Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brad Wilkerson

Montreal compared me to Rusty Greer when I was drafted. If I can do half as much as he did around here, it's going to be very special.

Mike Sherman

Obviously that's three too many penalties. We have to weigh the production of what (Whitticker) is doing compared to what he's giving up. Three pretty important penalties, so I have to consider that. Not to make excuses for a rookie, but he is doing some pretty good things. He knows his assignments, is a pretty physical player. I think he will continue to get better. That doesn't mean we're going to stay with him if this persists.

Avril Lavigne

i dont want to be compared to britney,ashlee,hilary or lindsay. i want to be compared to me.

Chris Paterson

I have been here since he started and if you look at the squad now compared to the one he inherited it's markedly different and I think he would say himself that it has taken until now for him to get the squad he wanted.

I feel like I am very fortunate compared to a lot of people and I want to give back if I can by helping with the MS walk.

I feel good here, I'm not under pressure, compared to four years ago were I was very tense. Physically and mentally I'm ready.

I feel sorry for being compared to him - he's Ken Griffey!

Growth has been chronically weak when compared with any expansion of the past 40 years.

I'd be making $3 to $5 more at rush hour on the meter compared to the zone.

Jose Barroso

We have a really urgent problem with our deficit, especially compared with the United States, in science, research and innovation.

We have a pretty young team so we think it's going to be a month before we're at where we want. It might be too late, but that's our goal. Compared to the past, we have a lot of more speed. But the trade off is that we are inexperienced.

Franz Beckenbauer

We used to always complain that the Italians were actors. But they were heroes compared to our league now.

Wal-Mart has been losing same-store sales momentum due to store cannibalization and it's stock has been dead money for over five years compared to Target,

Gunnar Myrdal

Compared with members of other nations of Western civilization, the ordinary American is a rationalistic being, and there are close relations between his moralism and his rationalism. Even romanticism, transcendentalism, and mysticism tend to be, in the American culture, rational, pragmatic and optimistic.

Fabiola Gianotti

Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.

We'll have more product launches in 2006 compared with 2005.

Jonathan Frakes

Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps.

John George Nicolay

Kentucky was yet a wild, new country. As compared with later periods of emigration, settlement was slow and pioneer life a hard struggle.

I think it is important to emphasize that Montana's economy has been growing at an above-average rate compared to the rest of the nation for most of the last decade, so people's perception of the Montana economy as failing is distorted.

Tony McCoy

Even though people involved in racing think that it has a big sporting stage, it is a minority sport compared to some of the other high-profile events: football, Formula One or golf.

Annika Sorenstam

To finish birdie-birdie on this course -- two difficult holes -- was promising for tomorrow. Compared to yesterday, this was quite an improvement.

What we have here is paradise compared to what we have in Mexico. We have everything we need.

Having said that, however, I should note that the current downturn in this sector is an unusually mild one compared with previous cycles.

Historically, in the recruitment area, we have done very little. We are new to the game compared to other institutions.

I think the legs are a lot fresher compared to this time last year.

John Keegan

I think the people saw the difference between someone who said he would do things, compared to someone who comes in with new ideas.

I thought everybody we played (in the tournament) was pretty deep with talent compared to where we were at, and they were a lot deeper. We knew when we went there that we had to play if we were going to survive in that tournament.

Lindy Ruff

I thought Danny was OK. Compared to practice, things are happening faster out there. As the game went on he got better, but he still has a ways to go.

Randy Johnson

I think you've seen a different pitcher compared to earlier in the year. It's very evident that my mechanics are there, my velocity is there and everything is there that wasn't there on a consistent basis.

Today it felt like I skied, compared to the last two days.

There is no dilemma compared with that of the deep-sea diver who hears the message from the ship above, "Come up at once. We are sinking.

Mark Teixeira

What I like about this year compared to last year is that I really haven't had a lot of fluctuation from big highs to big lows, ... When you do that, your team can count on you pretty much every game to make a contribution.

There is a noticeable difference compared to the engines we've been running before.