Famous Quotes & Sayings

Luis Palau

I thought, what's skateboarding? I mean, I'm a grandpa, what do I know? ... And then, suddenly, the crowds were there and they began to double, then triple, now 10 times what we used to have before.

It is a huge run right in the beginning of the year. Some of the best performers are on the 'Who's Who list' of the worst of 2000.

It is a challenging schedule and one our players will be excited to play. I am glad we have resolution so our fans and coaches can begin to make plans for the upcoming season.

I think the markets will begin pricing in the downstream investments during 2007.

I think the light bulb is starting to go on for Jordan. He's beginning to use his size and quickness to his advantage, but I thought he kind of lost his legs in the second half.

I think the light bulb is beginning to flicker,

I think the kids got emotional and played one of their better games. We've played a lot of tough games and it's been a long season. They began to believe in each other and trust each other and realized we're only as good as the next guy on the team.

Tracy McGrady

I think the intensity from the beginning of the first quarter was there. Our overall concentration was there. We knew what we needed to do, and it helps when our shots are falling as well.

I think the players have finally begun to find themselves. Defensively, we have a better understanding of what we are trying to do.

I think the movement we've seen since the beginning of the year, with a few weeks up, a few weeks down, is likely to continue at least through the end of the quarter.

I think the impact will be slow, as I am not sure gas prices have peaked as yet, ... After all, it's the refiners that have got to get the crude, produce it and then put it into inventory at the very time that demand in the U.S. is beginning to rise.

I think the group was held back by overly pessimistic Wall Street forecasts until about November of last year. And then the budget information began to leak and it was much more positive than most had been anticipating.

I thought from the beginning of the season that we could be a talented line. I think that when you actually like the guy playing next to you, it helps out during the game. I've played on lines when it's different. Now you want to play well for the guy next to you.

Teddy Atlas

I thought from the beginning he would be an outstanding pro. He has a pleasing style, is strong, and likes to come forward. I am looking forward to Friday's broadcast.

I thought from beginning to end, that was a very complete game. We've had complete games in terms of our intensity and focus before, but we haven't necessarily done it on offense and defense.

I thought at the beginning of the second half our shot selection was poor and they picked up the intensity. We didn't get back on defense as well as we had to.

I thought at the beginning of the season when we were home most of December that helped us a lot to gel as a team for when we went out on the road in the second half of the season.

Tiger Woods

I thought at the beginning of the day, there might be two scores in the 60s today. The golf course is playing really difficult. It's fast now. As always, if there's no rain here, the golf course is completely different from Wednesday to Thursday. It somehow just dries out miraculously overnight.

I think you walk away this week feeling much more secure than you began the week.

Michael Tanner

I think you'll see the beginning of a renewed push.

I think the first quarter determined the game. We jumped out to a big lead and then, as the game went on, we began to lose our focus a little bit. We have got to stay focused for all 32 minutes.

I think the fact that every time we've gone below 114 yen (on dollar/yen) we've bounced back higher, is beginning to become a bit of a concern for those playing the short-term market by trying to push dollar-yen lower.

John Green

I think the economy has a good chance of beginning to slow rapidly next fall. We're sort of teetering on the edge of a serious slowdown.

I think the days of ups and downs are behind us. I think people are beginning to realize that the growth here is being sustained. Obviously our goal is to be a profitable company and return those benefits to shareholders. That's why I'm here.

Bob Kerrey

I think the Congress should begin to examine what they need to subpoena. They clearly need to get to the bottom of this.

Everett Dirksen

I think the Congress finally has succumbed to the very infectious virus of bigness that began at the beginning of the century, when we first heard about big business. After a while we heard about big government. Then we began to hear about big labor. This whole bigness idea has intruded itself on the thinking of the country.

I think the big question on traders' minds now is: is this the beginning of the end? Is this the end of this long run-up?

It is good that they are funding new inspectors for overseas, but they haven't begun to grapple with the fact that they need new inspectors for domestic produce and seafood.

Larry Wachtel

Last minute tax-loss selling, that's why they stay open on the day before New Year's, so there might be some excitement, but it's just a beginning phase.

Janet Yellen

Labor force participation peaked in early 2000, so its decline began well before the Great Recession. A portion of that decline clearly relates to the aging of the baby boom generation. But the pace of decline accelerated with the recession.

Daunte Culpepper

I was confident when the legal process began that the truth would come out.

I was discovered out of nowhere--I hadn't even produced a concert. I was helped from the very beginning of my career in Europe at a much deeper level.

Phil Jackson

I was disappointed with our fourth-quarter beginning. We put ourselves in good position, then didn't score for three minutes. We gave it away.