Variable Quotes

You're following your track, the story, your only plan, your map for the audience, and all the other stuff is, like, the fun stuff: the costumes, the locations, the set-dressing and the actors. They can all be variable as you like if you stick - however roughly - to the path. - Gus Van Sant

You take as many variables out of your game as possible, and it helps turn the percentages more in your favor. Tony said, 'Hit the ball as hard as you can. If you do, you will be happy more than unhappy.' He was right. - Mark Loretta

You never take it for granted to be in the tournament. We've come a long way in a short time. ... The NCAA Tournament has more variables that you can't control than a conference season. One of those variables is you have to be lucky at the right time. - Bill Self

You never say never, but you look at the situation and you do the math. You've got two guys on three-year deals and me on a zero-year deal. There are so many variables. But I guess, overall, I don't expect to be back. - Andrew Raycroft

You never know what pieces you're going to have. You're dealing with the draft, and you just don't know how kids are going to do when they get here. There's just so many variables out there that you can't control. - Mike Fox

You just have to evaluate where you are at the end of the year. If Cintron's your guy, if Drew's a guy that's a year away, you have to take all those variables into consideration before you make a move that you think will improve your team. - Bob Melvin

You hear from being sub-.500 to the World Series. I don't think anybody really knows. There's a lot of variables here, a lot of variables that can go well and work. I don't see many variables that would cause it not to work. - Dusty Baker

You can't mix oranges and apples. When you add foreign exchange risk to bond investments, you are creating a new variable which usually dominates the bond performance. - Raphael Kassin

You cannot design a healthcare consumerism program with a cookie-cutter approach. There are many variables an employer needs to consider when planning a healthcare program, including employee demographics, number of locations, company culture and the presence of chronic conditions in their workforce. Understanding these variables is critical to making healthcare consumerism work. - Chris Ryan

Yeah, there were (defensive) breakdowns but there were also variables into having those breakdowns. I think a lot of the mistakes that we made are definitely preventable, but they're a lapse of mental awareness and that happens with fatigue. I'm not trying to make excuses. This is just the reality of the situation. - Gerry Fleming