Famous Quotes & Sayings

The problem was that their catcher made no attempt to tag Mandy after she got the ball. She was looking for her pitcher to cover the plate and to toss her the ball.

Those are stereotypes the sport has, in my opinion, outgrown. It's really a shame and an injustice to some degree that some people have attempted to label it in that way.

We are in no way interfering with the rights of candidates, but we are obliged to state that an attempt to take power by force is being prepared in the country under cover of the elections.

We'll go through the list and attempt to narrow it down to a half-dozen or so names, and then invite a historic perspective and an engineering perspective.

Unfortunately, there is a lot of old growth there and to even attempt to transplant those would have disturbed the roots to the point where the tree would have eventually died.

We'll make every attempt to facilitate that request in the appropriation bill that's currently in conference at this time.

We continue to believe that a work stoppage would not be in the best interest of the airlines, its employees, its customers or the communities Northwest serves. If ALPA would attempt to strike Northwest Airlines, the company would seek an immediate injunction.

When it comes to debates over public policy and issues, Dean should be welcoming the voice of America's churches, not attempting to silence them.

When it's all said and done, Dennis Rader has failed in his attempts to kill the Otero family,

We're all used to shooting television in a certain way and this is an attempt to explore a different financial model.

John Cooper

We hope that the hunters will now realize that their attempts to frustrate the will of the majority of the people have been definitively quashed.

We hoped this day would never come, ... We believe that the Arabs, whether Sunni or Shiite, are one. We totally reject any attempt to stir up sectarian issues to divide Iraq.

Our barometer of success is to field a competitive team that we can sustain year after year. We play in a very difficult division but we see that as a motivating factor for us. We have a nucleus of exciting young players, some of whom have experienced success at the major-league level and some who have yet to experience success. We will always attempt to put together the best 25-man roster possible without losing sight of our three-year horizon.

Our attempt is to gather as much information as we humanly can and make a decision based on safety. Safety is the bottom line.

Other than the initial attempt at a rally that fell flat, it's a nothing day. I think it's just a few people trying to bottom pick, and maybe some short-selling.

Ottumwa Regional Hospital and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regional Office are attempting to work through the issues at hand. It is very rare for CMS to withdraw Medicare funding due to these types of violations, especially when the hospital is working to correct them. And, it is my understanding that the hospital will be submitting a plan of correction to CMS shortly.

Restoration no longer attempts to strip everything down to the original surfaces. There are so many layers of history here. We want to be able to present that.

Bill Gates

removes the cloud of breakup from the company, reverses the tying claim and says clearly that we did not attempt to monopolize the browser market.

Nigel Hamilton

Republican isolationists had certainly tied the hands of every U.S. president, year after year - berating Franklin Roosevelt in particular and his attempts to ready the nation for inevitable attack.

I tell my guys the more shot attempts we get each game, the greater our chances of winning.

This operation was a coordinated, nationwide attempt to root out bribery, kickbacks and fraud in the repair and maintenance of Navy supply ships in the maritime industry.

This thoughtful and careful opinion will be very important in the history of Florida because it is a strong affirmation of the privacy rights of the people of Florida and a strong rebuke to politicians who attempt to interfere in medical decisions that should be left to all of us and are simply not the business of politicians.

We're disappointed, and we'll work with the IOC in an attempt to reinstate baseball.

There have been attempts this year to solve the bottleneck in the refinery part of the energy equation. That is still not resolved.

We did a good job coming out of the gate, and held them to four field goal attempts in the first quarter.

We didn't make a three and that hurt. Only free throw attempts hurt and 29-15 on the glass is pretty distinctive.

We didn't kill them. The court sentenced them to death. There is a huge difference between killing and transferring the defendants to the court. They carried out an operation, an attempt on the president's life.

We have demonstrated that the complainant has a penchant for making false allegations of rape or attempted rape. That has been demonstrated.

Bogus arguments are going out to delay the inevitable competition. Our competitors are making false accusations to attempt to maintain their monopoly. We will continue to offer communities the same benefits as other companies, and government, public and educational channels will still be provided. Also we will be paying higher franchise fees to the municipalities, and that's money that they may need in the community.

The Japanese economy is making its most serious attempt not to disappoint. The yen will strengthen.

The January-February surplus was $1.3 billion wider year-on-year, which highlights the pressure on the central bank as it attempts to dissipate some of the upward pressure.

Horace Mann

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

The invasion of Iraq, the displacement of a cruel dictator, and the attempt to impose a liberal democracy by force have, by themselves, been insufficient to bring peace and security to the civilian population. Democratic imperialism has led to more deaths, not fewer.