Famous Quotes & Sayings

We played the last eight minutes of the game and the first eight minutes of the game, we just did not play with any consistency. That's what did it tonight. We dug ourselves in a hole. We let their pressure dictate what we did offensively.

We have a team that needs to dictate tempo. We?re not big, we?re not quick, we?re not going to overpower you with talent. What we have to do is do two or three fundamental things well.

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?

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.

Thurston Moore

We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent. I'm just going to let time dictate how Jim's future evolves.

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

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

Kyle McLaren

There have been a ton of penalties called, so special teams is going to dictate a lot of games. Whoever has good special teams can go far in the playoffs, and I think we have good special teams play when we want to.

We dictated the game, and that's what we wanted to do.

Mike Quade

The kid will let you know when. His performance will dictate that, how quickly he matures, how quickly he learns.

The last game, we let them dictate the game. Instead of taking it at them, they took it to us. Why can't we take it to them?

Smoky Valley dictated the style of the game. We missed open looks and maybe the pressure got to us a little.

Harold Prince

'Evita' was four pieces of slick paper and a record album. It's the most scary, to sit down and dictate a musical scene by scene. It was a musical unlike anything I'd ever seen before myself.

John Surtees

Our driver policy was partly dictated by who was available because of other contracts.

Eric Chavez

Ellis is locked in. A week ago, we couldn't find a hit, and now we're back to being comfortable about scoring runs. As good as our pitching is... our hitting will really dictate how we do.

Especially the younger people (who) are used to, 'I can plug in my video game and play it now,' 'I can download music and hear it now,' 'I can take my iPod with me and listen to it wherever and whenever I want.' Going to the movies requires that you're on a time frame and in a location that's dictated by someone else.

Seems like when I score early, I play better. I can't let that dictate how I play.

At the forefront of investors' minds are going to be earnings, and to a lesser extent, the economy. I really think that's what is going to dictate how the market behaves.

John Ridley

Conservative talkers love to throw numbers around: their ratings and their audience size. And to be sure, they have a sizable audience which numbers in the tens of millions. But having people tune in and being able to dictate their actions are two different things.

The United States ought to have the upper hand on these nuclear proliferation questions and yet it seems that the North Koreans, the Iranians and even our friends the Indians are able to dictate terms to us without fear of consequence.

This has been an organization that prides itself on putting a good line on the field. They know if you have a solid offensive line, everything goes from that point on. You can dictate what you want to do.

A lot of it is dictated by banks. They won't finance anything that is not marketable.

James Augustine

A lot of it has to do with using a lot of energy, and teams kind of figure out what we're doing. Today we did a good job. A lot of it has to do with letting our offense dictate our defense. We didn't let that happen too much. We missed shots and still got back on defense.

A man who dictates separates himself from others. Somalia

They are a team that you don't want to let them dictate the tempo.

He's trying to dictate the terms of his departure. He's trying to get around the election law by forcing parliament to open.

He's trying to dictate the terms of his departure.

Brian Billick

He thrives off that kind of challenge. Ray Lewis is too intelligent to let his self-worth be dictated by someone else. Yeah, there's always somebody who thinks you can do it better. And he's 30. But he has a number of dominant years left.

He's very solid around the free-throw line at the high post. But he also understands that our opponents and who's in the game for us will dictate his role on the floor. He's a guy who can get in a zone and be great offensively at different positions.

Tom Renney

Even if we were playing Ottawa, we need a good start. We need good starts. We need to get back to good habits about how we start our games. How we manage the puck, how we manage the ice those first six, eight, 10 minutes is important. And we have to dictate the terms.

Jack Baker

Every headline minute-to-minute dictates what the market is going to do. I think there are going to be more torturous, slow days.

Once the ratings are in place, the market will dictate whether gradations are in order.