Slot Quotations

I think that Vegas is one of the wildest places I've ever been to. You can look to your left and there's a drag queen getting married by Elvis, to the right there is some old bird sticking quarters into a slot machine for hours.

I feel I could be walking down the street, and if somebody talked to me, I could just slot into 'Miss Marple' and know how she would react.

Eight o'clock is hard no matter what network you're on because people have to make a decision to sit down and start watching TV. Every other time slot is a time slot that happens after someone's watching something else.

Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.

I love to go to casinos with my wife. I play poker, and she's an old-fashioned slot queen. She even has a visor.

As I stood there absorbing Hammett's novel, the slot machines at the back of the shop were clanking and whirring, and in the billiard room upstairs the perpetual poker game was being played.

I'm really grateful to my parents for having the confidence in me to let me go. I was terrified I might have to slink back to the village with my tail between my legs, and treated every job as though it were my last - I still do - but fortunately, I got work and things seemed to slot into place.

I know from an editor's point of view or a publisher's point of view it's easier to slot me into a particular niche. But I know that I'd be bored unless I wrote a book that in some senses was a challenge.

The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine.

Make that extra effort for every relationship. Whether it's with your parents, your children, your husband or your friends. It makes a difference to them. I try to give my kids a lot of solo time where I play with them, talk to them, listen to them. Similarly, you give time for your workout. You slot a time for it, no matter what.

The natural creativity of the staff morphed 'The Daily Beast' very fast into what has become a newsroom. Aggregation lives on the Cheat Sheet, the video player, and in the breaking news slot in the first big box. The rest is all original, generated by Beast writers and editors.

I guess it made our selection poser a little bit easier for us, but unfortunately he (Kemp) is not available for selection. Kallis will slot in at four, the world's best player, he'll bat in a position that he's quite familiar with.

I don?t know what they're thinking of the tourism. I mean, is somebody gonna come stay here just to go to a slot place? No, it's gonna be all your local people going in there that are poor, that want the big one.

Since he hasn't played a ton, people don't really realize his speed. When you put him in the slot and get him on a safety, it's a mismatch every time.

Most slot players don't realize the machines are all hooked to a network computer in some manner. We've been very successful in placing the back-end systems.

When the state cut library budgets a while back, I began to study fundraising techniques. The only two we haven't tried here are pay toilets and slot machines.

He'll be fresher and rested for Game 5 if we need to go that route. He's much better off in the slot we have him.

For the slot machine manufacturers, Pennsylvania is a no-brainer.

For us, not having a time slot last year, and now all of you watching ... has been great.

I don't know what people see in Denver. They'll be battling the Raiders for the last slot in their division. I don't see greatness at all.

Today, if I have a slot floor with 2,000 machines and I want to make changes, I'd have to go to each and every one of them, open them up and change out the components. Not only does that take a lot of time, but the machines are down for that period of time.

He's played pretty good in the two games. He's had a steady training camp, ... He's become a more versatile member of our receiving corps. He's not one-dimensional. He can play flanker, split end or in the slot in our three wides or four wides. I think he has a chance to be on our special teams. He's made a run at it.

We may be in a situation now that we don't need to (piggyback starters). Depending on the game, you look at what your bullpen brings. We're just looking at the schedule now figuring where we need to slot people.

We looked really hard and long at (HTX). We didn't think giving up resources for this slot was a good choice.

He's had a really good camp, ... He's a veteran guy who can play slot receiver as well. He's more confident than he's ever been. He's in great shape, and we're excited for him.

We talked about the importance of scoring playoff type goals. Creating traffic in front of the net, moving into the slot and finding the open area. Tonight it happened to be higher in the slot.

The purpose of putting it in the afternoons was to give it a time slot that was as close as possible to getting it to when the actual events were occurring. As well as, that's the only spot we could find for it on the schedule.

Martyn has had some time out of the team and we feel this is the right time to slot him back in at number four.

Someone didn't take their slot and the director called me and asked me to join. I had the feeling that this was my shot. When I overcame my feelings of inferiority I realized that this was a gift,

Paul Dombrowski is a tremendous competitor. If he wants to play at the next level, he needs to be a slot guy, a running-back-type guy.

Jason is our starting tight end, our backup fullback, slot and quarterback. He has to learn four positions every week. He did a great job for us.

Republicans can be a funny bunch. They're against affirmative action, but they always seem to be able to find people of color to fill a slot just when they're most needed.

It appears to me we're having slot machines forced on our county, and we voted against casino gambling.

I wasn't sure if I was going to play today -- I came to the rink and found out. It was exciting to play in front of this many people. ... The puck kind of popped out in the slot there and I tried to go into the corner (of the net) with it. It feels good to help out.

Those are the places where we want to go and not take ourselves too seriously. We'll leave great actresses their slot in history.

We have checked with the court and were told that the earliest slot is Friday.

Well, we obviously will be looking at someone who is quite capable of filling the slot that is being left behind by Robert, to deal with the national team both in one-day and four-day competitions.

We've got one person in training right now. We've got a slot at Auburn for one dog and a slot at Langley Air Force for another TSA dog.

There are some significant differences between the top category searches in print versus online Yellow Pages, as a higher percentage of online references are credited to the headings of hotels, florists and schools, ... However, restaurants continue to take the most popular heading slot for both the print and online Yellow Pages.

Yes, I would love to play one of the leads in one these movies and have all those challenges and deal with all those complications, but the business being what it is, there is a slot for me in these kinds of films, so I enjoy them, and I enjoy the people that I work with.

We have Jason Wilcox, Rob Edwards and Jamie Burns all fit again so we have three left-sided players who could slot in.

We're looking hard at tight end, and we're looking hard at a slot receiver type of guy. That's exactly the area we're looking at right now.

We pretty much provide most if not all of the kinds of jobs they are going to need in slot parlors.

When you slot in that new card, what you're actually buying in terms of components is primarily a laser module and some electronics.

When Jabar's healthy, he's one of the top slot (inside) receivers in the game. When he comes back, we know he's going to make a lot of big plays.

There hasnt been a slot machine assigned yet. They have the cart before the horse on this,

The rebound was right in the slot and it came back to me, so I had another chance to shoot. I shoot a little bit high and I think the goalie was screened. That's a big win for us.

When your timing is off and you're pushing the ball instead of throwing the ball, there will be a decrease in velocity. If the timing is off or the arm slot is off, you won't see the same thing.

We're seeing him shoot a little bit more in that slot area. It's nice knowing he will shoot and can shoot a little bit more.

We want them to be regular customers of Atlantic City before slot machines come into Pennsylvania.

We're moving him to slot back and he'll get a lot of option pitches and run pass routes. He has great hands.

We believe that Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino will provide tangible economic benefits to the community, most notably in the share of slot revenues. It is a $125 million investment in an area that hasn't seen that kind of investment in some time, if ever.

We're in the 9 o'clock slot now. Men and women alone on the island, they have needs. Needs that must be fulfilled.

At this point, neither Microsoft nor Nintendo have a chance at catching Sony. What they're trying to do is carve out their own part of the market ... Microsoft's goal is to get established, then it will shoot for the number one slot in the next round of machines, around 2005.

Every season I buy a double-breasted jacket but it could be fitted, very boxy. It could be oversized. It could be forties-shaped. So I think it's my job to make it desirable and new for the customer and the customer always has to fill in that slot in their wardrobe.

Everyone worries that they're going to build a windowless place -- but with 3,000 slot machines, there's going to be a lot of space without windows. Come on! It's too big! It's a shed!

I've been at this for a while, and to a very real extent, you look at cover art with the same sort of expectation you have for playing slot machines in Vegas. That is to say, you hope to break even and promise yourself not to flinch when all you get is the same sort of mix of fruit that you get in a cup of generic fruit cocktail.

Tuesday night is arguably the most competitive night on television and on the schedule. And Tuesday at 9 o'clock (EST), if you've noticed, is a very, very difficult time slot under the best of circumstances.

The sooner we find the net the better. We know that we must slot a fair number of goals to compensate for a possible away victory by the Swiss.

The slot car track was amazing. It was incredible how similar the track was to the real thing at the airport where we landed. We even had some crashes in turn one on the starts so you know it was authentic.

The slot limit will revert to the former 72- to 46-inch framework from early June through Dec. 31. We're only restricting the slot limit during the time when female sturgeon are spawning.

When you limit the length of the video to something under two minutes, it gives everyday people an opportunity to make something entertaining. It's harder to tell a story or create an entertaining piece of content that is based around the time slot model, television shows being 22 minutes long.

And you wonder why people go nuts over the polls: Notre Dame goes from unranked to No. 10 after defeating Pittsburgh (now 0-3) and Michigan. Then, Michigan State defeats Notre Dame in South Bend and Notre Dame drops to No. 16 in Sunday's AP poll, one slot ahead of Michigan State!

Visor Edge still supports all Springboard modules. You can add the Springboard slot as an option.

Every time humanists try to get a slot on 'Thought For the Day' on Radio 4, they are told it's reserved for 'the faith community,' whatever that is. Yet 'TfT' is almost always pabulum about how God wants us all to love each other and care for the unfortunate. I'm sure humanists would say much the same, without God.

The thing I look at most is the individual pitchers. And I thought Bautista's arm slot was in a great position. It's something we've talked about earlier. Last year his arm slot dropped a little bit, but his arm is in great position right now, and if he keeps it that way, it's going to be tough to keep him out of the rotation.

Fabian is the only one I saw pitch last season. He pitched well against us in a couple games. Control problems got after him a couple other times. He needs to work on keeping his arm slot consistent.

Bally's growing slot machine business within Macau and throughout Asia -- along with serving a key Bally Systems customer, Sands Macau, and our Bally Table Management Systems (TMS(TM)) customer, Galaxy Entertainment Group -- prompted the opening of this office, which further demonstrates our commitment to the region while establishing Bally for future expansion throughout the Asia-Pacific market.

At times, we were all big-time guys. We play for each other now. It's not about being selfish. If Roy does well, it reflects our group. If I'm in the slot and see Charles on the outside, I need to run my clear-out as hard as I can because it will help him on his route. We just have to work for each other.

You're talking about a guy that got moved from the 9 hole very shortly to the 6 hole and then, in his first full season in the big leagues, being put in the 3 slot in the lineup. And he didn't blink. . . How he handled that mentally and emotionally, as much as what he did statistically, really drove the confidence that we had in making an offer like this.

A lot of things came together and it did work out well for us. The weather has been very kind. The gas prices being what they are, more people are staying close to home. And there is anticipation for what we are doing as far as expanded gaming (the planned addition of slot machines). But, oh, if Smarty Jones or Afleet Alex had been here in either of the last two years, we would have had to have been three times this size to accommodate the crowd.

They seemed to protect their house ? in front of the net, the slot area ? and they blocked a lot of shots. Take it with a grain of salt. We know we have to come back to work on Sunday and look forward because we're falling in deeper and deeper right now. We're squeezing the sticks a little too tight.

This guy does a lot of things well. We have to decide where he fits best and where his best development slot is. It's not a matter of where he plays. It's gotten down to a matter of where he hits in the batting order.

They run a double slot option and they're very efficient with it. They are coming off their best performance of the year.

Even being a wideout, he is extremely physical, ... He's always trying to find someone to block. That really caught Carolina's eye because they probably won't use him as a wideout. They will use him to catch and block and use him out of the slot and send him in motion.

Eric and Lee are going to draw a lot of double teams, so we've got to be able to throw to somebody else, ... As a slot receiver, I've got to get open. But the biggest thing is I've got to catch the ball.

This year's survey showed that competition in the slot market is as competitive as it has ever been. This is a major concern considering the lack of new sales opportunities in the market over the next one to two years.

The unusual midweek surge to -- and hold on - the top slot is particularly impressive in that the film is playing in only 683 theaters, which is but a fraction of the runs of the others film in the national box office Top 10.

This is about getting 'All the King's Men' right; it's not about the rest of the slate. We will slot it where it can have its due. It will be a high-profile spot for a high-profile movie.

You put poker tables in, then you take them out and put slot machines in if the fad disappears. So they'll ride it and they'll ride it for a profit.

This is a new venture. (A judge says) even though it looks like a slot machine and acts like a slot machine, it's not really a slot machine.

I'm trying to write a nonfiction book at the moment, slot it in between the novels, and it really is like wading through quicksand compared to writing fiction.

I need to see what (the Eagles) do if T.O. is in the slot . . . What do they do? It's scheme; it's not just one man.

I'm not sure they're at our level, and I'm saying that because of what we had. They've got Chad and they've got Rudi. We had Eddie Brown, Tim McGee, Rodney Holman and Cris to stretch the defense. Then I could go into the slot and go downfield. Here, I'm not sure they've got that type of receiver out of backfield to get downfield because I ran routes just like a receiver.

instead of dropping your hands down into the slot like so ...

If you give David Bolland five seconds in the slot like that, he's probably going to get off a pretty good shot. It's a little frustrating to come here and play two good games and have nothing to show for it. But we'll just have to win at home -- turn it into a homer (series).

The ATM news scenario, ... could complement computerized radio stations. The government, corporations, and public relations types will be able to deposit or withdraw news anytime day or night in a slot at the front of the building. In the back, consumers could punch up whatever they fancied. There would be no need for human beings inside the building -- if you consider reporters human beings.

Danny and Dennis really ran the game for us, ... It was a great effort from Dennis, who had to slot in at hooker when we lost Terry Newton, which meant we moved Danny to scrum half and played without a stand off. They're really starting to get an understanding going now.

You try to tell people you don't think about it too much, but it was definitely like take a step back and breathe deep, ... There was a battle at the slot position going on and the coaches had a tough decision to make. Fortunately they have enough belief in me that I did well enough that they could use me again. I've got to make sure I go out there and continue to do my job and make sure that they're happy that they went in the decision they did.

The NFL is going to be playing in that Thursday night slot now and ESPN didn't want that game on that night to go against it.

It's sad when they advertise a detective slot for $9.50 an hour. I pay my babysitter more.

It's just about finding the right arm slot and finding the right position with your feet.

It will cannibalize, but the difference is you have a 50 percent tax rate and you have a slot parlor as opposed to a much lower tax rate in New Jersey and a full-blown casino resort. The level of amenities is going to be much less (in Pennsylvania).

His (left) elbow is lower than it should be and he's not pitching like he's coming off a slope. At times, his arm was where it was supposed to be ... but his inconsistency with his arm slot is what leads him to throwing pitches that no major-league hitter would swing at.

I really had a good tempo with my delivery, which allowed me to work balls down in the zone and have life on the ball. It allowed me to get a lot of quick outs early and get my arm in a good slot every other pitch.

He's steady and competitive and I think he'll fill in the No. 4 slot pretty well.

By next summer, we'll have a number of new restaurants open and a new slot area open.

He's the best quarterback in the game right now. I'll never forget, he threw a pass to the slot receiver and I hit him as hard as I could, knocked him back 5 yards, and he still held on to the ball. That play right there, I did everything I could, and they made the play.

They worked hard to not give labor a dedicated slot today.

The most thoroughly and relentlessly Damned, banned, excluded, condemned, forbidden, ostracized, ignore, suppressed, repressed, robbed, brutalized and defamed of all Damned Things is the individual human being. The social engineers, statistician, psychologist, sociologists, market researchers, landlords, bureaucrats, captains of industry, bankers, governors, commissars, kings and presidents are perpetually forcing this Damned Thing into carefully prepared blueprints and perpetually irritated that the Damned Thing will not fit into the slot assigned it. The theologians call it a sinner and try to reform it. The governor calls it a criminal and tries to punish it. the psychologist calls it a neurotic and tries to cure it. Still, the Damned Thing will not fit into their slots.