Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Bennett

As our customers run their businesses or manage their personal finances, dealing with tax requirements creates a lot of opportunities for Intuit.

Mindy Lubber

Dozens of U.S. businesses are ignoring the issue with 'business as usual' responses that are putting their companies, and their shareholders, at risk.

James Joyce

We did do very well in the transactions over $100 million that we chose to pursue, signing 11 and losing only one competitively, ... But the consistent deferral of mega-deals resulting from customers caution about their own businesses in this economic environment has had a significant impact on the growth of our outsourcing revenue.

John Lee

Diversified businesses are growing at a faster rate than we thought.

Craig Lesser

Different businesses have different needs. But most are concerned with finding a location close to their customer base.

Russell Simmons

I'm a creative guy. And I only do businesses as a result of like I've - I'm try to find what my gifts are and give them immediately. As soon as I get them and I understand, I give them back.

Michael Logue

We go to the guy who already has the contract and can deliver the product. I know that's hard for some businesses to hear. But we really don't have the luxury to wait.

Canning Fok

We expect continued high coal and natural gas prices to provide challenges for our generating businesses going forward.

John Mack

We certainly see a lot of people coming to us with Internet businesses to sell, ... But the deals are not getting done because these companies have no revenue and no tangible assets.

Stan Twardy

Any case that goes to a jury, you don't know what is going to happen until they come back.

Yotam Ottolenghi

A quick shallow fry is a great way to transform leftovers, and no more so than in the case of risotto.

Jim Smith

The worst case is we as a community could end up with a well, which we may need some day, ... We are gambling that something good comes out, but, if not, we have a well.

Timothy Ghriskey

The waters remain very muddy in terms of the economy, ... Friday's payrolls report made the case that the economy still has some life to it, but it's not clear yet whether the slowdown in March was temporary.

Kenneth Duberstein

This is not even a close call. This needs to be addressed now. It is a case of simple equity.

Jacob Frenkel

This is not somebody who made some inadvertent false statement, ... This is a case where a jury convicted a CEO for lying to two different government agencies. That's a big deal.

Kyle Macy

You're the head coach. Some of the stuff is out of your control, whether it's an injury, whatever the case may be. But as a coach, I was not really happy about it.

David Magara

We are talking to him about other murders. There may be more... This case of the serial killer has disturbed the whole country.

Danielle Brian

We are talking about the same issues and in many cases the same players as before.

Chairon Isenia

As a player, you feel good when someone remembers something like that.

Kurt Thomas

As long as I set a good pick and roll, get to the open spot, it's about me knocking down the shot. He knows when to find you.

Jared Bernstein

Our expectations have been pretty diminished. A good month used to be 300,000 more jobs and now it is 200,000.

Tim Parmeter

Offensively, if we don't turn it over, we're going to score, and we did a good job of that in the first half. We can shoot, so when we get a shot at the basket, good things are usually going to happen for us.

Don Kloth

Normally, we're a very good free-throw shooting team. But tonight, we weren't.

Dean Wagenaar

Normally we're a good 3-point shooting team but we weren't hitting anything today, so they just plugged up the middle and took Chad's shots away. We panicked a little in the third quarter but the kids held together. Bruce's kids are so disciplined, and they really know how to protect their floor.

Levi Leipheimer

After the first two mountain stages people realized Lance was as good as ever.

Chris Riddell

Do you have hands? Excellent. That's a good start. Can you hold a pencil? Great. If you have a sketchbook, open it and start by making a line, a mark, wherever. Doodle.

Fran Dunphy

Defensively, we were just about as good as we could be. Offensively, when the separation occurred, it was because we did some things out of character.

Abdul Reeki

No Sunni has a right to become a president, prime minister or even a minister in the Iranian government.

Greg Potter

The telecoms and construction sectors are likely to be up because that's where the money is going after the government said it wants to up its investment in these sectors.

Bill Frist

Now my hand, my hand can be grasped, and the hand of government can be grasped, by you, by your families, by your communities, and that others can together with us in government seize what may well be an unprecedented, unprecedented opportunity,

Joe Lhota

The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.

Susan Goldstein

I've never really been a taker, always a giver, but in this case, I really had the sense that this is what the government is supposed to be there to do.

Benito Mussolini

Given that the nineteenth century was the century of Socialism, of Liberalism, and of Democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the twentieth century must also be a century of Socialism, Liberalism and Democracy: political doctrines pass, but humanity remains, and it may rather be expected that this will be a century of authority ... a century of Fascism. For if the nineteenth century was a century of individualism it may be expected that this will be the century of collectivism and hence the century of the State.

Jane Jacobs

Subsidiarity is the principle that government works best most responsibly and responsively when it is closest to the people it serves and the needs it addresses. Fiscal accountability is the principle that institutions collecting and disbursing taxes work most responsibly when they are transparent to those providing the money.

Elfriede Jelinek

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

Benjamin Disraeli

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint influences of fruition and hope. It offers vengeance to the discontented, and distinction to the ambitious; and employs the energies of aspiring spirits, who otherwise may prove traitors in a division or assassins in a debate.

Chuck Logsdon

There are some key issues where we've not received a response that is what the governor wants to hear.

Margita Thompson

While we are disappointed we did not make the June ballot, everyone knew it would be very difficult. The governor has always said what is important is not June or November but that he and the Legislature work to rebuild California.

Larry Pendleton

We don't want them going to the Cactus League or anyplace else. We're pretty adamant about trying to keep them and I think the governor is, too.

Sharo Atmeh

We've been so shocked by what the governor has said that we've made it our first priority to speak to the state.

Paul Hoolahan

We want to be able to go to the legislators, the mayor and the governor knowing that we did everything humanly possible to make it happen in the state of the Louisiana.

Ric Williamson

Those are two guys under a lot of stress, as were all of us. They speak with candor, and that's what the governor expects.

Kate Phillips

Several major research institutions were present with the governor to show their support of the new program.

Ronnie Milsap

I became involved in a residential school for the blind in Raleigh - the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh.

John Jay Hooker

On the political side, I was the Democratic nominee for the Governor of Tennessee in 1970 and 1998.

Dennis Northcutt

As long as I'm doing what I'm supposed to do, and I'm going out and helping this team in any way, I'm going to be here, ... The only way I'm going to lose my job is if I'm messing up and not getting the job done.

Javier Solana

The solution of this problem is not only military, the solution has to be political.... We are prepared for the possibility of helping with a cease-fire,

Daniel Burns

It was unbelievable, ... but I knew it was helping us.

Mike Sanders

The stock numbers and political problems around the world aren't helping pull this market back at all. We've reached last year's peak summer highs and it's only April. That's somewhat scary.

Paul Tagliabue

The state of Texas, and San Antonio, are helping shelter hurricane victims. That is the most important mission right now.

Fred Couples

You're on the International side, and you're helping me out?

Charles R. Swindoll

It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day - not I.

Elie Wiesel

Because I survived, I must do everything possible to help others.

Elie Wiesel

Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.

Boris Yeltsin

I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms

Auguste Comte

Ideas govern the world, or throw it into chaos.

Brian Selznick

Once I'm given an idea for a story I have a million ideas on how it should be illustrated, but I don't have a big shoebox full of unfinished ideas.

Brad Meltzer

For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world.

Benjamin Disraeli

My idea of an acceptable person is someone that is ready to accept my ideas.

Carine Roitfeld

In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand.

Cameron Russell

I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look.

C. S. Lewis

That part of Rostrevor which overlooks Carlingford Lough is my idea of Narnia.

Catherine Opie

...things become mainstream when they become imaged over and over again. Something happens in relationship to ideas of representation that makes it more palatable or digestible.

Dan Shechtman

Select a subject that interests you and make an effort to become an expert in that field. I promise you, if you make the effort, and you become an expert, you will have a wonderful career.

Source Unknown

The very first steps towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

Mo Ibrahim

Young people, all too often, find their interests overlooked and their voices ignored.

Brian Tracy

There's an interesting study that says wealthy people get up three hours before their first outside appointment.

Jamie Bell

I never realised that the Edinburgh skyline was so interesting - it's gothic and very urban and there's a lot of church spires and old brownstone buildings.

Ben Gibbard

Liking interesting things doesn't make you interesting.

Carrot Top

I always thought marketing in general was an interesting kind of thing. I always liked commercials and billboards.

Daniel Handler

The worst surroundings in the world can be tolerated if the people in them are interesting and kind.

Coco Chanel

A woman does not become interesting until she is over 40.

Wayne Gandy

It was the normalcy we've been looking for.

Mike Browning

You're looking at the young guys. You're not looking to win, just to get a win.

Nick Vujicic

If you're looking for happiness in things, you'll never find it.

Sandy Greenberg

We're looking at palm trees now to replace the shade trees.

Allen Iverson

We're looking at our own sizes, we're looking at our friends' sizes,

Jared Bernstein

We're looking at a recession/jobless recovery that's two years old to the day.

Bobby Shelton

I'm a little set back. I had no idea they were looking at retirement. I thought it would stay around for many, many years kind of like the old B-52s did.

Chris Rudge

One would rightfully say that you shouldn't just be looking at the quantity of medals, you should also be looking at the quality of medals.

Kate Jackson

She was looking for something that she really wanted to do. Something that made her happy. And this did,

Michael Davis

The money has just been piling up and isn't being allocated.

Howard Rogers

The money can then be used only for road resurfacing,

Darrell Bryan

A number of us are very upset about this slogan. By having too little money you come up with poor ideas.

Ross Perot

Once you pay the bills, money is the most overrated thing in the world

Joan Laporta

Samuel is not for sale, not even for all the money in the world.

Hansjoerg Strohmeyer

Quick money is lifesaving money. The system is stretched.

Judith Yaphe

That's how you pay out money to your supporters.

Marty Scarano

You're not offering money, you're offering a scenario.

Jack Ablin

You needed to be a meteorologist to make money in this market.

Michael White

People train for this all year like the Olympics.

Sarah Davis

People think, 'It's a winter hike, I don't have to take as much water,' but they do.

Richard M. Nixon

People see me and they think, "He's risen from the dead.

Jon Jansen

People say this stuff like they just thought of it, ... Everyone thinks they're so clever. I'm like, 'Heard that two weeks ago. Where ya been?'

Johnathon Schaech

People recognize me on the street for all kinds of different things that I've done. 'That Thing You Do' remains to be my favorite film in which I played my favorite character. That role is the one that I'm most recognized for.

Karlos Dansby

People really dont know or they really aint watching, ... Got to give them something to see.

Howard Dvorkin

People spend what's there. If it's not there, they're not going to spend it.

Kevin Spacey

People sometimes have to be reminded, I'm not Frank Underwood. I'm an actor named Kevin Spacey.

John Abraham

People talk about the money, but it had nothing to do with the money,

Al Gore

that they may be returned to us safely and soon.

Bret Easton Ellis

I have to return some videotapes

Don Nickles

I ALWAYS intended to return to the private sector,

Desmond Tutu

Catharsis returns us to the purpose for which were originally intended - to be called by God to do good - and thus ultimately returns us to ourselves.

David Livingstone

Oh, that I could dedicate my all to God. This is all the return I can make Him.

Allison Pearson

In death, we are not defined by what we did or who we were but by what we meant to others. How well we loved and were loved in return.

Thomas More

He travels best that knows when to return.

Raymond Carver

I dressed and went for a walk - determined not to return until I took in what Nature had to offer.

Roland Barthes

When we look at a photograph of ourselves or of others, we are really looking at the return of the dead.

Miley Cyrus

I love everything [Jessica Simpson] ever has on! Jessica can definitely come pick me up in her little Mercedes and take me shopping if she wants!

Suze Orman

Ignore the annual percentage rate when shopping for a mortgage.

Simone de Beauvoir

Buying is a profound pleasure.

Sophie Kinsella

I am not a label snob and have learned that the thrill of shopping can be just as great, if not more so, when you find a bargain.

Swoosie Kurtz

When [we]were first married, [Wade] begged me to be practical...thank God I lived by my credo: 'Veni, vidi, visa - I came, I saw, I charged it.

Margaret Mahy

For in some ways the world was like a shopping centre, and he himself was a doubtful customer, often ineffectual, being talked into buying things he didn't want, things indeed which nobody in their right mind would want to buy.

Jean Kerr

I was always the last woman on the last down elevator as the store was closing.

Fran Drescher

I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I'll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore.

Chris Hardwick

I had a personal blog, but why does anyone care that I went shopping for hats?

Angus King

Somebody said, 'You may be a committee chair.' I don't think so. I don't think anybody would want me that much.

Bob Bernstein

We wanted to put up enough to get somebody talking. What's a bun worth? It's kind of a strange question.

Mark McKinney

What? No one wants my bouquet! Somebody better pick it up! Somebody better pick up my bouquet!

Kathy Valentine

together we're trying to make a wish come true that somebody else wasn't going to let happen.

Brad Clark

You have to be able to take somebody down to win these days. You have to be tough on your feet.

Mike Williams

You get somebody in here and they say they only need it two or three months, and they'll stay a year. We have 800 units here, and I'm full.

Mary Carillo

There's somebody to look at, and I think that really helped.

Peter Schmitz

Let's put somebody in there that wants to stay and will be successful.

Simon Schama

I am somebody who has never been able to give up '60s habits. I am the inevitable old codger on the dance floor.

Matt Mullenweg

I spend a lot of time on forums, and they drive me crazy.

Brian Tracy

You cannot save time, but you can spend time differently.

Keanu Reeves

On his new motorbike: I wanted to spend some time with it and get to know it.

Brad Smith

If we need to spend more money, we will spend more money.

Kelli O'Hara

I don't ever think about the roads I didn't take because I spend too much time thinking what's ahead. I don't go backwards.

Cheryln Bennett

If you make a little money, you spend it on other things (for artwork).

Elizabeth Hurley

Spending time outdoors makes you feel great.

Jakob Nielsen

Users spend most of their time on other websites.

Carmen Busquets

I was always into fashion, and used to go on spending sprees when I was a university student in Miami. My father would be furious, but I would always say, 'It was an emergency! I had a party to go to!'

Rita Mae Brown

Don't hope more than you're willing to work.

Nikki Sixx

Friends tell each other what nobody else is willing to tell you.

Steve Kroft

I think you've got be willing as an interviewer to ask the dumb question every now and then.

Loretta Lynch

It's the choices that you make and the things that you're willing to accept and not accept that define who you are.