Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have made no indication that we want to go there. Our desire is to stay here. We were basically minding our own business, try to repeal the Wright Amendment, and they came knocking on our door.

Sonny Lubick

We'll work hard at it. We've got to get better at it; we've got to work harder and get the right guys in there. It's all about basically coaching.

Dan Donegan

When we started writing, we went back to the basics of just kind of jamming out riffs, ... That brought us back to some of our influences. It made the songs seem like some of them could use guitar solos. We just thought we would expand on that. We're trying to contribute in our way bringing this element back to rock music.

We will leave nothing untried to protect the basic rights of Abdul Rahman and save his life.

We will have to see what happens, but basically there is no substitute for dropping shark's fin altogether.

We've just scratched the surface in being able to communicate with him so that he can play our defense. Right now, we're relying mostly on the written word I'd personally like to take basic sign language lessons and continue to develop better ways to communicate with him.

Naeem Khan

We welcome it. We think that it will basically strengthen the peace process between Pakistan and India,

Scott Stevens

We watched a lot of film to prepare for this game, but we basically just stayed lower than (Tennent) did. The lowest man wins the battle at the line of scrimmage.

We had some organizational meetings and really checked with the schools in Schofield, Point and Rapids. We basically copied some of their things that we liked.

Two of the most basic responsibilities we have on this earth are to put God first in our lives and offer ourselves in service to others.

When someone only has $200 to their name and has to pay their electric bill soon, why make them pay for basic necessities?

Kobe Bryant

When somebody comes down the lane, you've got to hit him. You can't let them come down the lane and just finger roll and get easy baskets. ... That's just basic NBA basketball.

Cliff Floyd

When she did it last time it was more she was going off the old test. She was just happy to do her own test. Her test basically proves I'm fine. I'm OK. Do I have to monitor it? Of course. But there are no concerns whatsoever.

Francesca Annis

In films people basically work for the camera, you know, and that's why actors can hate each other and not be speaking to each other and still look as if they're in love because really they're loving the camera loving them.

Physics is the most basic part of science and, of course, math. It gives you insight into everything - a foundation, I should say, to understand nature and the universe.

Basic research is to work at the very edge, the very border of, of knowledge, and move that border forward. You look and look for new secrets, and you don't know where it's going to lead you.

Ottessa Moshfegh

Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.

Oscar Isaac

I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm. I smile, I laugh. Basic stuff for most people.

Evan Williams

Google started out when the dot-com boom was happening. It grew under the radar of big companies that were competing in but basically ignoring search. Then they were able to really invest during the bust for a long time.

Elizabeth McCracken

In general, I think people are worried about saying the wrong thing to any grieving person. On a very basic level, I think they're frightened of touching off tears or sorrow, as though someone tearing up at the mention of unhappy news would be the mentioner's fault.

Flea

I worked full time jobs, basically doing manual labor until I could make enough money supporting myself as a musician.

Conor Oberst

If you think about Protestant and Catholic or Shiite and Sunni, they are basically the same thing... one eats with their left hand, the other eats with their right hand.

Jane Goodall

I miss the early days; I do. I was so lucky. I basically had it to myself, learning about these chimpanzees. Nobody knew anything about them. Discovering their different personalities, different life histories. I was lucky.

Jacqueline Bisset

A lot of actors work too much. There comes a point where it's hard to mask your basic personality. It's a bit like a relationship. If you're always there, they can't desire you.

Gail Collins

You know what Americans are really sensitive to? Issues of fairness. I think this is a modern phenomenon, born of the civil rights movement. Once you convince Americans that something is basically unfair, you've got a winning cause.

Gail Simmons

I reveled in the most basic rules and techniques that are the foundation of professional cooking. For example, it is essential to use a sharp knife: the sharper the knife, the more fluid and precise your work and the less likely you are to get hurt. Dull knives are a danger - they slip far more often.

In my own case, I'm an artist, and I'm really interested in expanding the vocabulary of human action, and basically empowering people through interactivity. I want people to discover themselves as actors, as creative actors, by having interactive experiences.

Gene Luen Yang

Going from idea to production is a huge hurdle. It took me a while to overcome it. It's basically all about self discipline, right?

Thomas Mann

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive.

We learned a lot of things from watching Canon-McMillan, such as our body positioning and laying on top. You see how much experience they have on the mat. We are still teaching basic technique and body awareness.

Mike Mitchell

We launched the sauce about two months ago and recent sales are up 50 percent, ... Basically we wanted to have something that could let people see a little bit of humor amid all the seriousness.

We're trying to go the distance for a change, but we're basically hostage to these geopolitical events. We're not going to sustain anything consistently on the upside until we get a resolution to this thing.

Alan Furst

Venice has always fascinated me. Every country in Europe then was run by kings and the Vatican except Venice, which was basically run by councils. I've always wondered why.