Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Fed now has limited leverage over the housing market. It has been unable to tap the brakes on the housing market.

Petter Solberg

I'm quite happy actually. The car feels good and we have improved many things. We lost maybe seven seconds towards the end of the first stage as it was hard on the brakes and they seemed to go off. However they seemed fine by the next stage.

Michael Gregory

There's little doubt out there that Greenspan will move this time around and try to put the brakes on growth a bit. The question is whether this is a one-time deal or a continuation of a series of moves meant to really keep the economy in line.

Jamie McMurray

This is the hardest place, I think, to qualify because you can have a good car and it's so easy to lock the front brakes up or overdrive the corner. It's one of those places where you can be in the top five in practice and qualify 20th. It's so close.

Elliott Sadler

I just got on the brakes way too hard and locked it up. I could have just sat there and rode third and thought that was cool, but I want to give my guys a win.

In a flash, people ran from his left to his right. He hit the brakes as fast as he could ... and tragically these people were killed.

I had my Class B license but had to go back and be certified in power brakes and driving with passengers.

Ryan Newman

I locked the brakes up and got into the wall, but there was no way to miss the crash. It's typical Phoenix off Turn 4. When one car gets spun, everybody does.

Canadian consumer spending is finally poised to hit the brakes after a spectacular run earlier this year,

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.

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.

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