Famous Quotes & Sayings

There are two things you don't want to get -- a letter from the IRS and a letter from the draft board. They're not calling up to say hello,

We're still calling the same plays that we called last season, but we're trying to mix it up a little bit. We played a little man, a little zone coverage, to try to keep them off-balance. We were able to confuse them a little bit.

We're still calling on consumers to be prudent in their use of gasoline. It's just a complicated jigsaw puzzle we're putting back together.

We're looking for a guy to play in the third pair. Be safe. Be solid. And that's really Cory's calling card.

Kelly Brown

We've got more (volunteers ) in the pipeline. We are aggressively calling (the national chapter) to tell them we have people (ready) to go.

Jeff Jarvis

Now that's a case of the pot calling the kettle metal.

Right now, I'm relying on the fire chiefs to verify their membership. I'm leaving it up to the chiefs to decide who they consider a fireman. Then if they're calling the person who stops by once every five years to sweep the floor a fireman, we'll reconsider it next year.

Derek Fisher

More scoring. That's what the league wants. Calling those fouls up front leads to more penetration, maybe more free throws. It's one way to get more points on the scoreboard.

Helio Castroneves

My dad is down there. He's the one who's calling the shots.

No, I'm going to need live-in help. I was thinking of calling my mom. I know she'd come, but she's got this trip to Ireland next month with her friends; it's something they've been planning for two years, and I'd hate to...

Oakland has been calling the Vikings since the last day of the season about obtaining Randy. I don't think either the Falcons or Ravens could have come up with what the Vikings needed to make the trade.

Cory Booker

We become distracted from productive labors by our perceived opponents; we become focused on them and not on our larger calling to advance our nation; our debate becomes more about scoring points against an adversary and less about advancing our common cause.

Cory Doctorow

Put simply, I want to treat my readers as partners and not crooks. There is no future in calling your most active promoters crooks.

The fact that they're calling a hearing in the midst of their other priorities indicates the chairman's commitment to moving immigration reform as quickly as possible.

The darn wind just played havoc with all the pitchers. Pitches were coming from everywhere and the umpires were having a hard time calling strikes.

Dennis Crowley

I can think of the number of people who were like, 'I will never get a cellphone because I don't want people calling me all the time. And I will never get on Facebook because I don't want to share that stuff with people. And Twitter, that's not for me.' And this is just the natural progression of things.

Naveen Jain

Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely short-sighted and unfortunately, extremely pervasive.

Charles Hazlewood

In America, they have this nauseating habit of calling the conductor 'maestro'. I always slightly gag when the cor anglais player goes, 'Maestro, can I discuss bar 19 with you?'

Carly Fiorina

The highest calling of leadership is to challenge the status quo and unlock the potential of others. We need a leader who will lead the resurgence of this great nation and unlock its potential once again.

Erwin McManus

I think we've overstated that God is the God who wants us to obey. Obedience is not the end game. Obedience is only our calling so that we can step into our freedom.

Lisa Presley

When they divorced, I would go out on the road more and miss more school, which I liked. People say I didn't get to see him very much, but I was with him quite a bit. All of a sudden, a car would show up at school, and he was calling for me to go out on the road.

Laverne Cox

What took time for my mom was getting the pronouns right and calling me by a different name. Laverne was my middle name before I transitioned.

Alice Sebold

I find talking about my work harder than it might be if honesty wasn't my calling card.

Nancy Gibbs

Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.

Liz Murray

I had a calling inside of me. I had a sense that when I was going through experiences like living on the streets, losing my parents to AIDS, just having my whole world turned upside-down, there was this feeling inside of me like I was meant for something greater.

Nas

I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that's on them.

Phil Jackson

The NBA has made a real issue about really making these superstars the premium that everybody wants to go to. That's their calling card and their marketing tool. But the coaches at the other end of the sphere are trying to make everybody on the team, even nine, 10, 11, 12, just as important, and have a real role that's meaningful.

Colum McCann

I mean, every novel's a historical novel anyway. But calling something a historical novel seems to put mittens on it, right? It puts manners on it. And you don't want your novels to be mannered.

Was it a penalty or not? I saw the replay and it was questionable. They're calling everything. We didn't help ourselves. We ended up taking hooking penalties, holding and obstruction penalties.

We're at the mercy of whatever the market's calling for.

William Scranton

They're calling their Washington sources at the NRC or in Congress and they're not hesitating to give their opinion, but their opinion, frankly, in those early days was not very well informed.

Karl Rove

Memo to White House: Calling voters stupid is not a winning strategy.

Our calling is not just within the walls of the congregation, but we are part of the life and community in which our condition resides.