Famous Quotes & Sayings

We were getting an awful lot of phone calls; I must have had 15 calls myself. Some reports gave names of specific players, including big stars.

Alan Ball

You know what I find interesting? If you lose a spouse, you're called a widow, or a widower. If you're a child and you lose your parents, then you're an orphan. But what's the word to describe a parent who loses a child? I guess that's just too f**king awful to even have a name.

Jamal Crawford

I was awful down the stretch. I missed two free throws, a 3-pointer and threw the ball away. That was uncharacteristic of me.

You just keep thinking it's going to happen. We had opportunities, we just had the ball bounce around an awful lot. There must have been more rebounds than any game I've seen in a long time.

Wanda Jackson

We had to work five back-to-back shows, forty-five minutes on, fifteen minutes off. That's just an awful lot of singing.

Natalie Gulbis

We've got some pretty long players and I actually don't think length will make all that much difference. I think our team is full of great ball strikers and we make an awful lot of birdies. That's what counts.

We're working awful hard. We had gotten kind of complacent. No more going half speed.

We've developed a nice rivalry with Rutgers Prep. It's two good teams, a lot of the kids know each other, and this game means an awful lot to them.

Ryan Holmes

Working with lots of old media clients, I've had a front-row seat on the ascension of new social players and the decline of traditional news outlets. And it's clear to me that old media has an awful lot to learn from social media, in particular in five key areas: relevance, distribution, velocity, monetization, and user experience.

Polly Bergen

You look at the road you could have taken, you know, I just think that's interesting... I've been on a lot of roads and I had to hitchhike on a couple of 'em... I have to be very honest: There's not an awful lot of regret in my life. I think that, you know, you learn from everything, and then, sometimes, you don't.

We played him before and we did a very good job. We just didn't execute. We had an awful first half.

We played good enough to win in the first quarter. We just played awful after that.

We played awful hockey in the second and third periods. We were fortunate it was only 3-1.

Lindy Ruff

We dug ourselves a hole, and we tried to dig ourselves out of it. We kept it close until late, but they didn't give up a lot. Our passing was awful and our shooting was worse.

We generate an awful lot of economic impact we don't get to share in.

Alice Walker

I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful things to us, we should wake up.

Millicent Fenwick

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.

Phillip is just a hard-nosed player. He's more of a defensive player. We're hoping Kyle Masson works out. He has very good speed. Speed can do an awful lot.

(Perry) has made an awful mess of things. He's proven he can't lead a silent prayer.

Perry has made an awful mess of things and has proven he can't even lead a silent prayer. If we're going to find solutions, we have to elect a governor who has the courage of his convictions.

Brian Williams

Perhaps we are guilty of settling in to too comfortable a journalistic pattern, and perhaps this tragedy did serve as a reminder that this is what we do. I think too many people had forgotten that. There is a reason we show up after awful events. We really were the viewers' advocates on this.

On the first day God made Thai asses, and on the seventh day he was awful tired, and that's when he made U.S. asses.

Patricia Schroeder

One of the problems in the Navy is that tradition of being captain of the ship. And an awful lot of people can be retired in the Navy, get over it, get a life, and go on. But there's a lot who can't. And when they have to give up the ship, they got to be captain of something, every single day.

Patrick Macnee

But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.

Peter Mullan

The Vatican is like a huge kind of magician's club. The more you look into it the more awful it becomes. And they're laughing at us. That's when I get angry.

We have an awful lot to be proud of. We came out strong to finish the season. At one point it didn't look like it was in the cards for us.

Roy Blunt

We have an awful lot of work to do on both sides of the aisle,

Pierce Brosnan

The word 'star' doesn't mean an awful lot to me. 'Good actor' and having the respect of one's peers means more.

Unfortunately, that's what happens with this awful disease. You feel good, you're responding and then the downturn.

We were just right there in some of it. We were awful close.

Hannibal Buress

I'm in awful shape. I'm trying to get in better shape. My girlfriend, she's in good shape. She gives me health tips sometimes, like, 'Hannibal, you're going to die.' Stuff like that.

Our hearts are with them. It's an awful thing to go through. Rape survivors often have to live with a lifetime of trauma and trouble, and we hope they will be OK.

Norv Turner

Over the last few games we've been playing an awful lot of young players. For them, it's a chance to play and get better. In this situation, we're playing a good team that's going to the playoffs and trying to win their division. Hopefully, that should get our guys excited and bring out the best in them.