Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jermaine Dupri

In the last five years, lyrics have resembled diaries of those who write them. I think the fans like the records that seem closer to life.

Intel says it can't put a number on the value of employee options. But any estimate is closer to the truth than zero.

Instead of undermining protections that America's coasts have long enjoyed, the Sierra Club is urging Congress and the administration to move more in the direction of Senators Nelson and Martinez. It's time to shift the national debate on offshore drilling closer to securing permanent protection for America's fragile coasts.

In retail, the closer to the street, the more quickly the cycles of renovation.

In other words, I want closer relations too, but I am uncomfortable with this particular change,

I really want to make this push to make the playoffs. All I was thinking about was getting a win and pushing this team closer to playoffs.

Troy Percival

I'll say this. Any team that wins using a closer by committee better have a fantastic offense.

Scott Storch

Closer to Christmastime, you guys will hear something hot. We have some cool stuff planned.

Closers all of a sudden create themselves. Look at Todd Jones. He was a better closer last year than he was before.

Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.

Lindsay Davenport

... But I think normally there's a few more closer matches.

Matthew Simmons

I am very concerned, given the destructive damage done by (Hurricanes) Katrina and Rita, that the United States must be closer to starting to see significant product shortages than we've seen since 1979.

This is a fairly new golf course and is very exclusive. It helps to open the season closer to home since the environment is similar to what we are use to. The field is a strong field and will give us a good test of where we stand.

Craig Fugate

This important step puts us closer to getting this vital element of our 'culture of preparedness' plan into motion before the start of the 2006 Hurricane Season.

Mark Johnson

They've been able to take another step and get closer to the final prize, which is the NCAA championship. So if you're making progression and it's always upward, that can be nothing but positive things and good things for your program.

Lloyd Carr

The idea is to try to do as much in practice as you can to simulate the noise factor and the communication, how much closer you have to listen. We'll work on all those things. We'll do everything we can.

The high prices are also positive in that theyll force less consumption, which means less fossil fuels being used and less pollution, ... Most people dont like being in a lot of traffic. If they have to pay a lot of money to do something they dont like, then they might find another way to go live closer to work or demand more mass transit.

The greater the use of technology, the closer we get to film.

Brian Sabean

You've got to get this guy closer to game action, fast-twitch action. Anything he's doing right now is under quote-unquote control. It's not as if he's being presented into the game. Until he does that and Dr. Yocum sees how the knee responds, you can't go to the next step.

Edgardo Alfonzo

The umpires are closer than we are. We tried to see the replay, but it was tough to tell.

Ricky Rudd

...the trick to the whole thing is to make sure that you have track position at the three-quarters mark, not closer to the end.

This is a little closer than the top row of Great American.

Depends on the game, depends on the situation. I think he's getting closer to what he is. Does that mean we would hesitate to use him? Probably not. Does it mean it would be nice to keep him moving in a positive direction? Yes.

Tony Baker

As he got closer and closer to Toronto, more and more news spread about him ... it was fantastic. It was really exciting and it was inspiring. It was kind of magical.

Simon McBurney

The brain constantly assures us, reassures us, that we are in control. But the closer you look, the more questions you have about it.

George H. W. Bush

Ronald Reagan had and Nancy had friends that were closer friends than the Bushes. ... We never felt we were unwelcome some place.

Darrell Arthur

(Sampson) recruited me for Oklahoma, but he hasn't called about Indiana. I don't know about going way out to Indiana. That's pretty far from home. I probably wouldn't have gone there even if Mike Davis was there. It's really far, and I'm trying to stay closer to my family.

Jim Allchin

Perhaps after we get closer to shipment we can discuss the dashboard and quality metrics we have. Right now, the team needs to completely focus.

Princeton has had our number for a while. But we've been getting closer and closer every year to getting over the hump.

People are still traveling, but they're staying closer to home. ... They're going to the Caribbean, and they're still going on their honeymoons, and they're still going on cruises, they're just keeping a little closer.

Earl Boykins

After the first quarter, we didn't have to worry about it. The games are a lot closer this year.

Joe Girardi

The one-run losses are getting closer in a sense. We got over the big hump tonight by tying it in the ninth, but the we couldn't get over the smaller hump to win it.

Some people have less disposable income and want to stay closer to home.