Famous Quotes & Sayings

The peso attempted to breach the 53 level for the first time in over two years. The next target would be for the peso to reach the 52-to-a-dollar level.

We've hit 100 more free throws than other teams have attempted this year. That's what we try to do. ... It makes a game that's difficult to defend.

The Rehnquist court ... attempted to restore dual sovereignty and the conception that states have functions that cannot be displaced by the federal government.

We attempted to get (Williams) to come and verify the condition of the deceased,

We attempted to do some research on who this organization was, but their flyer does not have any contact names or numbers, does not have a website, nothing that we have been able to locate.

Marilyn Tavenner

To the millions of Americans who've attempted to use HealthCare.gov to shop and enroll in health-care coverage, I want to apologize to you that the Web site has not worked as well as it should. We know how desperately you need affordable coverage.

To the extent that she attempted to keep the Democrat flame burning in the Schwarzenegger administration he snuffed out that flame.

Whenever I attempted to sing of love, it turned to pain. And again, when I tried to sing of pain, it turned to love. Thus were love and pain divided in me.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Travis did a great job throwing the ball. Our line protected him real well. I'd like to be more balanced than that Wood attempted 39 passes but we got behind and I wanted to try to keep us in the game.

We have always attempted to do things differently. Our vision has taken us to unprecedented levels of success and innovation. Just keeping up with conventional technology is not enough for us.

Satyajit Ray

What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure.

We're taking the streets back from criminals who have attempted to terrorize citizens.

We're certainly hopeful. We've attempted to listen, and we've attempted to respond to their concerns. We've made a substantial change.

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.

We have attempted to contact Bobby, using every method we know of. He has simply disappeared. And, as far as we're concerned, he is no longer responsible for the land.

Robert Kiyosaki

When President George W. Bush attempted to reform Social Security, that proposal was more unpopular with Americans than the Iraq war. People love their entitlements.

The president feared something like this would be attempted around this time.

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

John Nash

The mental disturbances originated in the early months of 1959, at a time when Alicia happened to be pregnant. And as a consequence I resigned my position as a faculty member at M.I.T. and, ultimately... travelled to Europe and attempted to gain status there as a refugee.

As a result, the tractor-trailer unit attempted to avoid collision with the vehicle, it swerved to the right travel lane and then struck the Tacoma and then tipped over onto its right side,

Officers attempted to keep him from going into the house. At that time a single shot was fired and he was shot in the head.

attempted to intimidate or harass the owner, her business and her husband.

Tom DeLay

attempted to browbeat and coerce' the second grand jury to change its decision not to indict DeLay so there would be no public record of a rejection.