Famous Quotes & Sayings

Shona Robison

I would support a reduction in sickness absence, but the executive must address pressures that force too many people to work too many hours in stressful conditions.

Nick Saban

He's going to have to carry a little more than maybe he's ready for. We're very pleased with his development, but in the absence of Ricky, we're going to lean on him a little more than we would like to.

John Pickett

Today is a one-piece news day, and we'll have several such days ahead as the market focuses on the economy in the absence of any other major indicators until December. I wouldn't put too much emphasis on this rally because this market can still turn on a dime on any negative news. I think we'll be stuck in a trading range until then.

Cynthia Ozick

I think at this moment, in the absence of Bellow, that Roth is the most courageous American writer. There's nothing he's afraid to say.

William Raspberry

It isn't the incompetence of mothers that is at issue, but the absence of half of the adult support needed for families to be most effective.

John Barr

It is not RNZ's policy to comment on individual staffing matters, however media reports relating to Mr Plunket's absence from RNZ have been inaccurate,

Bill Woods

In the absence of timely and accurate data, that makes effective oversight more difficult.

David Trimble

In the absence of those certainties, in the absence of those commitments, we have decided it's premature to form a shadow administration,

Charles Dickens

In the absence of the planet Venus, who has gone on business to the Horse Guards.

John Deane

I would suspect you will see activity (at the site) in the next two weeks.

Jim Harrison

It can (rise and fall) in feet; it's not instantaneous, but it's very noticeable. Any up-and-down activity like that just puts another stress on the environment and the uses of the river.

Larry Rogers

Harrisonburg has a strong economy, possibly the strongest economy in the Valley. That's where this activity comes from.

Tony Stewart

It's very easy to get caught up in everything that's going on and just daily stuff being a distraction. When you have all that taken away from you, your daily activity becomes a lot more subtle, and you appreciate it all a lot more.

Chuck Johnston

We are going to see an increase in our fire activity as we continue to see very little rain. Our drought index continues to increase and with low relative humidity and the daily shifting of winds any fire that does start will be a problem.

Monica Johnson

When you get a hankering to talk or complain about what you gave up for Lent, replace that hankering by speaking the word of God. For all the times you would have done the activity that you gave up for Lent, replace it by reading the word of God. Christians should always be drawing closer to God.

Mark Epstein

I think the important thing, and the lesson to be learned from England, is that cautionary, very cautionary behavior and activity is mandated in this case.

Jim Howe

We've doubled up at some of the lifeguard towers here, down in the Waikiki area, and we've also brought in a second rescue craft to service our very high activity area here,

John Challenger

With M&A activity up, we're seeing more condensing of things like duplicate headquarters, banks on adjacent corners, duplicate warehouses, ... It's definitely something that's going to fuel more downsizing in 2004.

Mark Brenner

It can mean thousands of dollars in additional costs to American families. And those with higher debts are definitely looking at significant increases. So those families who most need to borrow are the ones that will be most affected.

Mike Woods

He was a great advocate of cycling, a great role model for cyclists. I met him at a public meeting in Leesburg. And he got up and spoke to the presenters. He spoke in support of additional trail projects. And I think he was instrumental in bringing other people to the meetings to speak their mind.

Kent Conrad

He wants an additional $18 billion that is not in the budget. And my question to him is, this is spending you say is needed. How do you intend to pay for it?

John Sanders

He kept the place going while President Graham in particular pursued the additional ends of those involved in the presidency.

Stuart Roy

He is very good at keeping people as part of his extended family. It gives him additional reach and additional eyes and ears.

Asa Hutchinson

there are targeted flights, special flights of concern, that are particularly covered. And we're trying to make sure, through additional resources, that we really increase the number of flights that are covered.

Dorothy Attwood

What we feel that we're offering is an additional product, an additional choice. We're not taking anything away from the consumer.

Ray Mabus

Here are the choices I don't want to make: between paying additional fuel costs and flying and steaming less; between paying additional fuel costs and building fewer ships and planes.

Bryant Kitty

He's a great kid. You figure after you saw him once you would be OK, but we saw him for an additional five innings and still had a hard time figuring him out.

Steve Dunn

Jacob pitched a great game. He actually got slower as the game went on, and I think that really affected their rhythm.

King Hussein

Jordanians are responsible people and they will not be affected by what is said to undermine Parliament's role, dignity and its influence.

Frank Culbertson

It affected us over several days, and every morning when I opened the mail (e-mail), there would be some new piece of information that would hit me pretty hard.

O. Singh

It affected my performance in Zimbabwe tour as well. I could not concentrate on my game due to immense pressure that if I commit any mistake, the coach will definitely make it an issue against me,

Ted Roof

It certainly set the tone for the second half. I surely don't want to say that was the only play that affected the outcome of the game, but we've got to be able to get off the field on third and long.

Kip Janvrin

I think the injuries really affected us last weekend. I think we are a better team than the other teams, but we need to be more consistent. I think it will all come together when it really counts.

Dean Maki

Labor market weakness isn't spreading from the hurricane- affected areas to other areas of the country. We are starting to see hurricane-related claims drop off, and more important for the economic outlook, jobless claims excluding the hurricane effects remain low.

Ron Adams

I was affected in the first round of cuts that they wanted. Now it affects even more guys.

Meghan Ryan

I was affected because I was thinking how I had worked so many years for that. I was thinking to myself how it was better than for it to happen in college, until...

Nick Saban

I would stop short of saying that Ronnie was 100 percent, but he did do everything in practice. Those decisions will be made on a day-to-day basis.

Mike Shula

He's a smart guy, he's very mature, he's got good hands, and I think he's going to make good decisions back there.

Neil Siegel

It could be close. It is a wrenching issue. It's one of the most difficult decisions any family needs to make. There's a lot of discomfort with having the government at any level get involved.

Mike Beebe

I think you can look at records and you can look at what people have done and you can make your own decisions about whether someone can walk the walk.

Bruce Norris

It is good to make decisions about taxes prior to selling because you can't undo it.

David Trimble

Whatever decisions are taken, there is no place for violence and riot and the incidents that we have seen over the last few days,

Robert Dunn

The people that made the decisions and tied our hands are in Lansing, and Washington, D.C..

John Jones

We take high percentage shots, especially getting it into Chelsea. We make good decisions offensively.

Bill Cowher

I thought the game slowed down for him this week. He made good decisions and looked comfortable out there. When you've been out that long, you have to get back up to game speed.

George Glynos

If you look at the historical volatilities of the rand you'll find that they have declined through the year.

Mark Hudson

Higher farm prices enabled vegetable and melon growers to post the record revenues as overall production declined 11 percent.

Scott Chasin

We would not make the statement today that spam has completely declined. What we can say, and what we believe, is that spam has declined as far as reaching the consumer's in-box. I think it's a big difference from saying overall spam volumes are down.

Juan Enriquez

I think we're going to move from a Homo sapiens into a Homo evolutis:... a hominid that takes direct and deliberate control over the evolution of his species, her species and other species.

Cary Elwes

I'm something of a history buff. It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

John Dingell

This is a gross and deliberate misrepresentation of the fact,

Kate Adie

Not so much deliberate as, I think, instinctive. There is a right time to go looking. Some do it when they are very young, others take a few years. That's why you should never be pressurised by other people. There's a time for everyone. A lot of things probably come together subconsciously, and we say, 'I'm going to do it now.'

Cary Elwes

It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

Mike Baker

They'd like to be more deliberate on offense and they do a good job with that. If we can do what we do, we'll be all right.

Jordan Rohan

They are talking about a deliberate rollout, and that means late.

Julie Rochman

People run red lights because they think they can get away with it, and they don't want to sit and wait for the light. For the most part it's a deliberate act.

Peter T. King

Again, we saw in Bosnia - we had U.N. peacekeepers tied to trees, being taken hostage. The fact is they don't have the type of deliberate and authoritative rule that I think is needed to get the job done.

Andy Xie

Growth rates could decelerate by another 1 percentage point due to further rises in oil prices.

Stephen Bernstein

Holding him without due process is improper, and either ICE or the prosecutors should explain why.

Richard Shim

I think it's a smart move, one that was probably due a long time ago, but they were just so stubborn.

Patty Clausen

I think it's due to the economy. People are hanging onto their money, because they don't know what's going to happen.

Rick Meckler

I think that the idea of never-ending, short-term-rate increases no longer seems as likely to people. But I would not be surprised if the Fed still increases, but signals to the market that they are prepared to stop increasing if the economy slows due to the hurricane.

Takehiro Sato

We look for a rebound due to the recycling of oil money, such as in high-ticket orders from oil-producing nations.

Danny Smith

Robinson is due for a major revival. We have to provide a reliable source for people.

David Sloane

I had extensive telephone conversations today with representatives of the Mets, Orioles and Rangers and a face-to-face meeting with the Marlins due to the proximity.

Wayne Shepperd

I hope that I can offer a good idea. I'm told that I get a good idea every 10 years, so I'm due for one soon.

Terri Johnson

Kirby is playing really well for us. We expected him to play at this level, he just got a late start with football. That three at the end of the third quarter was huge.

James Sullivan

Kids will reach whatever expectation you set for them.

Jim McDonnell

Kids come and they have no expectation that there's anything like that when they're feeding the ducks, ... You can imagine what could occur.

Lynn Gray

I would think you would expect a lot more than (1,000). They may have 10,000 people out there.

Brian Fuentes

I would not say I was surprised with the success I had. I have worked hard and I expect to do well. I would never have expected to be in an all-star game. That was not a goal going into the season. That was something extra.

Paul Kim

I would say it was a shock. I think a lot of people expected him to remain in tenure for at least another two or three years.

Fernando Clavijo

Keel is one of those kids, we didn't expect much, and every day he keeps improving.

Stone Gossard

J was open to our style from the get-go. They weren't expecting us to do something that was unnatural for us.

Dave Redden

Jon doesn't realize how good he is. He could've finished higher up in the pack. I liked that he finished high up there, but I really expect a whole lot more out of him.

Jim Rink

In Michigan, we only have one refinery. The other two factors influencing our prices are that there is a lot of speculation taking place on the commodities market and that there are a number of refineries that are having to shut down temporarily to switch their production to the summer-grade gasoline blends.

Richard Church

The consumer's been out in force for several months, ... all of these factors have contributed to very robust sales at retail.

Donald Harris

It's so different this year, and a lot of factors are contributing to it.

James Reed

There were quite a few factors that influenced me, but mostly it was the opportunity to do something unique and different.

Randy Bly

It's a combination of factors hitting all at once.

Christa Carone

As other factors are implemented it will start to have an impact in overall employment.

German Gref

These factors will pass, and the situation will be back to normal.

Rick Oliver

These factors subvert the old social norms for starting a business.

Leslie Alperstein

The stock market might be a variable, but I think it's totally trumped by other factors right now,

Chuck Darby

He was a good kid. I'd see him on the practice field. He would ride on the team planes. This is a tough situation and my heart goes out to the family.

Dick Vermeil

He wants to play. I trust him because I know how unselfish he is. If he didn't think he could step in and run our game plan, he would tell me. As you saw on the practice field today, he's very sharp. He knows what he's doing.

Jose Gonzalez

He keeps getting better all the time, and today he was sharp. It was a good field and this was a good win.

Willie Randolph

He knows his body, he knows what he has to do to get ready. He might not have been on the field a lot (in Florida), but I trust him. And when he tells me he s ready to go, I give him the ball.

Hines Ward

He laid it on the line. He's lying there hurt on the ground, and he said to me, 'At least we're in field goal range.

Tim Cleland

This was one of the toughest, if not the toughest, fields we've had.

Michael Vick

Guys are four and five yards down the field and I'm throwing bullets. You can't do that.

Bruce Arena

I think the first half we were a little sloppy in different parts of the field, but I think in the second half we were much more solid. Obviously, we could have scored more goals.

Mike Sherman

We took shots down the field, but they have to be open shots, ... When they're playing your vertical routes, it gets tough. You can't force balls. When you force balls, you have interceptions. We sent vertical guys down field. Missing a player like Walker, there will always be a what-if. But we still should have been able to win this game.

Clark Yingst

I suspect 'Well we're in a directionless market' is likely to persist until we get a better read on how much higher rates will go.

Fred Powell

It hit at around 1 a.m., ... The mayor had been on TV telling everyone to get to higher ground, but I knew as much about getting around in New Orleans as I know about Mars.

Dave Curry

There is nobody here at all. Ian Thorpe pulling out obviously has a lot higher significance.

Bradley Hunter

When home prices are so much higher than median incomes, it makes for an unhealthy economy.

Tom Daschle

We've got to rise to a higher level,

Josh Bernoff

I thought they would start higher and work their way down. The problem is, you can't go up.

Sarah MacQuiddy

I think we'll have to push the higher ed piece.

Tong Lixin

In South Korea, short-track speed skating is the popular sport, just like the table tennis in China. The level of its young skaters is much higher than the youth in China, where the sport is only practiced in two provinces with about 300 registered skaters.

John Rother

Clearly, the COLA is not going to be enough to offset these higher costs, particularly in heating,

Penny Circle

He is responding to treatment and shows improvement every day.

Mark Donahoe

There are signs out there that the market is discounting this (economic improvement) six-to-nine months out.

David Ganey

He showed improvement all season long and that paid off with a trip to the state tournament.

Kevin Williams

I think their new offense is pretty good. It's an improvement, but it will take some time to get running.

Simon Crisford

I think we will be recommending to Sheikh Mohammed that she stays in trainer next year because there is potential for more improvement from her.

George Cunningham

I think it's very nice. It's a big improvement.

Tyra Banks

Don't make excuses - make improvements!

Keith Fithen

I'm seeing a lot of individual improvement. They just have to come together as a team.

James Anthony Froude

Human improvement is from within outward.

Jim Boeheim

He cemented his legacy long before this. But people will remember this four-day performance forever.

Ronnie Dunn

I don't even know how to spell 'legacy!

Van Jones

The main obstacle is the entrenched power of the legacy polluters.

Bill Bradley

I'm trying to remain true to the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,

Ryan Howard

I'm going to try to uphold Jackie's legacy and play in a manner that would make him proud.

Paul Slattery

The important thing is the legacy lives and Tom lives with us.

Lawrence Wilkerson

The legacy of the Bush administration is a lack of positive action on energy and the environment and profligate and irresponsible spending with no commensurate action to deal with looming liabilities.

Lee Iacocca

Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.

Josh Gad

I grew up on 'Lawrence' and 'Zhivago'. A legacy with not one but multiple timeless classics.

Tetsu Emori

In that case, we'll be in the winter season already. If temperatures in winter time are lower than forecast, then that should be a big problem.

Dan Houston

Individuals who are targeting a lower replacement ratio will see a significant reduction in their standard of living.

Karen Ignagni

In many cases, the plans have negotiated lower rates than Medicaid with pharmaceutical companies.

Bill Richardson

In my estimation, the sense was they have a small number on the lower end of one to five, ... My sense was two. But I can't verify that.

Travis Miner

After the play was over, she said she was having pains in her lower stomach. So I went and told the preacher.

Debbie Stabenow

At a time when so many Americans struggle to pay for the prescription drugs they need, we must look for ways to lower the price of those drugs.

Michael Evans

They're paying a lot lower and they can make their services for a lot lower.

Dudley North

It is said, that in Holland Interest is lower than in England.

Dave Chitty

We'll be introducing chum salmon into the lower reaches - that's what was there historically.

Howard Davidowitz

The margins are positive, but sales are eroding,

Billy Childish

I like being on the margins. You work better there.

Bruce Harrison

There's no noticeable shift and that, in some ways, is disconcerting for a consumer.

Ken Young

I was a little angry. We didn't talk for a while. But I'm older now. I realized that I was too sensitive.

Kim Weston

I don't know, the older I get, the more complicated I think I get, which is a hindrance.

Venus Williams

I will always be the older sister. That's never going to change.

David Montgomery

I like older people, ... How can't I?

John Croft

Dan, Bee's older brother, is still very sensitive about it, and angry, I guess, about the whole thing. He didn't want any mention, in fact, of the tsunami or Thailand.

Diane Holley

All of the elevators are aging. Uniformly throughout the campus, they're older elevators.

Jeremiah Jeremiah

a pervasive problem in our society of how people look at older workers.

Stephen Utkus

The older you are, the more you need to save.

Bill Jones

We did not have many seniors, so most of our team is returning. We're a year older and we should be bigger, stronger and faster.

Jared Bernstein

has primarily to do with the compensation the typical worker earns.

Waris Ahluwalia

I primarily live in New York City, a place that is about constants, not letting up and not stopping.

Mike Foster

It's going to be primarily a water issue, ... The big thing is going to be the (storm) surge.

Theo Zwanziger

This is primarily a communicative move, where misunderstandings can be put out of the way,

Michael Allen

That's what they do. They primarily like going after big markets.

Hootie Johnson

We settled on 18-10 primarily in consideration of our patrons.

John Heimlich

We don't yet have traffic back where we need it, but yes, the problem (of losses) is primarily fares rather than traffic,

Lee Siegel

'Hotel Rwanda' is an American product, not a Rwandan one, made primarily for American audiences.

Franz Wright

I write and have done so primarily for personal pleasure.

Peter Greene

I think traders are quick to take profits right now, because what else is there that stocks can do for an encore in the short term? We're still in an uptrend, but the probability right now, from a technical standpoint, is that we're going to have a little more selling.

Yvon Chouinard

Profit is what happens when you do everything else right.

Mahatma Gandhi

In placing civil disobedience before constructive work I was wrong and I did not profit by the Himalayan blunder that I had committed.

James Cook

Money will always turn up when there is a potential for profit.

David Carey

It's a very profitable side of the business.

Noam Chomsky

Education is not for profit. If you're not in education for profit, it's not going to be a fair critique for education.

Deutsche Bank

Excluding this, pretax profit should be up 9 percent.

Pliny the Elder

The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.

Lei Jun

We make our profits through content and services.

Brian Tracy

Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.

Jon Hanson

Token sales have spiked, ... Token use has spiked.

Phil Crosby

When you're out of quality, you're out of business.

Arun Sarin

As was evident, mobiles are better than the wire service here.

Rhonda Bright

We want them to speak up on what they want in terms of service and care.

Dan Bailey

We're going to try and make it a one-stop social services fair,

Bill Gates

Your customers get better when you do.

Mike Torres

The service may be a little slow for a little while it stabilizes.

Tim Chapman

This is going to be a social services disaster.

Les Garland

We want the Web site to be a storefront, as a service to our viewers.

Ron Kaufman

How can you learn more? By admiring what you've done right? Or by studying what you've done wrong?

Bill Gerosa

He's a special kid. Big games, he always steps up.

Jake Delhomme

He's a special player. We say that every week.

Scarlet Knights

We try to put three scholarships towards special teams -- one kicker, one punter and one combo guy, ... That should show how important we think it is.

Tyler Perry

Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She's an amazing woman.

William S. Burroughs

Kick is seeing things from a special angle. Kick is momentary freedom from the claims of the aging, cautious, nagging, fightened flesh.

Sarah Rees Brennan

Been chatting much with Jared?" "We often have special moments where I come into a room and he immediately leaves," Kami said. "I treasure those times.

Sara Zarr

Remember that no matter where I am or what I'm doing I've got a special place inside me that's all for you. It's been there since the day we met.

Robert Duvall

Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films.

Xanana Gusmao

I agree that special interest sections between Portugal and Indonesia can proceed without me being released.

Navtej Sarna

The visit is significant in view of the strategic partnership between the two countries.

Matt Rosoff

I don't really see anything new from a strategic standpoint.

Sanjay Gupta

When I was training, those were some of the most indelible experiences I've ever had, in my life. It is so raw. It is so human. It is so candid.

William Hung

I have had no professional training.

Warren Cuccurullo

It's easy to get four days a week of training in and I don't spend more than 55-60 minutes in the gym.

Van Jones

A green jobs bill would include both job creation and job training.

Zach Gilford

I never had any film training. I went to Northwestern. I studied education and theater. So it was all theater training.

Kristanna Loken

I worked with a mime coach. I did weapons training. I did weight training.

Kim Clijsters

I am happy to have played a match and break the rhythm of daily training.

Kerry Bishe

I was a mime. Im not kidding. I went to Northwestern University and they have a mime company, so we did a lot of training and then a lot of mime shows around Chicago.

Kerri Walsh

I'm doing mental training as well. So, you know, body, mind, and spirit - everything is being addressed, every single day. Generally I'll have three training sessions a day.