Famous Quotes & Sayings

Just nine months ago we were living in this three-bedroom converted house, and look at us today.

He was able to convert a great idea into a commercially viable machine.

The purpose of zoning land for agricultural preservation is so that prime and unique farmland may be converted to urban use last,

When he threw the rock, I just converted on it.

We take all these undesirable medium-weight substances and convert them to the useful higher- and lower-weight products.

I thought we got some good looks down the stretch and we just didn't convert them. We need to do that to be competitive. Give them credit. They have been here before. They hit big free throws and got the rebounds they needed.

Tyler Hansbrough

I think we just stayed within ourselves and didn't let any of the fans get to us. We got some turnovers and converted ... It is great.

It is not possible that one man can convert another into a piece of property, thus at once annihilating all his personal rights, without the most flagrant injustice and usurpation.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Tom Ford

We wanted to get off to a good start, ... The third quarter we just couldn't convert any third downs. As an offense we really need to get better, but a win's a win and we'll take it.

Francis Parkman

Few passages of history are more striking than those which record the efforts of the earlier French Jesuits to convert the Indians.

We need to convert more birdies when we have wedges in our hands.

We only had 12 turnovers tonight, but we're going to have to convert a lot better (against Woodland). But we're in district and it's a new season.

Ty Turner's running strong. He's a converted lineman to fullback. He's done a phenomenal job putting his head down and running the football.

We wanted to push out defensively, play aggressive, try to create turnovers and convert that into offense.

We've converted a lot more than we did last year.

Frederick William Faber

If I may use such a word when I am speaking of religious subjects, it is by voice and words that men 'mesmerize' each other. Hence it is that the world is converted by the voice of the preacher.

We just weren't very crisp. We have to convert on those turnovers. We forced a lot of turnovers and we only scored 45 (in the game).

Our pressure defense really started to work. We didn't let Morgan settle into their offense and when we forced a turnover, we converted on the other end.

Our press has been good to us most of the year. We used different types of presses ? we used a diamond-and-one and a we switched to a 2-2-1 ?Êand I thought our kids read it real well. What was really big off the press was that we converted some easy lay-ins. Those were some big points for us.

Jeremy is a player we did our homework on. He's a defender, but is actually a converted forward. There are a lot of things we liked about him.

Eric Heitmann

I think our problem right now is that we're not getting the opportunity to run. What we need to do is convert on third downs. That's something that's been our emphasis this week.

I think I've converted a lot of Washingtonians to Pittsburghers. (But) there will be some Seahawks stuff (on the walls). It's not just Steelers.

Michael Burkett

Manufacturers must streamline the innovation engine with a greater collaboration and knowledge-sharing environment. They must ensure great research converts to competitive products by responding quickly to evolving market needs and do more than increase R&D spending.

I think those two turnovers which they converted into points down the stretch made the difference.

I think that was the big difference because they just dominated on the boards. We had trouble scoring. We didn't get very many good shots and when we did, we didn't convert them.

Really, we failed to convert and in the second half there was no execution. For Essex, they played a great game. Our defense was lackluster, but they just out-played us.

We fouled them as much as we could in the fourth quarter. But we failed to convert when they missed them.

We have to work, we can?t rest on any possession, we have to give maximum effort. We got some loose balls, we got on the offensive glass. We were able to convert on those hustle plays.

Madonna Ciccone

I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.

Paul Young

We dominated the first half and still did not convert chances. But we just have to keep on working hard and go on to the next game.

which could easily be converted into improvised explosive devices.

We played pretty well. There were some shots that we need to be able to convert that we didn't.