Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Farrell

I think what we're doing here is backing ourselves into a situation where it is not necessary to be at all,

Nicklas Lidstrom

He looks real confident out there when he's got the puck. You can tell that the other teams are backing off when he's got it. When he's got the puck he's hanging onto the puck, beating one or two guys. He's drawing two guys, too, to him, so he's just going to create so many chances -- if he's not going to score, other players around him are going to score.

I wouldn't be worried about it at all. I think it's very natural to see some backing and filling after the gains we've had.

If we get funded to the level (Dutch engineers) get funded and have the national backing they have, we're going to do some fantastic things. There's nothing magical about what they do.

If they are backing out because of political pressure, it's nothing new.

Tom Scholz

The problem is that once I start on a song and get a rough idea of where I might go with an arrangement, I try dozens, sometimes hundreds, of different things on a song. The bass, the backing guitars, the lead guitars, the keyboards. It's a long process. It's like 100 steps forward and 99 steps back.

I'm trying to use people like Meredith Monk and Philip Glass and Terry Riley as the backing tracks for new pop songs. It's really hard trying to use the format and write a pop song on top of avant-garde music, so we'll see. It could be cool, or it could totally flop.

We've been looking for venture capital to come into the state to develop our resources. Now we've finally found some and the politicians are backing off.

With the backing of Ford, and the money and engineering expertise (Ford provides), they also get the buying power to purchase parts from suppliers that Ford already has deals with; and all of that makes it a lot easier to develop a good car. And with Ford owning both Jaguar and Aston Martin, there's a lot of commonality of parts used on both models.

When we tell voters Proposition 78 is supported by the pharmaceutical companies, it weakens support even from the people who are backing it,

We have been backing and filling for the last two weeks, but overall we have been moving higher. There's nothing in particular going on here, just some sellers coming in.

Julian Fellowes

Tom and I wanted to make this film before I won the Oscar, but I couldn't get the backing to set it up, and he wasn't considered big enough to play the lead,

This time last year, you could get 6-1 for Tiger to win the Open, but he is coming into this year's event bang in form and our customers are backing him as though defeat were out of the question. If he wins, the industry will take a multimillion-pound hit.

We had 18-wheelers backing into warehouses daily. We had to turn some things away because there was no help to unload.

We knew not to take them lightly. They must have been something good to make it here. They weren't backing down.

I think the same. I think we don't really understand how good we are. We've got a lot of potential. Until we show everybody how good we really are, people will really start to believe us and start backing us.

I think the reason that the U.S. would not want to be seen to be backing off from the strong-dollar policy is that it gives the markets the license to sell the dollar. And I think that obviously if we see a weakening economy and a weakening currency, that poses all sorts of problems for the administration and for the Fed.

I think Dan had a great first outing. That's a good way to start the year with the team backing you up and scoring 16 runs.

Standing up to 33 nations, not backing down in the face of the world and the world's superpowers was seen as a great victory.

My question was maybe we need to study this and make sure it's the right step because once we take all the employees and everything under city control there is no backing up,

Markets are more confident that the central banks and G7 governments are determined to underwrite a recovery for next year. As the shockwaves of last month's events subside markets are backing that with a bit more confidence.

I was trying to go five-hole. I tried to catch him backing up, and he made a good save.

I was trying to find the puck between my legs. He caught me right at that moment when you're on your heels and kind of backing off and flat footed. That's just part of the game. It was a good clean hit.

Vinny Testaverde

I think I was under center for the Jets in that one. I was backing up a kid named Joe Namath, who is probably the only man in the world who makes me look fast.

I'm still backing the miners to outperform because there's no let up yet in the commodities boom. A lot of the good news about demand from China may be understated and you'd have to think this rally has some way to go yet.

Fernando Vargas

I was wondering why they stopped the fight. I was the one pushing the action, backing him into the ropes. I definitely want a rematch. Let's see what he says.

Jim Zalesky

Oregon State has a great tradition. You've got the backing of the administration, which is key. You've also got good Oregon high school wrestling, there's a good base there.

We're still not sure whether all this is a planned strategy of the SPD leadership or if they are taking it step by step. It put the CDU under initial pressure, but it somewhat backfired, as Merkel's position has received firm and repeated backing from her state prime ministers.

We've got information about who's backing bin Laden and, in a lot of cases, it goes back to the royal family.

Today's decision is a very strong recognition that the Bank of Korea is backing a recovery in the domestic economy. It shows they're prepared to back that forecast in the face of a strong won exchange rate.

When I saw him backing in on that ball, I knew he was going to turn and rip it. And when I saw him turn and begin, I (thought the shot) was in.

We were giving them easy shots because we were backing off a step, thinking they were going to drive to the basket.

Those guys help me out a lot. We're all competitive, but we all help each other. Whether I'm starting or backing (Johnson) up, I'll still be giving the same effort.