Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jason Bay

Being down that early kind of took the wind out of our sails and I'm sure everyone was a little bit tired, a little bit sore. Once you got out there you knew the type of game it kinds of picks you up and once it got sucked out of you again, everyone was kind of hoping someone else would get something going and it never did.

Denise Mina

Because I write prose, when I sat down to write a comic, it feels like my brain's working differently. It actually feels like different bits of my head are springing into action.

Tom Izzo

Before Christmas I thought he was hitting a little bit of a wall, but after Christmas I thought he really started to understand things a little bit better and run things a little bit better. And his shot is getting a little bit better.

I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.

Herman Edwards

I always used to say this when we won, it's not easy going to the playoffs, ... I think now these guys are realizing that they've been on a little bit of a carpet ride. You kind of take that for granted.

His breaking ball, change-up and fastball are sharp. His command is good. So I'm pleased. That's what you want more than anything, that they execute what they're trying to do and he was doing it fairly well. There were three hits that accounted for his runs -- two doubles and a homer. Of the three, only one was a little bit of a mistake.

His back was starting to get a bit tired in the ODI rat race, so we took him out for a rest.

Higher interest rates are cutting a bit into confidence, and now oil prices are going back up to post-Katrina levels.

Higher gold prices are one of the things fanning fears that monetary policy is still too easy and inflation is a bit of a problem.

His honesty and sanity were questioned. On his deathbed, he was a bitter person. Unfortunately, he didn't live quite long enough to see this rediscovery.

His fingernails are bitten to the quick, you can quote me on that. There is no way he could have done anything to the ball.

Chris (Buchanan) has been in a little bit of a shooting slump, so it was good to see him snap out of it. Stephenson played hurt. We weren't really sure whether he would be able to go or not. The fact that he was able to go hard and score 16 shows he has some toughness.

Christmas can be a difficult time of year because it's all about this idea of the perfect family. And you look at your own and think, 'hmm, there's a bit of a difference here'.

Katherine Jenkins

Christmas is a family time so it would be nice to bring a little bit of happiness to them and show that they are not forgotten at home,

CAFTA is going to become a reality; it's just going to happen a little bit more incrementally than originally planned.

Cameron's people have already started booking the village halls, ... Our people on the ground in the constituencies have already had invitations for him to come and speak. It seems to be a panic move. We will be going out to speak to the membership as well, but we will do it with a bit more style.

can push you a bit to round off the edges of your art.

Tara VanDerveer

Candice hit some big shots in the second half and we got it going. We rushed a little bit in the first half but we settled down and that gave us some good momentum into the tournament.

By the middle of the year, the cooling real estate market will take a bite out of employment growth everywhere. The question is, can other sectors of the economy pick up the slack? That is a big mystery right now.

William Wordsworth

But hushed be every thought that springsFrom out the bitterness of things.

But he just seems to have an engine . . . that allows him to run marathons pretty well. He's also very solid. He had very few injuries in college, a little bit of a calf problem freshman year, that was it.

John Leguizamo

But if I'm out here, let me be. I want to bite as many people as I can. Bite them back, so to speak.

Julian Barnes

But I think you could make it truer by making it up. In a way when people say it could have been non-fiction, that is gratifying because I've convinced them and they can't tell the bits I've made up from the bits I didn't make up.

But interest-rate sensitive sectors were soft, a bit on the weak side and giving back some of the strength they had earlier in the week.

Gregg Williams

Because we were healthy up front, we really felt that we would have a presence in the pass rush with rushing four. That helped our secondary, which was banged up a little bit when we started the game.

Sheldon Souray

Because we were down we're going to take some chances and push the play a bit. We battled back hard. We were in the game, we fought hard but fell a little bit short.

Before the match I would have been very content with a 1-0 win, but now the victory has a bitter taste.

Mark Billingham

I bought an insurance policy covering the inheritance tax my kids will have to pay when we die, which I thought was a good bit of forward thinking. And I always know I'm going to have enough for tax because I make sure I keep it back in my business account.

I am relaxed because I am a little bit faster than Sebastien.

Justin Gatlin

I am really pleased with the season this year. I feel I have established better credit to my name and feel I am more consistent. My hamstring was a little bit tight about 20 meters to the finishing line, but it was a good race, I think my performance was good, the competition was great.

Susan Sarandon

I am so honored and thrilled, ... Being from New York it's great to have ... a little bit of real estate in L.A. when I am here.

Sven Eriksson

I am quite sure they are a little bit angry, they want revenge. I think they've wanted that since Monday morning. They look forward to the game, they've been waiting several days now so the players will react very well.

Paul Elliott

I am pumped to come back to Laredo because this is where I wanted to be, ... Losing in the Finals last season left a bitter taste in my mouth and we are hoping to win it all this year.