Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Bowman

Reaching this milestone is an incredible accomplishment for the entire C-17 team. And hitting one million flight hours more than a year ahead of the original plan is a testament to the aircraft and our customers' confidence in it.

Martin Indyk

promotion of U.S. interests in the Middle East, especially in support of President Clinton's efforts to achieve a comprehensive peace.

Mario Draghi

Productivity growth is the only possible way to achieve prosperity, to create a solid, sustainable foundation for wage increases and to ensure the country's development, for ourselves and for future generations.

Nathaniel Branden

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health, self-esteem, not its cause

Andrew Gould

(Producers') plans have already been put in place to achieve this, but it will take several years of sustained activity to develop the new production that can reliably replace today's supply.

Joseph Ratzinger

proclaim forgiveness and reconciliation, which are the only way to achieve stable harmony.

Clayton Christensen

People who have the drive to achieve spend most of their time on what brings them the most tangible, immediate sense of success. Investments in our family only pay off in the very long term.

Orin Smith

Our third-quarter financial results demonstrate the ongoing strength of our business, ... Starbucks operations are functioning at a more sophisticated level than ever before. Our consistently strong performance positions us well to achieve our aggressive fiscal 2005 goals -- including an acceleration of store growth as we pursue the Company's expanding global opportunity.

Brendan Foley

Our technologies allows us to learn about the past in ways that we couldn't achieve otherwise. We're not looking for footnotes any more. We're looking to write new chapters, and are convinced that in 10 to 15 years using these methods, we will have changed history.

Granth Sahib

That person, unto whom Your actions seem sweet, comes to see the Supreme Lord God in each and every heart.

Will Holman

Progress has been made in some areas, but there is still a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. Our goal is to reach an agreement, but that will depend on management's actions at the negotiating table.

Noah Cowan

People who have viewed the film -- and that includes several Toronto journalists and our curators -- indicate that it certainly does not allow room to sympathize with the actions of the convicted criminals portrayed in the documentary and shows them to be morally bankrupt.

Tom Woodford

Our seniors gave us such strong leadership with their actions and their words. They continued to support the younger kids, even when we were struggling.

Bart Stupak

Our constituents are angry and frustrated with these high gas prices -- and they deserve answers and actions from their elected officials,

John Taylor

Our concern is that the sport of ocean racing has been damaged and people are reluctant to get involved because of the actions of one person.

Charles Holliday

Our earnings this quarter are unacceptable and I have begun putting in place specific actions to improve second-half performance.

Maureen Forrester

People don't have confidence in their senior elected officials. These are the ones we entrust with the public's business, (with) votes and actions that will be done for the sole benefit of the citizens of New Jersey. It's time for a change. This is not a change.

Bob Stoops

No status right now. It's not something I said I'd even consider until after the (TCU) game. It's after the game and I haven't seen him. So, I'm assuming he's quit the team for good and until I know different, we'll see. I won't entertain anything until he shows he has a good reason or he can justify what his actions have been.

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.

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.

Frederick Chiluba

Details of the agreement will be released tomorrow.

Tom Ricker

Any country negotiating with the Bush Administration right now should be wary of signing an agreement, given the example of consistently shifting the finish line for CAFTA in order to appease corporate supporters. There is no reason to believe they will not pull the same stunt with Peru, Panama, Colombia, or Ecuador.

Steve Lipscomb

The second quarter marked the continued successful execution of our strategic plan. Revenues were up 40% as we saw growth in virtually all of our business segments. We completed the production and final delivery of Season 3 during the quarter, and continued to grow our international television and product license businesses. The success of the show in the US, combined with strong ratings in international markets enabled us to broaden distribution into 116 territories around the globe. Further, we are moving forward with the Professional Poker Tour(TM) (PPT), and are close to signing a licensing agreement for it. Finally, we are pleased with the initial launch of WPT online.

Alija Izetbegovic

The signing of this agreement is done in full sincerity on our part, ... will depend on us and what we want to achieve.

Colin Steele

The signing of the addendum to the MoU addresses the valid concerns of the labour movement and speaks to the resilience of the original agreement and reinforces the fact that social partnership and dialogue is possible, orderly and mutually beneficial. Indeed, members of the union movement have signalled that while a new MoU would not include a wage freeze, there are several critical matters which are better dealt with in the spirit of partnership benefiting from research not rumour, candour not deception.

Eric Love

The Swan Valley and surrounding lands are an important part of the Northern Rockies landscape, and this agreement will contribute to maintaining these lands as working forests, and for the public to enjoy.

Kiran Karnik

A free trade agreement with the US in the services sector will be a win-win situation for both the countries.

David Tuckerman

The budget on the film was $9.5 million and we grossed the budget the first night. This is the first Platinum Dunes (film) Michael Bay has done (in his production deal at New Line) and he delivered in spectacular fashion. And the marketing was terrific.

Paul Cayard

The breeze can be very unsteady on the bay so reading and reacting to the shifts is going to be huge.

Robin Pearson

At Willard Bay they have Christmas lights throughout the park and people circle through. More visitors means more money. We need destination visitors, we probably aren't going to get much more out of the locals, we need more tourism. We need to break down the barriers.

Jon Gruden

Raiders East? ... We'll call them the Raiders West. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, man.

Wayne Ayers

Productivity growth helps keep inflation at bay and allows real incomes to grow, but it makes businesses even slower to hire than usual.

David Tuckerman

(Producer) Michael Bay has done something that is rarely if ever done and that is remake a classic and turn the remake into a classic. We have a shot to get into the $80 millions. It cost $9.5 million to make. I imagine this will be the (year's) most profitable movie vis-a-vis what it cost to make.

Tina Williams

Of the 30,000 South Bay Family YMCA participants, more than 10,000 are with us as a result of the Strong Kids Campaign.

Daniel Costa

The Monterey Bay is the poster child of everything we're talking about.

Sean Snaith

The tech companies in the East Bay perhaps had products that were more useful to general types of businesses than really cutting-edge Internet products. Companies may want to buy products they can use in their business operations than a technology that lets you smell things over the Internet.

Lara Ramsburg

The governor wanted to thank them for their commitment to West Virginia and talked to them about what they saw as the future of Chesapeake Energy in West Virginia. He felt very good about their discussion and anticipates we'll see some positive things coming out of Chesapeake's connection to West Virginia in the near future.

Tom Goldstein

As a result of our investigation, we've determined the information did not reach its destination, and is missing and presumed lost.

Josh Teeples

Determination. I was just determined that I was gong to do it this time.

Charlie Brotman

The starting time of the parade is actually determined by the length of time of the traditional brunch,

Jamie Zuieback

After further review, it was determined that it would be appropriate to grant humanitarian parole for this child.

Toni Chovanetz

After interviewing the passenger, it was determined to be appropriate to release him at this time.

Saeb Erekat

so the truth can be determined once and for all.

Lori Walker

The rhythm for our team in the first half was strong. We are starting to see some personality emerge and in the second half we were determined to pull things together. The game was really flowing together for us.

Susan Page

This is an event where the planners are really determined to get on TV -- not in the old-style newspaper that gets published 12 hours later.

Evan Bayh

Our success as a party will largely be determined by how well we do here in the heartland... The time has come to be secure about our values. The time has come to lead.

Elizabeth Mackay

Technology has kind of stalled out here, we've got some potholes developing in that former leadership area.

Peter Culshaw

We've been in the planning stages on a number of things for some time. We will now be very focused on developing the TOD (transit-oriented development) sites.

Thomas Day

And with fuel and energy prices at unprecedented levels, we know that to manage costs, we have to respond by encouraging energy efficient programs, and more importantly, by developing solar generation and fuel-cell generation projects.

David Lloyd

We spend more time developing means of escaping our troubles than we do solving the troubles we're trying to escape from.

Dan Hawkins

Boise State has always has a great program and great tradition. We've just been able to keep developing it. . . . It's been a continual rise that way.

Mike Reed

You hate to have a rough stretch late in the season but that is part of developing a program. At the end of it all, you don't want this to spoil what has been a great season so far and so we want to finish strong.

Thomas Krens

We've been talking about this for a while and the time was right. Lisa will have a greater hand in developing the museum, and I will have less of the day-to-day managerial responsibilities in New York.

Andrew Green

We lost all of our scoring from last year's squad, and it's been a problem developing someone to be our striker on offense. But we've got a lot of young kids, and it takes time to learn the game. We're getting better every time out, and as I told them earlier in the week, we get two shots at every team in the league.

Jorma Ollila

We have a very strong position in a number of developing markets, where margins are higher.

Jean Arnault

an opportunity to prevent further fighting; to reassure the population; and to ensure the peaceful preparation of the upcoming presidential election.

Kofi Annan

The secretary-general hopes that the tribunal will uphold the international standards of justice necessary to ensure its legitimacy, fairness and independence.

Helen Clark

The task now is for arrangements to be made which will ensure stable government in New Zealand for the next three years.

Tony Green

The thing high school kids have in their favor is they still have that playful side, ... I want to keep them focused on what they are doing, but also ensure they are having fun.

Xinhua Agency

The move is expected to ensure a safe water quality at the lower reaches of the river.

Kantathi Suphamongkhon

So there is a warning period by nature already. But the (warning) system will provide us with information. We will ensure safety,

Tom Elliott

Now is the time for everyone in the south-west to support the process and ensure that we are not left without vital services in the future.

Hanya Yanagihara

Sometimes, of course, there's no quick way to make it through immigration: Different airports have gluts of incoming flights at different times of day, and short of rearranging your flight schedule to ensure you'll land at a low-traffic hour, there's nothing you can do.

Sergei Lavrov

Russia and the U.S. must jointly manage expectations to ensure that attempts to 'reset' our relationship succeed.

Stephen Byers

our existing security measures had not taken into account.

Michael Grice

We're looking for ways to reach out to new students, existing students and faculty, and a large part of this will be with marketing,

Laura Behrens

Plenty of them are putting their stuff out there in the hopes of being found by the existing system.

John B. Hood

For students, especially international students, we are focusing on not only their existing performances, but their potential for future development as well,

Bob Nardelli

It's all about getting more out of our existing assets. It's all about store productivity.

David Bondy

We found perhaps many of our existing policyholders would shift their work focus away from what they had been doing to trades and operations that were more in demand.

Jim Butler

Virtually every new development and even existing project owners are looking at a residential component.

Tony Russa

See, that's the kind of question that will end the session faster than a pause. You got something else you want to ask? That thing was over the day after, wasn't it? There was nothing that happened.

Duane Akina

I've watched Ginn a lot, and I'm not sure I've seen a faster player in pads. We're going to be looking for him a lot, because if he finds a crease, he's gone.

Ruth Messinger

I've never seen a faster movement in my life.

Larry Schmit

Seton was just a bigger, faster team. And there were a lot of them out there too, so they were able to stay fresh.

Michael Jennings

One thing I could tell is I was faster than everyone. That first day I got out there I had no problem running past the cornerbacks. No one could keep up with me out there.

Wang Jianlin

China's movie industry is growing a lot faster than that of the U.S.

Deb Mandeville

She has an outside chance, but she has to go faster than she's ever gone before.

Jonathan Gray

much faster growth rate than the number one company.

Ryan Lowmiller

My main goal was to get faster and quicker. It helped a lot with my quickness and overall speed.

Christina Pearson

No state is as prepared as they need to be for a pandemic, nor is the federal government.

Jon Corzine

The short-term solution is to move the securitization of tolls so that we have the money to match federal trust fund dollars,

Tom Brokaw

The terror warnings from the highest levels of the federal government tonight are just-

Tony Avella

Something has to be done on a federal level to stop these escalating prices before people start freezing,

Mike Leavitt

Schools are fundamentally local creatures, and they need, while there is a national interest, and we need a national obsession with improvement of schools, it must not become a federal agenda.

David Suzuki

Provinces have let the federal government take all of the heat and all of the pressure about Kyoto, and they really have been sitting on their asses not doing anything,

David Linthicum

The wife is being held on federal charges. I can't really speak to those charges.

Randy Nelson

They actually match up pretty good. We use the same process, which comes from federal mandates.

Chuck D.

There won't be much help from the federal or state level. Local response is going to be critical.

Mats Sundin

As a team we are scoring some goals, but there's still a lot of work to do,

Jose Theodore

As a goalie, you don't look at the number of goals, you just make sure there are no weak ones,

Luis Suarez

As a minimum we have to get to the second round. After that, a ton of other goals will open up. This is what we want the people to understand.

Linda Stone

Rachael was on her game. (All of the goals) were not completely her fault. There were marking issues.

Dale Carnegie

Really important goals are accomplished by people who will keep trying even when there seems to be no hope.

Lee Miller

People talk about goals, goals, goals but the important thing is to win the game. If we win 1-0 and it's an own goal we will take it.

Scott Hoyt

People feel rich because of their real estate. If they can meet their wealth accumulation goals just by watching their houses appreciate, why save?

Nathan Paetsch

Normally you're not going to throw a great run of goals together as a D-man.

Mikael Samuelsson

Actually, I didn't think we started off good at all. I thought in the second we tried to pick it up. (We) said to ourselves, 'Let's go.' We got three goals in the second and turned it around. It was good for us.

James Browning

Any help we get is needed. This is something more.

Rick Carlisle

Any help we can get will be appreciated.

Shawn Springs

As a player, if you're about the team, you do what you can to help them.

Ruben Sierra

As long as I can do it and I can help the club, then I'm going to keep playing. If not, then I'll go home.

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.

Tamara Brown

That's where we see most (cases), ... (They're) who we tend to help the most.

Tom Starling

That's where we need help. It's rotted. We need help with signage and our Web site.

Dee Mahan

Prices are much lower in other countries. You can't help but feel as an American that you're getting gouged with the prices here.

Ali Rodriguez

Problems are solved by talking. They took the initiative; now they should solve the problem and we'll try to help them,

David Liston

BOI needs an acquisition to maintain its growth,

Jim Hall

Stay plugged in. Maintain the strength of the Chamber.

Jeff Garcia

I am going to do everything that I can to maintain my physical strength, maintain my physical conditioning. I'll even sit on my butt and throw the football, just so I can keep that motion intact.

Carlos Ghosn

Our objective is to maintain the successful momentum of the team.

Tom Grzymala

You want to maintain a balanced, diversified portfolio.

Mike Black

We were trying to maintain where we were at (down by 10), but when you can't score it makes it really hard. Chesterton started playing better on offense, and we played worse.

Peter King

There is a very serious question as to why the records are not going to be maintained on American soil subject to American jurisdiction.

James McHugh

We have a message to suggest there are ways to maintain these costs.

Martin O'Malley

Roads do not upgrade or maintain themselves. Bridges do not repair themselves or rebuild themselves.

Nick Faldo

One thing America hasn't had is good partnership.

Christina Richmond

Partners are getting more and more savvy in services because they have to.

Arthur Henderson

The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.

Reg Alcock

We view the public service as our partners in this,

Brandon Flowers

That's my instrument, ... It's been underutilized over recent years.

John Browne

The recent hurricanes in the US have impacted our results.

Janis Ian

A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me.

Ben Hatfield

We are very discouraged by the results of this test.

Peter Drucker

Leadership is all about getting results.

Peter Drucker

Results is all that separates one company from another.

N. T. Wright

The gospel is not itself about you are this sort of a person and this can happen to you. That's the result of the gospel rather than the gospel itself.

John Wooden

Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results.

Michael Rady

It's amazing... to enjoy the results of your labor.

Jeff Bower

He's had all the hands-on examinations that he's going to need. The results are all there.

Herbert Simon

Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom.

Jennifer Stone

We do what we can. The results are none of our business.

Brandon Sanderson

Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess.

Auguste Rodin

Recently I have taken to isolating limbs, the torso. Why am I blamed for it? Why is the head allowed and not portions of the body? Every part of the human figure is expressive.

Augusten Burroughs

I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken some liberties here." It's just a matter of being open with your readers.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I embrace technology and I just think that in 1984 when James Cameron wrote about the technology, everyone thought he was totally way out there and it was science fiction. Now it's almost reality what he talked about. The machines have taken over, except they have not become self-aware, like in Terminator. So this is really one thing that we have to watch out for, but I think technology is good.

Ayn Rand

Altruism declares that any action taken for the benefit of others is good, and any action taken for one's own benefit is evil. Thus the beneficiary of an action is the only criterion of moral value - and so long as that beneficiary is anybody other than oneself, anything goes.

Audie Murphy

I'm glad that it didn't take as long to get Shepard off the ground as it's taken this series. I'd begun to think the Congo would be ahead of us in the space race before Whispering Smith ever got on the air.

Benjamin Cardozo

Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Substitute statute for decision, and you shift the center of authority, but add no quota of inspired wisdom.

Cameron Mackintosh

I've taken considerable gambles on shows, but they're very considered gambles.

C. S. Lewis

They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out.

Robert Hurt

A lot of good things start in Virginia; a lot of good things have started in Virginia. We're no strangers to firsts.

Stephen Ambrose

Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends.

Eve Hewson

Because I'm Irish, I've always done an accent. Not doing an accent is off-putting because I sound like me. I love doing an accent. Doing the accent from West Virginia was great, and we had to get specific with it.