Famous Quotes & Sayings

All week long we talked about executing better and about being football players, not spectators. We kept it simple. We got back to basics and got after it.

All we can do is basic stuff at this point.

Tom Coburn

All this is confirmation we will see breakthroughs without compromising ethical standards. We're not going to have to go that way if we can just be patient and fund the basic science.

Phil Jackson

The game was in our hands. We led for 46 minutes. It was a basic collapse by our team in the fourth quarter.

The goal is to simply give the governor and the commissioner of education an opportunity to have face-to-face conversations with teachers and higher education employees who are basically in the trenches every day.

The goal is to get him back into school full time, but I don't know how long that will take and neither do his doctors. I'm basically praying for another miracle.

David Lynch

The goal is basically to raise money - I would like to raise $7 billion,

The GDP, up 3.3 percent is basically as expected and old news,

The gold market is basically struggling to decisively overcome the $600 level. Until we see that, we may see some indecision on the part of traders on how to handle the market.

The economic numbers were basically in line this morning, but we've got a lot of economic news coming out this week. Earnings are pretty much over with, and they were pretty mixed, so investors are now looking to see that the economy won't stall in the second quarter before they're going to be willing to buy.

The Donner family ended up getting the stigma basically because of the name. But of all the people, they were probably the least deserving of it.

The dollar was given a kicker to the downside. Basically it followed the fall in precious metals in New York overnight.

The driver was basically using the vehicle as a weapon. Our officers, to protect their safety and the safety of others, fired at the vehicle and were able to neutralize the threat.

The driver, apparently, he accelerated multiple times toward our officers and Brownsville police. The guy was basically using his vehicle as a weapon. Out of fear for their personal safety and the safety of others, they fired at the vehicle.

The drilling rigs that we have in the Gulf have basically ceased operations ... and moved to a safe location,

Drew Fuller

The dream would be to work with my two favorite actors, Daniel Day Lewis and Cate Blanchett. Or playing Joaquin Phoenix's brother in a film. Basically anything where I get to act opposite actors like these; ones who bring a certain caliber to their work and literally morph into the character they are playing.

Allen Johnson

The earth is the Lord's. Psalm 24 basically says the earth is God's property. We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on earth to see it isn't ruined.

The development of science is basically a social phenomenon, dependent on hard work and mutual support of many scientists and on the societies in which they live.

The game flow was fairly slow. We jumped out to a good lead, and basically maintained it.

The French Quarter and Uptown, you see life basically as it was before the storm. It's eerie, because life really is normal in those neighborhoods and then you cross over the Industrial Canal and enter the lower Ninth Ward or eastern New Orleans, and it looks like a bomb just went off yesterday.

The free credit report thing is basically a farce. It only tells you very specific information about your situation at a point in time.

Milos Forman

The formula proposed by the EU harms the basic democratic principle that each vote should have the same democratic value.

The fundamentals of the Plan still remain the driving force. The basic initiatives are still in place.

The current government said it would spend $200 million by the end of the year. The sum has not been spent so the electricity supply and other basic services have deteriorated and unemployment has increased.

The culture that Edith Wharton writes about is very nouveau riche. They don't have the experience or grace of knowing how to be rich, of how to act, or how to treat people. There's a lot of measuring up, a ton of greed. They basically eat each other alive. People are terrified of what might happen to them, because things are changing so incredibly fast. Everyone is very guarded about their money and yet they flaunt it shamelessly. They're consumers, in all senses of the word.

The Cuban agricultural, conventional, 'Green Revolution' system never was able to feed the people. It had high yields, but was oriented to plantation agriculture. We exported citrus, tobacco, sugar cane and we imported the basic things. So the system, even in the good times, never fulfilled people's basic needs.

The class is designed for employees of businesses that sell fertilizer and pesticides. The training will provide increased knowledge in pest identification and management as well as basic horticultural training.

Gracie Gold

The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is wash my face with Olay Regenerist Thermal Mini-Peel Face Wash. My skin is super-dry, and this one is great for basically any skin type. As you cleanse your face, the face wash gets warmer, so it's soothing and also has some exfoliation to it.

Chad Greenway

The first time I ever played 11-man football was when I came to college. It was the first I'd ever seen 11 men on a football field. I never played in an all-star game. My only Division I offer was Iowa. You basically didn't have any choices. You were going there or you didn't, and when I got there, it's not really any different. It's still about tackling and catching and running.

These products are basically not service-oriented in the sense that they still enforce the

Robert Byrd

This is our basic document. It guarantees our freedoms, ... I think the American people revere it, but they don't know a lot about it. I'm trying to inspire students and teachers . . . to study it, to read it.

This is my first victory of the season. I basically tried to ride it the same way as I did last year. I tried to really make the difference in the second half or the final third of the race. It seems to work out well that way. But it wasn't easy, as there were other strong riders here today. Winning this takes the pressure off my shoulders, it has been building for the last couple of months.

This is a good guy who basically has paid a lot of money. The mother basically seems to think that she's entitled to more and more.