Famous Quotes & Sayings

Haruhiko Kuroda

I think the Japanese economy has recovered and it can continue to grow by two to three percent (annually) in the next several years, although such growth is not so big compared with China or India.

Heather Parker

I'll be working the register, although I'd prefer to be scooping some ice cream.

Diane Vazza

Although balance sheets look strong at this stage of the credit cycle, bond performance is likely to suffer ahead.

Phyllis Peoples

Although at times we are challenged with capacity issues, our physicians and staff continue to work tirelessly to meet the needs of our community. We ask for the community's patience and support as we acclimate to the increased demand.

Henry Blodget

Although a settlement as described would be positive for the company, we believe it would be premature to conclude that the company's legal issues are behind it.

Stephen Chick

Although a potential transaction does not appear to be in the cards anymore, at current valuations, we believe the stock is reasonably valued.

Eric Taylor

Although a negative response to any of the questions would not necessarily imply the forester is not an honest, competent individual, it could raise red flags and mean the landowner should review the consultant's other qualifications more closely,

Denis Diderot

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

Mickey Levy

Although a heightened degree of overseas job outsourcing is probably taking place, the phenomenon is likely exaggerated by newspaper headlines,

Michael Ward

The performance is too good to be true. The auto business simply doesn't change that quickly.

Abby Cohen

We expect profit growth to decelerate in the second half of 2004.

Elton Brand

I expect a hard-fought series from Denver. We got home-court advantage, and that should help. The Nuggets are a tough club, and so is Dallas. I felt that we matched up well with either.

Frank Gillett

I would expect this to be primarily about experimentation.

Robert Long

I would expect a strong payrolls number Friday, and for the market to have some sort of positive response to it, even if it's just very short-term.

Lawyer Milloy

That's what I expect out of myself. It wasn't fun, but I think I can tolerate a lot of pain. I went out there and made it happen.

Shannan Bergen

That's what I expect of them. We have a group here that's been together. They know what's on the line.

Jesse Mudrick

I was really excited. I started swimming year round, but I didn't expect to make states. It was a shock.

Sarah Ferguson

I was really excited, I didn't expect it at all in a million years.

Mike Sealy

I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the offense was very good. That's the one thing after not playing together for so long you'd expect to come down a little bit.

Clara Barton

Although its growth may seem to have been slow, it is to be remembered that it is not a shrub, or plant, to shoot up in the summerand wither in the frosts. The Red Cross is a part of us--it has come to stay--and like the sturdy oak, its spreading branches shall yet encompass and shelter the relief of the nation.

John Parker

We want to see more positive growth in North America.

Shelby Seyrafi

Who wants to be No.1 in a market which is saturated and has slow growth prospects near term.

Dennis Prager

It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home.

Danny Huston

Usually when you're working on fight scenes, you don't really feel what's going on physically. It's more when you go back home and you're like, "My god!," and you wear the wounds or bruises with a certain amount of pride.

Anne Heche

The decisions that Ellen made on her show were between her and her producers. I supported her decisions. I was there to hug her when she got home.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Yesterday I sat in a field of violets for a long time perfectly still, until I really sank into it - into the rhythm of the place, I mean - then when I got up to go home I couldn't walk quickly or evenly because I was still in time with the field.

Anne Lamott

For twenty years I have ached to go back home, when there was nobody there to whom I could return.

Anne Lamott

I realized I was going to get through this disappointing service, and anyway, you have to be somewhere: better here, where I have heard truth spoken so often, than, say, at the DMV, or home alone, orbiting my own mind. And it's good to be out where others can see you, so you can't be your ghastly spoiled self. It forces you to act slightly more elegantly, and this improves your thoughts, and thereby the world.

Anne Lamott

I am drawn to people that are not going to shy away from the very dark, scary stuff of the human condition and in a lot of cases people need alcohol or drugs to create poetry and poetic pose that can take you so far out there where you are still able to recognize yourself and then to bring you back home where you're not the same person you were when you left.

Ann Voskamp

We're not giving what we're called to give, unless that giving affects how we live - affects what we put on our plate and where we make our home and hang our hat and what kind of threads we've got to have on our back. Surplus Giving is the leftover you can afford to give; Sacrificial Giving is the love gift that changes how you live - because the love of Christ has changed you. God doesn't want your leftovers. God wants your love overtures, your first-overs, because He is your first love.

Ann Voskamp

Homemaking is about making a home, not about making perfection.

Bobby Frankel

I want to be the Martha Stewart of the health-food industry — without the jail.

Jack Nicholson

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.

Alan Rickman

You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.

Jennette McCurdy

When you're the object of everyone's affection, make no mistake about it: you are an object. People don't have any interest in loving you for you. Their love for you is for who they think you are.

Wayne Dyer

Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

Alanis Morissette

When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.

Alan Parker

Have a go. Anybody can do it.

Alan Alda

People who laugh together generally don't kill each other.

Chin-Ning Chu

The mind is easily distracted; it loses its focus and becomes restless. If it is not directed positively, its power will be diffused.

Cher

Women have to harness their power - it's absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first no. And if you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner.