(10 quotes found)
“They can't yank a novelist like they can a pitcher. A novelist has to go the full nine, even if it kills him.”
Ernest Hemingway
“And in the interests of full disclosure, that NARAL ad did run here on CNN. But since NARAL yanked it, it's not running on this network, obviously, anymore. We are running the Progress for America ad defending John Roberts against such attacks. We should also note that NARAL had told us and other news organizations that its ad was running on Fox News Channel and we reported that, but a Fox spokesman tells us that NARAL never approached Fox to buy any airtime.”
Wolf Blitzer
“If I had a rubber band, I would have yanked it back.”
Fred Brown
“The problem with Yanks is they are wimps.”
Gordon Ramsay
“The one in overtime I just yanked it a little bit and it came out a little bit left.”
John Vaughn
“I tried to get to the radio and someone had to yank me out of the cabin because I was already underwater by the time I got there.”
Dan Smith
“He leaned out over the plate and yanked it over first base. It's an OK pitch selection, an OK pitch location, and I had no reservations about throwing it. I pitched to the scouting report and pitched to my strength. But what beat us was the walk, not the hit.”
Will Ohman
“[That's not to say that the Weaver deal won't pan out, eventually. The Yanks haven't given up.] We didn't send him down because he can't pitch, ... We just had to make room for the new people.”
Joe Torre
“At this stage of the game we've got come out of it over .500, no question, ... Boston's rolling, the Yanks aren't going to fold and the wild card's all bunched up. We definitely need a good trip.”
John Gibbons
“I'm not able to yank another All-American off the bench. I can yank an all-county or all-division player, but we don't have the depth, and that's a big difference.”
Carol Ross
