Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dusty Baker

Without his 5-0, we wouldn't be close to where we are. He's not gloating or reveling over what he's done, he just continues to do what he's doing.

Dusty Baker

Without his 5-0, we wouldn't be close to where we are.

With Ted, I don't think we were headed in the right direction. With Brian, it seems like we are. I was relieved; it closed the door on that.

We need to discover who we are, get closer to what Northwestern needs to be this year.

We need to close this one way or another. We are going to push it.

We've been a in a lot of close games. We just haven't been getting the right bounces. We're only a few points from having at least four or five more wins.

We need to have an open mind. It would be wrong of us to close the door and not listen to the debate . . . (people) may be surprised, and see the House may pass this.

Moises Alou

We need to get closer by the time we get there.

Buzz Aldrin

Mars is much closer to the characteristics of Earth. It has a fall, winter, summer and spring. North Pole, South Pole, mountains and lots of ice. No one is going to live on Venus; no one is going to live on Jupiter.

Blake Lively

I was raised in a really terrific, close family, and I've never needed to escape anything or to really let myself go by dancing on tables.

Brigid Berlin

My father was the president of the Hearst Corporation, and my parents were close friends of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and they all had pugs.

From initial concept to final build, 'Train' was close to a year in development. Much of this was research and letting the dynamics of the project come to the surface.

A close girlfriend of mine and I have been writing and playing together for years and decided to make it official, so we formed a band called 'Everly.'

Due to the political nature of film, partisan film making, especially where the subject is close to the film makers hart, tend to be the norm, rather than the exception.

Baron Hill

In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.

BD Wong

I realize it's a cliche, almost, that coming out of the closet is a very healthy and empowering thing to do, but for me, it really has been a truly wonderful thing.

BD Wong

In television, a sitcom is probably the closest thing to what it's like working in the theater.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I would like to do a musical, if I could find a cool one. A song-and-dance role is closer to me personally than other characters I play.

Ali Babacan

Turkey does not need 8-10 years to conclude negotiations, particularly close technical matters.

To define a miracle as a violation or suspension or overriding of natural laws is already to presuppose what nature is like (namely, that nature is a closed causal nexus governed by inviolable rules). It is also to impose prior limits on divine action.

We were fortunate enough to make enough free throws in the fourth quarter. We also missed some shots inside. The score was closer than it should have been.

Chris Long

We were fatigued, just like they were, and this was their opportunity to go to the NCAA Tournament. We were defending enough to keep it close when we couldn't score.

We were down early by 10, but the girls made a nice comeback. It was a close game at the end. We had our chances, but it got away from us. We played hard and made a nice comeback.

We were down by six with 50 seconds to go and won. It doesn't always turn out that way, but the girls showed some guts and courage. And we've been in so many close games this year that I think that played in our favor.

We were down a key player in each of those games and they were close (one-goal losses) with the exception of Burlington and the psyche got to the girls a little there. We played really well and were competitive with the D-I teams so this is a big game for us.

We were down 12 on the road and we found a way to win. Give our guys credit. Give Southern Mississippi credit, too. But we have some experienced guys who have won some close ballgames, and that had to help.

While we generally don't preannounce our quarterly results, given yesterday's market volatility and given the fact that our Miami corporate office was closed and management was inaccessible because of Hurricane Rita, we felt it prudent to preannounce our third quarter results,

While vehicle deliveries were somewhat resilient last week, it is too soon to determine the effect on consumer confidence, ... We will closely monitor the economic outlook and will be prepared to make appropriate production adjustments.

While total supplies are expected to increase, per capita domestic consumption may increase only slightly thanks to continued strength in pork exports. Supplies of competing meats are expected to be close to 2005 levels setting up a supply scenario similar to 2005 but with slightly more pork.

Douglas Brinkley

While the scars of the monstrous Civil War still remain, the wounds have closed since 1865, in large part, because of the civility of Grant and Lee.

Shinzo Abe

While there is an improvement in price movements, the economy is still in moderate deflation. We need to watch closely to see whether the consumer price index will continue to rise as an overall trend.

You can't build another bridge that's so close to ours. It's stupid.

You can lose your job in any field you go into. I enjoyed the experience and got to know a lot of good people. I wish they hadn't closed the shop - if it were still open, I would probably still be there.