Famous Quotes & Sayings

Comeback hockey is very tough this time of year. I didn't think we came out moving our feet; they did. The first one (goal) we kind of gave it to them. You could tell we just weren't focused. I hope that was a good wake-up call for them (his players). There's no excuse for that.

Carriers have a little more market power than they've had in quite some time. And they can call the shots, especially at this time of year.

I befriended a lot of them. You'd get a call from Dennis Miller and go hang out at the mall. They helped you develop your material and they'd show you the ropes.

Huey Long

For the present you can just call me the Kingfish.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Don't leave me here alone! It's your Sam calling. Don't go where I can't follow! Wake up, Mr. Frodo!

Before she was born, I started calling her Nikki. Her parents liked Madison.

Cherie Booth

cheapen our right to call ourselves a civilized nation.

Joey Harrington

Charles is the speed guy, the smaller of the three if you can call him that,

Charlie Cook

By an eight-point margin, voters are now more likely to call themselves Democrats than Republicans; there was no gap in self-identification a year ago.

Bill Gates

By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world. Almost all countries will be what we now call lower-middle income or richer.

By that time the sap or liquid, which we call coconut milk, has disappeared because it has fed the plant. There would be no coconut milk in a fruit that has started to germinate.

Jeff Gordon

By having those no-bump zones or whatever we want to call them, I think we saw a heck of a lot less crashes, big crashes, than what we could have seen. I think the racing was still good out there, but it was so much calmer.

By code, there is nothing that says you have to call the police. But common sense says if those children have not been found immediately, the police should be contacted.

Stuart Rothenberg

By saying that he's going to engage Bradley, by calling for debates, by talking about a campaign shakeup, I think Al Gore is saying 'no, the nomination is no longer inevitable, I have to earn it.

Joe Torre

By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.

By not trying the small cases, the lawyers don't get the courtroom experience. So when the huge, bet-the-company cases come along, there are only a handful of trial lawyers who can handle it. That's why these big corporations still call us old-timers every day.

Aaron Rowand

But you know what? I'll take any of that spooky stuff -- or whatever you want to call it -- every night if it can help us get to the ultimate goal. ... I don't know. It's destiny maybe. I don't want to say that, because it's not over yet. But if it happens, get back to me -- because maybe it was.

Jack Osbourne

But you know, my mom having to go to the hospital seven times... like passed out because of pain... I wouldn't come home and sit with my family and be with my dad - I'd call someone up and... I'd go and get obliterated drunk and I'd go, like, on two-week benders.

Hopefully it won't be much more expensive for tourists. But we're trying to accommodate -- I call it -- the Orlando tourist.

Jason Kidd

Hopefully, it will be a wake-up call for us. The big thing is for to continue to get better and play for 48 minutes. (The winning streak) is great but it can also be dangerous if you become complacent and feel you can turn it on when you want.

Hopefully it was a wake-up call for us. T.Falls just came hungry and played harder.

Honest debate stops when the name calling starts.

Honestly, I don't remember it at all, ... I can't quote him because I really don't remember the call that well. They just gave me a call to get to know me, I guess. They really didn't ensure anything. They just wanted a pre-draft deal.

Lamar Odom

He's very patient, ... He takes his time with us. He's what you call a team player right now.

He told us we could call him Mr. McNutt or coach, ... We called him coach.

He told me to move him down into the post and get him the ball. He made the call and he responded.

He surfaced, then went down, surfaced again, and that's when he got taken down and then reached up and said 'I've been stabbed, please call 911, I need help'.

He told me to call whenever I want. As long as he says that, I'll keep calling.

He told him he supports Sen. Akaka completely, and he is proud to call him a colleague and a friend.

Benjamin Franklin

He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.

He's what you call high-maintenance. He's day to day. He's getting it; he's got to.

He's what I call a professional hitter. When he gets his pitch, he usually does damage with it.

Robbie Deans

He thought the first call was a hoax from a mate, but he responded to the second one.