Famous Quotes & Sayings

For me last year, there was a lot of craziness. Before, I was the closer and after, I was , 'Where's my job?' Sometimes I'd throw two innings, three innings. I didn't know.

For a solid two and probably 2 1/2 quarters I thought we played pretty solid basketball. I just wish that in some of these games- and tonight's a perfect example-that we wouldn't let things get so far away from us in the end. This was a much closer and way more competitive game than that final score shows.

I'm not concerned, but the closer we get to Sept. 12, I will be.

I'm not looking ahead. I was focused on this. It's important to me. And it's another step closer to my goal.

I'm definitely a big step closer to being ready.

I just wish that every responsible and concerned person would step back regardless of race and gender and just take a closer look at what's really going on in the world today, and say enough is enough!

Zinedine Zidane

I have six months or one year left, that's true. I am closer to the end than the start. I want to make the most of my last moments as a football player and experience them at 100%. I know that otherwise after I retire I will regret all those times.

Judd Gregg

That's the gross number, of course, ... After taxes, it's closer to $500,000.

That puts him to one step closer for the potential for something catastrophic happening.

Billy Donovan

It's nice to do something that hasn't been done in 21 years. But it does not move you any closer to the goals you have.

Corey Miller

It's nice for shows to have connections with the fans. It makes you closer and more involved in the product you're watching.

It's much closer to our solar system than anything we've found so far.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.

It was a nine-point game, but it sure felt a lot closer than nine points.

It was kind of hard for us to have Collins in the first game because they have pretty much the same team back from last year so it was easier for them to mesh together. I think we have gotten a lot closer over the last few games, so it will be interesting the next time we play them.

It was nice because it got us closer to tying the game,

Graeme Smith

No matter how tired we are after the tours to India and now here we have to find a way of drawing ourselves closer for the final 10 days. It is our target to reach the final and to win it.

It was a hard-fought football game and closer than the score shows. We got a couple turnovers, and there were a few penalties that hurt Dover. Our kids were definitely energized.

This is what we've worked all summer for. It's just one step closer to getting to the Super Bowl. So we definitely want to do that, put ourselves in a better position in the playoffs, get a home game and go from there.

This is what the Fed wants, they want housing to slow -- that is the place where they can most effect wealth creation and spending. The Fed is that much closer to being done. I think they are done after next week.

They're a good team that finished second in their league, but I think some other tough teams we played this season really prepared us for this game. We're all just excited to be one step closer to our goal and moving on.

There's been some. I think as we get closer to the end, teams are a little more direct in their communication. He's had a great camp. He's had a good showing, top to bottom.

Ralph Connor

If we want to have more success as a team, the back must move closer to the front. We're going to work on that as much as we can.

David Sanborn

If you're playing with somebody from another idiom, you can't react to them in the same way that you react to somebody that is closer to your idiom. You don't fall into the same habits. You find a new way of communicating.

If you go to a different ballpark, I know it's 60 feet, 6 inches from the rubber the plate, but the backgrounds are much different. Some plates look like they're closer than others. Some mounds are different than others. I really don't know ... there's no excuse.

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,

Investing in a mutual fund is like riding in a bus; your progress depends in large part on other people and what they're doing. An exchange-traded fund is closer to riding in your own car.

If you take out the fleet aberration, the sales were closer to what everyone expected.

If you want to relocate to be closer to family, that's great, you're moving closer to your support system. But be realistic. If you have a strong reason to move, then do it. But it might take a temporary setback in your career.