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Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.

Oscar Wilde

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

Oscar Levant

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

Seneca

Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.

G. K. Chesterton

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

William R. Alger

Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.

Robert Henri

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

Elvis Presley

The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.

Saint Jerome

In all my years of coaching, I've never had a team with just one free throw. For us to be successful, we have to get to the free throw line.

John Jay

Honestly, I love playing in games when so much is on the line. This was a big game, (Friday) night was a big game and (today) is now the biggest game.

Jason Tapp

As a competitor, you want to be on the field when the game is on the line. So no, it wasn't fun from that standpoint. We were all just pulling for our defense. We were all just trying to get out of this thing alive.

Mike Reilly

I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.

Alberto Salazar

The bottom line is we'll have luxury apartments, not ... warehouses.

Karl Brendle

I think that's pretty good because most of the time the line drives that you hit either late or early are the ones you crush and go down the lines. I think it would help.

Alex Cora

We need to remind the commissioner of the red line of his mandate.

Christine Lagarde

Hopefully, later on down the line we can play them again and give them a run for their money.

Jarrad Henry

It's a mad free-for-all to get over the winning line at this stage in the competition, so I'm just glad to have got through.

Shaun Murphy

Version 3.0 of the M2 Resource CD is like the Business Class M2 product line itself: it's a great improvement on an industry-leading original.

Jonathan Randall

Pretty slim, bottom line.

Ben Sheets

The bottom line is that the local government has the ultimate responsibility to its citizen's children.

Mark Saunders

He said, 'I still got a lot of fight in me, and this isn't the end of the line,' ... And that's very much Chuck, too. He had a lot of humor Friday and it was great to talk to him.

Tom Selleck

The credit goes to the defensive line, ... They pressured him all night, and he was constantly throwing off balance. It made our job easier in the backfield.

Brian Bell

The bottom line on results was that the earnings report was of a high quality across the franchise.

Lauren Smith

The bottom line is, we're in a place that actually has a rule of law. The British government is mandated to take action.

Clive Stafford Smith

The bottom line is that we have to keep the transit system running because the health of this city depends on it. I apologize to our riders but we have to pay a little more.

Howard Moscoe

We all believed in ourselves. It was a matter of confidence and that creates a fine line between winning and losing.

Patrice Bergeron

You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.

Paul Brown

As the airline industry is in the front line of economic indicators, any change will be quickly felt.

Peter Harbison

We put them on the line and that's pretty much where they won the game from.

Brent Dugan

We know English is good. They have good skill, good line play. It will be a challenge for us.

Dan Bauer

Its action is aimed on the contrary at stopping foreign interference in the country and allowing the Lebanese to recover their full sovereignty and independence in line with UN resolution 1559.

Denis Simonneau

We just have to get more consistent defensively. Our defense as a whole can come out and stop people. We do have a very big defensive line and we challenge those guys every week.

Chad Spence

We have the strongest team but sometimes things just don't line up.

Kyle Nissen

But people said that in our budget, you couldn't compare the amounts, so we put it back above the line.

Becky Coffey

I think the biggest thing about bringing chemistry to a line is learning each other's tendencies. I think when we capitalize on those things we can be a very good line.

Cory Stillman

It becomes personal, especially with our operations folks out on the line. They get to the point where they want to beat it.

Steve Hart

This is the best the line has played in the four years that I've been here.

Trey Teague

There is a long line, so I guess it runs in our blood.

Chad Salisbury

The bottom line is we'll begin to carefully review the commission's recommendations, but we have no further comment at this time.

Glenn Flood

My No. 1 job now is being a grandparent, not repairing lamps or selling power line equipment.

Bob Sowders

I don't think there's any team right now that can overcome our defensive line.

Anthony Saunders

From what I've been able to determine, he crossed the line and Rafael was just simply protecting himself.

Robert Hale

The line worked the puck down the ice well, and Hendry made a beautiful pass to me for the goal.

Gina Kearns

She's doing quite well with the team. She really beefs up our defensive line.

Beth Mccann

The bottom line is there will be only three lanes.

Mike Claffey

If we ever decided to make free throws, it would've been a different game. When we had chances to either tie or go ahead, we would go 1-for-2 at the line at best. Seventeen-for-30 isn't going to win any games for you.

Billy Tubbs

We shot well from the line and that was the difference-maker tonight. We got fouled and we capitalized on it.

Dan Gillespie

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.

Marian Wright Edelman

We just didn't make tackles. Bottom line was, we just didn't make tackles and contain as well as we did in the first half as the second half.

Tyrone Nix

The entire line did a great job. The backs did a great job of hitting the holes and our quarterback made some great decisions.

Adam King

It's not so much him, ... It's the offensive line was able to play better. We were able to get the line going so he was able to play better.

Donald Hill

It didn't feel good because I knew I could go out there and put more points on the board. Our offensive line had it moving late in the first half. When you can't get back in there, it hurts.

Darius Beaty

It was miserably cold—35 degrees. I was completely unprepared, and I was waiting in line with folks whom I don't come into contact with all that much.

Colleen Gillespie

I really felt for him on the line but I take a win when I get one.

Peter Dawson

At the end of the day, am I happy with the way we played? Absolutely. Bottom line, we beat 'em.

Gary Andersen

His standard line was, 'So what the ... do I know?' He knew about his own normal self, the ways he couldn't function.

Dennis Mcnally

The bottom line, especially for my character, is the issue of unconditional love.

Matthew Weeden

We got a quality quarterback in Brad Banks and two guys who can make a significant, immediate impact on the offensive line.

Doug Berry

We need rain now. That's the bottom line. We need that moisture.

Mark Ploger

We?d have a good shift, then have a line do something ridiculous.

Jody Shelley

That match could have gone either way. There was one point where they were up 5-4 and they hit a [30-15] lead and a kid hit a shot really close to the line, but if we get that point, it's [40-15], we get two match points, we probably win. It really just could have gone either way.

Tim Matacio

You don't shoot 57 percent from the field and 59 percent from the three-point line and get your (butt) beat very often.

Gene Iba

You're not putting your life on the line to save the people of the village, ... I am.

Arthur Smith

Nobody wanted to let anybody down on defense. That goal line stand really showed it.

Paul Mychalczuk

In a close game, you're going to have to win or lose at the line. We got it done enough.

Lance Watson

People of all ages know every line of that movie, ... Everywhere I go people run up to me and either begin telling me lines from that movie or ask me to do lines as Frau Blucher.

Cloris Leachman

It's hard. We had the division on the line for many games now and we didn't come through.

Michael Nylander

We see him as our best full-back, and that's where we would like him to line-up.

John Worsfold

I was right there and it was a line ball. Brad's hands looked like they were backwards.

Darren Lockyer

We are going to be careful to lay out a statement that if you get out of line, if there is belligerence in the comments that are being made, you will be asked to leave.

Chip Haass

It was OK, we've got to play better next time. There's a lot more on the line so we have to play better.

Sue Peet

We have the most leverage of any work group at the Boeing Company on the bottom line. We design the process. We design the product. We determine the materials.

Charles Bofferding

There were a couple hundred people there in line to leave, ... We were the only two arriving.

Chris Gill

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed.

Sydney Smith

I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.

George Wallace

The bottom line is, I'm not just interested in an entrance criteria change. I'm interested in the entire preparation process.

Anne Brown

I would say this even if it were not my business that was on the line. The proposal you have in front of you is very important for us, and I hope you will see your way fit to support it.

Bill Petrocelli

Totally unprofessional and out of line.

John Rocker

The online retailing season was pretty much in line with expectations. It was a good season.

Steve Weinstein

The offensive line was on the sideline going crazy. They were telling me to follow them and they'd get me down the field.

Antonio Pittman

Free throw shooting was really bad. Since Christmas, we've improved a lot. We have been around 70 percent since Christmas, but tonight we were not very good from the free throw line.

Jeff Vanarsdel

Can you imagine a book signing or a line for autographs where 20,000 people stood waiting in line? We know there is a lot of interest, and it created a lot of excitement.

Aaron Greenberg

That was a great inning. A lot of it came with two outs and we kept fighting. Nobody wanted to make the last out and it just shows how deep our line-up is.

Jack Rye

We're going to be as good as our offensive line is, ... Our skill guys are good.

Bryan Miller

We had multiple chances to take control of the game, but we just didn't do it. Bottom line, we didn't deserve to win.

Sean Singletary

I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.

George Carlin

This was a tough loss for us. We were off a step on our man-to-man defense and because of it we sent them to the line and they capitalized on it.

Rob Maxwell

The bright line says the lawyer doesn't become part of the criminal enterprise, whatever that enterprise may be.

Lynne Stewart

We've got to get their strategies in line with out strategies and we can all benefit. It is a concern for us.

David Moffett

There isn't the same culture of young dancers having to wait in line. They throw kids into the big roles, just to give them a chance.

Christopher Wheeldon

The encapsulation was that somewhere along the line, technology and the application of technology around mobile services became cool.

Michael Gallelli

Sometimes, there's 200 people in that line.

Tom Wallace

I remember when Scott was playing baseball for Bethel College. Dennis would sit all alone down the left field line to watch his son.

Derek Dieter

He had a pretty good game, considering he was banged up coming into it. The (offensive) line got him some holes.

Tim Able

The bottom-line difficulty is that many low-income folks don't have money to save, even if they desperately want to.

Jean Ross

I thought he fumbled before the goal line.

Aaron Wagner

Both teams just laid it on the line. It was a nice clean game. No late hits, no cheap hits. It was the kind of high school game that I like to be a part of.

Jacob Byler

As an athlete, you get to the starting line and run. As a coach you are going from one spot to another. I'm still figuring things out. But I'm starting to enjoy it.

Temo Trujillo

We had to earn hard buckets at our end. But with our foul trouble, they turned around and hit the easy baskets from the line.

Scott Rapson

The WCAM facilities are top of the line, and the staff is very knowledgeable and helpful. They really helped get me going; without the cleanroom, I don't know if this project would have gone very far.

Keith Thompson

Did we legally withdraw from the LEPC? The bottom line is 'no'. But since it's our money in the first place, I would say that what was done wasn't improper.

Al Wilkinson

It's going to be tough to build products with the number of refineries off line.

David Pursell

It's good to be in a tournament like this. You don't have that much pressure because there's not something like a conference title on the line. That's good.

Tami Slowiak

For the most part he gets all the line calls right.

Matt Applebaum

We've had a couple of those. Every time a horse goes out there, they're putting it all on the line.

Robert Low

The bottom line EPS (earnings per share) beat estimates by a significant margin, although revenues were a tad light.

Chris Whitmore

I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius.

Leo Szilard

Delineating the neighborhoods is a challenge. It's like connecting the dots. The bottom line is to try to fairly distribute the tax base, and you do the best you can with what you have.

Deborah Dilworth

There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

Steven Wright

If someone was really pressed to put something on the line, was this a catch or not, we'd all probably have said it's inconclusive at best.

Mike Port

There's not a hard line that (an SAT score) has to be above this line or can't be below this line..

Russ Mckinney

The bottom line is that we have 11 individuals under arrest as of result of an investigation that started in October. These efforts do pay off. Gangs don't have boundaries.

Lt. Rich Perez

This is not a Vietnamese problem; this is a global public health problem where Vietnam is at the front line.

Hans Troedsson

I would take Blake shooting a wide-open 3, I would put me back on the line again. I'd do everything the same way.

Deke Thompson

The economic condition of the airline industry is as dire as it has ever been. And as a result they're looking at every way possible how they're going to be able to make cuts or changes that will improve the bottom line.

Carol Hallett

He dialed 911, and they could tell there was a child on the other line. He wasn't saying much to dispatchers.

Ileana Limarzi

He's one of those guys who, when the game's on the line, he wants the ball on his stick. That's one of the things I look up to him for. It's not just like he wants the ball. He follows through [when he gets it].

Andrew Thompson

She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to.

Gypsy Rose Lee

I don't know anybody with an intelligent point of view saw this coming. I knew we'd have a chance to play against them. But to beat them like we beat them - we kicked their (expletive). That is the bottom line.

John Palermo

I think whenever you are trying to establish something new, you have to draw a line and put everything that came before that behind you.

John Doe

Just having the chance to put it on the line at the end with the coach putting me out there was a lot of fun. We needed the two points anyway it came and it was a great way to get it.

Chris Kunitz

Earnings will be an important driver of momentum for stocks. Everyone is looking at what the impact of interest rates will be on the bottom line.

Lex Bouwmeester

We have our full offensive line back from the start of the season.

Byron Jones

I've been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you. Each one a line or two: "I'm fine, baby. How are you?" I would send them, but I know that it's just not enough. My words are cold and flat, and you deserve more than that.

Michael Buble

We made our free throws; we were 21-of-23 from the line, so that was encouraging.

Bob Hofman

They're a good team. There first line is very explosive, they've put up a lot of points. And their goaltending is outstanding. That's a dangerous combination.

Dennis Fermoyle

Anything that hits the trees down the line will be foul anyway.

Dave Stevens

Our defense helped set that up and our offensive line fired off the ball.

Joe Williams

Talk the language of the employer -- which is the bottom line.

Ron Krannich

There were no horrors in there. They were pretty solid and reasonable. The figures we had from everybody else were above (expectations) or good in some other way but these were very much in line with consensus.

Roman Cizdyn

More support and assistance than ... all the states outside of the direct line of the hurricane put together.

Lloyd Doggett

You go right up to the line. Some people are obviously crossing over it.

Robbie Loomis

I can't really criticize because I really don't know the fine line of detail that goes with officiating.

Chris Hovan

Bottom line is this market is going to hold its strength.

Bob Frye

There will be new formats coming and we feel it's important that a line should be drawn in the sand by regulators.

Guy Marriott

I was trying to turn [away from the center], but it just wouldn't turn. It's aggravating. It's my job to get the car to the finish line. At least the car is still in one piece.

Rod Fuller

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

Maya Angelou

He gives us good depth along the blue line. We didn't think a player of his caliber was going to be available. We knew him from our games (against Quad City).

Danton Cole

A line is a dot that went for a walk.

Paul Klee

He casually comes to the (3-point) line and launches.

Stan Sexton

[These CEOs] are rewarded for decisions that may help the corporate bottom line, but at the same time are very costly for U.S. workers and communities.

Sarah Anderson

We may have to go to court over it. Bottom line, we just don't want it.

Lance Mumford

The game was dictated at the free-throw line. You can't miss 11 and win at this level.

Jerry Wainwright

If you give one to your insurance adjuster, you go to the front of the line.

Brent Neiser

We were 7-for-19 from the line. We did not do a good job of making free throws and although we had more field goals, we didn't box out well.

Jerry Groves

The Huns cross Europe, raping and pillaging, ... You know? That's only half a line, so that must take 12 seconds.

Jim Jarmusch

The impact on research could be very serious. The bottom line is that research that benefits both our economy and our national security just won't happen.

Barry Toiv

We are the car manufacturer who grew the most, not only in growth rate but in absolute numbers, which was very rewarding ... since we were not on the front line of the incentive game.

Carlos Ghosn

Corey Holmes is just as good and equally effective. It's the situation. We'll line up and play football.

Danny Barrett

You have to get the wind out of your mind. Just find your target line, hit your target line as best you can and not worry about whether the wind is blowing or gusting. You just feel it on your body and just let it go.

Rian Lindell

The bottom line is, I am against capital punishment, despite my understanding of the visceral attraction it has for most Americans.

Scott Turow

The bottom line is always the bottom line: The consumer has to buy it. If they don't buy it, we can't sell it.

Denny Lynch

We have discussed the fact that if it comes down to a line-ball decision, we are looking at 2008 and beyond and that exposure to international competition is something we always keep in the back of our mind.

Brendan Purcell

We have our D-line back, injury-free, and those guys are keeping the linemen off us at linebacker and allowing us to make plays. We weren't able to do that last year.

Carlos Emmons

I love America dearly, but this is my life, and I don't want to put it on the line.

Bryan Harris

Our line is not too bad for this conference.

Josh Hildebrandt

People say it was the pressure of the draft, but the bottom line is, I don't know what happened.

Mark Duda

I think we're looking for more trouble than what we're going to generate. And I'm the first guy to get in the revenue line.

Bob Marshall

The business of government ought to be government, not business. I do think there's been too much of a blurring of the line between the proper role of business and the proper role of government.

Darryl Paulson

The thing about bands is they sometimes go through hard times but they see it through. This is the line-up that saw it through.

Neil Finn

There's not a lot of big kids in this [senior] class, ... So it's, 'I better get involved [early], or else I'm not going to have a chance to get them.' It's their ability and potential down the line. You're talking about two 6-9 kids who are athletic and can get up and down the floor. You can't teach that.

Steve Turner

The bottom line, we want to ensure our players have the appropriate footwear. But we also have to change the mind-set.

Steve Antonopulos

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.

Arnold Toynbee

It's a terrific deal, ... It adds legs to Lucent's top line growth.

Paul Sagawa

It's easy. You draw a red line on the ground, right? Then you wait for a chicken to come along. When he arrives, he puts his beak right on the line and he's hypnotized!

Joey Santiago

You can't have a better at-bat. He hit the [heck] out of the ball down the first-base line and Niekro was in the spot where he needed to be or that would have been a three-run double.

Jim Tracy

The most important thing is you feel what happened is out of line. Go with your gut and report it in good faith.

Nicole Milliren

The bottom line for consumers remains the same: your beef is safe.

Terry Stokes

The focus is on my physical fitness and I am also looking to improve my line and length.

Abid Nabi

The worst of the earnings news is probably out of the way and expectations are probably back in line.

Rick Meckler

In the first half we were firing on all cylinders. They couldn't do anything against us. We let them back into the game. We let them get a couple of big plays and momentum and the bottom line is we just didn't take care of business.

Jared Allen

Everyone is looking at what the impact of energy prices will be on the bottom line.

Lex Bouwmeester

A slap in the face to the County Commission and to all the people that you misinformed. ... Whoever decided on that was absolutely out of line.

Burt Aaronson

You know that it never has been easy/ Whether you do or do not resign/ Whether you travel the breadth of the extremities/ Or stick to some straighter line.

Joni Mitchell

We hope to throw it around more, too, ... Especially since we don't have that seasoned offensive line.

Bill Beattie

The results are generally in line with expectations. But growth in net profit in 2006 will not be as (strong) as in 2005.

Faisal Hasan

He tells us to get right alongside the head, so we do, and tie the rope off along the side with about 30, 40 feet of line.

Randy Teeney

It's really an honor to help raise a memorial for the guys who fell in the line of duty.

George Wendt

It was tough and these kids didn't give up. We hit a couple shots and some foul shots, got a couple steals and a couple charges. They laid it on the line.

Larry Boomer

Kyle makes all the line calls. You watch him. He'll get up to the line, look at the defense and start barking out calls. He's irreplaceable.

Jeff Carnazzo

We will pick up the line-up in October.

Lu Fan

They clearly came in stronger than we expected. The marquee footwear line has been very strong.

John Shanley

The hospitals keep asking me to pay, but I just tell them to get in line with the other hospitals. I pay what I can and everyone has just been so generous.

Anna Ortiz

As this is their right in line with the criminal code of the country, the court has recorded their decision of choice as a plea of not guilty.

Adil Ahmed

The one bright spot I was pleased with was our free throw shooting. We were 20-for-25 from the line.

Todd Tripp

A sponsorship is on line and we will not let it down.

Jeremy Duxbury

There is a fine line, ... Men and women alike could look at him, and if he's too much of a sad sack, they will think, 'Dude, get a life.' .

Mary Parent

It's really God's intention that we come together and be one. Every line you think of that would divide people — those lines are being crossed.

Karen Harris

He was a huge part of this win. He took it upon himself to drive to the basket and score or go to the free-throw line and score.

Scott Flemming

It was really huge. If we didn't have Charlie coming back for his fifth year, it puts our offensive line in a really bad predicament.

Tony Ierulli

The first year was a challenge because only a few of us had ever seen a dance line before. We were very green. We took 17th place out of 17 teams the first year.

Cindy Clough

The Samsung announcement is still in line with our estimate.

Klaus Rinnen

It's a growing business for us, and now we have a full product line.

David Richerby

Big studio conglomerates are concerned about the bottom line, not awards. It used to be that a studio would make a movie that appealed both commercially and artistically. That's not the case now.

Terry Press

That's her on the line, ... She was supposed to be quiet. All three of us were crying.

Dolores Johnson

You have to make shots. That's the bottom line.

Pat Summitt

Crossing the finish line was a historic moment for diesel technology.

Tom Kristensen

Reuben is a fighter and that's what we love about him. The offensive line and the tight ends love blocking for the guy because he gives you everything.

Aaron Shea

I'd like to think of the things we accomplished as a group that will serve the kids. Bottom line, I have no regrets.

John Ehle

Anytime you get to the line (34) times as opposed to being on the line nine times, that?s almost an impossible situation to win in.

Daquan Gibson