting final couple of years for Rock. I don't want him fighting until he's 40 years old.

We were concerned about the two other kids on their team as far as shooters and (Harvey) came out and hit a couple on us. We went to the 1-3-1. I thought it was effective for us, probably through the third quarter. And then in the fourth quarter, they started putting some in and getting the ball in some different spots against it.

David White

We were competing against schools from Maryland and Delaware, and there was a separate division for D.C..

We were both cheering against each other. But as close as it was, you had to do that. You don't really like to cheer against another team, but when (Stafford won), the feeling was indescribable.

Michael Huff

When you cover the best, you want to keep the stats to know how you did against them.

Jay Gruden

When you coach against him, you feel like he's getting all the calls because he's working the refs so hard. It seems like he's always whining to the refs and falling on the ground, and he's got the clock operator in his back pocket. But it's fun to play and coach against Coach Marcum's team, because you know it's going to be a battle.

When you can start the section against the perennial power, Wash High, and play like we did, it's a good way to start. I told the kids before the game, that no matter what happens, it's only one game. But it's nice to win.

When we started the series against Sri Lanka, nobody expected us to win anything. But after the first Test (against Australia) everyone had a different impression about us. I think this is our team achievement.

Joe Browne

When we scrimmaged against Glenn and Trinity last week, we didn't do a very good job of executing, ... All this week, we worked hard on the basics. I give all the praise to my offensive line.

When this team executes, they are fun to watch. You have to dictate tempo against them. When they take the ball out of the net it makes it a lot easier to get back into our transition defense.

When things weren't flowing, they penetrated and made things happen which you have to do against a zone. We are not a team that drives well so we don't do it that often.

Let's start with the positive. It's a win. It's a short list. We have to take care of the basketball. We had 22 turnovers against Florida and 23 against Arkansas. That's unacceptable. We are not giving ourselves the opportunity to score.

Let's see if we can go make some noise. It'd be a great win for us. One, because it's a road game, and two, because it's against a good basketball team in a great environment.