Famous Quotes & Sayings

The kids really stepped up to the plate and played extremely well on both sides of the floor. We switched to a half-court defense, and that slowed down Johnston and allowed us to get some transition points.

The lack of information and liquidity in the shares today has allowed speculators to push the valuation to unreasonable levels.

The lack of emigration rules and regulations allowed Japan to argue for a temporary halt to emigration to Hawaii in its quest to prevent passage of a Japanese exclusion act.

The metro Phoenix housing market is returning to normal after an extraordinary year that allowed housing prices to rise much more rapidly than at any time in history.

Their press really hurt us. We just made too many mistakes. We are getting close to where we want to be but give them credit they forced us to make mistakes and the turnovers allowed them to get into their offense.

The issues are now in the hands of the state, ... The state system must be allowed to work. But the county in a previous administration has taken care of its responsibilities.

Their defense never allowed us to get in a rhythm. We were playing a little fast, a little nervous.

Their inside game allowed them to get things done. We had too many scoring opportunities that we didn't respond well to.

The Internet has allowed people to invade our own homes, to have conversations with our children in the privacy of our own homes without us ever knowing about it.

The family is disappointed at how the crucial evidence was not entered or allowed to be entered.

David Anderson

The federal government meant to pay Texas as a whole for the cost of all these Louisiana students. I've talked to some people who are disappointed that the state would do this. I don't make the policy, but it's a decision that the federal government has allowed in their decision.

There was a misunderstanding of the PEC statements. The PEC allowed civil society monitors to visit the polling booth and not to monitor the electoral process. This means that monitors were allowed to enter for a few minutes and not stay throughout the whole day.

The return to a level playing field for irrigation in the basin will encourage more efficient water use, and that will have a positive effects on flows in the river and help salmon. The subsidized rates basically encouraged waste and allowed irrigation on marginal land.

These old homes should not be allowed to be torn down unless there's due process. But, at this point, what can you do.

John Goodwin

The severity of the penalty is really the strongest deterrent. It allowed authorities the tools they need to make those arrests.

Once they got to her house, he asked to come in and use the bathroom. She allowed him to come in the house and once they were in the house, he reached over and grabbed her breast.

Not only can we not golf, we can't even go out on the golf club's property. We're not allowed in the grill or the pro shop. We've been totally kicked out of everything to do with the golf course. They're trying to divide us from the other members.

Lena Headey

Nothing's ever allowed to just be entertaining. We have to talk about it.

After the game, cell phones are allowed and you can call your wife and tell her about the game. But before the game, hotel, any meetings, it's (not allowed).

It's really, really research too because you can educate people, but if they don't have the tools, or are not allowed to use the available tools for whatever religious or cultural reasons, then you can't educate them in any way that is going to change anything.

John Gibbons

Any time you lose a Gold Glove, that's a hit. But that allowed us to make that trade. We saw Hill play enough second base, and he was good. If we had any doubts, that might have changed our mind about making a move or not.

Gia Coppola

In California, where you're allowed to drive at 16, you get so much freedom with that. It's a freedom to get outside of your parents' house and to do bad things.

In both of those areas in which residential customers have been allowed to participate, rates have declined 15 to 20 percent.

In many senses, 'Borgen' was a very democratic show. I was always invited to hear the writers' thoughts for the next episodes and allowed to comment on them.

In most conventional novels, God is not allowed to be nuts. Nor are nuts allowed to be God.

Gigi Hadid

In middle school, I wasn't allowed to wear makeup. I secretly bought Maybelline's SuperStay 24-hr. concealer at CVS. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world.

Donald Trump

In a nutshell, Freedom Tower should not be allowed to be built, it's not appropriate for downtown Manhattan, it's not appropriate for Manhattan, it's not appropriate for the United States and it's not appropriate for freedom,

John Rhys-Davies

I'm not actually sure that actors or artists should be allowed to have a family, because the focus you need, the egotism, the myopia, is just taking away from the relationship.

Bonnie Blair

I'm not allowed to talk about him. His mother sent me an e-mail and told me not to talk about him. So I can't talk about him.

I'm not allowed to ring him until 9pm to tell him,

Chad Johnson

I'm not allowed to do that anymore, ... Coach Lewis took me out of the guaranteeing business.

I know the score makes it look like a one-sided meet, but I think a couple touches could have allowed us to come close, if not win.

Josh McRoberts

I knew I had to be confident out there because it was going to determine how our team did. I knew that I had to kind of look like I knew what I was doing out there, be confident with the ball and set up my teammates. I was comfortable out there.... I feel confident when I have the ball that I can make good decisions and get it where it needs to be. Growing up, I always worked on it. I always had a ball in my hands in games. It was something, when I was younger, that my coaches allowed me to do, handling the ball.