Famous Quotes & Sayings

Muhammad Yunus

There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go and become a philanthropist.' I said, 'No, I can do that in the business world, create a different kind of business - a business based on selflessness.'

Real Christianity is based upon God's word given to us through the scriptures, and His word is final.

Charles Spurgeon

Oh, this base heart of ours! Hath it not enough tinder in it to set on fire the course of nature? If a spark do but fall into it, any one of our members left to itself would dishonour Christ, deny the Lord that bought us, and turn back into perdition.

Willie Randolph

The good thing about the World Baseball Classic is we get to see some kids play that we normally wouldn't.

The good thing about college baseball is that you can come out and play the next day. That's just the nature of our sport. You know that everyday is a new day, and we felt that we had a good chance to take two out of three today.

The good, solid fundamental baseball was not there. And we have six more games to fix it.

Kevin Hall

The governor welcomes the return of Major League Baseball to the Capital region, and we're supportive of the District's effort to maintain their franchise.

The governor's strongest desire is that the 148th Fighter Wing be given a strong and viable mission with roughly the same number of jobs on the base today." ()

The governor has never rejected an idea based on who it came from. She is always open to ideas.

The governor bases his decisions on what is best for California. The question of fund-raising is immaterial.

Ray Comfort

The 'science' for which the United States is respected has nothing to do with the unscientific and baseless theory of evolution.

Ryan Coogler

I think that when you're making a story... that's based on somebody, the filmmaker has his duty to do his research.

Richard MacDonald

I'm a classically trained painter, and I was an illustrator in New York working with Fortune 500s companies as well as the NBA and the Olympics. I first got into sculpting when I created a sculpture based on a painting I had done for the 1984 Olympics.

We had our best spring ever. The World Baseball Classic brings a new dimension. I think it's terrific.

We hadn't got the lead off batter on base all day. The lead off is huge. That puts pressure on the other team.

We'll play the game and prepare for it like any other game. It's a little down the road, but I'm sure the kids won't forget what happened. We have to keep our emotions in check and I think our kids can do that. Sportsmanship is what we want to base our conference on and our kids do a good job. They are pretty good character-wise.

We'll pitch certain guys based on the scouting reports and position ourselves accordingly, just like always, ... We play defense as a team. It won't be any different.

We have the opportunity to climb Everest. We're at the base camp. We've got the best equipment. We've got the best guides -- people who have been there before. And the weather forecast looks great. The question is, can we actually do it?

Jason Hill

We have the capability of doing everything we did today, ... We have good pitching and hitting. We run the bases well. With all those things combined, when we put it together, we're a very tough team.

We have the better part of five months of baseball to play.

We were going off based on what we knew (from the summer) and grapevine stuff. We had to make in-game adjustments.

David Hawkins

We were getting hits tonight. The bottom line was we were getting runners on base then not getting production from guys when we needed it.

Carl Everett

We were solid the whole time. Our pitching was great, we had great defense and it showed tonight. Uribe came up so clutch. He's the best shortstop in the league right there. Without him tonight, we'd still be playing.

We were sitting in the basement and we heard this deafening crash.

Vinny Castilla

To know the whole country's watching you, it's going to be a great experience. Baseball in Mexico is not as big as soccer, but people love it, especially in the northern part of (the country).

Tickets between the bases are $500 and up, $1,000 for a seat a few rows up from the field,

Trucking specifically has been a very strong growth sector. I think we quit counting, but at one point there were more than 35 over-the-road truck terminals based in Springfield.

Nicola Sturgeon

Trespass, the outdoor clothing company based in the South Side, is run by two of the nicest guys and proudest Glaswegians you could meet, Afzal and Akmal Khushi.

Troy Perkins

Yeah, that's something I base my game on, is a lot of communication. Bobby does it very well, being a center back. Facundo is getting better with the (English) language, and he's stepping up as well.

You know, this was written a long time ago and it was based on history. All of Star Wars was reasonably political. It's just that most people didn't notice it until this episode was put into the puzzle.

Mike Redmond

You know, he was pumped when I just walked over to him. That was pretty neat. It puts things into perspective as a baseball player.

O. Henry

You know, from our perspective, we'd love to ... you know, we want to support the Baseball Classic but it's actually a plus for us that he's coming here March 1st and not playing there.

Elizabeth McCracken

When I first met my husband, he was sculpting Vilnius out of clay - a sort of Vilnius, anyhow: a map of an imaginary European city based on the Lithuanian capital - to illustrate his second novel.