Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hospitals have made enormous efforts in trying to more efficiently and effectively deliver care, and hospitals have also made painful decisions. Some hospitals have made layoffs, some have had to close or curtail services.

Humphrey Bogart

How can you close me up? On what grounds?

John Gibbons

He's pretty steady with what he does each year. He drives in his share of runs. He'll probably hit close to 20 home runs. I've heard where he's going to hit more than that, and we'd love that, but that's not something he needs to do.

He's real close to being like Marshall. The one thing about Marshall was that he was the smartest player I've ever been around. He's a guy who knew what everybody in the offense was supposed to be doing on every play. I'm not just talking about the running backs. I'm talking about everybody.

Avery Johnson

He's proven he can go two weeks and jump out there and do something, but as we get closer toward the end of the season, I'd like to try to plug him in here and there. You can't expect him to always get out there and be Superman.

Jeremy Siegel

I don't think (tech stocks) are cheap. But they are closer to true value.

Justin Chon

I don't think I'm a star. I just love to act. I'm not thinking I'm even close to where I want to be.

I don't promise you podium finishes for this year or even victories but we will make our mark and put everything in place to close the gap to the top teams and get there.

I don't know if we got a little comfortable when we got the lead or what. They made a little run at us and got close to us, but we hung in there and didn't quit, we just kept playing hard.

I don't know if they'd close this weekend. I have a personal goal of the weekend after that.

I don't know if he's all the way back, but I know this, he's a lot better now than what he was at the end of last season. I think he feels a lot more comfortable. There are things that he's doing that I think he's getting close to exactly where he was before. I've been pleased with what he's been able to do and the workload that we've been able to give him this spring.

I don't know, ... I don't know if he'll make a good closer. I would say he has the stuff to make a good closer, but does he have the command? I don't know. That remains to be seen. The guy's been pitching for 10-plus years professionally and he always has a high walk total. I'm not sure that lends itself to the closer role.

I have no idea who will win, but I imagine it will be a close election.

Hannah Williams

I haven't been close to her all year. I just wanted to get under 19 minutes (18:29), and get as high as I could.

I have not talked to a student yet that tells me they want a closed lunch.

I hadn't been close to the ice for a game in quite a while. It was a fun game to be a part of.

I had the opportunity to do something by playing football, and I went for it. It was close to home, and I knew that by playing football I had the opportunity to make something of myself.

Mike Nesbitt

I grew up in leafy suburbs in north and east Belfast, but if I had been born a mile down the road closer to the city centre, you might never heard of me.

I never played before in an NCAA Tournament, but that's the closest thing I can come to that. Crazy. Emotional.

I never thought I could get another horse who would get me as excited to the level as Madcap. And this horse is starting to do that. It's been an interesting summer: One door closes and the other one opens.

Bobby Wallace

I'm very excited. This is a great situation for me. I'm back in Alabama. I'm back in the Gulf South Conference. I'm close to Mississippi where I grew up. It's just a perfect situation. I think the timing is everything. It's so important in things that the timing seems to be excellent to come to West Alabama.

Bud Adams

I'm very pessimistic. And I don't see him back. The closer we get to June 1, you know, I don't think he'll be with us. I'll be watching someone else for the Titans. That's not what we intended, but it looks like that's the way it's going to be.

Bob McNair

I'm totally committed to producing a winning team and I'm going to do everything within my power to see that we do that. I think that we're very close to being a good team, but we have work to do.

David Gergen

I'm told by some people close to him that this will not be a Kerry-bashing speech. But he's not going to simply rally around Bush. Indeed it's going to be the story of an immigrant coming to this country and finding a country that's embraced him and a party that's embraced him.

I'm tired of telling people how close we are.

Individual performance/company performance is linked closely to shareholder return.

Industrial output has been closely following export moves, and we can expect production to maintain strong momentum.

Laura Marling

I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done to editing them is just cutting out a verse, but never rewriting lyrics.

Nick Harkaway

In a social context, digital technology introduces you to neighbours of the mind - people who are separated by distance, but close to you in thought and interest.

Felipe Massa

I must say it really was a pity. When I spun I was very close to Alonso. During the pit spot I lost a lot of time. It's a pity that I've come away from this race with no points.

Daniel Breaker

I'm the youngest of four, but my closest sibling is 10 years older. I had a lot of imagination. I was running around playing little games by myself. But I never thought I was going to be an actor.

I'm not sure that I've seen a program about how (Lula's) going to support producers -- the outgoing government tried to support them with puts. It helped prices go up to get them closer to the puts.

I'm not very comfortable in my downhill, but with this snow you never know what is going to happen. I would like to be a little closer than I am right now.