Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was kind of bare when we first came here.

It was like having the public in the room with us. She advocated for us, and to the extent (the district) could convince her that they were right, she did the same for them. There are nice theories that bargaining is between the association and the district, but the reality is the district is a public entity, we are public employees, and there's no denying we're sensitive to that.

It was like a ghost town when we played at home. Everything closed -- barber shops, restaurants, everything would literally close down for the game. Coal mining was what everyone did. People would actually call off their shifts to come and watch us play.

I've had this bar for 20 years and there have never been any problems. This is the biggest thing to ever happen here.

Brittany Howard

I've had some terrible jobs, but working in a kitchen at Cracker Barrel is probably the worst I've ever had. I was a grill cook - awful! It wasn't the smell, it was the people. The music, too. We had to be 'country fresh,' so they played this terrible country music eight hours during the shift. It was a bleak existence - a very dark time.

Jo Frost

I've gone to a couple of bars with some of production on my day off. I've been around to the malls.

Jamie Cullum

I've got no problem whatsover with collar bars coming back in. I need to look a tiny bit older before I can dress like that the entire time - otherwise I'm going to look like I'm in 'Bugsy Malone.'

Oil resources and supplies are plentiful and OPEC has been producing 1.5 million more barrels per day than its quotas in the third quarter of 2005,

Giovanni Bisignani

Oil remains the wild card for industry profitability. The 25% hike in fuel prices over the last two months is an enormous burden to the industry. However, the S$ 1.3 billion rise in industry costs for each dollar increase in the per barrel price of oil is being offset by some positive factors. Industry hedging levels are 50%. Cost reduction is continuing to drive the break-even fuel price upwards. And the US domestic yield rose 12.4% in February.

John Olerud

Oh, I get it, ... Canadian humour. I remember one night years ago, Ed Sprague and I went to a Yuk-Yuk's. The comedian starts out: 'So this guy from Saskatchewan and Manitoba walk into a bar ... We had zero points of reference.

No major decision is expected soon. The tough bargaining is likely to last until mid-December -- Berlusconi hopes for a signing ceremony in Rome by mid next year.

William Winter

No life can be barren which hears the whisper of the wind in the branches, or the voice of the sea as it breaks upon the shore; and no soul can lack happiness looking up to the midnight stars.

Dave Allen

No matter if we're counting days, work-hours or barrels refined, our truest measure of safety is that everyone goes home safely at the end of the day. We are proud of our employees who are dedicated and vigilant when it comes to safety.

Mark Farner

No matter how we make chicken, we still have to have barbecue sauce out there for it. The players love barbecue sauce.

Danny Miller

There're not there for one-step bargain deals with their suppliers. They're there to establish long-term relationship and connections that could be five, ten, or twenty years,

Wayne Smith

There's a herd of about 500 cattle in pens very near to the barn and we're hoping the fire doesn't reach them.

There must be a higher bar for impeachment.

Howard Baker

This man is in terrible shape, ... His health circumstances are really barely short of extreme, and I have no doubt that he's in need of skillful medical attention.

This is the place, this is the joint. This is the first bar I hit. It just always has been.

This is the outcome we were hoping for. We have maintained that it was important to us that we had certified librarians throughout the bargaining process, and we are happy to see that the district and the board have done the right thing.

This litigation is completely without merit. The settlement bars future lawsuits, but it does not and cannot bar future legislation." ()

This is what it's like in the wine country. They all have the same huge wooden bar in an open setting and introduce different foods and wines.

This is the hardest working team because each year you raise the bar and each year you have to come back to defend it. Not that when you compete you don't get everybody's best shot, but we get a little bit extra.

This law creates an unfair barrier to education and singles out working-class Americans.

This law creates an unfair and irrational barrier to education and singles out working class Americans. Closing the campus gates denies these students a crucial chance to get themselves back on track by staying in school.

They're always getting bunched into a gaggle, especially at night. I think it's because they're scared, ... Between the language barrier and a lot of them having a fifth-grade education, it's hard to teach them our tactics.

They're hungry. They're sitting on the couch barking right now.

They recommended they elimination of the option of the three-district or conversion where a new building would be involved. Plus, Barry and Payson have building bonds right now.

They're certainly on the list of the top five brands in the toy industry, up in the ranks with a Barbie or Monopoly.

They're going to have a sushi bar and make this place feel a little bit more like where it is: Southern California. That's going to help.

They're going to go home and every time they eat an apple, they'll remember how much sugar is produced by this tree and maybe they'll eat fewer snicker bars and eat more Pink Lady apples.

They're filling the barn every night and all we want to do is win for them.

Todd Bertuzzi

They're not my cup of tea. It's something you'd wear to a bar maybe, but I don't know, out on the rink, it's pretty tight. I don't know if they've seen what we look like under our shirts, but not a lot of us are that cut.