Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jesper Parnevik

I said the heck with it, I'm going to surrender. And I gave in. The game got me. I was trying so hard, but didn't win. I gave up pretty much -- not gave up, but I decided I was going to take a break and see what happens.

I said to the kids, 'This game doesn't make the season if we win, and it doesn't break it if we lose,' ... The district games are the ones that determine making state, but it is a building block.

I said to (Duke), 'Just give me a chance to strike out and tie you,' and he did. I got a lucky break on the first one (in the 10th), and once I got through the second one, I knew I was going to strike on the third one.

People are looking for any reason to sell the dollar and buy the yen at a moment. The upside of the dollar looks heavy after it failed to break through to 119 in the past couple of days.

James Long

Peer pressure-type thing to see what was in the box/terminals. Then, after that, they started breaking into them, realizing they could actually make money off stolen items and selling them on ebay.

Our guys are tough. They got a lot of heart. I love the way we play. We didn't give up. We came roaring back and I thought we were maybe going to jump in the driver's seat for a minute. Jackson stopped that. Tonight, it just seemed like the breaks went their way, but good teams make their breaks and they made some tonight. They put it on us.

Our hope is that all the kids will come out and help us break this world record.

Ernie Els

Over four days of competition, it's going to narrow the field dramatically. You might see more tournaments like we had last year, where a couple of guys break away and it's kind of two tournaments within a tournament.

George Davis

Over the last couple of days we've tried to break past C$1.1650 (85.83 U.S. cents) and we really haven't been able to do it, and I think what we're starting to see now is some profit-taking, not only on dollar/Canada positions, but on cross positions.

Over this past month, the pattern has essentially gotten stuck. At this point we're not seeing a breakdown in that pattern.

That can make or break a project just that uncertainty. It's frustrating because it feels like Nevada is on the cusp of an explosion of resources, particularly wind and geothermal.

That call was a big momentum swing. It was a lucky break for us. And we were able to build on it.

That feels good, but you need some breaks with something like that, and I had some. You love that sound.

Terrorists can more easily 'engineer around' these highly structured defenses. If we follow the same procedures everywhere, every time, we make it easier for terrorists to break the security code.

John Walsh

My son was murdered. I say that I have a deep wound that scabs sometimes, and something will break it open and it'll bleed, but it never heals.

Bill Gates

Nathan has been an invaluable contributor to Microsoft, the technology industry and to me personally over the past 13 years. Frankly, I would rather he continue his work at Microsoft, but I support his decision to take a much needed break and explore his passion for science.

Winston Churchill

My wife and I tried to breakfast together, but we had to stop or our marriage would have been wrecked

Shahzia Sikander

My whole purpose of taking on miniature painting was to break the tradition, to experiment with it, to find new ways of making meaning, to question the relevance of it.

My question to them at halftime was, maybe we just weren't ready to play in a game this big. In relation to our season, and the goals that we have, this was a huge game. A league game, at home, coming off a disappointing effort ... we had very high expectations of ourselves today. For one half we met them, and for one half, we did not. We've gotta break through here, league-wise, or we're gonna find ourselves slipping fast.

Shai Agassi

My passions were an intersection between peace in the Middle East and climate change. I know how to understand a technology problem, break it into its components and solve it. I also knew I couldn't make peace solely through technological inventions.

My mind frame is that I'm going to break (camp) with the team and contribute to the team like I know I can. Any thought of the minor leagues hasn't crossed my mind. I'm going in focused on one goal, one mission.

George Eliot

Lohengrin' to us ordinary mortals seemed something like the whistling of the wind through the keyholes of a cathedral, which has a dreamy charm for a little while, but by and by you long for the sound even of a street organ to rush in and break the

Markets are in a trading range right now, consolidating gains after the last few months. A lot of investors were looking to this week's data as a way to break out of the range, but what we've seen has left enough doubt in the minds of the bulls that we aren't likely to break out of this range in the next few sessions.

Matt has really blossomed. He?s come into his own. I think Matt can carry the show while they break in a new co-host.

Mark's put in a lot of work this year - whether it's in the weight room or putting in shots. Me and him do a good job of breaking the pressure.

March is typically a time of year when prices start to go back up. Spring break really makes people want to get on the roads, and everybody in the country has a spring break at some point in March or April. There's a spike in demand, and prices start to go up in anticipation of it.

Paul Bettany

Listen. If we can't break the ice, how 'bout we drown it?

Liquid rock from inside the Earth -- magma -- had been trying to get out. It found a mountain in the way and actually started pushing up and breaking that mountain apart, 5 feet a day.

Jimmy Johnson

Like I said, we're only off a bit, ... But it's so hard to break through that last bit. The No. 24 team has always been really good at it with all the championships and race wins he's had.

Meseret Defar

I will try to break that record in Brussels this summer.

I won six league games last year, and Matt won five of them. He's the one you throw out there to get wins. Fastball pitcher, with a good breaking ball when he needs it.

Mike Rowe

I won a lot of money for them last year and they probably put twice as much back into it. I think you could win every race and it would be hard to break even. But a person up here, we're in it for the hobby.

Nicolle Wallace

I worked for Sarah Palin. I have the political staffer version of P.T.S.D., so whenever I hear that she's breaking her silence, my heart stops.