Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bobby Bowden

Tommy just blew us out today. I'm real proud of him, but that doesn't help me.

We showed a lot of character and courage in the first half to match them point-for-point. But we just seemed to get tired, or I don't know what happened to us, but the doors blew off and Carolina exposed about everything that was wrong about our team in that stretch. That was all she wrote.

Don Rickles

I couldn't sell air conditioners on a 98-degree day. When I demonstrated them in a showroom, I pushed the wrong button and blew the circuit.

When she was a senior, she blew her knee (ACL) out on Friday, Dec. 13. On Saturday, Dec. 13, the next year at SRJC she did it again.

Gail Sheehy

Back in 1968, when I was 30, my entire life blew up. I had a life plan, and it collapsed for no rational reason.

We're trying to take kids who don't normally start there and give them some responsibility and they just blew it. Bottom line. Everybody on the kickoff team is fired come Monday.

Bill Simmons

Five days after the Tsarnaev brothers blew up Boston's most sacred event, and just 24 hours after one brother was killed and the other was caught, everyone decided that it was OK to play baseball at Fenway again. The game happened on a Saturday afternoon, preceded by an emotional ceremony and many prayers.

This suspect epitomizes everything that was wrong with the criminal justice system in New Orleans before Katrina blew through town.

Jay Wright

You have to be prepared to have an off-shooting night and still win. We could have hit two or three more threes and everyone would have said we blew them out.

Steve Jobs

We completely missed the boat on CD-read/write drives, ... We completely blew this one.

When people catch up by a three-point play at the end, you can go right in the tank and be completely demoralized, ... I'm very pleased we were mentally tough enough after we blew the game.

When my stomach blew up, I immediately went to my gynecologist. I thought maybe it was because of the walk, and maybe also because I'd just had a baby. James was only 3 months old. But when my gynecologist, after seeing me on Friday, wanted to have me tested immediately the next morning, I knew it was bad.

Charlie Puth

When my dad played me 'Walking Man,' I heard those chord changes and that melody, it completely blew me away. Maybe you wouldn't really hear the James Taylor influences in my music, but they're definitely buried in there.

We didn't finish. I blew a couple calls, but when you get inside the red zone, you've got to pound it in.

We had a couple chances to score in the second game. But it wasn't like we blew it at the plate. We'd get a good hit and they would make a good play like a diving catch to get someone out.

Christopher Nolan

I have always been a huge fan of Ridley Scott and certainly when I was a kid. 'Alien', 'Blade Runner' just blew me away because they created these extraordinary worlds that were just completely immersive. I was also an enormous Stanley Kubrick fan for similar reasons.

Tamika Catchings

We came in really composed. Last time we came in here, they blew us out.

Stephen Kinzer

After World War II, the winds of nationalism and anti-colonialism blew through the developing world.

But then on Saturday and Sunday, the kids came out and blew me away as a coach with their performances.

Christian Smith

We were standing inside the building and all the sudden it just turned brown and the wind was blowing. The doors all blew in and then dust and dirt and everything came flying in. I was like, 'what they heck happened? And we all went out, and about that time it had already gone through the dealership. I noticed all the windows were blown out and I looked over there. You could see the funnel coming out of the cloud. It never touched the ground.

Today they just blew us out of the water. When we didn't come out in the second half and put points on the board right away, it was pretty much over,

Tickets just blew out so quickly. Demand is huge.

Gilbert Arenas

When I first signed my deal, they said if I made the All-Star Game in the first three years, we could rip up this contract and sign a new one. Well, I made it last year and they blew me off, and nothing has happened this year either. All I want is to get my face out there. If I'm the last person on the totem pole, just tell me I'm not in your future -- don't keep my hopes and dreams up.

Cuttino Mobley

We needed this one. They are a scrappy team and you don't want to take them for granted. We had a 21-point lead but we blew that a little but we pulled it out.

Derrick Coleman

We just blew the game, man. We blew the game. We came out soft, sluggish. I have no idea why. We just kind of came out, like ... I really can't explain it.

Weir came out ready to play. Last time we went to their place and blew them out.

We've made big mistakes. There are some instances in which we blew it. We've got to give more direction, and we've got to do it right.

Scott McNealy

Those guys at the Fed blew it. They went the other way, right in the teeth of rising energy costs, ... We've had government overspending and overcharging at the same time. That's a hard hit.

John Spencer

Which is fairly dramatic and blew us away when we first saw it. It's a lot of heat to come out of such a tiny object.

Rory Sabbatini

You always hear the stories ... 'Ah, he blew it.' I didn't want to give them anything more to fire at me. I didn't want to give them any more ammunition.

Yesterday, we were starting to gain the upper hand. Then the winds kicked up, blew it over a road and it took off.

Hedo Turkoglu

We really played great during our streak, and it's a good memory. I'd like to make it up next year from the beginning. Even though we were eliminated from the playoffs, we didn't give up. We battled until the end and had a chance in the end, but I blew it. I should've made the free throw and we would've had nine in a row.

We focused up, changed some things in our line play and blew them off the ball.