Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Barrett

Where I hit in the lineup shouldn't dictate my performance. It has no correlation. I just have to get good pitches to hit.

Steve Simmons

We'd like to be in a position to utilize our bench. But the game will dictate that.

What history dictates is even relatively weak presidents have often gone for home runs with nominees,

Willie Randolph

We're going to let Pedro pretty much dictate when he's ready to get on the mound or do whatever he wants to do. We're going to let him take his time. He's a veteran. He knows what he needs to do. We don't need to put any schedules on him because that can always change.

John Scalzi

When I'm writing a novel or doing other serious writing work, I do it on a schedule that dictates writing either 2,000 words a day or writing until noon. After I hit whichever mark comes first, then I can give my attention to everything else I have to do.

Thomas Jane

It's kind of true that they just start making the same movie over and over again. It's also true that the times dictate what kind of movies get made and what kind are not. So I'm always looking for something that's a little fresh and something that I haven't seen before.

Kyrsten Sinema

I don't think Arizonans are interested in having the Mormon religion dictate public policy to them.

Jake has done a good job for us. He's able to spot his pitches and dictate to the hitters instead of letting them dictate to him; he's pretty consistent.

Connie Mack

I would stress that the legislation I am proposing does not dictate an outcome,

Danny Blind

Italian sides always give you the idea that you can play your own game. But they also dictate how far you can go.

Dennis Hastert

I think it behooves them to find the votes, ... To have a small number of people dictate to this nation what they can do and can't do is just not acceptable.

Dave Stewart

I will keep it tight for the first round, take a good look at him and take it from there. I intend to outbox him; I like to dictate the pace and to keep things sharp.

Eric Chavez

Just a week ago, we couldn't find a hit. Hitting is really going to dictate how well we do the next month.

John Mayall

I write songs about real things, ... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really.

I saw Scott missed his putt at 18 and that dictated my strategy on 18. I knew I could three-putt and that's what I did. It's very gratifying to come to a place like this and win.

I think you'll find that minimum wage is pretty much dictated by the market.

I think the game situation probably dictated the way I was prepared to play today,

Eric Chavez

I think we're back into feeling comfortable about scoring runs. I think hitting's really gonna dictate how well we do next month.

I thought our serving dictated the pace of the game. We were able to take them out of their first-tempo offense.

I think we were a little tight (in the first half). Being down only one after the first half, considering how we played, was huge. ... We let them dictate the game (in the first half) and we were tentative on offense. At halftime, we told them to attack, to be aggressive.

I think it's really important for us to set a good tone for the end of the season, really come out and execute our game plan, dictate the tempo of the game, ... I think one of the things we have this year is that we are all perfectionists and we are all trying to get that perfect game going and we haven't had that yet.

We expect to stabilize the price but price is dictated by the market.

There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak to whom and when.

Sonya Hartnett

I don't understand why one should be one thing or the other. Writing, to me, is writing is writing. It should be a flexible tool. Whatever skills I have, have to work for me; I won't be dictated by them.

Our position dictates toughness. It's an honor to be a Carson linebacker.

Our last four opponents have had to play our game. If we can do that again, and dictate tempo, we'll be fine. We don't want to get in a track meet with them.

Lindale is very well coached, they have good athletes, good size, they're smart and do what it takes to stay in games. We hope our press will dictate the pace of the game.

We were looking forward to the season and we had a lot to be proud of in Beaumont. We had a great summer of recruiting. That part was exciting for me personally and professionally, but I can't dictate what happened in Texas.

I think he's letting the marketplace kind of dictate the pace.

Mark Loretta

I think his experience is going to be unbelievable tomorrow. He doesn't have any fear, and he doesn't take his time. He dictates the pace. As an infielder, that helps so much. Having him go tomorrow, I think he could turn this thing.

I think his anticipation is that he's going to want an extension, and he's going to want to dictate terms of that extension, ... And at this point, I'm not sure that any of that's going to happen. Our view is that we'll have to wait and see. We'll have to wait and see how he is physically and wait and see as to what his expectations are.

Grant Heslov

His public persona dictates that he's the life of the party -- which he is -- and that he's all about fun -- which he is.

Right now our flood threat is ... dictated by what kind of snow pack is in the mountains.