Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Valley

'Pasadena' erred on the side being too dark. That was probably the one thing about it, in retrospect, why it didn't get picked up.

Aaron Spelling

Stay tuned! I may not be here, but my show was picked up!

Wally Szczerbiak

Pick your poison. Try to stop K.G. or me . . . They wanted to play a small lineup, and we made them pay.

Phil Garner

Pick 'em out of a hat. We just need somebody. Nothing scientific in the formula.

Rabih Alameddine

I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.

Robin Hobb

I think there have always been male writers, female writers. As a reader, I never picked up a book and said, 'Oh, I can't read this - it's about a male,' and set it back down.

Denny Hamlin

That was pretty good, we picked up three-quarters of a second from practice.

Scott Lawson

I was pretty frustrated. I kind of got down on myself, but my teammates picked me back up and told me to keep shooting.

Billy Beane

I think it took a lot for him to pick up the phone.

Rajon Rondo

I was trying to get up and pressure the ball, but the picks were very effective. It was very frustrating. It's a play that we run a lot, but they executed it very well.

Marcus Giles

I think if I could pick any time for us to get hot, it's right now.

Drew Gooden

I think he's excited. I think he'll pick up his play, if that's possible.

Mads Mikkelsen

I think I've always had to pick and choose whatever I want to work on. If I'm not happy with what I'm doing, it's probably not going to end up that interesting.

I thought he was ready (for varsity football) the first day I saw him. He's very intelligent and he picks things up quick. You tell him once and he's got it.

I thought I was ready for this. Now that I'm here, I don't know how to take it. I see nothing. Nothing to pick up. Nothing to take back.

Alan Smith

I don't just want to be a bit-part player and then pick up a trophy.

Matt Holliday

I couldn't pick up his fastball. I just had trouble with him.

Sven Goran

I can in principle wait until May 8. On May 8 I have to pick 23 players and some reserves, 27 players maybe.

Martin Jol

I can't remember him picking up a ball.

Chipper Jones

I can't pick him up. He's the one guy. My nemesis.

Getting that pick this season was big for us. That was a requirement for us.

Juan Felipe Herrera

Just like my parents immigrated from ranch to ranch picking crops, I have migrated from city to city.

Mark Gottfried

I think the carryover is that the pickup games, when we're not present, are better, ... They're talking about principles defensively.

Hawthorn want two first-round picks and that's what we are offering.

Wyclef Jean

He rules, he's real tough when it comes to business. I'm like a sponge right now. I know I can pick up things from him.

Here, we had them on their heels, and we wanted to go for the jugular, but we didn't pick up a blitz.

Jim Johnson

He's a smart player and is picking up the system really well,

He's deceivingly fast. When you watch him from the outside, sometimes he doesn't look that fast, but he can pick up speed in a hurry.

I don't think our team was ever cocky. But you kind of get casual. When we went to the Wyoming tournament, we were picked to win, and we kind of got casual.

If you are going to be truant, don't want to do it down here because you are going to get picked up.

Billy Tubbs

There are several teams that could step up and win it all. Northwestern was picked to win it, and they (the Demons) have been pretty impressive, but some other teams have been impressive, too.

Will Shortz

Well, you could have picked Salem, your capital, but Scio works.

We made some improvements during the year. But we're going downhill, so we have to make sure we pick it up.