Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carlos Garcia was an agent of change. People may not want to believe it right now, but he really was.

But we kind of knew who was a free agent before the season started, so it's really not a surprise.

But this is uncharted territory. We've never seen this kind of destruction. There are relief efforts down there and you have real estate agents as refugees. There is too little known at this time.

Burt Reynolds fired his agent after 'Boogie Nights.' If he has a lick of sense in his head, he'll kill his agent after 'Dukes of Hazzard.'

Jon Kitna

Basically, the money has been cut in half because there are more free agents on the market with less money to spend on them. This whole situation, it's not good for any of us and it's not good for the game. Something that was so healthy is now not so healthy.

Chris Dodd

Because they breathe more times per minute than adults, they are more susceptible to biological or chemical agents, ... Because their skin is thinner than that of adults, they are more susceptible to toxic agents that can pass through skin.

Chris (Ryan) is a key free agent signing for us. This move will help us get back to being a championship-caliber team.

I look for him to have a monster year. There are a lot of things going his way. He's going into his free agent year. It's his second year here. He's got some good guys around him in the lineup who should take some pressure off of him.

My agent was talking back and forth with the general manager, and last week he asked me if I could get to Sarasota by Tuesday. I said no problem.

Amanda Peet

My agent was like, 'Oh my God, you're going to love her,'

Andy Serkis

My agent told me they were casting for the voice of Gollum. I hadn't read The Lord of the Rings, but I read the script and realized what an amazing role it was. I developed a voice for the audition tape, then met Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh at the auditions and fell in love with them both.

Alfonso Soriano

My agent told me there were a couple of teams interested. I said I don't want to worry about it. I said if it happens, call me. But don't tell me who the teams are. Don't say anything about it until it happens.

My agent thinks I'm going to hear from some teams. I hope I do. We'll see what happens. I think I'm worth at least a fourth-round pick to some team.

James Nesbitt

My agent Sue realised after 'Cold Feet' that I could have spent the rest of my life doing similar roles. So she was instrumental in moving me away from that.

Mili Avital

My agents do not like my choice to work only in New York and Israel - it's not a good career move.

Michelle Wie

my agent says he might be able to arrange for me to meet Brad Pitt!

Hugh Jackman

My agent said to me five years ago, 'Hugh, I can see one day you...if I had to plan a goal for you, it's for you to have the kind of career that Sinatra had.'

Kevin Connolly

My agent said that every Monday after an episode of 'Entourage,' at the staff meeting at the agency, that's all they do is talk about the episode the night before.

John Spencer

My agent said, before the show, I never played anyone who made over $25,000 per year.

My agent loved it because my name was flying around everywhere. My dad was looking at the internet every day. But I didn't pay attention. I was busy trying to become the player I know I can be. I was always setting myself up (mentally) to be a Mariner. I was never setting myself up to be traded.

My agent called me this week and told me that, and I said, 'You know, I wish the ball knew that, because it's not like it's going in the hole any easier.'

Tom Wilkinson

My agent asked me if I was interested in having a Web site, and I said I didn't want one. I didn't want people prying into my life. I consider myself quite private.

My agent asked me before the season if I'd be interested. I wasn't.

My agent and I felt this was the best fit for me. I definitely wanted to have the opportunity to potentially play for (a championship), hopefully get to the Finals. That's what I'm thinking about, and I think with this team, we're definitely capable of doing that.

Money-wise, I'm not sure what most free agents even get. But if you make the team, the money takes care of itself.

Barry Zito

Money isn't the goal. It's more about me maxing out on the field, being where I want to be pitching-wise. This is my home team. I haven't spoken to my agent in a month or so.

Leon Russell

Mosquitoes are a very important agent for transmission of zoonotic diseases, ... I'd worry first about mosquitoes and then about water quality.

Karl Hobbs

No one wants to come down here for a nail-biter. Yeah, we'd like to make the game easier. ... My life insurance agent would like for them, too.

Kevin Towers

Ned deserves a lot of credit for what they've done in San Francisco the last 10 years, reinventing their club the way they do and always staying in the top two or three in the division. I know he's very good at negotiating contracts, has a good rapport with agents and is media-savvy.

Obviously, if you prorate it over a shorter time, the signing bonus won't be as high. But teams, players, owners and agents can all get creative.

Max von Sydow

Nobody told me there was any idea for a sequel to 'The Exorcist.' But my agent called me to tell me they were going to do it, and there was a part for me. I said, 'But I died in the first film.' 'Well,' he told me, 'this is from the early days of Father Merrin's life.' I told him I just didn't want to do it again.

Debbie Ford

For your soul's sake, invoke the agent of change called risk, which ensures that things will not be the same tomorrow as they are today. All real change requires risk.

For years we've been talking about providing a single view of the customer and trying to consolidate all the different departments and initiatives in the contact center. But the agent still has to Alt-Tab between different applications and swivel-chair between different desktops. It's out of control.