Famous Quotes & Sayings

He's had the luxury of being the new guy on the block who everybody has given a lot of space to, but as he raises his profile more people will look to where he stands. The second year will probably be much more defining. On the issues that he decides to speak out on, the substance of his position will be measured.

Historians will look back on this period of time following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as a defining moment for both our state and nation. To neglect the needs of this vital region sets an unimaginable precedent for America's response to future catastrophes in our nation. Our elected leaders need to see for themselves -- block by block, mile by mile -- the immense devastation, and the pressing challenges faced by so many people in this region.

Hines Ward

He's a threat, no question. If you put eight in the box, and we block all eight, you are going to give up a big play. How do you deal with Willie? His speed has to be accounted for. I don't know how teams will defend him in the playoffs. He can go the distance any time. If we block it for him, we're going to get the home-run ball.

John Barnes

He's a very smart, very bright kid, so we knew he could quarterback the defense, ... We felt he could run pretty darn well, and if he would hit somebody, which we thought he would because we watched him block as a fullback, that he could pick it up pretty fast. And the rest is history.

If a hunter is lost or hurt, and has a cell phone, it will get within three meters. If it were just a city block it would be excellent.

I don't think we're going to find too many running backs, whether it's 1-A, 2-A, 3-A or 4-A that are as good as that kid. He reads his blocks well. He's a strong kid. He's got good speed, and he's elusive. That makes for the total package for a running back.

I don't think you will see or have seen an economic coming together as big as this. This is really going to create in population terms, in GDP terms a currency block that is as big as the United States, if not bigger, and that really is a force to be reckoned with.

Cary Fukunaga

I don't storyboard, and I don't really shot list. I let the shots be determined by how the actors and I figure out the blocking in a scene, and then from there, we cover it.

I don't think it was a good call. Seth's played that block all year. He's a nine-year veteran. He's not going to make a (mistake) like that at that time of the game.

I don't think it's realistic to expect someone to snap (with his left hand) and also be able to block with that right hand. I think we're going to be patient, let it heal and then it depends on what kind of restricted device on that hand.

Jim Webb

From the time I left the Marine Corps after serving as an infantry platoon and company commander in Vietnam, I decided that I would focus on immediate goals that inspired me to devote all of my energy to them, rather than putting together the more cautious and traditional building blocks of a predictable career.

For most people the whole getting dressed up thing is just a myth. You should wear whatever is comfortable. It's not like you're going to a private yacht club. I'd say the outfit of choice is shorts, a T-shirt and a hat to block the sun.

Martin Brodeur

Goalies that like to react to pucks won't have a problem. Those goalies that block shots instead of stopping shots, will find it's going to be a little tougher for them, especially in close.

I got cold hard cash for Christmas. Five bucks frozen in a block of ice.

Devin Hester

I got a great block from my teammates. I'm very happy, but I won't dwell on this.

I go into every tournament expecting to win. It was a little tougher here with the cross country travel, but I try to block all that out and just keep my mind and body at an even keel.

Under normal circumstances, testosterone is what stimulates prostate cancer to grow, so one form of hormone therapy stops production, while another blocks it from reaching prostate cells.

Anton LaVey

If you're going to be a sinner, be the best sinner on the block.

We made some adjustments on the interior line to interfere with their blocking scheme in the second half. It worked out better for us then.

He wasn't trying to hide anything. He may not have been trying to show it to school children, however they were around, and he continued when I caught him trying to circle the block around Hillcrest Elementary School.

Frank Beamer

He's played a lot at both positions. He played a year at guard. He played a year at center. Now, he's going back and forth. It's not like one of those positions is a new position for him. And I think his intelligence helps him. Of course, playing next to each other, you're doing a lot of things with that guard, you know, zone blocking with him and so forth. I think that makes it a little easier.

Jim Calhoun

He was a difference maker the entire day. He cleaned up the middle by blocking shots and obviously scored big baskets for us.

Sasha Cohen

I was somehow able to block it out and pull myself together for the rest of the program. But it just wasn't my night.

I grew up with guys who would run circles around me intellectually, ... But I always had opinions about things. You kind of had to when you grew up going to school 10 blocks from the White House.

Andy Reid

If we didn't understand the importance of special teams before, we certainly do after today. You have to take that part of the game seriously, too. You have to take care of the football and you have to block and tackle.

Ralph Richardson

If these railroad crossings were fixed right with metal devices that come down and block traffic, people couldn't pull up and get killed,

I got the same line as last year. And they block real well and they are opening holes for me. If they don't, they come up to me and say they'll get it the next time,

Lleyton Hewitt

I got out of the blocks well today, ... I went out there with a game plan and just executed it. I did what I needed to do and didn't feel that under pressure.

I got out of the blocks pretty good today. I changed the setting on my blocks and it worked out well.

James Inhofe

If they're in cell block 1A or 1B, these prisoners - they're murderers, they're terrorists, they're insurgents. Many of them probably have American blood on their hands. And here we're so concerned about the treatment of those individuals.

If they got running water to all these buildings that are obviously inhabitable, they could get the city cleaned up a lot faster because people would be cleaning up their own blocks and their own neighborhoods.

Hubert Humphrey

If the tobacco officials had really changed, ... they would not have waited until Minnesota secured a court order to mandate the documents' release, and if tobacco officials had really changed, they would not perpetuate their cover-up by continuing to block our efforts to uncover 39,000 documents containing their deepest, darkest secrets.

If the deal is blocked on terms that aren't consistent with a due diligence process, that sends a loud and clear message to our friends that maybe they should rethink investments in the U.S..