In the chaos of sentiments and passions which defend a barricade, there is something of everything; there is bravery, youth, honor, enthusiasm, the ideal, conviction, the eager fury of the gamester, and above all, intervals of hope.

“For Pfizer, it offers some hope for the future that they can get novel products to market. This proves that they have drug development capability and points to a brighter future 18 months out.”

“Well, we're hoping. E-bay's been contacting us about how to do it. That's how we established the pre-approved bidder's list and things like that.”

“We appreciate your patience in hanging in there with us. We hope you have a great mission to Hubble, and we'll see you back here before the next millennium.”

“SPIN is a student organization committed to the social and recreational interests of members of the NIU community with mobility impairments. Through sports and activities, we hope to build on disability awareness and pride.”

“We don't play around in the tiny cap stocks that have technology and not much revenue -- the hope stocks. We invest in companies with clear cash-generation plans in place.”

“We were really hoping to win and pull an upset because we?re a lot better than we were back in December. But our shots were off.”

“The response from the restaurant community has been awesome. We are just overwhelmed and very grateful that 30 restaurants have agreed to participate. We hope this is the first of many.”

“It's nice to get a good streak going, and just at the right time. It may have been Jacksonville, but we needed this win to keep our playoff hopes alive.”

“I hope we can (come back). Our goal as a team was to win the gold. I wanted to do better and we also wanted to do better in the relay.”