Settled Quotes

[Terra] has been coming through for us all season long. We as a team did exactly what we did last Friday, but we were able to get shots off, and our players settled in and stopped rushing their shots. - Donna Capps

[Nearly a quarter of a million refugees from Katrina landed in Texas; another 65,000 are thought to be in Arkansas, with much smaller numbers in Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia. Nobody knows how many will return. The poor blacks who lived in public housing are least likely to return because such housing may not be rebuilt for years.] By then they will most likely have got settled somewhere else... Unless they have strong family ties, there may not be much incentive to return. Working as a taxi driver or a hotel cleaner in Detroit is much the same as in New Orleans. - Jim Brown

[In] A Court Divided... I never had to think about these things until I came to Washington. I never thought about them. I had no settled views. - Mark Tushnet

[In South Dakota, former GOP Rep. John Thune declared victory over Daschle after his own drawn-out wait.] It would be nice just once to have an election settled before 4 a.m. in the morning... But I have to tell you, I've been on the other end of this equation, and if I have to wait till 4 a.m. in the morning, I'd rather be in on this end. - John Thune

[But it's not all plain sailing. Provenco recently settled an insider trading case taken by the Securities Commission.] We felt we had a very strong defence but we decided to settle... For the amount of time and management distraction involved it just wasn't worth fighting. - David Ritchie

[Bohn needed an eagle on the par-5 18th to force a playoff, but his fairway metal from the right rough sailed to the right of the green, and his chip never had a chance. Bohn settled for a birdie and a 68 to finish one shot behind.] It's been so long... I'm speechless. - Olin Browne

[Best reason the Tide will go unbeaten: Defense. Alabama has scored one touchdown in two games and won both of them. Jamie Christensen settled each with late field goals.] I really don't believe in luck... It's destiny. It's our destiny to go undefeated. - Kenneth Darby