Famous Quotes & Sayings

This had mythical proportions. A beautiful blond guy, his wife and this mysterious woman who gets under the husband's skin. It's basic storytelling.

This guy is an emotional nut case. Who would want to invest in a company run by a person who comes out with claims, who can't stick to his own message. I mean, basically it's ludicrous.

This guy has a history of bringing forward these grandiose schemes that basically melt into a puddle of water on the floor.

They shouldn't be here if they're illegal. But the police are basically looking the other way. The citations do nothing.

Bo Ryan

They're still young men who want to be successful and be a part of something that is successful. So I always start with that as the basic premise, ... And then you show them to the best of your ability.

They told us that they would like to help us, but there's no lower ground for them to be able to pump it to. So basically we're the lowest ground.

They told me, 'Just spread it up anyway. I'm looking at them, going, 'Spread it up anyway?' ... So I start doing that, and it starts working for me. Guys scrambling around and getting easy shots -- that's basically learning to be a point guard.

They told her she basically wouldn't end up doing anything for them and she might as well retire. She didn't win beam, but she beat everybody from Utah State, and she won bars.

They said he hit the goalie, but the guy who called it was way out at the restraining line. The guy on the crease actually called it a goal, but the head referee waved it off basically from what would be the blue line (in hockey).

They're very resourceful and this is the time of year that they're basically getting ready to have pups, so they need a lot of calories.

Craig Waibel

They've basically traded all of us and got nothing for the city in return.

Brian Kennedy

They've basically told us that they have the money. They just feel that they're paying us more than what we're worth as it is.

John Kasich

And what we're doing in Ohio is we're moving from a basic manufacturing economy to one that's diversified, including energy and health care and agriculture and IT.

Employer sanctions can be a very efficient tool if enforced. The problem is the way the law reads, it's basically a joke. It basically gives employers a huge loophole to walk through.

(Elliot) brought in two seniors in the second quarter they didn't play in the first because of disciplinary reasons. So they basically had two starting squads and we couldn't compete with that.

Edgar has managed to basically be in the hearing world. He has developed his own language with his friends.

Billy Burns

Drew was huge tonight. We basically have the same group that got us this far last year.

Drew was basically on his deathbed. Now he's back to his normal self, thanks to a lot of prayer and obviously great work by his doctors.

Especially in New York state, we have a constitutional obligation to provide a sound basic education. And we're nowhere near doing that.

Florida bears are basically pretty shy of humans. If they see you, they're going to disappear most of the time.

Bill O'Reilly

Far be it for the public schools to teach this, but the U.S.A. was founded on basic Judeo-Christian principles. Don't believe me - take a trip to Washington D.C. and tour the Supreme Court building. There you will see a sculpted copy of the Ten Commandments on the wall.

Nick Zinner

Fever' is basically a live record. We knew exactly what it should sound like before we went into the recording. So we could have this bratty confidence.

Fertilization is a very basic cell interaction, a very important medical, economic and social interaction. And it's also a paradigm of how other cells interact, because every cell in our body is near or in close contact with other cells. And when those interactions break down you can get cancer and other diseases. So identifying these molecules could give us a better idea of the lock and key necessary for everyday functioning, not only in terms of preventing infertility but also for preventing disease.

Fernando couldn't see and Shane kept hitting him in the same place. (Cortez and Watson) were basically saying, 'If he can't defend himself, we have to stop it.' The stop was at the right time.

Every time we do have a freeze or disaster it exposes the reality that agriculture is dependent on workers who basically don't have a social safety net to help them. That is one of the many reasons why I think immigration reform is so essential.

Everything we know about Pluto could basically fit on a postcard. We are truly going to a new frontier.

Everything we do really stems from being record collectors rather than musicians. I suppose that's where we're basically different from most bands. When we started, we were fairly heavily inspired by hip-hop from a production perspective because of the way a song is constructed with breaks. That's something people weren't really doing with pop tunes at the time, and it seemed like an obvious way of making music without having to learn how to play an instrument, which had always been my dream.

Every year we keep thinking this is the last year. The sixth year we were sure was the end, then the seventh and eighth, so now we have all basically given up trying to guess.

Every year we go into it like it's two different seasons. First is the regular season, then you start over in the tournament where you basically start from scratch. We feel like we've made one step, and now the opportunity is in front of us to take another step.

Warren Sapp

Except for that last drive (on which the Patriots went up 30-13) we basically handed it to them.

Han Xiaopeng

Except for doing some somersaults on the ground, I knew nothing about the aerials at the beginning. I have to learn all the basic skills, such as skiing, swimming and inline skating. When I touched skiing, I learned very fast and I realized that I could do the sport well in the future.

Don Jones

The results are no surprise. They are similar to the results of another survey the MDOT did in 1994. What we see in Wiscasset are seasonal surges of traffic congestion that basically make the road non-functional. That's why the bypass was conceived.

Phil Jackson

There's plenty of time to look at this for a while until either he shows improvement or else we go back to more of a basic offensive standard ... and take that guard responsibility away. Move him into a forward place where he can make plays and he can still be a participant in the offense.