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I always hit the ball short with the driver and it rolls up on the green. – Gus Andreone	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The first time I ever came to this city was to dance at the inaugural ball for Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale! Which is kind of hard to believe. But then I saw how their policies worked out, they were a complete and utter failure, and then that's why I became a Republican, and I never looked back. – Michele Bachmann	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't have a crystal ball, so I don't know what it will go for, but there are two types of buyers -- collectors and investors -- and it would be great for either. It's a great investment which will go up in value over the years. – Pete Siegel	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The bottom line is a June (rate hike) is still in play and even doves need to tighten at some point when the numbers start looking good, the economy is improving, things are picking up, they need to get the ball rolling on this. – James Liu	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I ’m quite a short hitter from the tee so therefore I need to be straight and accurate with my irons, my strength is my putting. You would n’t look at my long game and say, ‘ He’s a tremendous ball striker ’. – Briton Jason Palmer	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This guy, when I saw him, for a fast jet with the wheels down, I said, 'I think he's coming in too low,' then he was 90 degrees -- sideways -- and then he went belly-up into the house and it was a ball of fire. It was terrible. – Fred Pedreira	Found on CNN 9 years ago
South Stream can be built. The conditions have been clear since a long time ... The ball is in the court of Russia. – Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
After all these years nobody wants to see a caliphate of hatred. They are no longer an existential threat to our existence. They are still a very very serious threat, how long it will take? I don’t have the crystal ball to tell you. It will take some time. I think we are winning, they are losing. – Hoshiyar Zebari	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In terms of ball striking, I've driven it better, which is a huge part of my game, when I drive it well I can give myself shorter irons into greens and more opportunities for birdies. My mid-range putting has been very good this year. – Rory McIlroy	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
He did a great job and gave us a spark taking the ball 90 yards, We finally came out and put the game together and finished the way we’re supposed to. – Oakland Raiders	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I hit the ball solid from tee to green and managed to hole some putts. It’s not easy out there, especially on the front nine where it was really windy, I’m trying to not think about keeping my card. It’s not the end of the world for me if I don’t make it into top-60 on the Order of Merit. I want to enjoy my golf. – Mardan Mamat	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but hes not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning a ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe. – Georges Clémenceau	added by anonymous 9 years ago
A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team. – Pat Riley	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Even though I attended many of the fashion shows where Alesia was in, I never thought I’d be up there. I wasn’t keen on it, but my mom was. She signed me up for the Miss Mumbai pageant and winning third place just got the ball rolling. – Anjali Raut	added by anonymous 9 years ago
During the scene of the Yule Ball, the ground was very slippery and I was wearing high heels and I slipped but good thing I grabbed onto Robert so I didn't fall and good thing the cameras weren't where we were yet. Oh, that was so embarrassing! – Katie Leung	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Common sense always speaks too late. Common sense is the guy who tells you ought to have had your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front end this week. Common sense is the Monday morning quarterback who could have won the ball game if he had been on the team. But he never is. He's high up in the stands with a flask on his hip. Common sense is the little man in a gray suit who never makes a mistake in addition. But it's always somebody else's money he's adding up. – Raymond Chandler	added by anonymous 10 years ago
..look at the ball of fire! – Gene Mullins	added by anonymous 10 years ago
In order for this team to win the game, the QB has to throw the ball. – John Madden	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it. – Lou Holtz	added by anonymous 10 years ago
They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball. – Ogden Nash	added by anonymous 10 years ago
It only takes a single ping-pong ball to start a chain reaction when you throw it into a room full of loaded mouse traps. – Richard B.	added by anonymous 12 years ago
If thou art a man, speak not much about thine own manliness, for not every champion driveth the ball to the goal. – Saadi Shirazi	added by anonymous 12 years ago
The more weakness the more falsehood; strength goes straight: every cannon ball that has in it hollows and holes goes crooked. – Richter	added by anonymous 12 years ago
A good man may fall, but he falls like a ball [and rebounds]; the ignoble man falls like a lump of clay. – Bhartrihari	added by anonymous 12 years ago

I always hit the ball short with the driver and it rolls up on the green.

– Gus Andreone

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The first time I ever came to this city was to dance at the inaugural ball for Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale! Which is kind of hard to believe. But then I saw how their policies worked out, they were a complete and utter failure, and then that's why I became a Republican, and I never looked back.

– Michele Bachmann

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I don't have a crystal ball, so I don't know what it will go for, but there are two types of buyers -- collectors and investors -- and it would be great for either. It's a great investment which will go up in value over the years.

– Pete Siegel

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The bottom line is a June (rate hike) is still in play and even doves need to tighten at some point when the numbers start looking good, the economy is improving, things are picking up, they need to get the ball rolling on this.

– James Liu

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I ’m quite a short hitter from the tee so therefore I need to be straight and accurate with my irons, my strength is my putting. You would n’t look at my long game and say, ‘ He’s a tremendous ball striker ’.

– Briton Jason Palmer

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This guy, when I saw him, for a fast jet with the wheels down, I said, 'I think he's coming in too low,' then he was 90 degrees -- sideways -- and then he went belly-up into the house and it was a ball of fire. It was terrible.

– Fred Pedreira

Found on CNN
9 years ago

South Stream can be built. The conditions have been clear since a long time ... The ball is in the court of Russia.

– Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

After all these years nobody wants to see a caliphate of hatred. They are no longer an existential threat to our existence. They are still a very very serious threat, how long it will take? I don’t have the crystal ball to tell you. It will take some time. I think we are winning, they are losing.

– Hoshiyar Zebari

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In terms of ball striking, I've driven it better, which is a huge part of my game, when I drive it well I can give myself shorter irons into greens and more opportunities for birdies. My mid-range putting has been very good this year.

– Rory McIlroy

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

He did a great job and gave us a spark taking the ball 90 yards, We finally came out and put the game together and finished the way we’re supposed to.

– Oakland Raiders

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I hit the ball solid from tee to green and managed to hole some putts. It’s not easy out there, especially on the front nine where it was really windy, I’m trying to not think about keeping my card. It’s not the end of the world for me if I don’t make it into top-60 on the Order of Merit. I want to enjoy my golf.

– Mardan Mamat

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but hes not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning a ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe.

– Georges Clémenceau

added by anonymous
9 years ago

A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.

– Pat Riley

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Even though I attended many of the fashion shows where Alesia was in, I never thought I’d be up there. I wasn’t keen on it, but my mom was. She signed me up for the Miss Mumbai pageant and winning third place just got the ball rolling.

– Anjali Raut

added by anonymous
9 years ago

During the scene of the Yule Ball, the ground was very slippery and I was wearing high heels and I slipped but good thing I grabbed onto Robert so I didn't fall and good thing the cameras weren't where we were yet. Oh, that was so embarrassing!

– Katie Leung