Famous Quotes & Sayings

In the last three games the conditions were very wet and this has not allowed us to play our backline ploys that we have put in place so we are hoping for dry weather and a chance for our backs to prove their worth.

In the film, the crew actually followed them on the run, which allowed us to fill in Rick's thoughts while his father runs.

In the end, being the writer on set is a bit like having organised a big party, but you're not allowed to eat or drink anything. You just have to stand in the corner.

Brandon Roy

(Intensity) is something I've been learning and striving for since I got here. Coach is always on me about my intensity level. He told me I was talented but I had to pick up my intensity level. In the past, I would often defer. This season I wasn't allowed to do that. He had to stay on me to make sure I bring it every night. Now I'm seeing that all the hard work paid off. Playing hard all the time can be rewarded.

In South Kingstown, we have been able to successfully develop a relationship with the School Committee. That allowed us to work very cooperatively during the budget.

In some ways, we -- along with many of our peer institutions -- have allowed rankings to define us, not only to the outside world, but also to ourselves. It is folly to distil all that makes an individual school unique into a simple rank. There is no such thing as a number one school.

In my opinion, he's the best post player in the sectional. He really hurt us the first two games. We tried to provide a little help the second time in the County that allowed their shooters to knock down shots for them. We'll have to mix some things up defensively to keep the ball out of his hands.

In our view, California clearly stands to gain if British (and other foreign-based attorneys) are allowed to resume sitting the California bar.

Rosanne Cash

In normal circumstances, you would be allowed the time to process your grief and then to get some distance so you can get back to your own life. Me and my sisters and my brother, we've never gotten any distance.

In other parts of the world such divides are becoming irrelevant but here we are not being allowed to help each other despite a tragedy without parallel in our history.

Kevin Pietersen

I'd like to think that every captain around the world has a vision of how they want their teams to play and most of them are allowed to take their teams forward in their own way.

Jake Roberts

To be allowed to come back to WWE is the greatest gift that's ever been given to me. Back in the day, I never appreciated what WWE had given me, because I was in too much disarray and too confused about my own life. I let opportunities foolishly slip through my hands.

James Gunn

I can't think of any other genre that would have allowed me to have that much tonal and emotional freedom.

I can't tell you how bad this is for consumers, ... a product liability bailout for manufacturers who have weak roofs today and will continue to be allowed to have weak roofs in the future.

Kenneth Clarke

I cannot remember a time in opposition - I am talking about the last four years - when we have done less work on policy and more on slogans. But because of my European views I wasn't allowed to participate.

I don't think the erosion has been particularly bad, with the exception of the hurricane. Beaches will tend to heal themselves if people aren't allowed to build hard structures too close to them.

Jeff Lemire

I draw on a lot of cinematic influences like Ingmar Bergman and Wim Wenders, artists who let a story take its time. Comics are a visual medium, and visuals should be allowed to tell some of that story.

I am very proud of the tradition we have built here at Delta State, but I think I am most proud of the way we went about it. I tried to run this program with class and fairness and I believe that's one of the things that has allowed us to keep this run going for so long.

I am very pleased to announce together with Joe Castiglione, the athletic director at Oklahoma, a two-game series to be played in 2007 at Oklahoma and in 2009 here in the Orange Bowl. Each of us has won a national title since 2000. This will be a great series played by two of college football's legendary teams. I'm pleased that the new 12-game schedule has allowed the playing of this game and several others which we have scheduled with Texas A&M and Ohio State.

I am very pleased. Our boys continued to play hard. We were able to score early which took the competition out of their rhythm. This allowed us to work on some things and give our younger players a chance to gain some valuable experience. We have secured a spot in the final four and look forward to playing two quality competitors (today). It should be a great day of soccer.

Rick James

I assume they'll be expelled. I mean, I know the school wouldn't ever let an athlete play here if they did something like this, so why would a student be allowed to stay?

Jeff Gannon

I asked to come. They allowed me to come. And apparently there isn't a very high threshold as far as somebody's personal life to gain access.

I auditioned for 'West Side Story' and got the part of Tony, but wasn't allowed to do it. They needed me to play trumpet. But I was glad, in the end, because I learned a lot about playing that score.

Jenny Shipley

I am not a supporter of the rhetoric of, 'Dear, dear, the toys have got lead paint.' If I had a manufacturer in China that allowed that to happen, I'd fire them instantly.

Jason Marquis

I really had a good tempo with my delivery, which allowed me to work balls down in the zone and have life on the ball. It allowed me to get a lot of quick outs early and get my arm in a good slot every other pitch.

I really feel that's been why we've been successful over the last two years. We were stepping into a big gap in NYC. Funnily enough, in our first year people used to joke about how big a risk we were taking, that at least I could go back to Australia after it was done. But I knew there was an audience and a need for this - I knew that if there was something like NYMF that allowed writers to get their work up and seen, then audiences and producers and writers would be excited by it and support it.

Kurt Warner

I really don't. The thing is, of course, the way it ended wasn't how I dreamed it up. It was disappointing to me. But how do you have any animosity to an organization that gave me the opportunities that they gave me, that allowed me to fulfill a dream when no one else would?

I really feel that my life story is a continuation of the Great American Dream - the immigrant who comes to this country and is allowed to excel. How many other countries would let me do that?

Juwan Howard

I point the finger at myself early on. We allowed Wilcox to get very comfortable out there at the start of the game. It got his confidence going. We allowed him to dominate the paint inside.

I probably get 15 to 20 calls a day about him. But I won't be bothering him every two hours about something. ... It's not his priority now that camp has started. It's important he's allowed to be an 18-year-old kid.

John Seabrook

In the Twenties and Thirties, refrigerated railcars allowed growers to transport apples over great distances, and, thanks to cold-storage warehouses, wholesalers and retailers could keep them for long periods of time.

Introducing disclosure on short positions can bring more transparency to the market. You should be allowed to see who's hammering you with their short bets.

In the process of being cautious, we allowed the jubilation to go on longer than it should have.