Like all the good comics, he was a perfectionist - he wouldn't settle for anything less.
Barry Cryer
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ADAM MELHUSE Once you know what you're worth, you won't settle for anything less.
KēVENS We're not against Barry Bonds as an individual. We're against what he stands for. ... There was no w...
DENNIS COLLINS Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ...
SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota...
FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv...
SUI HE I like to find old things
and I picked up that arrowhead
in tears, that broken point
...
LI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more...
FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ...
FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa...
HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re...
HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin...
HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act.
HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods.
HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ...
HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today.
HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties.
HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university.
HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have...
HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w...
HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined.
HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required.
HE CHANGCHUI He really had to think about it. He isn't an actor; he doesn't aspire for fame; he doesn't want a ca...
MATT BUCHANAN I don't see why we should go out there and settle for anything less.
JOE SMITH Barry was really good, and he was good yesterday. He's been really focused. We knew he's had the tal...
JAY HERKELMAN I am not naive enough to settle for anything less than a reasonable valuation of my worth.
ROY KEANE He has very good practice skills, good habits. He never does anything less than 100 percent, and tha...
DENNY MARTIN He looked pretty good. He was D. Wade. If anything, [he was] a little sluggish for the most part. Bu...
JAMES POSEY If you settle for less, you get less. If you settle for the best, you get the best.
LORRIN L. LEE I have a lot of respect for Barry and what he does. I wish something like this didn't come up.
JASON CHRISTIANSEN SETTLE FOR THE BEST: You get what you settle for. If you settle for less, you always get less. If yo...
LORRIN L. LEE The toughest for me to tackle? Barry Sanders. He was so elusive. And strong. And fast. And small.
DARREN SHARPER Ben Rome was a perfectionist. He checked every letter that went out to make sure the English was cor...
A. JAMES CLARK Not at all. Don wasn't anything like Barney. He was a very quiet man, and polite. He was the type of...
MAGGIE PETERSON The greatest fear which deter one, is opinion of others.The moment you are unafraid of others commen...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA The way you treat yourself sets a parameter how you deserve to be be treated.Never settle for anythi...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA A wise old owl lived in an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke, The less he spoke, the more he he...
DANIEL YERGIN He wasn't just our coach, he was like a father and a good friend to us. He always sacrificed a lot t...
MALIA SEGUNDO Don't settle for anything less. Rise up and optimize your talents through strategic thinking and big...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR He was happy. He didn't seem like anything was wrong.
JACKIE BOOTS Never settle for where you are, keep up climbing! Try and expect nothing less, be open for anything ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA His velocity is good. He doesn't throw 90 or anything, but he throws a good fastball, a breaker and ...
GUY MACKAY Not to settle for the gospel of the kingdom is to settle for something less
SUNDAY ADELAJA People on the spiritual path are people of unquenchable discontent. It is being propagated that spir...
SADHGURU When it comes
to love
do not ever
settle
for anything
less than magical.
SANOBER KHAN Most humans, in varying degrees, are already dead. In one way or another they have lost their dreams...
OG MANDINO I think Barry Bonds was in a unique situation given his injuries from a year ago, the fact that he p...
BUCK MARTINEZ If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less
LILY TOMLIN Wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The
less he spoke the more he heard...
EDWARD HERSEY RICHARDS He helped people. Everybody loved him because he was a good person. He tried to help everybody. It w...
HERMAN PITTMAN He has a beautiful stroke. Pure as Rick Barry.
BILL BAKAMUS He apologized for it about 20 million times. He's a good guy. I know he would never do anything like...
GAVIN GRANT If you understand that you understand art. When Renoir died he said, 'I never got to do the good pai...
AARON YOUNG Kevin was too easy a target. Barry Manilow was right to tone his delivery down, but the advice didn'...
DON WALLER Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anythin...
CANDACE BUSHNELL Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anythin...
SARAH JESSICA PARKER We were all talking about it when we came into the dugout. He's Barry Bonds. I don't know how he hit...
JOHN PATTERSON If you settle for less, you will get less. If you settle for the best, you will get the best. Your c...
LORRIN L. LEE My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain A...
WALTER MOSLEY Mullah Omar was generally good to those who worked for him -- in my opinion, he was a good person. H...
MOHAMMED RAHIM It looks like Alan was the victim of a robbery. It seems like he was hit from behind. He doesn't rem...
JIMMY VACCARO Jeff is a real perfectionist. He likes to do a lot of takes to make sure that we've exhausted everyt...
BEAU BRIDGES The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.
IMAN When we have waited a long time for what we really want, we become temped to fill the emptiness with...
JACKIE VIRAMONTEZ He was really nice. He was like, 97, when he died. He was also a good golfer. He had eye cancer for ...
ANDREW KRIEG In that moment, he wondered how he'd ever believed she was anything less than spectacular.
MELISSA LANDERS He was a good guy and a good worker. We were all shocked. He was great to work with and we all enjoy...
BRANDON CURTIS When the judge took the bench, he said the parties should make an effort to settle this today or he ...
JAY WILLIAMS But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excell...
ANDY HERTZFELD The wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he...
EDWARD H. RICHARDS All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed.
For after all, he wa...
CHARLES M. SCHULZ Antoine knew what it was like to flee, to shed a life as though it were a cloak. He had learned to p...
SAMANTHA SOTTO If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish...
VINCE LOMBARDI He brought his intensity and he brought that he's a perfectionist. Everything has got to be perfect....
STANLEY ASUMNU It was a privilege to work with Barry. He taught me a lot about people and the process we learned a...
SUZANNE ANARDE He had led off being a perfectionist when he discovered that not promptly kept appointments, not a h...
JUDITH GUEST He never sold anything for us. He was a distributor for us for six months.
JEFF WAGNER He possessed the logic of all good intentions and a knowledge of all the tricks of his trade, and ye...
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE When I was a kid, back in the '40s, I was a voracious comic book reader. And at that time, there...
HARVEY PEKAR He is a very good pitcher and he throws the ball very hard. I was just trying to put the ball in pla...
PEDRO ALVAREZ Dean Martin always dressed very well but then he was a good looking fella with a good physique so he...
TOM JONES He looked like he was diving into the end zone. He wasn't going to let anything stop him.
CHARLIE MANUEL Whatever you settle for... that's what you get. If you settle for less or the best, that's what you ...
LORRIN L. LEE Make the most of what you have and keep your standards high. Never settle for anything less than you...
ROY T. BENNETT Yep, because he wants to be a perfectionist at everything, so when he can't get there, he gets reall...
JIMMY ROLLINS The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
MAUREEN DOWD The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
MAUREEN DOWD The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less
than you settled for.
MAUREEN DOWD Chris is never happy with his performances. He's a perfectionist, and he always sees something he th...
BECKY HARRIS He had a couple of foolish fouls in there, but he'll be all right. He just needs to settle down a li...
BRUCE VIENS I was impressed with the way he finished, even under good pressure. I don't feel like we gave him an...
BLAIR ALBRIGHT If Jarod Kintz was a cat, he'd stalk people silently and deadly. Right now, all he does is bark at t...
WILL ADVISE He didn't do that for any political purpose or anything like that. He did it because it was the righ...
ADOLPH RUPP JR The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct...
WILL CUPPY Once true passion hits you, you can recognize all the times in your life you were chasing the wrong ...
BIZ STONE He had a heck of game. He's the first kid I've told I was going to take out for not shooting. Today ...
GARY CASTINE He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He's the boss, but he works for me.
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BARRY SANDERS I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do in school, but I definitely didn't have adequate t...
BARRY SANDERS My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her co...
BARRY SANDERS I'm from Kansas, so there were a lot of vacant lots and open fields to tackle each other in so w...
BARRY SANDERS Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most im...
BARRY SANDERS The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has le...
BARRY SANDERS I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, y...
BARRY SANDERS As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.
BARRY SANDERS I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always staye...
BARRY SANDERS Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.
BARRY SANDERS Life doesn't stop with football.
BARRY SANDERS I quit because I didn't feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoy...
BARRY SANDERS Let's just win it and go home.
BARRY SANDERS My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart throu...
BARRY SANDERS I really love peace and quiet.
BARRY SANDERS You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
BARRY SANDERS It was a wonderful experience to play in the NFL, and I have no regrets. I truly will miss playing f...
BARRY SANDERS Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
BARRY SANDERS Many hedge fund managers have become billionaires; perhaps this - plus their reputations as the smar...
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