Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dennis Hastert

We're at a deadlock with a couple of people in the Senate who know everything, ... So we have to do what we have to do to make this work and kick the can down the road for another fight.

We're anticipating margins will go up in the next couple of years.

We held on in the last eight minutes with some good defense. We had a couple of letdowns that let them back into the game.

Karl Hobbs

We hope to have him back in a couple of weeks.

XM shares have been weak recently, mainly because of expected weakness in a couple of key metrics in 2006.

Michael Clarke

We did one of those scenes where I take his hand and show him some things, ... and I remember Frank saying, 'Cut,' and everybody was just silent for a couple of minutes. Everybody was kind of crying. Tom was still crying. I was still crying. Frank didn't even know what to say. That was a moment I will never forget.

We didn't want to press right out of the gate. But I had a feeling it was time to put the pressure on them. I just thought we could make a couple plays right there if we pressed.

We didn't think it was gonna be quite that soon. We knew it was gonna be in another couple years.

Charles Bukowski

I had decided against religion a couple of years back. If it were true, it made fools out of people, or it drew fools. And if it weren't true, the fools were all the more foolish. What I need is a good doctor, I thought. You either lived or died.

Charles Bukowski

The years have gone by quickly. Death sits in the seat next to me. We make a lovely couple.

We have really turned the corner. This is a direct reflection of the effort we have put fourth in the last couple of weeks.

We have put a big emphasis on that. We have made an example of that for the last couple of days.

We have probably made a pretty good case, but we just have to pray that there aren't a lot of upsets in tournaments the next couple of days.

Craig Nelson

We have played here a lot in the past couple of years. It is much better than going off to a place like Denver where you have to deal with an unfamiliar gym plus the elevation.

We've started well. We really wanted to emphasize how we started ballgames. And we finished well. A couple losses we've had, that's been something we haven't done very good. ... We've really worked on our late-game situations.

John Abizaid

We've spent too much time over the last couple of years talking about the Kurds and the Shia and the Sunnis. We've got to start talking about Iraqis,

We've seen the season's weather patterns lagging about four to five weeks this season. We may only have a couple weeks of spring before summer rolls in.

We've seen them play a couple times (on videotape) so we think have a pretty decent handle on them.

Bobby Cox

We've seen Sheets really good the last couple of years.

Steve Bruce

We've seen Jiri score a couple of goals like that before but that was his most important, that's for sure. It was huge result.

We've seen interest in SUVs decline over the last couple of years.

We have had a couple of cyclical times.

We have had a couple great practices lately. I just keep telling the guys to keep working and we will get better.

The crash ripped my helmet off. And it was a little hard to move for the next couple of days. But, I've had my share of good runs so it all evens out.

We have so many injuries on this team that if you stay healthy, you're going to play. That's one thing I've found over the course of the year. I think I've earned a couple minutes out there.

Kevin Fitzgerald

The processing units are in a dry area, but there's water around the surrounding areas, ... We're sending materials and people by river. It's safe to say the refinery will be down a couple of months.

There are a lot of Division I hockey teams that were done a couple of weeks ago.

The reality is we are living with the results of policies in place for the past couple of decades.

Bruce Springsteen

My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that.

Brian Henson

"Sesame Street" was really the first kid's show that my dad did. He did a couple of TV specials that were targeted for kids before "Sesame Street," but really, it was, it's kind of going back to our roots, when we start to get adult. This show gets very adult sometimes, and that's because of the audience.

Brian Henson

And then while she's lip-syncing, "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face," to this little head next to her, the head eats the cloth fabric and swallows it and it's sort of this weird, demonic character there, who then tries to eat the singer. But it's a lot of fun. So there's a couple of pieces like that.

Brian Henson

I guess I learned a couple of good lessons from my dad. One was when you're creating something, what you want when you're working with a team of other artists, is everybody to work with some creative freedom, so that you really get the best out of everybody.

Brian Bonsall

It's not annoying if only a couple of people come up. If a bunch of them crowd around me, it's annoying.