Famous Quotes & Sayings

In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government.

Budd Schulberg

Living with a conscience is like driving with the brakes on.

Allan McNish

When it's wet, you're much more tense on the steering wheel, you have to dance with the throttle and the brakes more. Each lap is a different scenario, so you're really on the edge of your nerves. One mistake could cost you the entire race.

Josh Pais

I always worked pretty steadily. But maybe out of some kind of fear, I put the brakes on letting myself be as successful as I'd like to be. More and more, I've taken the brakes off and let whatever happens happen.

Greenspan is trying to be cautious by tapping the brakes ever so lightly, which I think will mean another quarter-point increase soon. This thing has so much momentum that, even though we've raised the speed limit, we're still going a little too fast.

What we have here is a dangerous mix of fast-growing debt and fast-rising unemployment that could quickly put the brakes on consumer spending.

Here at build-out, we've got to put the brakes on.

It is a challenging place to start the year because the circuit is probably the hardest for brakes of the whole season. The circuit is surrounded by sand and it can also get very hot, which can pose problems with the cooling of a new car. So reliability will be key, especially with this year's switch to (2,4-litre) V8 engines.

Robert Heller

What is called for at the present time is prudence in fiscal policy and a continued application of the brakes in Federal Reserve policy. That's the policy that will get us into a future that where we see continued growth and very moderate inflation.

Joe Nemechek

I think a tire was going down on Hamlin's car. He slammed on the brakes and I ran into him hard and smashed in my grille pretty good. That made the car real tight for the rest of the race.

He doesn't have to win the whole game by himself. The offense like a finely-built car. The steering wheel's have to work, the brakes have to work, the wheels have to work. He's sitting in the driver's seat. He just has to drive the car and let everything work for him.

Robby Gordon

He got away because he stabbed the brakes then took off. He's a great racer, but second is just first loser.

From the moment he hit that corner, the brakes were put on. Can we really say how fast that car was going or is there some question?

Jeffrey Rosen

With exceptional efficiency and amiability, he led a court that put the brakes on some of the excesses of the Earl Warren era while keeping pace with the sentiments of a majority of the country. His administration of the court was brilliantly if quietly effective, making him one of the most impressive chief justices of the past hundred years.

We wanted to put too many cars on the wrong freeway. The system put the brakes on.

The operations group will be interviewing the crew this afternoon. I understand that he saw some misalignment in the track that caused him to put his brakes on.

Dada Vaswani

The one who turns his back on the world and its comforts and, sets out on the path that leads to the Beloved has to face countless difficulties. But he brakes them all for the sake of the Beloved.

David Jordan

We've thought for a long time this housing cycle was a little different from those of the past, in that it would stretch out a little more. The sell-off in housing stocks has been overdone, since we don't think 30-year mortgage rates ... will put the brakes on housing.

Mark got his Christmas present because we had a plan. It's a last-lap deal where you just use the brakes real quick, let him shoot out, and then we come charging like a freight train.

Reducing the weight of the race cars makes it a lot easier for the tires to work, makes it easier on the brakes and just makes the car overall much better for racing.

With those long straights and tight corners, Martinsville is a tough track on the brakes and the motors. It really puts a lot of it on the driver too because it is so mentally exhausting to go run around for 500 laps on those tight turns. We had a good run going in the spring here before we were wrecked, and Kurt has taken the car to victory lane here before. We all know he knows how to run short tracks, so we'll see if he can keep the fenders clean and get a good finish.

Weak employment growth but higher hourly earnings point Greenspan and the Fed in two different directions. Either the economy is slowing down and the Fed needs to sit tight, or inflation is starting to take off and another tap on the brakes may be necessary.

The lead up to the Fed meeting was that we are going to be done soon, they are going to put the brakes on, and that fueled the momentum. But now people are realizing that they aren't done yet, and that's shifted the psychology.

People coming up from Texas heading to the ski slopes put on their brakes when they see the sign.

Then all of a sudden brakes get slammed on. Then we hit something and go off the side of the road and tip over,

After about 35 laps, the tires and brakes started to go. We're lucky we lasted as long as we did.

Sometimes kids want parents to put the brakes on for them.

As soon as she hit the curb, she panicked. She misapplied hitting the brakes and hit the accelerator.

At this point, if it continues to grow, you never want to put the brakes on the program. To be honest, it really comes down to a staff and volunteer issue.

Current conditions in the euro zone are looking quite healthy, and that is bullish for the euro. For the time being, this puts the brakes on euro weakness.

He's a pilot with 20 years of experience. He felt that he just came in a little hot, a little fast and tried to put the brakes on and the plane flipped. Luckily the damage was to the plane and not to him. He just had minor injuries, was very, very lucky.

David Lereah

The slowdown amounts to a tapping of the brakes on a hot market.

Elliott Sadler

We got all of it, I think. We're just having a question about the brakes. I think my brakes were dragging the whole time, but as far as the car, the car drove great and the engine felt good.