Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are always looking for a good cause to help out with and this is nice because it's a big project so it will give some of our apprentices a chance to get some real hands-on experience. I can remember coming here as a kid and using the batting cages in the basement. It is nice to be able to come back and fix it up. It is such a good organization for the community.

Phil Garner

We're not talking about chopped liver here. Yeah, he had surgery and he's not swung the bat like we know Bagwell has in the past, which is with power. But he's still a guy that's going to give you a great at-bat, and he can get you a great at-bat when the game's on the line.

We're not swinging the bat well in the bottom of the order. One through nine we're not hitting right now. We're not swinging early. We're swinging when we get two strikes on us. You're not going to be very successful like that, I don't care on what level.

We're not swinging the bat very good. We're not putting everything together. It's only eight games but we can't let things keep going this way. We have to find a way to turn it around.

We're not swinging the bats well right now, so we're putting a ton of pressure on our pitchers and defense to make every play.

Donna Shalala

We're losing ground in the battle to protect our children,

We've done batting practice in Chicago a couple of times in the playoffs, but we haven't considered it regularly. To do it game in and game out, I don't see it.

Lance Berkman

We've done a nice job at the plate. There's going to be ups and downs and you just have to try to enjoy the times we're swinging the bats well. The last three games we've done a good job competing and putting up runs.

Mikey Way

Were really greedy about the electricity in our iPods. We hoard it. Were like, Yo, Im only on half a f**k battery and I have a plane ride!

We don't consider the battle has ended in Afghanistan... The battle has begun and its fires are picking up. These fires will reach the White House, because it is the center of injustice and tyranny.

Pete Rose

In the old days, you know, they didn't have batting cages. And in most ball parks, they only had one runway to the dugout.

We have had some great battles with the French over the last few years and I'm sure our next match will be just as tough.

We have a lot of young guys battling for those other spots.

We have a lot of work to do moving the American public to be more supportive of marriage for same-sex couples. And while we do that, we will win some battles and lose others. It is a long road ahead.

Wayne King

We can't keep them down forever. Even though they're struggling right now, they're going to swing the bats through the course of the season.

Oliver Stone

We know that there was significant rehearsal and planning, ... They even had markers, they drew marbles of the enemy, they drew carved statues and they made battle plans like they do at West Point today.

We have won every legal battle at every corner. We think we have vindicated his name. Two and a half years ago we said we would, and we think we have.

Gilbert Arenas

We have veteran guys, guys who have been through the battles and know what it takes to pull out close games like this, ... It's not like we're going to panic when we get in those situations. We're not a young team anymore.

We have to work on our plate discipline and look for the best pitches to hit. Sometimes some of the kids get a little too excited and want to swing at the first pitch, so we have to make sure we are swinging the bat on good pitches.

Jamie Dixon

We have to win the battle on the boards. We practice it every day.

We have to win now, because this one didn't help. I was really happy with her effort on the mound. The girls tried to battle back, but it was a real bummer of a day.

We just didn't swing the bats the way we should and we lost. We'll be out watching Hawaii tomorrow and we'll be pulling for them.

Brendan Morrison

We came out, started to work, won puck battles and forced them to take penalties.

We came out focused and had some really good at bats out of every player today. I thought we hit it hard, which we've been doing but we found the holes today.

Chris Gardner

We came out and the intensity was high. St. Pat's just really played well right off the bat and we couldn't get our wind back.

Hines Ward

We came out and scored early, but we knew that wasn't enough. We knew that they were going to find some way to scratch, crawl, battle and do whatever it takes to get back into the game.

We came out and played well and were able to finish some chances. The goals came pretty quick, but it was still a battle the rest of the way. I am proud of the guys. They knew this was a big game and they weren't going to let this one slide by.

Regina Brett

Cancer is a great wake-up call. A call to take the tag off the new lingerie and wear that black lacy slip. To open the box of pearls and put them on. To crack open the bath oil beads before they shrivel up in a bowl on the toilet tank.

I try to take a weekly digital Sabbath, batch my emails so I deal with them a few times a day rather than constantly, and increasingly give myself permission to ignore unsolicited communiques. I try, too, to give others more slack. The respond-now culture is a two-way street. I'm trying to be more mindful of that.

Brooke Shields

I love getting baths and going to the Korean spas and getting pummeled and scrubbed, and its so hot in the sauna you can't even stand it. I have to do things in a pretty extreme way to calm down. So a Swedish massage is not going to do it! I need to know that they're in there with their thumbs and moving stuff around.

When the International Space Station is finally launched, it will be fitted with special nickel-hydrogen batteries weighing a total of several tons, with a lifetime of just five years, requiring spares to be brought up from Earth at literally astronomical expense.

Courtney Eaton

With beauty, I just try to get as much sleep as possible. I might have a nice hot bath and moisturise with coconut oil.

I'm not here to battle anybody. In the end it's just an instrument. That shouldn't be a concept.