Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mikhail Youzhny

The French played better on key points -- even when we had break points they served perfectly. Our poor teamwork was not the reason for our defeat -- the French pair just played better today.

Hugh Johnson

The fundamental premise in this business is you cannot be stuck in this business. You can buy stocks for the long haul, but if the market breaks down, you're going to suffer. You're going to pay for it.

The frustration here was with the wind at your back and with eight players bunkering in it was really hard for us to break them down. That was when our composure needed to show.

The foundation is cracked, and you can't let that go on too long. Especially not when you have waves breaking up around the lighthouse.

The funny thing about special teams is that you stress that they can make or break a game. We literally spent whole days working on special teams.

The funds are trying to break out from a very crowded marketplace.

Chuck Palahniuk

My characters tend to be more dynamic because they're reaching that point in their lives where their old way of being is breaking down. They're conflicted by the idea that they don't know what's next. You could call it Kierkegaard's leap of faith, when you get tired of sort of reinventing yourself on a very superficial level.

The market was too sanguine about the Fed moving to the sidelines at the end of the year or under a new chairman. They're going to keep tightening until they get a break in the inflation rate.

The market tried so hard to break 3.90 (percent), but the Europeans threw in a curve ball.

The market's on the strong side after breaking the 16,000 level.

Grace Lin

The market is taking a break after nonstop declines earlier this week, but the shrinking volume showed that investors are reluctant to buy aggressively.

Feliciano Lopez

The match was close, but after I got the break (in the second game of the third set), I had a lot of confidence. I was playing better and better.

The manager said a few words at the break and we turned it around in the second half. I would like to think it is a turning point for the season and that we can build on this victory and try to get three points every time we play.

Barbra Streisand

The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.

The make or break for Mercedes will be the face-lift of the E-class.

The market has had a good run, so it wouldn't be surprising to see it take a little break next week.

The market has been poised to break out on the upside but there seems to be a lot of resistance to every rally.

The market has been in this range of 1,050 to about 1,170 on the S&P for a while, and it's feeling like we're going to break out to the upside at some point, certainly by the end of the year. But we're still in the middle of it right now.

The market is definitely a lot more sluggish than at the end of last year. However how much of that is attributable to the holiday break and how much is to do with rising interest rates is hard to say.

Kate Walsh

I used to skip breakfast, but eating gets my metabolism going, so I burn more calories all day.

Simone Elkeles

What are you gonna do if I break one of your *&^%$ing rules?

Simone Elkeles

I now know why people break up in e-mails and text messages. Doing it face-to-face is so hard because you have to stand in front of the person and witness their reaction. Face their wrath.

Rick Riordan

Green grass breaks through snow, Artemis pleads for my help, I am so cool.

Rick Riordan

I don't deserve you." "You're not allowed to say that." "Why not?" "It's a breakup line. Unless you're breaking up-" Jason leaned over and kissed her. The colors of the Roman afternoon suddenly seemed sharper, as it the world had switched to high definition. "No breakups," he promised. "I may have busted my head a few times, but I'm not that stupid.

Reese Witherspoon

It definitely sometimes feels like a suit that I wish I could zip off. But I don’t feel bad about any of the things I’ve gone through, whether it’s divorce or breakups or anything like that, because that’s all part of the life journey, and I have those experiences just like anyone else. And I think it deepens what you tap into creatively.

Wally Schirra

Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.

Walt Disney

As the original Mary Poppins budget of five million dollars continued to grow, I never saw a sad face around the entire Studio. And this made me nervous. I knew the picture would have to gross 10 million dollars for us to break even. But still there was no negative head-shaking. No prophets of doom. Even Roy was happy. He didn't even ask me to show the unfinished picture to a banker. The horrible thought struck me - suppose the staff had finally conceded that I knew what I was doing.

Vladimir Putin

Everyone must be equal before the law, abide by it, pay their taxes and bear the punishment should they break the law.

Woody Allen

Twenty-one years ago, when I first heard Mia Farrow had accused me of child molestation, I found the idea so ludicrous I didn't give it a second thought. We were involved in a terribly acrimonious breakup, with great enmity between us and a custody battle slowly gathering energy. The self-serving transparency of her malevolence seemed so obvious I didn't even hire a lawyer to defend myself. It was my show business attorney who told me she was bringing the accusation to the police and I would need a criminal lawyer.

Woody Allen

A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage, but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life.

W. C. Fields

The best thing to break is a contract.

W. C. Fields

It is funnier to bend things than to break them.

W. C. Fields

I never eat before breakfast.