Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joss Whedon

The idea behind the show, ... was to take nine people and say, 'Nine people look out into the blackness of space, and see nine different things.' But science fiction opens you up to every element of history that you want, because the future is just the past in a blender. So I could take anything from the human experience I've read about or felt or seen. Like, what is it like after a war? It doesn't matter which war or which country - what is it like for the people who lost?

The idea behind the pseudonyms is that you can eliminate the dossier effect, where everything you're doing is being collected, archived, and linked to you.

Robert Cray

The idea behind that was trying to get that spontaneity that comes with learning the song for the first time, ... Over-rehearsing kind of takes the fun out of recording it makes it 'perfect,' but lifeless.

Irwin Shaw

The idea behind that was to encourage regular attendance,

Megan Smith

The idea behind standardising playing conditions and policy is to remove any scope for confusion while at the same time increasing the level of professionalism in the womens game.

The idea behind quail hunting is that you have to hit the quail when it's about five to 10 feet in the air. Quail don't fly very high. But nobody should be shooting down.

The idea behind micro-scale chemistry is to reduce the risk by reducing the exposure to chemicals.

Matt Long

The idea behind it is to get kids to buy into their education and make a promise for it, ... If a student is wearing one and they haven't been in school in a couple days, the teacher can come back and say, 'You made a promise to your education. We are here doing everything we can, so you need to step it up.'

John McLaughlin

The idea behind it is that good communications are up to the communicator, understanding the person they are communicating to as well as themselves,

Mike Adams

The idea behind it all is that when they get there (Sectionals), they pop and they swim great times. So they were a little tired tonight, but they swam a good meet overall.

The idea behind full-court pressure is not necessarily the idea that you?re going to get turnovers every trip down the floor. But it has a wearing-down effect over time.

The folks in Burlington deserved a better space. We're happy to get this behind us. This is long overdue.

Alex Rodriguez

The focus is on the team. A nice side note behind that is, obviously, the MVP race. Front and center right now is the Yankees vs. Boston.

Ed Belfour

You definitely feel that. Especially when you give up a couple of goals you usually don't give up, they're still behind you. That's a great feeling.

You could see that it didn't matter who was coming at him. The puck was not going to get behind Kyle Jones (Saturday). He seemed to see everything clearly, and even when it was a scramble, he was in proper position.

Ken Schrader

You could lose 'em pretty quick. You could lose 'em in a second. First off, if you lifted for a second, you're going to get run over anyway, because the guy behind you didn't expect you to lift. Because nobody lifts.

You could be going down the highway and a big chunk of ice coming off your car can damage vehicles behind you or pedestrians, ... Even a piece of snow can cause people to swerve. I think, absolutely, it's a good practice to make sure your vehicle is safe to operate.

You can't get it out of your head, but you have to put it behind you and just go play.

You can't get in a flow from behind the bench. It's very difficult.

You can't get behind them in the sense that when you're behind, they're going to keep pounding and setting you up with that, ... When they do that, you're at their mercy. We just have to get our heads on a little tighter and concentrate more.

You can't win unless your pitcher is throwing strikes. She's thrown a lot of strikeouts. But she has a good defense behind her. ... If she gives up a hit, they will make the play.

Vanessa pitched a pretty good game and was strong at times and a little shaky at times. But it's tough on a young pitcher when you are close to closing out a game and then there are errors behind you at critical situations.

Victor was a valued colleague whose talents and integrity earned him the respect of people both inside and outside our company over his more than 30-year career. We are pleased he has put this matter behind him.

U.S. cinema has a long way to go. Hollywood is not the most welcoming place for female directors. Women have made leaps and bounds over the last 10 years in filling studio executive jobs, but still, behind the camera, it's very driven by guilds that aren't as welcoming to women as they might be.

We know that it isn't how you start, but how you finish. We hope those slumps are behind us and now we can move forward and make some noise at the end of the season.

We feel positive about what Viacom is putting behind the company,

Steven Pinker

You have to remember that not every creature that was evolving left behind its skull or its tools for our convenience tens of thousands of years later. Most bones or most tools rot or get buried and are never found again.

You get out the hammer and chisel. If the bullets are behind steel, you've got to get them out.

You'd think it would be easier because of their size, but it's not. It seems like there is always a guy in front of you and behind you. You don't really know where the next guy's coming from.

Donny Schatz

You don't worry what's behind you. You worry about what's in front of you, and there wasn't a whole lot in front of me.

Park Chan-wook

When you first hear Mozart's music, your first impression is that it's very alive, but if you peel away the layers, you can hear sorrow and sadness behind it, and that's what I try to be: multi-layered.

Patrick White

I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.

Mike Huckabee

I grew up in a family in which no male upstream from me had ever finished high school, much less gone to college. But I was taught that even though there was nothing I could do about what was behind me, I could change everything about what was in front of me. My working poor parents told me that I could do better.