Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joseph Addison

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

What I would like to do is get some of their big people in foul trouble. I'm sure that, with their size, they probably try to block a lot of shots. So, hopefully, we can draw a lot of fouls.

Nathan Vasher

We got a lot of field to the right, and I just felt like I could just outrun a lot of the guys with that angle. Everybody on defense threw a block somewhere to try and get me in the end zone.

We knew from watching the film that they (Trinity) liked to block shots, so we knew if we gave them double-pump fakes that maybe we could get them in foul trouble. We worked on it in practice and tonight it really paid off.

Shawn Springs

We kind of laughed when we saw that they were going to open it up like that. You can't come out with four wide receivers all the time on us, not with Gregg. No one can block Gregg all game like that.

Tony Dungy

You have to learn offensive blocking schemes and especially when rushing the passer you get blocked differently, ... Larry had to call some (assignments) for us on Sunday with Corey not as familiar with what we're doing. Montae has always done that the last two years. Larry did a good job of getting us into some of the right things.

You have to try to block his cuts. Stay in his face the entire game wherever he is. He likes to come off screens a lot. He's more of a deadly shooter, I think, than a dribble drive player.

This year for the first time we're having an Ice Walk. A carver from Maine is putting four to five blocks of ice in front of restaurants that will be lit up. We hope to have more next year, which will make it really nice.

Bobby Bowden

You can't. But I know this: Joe's teams block and tackle.

Barry Alvarez

We had a specific block put in. It would have had a chance, but the punter cooperated by dropping the ball.

Writer's block is the greatest side effect of boredom

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

We're strongly in favor of the U.N. plan for a solution to the Cyprus conflict. Hopefully a solution can be found before the end of this summit, but we cannot and will not let it block our decisions on enlargement.

We're strongly in favor of the U.N. plan for a solution to the Cyprus conflict, ... Hopefully a solution can be found before the end of this summit, but we cannot and will not let it block our decisions on enlargement.

Tonight we just went out and got the job done. It was a total team effort. Sutherlin did a good job of blocking some of our hits, and our defensive players did a great job of covering and picking up the dig off the blocks.

Nikolai Khabibulin

Tonight, I got to see the puck. When I didn't see it, guys were blocking it. If there were any rebounds, they were clearing them.

There is always room to improve. Our blocking needs to get better.

Jane Byrne

There is always a testing of the new kid on the block in politics.

Stephen Jay Gould

Advocates for a single line of progress encounter their greatest stumbling block when they try to find a smooth link between the apparently disparate designs of the invertebrates and vertebrates.

Two blocks have been given to us by the Cuban government to explore. We are hopeful we will find oil,

The running part is easy. The challenge comes with picking up the system, learning formations, reading defenses and knowing blocking assignments. All indications are he has very good natural football instincts. But we have to be realistic. He is just a freshman, a very talented freshman. We need to put him in situations where he can succeed, not situations where he?s not ready. That falls on the coaching staff.

The search for a structure that blocks the passage of light in all directions has fascinated physicists and engineers for the past two decades.

The same technology to stop malicious hosts can also be used to block a server. The Chinese government uses that capability to block servers.

Gerry Adams

The RUC have been tolerating road and street blocks being set up. There have been Catholics evicted from their homes by mobs. All of this raises the temperature.

Torry Holt

I've never seen a running back play at the level he plays at. I remember my rookie season, there were times I was supposed to be blocking my guy on the outside and I was watching him.

I've never played with a guy who has the same defensive mind-set as myself, which is to block shots, rebound and things like that.

Alexander Mogilny

It would be better for the Russian authorities to show that there are some elements of civil society and freedom, and not block our organizations from taking part in mass demonstrations.

Jerry Sloan

I understand guys missing shots and that sort of thing. But I don't understand not being able to block them off the boards and give them second shots right when we're trying to win a ballgame.

It was very disjointed. They had 11 blocked shots. We haven't played in a game where the opposition has had 11 blocked shots.

Mack Brown

It was very controversial when we did it. I remember people asking, 'Coach, how dumb are you? He might get hurt.' He blocked a punt on his first play.

It was tough for us the whole game. You think you've got one of them blocked out and the other would get the rebound. It was hard trying to fight for rebounds and block them out at the same time.

I've been described as a power back in the past year, a slasher previously. I just try to be versatile and all-around, a guy who can catch, block and run in between the tackles or outside.

It would provide a more efficient and more comprehensive way to block spam.

Daniel Snyder

I understand that some fans want to express their feelings with signs, and they should do so, as long as they stay within the boundaries of good taste and don't block the view of other fans.