Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pete has come on very strong lately. He's finally figured out how to wrestle instead of just brawling.

Nick Swisher

People were yelling and all of a sudden I heard them. I figured it was time to go.

Nick Grant is a good example. He's getting it figured out about when to drive, and when to pull it out and use his abilities.

Oscar Isaac

If you can find a way that your principles are actually the strategically smartest thing to do, you've kind of figured it out.

Scott Peterson

We just didn't come out tonight and have it. I thought we figured it out this week, but we still have a lot ... to work on.

We'll get it all figured out. We'll be fine. Talent-wise, I think we're right up there. We just have to play to our potential.

We were intimidated by all that height. Everyone they had on their starting unit was at least as tall as our tallest guy. By the time we figured out we could play with them, use our quickness to offset their height, we were way behind.

Hal Sparks

You'd think after 8 years of things called 'The Patriot Act' and 'No Child Left Behind' they would know that we have figured out the 'Call it what it ain't' PR ploy by now, but... um... no.

Chuck D.

I think everyone's expectations are higher this year. They want us to score more goals. It's something that we know in the locker-room what we're trying to do and it's not like it's a secret that we haven't figured that out yet.

I saw him score three or four quick buckets and I just said there's no way he can score anymore. If he does, they're going to try and take over the game. He was doing a great job out there and I just figured somebody had to step up and lock him down.

Maggie Stiefvater

I saw myself as an outsider as a teen. I was home-schooled and got my G.E.D. when I was 16; I wasn't interested in high school at all and figured that college might be more entertaining.

Tom Armstrong

Mark pitched well. We had him on a pitch count, so when he struggled a little in the fourth, we figured that was enough. Zach pitched well the last two innings.

We've figured up that all the groups that have participated (in the first half of the season) have raised over $30,000.

Edward P. Jones

It just so happens that I was born and raised in Washington. Had I been born in Chicago or San Antonio, the streets and places would have figured into whatever I wrote. Just so happens that it's Washington, D.C.

Kristin Armstrong

Before I got divorced, I was personally unfamiliar with trial, or at least trial of serious, heart-wrenching proportions. I figured that life went smoothly if you tried hard, and if you messed up, or things weren't working out, you just tried harder.

There is a wave of people looking for infected machines. We are getting into the second wave of infections. We haven't figured what they are doing. But we are seeing a very big wave of scanning.

When I figured out I had to write a book, I wasn't afraid.

Ted Chiang

When I was a kid, I figured I would be a physicist when I grew up, and then I would write science fiction on the side. The physicist thing didn't pan out, but writing science fiction on the side did.

We tried some different things, but in the end we can't play a half-court game with Fort Thomas. We figured we'd get up and down and shoot the three, and it worked up until that one point.

Bobby Bowden

We've always had problems with Wake Forest. It looks like they've figured out their problems and found themselves.

Tom was the one who figured that out. Tom is the one who led us here.

We lacked that intensity the last 2 minutes because we figured the game was over. We've got to finish games better than that.

Joe Gibbs

With the weekend, I figured I'd let the guys go home,

The knock on a lot of Web 2.0 is, 'Where is the revenue model? We think we have that figured out.

These timing issues have to be figured out.

I mean, it's been 12 years. I figured some kids took him and used him for target practice or something.

I knew I liked him already. And I figured he liked me, too.

I knew the leg was gone. I couldn't feel any circulation, and I figured they'd take it.

I knew who Logan Young was and I figured something had happened obviously.

I knew which way it was going to go anyway, with CJ moving into that slot, ... So, I figured there was no reason not to name CJ to the position.

Matthew LeCroy

I kind of figured they weren't going to pay me the money, ... He just told me he hated to do it, but he had to do it. ... They're going to kind of shake some things up.

Matthew LeCroy

I kind of figured they weren't going to pay me the money,

I kind of figured they'd win. I kind of wanted them to win, too. It makes the game Sunday more interesting.