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.

Kyrsten Sinema

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

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.

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.

A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.

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.

Orson Welles

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

Aimee Carter

Characters are incredibly important, but I tend to build them around the plot during the outline stage. However, once I'm writing the manuscript, the characters I'm writing dictate how the plot unfolds.

Tomorrow's payrolls numbers will dictate whether this setback lasts longer than today.

Wale

The Web is the new way to figure out who's hot and what's not. You can't let TV dictate because it's so polished, so political. It is what they want you to know. The Internet is the raw.

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

Writing novels is largely about endurance and patience. I take a lot of breaks, hit walls, and go do something else while I think things through. But I do it every day, and I try to treat it as a job, something that is not dictated by whimsy or muses.

Right. My decision, on the future ... I'm sticking to my decision. It is not going to be dictated by nothing or nobody else.

Peter's got a good feel for the puck in the offensive part of the game. He's a give-and-go player and he knows what to do with the puck. He's got good vision and he gets his stick on the puck. He's got some good anticipation. I think his skill dictates top two lines and that's where he'll get a lot of opportunity in those areas, and we'll see what he does with it.

Peter's got a good feel for the puck in the offensive part of the game, ... He's a give-and-go player and he knows what to do with the puck. He's got good vision and he gets his stick on the puck. He's got some good anticipation. I think his skill dictates top two lines and that's where he'll get a lot of opportunity in those areas, and we'll see what he does with it.

Simon Mawer

Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time.

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

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.

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.

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.

David Booth

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

Azzedine Alaia

I never followed fashion. It's women who have dictated my conduct.

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.

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.

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.