Famous Quotes & Sayings

P. J. O'Rourke

A U.S. dollar is an IOU from the Federal Reserve Bank. It's a promissory note that doesn't actually promise anything. It's not backed by gold or silver.

Baker did a good job pitching. (She was) consistent. The defense backed her up pretty good." ()

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Roger Ailes

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If we backed out after Thursday, it would have cost us $100 per seat. But luckily, we didn't have that problem.

I know it's backed up because some of the help came in late.

Jon Runyan

I hit him and he backed up and hit me again, so I don?t know what the official saw. Joe is a good guy. We spent some time together at Tennessee. I was talking to him afterward and he was laughing about it because he knew what he did.

I hit those corners very good, but for the King to go by me, there had to be rubber there. I went down there and felt it and I got to him and I backed off because I didn't want to show him.

I have to give DePaul a great deal of credit because they could have backed down in that game when we were up by eight in the last four minutes of the game. But they kept fighting.

If not for Lands' return, we'd have been backed up. And that would have probably been it.

If I would have backed up a foot, I'd have been out of her way.

Jaret Wright

After that, we got better movement and just backed off a little bit.

Arianna Huffington

A lot of them are determined not to be in the same position they were in 2004, when they backed a candidate that equivocated on so many issues and no clear vision was ever articulated. And there's one issue driving that, and that's the war.

Tony Parker

A lot of teams like to put a bigger player on me. A lot of times, I backed him off but didn't hit the shot. I've got to hit the shots.

Ryan Watson

It's a big impact, because they keep more people in the box rushing us and I'm not able to drop back as much. And when we try and pass they've got people backed up on us.

It was a really good atmosphere. We had our fans there tonight. They were extremely loud and backed us. Houston also brought in their fans. It felt like a tournament game.

Sean Jones

They are a little bit deeper than we are. They came at us with three strong lines and backed it up with a fourth. It's our first time on the big ice. It's a different world.

The roads have reopened, but traffic is backed up to Virginia on the Inner Loop and on the Outer Loop I don't know how far back. That goes into PG County.

I pitched pretty good, but I know I can pitch better. But my defense backed me up a lot.

Jack Baker

Cleveland backed the gold standard, which detractors believed hurt the farmers and small business owners. Sibley did not support that...(and) had the wherewithal to stand up in Congress and tell the president he was wrong.

Mark Brunell

Being backed up and not being able to make a first down, that was a real tough way to start the game.

His blood count was off. We backed off, put some stamina works in him, and we're ready.

If the Kaiser Chiefs win then I could well be the one seeking employment, they have been consistently backed and we have a very lopsided book,

Tim Hudson

I just kind of backed off it a little bit. They were great workouts for me, but I think there's a point in time where you can overwork something.

It's tough to beat the same opponent three times. We never did get our offense in sync in the second half, but Jason King did a great job of moving the basketball. He penetrated when we needed him to, and backed it out when we needed him to do that. He's like a coach on the floor.

Phillip Fulmer

It's tough on him. He looks like he's going to be a really good player and he's just a fabulous young man. It's just a shame but it's in the clearinghouse's hands. They say they have a lot of backed up cases and things to do.

Bill Callahan

It's not severe. It's what they call moderate. We backed him down. Hopefully, he'll be back Saturday or Monday.

In the last few laps, something sounded funny with the engine, so I just backed off and made sure we got to the finish. Fortunately, everything was fine and we finished without a problem and hopefully can pick up some momentum in the points.

In previous games we've kind of backed down and that led to our slump. Tonight we never gave up.

November is a low demand period. The funds have backed off and everybody's waiting to see what kind of winter we're going to get.

Oil prices have backed over $22 here. And I kind of think that this is what is probably going to give a bumpy ride for the next several week to the bond market.

Nate Robinson

Coach just said, 'Get a hand up,' and I was right there. I just stayed in front and backed him up, and he took a desperation three. But he made a good shot.

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