Famous Quotes & Sayings

It's basically a massive shutdown. Very few airplanes are making it off the ground and into the major airports in the Northeast.

George Romero

It's basically always been the same, you know? It's just on a different level. You used to be able to at least stand a chance with a little film if it was handled well.

It's basically all of the temperatures at the surface that we can get our hands on.

It's basically a leash for a dog or like a bridle for a horse. You can control the elephant just from its head.

It's basically a beauty contest for dogs. And beauty is judged by the breed standard. And he is very, very much what they call in the dog show business, 'typing,' which means he's very much the type that the standard describes.

It's basically a 4-3, but we'll get a lot of different looks because they don't stay in one place long. Our line must stick to its blocking roles, and I think our guys can handle it. They did last year.

It's basically 9 percent more over what we thought we needed last year. We can talk about an increase over what the commissioners gave us last year, but I don't think that's relevant.

It's great because Kim works hard. I've got to see her basically her whole career competitively. It's always exciting to see somebody win.

It's ridiculous. It's just people playing people. That's all. Basically it's just common sense things, but over the years I think we have a tendency to forget them.

It's shaping up to be basically a reorganization of his campaign in a nonprofit structure.

That's probably the best team we've played this year. We went toe-to-toe with them. They basically wore us down.

That's the feeling we got. It's all subject to change. He's not the man who'll make the decision. ... They're basically telling us that to give us some light at the end of the tunnel.

That's a big number. I'm basically just numb.

It's much easier on a younger person than an older person. I have tried unsuccessfully to battle it and to get control over it. My doctor told me if I continue working much longer I'm going to make myself sick. So basically I am going to retire and try to get my health back in order and try to live as normal a life a person can who has this disease.

It's mostly just coming off the back of profit selling, if you like, after a good result yesterday. The down move in the U.S. is basically due to oil.

It's still under investigation. Basically I have not made a final determination whether to charge anybody.

Raul Gonzalez

It's still subject to dialogue between (Department of Foreign Affairs) and US government. Under VFA, we basically waived custody to US except in cases of importance to our country. In which case, we must justify importance within 20 days,

It's still open. It's a soft verbal. Anything can happen. I'm basically down to N.C. State for now.

It's starting at basically ground zero. There's no floodplain, no meanders. It's one of the worst spots on the creek.

It's similar basically to the techniques of early whalers. You get towed around. Sometimes the whale will just plain stop. This guy didn't.

Christie Brinkley

It's so funny because all those years I was working, I basically always felt that whatever job I was doing would probably be the last one I would get. I really never thought that I stacked up with the other girls.

It's so frustrating to not know what the next day is going to bring, and sitting here wondering if we will have anything to go back to when that day finally comes, ... We are only college kids and basically left our lives in our apartment.

It's not good enough. There are basically two groups of people, champions and everybody else. I didn't deserve to win. I have to work harder.

Efrain basically carried our team on the offensive end. He will probably do the same thing this year too.

Economic theory dictates that the value of a company is basically the present value of its future profits. To estimate Facebook's value through its future profits, we need to have a view on its user growth and how this will evolve in the next 10 to 50 years.

Everyone knew coming into the state tournament that those three teams were the teams that everyone was gunning for. We knew that we were basically fighting for fourth place, and we did what we set out to accomplish.

Everyone else is up there because of what they've done at Timberline. He's up there basically because of what he's done after Timberline.

A typical medical practice is like an old-fashioned business which keeps all of its records on paper. It can probably track down any individual transaction if it needs to, but it's basically helpless when it comes to overall measurements of performance. And that's the big problem.

Andrew Brunette

As players, I don't think that's any of our business. There's nothing we can do about it. This is between Marian and the Wild organization. It's not between any of the players. We basically come to play and we still have a job to do. The season is not going to stop. We have a job to do and we can't worry about his situation. That's something that he believes in and he's making a stand for it.

Gene Luen Yang

As I was researching, I was struck by how similar the Boxers were to Joan of Arc. Joan was basically a French Boxer. She was a poor teenager who wanted to do something about the foreign aggressors invading her homeland.

That's where the mentors come in. We make a commitment for at least one year to meet with a specific student weekly. We shoot hoops, play board games, help out a little bit with homework if needed basically we become a friend.

That's what we were kind of emphasizing in practice. If we beat them, there might not be that second slide coming. Basically I was able to get open and just walk down there.

That's what makes her so difficult to defend now. That's why she's put up the numbers she's put up this year. Before, she was basically a back-to-the-basket, low-post player. Now she's versatile enough to come outside, too.