Famous Quotes & Sayings

You could tell when the kids almost spelled it. It was a little nerve-racking.

You could tell they weren't playing with any energy tonight. It almost looked like they didn't want to play today.

You could tell they had done a good day's work, ... I almost started crying. They kept saying, 'Mr. Ellis, it's going to be OK.' That was so cool.

You could tell by what he did all spring. He came over on his own, watched every practice, sat in on almost every meeting he could, was here every day in the summertime. And then his intent is so strong to try to be a player. He's a guy that you can count on, and that's a big thing.

Dick Thompson

You could pick almost any number. There is this vast range of numbers, absolutely. One of those numbers will turn out to be right. All of this is guesswork, nobody knows.

You could order these guys back to work, but the question is what kind of productivity you're going to get out of those workers, ... Slowdowns can be almost more disruptive than flat-out work stoppages.

You could go to almost any lender and for no fees find yourself with a decent rate.

You could call it a monster. It looks like it almost wants to come out of the ice.

Joe Girardi

You could almost see the weight lift off his shoulders. I've said the last few days that his swings were getting better.

You could almost hear a collective sigh of relief when he left the country.

You could almost characterize it as a partnership of two weaknesses.

You could almost argue that investors sense some relief.

Drew Brees

You can't give the other team an opportunity when we have them 21-3 to come back and make it almost a 21-17 game, ... Our defense played championship football. Our offense played winning football. We didn't play championship football.

You can use that as shopping leverage. Almost nothing today is etched in stone.

You can't throw darts anymore. Our parents could buy utilities and it was almost clipping coupons on a bond. Now, there's much more involved.

You can't stress free throws enough. Free throws almost always seem to play a pivotal role, and we have been on both ends of it all year. We shoot them in practice every day.

Derek Jeter

You can't say you're embarrassed because they're major-league players as well. It's just one of those things you can't explain. They've played better than us. They deserved to beat us. They've played better in almost every area of the game.

Jason Kidd

You can't say winning is boring. Hopefully we learned that tonight, giving up 37 points in that fourth quarter, we almost pulled the plug. Hopefully that will be a wake-up call for us.

You can't put a side away any more because these tactics are diminishing fatigue as a factor. It's almost done on cue.

Jim Lee

You can see how he changed on the surface. But at the core of it all, I think Superman has remained the same - a character with incredible powers but almost superhuman humility and restraint.

Dusty Baker

You can score a lot of runs a lot of different ways. We had almost everything today but stolen bases.

You can quantify almost every other water right.

The fear of not doing well in reading and mathematics is driving out some of the other needs we have. We have driven fear into a system that's dealing with children. People are so concerned about raising achievement, they've almost inadvertently forgotten about the entire development of the child.

William Miller

The fatigue of body and mind has almost unnerved this old frame, and unfitted me to endure the burdens which Providence calls upon me to bear. I find as I grow old I grow more peevish and cannot bear so much contradiction, therefore I am called uncharitable and severe. No matter -- this frail life will soon be over.

The contest took place at Dexter Park, before a vast crowd of spectators, the majority of whom looked to see the Nationals have almost a walk-over.

E. B. White

The cool thing is that these are young professionals who are developing their careers, who will be driving, flying and taking a bus to Columbia from all parts of the country to spend a weekend here. So I hope Columbia, like we do with almost everything, rolls out the proverbial red carpet and welcomes these young professionals.

The cost of the election and an almost certain legal challenge could range from $7-$10,000 and we just didn't have the money in the budget to do this.

The cost of his (Bradley's) proposal almost forces that kind of tax increase if we are going to make the investment also to preserve Medicare and Social Security.

I'm not so sure that the appointment, or the apparent appointment, of Mr. Snow is the significant fact, but the fact that Mr. O'Neill is out. My guess is that almost anybody in there save Mr. O'Neill is going to be perceived as a positive by Wall Street.

I'm not saying you're lackadaisical at home, but if that road team comes out and hits you in the mouth almost from the first play, that's a gut check right there.

Vladimir Radmanovic

I'm glad I've been able to do that for this team. It's all about putting the pieces together, and now I think we have almost everything. I'm really enjoying it. I wish I came here before this.

Rocco Mediate

I'm getting closer to the winning thing. Earlier in the year, everybody was asking, 'What's wrong?' I had a period from March through June where my body just wasn't feeling that good. You can't come out here at 50 percent and beat the best. This week was fun, finally, again. It was almost really good.

I'm getting better. As an offensive lineman you can play almost forever. I don't believe that I've even begun to peak as a player.