Semi Final Quotes

#1. Maybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I'd be on the front page of the paper.

Maria Sharapova

#2. Dave Jones got to the final last year and lost in the semi-final this year, so progress has definitely been made

Paul Lambert

#3. It was my proudest moment as a manager when England drew 0-0 with Italy in Rome to qualify for the World Cup finals. Fifteen years later, the stakes are equally high for both countries as they go head-to-head for a semi-final place at the European Championship.

Glenn Hoddle

#4. They (Bayern Munich) lost in the semi-finals of the Champions League to Real Madrid last year, and the year before that were beaten in the final by Manchester United, so their European pedigree is second to none.

Simon Brotherton

#5. Christ was a man worthy to rebel against, for he was rebellion itself.

Patti Smith

#6. I realize nobody's coming to save me. I must save myself. I must be my own super hero. Although I am open to a sidekick.

Karen Salmansohn

#7. Since today's companies are totally dependent on a continuing human membership that produces a superior intellectual output in comparison to the competition, then there is inevitably a fight over the right to the bottom line.

Arie De Geus

#8. I don't make love . . I fuck . . hard

E.L. James

#9. A leader has to show the face his team needs to see.

Mike Krzyzewski

#10. Economy, speed, nervousness, and desperation produce the final wasteful, semi-incoherent movies we see.

Pauline Kael

#11. I have people trying to kill me. A giraffe is low on my list of disturbances.

Janet Evanovich

#12. Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

William Shakespeare

#13. One of the greatest things about my job is that I can enjoy all the successes of a show, but can still go out in public, not like say, Michael Jordan.

Rob Paulsen

#14. What is necessary, after all, is only this: solitude, vast inner solitude. To walk inside yourself and meet no one for hours - that is what you must be able to attain.

Rainer Maria Rilke

#15. We have a tendency to think of war as this quasi-mystical thing, and that interpretation flattens the experience - by using different perspectives, I wanted to open a place for readers to compare and contrast, to make judgments, to engage.

Phil Klay

#16. There is no point winning the semi if you don't win the final. It's as simple as that. No one will remember a big semifinal if you lose the final, so you have to do it all again.

Brian O'Driscoll

#17. No revolution without sexual revolution. No sexual revolution without homosexual revolution.

Bruce LaBruce

#18. I like the stories with the historical themes.

Sarah Sutton

#19. DEDICATION To my computer: I couldn't have written this without you To the software developers responsible for spellcheck: You are my everyday heroes To Karen: I hope this makes you laugh and makes you proud. To my readers (all 3 of you): Thank you

Penny Reid

#20. The signs of the old flame, I know them well.
I pray that the earth gape deep enough to take me down
or the almighty Father blast me with one bolt to the shades,
the pale, glimmering shades in hell, the pit of night,
before I dishonor you, my conscience, break your laws.

Virgil