Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jason Terry

We had a great fourth quarter defensively and that's what propelled us to the win. Golden State is a tough team despite their record.

We had 20 scoring opportunities today but just didn't capitalize. We are playing well and the girls remain positive despite our struggles. We're pointing our efforts toward the post-season.

We knew it was going to be rough, but we're very pleased with what happened this year and the outcome here. Despite some setbacks, the kids stayed focused and kept working hard.

Trey Songz

My life has shifted to different levels financially, in terms of fame as a result of being blessed enough to be able to share my music with the world, and what that has done for me. Despite all of that, I always want people to listen to my music and be able to relate to it as well as to me.

Our industry has sustainable long-term growth characteristics, despite the impact of recent events on short term trading.

Overall, we had a fairly good tournament, despite everything.

Our team has always thought we were going to do as well as we did. We set our goals high. We had winning league and going to state on our goal sheet. So despite what everyone else thought, we thought we could.

Some held earlier and longer summer sales despite margins already being very tight, but there has been little sign in this survey of a response from consumers.

Laura Harper

I think our youth is helping us to be excited. Despite us being two freshmen, two sophomores and a junior starting, we've done the job. I think it helps us stay loose. No one was nervous (Sunday night). We're playing for each other.

I thought I did okay despite the lack of training, but one of my listeners told me that while I thought I was playing music to take a break, I was actually recording!

I think we're looking at a pretty strong housing market despite the fact that starts didn't rise, ... far from runaway.

Regrettably, despite some efforts which were undertaken to improve the process, the authorities did not exhibit sufficient political will to hold a genuinely good election.

Price pressures were fairly mild, despite the economy operating flat out.

Today's trade figures are a stark reminder to the structural deficiencies of the U.S. economy and the reason for our negative dollar outlook for the year despite (its) recent bounce.

Transportation stocks have had a tremendous run in recent months despite high energy prices, so it could be that investors are taking some profits off the table here.

We had to make tough choices. We have moved forward despite some financial hardships." ()

We can't let them play their up-tempo style. We won't be able to run with them. They are playing well, despite having lost three, 1,000 (career) point scorers from last season. They haven't really missed a beat. We need to slow this game down.

Philip Reeve

I used to be very fascinated by Victorian stuff, and my best-known books, the 'Mortal Engines' series, have a sort of retro, Victorian vibe, despite being set in the far future.

Paul Muldoon

The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives.

Peggy Lipton

Despite 'Mod Squad's hit status, I never really made the inner connection that I was contributing.

Richard Gephardt

Yesterday, the president said there would be enough money for people's highest priorities. Despite a number of gimmicks, today's numbers strongly suggest he was wrong.

We have some upperclassmen nursing injuries and it was nice to see our freshmen step up and contribute. They're gaining a lot of experience and confidence, despite the adversity.

Guus Hiddink

We played tactically very well in the first half, despite all our problems,

Most IT Managers have seen an increase in the number of mobile or field workers by around a third, but despite this increase, they are expected to manage these workers with inadequate tools.

Microsoft's problem is that despite having all this stuff, they haven't really budged their share of search.

The Afghans, despite their backwardness, are a friendly lot, but the Taliban are as barbaric as the Huns from the past.

That was a microcosm of our whole season. I couldn't put it any clearer. We dug ourselves a hole and despite the effort, we couldn't get out.

I was proud of our kids. They found a way to win despite losing a starter right before the game.

We have not been moving the goal posts despite what some people have said.

The quarter was pretty much in line, but despite all the hoopla the Xbox sales turned out to be better than we thought.

Wally Buono

We played hard, we played with intensity, we flew around. Were we as sharp mentally? No. Our guys were in a fog. We won, despite ourselves. That's the mark of good team. We're not a great team yet.

We hoped to have another win or two, but the team played well despite a few untimely penalties. We gave up five goals due to penalties.

John le Carre

I think, increasingly, despite what we are being told is an ever more open world of communication, there is a terrible alienation in the ordinary man between what he is being told and what he secretly believes.