Famous Quotes & Sayings

We got elected basically by saying we would live by a higher moral standard and I don't think recently we have,

Jim McDermott

We have squeezed providers and we have made savings and we have kept the system basically functioning for 30-some years.

Harry Reid

We have spent two months - two months - dealing with basically five judges, all of whom have jobs.

Well, it would not even have to be a chemical or biological or nuclear weapon. Because the only thing separating that container yard from basically where people live and work is a fence.

We had a new offense (from last year) and I basically didn't know anything when I came back. I was out of shape, too. It was tough.

We had a motto before the game, just basically coming into the game was let's live 'til tomorrow, find a way to get to tomorrow night and not be satisfied with getting there. But, from this point on, boy it's one game at a time. You can't look forward two or three games down the road.

Tim Howard

I wasn't a troublemaker. I wasn't impertinent. The teachers liked me. But year after year, the comments on my report cards basically came down to a single point, and it was 100% accurate: I seemed to get nothing whatsoever out of all those long hours spent in the classroom.

Tom Shippey

My colleagues in the literary department say it's all very escapist stuff. I think, 'No, no, no.' It's actually all about what happened in the 20th century. The 20th century has basically been industrialized warfare,

My coach basically said I should step up. Their post players were very small. He told me to get big.

My client hadn't done anything wrong. He basically was approached to do something wrong and he notified the FBI and he notified the Rangers and he basically blew the whistle.

Manny Acta

Most of the players here were not involved in the Caribbean Series. That was something that basically the fans were the ones that were really involved in that, took it personal. We were going to try to beat whoever we faced, whether they speak English, Spanish or Italian.

Most importantly, the players want to be shown respect. They don't want to have cards waved in their faces, or scolded like children. 'Show us respect and we'll show you respect,' was basically what they were saying.

Michal has been doing a lot of extra work with the fitness coach and is currently basically doing a mini pre-season,

Brian Cashman

Mel told me that he'd always be interested in staying around. I talked to the Boss about it. He thought it was a good idea. Mel thought it was a good idea. Everybody basically felt: Let's continue the relationship. Mel did a tremendous job here for a long time and provides a lot of valuable insight. So it's nice to have him as part of the support system as we move forward.

Why wouldn't you be pissed if a guy you loved and came to play for is basically forced to resign?

Pete Carroll

We have our way at halftime. Our guys know that situation well enough now that they know what's going to come from me, I know how they're going to respond, and we're going to go about our business in a particular manner that gives us a chance to win ? because basically they believe they can't be beat.

Kelly Ryan

We just basically got rid of a body, and how we gonna explain it. Um, you know, obviously if we thought that, you know, by burning the car it would get rid of ah, of the person completely. Um, I don't know, I don't know why.

We just basically eat it until we can raise prices.

We just aren't talking about it much. The decisions regarding Tim and Zach are out of our control. We are wishing the best (for) both of them, but at the same time, we are basically moving forward with what we have.

We just couldn't get in sync, particularly offensively. We just couldn't get anything going. And they (Middletown) were basically playing from their own 40 to our goal line. We never really ever pinned them deep because we couldn't get any field position.

John Gibbons

You have to do that early. There are some new faces. Cutoffs, relays and bunt plays are basically the same everywhere, but there are some variations.

You can grow with grace. This is a type of smart growth. Basically we just want to stop sprawling Utah and create plans we're proud of. It's a statement we're trying to make: You can grow in style.

You can get any film now basically for free, and that's where I think the model we're talking about is - if you give people what they want, how they want it and when they want it, they're more likely to pay for it.

You can always basically shut down the production operations.

You can basically get an Italian-style holiday in Croatia at about one-fifth the price.

The 40 minutes of talk time on these shows are basically the same on every program,

The American people basically love the Endangered Species Act.

That would be a gift that a guy would basically redeem as quickly as possible. You're going to do this for him, and hopefully he will reciprocate.

That was basically the only mechanical problem we had with the 58.

That was basically the largest single extension of citizenship rights in the country.

Nick Saban

That was basically the end of that theory, but I did have my laptop with me. I also wanted to get away from the cleanup. There was a method to that madness.

That was basically lucky. I timed it right. That was at the peak of my jump when I caught it. That's about as high as I can get.

Michael Johnson

That was a positive thing going into the Texas Relays. We will basically use this as a practice meet. It'll be a good test for us. What we're working toward is getting ready for district.