Famous Quotes & Sayings

I was basically shocked. What do lobbyists know about a plan for the reconstruction and restoration of Louisiana?

I was basically looking for anything at that point, ... As a parent, you want to do the best for your child.

I was basically in the room, and they told me to get out there. It's tough, but I have to be ready.

I was basically hired to introduce what was called modern math, in 1964.

Joey Santiago

I was basically eking it out. (The reunion) couldn't have come at a better time.

I was basically able to seamlessly pick up my life where I left it off.

Alex Rocco

I was a young kid; I did a little time in the Billerica House of Correction, and it basically turned my life around because I said, 'Oh, I'll never be locked up again. They're not taking away my privacy.' So I flipped a coin: heads - Miami, tails -California.

The problem is basically fewer flights and more people wanting to travel,

Vic Reeves

We need to basically educate Costa Ricans that they shouldn't cut down the rain forest and should use shadow coffee, which is grown underneath the trees.

We haven't raised the operation and maintenance tax rate much over the years. And sales taxes basically have tanked.

We haven't lost our lives, and we're grateful. Those poor people. We don't have any communication with the outside. We're hearing basic news from this area. So this is the first time we've heard of this.

We need time to even litigate this approach. It's basically been cobbled together at the last minute.

Bob Hartley

We need three more wins. There's no way we can settle for less than this. With three more wins we're going to force other people to win their games and basically that's a situation we want to be in.

Stephen Hawking

Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures. I enjoy communicating science. It is important that the public understands basic science, if they are not to leave vital decisions to others.

The president does not have a blank check that allows him to ignore basic constitutional rights of Americans.

The preschool, kindergarten, and first grades are in a separate building, basically an aluminum shed building, and it survived the hurricane with no damage,

The premise of what we will be doing includes improvisation. We begin with the basic idea that you are a guest at a wedding on a cruise ship. Everyone is part of the story and party.

Mike Fisher

The problem is you've basically got to start over. Because if you're on a wine list, or you're on a shelf and you can't supply, you lose your placement.

Jeff Lindsay

We all pretend, we all hide things, so why not take the concept to an extreme? That is the basic idea for the character of Dexter. Pretend to be human, while quietly and carefully living out the life of a monster on the side.

Those are two big things to overcome and basically have double-digit growth when you experience that type of generic competition.

Ben Bernanke

I don't think there are any students who should not be exposed to a basic financial literacy course.

Soledad O'Brien

I don't think journalism changes. It's about digging into stories and telling them well. The basic tenets of great reporting stay the same while things around it change. Technology has made reporting easier, but it has also caused job loss. Social media has increased discussion around topics, but it has its own challenges at times.

Joe Theismann

Those guys are good, and the elements up in Chicago make them even more scary. I look at Chicago, Tampa and Indy all running the same basic defense, and it starts with four guys up front causing problems.

Two years ago, if you raised issues, the government basically ignored you. Nowadays, there will be feedback.

Uniforms will be changing just slightly, but it'll be basically the same transition as though the TSA were working at the checkpoint at this point, and you won't notice anything.

Unfortunately, school systems are more often concerned with how their retention numbers look instead of whether these children can read well enough to succeed. Consequently, schools have found loopholes in the law, and legislators need to plug those holes. Nothing does a child a greater disservice than promoting him when he is lacking the basic skills to succeed.

We were just basically talking about what can be done, in the way of development, that would be a benefit to the community. It struck us that there isn't a whole lot of senior housing in the community.

To be doing up to 15 knots in basically 10 knots of breeze in pretty much an easterly is quite exceptional.

Phil Garner

You learn a piece of it basically from everybody that you play for. I would hope that my managerial style is a great deal like Chuck. He's my mentor.

You know you can't make that big play, get that turnover every time. We've got to do some basic things, some good, overall football things.

White collar cases are always convoluted. They're very complex and this is basically conspiracy and theft of honest services. That goes into the wire fraud and mail fraud statutes.

Whilst worthy in themselves, applications shouldn't be the only way to drive basic research.

Bill Taylor

We can't get enough males in the military who have the capability or who want to be in these support units. That's the basic problem. There are a lot of women who do want to be in these positions of forward support companies.