Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Douglas

As effective as he's been. I agree with that (decision), I think it's an effective cost savings move. Our office largely deals with three department heads directly.

Ian Macfarlane

Australia is already fully committed in terms of uranium production through until about 2008, bearing in mind that the signing of this agreement means that this is really only the start of the process.

Ben Phillips

A world conference in 100 days time could agree to the principles of ATT to control international arms transfer and India can be a key influence at the UN conference.

Javier Lopez

Our experimental results agreed with the computational findings, indicating that these ratchetting points mediate the removal of intron subfragments in one direction as the gene is transcribed initially from DNA into RNA,

Kobe Bryant

People that know me understand that's just me. That's not something that was fabricated. The people who don't side with you or agree with you, you use that as fuel. You use that as motivation.

Rafael Ramirez

Of the 32 (companies), we have agreed with 30. We believe this was a mistake on the part of Total and Eni.

Marco Basaglia

After the auction, which soaked up a huge amount of paper, operators only agreed to buy at a much lower price.

Tom Vincent

After years of working with multiple software vendors in this industry, we're excited about this opportunity to sign an exclusive agreement with a long-standing and financially secure partner with a diverse range of customers nationwide. This partnership links us with a leader in enterprise behavioral healthcare software.

Rick Perry

Day in and day out, there are pieces of legislation that members don't agree with, ... The democratic process is to debate and vote them. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. All the people of the state of Texas are asking is to let democracy ... work.

David Waters

As he put it, 'the biggest nightclub in central London'.

Daniel Yergin

Depending on what we learn in the next few days, this may be the biggest oil-supply shock since the 1970s. We are now in the days of reckoning.

Graham Nelson

The single biggest is to stop the player from getting stuck and getting bored; always think like the player as well as the designer.

Gerry Purdy

Teens and college-aged kids are the biggest purchasers of mobile content, yet they lack a way to protect their investments.

Jeff Pentland

Sometimes the biggest successes aren't the guys you hear the most about.

Briana Mackey

Sometimes it is the number of rooms (available) and sometimes it is the rate, because we need to make sure the rate is falling in line from a value perspective. So far, the biggest stumbling block is the rate.

Jacob Frenkel

These cases are not a slam dunk. The biggest challenge for the government, if it wins, is to make the win stick.

Bobby Bragan

I've been in this game since 1937. My biggest thrill was when I was in Milwaukee and I told them I was leaving. It was the loudest ovation I ever got.

Luke Beal

The win was really important for us. Coming off a tough season last year, one of the biggest things we needed for our confidence was a win.

Dennis Hastert

On this historic day, it is a high honor and rather humbling that a great number of my colleagues have come to me and urged me to lead the House into the 21st century, ... It is a calling that I have not sought. However, it is a duty that I cannot ignore.

Leslie Alperstein

Dean probably scares the market the most because he, for now at least, is calling for rolling back all of the tax cuts.

Kyle Lowry

Coach was calling the plays and telling me to make plays. I just do what he says.

Catherine Ryan Hyde

Sometime around 2006, I decided I had missed my true calling as a young adult author.

Chris Bell

Someone shouts food fight; food starts flying; management comes and tells us to get out or we're calling the police.

John Marshall

It would be useful to the voters if Marc wanted to talk about the issues, but he's now proven he's incapable of civil debate. He's more interested in calling names. Holtzman is desperate for attention.

Craig Smith

is like the mad cow calling the herd rabid.

Mary Berry

They already feel mistreated. By calling them refugees, I think, makes them feel less American.

Noam Chomsky

The U.S. - the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that's hardly even a joke. The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan.

Hiroyuki Kitakata

A series of geopolitical concerns are supporting the market.

Lynn Reaser

The cacophony on Wall Street this week reflected concerns that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates further and that corporate profit performance could start to dissipate.

Pam Wilson

Back in 2002, we had a pretty similar situation. (The fire season) started back in mid-April, which is very early we definitely have some concerns as we head toward summer.

Shuji Sugata

As long as geopolitical concerns are there, gold will be supported.

Yasuhisa Ishida

As long as concerns over possible interest rate rises are out there, the dollar is likely to be pressured by the unwinding of yen-carry trade positions.

Susan Collins

raises some disturbing concerns about the spread of extremist materials in American mosques and Islamic centers.

George Tenet

raised several concerns about the fragmentary nature of the intelligence with National Security Council colleagues. Some of the language was changed.

Dariusz Kowalczyk

Prices haven?t fallen by much because of the heavy refinery maintenance seen around March, which still raises some concerns over supply particularly for gasoline.

Mary Abbott

Personally, I don't think it's a good idea to move to a countywide system. I have real concerns about how frequently the revenues would be distributed and what sort of accountability there would be in getting proper distribution.

Gail Evans

The more credit you give, the better it reflects on you.

Cate Williams

A credit score is a snapshot of an exact moment.

Steve Ricchiuto

Sales ex-autos were decidedly stronger than people had given credit for. This is an important piece of information on where the economy was prior to Katrina.

Chris Davis

I've been pretty lucky getting scoring chances, and I'd like to credit that to playing with Stephen Werner a lot. He gets the puck on my stick a lot. I've been lucky to be able to finish off some big goals for us here.

Mack Brown

I used to really worry about it. I used to fight it, and it used to make me mad and now I understand sometimes when you win one, you get too much credit and therefore when you lose one, you get too much criticism. I understand we're probably OK until next Saturday ... and then it probably will be I just can't win any one of them again, but that's all right.

Brandon Martin

I've never had a game like this in my life. All credit goes to my receivers. They just ran great routes, and when I had to scramble, they found ways to get open.

Tom Izzo

They are a never-quit team. I told my team when we were up 16 that they could come back. They deserve more credit than we do blame.

Craig Fields

They are a great second-half team. Give them a lot of credit. They are experienced in these situations and just know how to win.

Troy Schaefer

They are a good hitting team, no doubt about it. I thought Ryan had some of his pitches up today early on. But you have to give credit to their team.

David Healy

Detroit will slap on big incentives, and we'll be back to normal.

David Gardner

Detroit is our weakest market and upstate is second, ... We try to operate at a 95 percent occupancy level and we haven't seen that for a number of years in upstate

P. J. O'Rourke

Detroit is beautiful - though you probably have to be a child of the industrial Midwest, like me, to see it.

Mack Strong

I've seen a lot of years that were very challenging. A lot of turning points, a lot of lessons learned over those years. But I can tell you with all honesty, with all my heart, it's been worth every second. The feeling I have right now, getting ready to go to Detroit to play for a world championship ... it's just tremendous.

Richard Jefferson

I don't think Detroit was ecstatic when they won a division. I don't think San Antonio is going to be excited when they win theirs. . . . This is just one step.

Tomas Vokoun

You can't stop 40 or 45 shots a night and expect to win. Detroit has five Hall of Fame players on the team. You can't give them 45 shots.

Karen Pagoda

They had to go from Shanghai to Narita, then Narita to Detroit, then Detroit to Albany.

Charles Barkley

This is the most wide open I've ever seen the NBA playoffs. The only thing that would surprise me is if San Antonio and Detroit aren't in the Finals. Anything else wouldn't surprise me.

Carl Tannenbaum

Outside of Detroit -- and outside of the gulf region -- there are signs that the economy is still doing very well.

Joe Gibbs

I know a lot of people will disagree with this, and I understand that,

Josefa Iloilo

Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them.

Tom Gallagher

We just happen to disagree with how we would lead this state.

Ben McGrath

People doubted us all year. Now they're getting on the bandwagon.

Jason Giambi

Actually, Joe was the one who congratulated me, ... And I said: 'For what? I know ain't gotten a hit in a while.' But it's exciting, no doubt about it.

Fran Allen

It was very, very challenging. There was never a doubt that it was important.

Graeme Smith

I seriously doubt we will go in with two spinners.

Niaz Siddiqui

I seriously doubt the authenticity of the claim. Investigators will look into the statement but serious doubts are there over its authenticity.

John Monroe

I seriously doubt Samsung will have the technology they are forecasting in cost-effective volumes in the time period they are indicating.

Troy Aikman

I seriously doubt I would be standing here today.

Stan Heath

It would have been really hard to be 0-3 at this particular time, no doubt about it. They were tense. They wanted those last two wins and we didn't get them. But this team now, I think, will feel better about itself.

Gavin Coles

It would be huge, no doubt about it. Everybody wants to play this tour. That's what we're all out here to do.

Ted Ligety

Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.

Angie Everhart

One of my favorite things to do is be in front of the camera and act.

Jeaniene Frost

One of my favorite things about supernatural fiction is its vast array of creatures.

Guy Fieri

I love watching, I love getting all the science about food. That's one of my favorite things.

Bob Holthus

I'm very happy with the draw. If Lawyer Ron could win this, he'd be one of the favorites for the Kentucky Derby. It's your lifelong dream.

Joel Retornaz

Any victory is good for Italian curling. We are probably not the favorites for the medal. Our goal is to show people curling. If we win some, that is OK.

Seinabo Sey

I'm a big fan of skilled singers. Some of my favorites are Cee-Lo Green, Donny Hathaway, James Fauntleroy, and Kim Burrell.

David Nail

I love barbecue, its my favorite thing to eat.

Andy White

I slept in today until about 12. I had finals (scheduled), but I hadn't studied for any of them, and I was really tired, so I took a break.

Bela Lugosi

Death, the final, triumphant lover.

Charles Bukowski

The apartment was built at the edge of a high cliff so that when you looked out the back window it seemed as if you were twelve floors up instead of four. It was very much like living on the edge of the world - a last resting place before the final big drop.

Dorothy Day

The final word is love.

Anthony de Mello

The Master would insist that the final barrier to our attaining God was the word and concept God.

Stuart Price

Any take, anything that's recorded while the mic is on, that could be the final take.

John Thaw

There is no more final end than death

Garth Nix

Clearly the Old One had the capacity to kill - or easily deliver some sort of final ending that sounded remarkably like death.

Gervais Barger

Look at the number of teams in finals this weekend. That says a lot for our conference. Every night, we were in a tough game. There are some good teams ... every night was a battle.

Ray Elliott

I've never seen an individual request more time,

Lindsay Whalen

I've been having that my whole life, where there haven't been a lot of individual awards,

Ron Messick

They all had their own individual abilities, but I could tell they were special players.

Masaaki Kanno

This is a new trend in Japanese politics. People are increasingly voting on the policies of individual parties. Now the manifestos of the different parties have become very clear.

Leonard Leo

that they were very interested in making sure that the president nominated a second individual who shared the philosophy of judicial restraint.

Boethius

A person is an individual substance of a rational nature.

Jerry Colangelo

We wanted a team not of individual stars, but athleticism, shooters, role players and distributors.

Geno Auriemma

We don't score on sheer individual talent. Sometimes we run stuff just to run stuff without an idea what we're going to get from it.

Robert Kiyosaki

Capitalism is about producing a better product at a better price. As individuals, we have to keep producing better products at a better price, also, or we're obsolete.

Tom Sawyer

As congressman, my voting record on these matters is clear. I know how to get things done.

Frank Dixon

As a matter of fact, it would be a shock if we weren't. As long as I've been here, we've been No. 1 every year for 15 years. Very seldom have we been out of the No. 1 slot.

Stephen F. Lynch

other matters have been referred to us, and we are taking a look at those matters.

Shyam Saran

These matters should be resolved through discussions and not through confrontation.

Kenny Thomas

This is a trend we been watching for a number of years. It's only a matter of time before debit overtakes credit.

Greg Paulus

You've got to win, or else you're going home. That's the No. 1 objective, and we got it. It doesn't matter if it's pretty or ugly, as long as you're surviving. That's what we need to be doing.

Juan Pierre

You see them getting picked off one by one and you know that you're going to be one of them. It's just a matter of when and where.

Brandon Cruz

I feel that it's the music, not anything else, that matters.

Augusten Burroughs

When you have your health, you have everything. When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all.

Stefan Hell

Eventually I realised there must be a way by playing with the molecules; trying to turn the molecules on and off allows you to see adjacent things you couldn't see before.

Uli Hoeness

We're playing for the people, not for the regime. We want to reduce this to soccer only.

Sarah Olson

We're playing better as a team. This was more respectable than the first time we saw them.

Matt Hasselbeck

The Pro Bowl. But I don't feel like playing right now.

Dutch Proverb

Are you stil having sex, or are you already playing golf?

Charlie Stewart

Evan is playing very well this season. He's a stud.

Neil Rodman

We like where our team is heading. We just have to keep playing smart.

Charlie Sifford

Every time I go into a tournament, I'm strictly on my own. I know I'm playing for my bread and butter.

Tony LaRussa

Everything he does is live. Live arm, live bat, live legs. It will be interesting to see just how much playing time he can earn.

Catriona Matthew

To start with three birdies in a row was perfect,

Charlie Sexton

I can still see that row of one-room shacks,

Josh Smith

That's the first time we've won three in a row since I've been here.

Ned Yost

We need two in a row to get us over the hump.

Bo Ryan

As I've been saying all along, they just have to play a little older,

Larry DiRita

The secretary is not saying anything like what the memo's been characterized,

Jalen Rose

I've never said that I wanted to play for another team. I'm not saying that now,

Jason Fraser

It was all determination. As the old saying goes, ?Where there?s a will, there?s a way,? and as you saw, we had the will, literally.

Don Helling

I've been saying all year that our strength is in the relays.

Melissa Kleinman

That's why we're here tonight. (Sexual violence) touches everyone tonight we're taking the first step in saying we are not going to tolerate it.

Fidel Castro

You've put me on three times and I keep saying the same thing.

Jane Austen

They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.

Anna Kendrick

The sneaker heels thing is a myth. They were saying, 'They're like sneakers.' No, they're like heels is what they're like. That's like saying a denim skirt is like jeans. It's not.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist see what he has come to see.

Richard Engel

Israel sees the world just beyond its borders collapsing.

Jeff Gundy

We'll know more after he sees the doctor. He's had it for a long time. It has to do with his toenail and having his toenail removed.

Dave Tippett

He sees them as well as anybody, and I trust what he has to stay.

Dan Hopkins

With the kind of support he sees around the state, he thinks it would be something important to enact.

James Beattie

Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.

Frances Chaney

It would be just too embarrassing if we won again.

Daniel Handler

How can someone so wonderful do something so terrible?

Cloris Leachman

Everything is so sad and so wonderful.

Aristotle

For through wondering human beings now and in the beginning have been led to philosophizing.

Clive Barker

There is no such thing as originality. It has all been said before, suffered before. If a person knows that, is it any wonder love becomes mechanical and death just a scene to be shunned? There is no absolute knowledge to be gained from either. Just another ride on the merry-go-round, another blurred scene of faces smiling and faces grieved.

Albert Einstein

My sense of god is my sense of wonder about the universe.

Christopher Walken

No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.

Anne Rice

My greatest sin has always been that I have a wonderful time being myself