Famous Quotes & Sayings

Taylor Dent

The problem I'm battling with is the consistency. I can serve four aces one game and come out the next game, hit a couple of double faults, not make any first serves and get broken.

The puck was right there on the goal line and I just tried to bat it out of there with my hand, and I guess that's illegal.

Jeff Kinney

When I started writing 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid,' I was trying to write the type of book you might enjoy, put back on your shelf, and rediscover a few years later. I hope that the book finds its way into the bathroom of every kid in America.

Yoko Ono

(When) I read about the battle of the widows, I thought 'I'm not John's widow, Yoko is John's widow,

With Jake, it's funny because what you see is what you get. He puts on no airs. I love the guy. I'd go to battle for the guy every day of the year.

With four senior pitchers, we trust any four at any time. All will continue to battle for innings and the nice thing is that all of them have good experience.

Ernie Kent

We are certainly looking forward to it. We are going to work hard these next couple days. It's going to be about who wants it more in that environment with two teams going down there with not a lot of fans in the building and playing in neutral court. For us right now, it's one game at a time. We know we have Washington State and that's going to be a battle for us.

We felt they should return to domestic cricket to work on their batting before being reconsidered for selection.

We got ourselves in a hole and the game came down to the last at-bat. The girls did a great job of coming back, battling and putting themselves in a position to win the game. We just couldn't get over the hump.

We expect our doctors to work very hard taking care of patients, but they don't have to spend all their time and energy battling insurance companies.

We expect him to battle and let the chips fall where they may. It's six minutes and the best man wins. Just being there, it's a great accomplishment.

We expected Nazareth to battle us like everyone else in this conference, and they did. We took their shot, though, and didn't back down.

We expect Davis to go out there and throw strikes, to battle and compete.

James Neal

We don't want hockey to end this season yet. It's a seven-game series for a reason and we're going to battle all the way until it's over.

We chose the Sunday before President's Day for this event because of the vital role the president plays in leading the country. Our nation is in a spiritual battle, and we Christians need to get on our knees before we lose both the battle and our nation.

Mike Lazaridis

We chose the Intel PXA9xx cellular processor because it provides us with the increased processing horsepower we need for future wireless applications, without compromising battery life requirements,

Mike Lazaridis

We chose the Intel (Hermon) processor because it provides us with the increased processing horsepower we need for future wireless applications, without compromising battery life requirements.

Curtis Joseph

We certainly got off to a good start and they kept scrapping. Give them credit. They just kept battling back, battling back, battling back.

We certainly did some great things in the first half. Then we took a drive 70 yards for a TD right off the bat (to start the second half). It was huge because they came back hard and our kids fought, too.

We could be battling 5,000 different fronts at the same moment,

Greg Chappell

We are under pressure and we need to bat well.

Steve Sullivan

We're going to try to carry them for the first eight, 10 days and try to give them as much rest as possible. Hopefully, they'll be able to recharge their batteries and help us down the stretch.

We're going to be a team that's going to surprise some people. Our hitting is coming around. We worked hard in the off-season to get strong and have faster bat speed. And so far, it looks like we have more pop in the bat this year.

We saw the kids playing in mud and they had bats and were making mud pies out of them.

Jay Feaster

We're very pleased to have Nolan Pratt back for another season. Nolan has been a valuable member of the team and contributed significantly to our outstanding season last year. We know he will come into camp ready to battle for a spot in our top six on defense.

Cassandra Clare

It was like the calm just as one engaged in battle, Will thought, when thought fled and inevitability took over.

Cassandra Clare

It's love, not the Battle of Thermopylae. You don't have to treat everything like it's a last stand.

Cassandra Clare

He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor.

Kresley Cole

Before the final battle in 'Poison Princess,' Evie remembered how to use her Empress powers, practiced with them to the point of exhaustion, then had a trial by fire. In a way, she earned those powers, as she hadn't before, so that was certainly a confidence builder.

Kyla Pratt

To see two couples that are battling to make it work just shows that love is in a marriage, but there are also trials and things that you have to make it through and showing women and men how to keep it spicy.

Kip Thorne

Each black hole spins on its axis like the Earth spins. That spin creates two vortexes of twisting space, somewhat like vortexes in a bathtub or a whirlpool.

Joe Torre

When you're in a slump, you do something different, just to try it. I remember one time I was in a slump, and I borrowed one of Henry Aaron's bats and hit two homers. I used my own bats the next night. I just needed a change.

James Blunt

I like 'Goodbye My Lover' because it's a really personal song and I recorded it in my landlady's bathroom in Los Angeles. She had a piano in there and for me listening back to it, it actually sounds like the voice I hear in my head. It's so close to what I can imagine.