Sidetrack Quotes

You look forward to the ballgame a little more, knowing that you can sidetrack somebody's chances. - Lou Piniella

When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy. - Leslie Easterbrook

When all the distractions and diversions have been made, at the end of it all we're about one mighty task, and that's vindicating the rule of law... Therefore, it's very important that we don't get sidetracked by attempts to cut deals or cry wolf about partisanship, but keep our eye on the ball. - Henry Hyde

We're the only band that kept the guts, and kept the excitement, and kept the belief, you know. We never sidetracked. We never went the way of the Clash, and never wanted to get into the discotheques that bad. - Joey Ramone

We talk to Junior about staying focused. A lot of elite athletes, when things aren't going well they get sidetracked, but he's a great player and we said, 'Just keep playing, keep shooting.' We need him to do that on certain nights and he certainly came through tonight. - Ed Comeau

We plan six wells at present, but if successful, we will attempt to extend the drilling contract and drill one or more sidetracks from each surface location to establish the reserves of each prospect area such that additional platforms can be designed and installed. - Chris Gibson

We held our first tournament two years ago, but then things got sidetracked last year. Now we're back and we feel we've put together a pretty good event. - Al Tellechea

War means an ugly mob-madness, crucifying the truth tellers, choking the artists, sidetracking reforms, revolutions, and the working of social forces. - John Reed

To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college; that is what I wanted to be, a composer. Acting got me sidetracked. - Dirk Benedict

There was no stall in the public safety subcommittee. We were never sidetracked - we've continued with our meetings and our goal is to go full-speed ahead. - Wayne Fischer