Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jay Wright

We've won games that way. We've shot poorly and then got on the offensive boards and played defense. They were just too good.

Marcus Aurelius

The perfumes at our board last night - Were exquisite, I won't deny it, But we were starved, we were outright, For meat, could no how come by it

The perception has been growing that it is better that there be a clear line of distinction between the people the board hires and the people hired by the corporation.

E. O. Wilson

The plight of the children on board this ship serves as a timely reminder that slavery and bondage are still realities in the world.

We are pleased to welcome Regina to our Board of Directors. She is a nationally recognized leader in the legal, corporate, and nonprofit communities. Her leadership skills and commitment to promoting economic advancement for all complement the Board and make her a valuable addition.

We usually send out information to board members to get their feel for whether we should disseminate information further.

We started running the numbers to see what we could cut, but we really didn't have to change much, ... I had friends in the same boat who were one payment from losing their house.

We struggled on offense, but we kept playing defense and kept getting stops. I thought we controlled the boards and our defense was good tonight.

There are board members who do not acknowledge the serious problems going on, and I do not know why,

We stopped the boat and Stefano jumped in to take a look.

Tim Dorsey

When you want something dumped you would point to the board operator, indicating to hit the button. I would say we use the seven-second delay button often. Everybody does. It's pretty standard in the business.

We're not going to lose Manual High School; I don't care what the board says. We're going to draw a line in the sand.

We actually do listen, and a lot of board members have some serious issues with some of these rules,

We also think it can be a good training committee to see if they might be interested in serving on the school board at a future date.

Eliza Haywood

Nothing can be more true, than that the greatest Boasters have the least of what they pretend to.

Becky Hammon

We have to get to the offensive glass. We didn't crash the boards when we should have. We settled for jumpers instead of getting to the line.

We want our boat industry to stay strong and viable ... because it brings a lot of sales tax dollars to Hall County.

We were billed at the end of the last fiscal year, and I've toyed with this for quite some time. I've just need to get direction from the board to see if you all see something I don't.

We were at a boat show at the Qwest Center and I tried it and liked it.

Charlaine Harris

I thought about making biscuits, but there seemed to be more than enough calories on board.

Charlie Munger

A board member should be perfectly willing to leave at any time and willing to make the tough calls.

Whether the boat you are sailing is big or small, the winds are the same. A sailor goes from one point of land to another, but in the circus we sail from one dream to another. With a smaller boat, it's easier to navigate around the icebergs.

Whether it's the school board or city council, politics is in my blood. It's just a matter of the time and place being right.

We've always done majority rule. You can't give veto power to one board member. That's a terrible choice. I think it's a real mistake and will create a lot more problems than it will solve.

C. C. H. Pounder

When I was a kid, a pickleball hit me in the back of the head, and I had memory problems. I was in a boarding school and the nuns gave me poems to remember to try and get the memory going again.

You don't know what will happen in spring training, but it was an encouraging board to look at.

John Morrill

We're missing the boat on a lot of cool things.

We respect what they do, the job they perform. But they have these teeny-weenie boats that don't really do much.

We're going to sue the superintendent, and we're going to sue the state Board of Education. ... It's like a three-ring circus over there. We will spare no expense to help these kids.

We're going to go back and develop a plan. We may do different variations and bring them back to the board in April.

Whenever possible, the State Board of Education should not impose things on local school districts just because they can,

What a devil of a bore it must be to be the superior person! - those mental anaemics who never read about murders, divorces, or whatever the special squeamishness may be to which they pin their vanity - as grotesque as going to the play and boasting

We got what we wanted out of it. We got it on the board, and 'go get it if you need to' all those things happened. The roll, I thought it was going to go in. She (Braun) used the board well, it just rolled out.