Famous Quotes & Sayings

Virginia Postrel

Apocalyptic fiction, while ultimately about God's purposes, usually portrays an immediate, human world of competing conspiracies. Whatever happens is orchestrated, coordinated and planned in advance.

We are not able to wait any longer, as it is necessary to finalize details of the competing teams,

Tinashe

I was in a competing company and have been dancing since I was four - ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop - so it's a huge part of my life and my music.

One of the things I wanted to say to all you guys is that when you talk to the team owners about this . . . we come at it from different views. We actually have very much competing agendas.

There are more Mini Rex competing than any other breed.

But it was never about that. It was never about competing with people with legs. It was about being part of a team.

More and more pro teams are realizing the value of having a development squad, and we provide the perfect event for these young riders not only to have a taste of being a team leader, but also to get the feeling of competing in a proper road stage race.

Bob Wickman

Now we have players who are young in age, but they have experience under their belts. Something could happen at any time, they could take it to the next level. We're there, we're competing with everyone, but taking it to the next level is the thing.

Nebraska is very talented and well-coached. Everyone is looking forward to competing in front of our home crowd.

Give credit to UC Davis for doing a heck of a job staying with it and competing the whole way. We were fortunate (to win).

I don't regret not competing as a freshman be-cause (focusing on club) is what got me my scholarship and my future is way more important.

Jason David Frank

I have always been a martial arts fighter; it goes to back when I was eighteen. I was competing on the circuit, but when you're performing, you tend to pull punches because you don't want to hurt anyone.

Henry Petroski

Because every design must satisfy competing objectives, there necessarily has to be compromise among, if not the complete exclusion of, some of those objectives, in order to meet what are considered the more important of them.

The experience itself was amazing, ... To realize you're competing in the Olympics, I tried not to let the magnitude of it sink in.

Jack Warner

I was looking for seventh but the main objective was to get off of the bottom. And we did that and now we have several kids competing at the national level.

Kevin is currently competing as a sprinter at this particular point.

Brian Williams

Katie is a friend of many years, and a gifted broadcaster. While I am losing her as an NBC News colleague, I am gaining an able new competitor. I want to welcome Katie to the evening shift and I look forward to competing with my friend as we all continue to cover the stories that matter, all over the world, each night, for years to come.

Joe Cope is still the starting center. I'm going to rotate J.P. in there to get as many reps as I can with the Duckworth factor keeping him out of there. But he's competing for a starting job.

I think it is a great thing that we've got all these guys competing for starting positions. It keeps everybody on their toes and sharp. When you are rebuilding a team like we are, you need to take a good, long look at as many players as you can to find the right combinations.

Lee H. Hamilton

There are so many competing priorities. And it's awfully hard to keep people focused on something like this.

What you saw tonight was the result of some seniors determined to go out competing at the highest level.

Having an extra round of wrestling puts more pressure on the kids. You're competing at a faster rate, and it's a longer day.

For me personally, you're always competing when you step out on the field. Obviously, I made a lot of mistakes last year that I have to improve upon.

We're one of the smallest schools competing in the Division I meets, so our focus is getting as many kids as we can through to the next level.

We're now competing with eastern Europe, China, Korea, competing with Turkey and competing with places with inexpensive labor pools.

He's going to talk his trash, and he's going out there to compete. D. Hall isn't competing to lose either. He's competing to win and to dominate. I'm from Vegas, and I'm putting my money on D. Hall.

Kirk Hinrich

We have to be able to make adjustments during the game. When things aren't going as well as we would like them to, we (need) to come together as a group and start competing harder ? that's when you should start fighting harder.

I think it was very educational for the kids, and I hope they learned a lot about the Commonwealth Games and the sport. The initiative was fantastic. Having the kids understanding about competing in sports and getting out there is a good thing. They have given me a lot of support, and I really enjoyed the visits.

I always had my dreams and aspirations of competing in the Olympics, but as a kid you just do it because you love to skate.

He would make an excellent lieutenant governor for all the people of Maryland. He has a knack of being able to work on issues that have many competing sides, and manages to get people to work together.

He was the type who got everything he could out of his ability. And the reason he did that was his intelligence level and a set of personal expectations that were higher than guys he was competing against.

He has become more of a man. You can see him competing with focused energy. He's going after it like every match is his last match.

I give our kids a lot of credit because they are kind of down right now. They have had some tough losses and they didn't pack it in. They did a good job of competing and made some plays.