Famous Quotes & Sayings

Scott Turow

I've become President of the Author's Guild, and, in part because they thought I had to know what I was talking about and also as a sort of coronation present, they got me an iPad. And I have to tell you, I'm crazy about it. It's got some bugs, but it's basically replaced my laptop. I'm very happy with it.

Bob Hill

I've basically just played since I moved to The Villages. I had played in maybe 20 or 30 games before that.

I've basically just been working hard. I've been getting up in the morning, going to class, or getting up in the morning, going to work out. When I'm done with class, I'm going to the gym. When I'm done with the gym, I'm going to class.

I've basically been trying to get the plays down and my conditioning up at the same time. Just being ready. This is my seventh year now. I know the book, it's just the terminology I'm just trying to get down.

Ernie Els

I've always done it, and I will keep doing it. A couple of putts here and there could have been better two years ago, and that's basically that. If I could just make a couple more putts, there wouldn't be this argument.

George Stevens

I've always been of the opinion that a director should never touch a film without having a basic knowledge of its contents.

I wanted her to basically take a look at things from the floor to see defensively how she could improve upon her game and help our team. I thought she did a tremendous job tonight coming off the bench. I doubt it will be permanent. She did exactly what I needed her to do tonight.

Earl Campbell

I wanted to get out of my father's shadow and get the chance to be Tyler Campbell and blend in without people saying, 'You're Earl Campbell's son right away.' That's basically the reason for coming all the way out here.

Daz Dillinger

I wanted to create something that the streets identifies with without making it like packaged cheap Spam. So I created the music, and it's basically a story and an epic like R Kelly's RB Opera. This is only the beginning.

Lynsey Addario

I wanted to continue doing my work, but I had to figure out how. And so what I have basically come up with is that I still go to Afghanistan and Iraq and South Sudan and many of these places that are rife with war, but I don't go directly to the front line.

Thank God she did it. The arrangement changes keys three times, and she generally doesn't like to do that. Everyone basically that night just started reading it for the first time. I said, 'Do you want to play piano?' And she said, 'Sure, I'll do both.' So she played piano and sang simultaneously, and that was the first take. She nailed it. Beautifully. She's an incredibly gifted musician.

I'd much rather have this challenge than having to deal with lesser known countries. The challenge we have in particular ... everybody has basically written us off.

Brooke Burns

I do love sharks. The tuna fishermen go and fin the sharks and dump 'em back into the ocean. It's basically mutilation.

Colleges are basically first and foremost businesses. They're not in the business of holding people back because they don't have a certain set of skills. ... I think that now that the data is out there, I would hope colleges maybe offer more remedial classes that try to fill in those gaps.

College is the first time you're away from home, parents, and 'Watch Your Head' basically means to be careful.

Terry Thomas

Collectively the guards felt a little disrespected after last year. Teams were basically thinking that we were suspect, so now when they play off, we punish them for it.

(Colts linebackers) David Thornton and Gary Brackett helped me out a tremendous amount, basically teaching me how to play the position.

I believe in the basic goodness of people, ... If presented with the facts, people will make the right decisions.

I believe so, we're in the taper phase. The proof will be in the times at the meet. There's always a little bit of uncertainty in that. You basically work them hard and rest them out.

I believe our basic information, our 'software', should be free and open for everyone to play with, to compete with, to try and make products from. I do not believe it should be under the control of one person.

In Darwin's day, the cell was basically a little blob of Jell-O enclosed by a membrane. That's why Darwin didn't write about the origin of life; he wrote about the origin of species.

In certain aspects, I would suggest that students should go for a budget hotel because then they have more responsibility and are exposed to a wider picture in a short duration. In a big hotel where there is a huge hierarchy, in both length and breadth, the scope to get even the basics of all operations is a mammoth task. Also, a budget hotel has promotional advantages, which is quicker, easier and comparatively competitive as far as the package is concerned.

In many countries, the cell phone is viewed as the most basic piece of technical equipment, kind of like the way Americans view the computer, ... Just as some of us have multiple computers, some people have more than one cell phone.

In light of the fact that they basically were at the low end of their guided range and they missed the consensus revenue number, yes I think there's a slight disappointment in the revenues.

Carlos Guillen

Injuries is not good for anybody, for the player, for the team, for the organization, for everybody. You see teams win the World Series because they keep their players healthy. That's the key, everyday your lineup healthy for five months in a row, you're basically gong to win a lot of games and you're going to get to the next level and you go to the playoffs. Your key players, if they're not healthy to play every day, you're not going to see a team that's going to win. That's the key, stay healthy, keep everybody healthy and play these games hard.

In my eyes you've got six team that can basically win the regional. We'd like to think we've got an edge, we're playing on our home floor and we've been playing well.

In an increasingly topsy-turvy world filled with uncertainty, a hall of fame gives people a sense of permanency, ... It fills a basic human need of establishing an immortality.

Jennifer Egan

In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

Joe Biden

I mean it's basic block and tackle stuff, ... There's not sufficient cops, sufficient fencing, sufficient cameras. It is just criminal.

Don Meyer

I know there are labs out there that basically went out and bought an NIR and set themselves up as a lab. But they have no clue as to what went into the calibration of that instrument, or what to do in case they have an outlier. They probably don't have qualified people and probably shouldn't be in this industry.

Harry Reid

The events of the last ten days have shown that Mr. Brown has repeatedly exercised poor judgment and has failed in his basic responsibilities, ... His continued presence in this critical position endangers the success of the ongoing recovery efforts. ... It is not enough to remove Mr. Brown from the disaster scene.

Celso Amorim

The Europeans need to show real flexibility on market access, ... We came here for a discussion basically on agriculture.

Viviane Reding

The European Commission will help to turn this into reality by co-funding centers of competence for digitization and providing a truly European framework for protecting, accessing and using intellectual property rights in digital libraries. Member states will have to do their bit by providing the basic means for digitization.