Gripped Quotes

When things are working, it's the greatest thing. When I'm out there pitching and I have a catcher putting down the finger for the pitch I want to throw and I've already got that gripped, that's a great rapport. - Randy Johnson

When it comes to Australian team sporting prizes, it's clear that the public consider the Ashes to be the pinnacle. We expect the whole country will be gripped by Ashes fever when the Ashes series begins later this year. - James Sutherland

We don't have televised trials in Britain, so this is the first time we've really seen a trial like this that has involved a British defendant. It's been a sensational case, and one that has gripped the British media. - Glenda Cooper

We can't play defensive. And we have to take our message beyond simply that Washington is gripped by a 'culture of corruption.' We've got to show the American people that things don't get done, that taxpayer dollars get wasted and that there's no accountability when there is one-party rule in Washington. - Jenny Backus

Washington is gripped by crab-in-the-bucket syndrome. And there's no cure in sight. Put a single crab in an uncovered bucket, and it will find a way to climb up and out on its own. Put a dozen crabs in a bucket, and 11 will fight with all their might to pull down the striver who attempts escape. - Michelle Malkin

Tom DeLay?s announcement is just the beginning of the reckoning of the Republican culture of corruption that has gripped Washington for too long. - Karen Finney

The market is very much gripped by earnings' warnings. That's why the market seems to be lacking a clear direction on the upside. - Peter Cardillo

The market is just gripped with anxiety about Iran. It's also concerned about Nigeria, where we actually have lost barrels. And we've also lost export barrels from Russia because of cold weather in Siberia that is driving up demand. - Andrew Lebow

The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery. Neither knowledge nor hope for the future can be the pivot of our life or determine its direction. It is intended to be solely determined by our allowing ourselves to be gripped by the ethical God, who reveals Himself in us, and by our yielding our will to His. - Albert Schweitzer

One thing I congratulate everyone on is the great explosion which has occurred in Washington's Black House and the very important scandal which has gripped leaders of America. - Ayatollah Khomeini