Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

David Booth

I don't dictate what humans should read. Only 15-20 percent of men read fiction. The rest don't.

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.

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.

E. B. White

Basically, when you play the top teams, you need nine players ready to go. We knew that going in, but it was unfortunate that the fouls dictated the game.

Chris Evans

I love acting. It's my playground, it let's me explore. But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.

Lleyton Hewitt

I felt like I played pretty solid. I put pressure on nearly all of his service games. I was trying to dictate as much as possible and get him on the defensive.

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,

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.

Robert Kelly

If we can dictate the pace like we did tonight, I like our chances.

Gerard Butler

He will dictate if we go at the weekend and where we go,

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.

Mount Vernon is a good team and their record really doesn't dictate or portray what they're all about.

Michael Mann

Music is always key to me, whether it's 'Miami Vice' or not 'Miami Vice.' It's dictated by the story, about what Crockett and Tubbs and Isabella and Trudy are doing.

My goal is to operate on weekends through April, but the number of skier visits will dictate how long we keep going.

Kyrsten Sinema

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

Whichever character I'm using and wherever I am in my mind dictates what kind of story I'm going to tell.

We did the things that we wanted to do rather than let the other team dictate what we do. We wanted to keep possession and utilize our speed in our attack. There were times where we got a little shaky.