Famous Quotes & Sayings

Karl Rove

What is important is that members of Congress have the time to get fully briefed on this. We intend to work closely with them in order to give them a comfort level on this.

What I've learned from working in New York politics is that the race is either really obvious, or too close to call, ... And this race is too close to call.

What it will do is push up first-quarter growth probably close to 5.0 percent, so a nice rebound from the fourth quarter.

We gave it away in the seventh. We couldn't close it out.

We had a few walks, two really costly errors. And they had some clutch hitting. Up until then, we had played pretty well. We just didn't close like we could have.

John Cole

We want to get the game to Doug Brown. He's been our most consistent pitcher, and we think we have a weapon at the end of the game. So if we can keep the game close and get it to him, then we feel pretty good about it.

We want to get everyone at the table, ... The more I dig into this, it's a very complex issue. We want to make sure we protect personal property rights and not close the door on economic development.

We want to get a lot closer to 100%.

We want to form one unit for the future. That means we're striving to have a mix of already successful riders and young talents hungry for success. We're getting very close to that goal with the team that we've assembled up till today.

John Roberts

We want to do everything in our power to make things easier for them, ... When you join law enforcement, you become part of a close family. You all take the same oath to do the same job, and you all pitch in to help each other.

We were one of the favorites. Audi put up a huge competitive game. It was a lot closer than we thought.

We weren't trying not to score. We wanted to lengthen each possession and take good shots. We had a lot of really good looks in close that you have to make to be able to win a game like this.

We knew it was going to be a close game like last year.

We knew it was going to be a close game. It was the championship, and we knew it wasn't going to be easy. I'm very proud of the kids. They stepped it up today.

We knew it was going to be a close game. It was just a question of who could make the most plays down the stretch.

We knew it was going to be a close game. Even when we were down nine with five minutes left to go we weren't scared.

We knew it was going to be a close game because of the way they play.

We knew if we kept it close we'd have a shot, and that's exactly what happened.

We knew coming into this game that we were going to have to protect the football. We were so close even with those turnovers, so that tells you what our offense can do if would have protected the ball.

We knew coming into the game that we were going to have to be perfect or at least close to it.

We just kept fighting and got the win. It'd be nice not to play close games like that, but a win is a win.

Bill Berry

We just keep moving the cots a little closer together.

You hope that it gets back in sync. But I don't know. I don't look at the Euros that closely but I think it's going to be a while before they have a major player again. I think all the good ones are gone out of Europe, and it's going to be a while there.

Adam Scott

You have to prepare hard for every game. All of the scores have been so close this year. There is some great competition out here, and that's a great thing.

James Blake

You have to play pretty close to perfect.

You have to make shots so close to the rim.

Amy Klobuchar

You have a Republican House, close numbers in the Senate, a Democratic president. If we're going to move forward at all as a country, we're going to have to do it by standing together.

You have an oil market that is quite tight in the products side, particularly in the U.S.. Then you have a hurricane which closed eight refineries. The market looks at the situation and realizes supplies are even tighter. Prices will only fall if demand declines.

You can immediately see what's in the top of that closet and pull it down the next season.

They are a closet Internet company, much like Fed Ex.

They already know we are under the gun. There is no way we can close Waimanalo Gulch Landfill by 2008 and select a new landfill.

The win felt especially good considering some of the close losses we've had (four in league by a total of 13 points).

The window of opportunity for Internet startups to get in before the big guys is closed in most cases. There's a difference these days from the heady early days. The cost of entry is getting higher by the week, and the venture-capital firms are more rigorous about their funding decisions.