Famous Quotes & Sayings

The whole settlement is going to hurt the industry in terms of profitability, ... But multiples should improve, and this is basically why the industry is trying to settle. There has been a big cloud overhanging the industry for more than a decade now.

The whole scene, it was basically a helicopter pilot's nightmare, because everything was basically wires or tower.

Jonathan Cheechoo

They actually had a (men's) team that was basically made up of my uncles and my dad. I just watched them since I was a little kid. They are all hockey fanatics.

The witching hour was basically from 6 to 10 o'clock, and now we're just mopping up so to speak. The storm seemed to be weakening and separating as it moved into central Iowa.

The violin is basically made of a wood box and four main strings.

The work I was involved in had no obvious therapeutic benefit. It was purely of scientific interest. I hope the country will continue to support basic research even though it may have no obvious practical value.

The right to a clean and safe environment should be regarded as a basic human right. To effectively guarantee this right, the citizens' right to learn environmental information and to participate in environmental protection should be included in the Constitution.

Carlos Gomez

There won't be any real news until next year. We're basically already on Christmas holiday, ... There really isn't much that could change the economic picture before then.

There will not be a new target for the eradication of polio. Every country in the world could stop polio by the end of 2005 save Nigeria. Basically the world, at the start of 2006, will look at who is late, and work to make that process move faster.

Shawn Amos

The same basic tools we've used for thousands of years to connect with people, to draw them in and to hold their attention will always work, even if we're telling our stories 140 characters at a time.

The ruling was correct, and it's the basic point that we've been trying to make for years. Lumping a bunch of homeowners together in a lawsuit, because they live close together, is not a good way to resolve these issues.

The scenarios are basically the same. Andersen as we know it is dead whether there is an acquittal or they are found guilty.

Flip Saunders

The satisfying thing is, right now we've put basically 16 games in the loss column between us and the next closest team in our division. When you can do that with 26 games to go, you're in pretty good shape.

Dany Heatley

I've talked a lot about it for the last two years. I've basically said everything there is to say. That's the reason I don't feel that I need to talk about it anymore.

I've taken two or three in the past couple years. Every year, I've gotten basically a pay cut. How far down we'll go, I don't know. I don't even know if we will (go down any further). It just depends.

Mark Waters

'Twilight' was about a naive person who knew nothing of a certain world, basically discovering that this world existed and totally being indoctrinated into it and falling in love with a vampire, which is interesting.

Roger Avary

TV is designed a certain way where you have three, four days on stage and three or four days out. You're basically making a feature every seven days. You have to shoot an hour's worth.

To get rid of the damage, it would make all of the members of Team Kobe have a partial lobotomy. The information is basically in their heads.

To have been five in front and then Colin to just shoot 71 to win is pretty poor, ... Colin did play pretty poor, but I needed to shoot 75 to win basically and to not do that after playing so well all week is very disappointing. I feel that I let him win. I could have put more pressure on him when I had a chance. It's my own fault, I have got nobody to blame but myself.

You have to look at these numbers over a few months. Coming in, we had several months of very substantial gains, ... The basic picture is that business spending is bottoming and showing some signs of improvement, but it's not really robust.

You have to learn the basics of your instrument. It is like sports: if you don't have the fundamentals, you don't get very far. Natural talent will only carry you so far.

You have a lack of basic management controls. I have a complete lack of confidence in the management of our state government.

With his calm manner, he established people's basic trust in the euro, ... We will remember his personality and what he achieved.

With Sam, you went in and basically he turned on a tape recorder, let it run until it was out, and went back and found out what you had. That made country boys like Carl Perkins feel comfortable.

With rapidly rising household bills for energy, water and council tax, it's no wonder that consumers remain cautious about spending money expect on basics such as food.

You had a little bit of a back swell with Hurricane Maria, then Nate sent more of a backswell.   So basically you have a mixture of four different swells coming in and just making great waves for this area.

You have to give him a little room -- not too much room -- but you have to give him enough room that just in case he does go you can have a chance to recover. You basically have to rely on your instincts more than anything. He's a quick player but I'm pretty quick, too.

Gray Davis

This year, he's on the right track, and he's trying to chart a course for California proposing investments that will control traffic, reduce pollution and build more schools. That's good, basic stuff.

When you meet up in your early days, those are the relationships that last. A lot of things are different than those days, but our practice rounds are basically the same.

Kevin Garnett

When you lose, the easy part is to see who gives up. Giving up is very simple. You basically take your stuff and walk away. To continue to work and to continue to compete is one of the most difficult things, especially when you really don't have anything to play for other than dignity and self-perseverance. That's when you see who's really with you.

What the judge basically told us to do was move forward with the elections under the current regime.

We've reached a stage where everyone is following the same basic formula and all SUVs look pretty much the same.

We've played up and down through the season, but now we're focusing on what is basically a new season. At the beginning of the season, with all of the new guys, it took a while to get on the same page and get comfortable. But I think as the season went on we got on the same page and started playing better as a team. Lately, we've had a little more success as a team.