Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Hyman

With a 12-game regular-season in effect, we want to play seven home games each year. You would rather play opponents within the state that people are familiar with and can identify with than play a school with no name recognition. Financially, it's a win-win situation for everyone in the state.

Margaret Atwood

People are now familiar with this kind of interaction. They may even have a more intimate moment that way.

Just go in there and be focused and go all out. Don't be worried about the little things and just play hard out there. I got reps in practice, so I was familiar with the situations.

JoJo

I think every little girl is fascinated with mermaids whether you are familiar with 'Splash' or 'Little Mermaid' or things like that. I did remember the film but I didn't watch it going into 'Aquamarine.'

Jan Koum

Ironically, I grew up watching Indian movies as a kid in Russia. I am quite familiar with Bollywood. I grew up watching 'Disco Dancer;' I watched it some 20 times as a kid.

Steve is very familiar with taking properties like that and making them profitable.

My opponent has a familiar name, ... (But) if he were named Smith or Jones and said, 'I want to be president of the Teamsters and I've never negotiated a contract' ... he would be laughed out of the hall.

It is far smarter to maximize productivity by paying overtime wages rather than hiring new workers, who will be slow until they become familiar with the new job.

I was just going too fast for the conditions. I was familiar with the area, but there wasn't much snow. There was a hole where there usually isn't.

We have a lot of new coaches. We need to get familiar with every player.

We've made it a practice to make sure the guys are comfortable playing short or whatever their position is in the infield. Then we move them around so they get familiar with other spots.

Robert Gottlieb

For Russians, to whom Pushkin's poem 'Eugene Onegin' is sacred text, the ballet's story and personae are as familiar and filled with meaning as, for instance, 'Romeo' and 'Hamlet' are for us. Russians know whole stretches of it by heart, the way we know Shakespeare and Italians know Dante.

Pat Barker

My grandmother's first husband was a spiritualist medium. What fascinates me about that is the balance between conviction and sincerity and trickery, which is also something that novelists are very familiar with.

Carol Wright

Those who are familiar with the festival have their plan of attack.

We were up and down, trying new kids in new spots, nobody was familiar with each other. The kids finally got used to it and got used to playing well with everybody. It just comes from practicing all the time and doing what you do best.

Terry Becker

We realize that when you get to the state tournament you're going to have a tough match-up every game. At least this is a team we're familiar with, having played them three times already this season.

What is familiar tends to become a value.

There's a familiarity there. Taming of the Shrew is one of the top three Shakespearean plays in terms of popularity and Kiss Me, Kate is a very familiar title for most people, and it's Cole Porter music. People will already know and love the music.

Jeffery Deaver

Rule one: Write about settings you're familiar with.

Jay Wright

Pretty cool. I think that all of us are pretty familiar with each other.

Peter Martin

Dianne doesn't really have an obvious New Orleans connection. But she's very familiar with the repertoire, and she wanted to help out.

This is about growth, ... There are millions of people around the world who want that familiar Windows experience.

And I hope the rims are familiar when we shoot.

A lot of people who are not familiar with film festivals need to see stars in their movie to make them want to see the film. Our hope is they'll see all the programming we have and want to see the other films, too.

They have had a franchise in the port for a number of years. We are very familiar with them.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

You're always going to think, Should I have done every single thing I was offered? Should I maybe have taken more familiar kinds of roles?

They had no life paddles, no life vests, no personal protective equipment. They weren't familiar with the river, either.

They'd much rather work back at home where they're familiar with their people,

Larry Davis

This may take a little while. We're all familiar with (oblique strains) and how long they last.

Dwyane Wade

It's just getting familiar with what we're trying to do. I'm sure you'll see better spacing each time in the pre-season.

It seems like we have been looking at different combinations of kids. We're still not settled. The kids are not real familiar yet with each other.

John Sherman Cooper

It was determined, as shown in the report of the Commission, which I can read to you, but I know you are familiar with the report. It states there was disagreement on this issue, particularly as the subject was debated, that there were different opinions about it.

Florence King

Familiarity breeds democracry.