Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ronnie Montrose

I had just basically gotten tired of working, touring on the road with a vocalist and the whole process of doing vocal oriented music.

I have always enjoyed racing at Chicagoland, ... Yes, it is a basic 1.5-mile oval, but it seems to have a different personality. It is wider than most of the other tracks and the grip level is good everywhere. So you see a lot more drivers using the high groove. I think that is why there have been so many close finishes there. I think there will be another close one this year. I just want to have the front of my car cross the line first this time.

D. B. Sweeney

I had a teacher senior year in high school. He was a theater teacher, and he basically was a little bit like 'High School Musical.' He kind of encouraged the jocks to get involved with the plays. I did it as kind of a senior year lark.

Philippe Petit

I have been expelled from five different schools when I was a kid. And I learned basically all what I do by myself.

I have a daughter back at home and that's my main concern, ... I know my parents and my brother is older, they can basically fend for themselves. But my daughter is only 3 years old, that's a harder challenge to take care of a child in situations like that, especially if something goes wrong. It is a load off your mind, now.

Mary Roach

I have a nice little office, with a nice little window in it, but I do basically spend huge amounts of time in what you could consider solitary confinement.

I have kind of mixed emotions about (my rookie year). On one hand, I've kept my card for next year, which is basically a huge relief and a huge accomplishment. It's not an easy thing to do for a rookie,

Angel Cabrera

I had to work to eat. I couldn't even complete a basic elementary education.

Bruce Davison

I feel that accomplishment was really great. It was really showing change was coming and basically opened up doors for those that would like to get an education.

I didn't handle anything well. It was my most embarrassing season, and I was basically immature about the whole situation.

Bobby Julich

I did have a contract for next year, but Bjarne has since decided to open up the contract and basically make a new one for two more seasons. It's rewarding me for sticking with him when he was having money problems, and also for doing so well.

I did film. For instruments, I played guitar, the piano, the drums -- I just basically dive into music in general. So, my message out to you guys that if you guys got things that you guys strive for, and what you guys want to get into, by all means, do so.

I can't say enough good things about the bench. I thought early in the game we lacked energy. Guys came in and picked it up for us; picked up our defensive intensity. It was basically the same thing in the second half. We got good shots and good offensive production from our bench.

Damon Albarn

I can't really make another Blur record that's a big landscape sort of thing, due to my very basic guitar ability, ... I want to sing and play so it has to be three chords. I can only do three chords and not look at the guitar.

John Hurt

I can't say that I wouldn't prefer to make small films, basically because I think they are probably more interesting in terms of the material. But every now and again, it's quite good to do a big one.

Nick Carter

I can't get too into it, but basically I can tell you I did not do anything wrong and I know that for a fact,

Scott Westerfeld

I found a great book called 'Slang Through the Ages' by Jonathon Green. It's basically a thesaurus of historical slang, and had lots of great old uses.

Bret Bielema

I found out how our schedule evolved. And with a 12th game being approved, it was an eye-opening experience because basically it comes down to not a lot of people wanting to come to Camp Randall Stadium.

Mel Stottlemyre

I didn't let it interfere with the way I did my job, ... I felt it (wore) a little bit on my thinking on the field. Basically that's why I made the decision.

I'd like to see it become a program like Aspen's where they have a Midget Major A team as well as a high school team. It is basically the same team, but they just play different schedules.

Scott Hamilton

I don't care how many of these things I can inject into my body, am I going to be able to compete with Shaquille O'Neal on the basketball court? No. Or would he be able to compete with me on the skating surface? No. So there's a lot to just basic genetics, body style, physical stature, and then the mental capability, too. There's more to sports than just being big and strong and quick.

I don't believe the people of Illinois want a governor that is unclear on the basics of legislation or one who plays loose and fast with the facts.

Flip Saunders

I don't always judge things by wins and losses. I just go by how you play and the opportunities to win. We played 51 games, and out of those 51 we had nine losses and probably only three of those games where we basically didn't have opportunities to win in the fourth quarter.

I do not view him as selling out or changing his basic philosophy. I think he is doing what he has to do. The primary election is fundamentally different from the general election, but you have to get through the primary to have a shot at the general.

I couldn't really understand the basic plot of The World Is Not Enough. What does Bond have to do with that? And to have M in Azerbaijan? For what purpose would M travel there?.And what was exactly the goal of the Villain in that one? So complicated.

Christian Scott

I came up with a 'forecasting cell,' which is basically a mixed intention cell or chord that is a complete hybrid of a consonance and a dissonance, and what that does when you are improvising is lead you to where you are supposed to go.

I am getting more comfortable with it. It's still basically just going out and playing football.

Patrick Stump

I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.

Flavio Briatore

I believe we are quite close to a commercial deal, to finalize it with Bernie. We are basically agreed. Something will happen maybe this week or next week, but on the commercial part I believe we are very much in agreement.

I believe this is basically an intrusion on the creative process and an ill-thought revenue-gaining procedure.

We've talked about if you dream big, big dreams will happen and that's what is basically happening right now. The kids never gave up and kept believing.

We've run into two pretty good defenses in a row, but we've still got a good offense. We just need to get back to basics and do what we do. I never questioned our effort. We had our guys giving it everything they had out there, we just need to play a complete game.

Roger Cohen

We should try to help lay the basic foundation for this part of Europe to move forward and enjoy some of the prosperity and stability that we are enjoying at the end of this century.