Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Jay Gould

... For Dawkins, evolution is a battle among genes, each seeking to make more copies of itself. Bodies are merely the places where genes aggregate for a time ...

The opening round is a wonderful thing for two teams to battle it out to take on a one seed. I was a little confused. I thought we had a better strength of schedule and better quality wins than Southern and should have had their 16 seed.

Neil Newhouse

There is nothing overnight that the White House can do. It's not like a football game where you make that Hail Mary pass. It's a long battle back.

There is still concern about distillates. Once a big batch of cold weather moves in, prices will surge.

There is still a feeling of disappointment that some lives are not valued as much as other lives and that there's a great deal of education that needs to happen, ... Because if this was not a crime of hate, I don't know what was. ... The battle and the fight for equality and for understanding is far from over.

David Brown

There is still a battle royal going on between the hawks and the doves over easing.

Annalee Newitz

'The Red' delivers intense action, leavened by a genuinely sympathetic portrait of soldiers caught up in battles they never chose.

Tim Berners-Lee

There could still be a huge battle which leaves a big mess and fragments the Web into two pieces whenever a new feature comes along.

Arlen Specter

There could be a real tough battle here and a real tough fight, depending on whom the president puts up,

UMD came out harder and gave it to us. We talked about it after the second period and said 'This is what it's going to be like in the playoffs.' There aren't going to be a lot of pretty goals and you're going to have to battle for goals. We played good enough to get the job done.

We had a great practice yesterday. Very intense two hours yesterday, a lot of situational softball. It ended with batting practice and you can just tell that they're figuring some things out.

Dave Allison

We had a great first and third periods. We just got soft in the second. We didn't really battle the way we have to.

Dick Adams

We had a good start after the bats struggled in the first game.

These are all guys that with one swing of the bat can put us in the lead or get us back in the ballgame.

Donald Adams

These $100,000 UPS systems aren't performing as they should, ... The total number of batteries cost probably in the range of $7,000

Chris Houston

The same way every time. We've never made it to the second game (of the final). It's always the first game. What beat us was we didn't hit the ball. On defense, you've got to give our guys credit. We played with a lot of heart. There were lots of times they could have scored two or three runs, but we kept battling and battling.

Douglas Brinkley

The Rough Riders brought honor to San Antonio by winning battles in Cuba throughout the summer of 1898, and Roosevelt became a Texas folk hero overnight.

Peter Hayes

I've seen the battle and I've seen the war / And the life out here is the life I've been sold

I've virtually packed the game in now, so there's no chance I'll be coming to Bath City.

Bode Miller

I've straddled probably more times than most people have finished slalom. It's a drag, but the downhill was good and I made it to the finish. That's at least half the battle for me.

I've spoken to his wife (Sandra) and made it clear that anything and everything they need from us is theirs for the asking. Essentially, this is a disease that requires three things for an individual to have a chance to successfully battle it, top medical support, second is peer and family and friends support. Third is determination and willpower of the individual.

I've seen all the Batman movies in the theater opening weekend. I was a big Batman fan, definitely.

I've never seen somebody battle and persevere through an injury and not make excuses like Georgia. I can't imagine another college tennis player having such a good outlook. She just got on with it.

Randy Newman

I've opted to work in the Broadway field, as opposed to breaking my heart trying to score films, which is such a damnably difficult thing to do. I guess it's just the dragon I prefer to slay, the one that gives me the most satisfaction to do battle with.

Derek Jeter

I've only played a couple of weeks. It's no different than any other season. It might be different because it's the beginning of the season, but everybody goes through stretches where they swing the bat well for a couple of weeks.

It would be more fun if we were battling for one of the byes or higher seeds. We're fighting for a little pride and an ounce of momentum before the tournament.

Jackie Wilson

It would be different in Baton Rouge. This has place has two, three streets. I hope it doesn't start stinking around here.

It was time for a rally, we turned our jackets inside out and from there our bats woke up.

Ozzie Guillen

It was the right guy at that particular time. I say whoever swings the bat better, that's when he will move up.

Matt Clement

It was unfortunate the way it worked out but you've got to get ready to battle again.

It was unbelievable. It was extremely intense. The kids knew what needed to be done, and George and I were able to juggle the lineup around. ... The kids stepped up. No one thought we could win in Battle Creek (site of the finals) outside of our team, but the kids knew we could do it.

Jamie Dixon

It was two good teams playing well. They made free throws (11 for 14 in the second half), and we need to win the rebounding battle more than we did.

Chris Gayle

It was very tough, even though it was a good wicket to bat on, but a big credit to the Aussies, they bowled well on that wicket and I put my hand up and say that we didn't bat good,