Famous Quotes & Sayings

The other stores don't seem to be hit like they are -- there was an attempted break just a week ago, ... I'm not sure if what they sell is more attractive.

We believe that Mr. Baldwin has severe emotional problems. Mr. Baldwin's lawyers attempted to cast terrible aspersions toward Kim rather than focusing on the main issue, which is his daughter.

We approached it in a way that attempted to give the sheriff incentive to raise money. He doesn't like that approach.

Until the end of the game I knew that we had attempted only one free throw shot all night. And I told the girls to quit being content with perimeter shots and drive to the basket. It'll get you to the foul line.

The fact is, I was not sent out to question what British intelligence might have, I was sent out to question the allegation that Saddam Hussein had attempted to purchase several hundred tons of uranium oxide from Niger.

What we attempted to do today was put some more common sense and responsible legislation on the table through the legislative process as opposed to the ballot process to avoid having a very damaging constitutional amendment.

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

I've always been able to be firm, to talk my way out of sticky situations. Bullies at school. Attempted muggings.

Peter Hain

We have a situation ... with the police facing attempted murder and police facing violence which is on a scale that we haven't seen for many years,

Terry Pendleton

Leo already attempted to do that one at the first meeting.

She was a little intimidating, not as a person but just on the court because she's so physical and she's so intense. One of my first practices I attempted to guard her and we were playing to '7' and I think all seven points were scored on me.

I found it very disturbing that Mr. Baldwin's lawyers attempted to cast terrible aspersions toward Kim rather than focusing on the main issue, which was before the court today, which is his daughter, Ireland.

Saxby Chambliss

Japan is well beyond the time for assessing scientific reasoning, and diplomatic efforts attempted repeatedly by the president, by our trade emissaries, and by the U.S. Congress,

Tom Fitton

Jesse Jackson attempted to use every legal trick at his disposal to have this case dismissed, and he failed. This trial is a major step in holding Jackson accountable for his actions.

Maurice Cheeks

I thought before we attempted to trade Steven, he had started grasping the way we want him to play. Rebounding, giving us energy, I thought he was doing that.

I think with that Ohio State defense it was a competition, it was a rush to get the tackle. That was just the mentality up there. So I attempted to get all my tackles solo because our linebacker, when they come in there, they just hit whatever's in the way. I take pride in that. I try to be a complete corner and I think that's one step to doing that.

We've been trying to do this kind of thing for about a decade. We attempted to do it on one of our Mars probe, but either we got weathered out or the spacecraft misread some stars and everything closed down.

We took care of the basketball and made more free throws (12) than they attempted (11). Those two really helped.

John Ashcroft

Today, I can report to you that our investigation has uncovered several individuals, including individuals who may have links to the hijackers, who fraudulently have obtained or attempted to obtain hazardous material transportation licenses,

What we have attempted to do in this draft is try to make Colonial Avenue much more of a local street - a local cul-de-sac, actually.

He lined up out of position. That means instead of being two yards from the ball carrier, you might be seven, and then what should be an easy tackle near the line becomes an attempted tackle in the open field, and a 2-yard gain turns into 10.

Stealing a Rhinoceros should not be attempted lightly.

Tony Hawk

Some of the spins he has learned on his skateboard had never been done before, because we, as skaters, didn't have a frame of reference to try them for the first time. For instance, nobody had attempted a 1080 in skating until Shaun tried it last year. He wasn't scared because he's done it plenty of times in the snow.

I'm still upset. We got a bunch of bad breaks (a couple of incorrect scorecards and an ineligible player). We came out today and attempted to finish on top. But Geneva played solid from top to bottom. I'm looking forward to next year.

Many girls, without my dad, never would have attempted to play sports,

Microsoft has got a real problem because they must be in the top 10 percent of companies that are attempted to be hacked into.

We intend to charge him under the original warrant, on the charge of attempted first-degree murder. That charge may be reduced by the judicial system, however.

When the cocaine was discovered, (Smith) attempted to run, my partner Officer (William) Reed chased him toward the river, ... He jumped over the barricade and ran about 100 yards toward the Lumber River until he gave up.

Lafcadio Hearn

Only one English poet of our own day, and that a minor one, has attempted to make the poem of four lines a specialty - that is William Watson.

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, and within a few weeks the full-scale reformation he attempted to carry out both inside his country and in its cold war relations with the West, particularly the United States, began to unfold.

Based on the fact that she felt she was in a fight for her life, it constitutes attempted murder. It was his actions, with his hands wrapped around her throat and that she couldn't breathe.

I am aware that police attempted to enter those rooms and I am now about to leave this news conference to learn the whole story.

Dom Capers

I believe we have our most talented group. We have attempted to stay consistent in following the plan. We have improved each season and I think this will be the most competitive team we've had.

Doug Henning

Now there was no wonder in the Statue of Liberty illusion because he, Copperfield, attempted to do something so large that it stretched the credibility of the audience to the point where most people didn't believe any of it anymore.