Whiff Quotes

You'd have to say all of them, but Barry Sanders was special. I remember the one highlight film against the Bears -- that's the one that stands out -- and he's had a couple of great games against us. The guy is amazing to watch and to play against. I might have whiffed on him once, but I saw a lot of others whiff on him, too. You can't take any one back for granted because others will make you whiff, too, but he really stands out. - Bryant Young

Why is this list growing? The global economy has been growing the last two years at rates not seen since World War II, fuelled by a commodities boom with a whiff of inflation. - Steve Forbes

We have to win until they tell us to go home. I'm not going to set parameters because then the NCAA (Selection) Committee might get a whiff of it. I don't want any parameters set on anybody in our league. I just want them to look at what our RPI is as a league, and do what they have done in the past with leagues with that same RPI. - Chris Lowery

To the casual observer, one of the most striking things about President Bush's State of the Union address was his wholesale adaptation of the Democratic Party's rhetoric regarding energy. Veterans on all sides of the energy debate in Washington cannot fail to detect a strong whiff of political cynicism in the air. - Jerry Taylor

This time of year people get a little antsy and they're getting their first whiff of spring. It's a festive atmosphere. People need an excuse to get out and have a good time, and the Irish are known to do that. - Richard Burke

This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled to walk through its streets perpetually. One feels them passing like a whiff of air. - William Butler Yeats

There is a whiff of success. - Anita Frazier

There is a whiff of stagflation here that will be disconcerting for financial investors. - Neil MacKinnon