Famous Quotes & Sayings

Timothy Ramey

Kellogg continues to be the best managed of the large-cap packaged foods companies and remains committed to making the investments today that assure growth in the future. It consistently outspends and out-innovates its competition.

Edward Davis

Judge Moore assured me that he would be able to meet the deadlines that judge Hoeveler set,

Marine Pace

It boils down to the way that each service employs its force, and how best then to assure that they get the most out of the people they have.

Antonio Tarver

He was beat by a better fighter. Period. I am one of the best fighters in the world. Give me my credit. You all thought I would be one-punch happy but I passed my test. I did my homework. I took nothing for granted. I wasn't assured of victory until they raised my hand.

Mark Regev

has expressed concerns about the situation to the government of Egypt, and we've been assured the current situation is temporary.

Ellen Johnson

We are going to reach out to them and assure them the country is also theirs,

Vince Bonvento

What we've told people here is that if they're able to contact their family and need transportation home, be assured the community would provide it. The generosity of the community has just been overwhelming.

Shannon LaRocque

What we don't have is the luxury of time for south county. So it's all the more important for them to get us information as soon as possible... to assure that we've had the proper due diligence.

Robert Half

Having respect for your own time will assure respect for the other person's time

Joe Barton

I would submit to you that Medicaid in its current form is already hurting the poor, ... This committee will not stand by and do nothing while Medicaid slowly collapses.

Barbara Boxer

Just look at the Judiciary Committee, ... You have some people on the Judiciary Committee who may well decide not to send the nomination to the floor, and now it all depends on what Democrats do.

Dee Brown

Just look at teams like Hofstra and Michigan that didn't get in (the NCAA Tournament). We have to be happy. The Committee has a tough job.

Greg Shaheen

Just who the committee deems is the better quality team.

Don Stewart

He ( Cornyn) understands that she's required to submit the information that the committee needs to make its decision.

Otto Penzler

He knew better. He'd be found guilty, and his family would be on their own. We don't have to worry about it, ... do we? The committee wants to know why you go out.

Preston Martin

He is warning the markets that the Federal Open Market Committee will very likely continue to raise short-term interest rates, given the continued growth in the economy.

Brian Sack

Greenspan continued to be the most influential committee member. However, his dominance was markedly diminished, in that his total market impact was 'only' about twice as large as the next FOMC member.

Brian Sack

Greenspan continued to be the most influential committee member.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

HASH, x. There is no definition for this word --nobody knows what hash is.

Richelle Mead

Immortals are, by definition, immortal. End of story.

Tryon Edwards

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.

Truman Capote

Nancy clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that is the definition of a lady.

Robert Delaunay

I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make them. One must take care, too, not to be inhibited by them.

Robert De Niro

My definition of a good hotel is a place I'd stay at.

Robert Penn Warren

In separateness only does love learn definition.

Robert M. Pirsig

Definitions are the foundation of reason. You can't reason without them.

Saul Bellow

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand.

Melissa Norcross

KBR can't emphasize enough that it performs all work at the direction of the U.S. government. We only do what we are tasked to do.

Dwight Yorke

Keep the faith. We know we are heading in the right direction.

David Thwaites

I suspect it's going to be a fairly weaker open. Stocks are still looking for direction in Europe -- there are no big macro drivers today.

George Fisher

I think it's a great step in the right direction.

Maggie Cheung

I think I started to have thoughts to really want to be serious about my work when I was about twenty-five, and I just kind of started to look into that direction and moved into it.

Charles Blood

I think investors should be back in the market. The direction is up from here.

Stephen Slivinski

Going in the direction of an ownership society gets you to the consumption tax in a different way.

William Danforth

History records the successes of men with objectives and a sense of direction. Oblivion is the position of small men overwhelmed by obstacles.

Scott Verplank

I think it's a step in the right direction. It rewards a guy playing well at that time.

Christopher Shays

I was looking for a nonpartisan discussion that would help me understand better how I could help get our troops out sooner and win this war,

Bill Fischer

There are still some practical concerns. We don't want to violate federal laws on disclosing employees' medical records but once that practical discussion occurs we can go forward from there.

Dave Richardson

He's desperately trying to get fit for the Super Series in Australia. He has had a discussion on the matter with John Wright. We have given him time till the 21st of this month to prove his fitness.

John Scott

It is a discussion we will be having with the FA, because it would send a powerful message. In principle we are very supportive about the idea of testing the squad.

Mike Journee

It is a discussion that is part of the legislative process to find a solution that will work.

Rob Cline

We've been through this before. There's been discussion about it, but nothing ever really happened. I wonder this time if it won't just because of the speed that they're getting all this information out.

Steve Turner

What I hope kids take from this presentation is to start a discussion with their parents about this and help them to become more aware.

Brian Samson

We think all of those three are going to happen in the next two years. Ramona will probably be next. Actually there's been some discussion about whether to make Ramona a (full) station.

David Longanecker

I think it's very important that we raise to a national level and a federal level a discussion about what's happening to our competitiveness.

Robert Bigelow

Keep employment levels low, but keep freedom and innovation high.

Alan Meltzer

Greenspan showed that you can have long periods of full employment without inflation.

John Mitchell

Growth would be higher, inflation would be lower (and) employment would be higher, if we didn't have these energy prices. But it hasn't been a deal-breaker.

Martin Baily

Historically, in the U.S. and in other countries, periods of rapid productivity growth have been periods of strong employment growth.

David Lewin

It is all down to employment law. In the US if you are made redundant three or four times that is normal, but in Europe there is a stigma.

Tom Schrader

I think you're seeing a continuation of the euphoria we saw on Friday with the employment numbers, and the fact that oil prices are down again.

Paul Mendelsohn

I think a lot of investors want to see the July numbers and get a handle on whether June was just an aberration or a harbinger of things to come. The key next week is going to be that employment report.

Ichiro Ozawa

Lifetime employment and seniority systems are indeed the safety net of Japanese society.

Mark Olson

underlying gains in employment and income were well maintained outside the Gulf region.

Ed Pinckney

He wasn't winded at all. He looked really good. Definitely, NBA shape is different, but he had extensive weight room work. He's always working out. He's going to be 50 years old and not gain an ounce of fat. He's a freak.

Steven Burd

I need more personal time and, given my extensive work in health care, I want to pursue that interest further.

Stanley Hauerwas

The fundamental character of our faith means an extensive diversity is required not only within local community, but between communities.

Tom Mason

The sentencing of James Davies marks the end of an extensive and thorough investigation involving three police forces.

Dee Boersma

This is laying the groundwork of future, more extensive review of the recovery planning process.

Hal Harper

It's page after page of concerns. It's quite extensive and specific.

Ann Lewis

Considering our extensive grass-roots fund-raising operation, I'd say we have an appropriate level of staff.

Aldrich Ames

The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.

Joe Madrigal

They did some hammering, but it wasn't that extensive and it wasn't going on the whole day.

Megan Smith

I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do.

Barack Obama

I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government?

Vicki Arroyo

It is going to be a piecemeal approach, people are not going to know what their regulatory commitments are from one state to another. And you are then going to have different product standards in different states. It just doesn't make sense. We need a federal policy and that is what we are trying to promote.

Alex Jones

I know this, the Federal Reserve is private and the I.R.S. is screwing us.

Roy Wilson

I think we have some lessons to learn from the past week, realizing the federal government is not going to come to our rescue in the first 72 hours,

Graham Fraser

It is madness that the federal government is still spending millions on teaching middle-aged bureaucrats how to pass language tests rather than sending young, enthusiastic recruits to the public service to work in another language and culture.

Steve Cooper

I will not support putting the responsibility of the plan in the hands of the federal government.

Jalal Talabani

There are no obstacles but discussions on federalism in the south and the relation between religion and state.

Shirley Franklin

The ramifications would have been a moratorium on new development, all new development, residential and commercial; heavy fines from the federal government through the federal courts; and possibly the takeover of the city's water system,

Ken Cook

I wouldn't say it's atypical for the time of year. This time of the year you get real strong storms and they're starting to track a little further south.

Hannes Smarason

I wouldn't rule out further investments within those categories.

Estelle

Kanye West is my older brother, an inspiring guy and someone who keeps pushing my level up further and further.

Kevin Heath

Just making it to the playoffs isn't enough for us as a team. I think we want to get further than making it to the playoffs.

Craig Patrick

John is a big, strong winger who is a proven and consistently productive goal-scorer. His presence further strengthens the group of forwards we're assembling here in Pittsburgh.

John Davidson

I think investors need to invest. I think the risk of being out of the market and missing the upturn is important. As we go down the road, I think we're going to get further increases. I don't think you should be investing next week's rent check. But I think your long term investment is going to really grow in the market and technology will lead that.

Sanford Rubenstein

He wants to live his life like any of us would want to live their lives, without any further need to comment.

Robert Frost

He knew a path that wanted walking; He knew a spring that wanted drinking; A thought that wanted further thinking

Mahmoud Othman

I think that their interference is bad, and it further complicates issues because this is an Iraqi matter.

Randy Johnson

I think you see not a sense of urgency, but a little more importance on every game. I suspect it will be that way the rest of the year.

Ronald Coase

What I have done is to show the importance for the working of the economic system of what may be termed the institutional structure of production.

Rusty Wallace

We've got to put a major importance on handling,

Daniel Gibson

I think we understood the importance of the game. I think we understood that every night we come out to play, we come out to win. We knew that wasn't one of our better halves, so we took that as motivation.

Oliver Ivanovic

It is of utmost importance for Kosovo institutions to preserve peace in the province.

Gail Parsons

I really want to stress the importance of membership. Last year membership about doubled the membership of the previous year.

Sen. Newman

I'm going to need support of all our members and people throughout the state that understand the importance of boating.

Napoleon Hill

You are engaged in an undertaking of major importance to you. To be sure of success, you must have plans which are faultless.

Terry Francona

The idea of the importance of winning today is there; it's been there,

E. Hicks

I wouldn't say it was a competition. We always pushed each other, whether I messed up or he messed up. It really didn't matter who started. We were working together.

Bill Freeman

Just patriotism, ... No matter what went down, we were supporting our own nation and land.

David Eckstein

Just stepping to the plate, just understanding it's you vs. him, that's all that really mattered at that point.

Greg Puhalski

He didn't play too badly. It's just a matter of getting a little rust off.

Doug Miller

He comes up with a lot of big plays no matter where you put him.

Sally Field

The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.

Sloane Crosley

Going to a museum is one of those inexplicably tiring things. You're not actually doing anything, more shifting your weight from room to room than walking. And yet it is one of the more tiring things one can do, no matter how thrilled you are by the exhibits.

David Peterson

He's always been that way, ... It don't matter if he's playing ping-pong or throwing marbles. He wants to win.

Brian Beckwith

His success is all to him. It's all a matter of how he thinks each night and how he prepares for each game.

Dan Boone

It can be a maximum of 25 percent of what you owe.

Larry Niven

The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum

James Patterson

I offered to pee on him, but they said no

James Patterson

They call me, The Sharkalator

James Patterson

It is my time. The time of maximum ride...

James Patterson

I don't damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much.

Mario Pescante

The maximum of penal sanctions (for such offences) is two years and (for offences) up to two years we do not (serve) prison-time in Italy.

Felix Gonzalez

This is one of the most destructive hurricanes. We are on maximum alert.

Fausto Bertinotti

We are in the moment of the maximum uncertainty.

Lee Fuller

Having a clear, stable royalty policy was of value to independent producers.

Lindsey Tippins

I think administration has said, 'Well, we got to do that because that's what the policy says.' I don't think that's what the policy says.

Robert Townsend

If you have to have a policy manual, publish the 'Ten Commandments.'

Rick Warren

You can like somebody without agreeing with all of their policies.

Wim Duisenberg

Our policy is to be as transparent and as predictable as possible,

Bryan Hilferty

Not taking jailbirds has been our policy for decades.

Susan Smith

It's probably time to do the whole policy over.

Dan Smith

It's worth considering the value of these trees when making policy decisions.

Sherry Cooper

No surprises for the bank, so no shift in the policy program.

Christopher Murray

Just like in real farming, you want to sell when prices are high.

Tom Crosby

I think we'd better get used to it. I think we're going to see prices roller-coaster like this for a long time.

David Patterson

I think all the prices are crazy. They are just very expensive.

Mike Fitzpatrick

It is not surprising that prices are retreating.

Tyra Banks

I love being able to go to a store, let's say... a store like Topshop or Zara or maybe even Macy's, depends on what department, and not have to look at the price tag.

Robert G. Allen

Your network is your net worth. How do you value your network? Well, if you don't value it, cultivate it, nurture it, it becomes worthless. If you do value it, it becomes priceless.

Uwe Reinhardt

Price (in the Swiss system) doesn't matter, because it's set by these negotiations.

Sean Comey

By making price predictions, it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. I don't want to be a part of the problem.

Bob Quinn

By making my own fuel, I can have a stable price and use my own resources in the process. I'm working to do that on my own right now, but on a smaller scale.

Bhagwan Rajneesh

If religiousness can be reduced to one single thing, it is non-identification.

Gina Laughlin

A lease rejection does not signal any type of reduced operation.

Terri Jacobs

The idea is for the victim to only have to tell their story once to reduce the trauma.

Leila Janah

Most of us working on poverty alleviation simply want to know, 'How much poverty can I reduce for every dollar I donate?'

Judd Gregg

This is the only vote you will have to reduce the deficit.

Michelle Laughlin

The thing yesterday for the first time in a long time was reduced risk-aversion...it was the reverse of the flight-to-quality.

Agin Muhammad

I understand the reactions, but it's not for me to reduce myself to that level.

Gordon Johndroe

This is not a new concern, but it is one we take seriously. We are working to reduce our vulnerability to this threat.

Jeff Miller

As a taxpayer, I want to assure you that Republicans are doing everything we can to reduce wasteful spending.

Susumu Tonegawa

The brain is hugely complicated, and because it is so complicated, it requires multidisciplinary research.

Adrianne Palicki

I like a grizzly look as long as it's maintained. Facial hair requires maintenance; you can't just grow it out and be done with it.

Darrell Bryan

If it requires a passport, we think they'll look for other options.

Jorge Paulo Lemann

I always say, 'To have a big dream requires the same effort as having a small dream. Dream big!'

Ricky Ponting

It's nice to put your hand up and do the big things the team requires of you.

Pete Domenici

Would we say the (oil) reserves in Texas are irrelevant? ... I don't think so.

Bob Gainey

We'll have to look to our reserves for help.

Nicholas Burns

We're just going to reserve any kind of commendation for the Belgrade government.

Darren Testa

He was a big surprise. He really stepped up for us.

Ozzie Guillen

He did it all today. He showed up big. He stepped up and did a tremendous job.

Jose Guillen

He's a competitor. He is going to give you what he has. He's always going to battle. Trust me, he's going to step it up for his team. That's what he did when I was there in Oakland.

Jeff Borris

He's always had the weight of the world on his shoulders. But when he steps on the field, he's got tunnel vision.

Frank Beamer

He's a tough kid. I'm disappointed for Jimmy, but if he can't go, it's time for Brandon Frye to step it up.

Dana Smith

I think it's a wonderful step for our department.

Dave Dombrowski

I think it's an important year for the organization. We need to take a step forward.

Robert Garcia

I think you really have stepped it up a notch, and it's been noticed.

Jim Haslett

I was disappointed in the way we tackled. All in all, I thought we took a step backward.

Jeff Borris

He's always had the weight of the world on his shoulders. But when he steps on the field, he's got tunnel vision.

Richard Paul Evans

Life is not a sprint. It was never meant to be. It is just a step of faith after another.

Richelle Mead

What...what are you doing?" "I won't know," he said with a grin. He took a step towards me. "But I'm pretty sure you were doing it too.

Regina Spektor

Taking steps is easy Standing still is hard... Everything is different The second time around.

Tracy Spiridakos

When I'm playing somebody, their wardrobe, for me, is completely transformative. You just step into who that person is with that.

Saint Francis de Sales

The Lord delights in every little step you take.

Vince Vaughn

Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.

Zig Ziglar

Push on, friend. You're just one exciting step from the banquet hall of life.

Brad Todd

If we want to get better, we've got to get a tougher schedule. It's time to turn it up a notch, but I think we're taking steps in the right direction.

Ron Paul

I would think they're going to study it a little more closely.

Richard Baxter

This is the sanctification of your studies: when they are devoted to God, and when He is the end, the object, and the life of them all.

Richard Baxter

We must study as hard how to live well as how to preach well.

Richard Baxter

Preach to yourselves the sermons which you study, before you preach them to others.

Riccardo Muti

It is extraordinary to have time to again study Le nozze di Figaro and discover new things.

Saul Bellow

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

William Beebe

The isness of things is well worth studying; but it is their whyness that makes life worth living.

Rick Warren

It seems we are often guilty of being more interested in defending God's Word than in studying it.

Viktor Korchnoi

I don't study; I create.