Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Beal

The saddest thing to me is closing after all this time.

We talk a lot about closing out quarters.

Rick Ross

There's no doubt that these are big players. This could be a significant first step in closing them down. These groups are led by dominant, charismatic personalities and when you pull the plug on them, it has a collapsing effect on all segments.

Brian White

The township did a study of its own prior to opening station 2. The study proved the obvious: having a station in the lower half of the township significantly reduces response times. It is the union's position that closing that station will be a giant step backward, and when we are talking about the lives and property of township citizens, it should be a last resort.

The toughest part is closing out games without her, ... She was our go-to player and great at closing out games. We played together for five years. She was the heart and soul of this team. It's a business, and we just have to do our jobs. We have to start a new era.

We were picking up their hitters early and closing in on the block.

We understand that cost is going to be an issue with this, but we're just going to need to come to some type of compromise, ... This is too large of a University at this point to be closing as early as it is.

Jean Killy

The IOC will continue to worry until after the closing ceremony, just as we do at every Olympic Games.

Dave Wannstedt

I'm not ruling anything out, and my mind-set has not changed, it's the timing, ... I'm going to keep my football options open. NFL or college, I'm really not closing the door on anything.

Derek pitched exceptionally well. And Nick did a tremendous job coming in and closing the door.

Jack Anderson

It's really a focal point for us that our scores are going up -- we're closing that gap,

It's not tech specific, it's market specific, ... As soon as we see the closing of the path to escalation -- not just with Iraq but with North Korea, as well -- I think investors will take the risk scenario out of the equation.

For a plant closing of this magnitude, the overall impact is somewhere between traumatic and devastating.

Gareth Gates

I'm not closing the door on my solo career, but with 5th Story, if the public demand is there, then I'll continue to work with the band. If not, we'll all go our separate ways again.

Brian Fuentes

I just want to be a little better than last year. When you are closing you don't have much of a say, you don't know how many opportunities you will get. You just have to be ready and go out and pitch in whatever situation they put me in.

I'm very encouraged. We were supposed to have this lousy week, but instead we are closing near the highs, despite higher oil.

That's probably why they (the Senate) passed it the way they did, in the closing hours of the final session.

That may mean the closing of a couple of more plants.

They're losing money by closing all these people out.

Byron Dorgan

If USDA wants to improve its computer systems, I'm all for it, ... But they shouldn't try to pay for those upgrades by closing the FSA offices our farmers depend on. It never made sense to me that the way to save money was to force farmers and ranchers to drive farther or go online to get their questions answered. I had serious reservations about this plan, as did many members of Congress. I'm glad USDA listened to those concerns and has decided to scrap this plan.

In this business, you always have to do something to stand out. So we got a stretch limo that we use to not only show people houses, but also to drive them to and from closing when they buy.

Instead of closing our eyes, turning our back on (real-money trading), and just hoping it will go away, we instead decided to embrace it and make it legal or sanctioned for those who wanted to take part in it. It's a big experiment for us. It seems to be working out.

Integration is going full-speed ahead. I don't think they would be concerned by a two-week delay in closing the deal, even though there's an interest payment.

In our experience, first quarter funding figures are usually high because of the backlog from the previous year. Pre-Christmas closing means deals often drift into January.

In the second half they did a good job of closing gaps. When that happens you have to be willing to kick it out to open teammates, and that's why we got open looks.

Jon Miller

If I could ever be critical of Anthony, and I really can't, that's all that was missing was good closing speed. I was really pleased with all seven of our guys.

If he hadn't had a good system of closing the gates, I think the miller could have drained the lake.

His acceleration is unmatched in the NFL, in history. You look at every defensive back in the NFL and compare their acceleration, their closing speed with Troy. There is none.

Shani Davis

I'm trying not to get too emotional because I have more events. I'll be emotional in the closing ceremony, but I've got a job to do. I've got to stay focused.

Bruce Bochy

I'll be honest, it's fair to say we're disappointed we haven't done a better job of getting more wins and widening the gap, ... It is what it is. I think some other teams are disappointed they haven't done a better job closing the gap.

I didn't see any signs of anything being wrong. He was as gracious as ever in his closing comments to the crowd, and his speech was fine.

It was a total defensive breakdown. We weren't closing out on them and they were hitting everything.

Eric Moulds

It's tough. I talked to a lot of veteran players, and we want to win now. For a veteran player, the window's closing for us and we want to try to win now.