Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think that we definitely try to get those strong teams on the schedule. It's a hard concept. I think sometimes your strength of schedule can help you or hurt you. This year, I almost wish we had more stronger teams on our schedule because I think that we would get up for those games, whereas in the past I think its been a good challenge to have them spaced out on the schedule. So I hope the team is up for it and ready to compete on Sunday.

I think that was kind of our focus this week. It's a whole new deal now. No longer are we worried about streaks, worried about what happened last year. Friday night was the start of a new quest. They want to start their own tradition, their own streak if possible. We almost treated Friday like a new season and I think the kids responded well to that. When you can come off the floor after being knocked down, that's big. I think we're headed back in the right direction again.

Helen Fielding

I think that almost accidentally I hit on something that is quite fundamental to women, which is this gap between how we feel we're expected to be and how we actually are,

Jim Tressel

I think Ted is a guy who believes he can find a way to hit the home run, and he's hit home runs many times, ... He didn't Saturday, but sometimes that's the risk you take, cutting back. I don't know that I would call that hesitancy. For him, it's almost like he's trying to make a big play. To me, hesitancy is you go up and you stop. He doesn't stop. He tries to sidestep and I think we've all seen that work. We've also seen that not work, but that's a result of good coverage.

David Wong

I think that in the semiconductor world one has to realize that there are a number of different dynamics that drive the industry. One of the most important things, which provide some security, is the fact that technology changeovers are a very important source of growth. In particular, in the communications world we're seeing lots of new standards, we're seeing the world move from copper protocols to optical fiber communications. So in some of these segments, almost independently of the economy at large, there's going to be huge growth just as we move into these new technologies and we take on these new areas in semiconductors.

Harry Connick

It is hard to sit in silence, to watch one's youth wash away, ... Everything that I have professionally, and so much of what I have personally, is because of this great, fair city... to see it being drowned like this is almost unbearable.

It is my understanding that we almost lost the MULES because of the separation of the department.

I think we're going to have work a lot harder for it. It's going to require us making the very most of all our abilities, because there are so many great teams coming back almost intact. So we'll be different. To me, that's very exciting because we're going to have to be different offensively, different defensively.

Sally Field

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.

Laura reads almost everything. She reads the newspapers, the magazines, and the books. She reads things that would not be of interest to the president. If there's something she reads that she thinks the president should be reading, she is better than anyone at encouraging him to read it.

Jeff Lindsay

Later, in the afternoon, I read what I did that morning. It's almost always a surprise. But I can read it rationally; edit, polish, re-write, and think what I might do tomorrow in the early darkness.

Later in his career, he was almost like another coach for us, ... He would lead and we would follow.

Malik Bendjelloul

I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?

I went off at the first junction and almost got stuck. I put it in first gear and full throttle and managed to not get stuck.

David Caruso

I went from starring in a Paramount movie to unemployment for two years. Literally, I couldn't get a job for almost two years.

I watched five minutes (of videotape), and (my assistant coaches) had to dry my eyes. I was crying. (The Tornadoes) are incredibly athletic and big, and long arms. It's almost scary.

Ronda Rousey

I wear sunglasses almost all the time outside - not because I think I'm really, really cool, but because of the rays.

Avery Johnson

Marshall was outstanding tonight because he really competed at a high level. He had to play point guard for almost three quarters and that is not his natural position. We are really excited about what we did in the regular season.

Lines like that... they point out... almost make you think... Southwest helped produce the ad... make no mistake... they did not,

Little distractions were quite annoying. I can almost tell you the phone number she was giving on the phone.

Little animals come that were almost dead, and you work all night. We have them on IV fluids. But you stick with them and you see that little glint in their eye.

Liu's winning time of 13.10 seconds in the men's 110m hurdles means that he has performed consistently at almost all the major events this year and he still has the potential to go faster. As to Huang and Wang Xing, who claimed the silver in the event behind Huang, they have grown much more mature.

Michael Franti

Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood.

Allan Houston

Like Steph said, you almost feel guilty because there are people 10 hours from us that have lost everything, ... But this is something that we're supposed to do.

Mo Ibrahim

Literacy in Tunisia is almost 100%. It's amazing - no country in the region or even in Asia can match Tunisia in education.

Melissa Ordway

Listen to your mom and dad! They are almost always right, especially about boys.

Romesh Gunesekera

I was thinking of writers living in East Europe before the Berlin Wall came down. They wrote fantastic stuff but were dealing with a situation that was almost impossible to deal with, but they found a way.

Ernie Els

I was very nervous at the start of the round, I almost felt like I was teeing-off at the Masters or something. But after three holes I managed to settle down and started playing better.

I was there in his face the whole time. I almost blocked it, actually. It was just a great shot.

I was brought up dirt poor and always had the dream to either become famous ... or to marry someone who already is as famous as I wanted to be. And this is why I'm driven. Also, being I've almost been killed a half dozen times, I know I better not waste any time.

I was born to be a runner. I simply love to run. It's almost like the faster I go, the easier it becomes.

I was having a real tough time in my personal life. I had been involved in an abusive relationship were I was beaten almost nearly to death. I came to a fork in the road in my life were I could go down the path of destruction or salvation. And by the grace of God boxing came into my life.

I was holding Nicholas on my lap at the hospital when the call came. It was almost surreal.