Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chuck D.

He's working hard and getting closer to (2 minutes).

Roy Oswalt

Brad, he's the type of closer that has amnesia, he won't thinking nothing about it next time he gets out there. He'll come out at the end of the next game, and I'm sure he'll be lights-out just like he always is.

Charles Stross

Britain is relatively compact and much closer to the borders of the U.S.S.R. than anywhere in North America.

Every time in the last couple of weeks that this has looked closer to a resolution, the market has done better.

O. Henry

Billings sucks, dude. It's so far away, and everybody was coming from Missoula anyway, so it made more sense to do something closer to home.

Everything points to a moderation in the economy, which points to the Fed closer to being finished. The front end of the market has some value here.

As the game gets closer and closer, the rim gets a little smaller. We kept inching, inching, inching, and maybe they start to play a little tighter. The pressure's all on them.

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

Carolyn Porco

So, water closer to the surface and more time spent conducting scientific investigations....sounds like a winner to me.

Spanish Fork is a solid team. They're good, they're fast and they play hard. I think we were very fortunate to win 4-0 and I expect it to be much closer the next time we play.

Oh, yes! Now I can play the lottery much closer to home.

Dell is a company that I think may have some value here but as its earnings growth comes down I think investors are looking at a multiple closer to where earnings growth rate is starting to show signs of bottoming out.

David Johnson

Dead even. You can't get much closer than that.

The system was the most important thing to him when making his decision. I think he is the one guy who is watching this maybe closer than the others.

The support we have received from my family has been wonderful. Going through my own struggle with Molly has made me closer with my own parents.

Ernie Grunfeld

The special ones, you keep a closer eye on. He was a very highly rated player and very unselfish. I used to tell him that one of the negatives people say about you is that you're too unselfish. That's a negative you'd like to have. He's very tough, very competitive.

Bobby Jenks

The thing I've learned quickly as a closer is to have a short memory and keep looking forward.

I've never felt such exhilarating highs and dispiriting lows than those experienced when we first detected the signal from the GBT, indicating 'all's well' and then discovering that we had no signal at the operations center, indicating 'all's lost, ... The truth, as we have now determined, lies somewhat closer to the former than the latter.

It was unfortunate. I thought they were a better indoor team than we were and their match ups worked at No. 2 and No. 3 because they got one of those points. The doubles point was a lot closer this time, and we had our chances.

It was very emotional for the seniors and for the coaches. Every game that the seniors play, they know it's getting closer and closer to their last game.

Mike Singletary

It was tough to hear that (I needed surgery) at first. I'd played through the summer (in an AAU season) with my knee giving me trouble. I thought I could work past it or put it off. Then they went in and took a closer look and saw that there were a lot more tears than what they originally thought.

It was tough today. On days like today this park can keep games a lot closer than they should be.

It was tough not having those kids, but I saw some good things from the kids that filled in for them. We made (Walpole) earn everything, but they just executed on their passing game. The game was a lot closer than the scoreboard indicated.

It was a lot closer than the score. That was the longest match of the day.

It was a lot closer than people thought.

It was a lot closer than I wanted it to be.

It was a lot closer than 35-7. Venice deserves a lot of credit. They are well-coached and I respect them. They played us down to the wire.

Jim Les

It was a long day. It was even worse today. I thought it would get better as it got closer but it actually got worse. The hours and minutes got longer.

Willie Mays

It was all I could do to not scream. If they were closer they may have seen my eyes tearing up. Man, that hurt.

Patty Schnyder

It was a little closer than the score indicates, ... I'm playing with a lot of confidence right now, and I hope I can go a lot further.

Patty Schnyder

It was a little closer than the score indicates, but I felt it was a good first match. I'm playing with a lot of confidence right now after this season and I hope I can go a lot further in this tournament.

The second-class couple is far closer to what the audience is today. It's who we are.

David Jones

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