Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Matheny

The label surprised me because of how defensive-minded he is and how much he cares about the position. That's basically how I'm wired. I respect guys who respect the position.

The labels have complained basically that they're not making enough money on downloads, that they prefer subscription services,

The intention was not to create a counterfeit-proof note -- which is basically impossible -- but one that's harder to duplicate and easier to authenticate. The new designs have definitely improved upon our efforts in detection and enforcement.

Nancy Walker

The judge basically was of the opinion that things were moving pretty quickly with respect to the postal facilities in New Jersey and wanted to have command of the facts,

The judge basically told Commissioner Sutherland and the Board of Natural Resources that they sharply increased logging without taking a close look at what that would mean for the environment and the public's resources, such as water and salmon and older forests.

Paul Levinson

The last thing you want to do, if you are investing dreams, energy and money into a city edition, is to basically fold up the Web page into something nobody would recognize as being a part of Newsday.

The message that we want to get out there is basically what our plan is,

The message that this sends is very sad, because all it basically says is minimum is all that's required and minimum is OK. Lutz has never said we want the very least; we want the very most.

The Mexicans and Venezuelans basically pooh-poohed discussing another round of cuts, ... They essentially said that they have no interest in discussing that right now.

Their (terms of service) statement was clearly crafted to protect the GLBT community. And I think they wanted to basically protect them in this instance, too. But they seem to have overstepped what was appropriate.

Dom Capers

Their defense really complements their offense. The offense gets up on you, and then the defense is able to basically stay in the nickel and really get after the quarterback.

Their grip is getting stronger in the market. The nano basically gave them another year in the drivers seat.

The fact that you get this announcement of a strike at what is basically the world's largest silver producer is more likely than not to have supportive impact.

The feeling is that the issues surrounding the building ... have been pretty well publicly aired and they're basically resolving themselves. So it really doesn't seem the need to run that resolution exists any longer.

Jane Rosenthal

The festival was basically created eight months after September 11 and it was to give our neighborhood something to look forward to and to help the renewal, and to do that you need to laugh.

Tippi Hedren

The female characters that Hitch would choose-he would take these women and try to tear them down, with basically the man's control. She would not want to give in, and he would insist upon it.

The federal government is basically saying that the price of gas could go up slightly through Labor Day weekend. It could be another couple of cents between now and next weekend. Maybe as much as four or five cents.

The Fed decision was basically right on top of expectations. Even the tone of their comments was balanced, as it should be. I don't think there were any surprises.

The Fed decision was anticipated, so it's not having much of an effect. What we're seeing now is a reaction to the end of the quarter. It's basically window dressing.

The fears we had that growth was pretty soft and fungible are basically coming out; that's what the data are showing.

Kate Warne

The fast-growing small technology companies basically ignored the Fed's warning of higher interest rates.

The Canadian market is basically flat on the day. There's not a whole lot of direction from the markets. I still think that the market is looking for a definitive conclusion out of the U.S. election.

The church has a list of opportunities that didn't play out. We had basically decided to tear them down to create green space.

The chip is unique in what it does for a high-accuracy, high-availability developmental environment and tuning a power supply for optimum performance. It basically makes a power supply programmable.

Rick Wakeman

I'm not saying I went on stage drunk, but once you've gone completely clear headed, basically the music is your stimulant rather than anything else.

I'm not optimistic about this share offering. They have basically offered presents to employees and unions to stop the opposition from getting out of hand - and it hasn't even worked.

Kyle Orton

I'm not going to put this on my being young or anything. I played like crap today, and that's basically what I'm going to put it on.

Molly Tarlov

In high school, I threw a party to get a guy's attention. I wanted him to think I was cool, so I let him and his friends DJ and basically take over the house.

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 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.

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.