Famous Quotes & Sayings

Price dynamics in gold next year will continue to be largely determined by speculative interest, backed by a myriad of justifications like inflationary risks, energy-price led economic slowdown, expectations of a US dollar correction, soaring physical demand, supply-side constraints, hopes of large scale central bank buying and so on.

Our quarterback position is going to take a lot of criticism, but Chris has been our guy. He has never backed down and he's done a great job.

Our officers backed off the chase because of the danger. But the suspects' car ran out of control and hit the house at about 60 (mph).

Some of the best shows on TV start with the perception of controversy, which is usually not an issue if it's backed by quality. The intent with 'The Book of Daniel' is to make a high-quality show that is both highly entertaining and thought-provoking.

Susan Minot

I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.'

Just because we didn't win a championship doesn't mean we didn't have a good season. We never backed down from anything.

Billy Cox

(Jimi) was so into it -- if you listen closely you will see that I stayed on him, ... And when he started 'The Star Spangled Banner,' that impromptu thing, you hear the first four, five, or six notes; I'm in there with him. Then I said, 'Wait a minute, we didn't rehearse this, and it doesn't sound too good with me playing.' I backed away, and he continued and made a classic out of that.

Dick Vermeil

Larry Johnson has already carried the load. He knows he can do it. He just doesn't have a Priest Holmes backing him up like he backed up Priest Holmes.

That was very distracting for him. He backed away before hitting his second shot and said, 'Hold on, we've got more golf to play.' I could see where it broke his concentration.

That was nice. We had a couple of chances early but we weren't able to get it. But we never backed off, and we did the things that we're capable of doing.

That was a playground move. Sometimes that happens. I was going to keep going, but he (Brown) backed off. I've got a lot of stuff in my game. I just don't use it. I felt it on that shot, and it went in. If I take a shot like that and it doesn't go in, I better get that rebound.

I was very proud of her in the second half. You could see her getting ready to go for the basketball, and it would have been an over-the-back call and she backed off. That's a good thing, to see them taking what you tell them and going out and doing it, especially going into the tournament. We're going to need her to stay out of foul trouble.

Jaret Wright

I was trying too hard, ... After that, I got better movement and backed off a little.

Bobby Bowden

It feels like you backed in instead of knocked your way in, ... We wanted to win our way in.

I think she's improving every day. She's there every day, pushing herself, working hard. The quality of work she puts in during practice is amazing. She's phenomenal. And she's not a big girl. She's small, but much stronger than last year. I can't think of an occasion where she's backed down from anything.

Paul Hartley

It doesn't get much better then scoring a hat-trick in the semi-final at Hampden Park. I'm delighted we're in the final and we've still got a lot to play for this season. To play the way we did today was exceptional and I'm really pleased for the fans who have backed us in great numbers this season.

Ernie Els

I think he's a legend in the making. You (media) guys have helped, but he's backed it up with his golf game. He's 24. He's probably going to be bigger than Elvis when he gets into his 40s.

It didn't really cross our minds (to foul) and we kind of backed off a little bit and Cyndi made a great shot. Great players make great shots.

Erin Wilson

I think it will be wonderful for the students who don't have self-confidence, who need to be backed by teachers and principals.

I'm not about to vote for something that is a sham. This bill backed off from any real enforcement at all. You don't have enforcement, you don't have a bill, and let's not fool the public.

Geno Auriemma

I don't know which team we're going to see: the team that we've known in the past that plays really well or the one we haven't seen before that's backed into a corner and in danger of not making the Big East tournament.

Freddie Roach

He used his jab very effectively and so forth. We didn't expect him to do as well as he did. And he backed Manny up when he put Manny on the ropes where he didn't need to be.

Willie Randolph

He kind of backed into that because he took off the last couple of days. So if it wasn't for that, Julio, I would have beat you out that year.

Trot Nixon

I didn't have any fan interference at all. They backed away. I commend those fans there. I gave them a little tip of the cap.

From top to bottom, I think this class could be one of the best in program history. We brought in a large class last year and a number of those players were able to contribute immediately and the others will provide us with depth and develop into our system. This year, we backed up that class with possibly even a stronger group. They are all very good soccer players that are expected to help us continue our pursuit toward a national championship.

I think in the past we've sort of backed ourselves into a corner (as an) open pocketbook.

Wayne Chrebet

I think it's just human nature, when you get backed into a corner, no one believes in you anymore, the chips are down. If you're any kind of competitor, that's when you'll come out and play well. We have enough guys who are like that in this locker room.

Basically the nuclear establishment of India dug in its heels, Prime Minister Singh backed them up, and the administration caved again.

I think the market very much revolves around oil, which backed off a bit this week, but remains over $65 a barrel. Higher oil is a double whammy for the market, slowing the economy and increasing inflation.

I thought for 4-2/3 innings we played excellent. We backed down a little bit and they got back into it. We made some mistakes that we don't usually make. But it was nice to still win the game.

Last month we had two different fights lined up, but both girls backed out. There are a lot of people out there who we'd like to fight, but they keep turning us down. We've got feelers out in a few places right now, and a lot of people are throwing Carina's name around, but it's been tough.

Charles Tillman

He's a good receiver. He talked the talk and he backed it up. All you can do is respect that. A lot of his trash talk is for entertainment and the media portrays it for something worse than it really is. He's really not a bad guy and out on the field, he's just out there having fun.

Pat Riley

He's got to do it. I was very disappointed... Those are the things that he has to dominate if he's going to be fronted and backed and we can't get him the ball all the time. He has to use his size and keep his head under the rim.