Famous Quotes & Sayings

The buck stopped at his desk, but from too many directions.

Jack Hanna

The buck has to stop here - from what I've seen, the new elephant exhibit is phenomenal.

Our evenings won't be the same without a bucket of toads to carry.

Ray Allen

People decide if they want to be led, they'll be led. If they decide they don't want to be part of the system, they'll buck it.

People, especially in Canada, have been making a big thing out of the fact that we are opposing each other as managers. Buck is a close friend of mine. Canadian fans might consider the U.S. to be friendly rivals, but there's certainly no rivalry between Buck and myself.

Some things are static. A 2-liter drink has been a buck or $1.19 for years.

Southbound Interstate 55 is really rough. I don't think $ 20,000 would have fixed it all, but it would've been a drop in the bucket towards getting it fixed.

One day there was a guy who came in with a five-gallon bucket of pennies to pay his taxes,

Defensively, their guards get out in the passing lanes, and with Ames in the middle, it makes it tough to go down to the bucket area.

Frank Pallone

AT&T should be required to provide a clear and straightforward system of calling time that will make it easier for our troops to call home, ... It disturbs me to think that companies are more interested in making a buck on our soldiers in Iraq than providing the quality services they have been paid to provide.

A concert like this for four bucks is unheard of. These guys usually get $20 to $40 for tickets.

Bill Snyder

All of our headsets went out. We had no communication whatsoever. Fortunately, we had a cell phone. That probably cost us about a thousand bucks in charges. Anyway, that's how we did it.

Roy Williams

They pay us the big bucks to make the big plays. That's what we've got to do.

They were just four hardworking citizens making a few bucks repairing cars in a garage.

It's all about knowing the terrain and knowing the woods, ... For example, I don't like to hunt on top of the ridges, as that's not where the big bucks are likely to be. They're going to be off down the side of the mountain, in the thick stuff, 50 to 75 yards on one side of the ridge or the other.

They dominated the Catholic League. They dominated Bucks County.

There were four or five times where a bucket here or there and we could have made a difference.

There's about $6 trillion in single-family mortgage debt outstanding, and total home value is about $13 trillion, which means there's about $7 trillion in home equity outstanding. Last year was a big year for liquefying home equity -- about $100 billion. That's a drop in the bucket compared to $7 trillion.

Max Brooks

Zombies are so popular. There's a lot of chaff out there. For every one person who is legitimately passionate about zombies, there are a hundred people who are thinking, 'Hey, I can make a buck off of this.' The problem is that some of their stuff is so lame.

You're at the mercy of the hourly rate in studios, and you hope to be inspired at 40 bucks an hour, which is tough sometimes. The clock is always ticking.

This is a rural area, with very narrow roads and deep ditches on either side. It's going to cost major bucks to widen these roads.

He puts a lot of onus on the players. He's a players coach but he demands a lot. You can tell by the personality of our team. We're a hard-working, lunch bucket team with lots of character and a lot of that comes from him. I've had a lot of coaches and he's done a great job for us this year. It's not a surprise he's mentioned up there.

Gotta remember this was back at a time when you could rent a huge legion hall for about 10 bucks a night. They'd rent it to ya for 5 bucks if you were willing to clean up after you were done.

For the first time, a group of players competing for a season-long championship has, at the end of that rainbow, a real bucket of gold, $1 million first-place check.

Glenn Tipton

A lot of bands that reunite do it for the wrong reasons. They do it for the bucks and everybody can sense it.

Brian Billick

I am accountable for everything that goes on with this football team. I take that very personally. The buck stops here. I am accountable and am going to be the one that has to put us on a course to correct it.

Rick Hall

I don't want to fly on the Delta planes. I want to fly Song. They have a different attitude. I'm more than willing to shell out 5, 6, 7 bucks to eat something other than the usual.

I don't want to come out and say that the Milwaukee Bucks are trading the pick, but it certainly creates a lot of buzz for the Milwaukee Bucks. We are in position now where we control the draft.

Honeywell is trying to offset the horrible situation they have on the commercial side. Any news about this (from Honeywell) is like having a bucket of water thrown on you with the events of Sept. 11 and trying to dry it off with a small handkerchief.

Lauren Myracle

Suck it up. This is the life you chose for yourself, so buck up and deal.

Mitt Romney

I like those fancy raincoats you bought. Really sprung for the big bucks.

Margaret Thatcher

You can't buck the market.

Larry the Cable Guy

Our whole wedding cost 180 bucks. Afterward, we re-heated lasagna for everyone and set off fireworks.