Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bruce Kovner

I started collecting just for the personal pleasure of being close to these icons of the greatest musical achievements in Western music.

I sense things are close one way or the other. We'll know if we're in or out in a relatively short time.

Tom Kenny

I see what is curiously close to a conspiracy to devalue our land. I think it's illegal to devalue other people's land. Just because we are agricultural landowners doesn't mean we don't know what our constitutional rights are and that we won't defend ourselves.

Radek Stepanek

I should have closed the first set in the tiebreak earlier than I did, but I tried to stay positive all the way through and I think that was the difference between us.

I shot in on a couple of shots and I thought I had it. I just didn't close and he just kind of flattened me and turned me.

I've been singing with Roomful of Teeth since the beginning in 2009, and it's a really mind-blowingly wonderful vocal ensemble. Very brave and very creative, and they're some of my closest friends.

Darrell Waltrip

I've been watching Joey Miller in the ARCA Series and he's done a great job, ... If he can come close to what he's done in ARCA in the Craftsman Truck Series, that would definitely be big for us.

Chris Walker

I've been ready to move forward for six or seven years now. They have done nothing to step up and make it profitable. To not have it at all is not that big of a leap. They might as well close it.

Gavin Rossdale

I've been going through some pretty crazy stuff. And I've had to deal with a few people that I thought were pretty close to me turning around and just trying to destroy me, I think.

I've been getting rid of some clutter ù anything that doesn't serve a positive purpose in my life ù and making room for things that feel happy to me. Because I get to make my life whatever I want it to be. I get to make the room feel however I want it to feel. I get to make the closet as full or as spacious as I want it. And, if I have more clutter to get rid of after Christmas, I'm not going to wait a year, or two or three to do it.

I've been playing some good golf for the last month and a half. I knew I was coming close to winning. My goal now is to win twice in a year, I've never done that.

I've been close a number of times here - to get so close and... I guess I was watching the wrong guy for the sprint. It was great riding with John. I wish it could have been just me and him for the sprint. I'm sorry I let the team down today - I know it's a big race for them. I'll just keep coming back next year.

Kevin Federline

I've been in the closet with it for a while. I don't know, guess I would have to say I'm the rookie of the year.

Mike Modano

I've been fortunate to have been around long enough to get close to that.

I've been living a nightmare, worrying if she is hurt or ill. There is no one I hold closer to my heart than my sister, and I am deeply worried wondering how she is being treated.

Adam Nelson

I've been knocking on the door for a long time, ... I've had so many close calls.

Derrick Coleman

We were real frustrated. We knew we could have been right there with the top teams and we couldn't win the close games.

We were pretty close to making it (as a team to state). That makes it a good year.

We were pleased to be able to work closely with ICE on this case, ... This is just the latest example of the close working relationship between the Broward Sheriff's Office and federal law enforcement.

We were overall the better team. But we didn't put them away when we had the opportunity to. It turned out to be a game of survival when they closed the gap on a 15-point lead down to three.

What the goal of that financing was is something now coming under close scrutiny.

We lost close to $1.5 million yesterday and I'm sure we'll lose another $2 million at least today.

We lost a lot of close ones in the quarterfinals. But, we have nine wrestlers left and I'm pleased with that.

We lost a lot of close matches but it was a good season.

We lost a lot of close games and we hope to turn those close games into wins this year.

We lost a couple we should have won, but we won every close match.

We lost a couple of close ones to Perrysburg, including one that went to triple overtime. We jumped out to a big lead and I really liked the way we finished. Perrysburg was scoring about 71 points a game and we held them to 44.

We look to close out 2005 with a profitable fourth quarter.

We lost two very close matches. I thought we played well considering how much competition we've had.

We missed some opportunities in the first half to close the gap, but I thought we played as well on the defensive end as we can play.

We might not be the most talented team, but I think we're definitely one of the closest teams and definitely one of the most competitive teams ever.

We went from a market that was dramatically undervalued to one that is priced close to where it should be,

What's going to be key over the next week and determine how stocks perform is the interplay of pre-announcements versus brokerage upgrades. The corporate news will become more relevant than the economic news as we get closer to the period of quarterly reporting.