Scrape Quotations

I try to cover myself, to have another movie under way before the last one comes out. I've been able to just scrape by, holding out for good parts instead of taking anything.

So now, thirty years, forty years later, I mean, I could find a whole orchestra of a thousand to put these things together in New York City alone. In those days, if I could scrape up twenty musicians to do this it was something extraordinary.

Which, of course, isn't the point of writing - but it would be nice if, along with the creative satisfaction of writing and seeing my work in print, I could do more than merely scrape a living. Okay, moaning over.

Middle class families should not be forced to scrape by with less while oil companies get away with more.

Any character can find an audience and work if you have passion for that character. You might have to just scrape off the dirt and the barnacles and pull it out and highlight it.

Shortchanging vital investments in education and training, medical care and community development means that kids in Connecticut and across the country will suffer at school, families will have to scrape by to own homes and doctors and hospitals may have to think twice before providing care to senior citizens.

I am excited about tomorrow. I didn't hit my driver quite as well today, but I made no birdies and I'm in half a state of shock about that. That just never happens to me. I can usually scrape one or two in somewhere. The good news is I hit a lot of good putts. I just didn't read them right or my speed wasn't right or a combination of both.

I wasn't about to let them just scrape by... if there was anything I could do about it.

Thus oft a struggle to escape - But lands us in a still worse scrape

What if I told you every single person in America - every single person on Earth - is African? With a small scrape of cells from the inside of anyone's cheek, the science of genetics can even prove it.

We're not in the upper echelon by any means. We've got to scrape and claw for any victories we can get. I think our guys know we've got to play well. We don't have to play perfectly, but we need to play well to beat these guys.

We want everybody to be able to participate in some way. Not everybody can scrape fascia boards, but anybody can collect cans.

(When) you get a pitching performance like that, you want to get a win. We should be able to scrape together two or three runs, but we didn't get it done. Offensively, we have to get better.

The rule of law is what has allowed Hong Kong to scrape the sky. It is upon the continuation of the rule of law that its future aspirations can depend,

Some sit in the stands, some scrape mud, some change tires. This particular hobby takes up a lot of time. That's why you try to do it as a family. You get your wife involved, you get your kids involved. It's a blast.

They put the ball in play against us. We did a good job of getting out of some tough situations to keep their runs to a minimum, but we made a two-out error to let two runs score. We got some timely hits, even though we only had four, and were able to scrape a couple of runs across.

Right now, we all have decent jobs. We're not, like, struggling artists trying to scrape by.

Why can't I just scrape that crap off and put it in a plastic bag?

We had 16 players show up for fall practice. We used to have to scrape to get six.

You still get the movies made. A filmmaker can always scrape up money to do a movie. The passion drives it. And you'll get the money. Money's the easiest thing. But the hardest thing is finding a way for people to see your movie.

I like to think of myself as a guy who had to wait his chance and who took advantage of it when the opportunity finally came. Sometimes you appreciate things a little more when you have to work hard to get them. That's why the success that I've had the last couple years means so much to me. I had to scrape and claw my way up the ladder.

Clearly he made a difference and I think the Ravens thought he did, too. He's a big body in the middle who allows linebackers to scrape a little more freely.

Buying an apartment in New York was beyond my wildest dreams. I had to scrape together every cent to buy it. And I'm so happy I did.

Are the schoolyards and people's yards going to be so contaminated that we're going to have to scrape them up? That's the big unknown right now. It's not a very rosy picture, I'm afraid.

It's a little frosty. You might need some time to scrape off that windshield.

You don't want to put it back in the water now; you want to have it look nice. You have to scrape all the paint down where the cracks are, because you can't paint that; it would look terrible. Then you take seam compound and fill all of those in.

This was an incredibly close game. The second game was key and we were able to scrape it out.

I don't want to just scrape through (for a victory) in this game. We need to play well and have a convincing win to have any hope of doing well in the playoffs.

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.