Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's almost a drop in the bucket. Not that we don't appreciate it. We appreciate any penny we can get right now for the hospitals.

Sam Brownback

It's almost a CSI-type of case. ... You're left piecing together bits of evidence to try to ascertain what kind of jurists that they would be on the bench.

Pat Riley

It's almost a crossroads for me right now, to find the competitive warriors and the competitiveness of those guys will transcend the talent and reputation. I'm going to try to find the guys who are going to try to play the hardest and best in support of our two great players.

It's almost a creeping polarization of Iraq along ethnic and sectarian lines, We see a slow, steady loss of confidence, a growing process of distrust.

Sarah Lacy

It's almost a cliche that great Silicon Valley entrepreneurs don't go sit on a beach when they make a lot of money; they get back to work building another company or at least investing in other people's companies.

It's almost a certainty that the dividend is going to need to be cut. You can't keep the current dividend level with falling revenues and falling net income.

It's almost a boilerplate meeting. At the last meeting there was widespread expectation that they would remove their pledge to maintain accommodative policy for 'a considerable period.' But the December employment figures made it very apparent that the job market continues to lag, and most observers have come to the conclusion that the Fed really does need to stay accommodative.

It's almost a bit of exhaustion on the (U.S. dollar) side and obviously a bit of a bounce in some of the commodities today.

It's almost 12 feet high. They had to be that big, because the gasoline had to be delivered by gravity after it was pumped up to the top. That was back before electricity.

Brevin Knight

I told the guys it almost felt a little uncomfortable for me to shoot that many shots. Every now and then they need something from you to get over the hump. Tonight in the first half they needed me to make shots.

Phil Jackson

I told the guys at halftime, they had their nap in the first half, now it's time to play. And you saw what happened. We slept almost all the way through the third quarter.

Michael Hayden

I told them that free people always had to decide where to draw the line between their liberty and their security. I noted that the attacks would almost certainly push us as a nation more toward security.

It probably wasn't as exciting as the last game where both teams almost scored 80 points. It was a struggle to 50 points tonight. I thought both teams played great defense.

It probably almost for sure will top its U.S. box office. It'll probably be closer to $400 million by the time it's done. Even if retailers are discounting it as a way to bring in customers, Disney isn't discounting the wholesale price.

It's tough to go direct to end-users when you are likely competing with a person who has almost everything else -- including a sales relationship with your potential customers.

It's tough to get your timing back after missing almost an entire season. No matter how much you hit in batting practice and in the cage it's different when you are facing live pitching and someone who is trying to get you out.

It's tough to come so close and lose by a point. You almost wish you were beaten by 30.

Jaromir Jagr

Its tough to be down (in the series), I can't really describe how it feels. We are almost done and we are unable to score any goals.

It's unbelievable, almost surreal. I knew if we kept it close, we had a chance.

Jennifer Rodriguez

It's very disappointing to walk in and it's half empty. I can't believe this is the Olympics. It almost felt like a World Cup meet. The Olympics should be sold out.

It's very common in the Northeast to have almost everyone get a tip.

Jon Mead

It's usually at least 30 days between, and I'm not worried. I've heard that at almost every single Slam. That's just the way these things always work. But I haven't heard anything like that (teams declining to go because of it).

It's trickle-down contracting: You're paying a cut at every level, and it makes the final cost exponentially more expensive than it needs to be. And in almost every case, the local people who really need to be making the money are at the bottom of these upside-down pyramid schemes.

It's not something we do lightly. It's time for a change. It's almost immoral to continue.

Ron Maclean

It's not official, but ... it's almost certain.

It's not much, but still it's so much that we're almost overwhelmed. The first grain we worked on, we haven't even cut into the main part of the particle yet.

It's not like pills, where almost overnight you can lose 98% market share. That's not going to happen, because these are much more complicated drugs to manufacture.

Roger Clemens

For me, it's almost like I turn into a robot, I've done it for so many years. I'm a creature of habit. I've got a great program, I love to do it, so I'm doing it.

Rod Smith

For me, it's almost like it is back at Dove Valley for me. Guys are like, 'Rod, what do I do on this?' because they figure I know all (that's going on).

For me, it's almost a 24/7 process. It's not like I only think when I'm in the office sitting at my desk.

For Lake Okeechobee, this was almost a non-event.

For Jodi to open up with that kind of mark is very encouraging. The height that she went out at is one that is almost a guarantee to go to the national championship and for her to be there at this time of the year is good news.

Tim O'Brien

For me, at least, Vietnam was partly love. With each step, each light-year of a second, a foot soldier is always almost dead, or so it feels, and in such circumstances, you can't help but love.