Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Simon Mawer

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

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.

Robert Kelly

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

David Booth

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

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

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.

We can't let them dictate the tempo. Their offense doesn't take any chances. They are very patient, and they run their stuff extremely well.

Johnny Damon

We had opportunities; we just couldn't capitalize. That's the most aggravating thing about this game. When you're not hitting and scoring runs, it dictates how well your season goes.

We can at least try to dictate the agenda.

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.

Mitt Romney

Fairness dictates that the highest income people should pay the greatest share of taxes, and they do.

Zakk Wylde

For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?

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.

Ryan Holmes

Workflow and usability are not afterthoughts; they impact the core of any project and dictate how it should be engineered.

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.

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.

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.

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