Famous Quotes & Sayings

We made mistakes left and right. Now, we're making strides. We're basically through with stupid mistakes.

Anthony Dawson

He was educated like a lot of other young people of his time and the plays do not demonstrate any great knowledge, ... They basically are the kind of knowledge open to any reasonably literate Elizabethan person.

I also have insisted that the report include as much basic data as reasonable and that it be unclassified, since the tragedy that has been Iraq has exacted such a huge cost for so many for so long.

I always came back to the one basic premise that I really wanted to coach this team, I really wanted to be with this group. I wanted to follow what we did and continue this job, continue this journey with these kids.

Kirk Hinrich

He was able to get in the paint and basically do whatever he wanted.

Julio Lugo

He wants to make fundamentals basic to us. He wants everybody to play the way you're supposed to play.

I was happy for Ben Rhoda getting his 1,000th point tonight and the way he got the put back which basically (sealed the deal) in the game.

I was surprised we did as well as we did. We basically sent a split squad there.

Dick Wolf

I was running Miami Vice, but it wasn't my show so I got to learn an enormous amount. You were basically getting trained to have your own show.

Jeff Garcia

I was so frustrated, so angry, so disappointed in everything that was taking place, that it was basically coming to a boiling point.

Joel Edgerton

I was raised Catholic, and I remember in all the pamphlets and pictures we'd look at, Jesus was basically blonde with blue eyes. He kind of looked like Jared Leto.

Chip Kidd

I wouldn't buy a book simply because I like the cover. I would pick it up. The jacket can call your attention to it. But in that sense, Oprah Winfrey is worth all the jackets in the world. A jacket is basically trying to do what she does all on her own.

Susanne Bier

I would say I'm basically interested in human beings, and I don't really care whether they're men or women. I think my comprehension is about the same for both.

J. J. Johnson

I would have liked to play with him for my entire career. I really would have. This is the first time I've had the luxury of having a quarterback that people basically said was a can't-miss guy when he came out.

Dave Sitek

I work very closely with my publisher and just give them tons and tons of music, and then they link that with different songwriters and stuff. I'm basically a workaholic. So, I figured I might as well just start working outside.

David Thomas

I workout two times a day and everything has been going great. I'm ready to get to Indianapolis and show the NFL teams what I can do on the field and what kind of person I am off the field. I've heard that it is basically a four-day job interview, but thanks to the preparation I received from my family and from all of the people at Texas, I feel pretty confident.

I grew up with gang violence. They tried to suck me in, but I wouldn't do it. I kinda got sucked in for a while, but my grandma basically raised me, and her dying wish was for me to stop doing that. An hour later -- she told me that when she was in the hospital -- I got a call saying she had died. Her dying wish was for me to succeed. I'm the first person in my family to go to college.

If we don't have major catastrophes ... the rates should stay at basically this level for the rest of the year.

E. O. Wilson

If we had lost tonight, it's basically like Pin the Tail on the Donkey, when there's one kid left and you know he's going to hit the spot. You don't want to get to that point. It's always nice to beat a great ballclub.

John Smoltz

If we had to lose and if one person basically was the reason -- you never want to lose -- but you didn't mind it being Kirby Puckett. When he made the catch and when he hit the home run you could tell the whole thing had turned.

If we didn't win, I think our chances (of getting) in the tourney would be slim. It was a must-win, and that's basically what we put in our heads and in our hearts.

If we didn't win, I think our chances in the tourney would be slim. It was a must-win, and that's basically what we put on our foreheads and on our hearts.

Javier Solana

I got the impression from the government that they don't see any basic difficulties in parliament ... Parliament is is recess but people continue to work on the law.

Mo Williams

I got in today and it was pretty sore, but I just played through it. It's basically what I have to do in the game.

Michelle Monaghan

I graduated with a class of 35 people. We had basically just enough people to actually have a play.

If they had provided some basic level of supervision and care, these falls would not have happened.

If they follow these guidelines the risk is basically nonexistent.

If they feel that the new rule is a hindrance to their basic work entitlement then they can come to me and we will take the required action.

He was cut and bleeding all over his face and I thought the rule was you can't come back on the ice if you're bleeding, you got to be patched up. And he goes out there and sets up basically the winning goal.

Lou Piniella

He works hard with these guys. He's got a program for most of these kids. Lee basically preaches staying inside of the ball, a little weight shift, and right-center, left-center, which is a good way to teach. The players believe in him. He's done a really nice job with our hitters.

Hewlett-Packard is basically the whole story. It is a one-sided market with a few stocks providing the push,

He was trying to swing (the election) toward the other guy anyway. Everybody knew it. He's basically just wiggling his way out of it.

Kevin Youkilis

He was throwing his off-speed real well, changeups, curveballs. This is a fastball-hitting team. You?re not going to get too many fastballs by this team. He basically threw his off-speed well and spotted up his fastball when he needed to spot up his fastball.