Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ray Brown

You'd be a fool to buy the most expensive house on the block and then put money in it.

You can't say there was a single hand that washed this block clean.

Very often we are our own worst enemy as we foolishly build stumbling blocks on the path that leads to success and happiness.

Orson Scott Card

Writer’s block is my unconscious mind telling me that something I’ve just written is either unbelievable or unimportant to me, and I solve it by going back and reinventing some part of what I’ve already written so that when I write it again, it is believable and interesting to me. Then I can go on. Writer’s block is never solved by forcing oneself to “write through it,” because you haven’t solved the problem that caused your unconscious mind to rebel against the story, so it still won’t work – for you or for the reader.

We do see spring in our future. There will be a block of dry weather early next week that could transition us into more typical spring weather than the persistent rain we've been experiencing for so long.

You have to say - and I do - that anything that blocks that cheapest possible point-of-care delivery of health is wrong.

Paul Konerko

You have to resist the urge to think that way. It's hard to do, block that stuff out, but it's something we have to do.

Dallas Green

You can say it's like the official block party for the NBA. We have special performances, mini concerts and it's an all day event. There are tons of contests, players come out and it's just an all around good time for the family.

Dallas Green

You can say it's like the official block party for the NBA, ... We have special performances, mini concerts and it's an all day event. There are tons of contests, players come out and it's just an all around good time for the family.

Brooke Smith

You can really tell when she scores and when she makes defensive plays, when she makes stops and blocks shots, how much that picks up the energy on the team.

You cannot wait for the official MS patch, you cannot block this one at the border, and you cannot leave your systems unprotected.

The major challenge will be to protect the punter because they go all out. That's one of their primary focuses. They'll try to get 10 guys on the line of scrimmage and try to block the punt.

The kid (catcher) had him blocked off at the plate and he went to the outside and was able to sneak by there before the catcher got the tag on him.

The key reason why the six-party talks have not made substantial progress is that the United States remains unchanged in its hostile policy toward the DPRK, blocking the settlement of the nuclear issue.

Their big guy was blocking shots and he did a nice job of hanging around and making us change our shots a bit.

Their offensive line comes off the ball, and I didn't know if we could handle them. They did a good job of blocking last year, and we couldn't stop them. We stopped them on offense.

Doug Martin

Their offensive line blocks out the sun. Those guys are like eclipses out there. Some big bodies.

Jose Gomez

Their linebackers did a good job of blocking the middle, so we had the option to kick it out,

These are literally the building blocks of our planetary system.

Jessica Collins

It's been fascinating working on a set in New York. Just to be in the thick of it is really interesting, because on any given day you're having to react to what New York is offering, if that's a thunderstorm or blocked traffic or a bunch of noise.

Derek Jeter

It's a mistake. People are going to make mistakes. He obviously did a good job blocking it out.

Flip Saunders

It'll be a good situation for him to get in and get a feel of things, and hopefully he'll play well and use this as kind of a building block for the next eight games.

Matt Cain

It looked out of date, like it was from the '50s. (Without students on the committee) they might have gone with the script. It seems like everybody likes the block letters now.

It just sums it all up, of how focused she is as a player. I think when she gets into a game, she blocks everything out, including records or anything like that. She just plays. Definitely, not one of those foul shots bothered her.

It's disappointing that we haven't got (the running game) going. But I can feel it in practice lately; I know we're going to get better. We noticed in the first two games that it was always one guy who didn't get his block or who let up too soon on a play. We've got to make sure everybody's blocking somebody this week. We expect it out of ourselves.

This is nothing more than a step to be ready to go in the blocks should someone say yes. This starts the process rolling. If someone comes, we're ready to go. This eliminates a step down the road.

Bill Bradley

This is the civil rights issue of our time, ... It is no longer blocking schools. It is having the justice department in this country finally providing equal justice for all.

Stephen Levine

Our addiction to always being right is a great block to the truth. It keeps us from the kind of openness that comes from confidence in our natural wisdom.

Ella Fitzgerald

Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of us went over between shows to catch her, and afterwards we went backstage. I did something then, and I still don't know if it was the right thing to do—I asked her for her autograph.

Scott Westerfeld

Cure for writer's block: blow something up(in the story)

Ray Davies

There is a guy on my block who lives for rock, he plays records day and night, and when he feels down he puts the rock and roll on and it makes him feel alright.

Rajneesh

Mind is blocking the fountain of intelligence like a rock.

Tana French

Only teenagers think boring is bad. Adults, grown men and women who've been around the block a few times, know that boring is a gift straight from God. Life has more than enough excitement up its sleeve, ready to hit you with as soon as you're not looking, without you adding to the drama.