Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ralph Merkle

If you have a distributed manufacturing technology, one of the great advantages is that it should let us have a much lower cost infrastructure.

Edmund Phelps

In countries operating a largely capitalist system, there does not appear to be a wide understanding among its actors and overseers of either its advantages or its hazards.

Jim Wolfgang

About three years ago we were primarily a PC campus and dealt with one vendor. Now both faculty and students are seeing the advantages and versatility of Macs and we're seeing a change-over.

Kurt Barnard

It seems to be that a lot of these large chains are gravitating toward the advantages inherent in joint buying and obtaining lower prices and saving a lot of money in the process, ... ...It is very likely to be a powerful weapon in the retailer's arsenal to reduce the cost of buying and operating. And given the world of the Internet, which makes possible these alliances, it has to be recognized that consumers will find it so much easier these days to compare prices because all they have to do is click away.

Siim Soot

This analysis relies on self-reported data that is updated irregularly. However, we used the driver's license data because we have an enormous sample and because we have addresses. These two advantages outweigh any potential bias in the weight information.

Ron Hawkins

This agreement with Borders, a brand that resonates with book lovers everywhere, affords us the opportunity to showcase the Sony Reader directly to reading enthusiasts. Borders stores provide the premier locations for customers to see the Reader and experience all the advantages this revolutionary digital reading device has to offer.

Jim Leach

This administration's tough policies had certain advantages in dealing with this Congress on the huge changes in law that would be necessary if there were a change of policies for North Korea,

Mark Bowen

For an advertiser, the advantages are numerous. From a customer's perspective, it's just plain cool.

Jim McKelvey

It's obvious that St. Louis has certain advantages compared to other cities: namely, a concentration of financial services.

Paul Merrick

I suspect that there is a significant buyer out there, probably a central bank.

Shawn Amos

I take my kids to a farmers' market each Sunday to buy organic produce.

Daniel Gorrell

I think it has to be looked upon as a play to get new buyers in the franchise.

Tiffani Bruce

It can cost about as much as a new printer to buy a set of new cartridges.

Mike Doyle

Having a jackpot in excess of $200 million makes it a very exciting time to be in California. The draw is Friday night but buy your tickets early unless you enjoy standing in line with your neighbors.

Russell Hall

Having a good allocation only protects you if you're willing to rebalance periodically so you're selling high and buying low.

Simon Spurr

If you are already familiar with a brand, buying online is fast, convenient, and probably the way forward.

Robert Hurst

There are tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of people who would be proud to have this license plate on their vehicles. We feel that those people deserve the opportunity to buy that flag, to buy that tag and have it on their vehicles.

Ryan Larson

There are still so many uncertainties with the Fed, with what's going on in Iran. Until those get resolved, where are we going to go? What's going to be the catalyst to buy this market?

Tim Thomas

I was looking forward to showing some character by giving a good effort all the way to the end of the year. I thought there was a good chance that maybe we could end the season with a win and feel good about ourselves. But it wasn't to be.

Lyle Overbay

I was looking for a pitch to hit. I had a chance to drive it. When I saw it go in the gap I thought maybe there would be a chance to score. Next thing you know, we win the game.

Jarome Iginla

Kipper, he's played like that all year. He's been amazing. Especially early tonight, they had some chances and he made some timely saves.

Alexander Veshnyakov

I would say that as of today the chance of a second round is fairly high.

Floyd Ciruli

I would say that the 7th right now is clearly the nation's most competitive seat, with the Democrats having a clear chance to win it.

Donna Reed

Just the idea of giving a critically ill person a new chance at life. Every time I think about it I get goose bumps. My son lives on in them.

Brian France

Joe Gibbs has proven that you can take success from one sport and translate it to another. If they follow anything close to his model, and they're smart guys, they'll have a chance to be successful.

John Lucas

John has had a lot of skills for a long time, ... Sometimes, picking the wrong school, picking a system that doesn't fit, you have to go where you can. I think he's in a system now he likes and respects a lot, he's getting a chance to play with high-level athletes.

Ron Wilson

It actually gave us a chance to stop the goal from being counted. But it's just one of those things.

Romeo Santos

My life is nothing like my videos. I'm definitely not walking around with lots of hot women, as I am in my videos.

Rick Riordan

We were absolutely destined to meet your hot sister

Rick Riordan

The future for Commander Tool Belt was not looking so hot.

Bobby Bowden

I'm pretty hot right now, because that was a pretty frustrating offensive performance,

John Oates

You've got to pay me to leave my house, spend the night in hotels and fly in airplanes. That's what I get paid for. Playing I actually do for free.

Bobby Burton

The hottest school in the country, period. And it has been for three years.

Jim Dixon

The hotter and sweatier you are, the better it tastes.

James Cook

Beware the person who is on a hot streak.

Joe Miranov

Was I disappointed? Yes. We are a better than what we showed today. It was very hot and muggy. You just need to be ready to run each day.

Ron Hays

If you look at the initial search and rescue (after Katrina), ... it was neighbors on boats.

Stephen Hadley

Initial reports are encouraging. In the end of the day, it's going to be deeds, not words, that matter.

William Hague

Initial negotiations have been positive. It will be a matter of months rather than a year.

Julius Jones

I know the initial response from students is, they don't like it at all.

Daniel Everett

I joined a organisation called Wycliffe Bible Translators that had the objective of translating the Bible into all the languages of the world, and to do that you had to study linguistics, and so that was my initial exposure to linguistics.

Manuel Gonzalez

The investigation is still open, but we have an initial theory.

David Menlow

The initial talk was for $3.6 billion. Now we're talking a valuation of $2.8 billion.

Paul Hamerman

The initial scenarios are pretty thin, but I think more importantly they are providing a more comprehensive vision around what kind of applications could be offered under this partnership.

Alan Stern

This is in a very real sense the capstone of the initial reconnaissance of the planets that the United States has led for the world since the 1960s.

Art Hogan

I think we'll start getting investors into the marketplace later in the first quarter,

Andrew Clarke

Regionally, today is a consolidation day, and people are looking for less obvious plays. I don't think investors are that perturbed about the price of oil at the moment. They should be, but they're not.

Alan Ackerman

Investors are likely to say, 'Aha! Merrill tried to pull the wool over our eyes,' ... It will make them even more suspicious and cautious.

Kyle Huske

Investors will be looking to see if Prudential can match Principal and Anthem.

David Hilal

This is just part of the software world. And because there's a remedy for these problems, investors don't lose too much sleep over it.

Barry Goldsmith

It won't wipe out stock fraud, but it will give investors a much better tool,

Hugh Johnson

They come to me because they want special treatment, ... There is nothing that irritates substantial investors more than paying taxes.

Rich Yamarone

It's more important what investors believe, because those people are willing to put their money on the line like that.

Kenneth Lay

Investors don't like uncertainty.

Mike Mower

We've been very public in our support of this.

Robert Winston

I do not know of any credible evidence that suggests Dr. Zavos can clone a human being. This seems to be yet another one of his claims to get publicity.

Robert Peel

No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.

Gary Peck

If I were the public officials, I would look at this ruling very carefully.

John Straayer

It's unusual, but he's getting publicity for his campaign.

Frank Mitchell

I want the public to know I'm still in it.

William Daley

They've got observers. This has been done in an open, public way.

Alex Honnold

I've gotten over my shyness from many years of doing public events.

Lauren Bacall

I happen to watch public television more than anything else. I'm also a news junkie, so I watch a lot of CNN.

Robert Creeley

It is hard going to the door cut so small in the wall where the vision which echoes loneliness brings a scent of wild flowers in the wood.

Robert Crais

I have these huge black foam boards on the wall, and tacked to them, I have these white punch cards with my story ideas, scenes and notes.

Russell Baker

Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product.

Rose Macaulay

The very utterness of the crash and ruin, the desperation of the case, might be its hope. On ruins one can begin to build. Anyhow, looking out from ruins one clearly sees; there are no obstructing walls.

Rose McGowan

You have to work to carve out your own little corner, and I'm certainly smacking my head against the wall trying to make a dent. I just hope I don't get brain-damaged before I get there

Rick Riordan

Percy glanced over. He saw the fallen giant and seemed to understand what was happening. He yelled something that was lost in the wind, probably: Go! Then he slammed Riptide into the ice at his feet. The entire glacier shuddered. Ghosts fell to their knees. Behind Percy, a wave surged up from the bay-a wall of gray water even taller than the glacier. Water shot from the chasms and crevices in the ice. As the wave hit, the back half of the camp crumbled. The entire edge of the glacier peeled away, cascading into the void-carrying buildings, ghosts, and Percy Jackson over the edge.

William S. Burroughs

His whole being radiates a pure, wild sweetness, flitting through night woods with little melodious cries, on some cryptic errand. There is also an aura of doom and sadness about this trusting little creature. He has been abandoned many times over the centuries, left to die in cold city alleys, in hot noon vacant lots, pottery shards, nettles, crumbled mud walls. Many times he has cried for help in vain.

Virginia Woolf

The light struck upon the trees in the garden, making one leaf transparent and then another. One bird chirped high up; there was a pause; another chirped lower down. The sun sharpended the walls of the house, and rested like the tip of a fan upon a white blind and made a fingerprint of a shadow under the leaf by the bedroom window. The blind stirred slightly, but all within was dim and unsubstantial. The birds sang their blank melody outside.

Will Durant

All deductions having been made, democracy has done less harm, and more good, than any other form of government. It gave to human existence a zest and camaraderie that outweighed its pitfalls and defects. It gave to thought and science and enterprise the freedom essential to their operation and growth. It broke down the walls of privilege and class, and in each generation it raised up ability from every rank and place.