Bust Quotations

You never want to be the one who everyone is going to bust jokes on. The only way to prevent that is to be good at something.

I learned mainly through television, but I learned how to do mosaic, where you can buy stones or things of that nature. But also where you bust the tile to decorate pots for flowers or table tops. Lots of different things. Wherever you want it, you can mosaic just about anything. It took me about two weeks to do a big birdbath.

One of the things I like to do during an 'overhaul' revision is bust out my highlighters and colored pens. Tools like these make me feel like a real writer.

Google started out when the dot-com boom was happening. It grew under the radar of big companies that were competing in but basically ignoring search. Then they were able to really invest during the bust for a long time.

Probably the only type of cosmetic surgery I'd consider is having my bust reduced. It's alright for my current role in 'The Marquise' because it's a costume drama, which means boned corsets and a bit of cleavage, but it's a drag otherwise.

I started to play the guitar for a couple of years, which was fun. I still bring it out once in a while, could bust out a couple of songs, but I'm not very good at it.

The throttles could only move very, very slowly, always watching the temperature, always watching. And even in throttling back, you could bust it, even being very careful.

There's nothing wrong with talking out loud in public, but there is something wrong with the government sucking up all those utter instances in a database just in case they maybe want to bust you in five years.

There are three types of pitchers you have to deal with. Some, you just have to tell what town they're in, remind them where they are. Some, you remind them about mechanics, and some, you have to bust their tail. You have to make them your friend and have them trust you.

If the money's right, I'm happy to bust up the other side of his face... No problem.

My friend once sculpted me a bust of Admiral Ackbar from 'Star Wars.' He's my favourite character in the films after Han Solo. He's that goldfish-type alien in the white costume. 'It's a trap!' I'm a big geek.

I don't play ball because I want attention. I do it because it gives me the opportunity to bust somebody's head. And I just love to do it. I love what I do.

After three failed marriages, I know what it's like to be replaced. So that's kind of how Joey Harrington must feel today... A former No. 1 choice looks to me like he's going to be a bust in Detroit.

In my office, I have a very beautiful marble bust of Seneca. I always have my eye on him when I'm taking phone calls. He's one of the many philosophers I've always read and admired.

One bust is not a trend, and there has been a terrible track record up until now.

Now you really watch to see what guys are made of. Here's the toughest part about it: All those guys bust their butts. They try their butts off. I'm not bailing on these guys. If I see them quit, we'll have a different kind of talk.

I don't do bust ups with the players, despite what journalists say, and I certainly don't do them with the players, ... I have a very good relationship with all the players, a very good professional relationship with Roy as with the rest of them.

I don't do many endorsements. I'd rather get doused by Gatorade than bust my butt selling it.

Last year's boom in aircraft orders, which reached record levels, suggests that a cyclical bust is not far behind.

Last year was a complete bust for most of us out here. We couldn't give them away.

When you bust it down the line and don't get the hit, it's depressing.

He'll be expected to come in on Monday morning and bust his neck to get it out of his head and get on with his job. We shall see what develops this week.

From the wreckage of the bust we now have some fundamentally good companies.

I don't think home values will crash -- they will rust, not bust. Demographics have underpinned demand, courtesy of a wave of immigration in the past 16 years that reduced supply, and you don't see the speculative overhang that could contribute to a bust in home values.

I don't think it will ever be my style to take a big mallet and just ... bust the window with it, ... I have to get there in a more subtle way.

For whatever reason, it looks like it's almost a weight on our shoulders or whatever. We just need to get out there and run. We've got to bust through some barriers there for whatever reason.

I felt like we kind of wore (Collinwood) down in the fourth quarter. We just kept doing what we were doing and we able to bust some long ones there at the end. Our hogs really took over in the fourth quarter.

Today, as bond buyers search in this period of very low interest rates and tight credit spreads for every additional basis point of yield they can find, market participants seem to be ignoring the lessons that were learned in prior bust periods, ... By ignoring those hard learned and expensive lessons, such investors are sowing the seeds of future defaults.

Haven't played in a game since. These last two seasons have been a bust for me.

When he's mad, he will bust somebody up. Don't misunderstand Jeff. When he hits, he hits to bash somebody's brains out. We gave him training lessons that he's not supposed to stand over his opponent and cheer when he knocks them out. When their eyes roll back and their body twitches, you're not supposed to pound your chest.

He's a bust your butt kind of wrestler. He works hard in practice. He's had a rough time this year with injuries, but even so he's there every single day, icing, conditioning, jump roping -- whatever he had to do. He's an awesome kid to have in that room. I'm excited that he's only a sophomore.

He has to go down as the biggest bust in Olympic history.

He has a great knack for picking the right wave and he's a really smart competitor. He might even bust out a superman air. He has a few tricks up his sleeve. He always pulls reverses and airs that other people don't.

He has juice in the building and construction office, ... It is a very cozy relationship with the construction office. Here I am, a small businessman, and they are doing the exact opposite to me. They make me jump through hoops, and they bust my chops. They give him the welcome mat, and they give me the get-out-of-town card.

He won't let you get a big hit on him, ... Just when you think you got him and you've stopped him a couple times, he'll slither out and bust one. I laugh at people all the time that are like, 'I don't like Shaun Alexander; he doesn't run tough,' and stuff like that. I tell them, 'You say what you want to, he'll bust one on you for about 40, 50 yards.'

Hold up your end of the bargain. Get out there and bust (your tail) trying to do your best for your teammates. And when you hold up your end of the bargain and you are accountable to everybody else on the team, things fall into place.

He's kind of been carrying us so far. He's such a great hitter, you knew he'd bust out with a big start sooner or later.

He's been an outstanding performer and his next stop will be getting fitted for a (Hall of Fame) bust in Canton. I don't think there's any doubt that everybody's intention is for him to retire as a Buccaneer.

Joel was hustling though, I have to give it to him, I said 'You bust your can tonight, man, you don't know what a ball is going to do' so thank goodness he was busting his hump, or we don't score that run.

I said it's going to take a couple of breaks and someone's going to have to bust one long. That was the Hudson that I had seen in previous years in the American League with a good sinking fastball. He was keeping the ball down in the zone and just didn't give us much. And sure enough, we got something going. And Lance (Berkman) comes up with a big boom. Then of course Ausmus with a big boom, too.

Our offense was clicking in the final two games. We were able to bust it open and that is really good for our defense, pitching and coaches.

I thought he was tremendous. I've been a part of a team that quit on us with about seven games left and being miserable as a coach. Herm got them to play every week. You knew they were going to bust their butts. He amazed me.

Right there, that's a big play. We can bust that up and still have the bases loaded with one out, we have a chance to win that baseball game.

Our cost structure is solid, and demand for high-quality sheet steel is good. We're in the process of breaking out of the industry's usual boom and bust cycle.

It hurt me and it hurts us that Jamie had to leave. He was like a brother to all of us. If we were having a bad day, he would make a smart comment and we would all bust up.

It became apparent this was going to bust open.

I think we'll bounce in this same range. I don't think the rest of the earnings will allow us to bust out of this range... I don't see where we would get the strength to push us beyond those highs.

Watertown Luther Prep's got a nice team. We knew they'd bust out. We just didn't want it to happen tonight, and it did.

We're really looking for someone to bust loose. We have quite a few guys who were right on the edge of being all-MAC last year, and we expect them to do well this year.

We're willing to reach a consensual agreement that satisfies Northwest's need to be competitive. But Northwest is trying to bust the union. They're trying to undo decades of collective bargaining.

We just bust our tails and play hard. We might not out-skill them, but we out-hustle them.

We just want to show them they're welcome with us, and we don't need one person ruining it. We're not going to let this bozo take those kids and bust our program up.

We haven't had a single year of falling consumer spending since 1938. There's no boom or bust in consumer spending.

We have a lot of girls who go out there and just bust their butts. It showed (against Centerburg) when some of our girls stepped up. They didn't want to lose.

Well, a lot of people are excited when they call. We bust a lot of bubbles.

We tried to bust him on the inner half of the plate and we missed. It was a gamble that we took ? we didn't want to let their best hitter beat us ? and then their next kid stepped up and got a big hit.

There is a little chubby kid in me just waiting to bust out. I usually go running but am looking for a good gym.

We're not going to be part of a union bust out there. That's not what this is all about.

We're not trying to trap anyone. Our goal is to keep (students) safe and, hopefully, not have to bust anybody.

We're not used to losing. I think the kids are disappointed and frustrated, and that shows sometimes when we play. We had expectations of a better season. We've had opportunities to win, and we've been knocking at the door and someday we're going to bust it down.

We are ready to bust out and it might be this weekend. We have been getting some things done better, like passing the ball, and we are going to have to play together.

We picked a good day to bust out in the first inning. We haven't done that since our first game (a 14-4 win over Mahomet-Seymour in March).

We raised more in four years than we thought we would in seven, ... We will bust through the billion -- yes we will.

Worries of a housing-led consumer spending bust are overblown.

We're going to regroup come the off-season, bust our butts, keep training, train hard with one thing in mind, that's the national championship--ending up back here.

We're just in a funk and we can't seem to find a way out of it. The last inning, we bust out of it and hopefully that will carry over.

We're ready to do that. We're all ready to stand as long as it takes. They aren't going to bust this union.

Don used to watch our practices. I never had the chance to throw Sonny Crockett a pass. Then again, he never had to bust me, either.

Violence rarely changes things. You can bust someone's head and still not change their mind.

A standard sitcom... is a very standard idea, like these people falling in love and living with each other, and all these people living with each other. It's like, okay, we hooked them up in episode 15, how do we bust that, how do we find a new kernel in it?

I understand the people's frustration, but we can't tell people what we are doing because of the sensitivity of these investigations, ... I wish we could, because people could see we are not just ignoring the problem from drug bust to drug bust.

As the memory of the tech bust fades, we seem to be getting better and better job growth.

We always tell our ladies, you work hard, you bust your butt, you go through walls and it will happen for you. And it didn't happen for us.

I've seen wonders. It's gone from bust to boom.

'The Victorian Internet' is a must read for anyone interested in the history of technology and in the cycles of hype, boom, and bust that seem to only quicken with each new wave of innovation. Highly recommended.

You get out here, it's 90 degrees, you're gonna have to bust your butt or you're not gonna make it on this team. Coach Witt expects you to do your best. As far as school work, you have to stay up there and study.

You got to bust your tail, because the one thing I learned is that in this game, they're not going to give you nothing.

But right now, the nationals and the Olympics are my goal. I try to go to as many competitions as possible so I can keep sharp and improve my experience. I'll fight all kinds of people to bust the competition and try out new stuff.

We wanted to finally bust out and score some goals, and we did that, but ultimately I think the key was that we wore them down a bit.

So we'll see. We'll let everything fall into place, (and I'll) go out there and bust my chops and get as many as I can.

Romances paint at full length people's wooings, but only give a bust of marriages: but no one cares for matrimonial cooings

Sometimes big hitters try to do too much. Sometimes he gets down on himself, but we keep him going. He's going to bust out of it.

There was a big downturn in business, partly when the Jewish people left. The other thing too, is property became much more expensive. It was the boom and bust cycle. Other people started to move in.

There's no doubt we can walk a little taller right now. We know that it's going to be podium or bust at the Olympics so we have top three on our mind.

This recession was really an investment bust and a bust in the stock market, so the recovery is going to be very different than in the past.

In most parts of the world, starting a company that goes bust is dubbed a 'failure.' In Silicon Valley, we call this 'gaining experience.' We are willing to take the risks that are inherent for innovation.

In falling markets, there is nothing that has not happened before. The bear or pessimist sees only the past, which imprisons the wretched financial soul in eternal circles of boom and bust and boom again.

I knew we'd eventually bust out. You just never know when it's going to happen. We were taking good swings before that, there was good energy on the bench. We just stayed aggressive and kept swinging.

In Dixie Youth, everybody plays no matter what, ... You play tournament ball, and you don't. I really think kids realize that and know they've got to get better. In Dixie Youth, there's really no incentive to bust your butt, work hard and get better. You're going to play no matter what. I don't disagree with that, but I do think a kid needs to realize 'I'm not as good as Joe, so I need to get better.'

I made no birdies and I'm in a state of shock over that. The good thing about making no birdies is it can't possibly happen two days in a row. Maybe I'll bust out with six or seven tomorrow and that will be the story.

I'm like a dude. Jordans are my favorite. I wear them all the time for shows. I can get girly-girly when I want to, but I can't perform in heels. I would bust my face open on stage, and we don't want that.

If you've got a good job, you should bust your butt to make your company as successful and profitable as possible.

I've heard a lot about Graham and they're supposed to be pretty good, but we're going to bust our butts in practice this week,

Everybody knows there are other guys who are just as talented coming in. They are going to give me a run for my money. It just means I need to get out there and bust my butt.

Everybody's professional. Nobody's an idiot. Nobody's a jerk. We all know each other. So it's not like we see each other in the city and we run over and bust the window out of their car with a baseball bat or nothing. We're all friends.

All passes. Art alone/ Enduring stays to us;/ The bust outlasts the throne

It's our jobs to go out and play hard when you're wearing a big league uniform. We have five games left and we're going to go out there and bust our butts just like we have all year.

It's definitely shocking to see how ineffective we've been the past couple of weeks. We had been fairly solid in the preseason. We hadn't really missed a beat. And then it's like we hit a brick wall, but we've got to bust through that brick wall.

It was good to see. We've been progressing along. We haven't been swinging the bats all that great, but it's nice to kind of bust out, especially in the conditions tonight.

But he could be the bust of the draft.