Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

The last three minutes of the first half pretty much dictated how this game was going to end up. If not for those last few minutes in the first half, we don't win this game.

Earl Watson

Their whole style of play dictated the second half.

In general it's going to be that type of week where the number of the day dictates the market.

Vince Young

I want my first series to dictate to the other team that we're going to be here all game,

They didn't care. They wanted a low-scoring game. They're such a patient team that they dictate tempo. Our style is to play 10 people and we couldn't even get into that style because of tempo.

They were physical and they really dictated everything tonight offensively and defensively, and it shows in the final score.

Isn't it funny. One victim gets to dictate the result, the other gets the door slammed in her face.

What was described was not in my opinion expressing prosecution as the primary role of a prosecutor. Everyone has a role to play in the community, everyone has a lead role, and I would think our funding would be dictated by that.

I have seen it time and time again. You dictate what you want that leadership to do. When that happens, you will see an improvement in education in this county.

Lleyton Hewitt

I played really well in the first set and dictated play from the start,

If you're going to be small, you'd better do things well fundamentally. It's very important to spread the floor and let penetration, quickness and shooting dictate the outcome.

I don't know if I can dictate anything,

I didn't think it was my place as a councilman to dictate that to the citizens.

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.

John Surtees

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

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

Actually, I was surprised to be in front. I got the lead and was able to dictate the pace. I let her do her thing. We happened to inherit the lead today and she took to it very comfortably. She lived up to her name.

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

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.

Robert Esche

It's a huge week. The schedule makers got what they wanted, especially in our division. The good thing is they don't have to dictate to us. The future is in our hands and that's the way we want it.

It's a little late for them to come in here and dictate the timing of our election.

Prem Rawat

For all of us who are alive, life is the real issue. Yet so often we judge our existence by the things that happen to usby whether things are going our way or not. Sometimes we feel strongstrong enough to dictate our future. Sometimes we feel that we can make things happen. Then there are times when we feel totally helpless. But through all the dramas and bumps, there is life. There is the very powerful, very existence of every single human being

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