Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nicholas Kristof

Since the end of the 1970s, something has gone profoundly wrong in America. Inequality has soared. Educational progress slowed. Incarceration rates quintupled. Family breakdown accelerated. Median household income stagnated.

Nia Long

I was happy she got it and I have to sort of - and one of the reasons I did Third Watch is because I wanted to break that thing of just being the pretty girl and play it down and let it be about the work.

Nia Long

I took a little break - I was coming back to work and the last thing I was going to do was take a step backwards, so I knew that if I was going to take a feature it was going to have to be taking a step forward.

Kamerion Wimbley

We'd like to get a win and break that streak, but as far as players, you have to have a short memory. A lot of the people in those games aren't even here any more. This is a new team, a new year, a new season, starting fresh.

Olli Jokinen

Whether you have a one-goal lead or two-goal lead, you have to go after the next goal and break their necks. That way you wouldn't be in situations where you have a one-goal lead with two minutes left.

Watching the game tape of when we played them, it seemed to me like their guards weren't that strong, and I thought it might help to give us the tempo of the game. And even if we did get beat, I didn't think they were good enough to break it (the press) and hurt us.

Kim Williams

Watching live sport, catching breaking news or the stock market close as you fly will be a totally new and unique experience in Australia,

We've always said spring moisture would make or break our water forecasts.

Brendan Shanahan

When we were playing with the lead, it forced them to open up a little bit. The onus is on us to break the trap.

When we were doing that final lap I felt like I was going to break down.

When we went into the spring break everyone was exhausted from matches, school, and tests, and it was really bad. Now everybody is feeling really fresh, and over the break we got to sleep, so that was good.

Brian Rolston

We're making our breaks now. When we are all on the same page, we can play with anybody.

Paul Wall

were so far away they had no idea of the impact we were making. They saw the music as local music that would never break out.

We're going to get a little break here and a slow warming trend.

What they're trying to say is, we have problems, but we're trying to innovate our way out of our problems. But the next question is, show me the innovation. And that will make or break Ford. I think it's very important for them to come up with some good product to talk about.

When we got there we were given the TV treatment. They put the shine-proof makeup on us, and during the breaks we would joke around and pretend we were news anchors.

When we get out on the break and execute, no one is quicker than us.

When we get a big rain, the water comes up and spreads over the orchard. Sometimes we can be 50-75 percent under water. When this happens we can't get our work done, but we can put up with it until the end of February. Then we have to get back to work. When there are breaks in the storm, that allows the water to drain and we can work around that. But when it is just continuous, then we get in trouble.

We found ourselves in a desperate situation. We were able to get a couple of breaks our way. That's something to build on.

We grew up on a ranch in North Dakota. Paige was really good at breaking horses. But one day this horse took off up a hill, and then it came charging down the hill bucking. Paige was yelling at me, 'Help me. Get in front of it. Get in front of it.' I just stood there laughing until he got bucked off. He was so mad, he chased me around the ranch all day, but he never caught me. Now that he's here, I am so proud, and I know we'll help each other all the time.

Rick DiPietro

We felt like this was it, make or break for our playoff run. This was how it's supposed to look all season.

Carl Edwards

We felt like if everything went well and we got some lucky breaks and a caution at the end that we would be sitting good at the end of the race on fresh tires. I am telling you what the big win for the day was that we had a lot of fun. Racing with Jeff Burton and Greg Biffle that was great fun.

We felt like he needed to get everyday at-bats to break out of his slump, and that's clearly not going to happen in the big leagues.

Web sites get hacked so frequently, probably 50 a day, and if a hacker breaks into a Web site, they can easily change the code on the site, so that when users go to the site they think it's a legitimate Web site, and they will get infected.

We break it down in terms of value for money, product quality and service quality. For virtually all of these retailers, with the exception of Wal-Mart, it is really the service quality that seems to be driving the satisfaction.

Maajid Nawaz

What's my audience? British society. Am I received relatively well? Yes. Is there within that... if you break it down, challenges with Muslim communities? Of course there are.

Ben Nelson

We're going to let the process unfold, make up our minds as we go along. But nobody's talking about those issues that would break up the gang or cause a rule change or a filibuster,

Usually it is someone driving in the breakdown lane.

Scott Kazmir

Us in the late innings -- we're tough, real tough. You know that they're going to break out. It's a good thing to see us not giving up in the late innings.

Years ago, we had a drug dog in Lebanon. But ever since it went away, it's been more difficult. Just bringing it in, having it go through, whether you find anything or not, it's kind of like having police officers on the street: You're less likely to break the law.

Worries that the system could break down are very much weighing on the market at the moment.

O. Henry

World records can be broken any day. Who is to say I'm not going to go out and break it again?

Charles Cotton

Workers are legally entitled to breaks and employers have to acknowledge that. They should try and be fair to all staff and consult with them before they change any rules.