Famous Quotes & Sayings

The first couple of tournaments we played in we didn't do that great,

Adam Dunn

The first couple of times you saw him in the spring, that was the emotional time. It's probably going to be more emotional for the fans.

Todd Bertuzzi

The first couple of shifts felt good. Obviously, we're going to use these games to get ourselves ready for the real thing. ... San Jose, to their credit, they're a quick team so it kept the tempo really up. You really have to skate and work hard to get back. ... But, overall, I think it was OK.

Marc Cherry

The first couple of minutes of the first episode will resolve all that in a fun and exciting way. We spend the whole first episode getting into the story between Mike and her and the new information he learned at the end of last season.

Mike Hargrove

The first couple of innings, he was struggling with his mechanics. He had trouble throwing strikes. It was not typical of his outings so far, but to his credit, he settled down and pitched very well the rest of the way.

Jarome Iginla

The first couple of games we were a little tight. Tonight we were more relaxed, more determined and enjoying the playoffs. This is what it's all about.

Bobby Crosby

The first couple of games, I was tentative, but I've gotten used to it. It's more of an issue in the field.

The first couple of episodes, there are tapes and tapes of us laughing because we couldn't get the line down.

The first couple of days we were jumping in the water up to our chests to pull people out. But now you don't know what's in there. I want to help, but I don't want to die.

The first couple of days we were finding people, ... A lot of people were stranded. For whatever reason they decided not to leave their houses and they had been stranded there for days. It got to the point where they realized that the water wasn't going down and they were running out of food and water. It was extremely hot - it still is - and there wasn't any power. People were saying, 'Save us.'

The first couple of days, just kind of hoping that they're going to find her, and then you go through.. it was about 2 weeks. Your life is just a fog.. I was looking into my life. I wasn't really living it.

Luis Castillo

The first couple of days, I didn't know a lot of people. Now, I feel like I've been on this team before.

The first couple months we have been evaluating what needs to be done to reach the next level. We go into a very hard sectional with lots of rated kids. Our guys just have to keep working hard and see what happens.

The first couple innings, we just couldn't get those timely hits. The pitching was there though.

The first couple games, I felt kind of stiff. The last couple of games I've been feeling great.

Neal Stephenson

Am I a technocrat? Im just a guy who went down to the bookstore and bought a couple of textbooks on TCP/IP, which is the underlying protocol of the Internet, and read them. And then I signed on to a computer, which anyone can do nowadays, and I messed around with it for a few years, and now I know all about it. Does that make me a technocrat?

Neal Stephenson

Coming up with lectures is a huge amount of work. I was willing to do one lecture for Gresham because I was honored to have been invited, but to create lectures for a class would probably require that I shut down everything else and concentrate on lectures for a couple of years. Then there would be many, many other skills that I'd have to learn, such as how to sit through a faculty meeting, how to deal with students, etc. It is really not in the cards for me. It's not who I am or what I do. I'm a novelist.

Neal Stephenson

But I'm not a small-literary-novel kind of guy, and once I'd developed the world in the first couple of hundred pages, I felt that there was potential here to go on and write an engaging story set in that world. So that's what I did. This probably ruins things both for the people who want small literary novels and for those who want action-packed epics, but anyway, it's what I wrote.

Rajon Rondo

I haven't played defense in a couple years.

Raf Simons

My ideas for the next collection always happen a couple of months before the show. I have learned to shut up and not bother my assistants with it.

Shay Mitchell

When I was modeling, I had always been told 'If you could lose a couple of inches, you'll work so much more,' or 'You'll do so much better if you were just a little bit skinnier.' I finally realized that no one is perfect and that I like the fact that I look different and don't have the perfect body. No one does!

Shane MacGowan

With The Pogues, at least the first three albums I'll stand by completely, yeah? Because I was in artistic control then, yeah? And the last couple of albums I'll stand by anything that's got my name on it, yeah? But I'll stand by anything that is on The Popes' albums, you know? I wouldn't put stuff out that I didn't like. I don't put out bad music. And I can tell the difference. I know that.

Shane Filan

The couple of years before I was declared bankrupt were the roughest. The bank letters, the pressure, the stress was awful. You're in this twilight zone of not knowing where your life is going, and yet you're in Westlife. Everything was great with the band. I was earning money, and it looked good.

Serena Williams

Couple years ago I was No. 7 and I ended up top. So I kind of like the position that I'm at right now. It's hot.

Sean Bean

I put quite a few trees in last autumn. A lot of silver birch and a couple of native trees - just generally doing gardening, putting plants in and hedges in. It takes quite a lot of time and I love it.

Sean Avery

I treat everyone that way I expect to be treated and that applies to marriage. Committed couples should be able to marry the person they love

Sean Covey

You can usually tell when a couple becomes centered on each other because they are forever breaking up and getting back together.

Scott Brooks

We had a great preseason. The guys responded with what coach (George Karl) wanted early on in pace of the game, togetherness and defensive intensity. We've improved in those areas with a couple of setbacks, but we've improved each game.

Scott Aukerman

So much of comedy is feeling comfortable with the point of view coming at you. So I understand it. There's people who I find hilarious now, but the first couple of times I saw 'em, I was like "What is this? I don't get it at all."

Scott Aukerman

My partner, Jeff Ullrich, and I always thought Earwolf was going to be big. There were a couple of studies before we launched saying podcasts were going to really grow. But I remember so many conversations at the beginning where people would say, 'How are you going to make money with this?'

Michelle Obama

Another suggestion is to cook a meal, maybe not every night, but a couple more times a week than you usually do. That way you have leftovers, and you take your lunch to work.

Michael Pollan

The only one I have any trust in is storytelling - there's a couple I have a lot of trust in.

Sherri Shepherd

My dad has been married to his wife for 15 years and wherever he goes there better be a seat for her. I like real couples that tell you how to get through on Wednesdays when you're just at the end of your rope - the ones who really know how to make it through. We have to stop looking at Hollywood couples because you're going to get disappointed.