Famous Quotes & Sayings

Larry Brown

We did a great job in the second half. There were a couple tough calls down the stretch, but when you are down 25, you have to be perfect. We got close, but did not get it done.

We had some concerns from people. And occasionally we get calls saying the engineer was going too fast. We reduced the speed limit because we understand that is a sensitive area, and we want to make riders as comfortable as they can be.

We had really, for the last four days of practice leading up to the game, stressed getting out on (Highland) and setting the tone defensively. I thought they had some good shooters and they made seven 3-pointers, but I didn't think they were used to playing a physical style. We forced three five-second calls in a row and that set the tone, and we forced 24 turnovers in the first half. Our transition worked really well and we got a lot of easy baskets.

James Baker

We currently have a sustained operational atmospheric observing system that has enabled us to dramatically improve atmospheric weather forecasts. We have invested in operational ocean observing systems in the Pacific that have enabled us to provide successful El Nio-based seasonal atmospheric forecasts. This report calls on us to take the next step and expand the operational systems to the global ocean.

Jimbo Fisher

The little things he does that I see, things the fans might not see, are so much better now. Little things. He calls plays. He manages the game, manages the clock, manages the players, the signals, the checks.

The job always has to come first. If you have a customer who wants to meet with you on your telecommuting day, you may decide not to telecommute that day. You make sure that if you get a lot of calls that you can get back to them quickly.

Hermann Ebbinghaus

The learning of the syllables calls into play the three sensory fields, sight, hearing and the muscle sense of the organs of speech.

All the calls that we've been able to track have come only from New York state, Providence and Boston,

The master plan concept developed for the City of Kansas City, Mo., calls for the construction of a large, municipally owned telecommunications network in conjunction with current underground utility construction in the Kansas City Live Entertainment District, helping to minimize disruption to the area.

Lindsay Whalen

Any time your country calls on you to help represent them, it's a great honor. I know he's happy about it and we're all happy and proud that we have someone representing our team.

Niklas Zennstrom

At the office, we actually don't have a land phone line. We use Skype mostly, and mobile phones to receive calls from people not on Skype.

A system was set in place to ensure immediate response and ensured communication between agencies. But observation of the events on Dec. 2 of the evacuations of the courthouses calls much of that into doubt.

Elvis Dumervil

At this point, you're going to be happy with whatever team calls your name. This whole thing is a dream come true and I'm just enjoying the ride.

He was safe, no if ands or butts about it. That was one of the worst calls of the year. That wasn't even a contest. It changes the whole thing.

Ramon Rodriguez

To be honest, a lot of ride-alongs are not that great. There might be one or two calls on the radio - not a lot - depending on what time you go.

Roman Harper

Coach had a great scheme coming in. We knew we were going to play a lot of man, throw a lot of different calls at them. Coach made all the right calls in there.

Coach calls it blue-collar defense. We can't outscore other teams. That's not how we play. We have to play defense and use our pressure to take a team out of everything they want to do.

Companies value customer service over security. The emphasis in training is always on satisfaction of the customer, push more products and move the calls as quickly as possible.

Tim Jackson

Any dealer who would sell on a Sunday would jeopardize their license by doing so. Consumers like the fact for six days a week, they can go into any dealership in Colorado and negotiate for a car and they also like the fact that on that 7th day, they go in and look at cars and not negotiate. They really like the peace and quiet. We get a lot of calls from consumers on a lot of issues, never on Sunday closing.

Judith Ivey

Are there different calls that stick with you? ... Hard to shake them off?

Apparently, there's been lots of calls about that.

Any time a fielder calls you off, they have a better chance of making the play,

As analysts we are paid to make anticipatory calls on things, and if all we do is repeat what management says to us, we are not doing our jobs. So I don't spend that much time listening to the companies.

Our employees increasingly are telling us -- via e-mail, telephone calls and letters -- that they want to understand our offer. They want to know what UPS put on the table. So we're going to tell them.

Other editors said they get calls from readers who are hearing stories from returning troops of the good things they have accomplished while there, and readers find that at odds with the generally gloomy portrayal in the papers of what's going on in Iraq.

People return your phone calls and your e-mails, and they speak to you and speak to you nicely.

People plan their marriages around it. The calls start coming in around the first of the year from people wanting to make plans. I've had brides-to-be tell me that that's why they're asking, because they don't want to plan their wedding the same weekend as the opener. And that's not something that's just happened once. It happens often enough every year that it sticks with you.

Offensive line, period, it's just the position that has so many plays, so many different calls you have to make, ... I really didn't think that it was gonna come as quick as it came or I was gonna get the opportunity I got. But I always was prepared for what was gonna happen.

Monty Hall

Of course when I got to be a star on ""Let's Make a Deal,"" I started getting 20 calls a week. I would respond. My fee was zero. They liked my fee and they liked the job I did and I raised, in the last 50 years, I raised $800 million. And it's been a great ride.

(North Branford) played well. They're physical inside and we were looking for calls that we weren't going to get instead of just playing hard.

Bob Black

Normally, when he wants to get someone elected, he calls me.

A fair review of these telephone calls leads to the conclusion that these two men had no idea where this man Ibrahim was.

Sergio Marchionne

another milestone in our strategy that calls for targeted alliances aimed at sharing financial and industrial resources on new products and platforms.