[He said that nobody likes the idea of people dying at the border,] but if the United States would gear up the political will to enforce its laws, it would actually be an act of compassion, ... The border is something the United States can certainly control. If we caught them, they wouldn't be losing their lives. |
[Howard Cosell had many detractors as a commentator on Monday Night Football, but he also helped drive up ratings.] When you heard that voice, you knew a big-time event was going on, ... Still, to this day, no one could ever emulate the things he had done. . . . He made it exciting to watch Monday Night Football. |
[If that were to happen, the crew quite possibly would have lost both its skipper and its rig to the world's harshest seas. Why take on such a risk?] Because I was young, I was fit, but most importantly, I was a member of the team, ... And sending me up there was the best use of the team's resources. So I did it. |
[McNally's inspiration for the play came from the Manhattan Theatre Club who asked the playwright for a new work to mark the re-opening of the Biltmore Theatre, which had been derelict for 16 years.] It was so terrible a place, ... that people shuddered as they passed it. It's a miracle that it was left standing. |
[More will be coming. Last week, Louisiana's two senators didn't even blink when they asked the feds for an ultimate total of $250 billion in assistance just for their state.] We recognize that it's a very high number, ... But this is an unprecedented national tragedy and needs an unprecedented national response. |
[My swing is] almost there. It's a lot better than where it was earlier. I'm not here to put up numbers in spring training. The goal is to be ready by Opening Day. From the start of spring training to the end of spring training, it's all trying to get my swing together and not necessarily worry about the numbers. |
[O'Brien was clearly trying to make a statement after watching the Black Knights drive 80 yards for a touchdown on their first possession of the game. The Eagles, evidently, got the message.] We worked all week to take these guys seriously, ... But all the smiles we had during the week were gone after that drive. |
[Playing football] Monica: Okay Phoebs, you know what you’re doing right? Phoebe: Yeah. Monica: Okay, Joey’s gonna catch the ball and you and I are gonna block. Phoebe: What’s block? Monica: Phoebe, I thought you said you knew what you’re doing. Phoebe: I thought you meant in life. |
[Sears' second pick is Ericsson for a value play.] The stock is incredibly oversold in our opinion. The new managements is going to do a pretty good job we think and when telecom comes back that's where you want to be, ... Ericsson is certainly at least a one-year hold-though. Were not expecting any miracle soon. |
[The authority also oversees Valley Homes, the housing complex that will soon be no more, part of a nationwide trend to get people out of] the projects. ... The whole reaction to the relocation has been a positive experience. They have more choices for where they want to go; they do not have to live in a project. |
[The hearings also came in the wake of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, with significant numbers of the National Guard of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama deployed in Iraq.] It is time we looked after our own backyard, ... We cannot do this as long as we continue to make Iraq the fifty-first state. |
Neil Young (1945-) |
[These may indicate an inability to] think lucidly and deeply about legal questions and express her thoughts in clear, pointed, understandable prose, ... A justice without those capabilities -- however generally intelligent, decent and hardworking -- risks being a calamity for the court, the law, and the country. |
Jon Stewart (1962-) |
A few years ago, a Klansman needed [to put out] substantial effort and money to produce and distribute a shoddy pamphlet that might reach a few hundred people, ... Today, with a $500 computer and negligible costs, that same Klansman can put up a slickly produced Web site with a potential audience in the millions. |