“We've been waiting for one of these, hoping it would kick in. We wanted to play 40 minutes and we did. A lot of people doubted us, but there is a fine line between winning and losing.”

“While we are still finalizing the fields, already the competitive slates are very strong. With the Olympics on tap, we have a number of runners who are hoping to qualify for their respective country teams in January.”

“Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.”

“We've seen with many customers that once we get the patent license in place, many will come back and work with us [under a technology license], and we hope that's the case with AMD.”

In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.

“I thought maybe he might wait until probably after (the regular season) when we started to get ready for the playoffs. I hope being back helps him.”

“We're concerned. As we get closer to 9/11, we may see -- assuming that we'll get negative results -- ... some hoaxes being played, ... We're hoping this is another one.”

“Hope always springs eternal, ... You don't see many times when fans think they're worse off, no matter the circumstances. People are always up. The question is 'How far?'”

Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself -- that comes too late -- a crop of inextinguishable regrets.

Sanity is not about confrontation. It's about filtering. Having a stable and happy life is about saying "no" to crazy people, not about inviting them in and then hoping that confrontations are going to make them sane.