Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rafael Benitez

I told him during the game to calm down, and at the end we also talked. The message on his shirt was for his young son and his family, and he has told me that he wishes to say sorry to the Newcastle fans. He hopes it is not a problem. I do not think there will be any further action, it was not a serious incident.

I told our kids we've got to relax, calm down and play. I could tell with tournament time it was a different time and we were pretty tight. I reiterated to them that you've got to relax and go play the game. They made me look smart.

It means we have to keep a lead if we get it. I told them to stay calm because no lead is safe.

It means that they might not have carried through with their threat, that perhaps all of these pleas and these calls for her release, particularly from the Sunni politicians, might be getting through.

James Moore

It might even be a calm before the storm. I think we are going to see some further tests higher this week.

It's a paper-thin margin. It's irrelevant, because Virginia Tech is not going to catch Southern Cal and they have a faint hope of catching Texas. Virginia Tech isn't going to catch Southern Cal before they (the Trojans) catch Texas.

It's an unusual situation because we've had a few years where teams have been interested. We haven't had any calls on our seniors this year. But I think we'll have some guys get looked at next year.

It's an ongoing process. It just goes on every day. I get phone calls or I'll pick something up on somebody who is out there. It can pop up at any time.

Jim Miller

It's a rarity that workers would show up unannounced. Customers usually initiate a phone call to set up an appointment, or a phone call (by the utility company) is usually made beforehand.

Bob Burns

It's a question of whether the president's domestic agenda, which Sen. Thune endorsed earlier, is going to go very far this calendar year, ... There's been some changed priorities.

Kelvin Sampson

It was a crazy game. I don't know how else to explain it. Hey, that's why they call it Bedlam.

It was a closer call than some people will say. But the reality is, there are signs the economy is slowing.

It was a close call but the referee didn't take our legs out of us. We kept playing hard and playing hard. Yes, it was a questionable call. I don't think that changed the game. it was just unfortunate it went that way.

It was pretty easy to score within the offense. Coach (Fox) was calling the plays and I was making my shots.

It was one of those games where it's hard to call either team a loser.

Deborah Eisenberg

It takes me a very, very long time to write a story, to write a piece of fiction, whatever you call the fiction that I write. I just go about it blindly, feeling my way towards what it has to be.

It's what we call the nightmare scenario. We seem to be going down that tunnel, and if somebody somewhere, either this judge or an appellate judge, doesn't stand up and stop it, we're going to have a great miscarriage of justice.

It's what we call service water. It's river water. It keeps the motors cool. It comes in and goes out. It doesn't even need to be treated.

It's what the company said in the conference call that was particularly worrying -- that there is no demand there and no signs of a pick-up any time soon. What looked like being a turnaround in the industry is not a turnaround.

Bill Lester

It's what I've been working long and hard for. It's been determination, perseverance, persistence, overcoming obstacles. I'm no spring chicken and most of these guys are calling it a career at this age. But I would like to think I'm still on the rise.

Pat Riley

It's what I like to call a Saturday night special.

Bill Butler

It's what I call the illusion of security, that's what I call it.

Scott Robinson

It's what I call judicially clearing the desk, and it can be as misleading as it is inherently ambiguous. Judges have a lot to do and eventually they get around to what they consider to be less pressing pending motions and resolve them.

It's very rare in the 100-year history of the league. But it doesn't matter when it happens. ... Certainly the playoffs were not a concern. We got a couple of calls from people (saying), 'What are you going to do about the playoffs?' My response was that we didn't really care.

It's very sad, a 19-year-old ... that's not going to be able to pick up the phone and call his dad.

Rodney Carney

It's very hard. You see the score and you want to slack up. But you can't because Cal is on the sideline getting after you. He wants the intensity up at all times. I can see why, but it's pretty hard to stay focused.

It's very hard to call a flop, ... We talked about it with Bennett. You can't say a guy's flopping, so go penalize it. It's very difficult to make that determination.

It's very important we remain calm about worst-case scenarios,

Jane Velez-Mitchell

It's time for compassionate Americans to send a wake-up call to their members of Congress and demand passage of legislation to end the wholesale slaughter of America's horses once and for all.

Jared Bernstein

It's too soon to call this a 'jobless' recovery, ... but another quarter or two of these types of reports, and that probably will be a relevant title.

Hugh Johnson

It's too soon to call it a meaningful trend.

I want to go on record as saying I would not like to see any services cut. The public needs to know that when they call the city, the police, or the fire department will be there for them.

I want to recognize the character of our team, coming back and scoring two goals like that. They never say never. Was that a pretty setup goal? Either one of them? (It was) just puck on net. We tried to grease one out - that's why they call it a greasy goal.