Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Schmidt

I wouldn't be shocked if someone was interested in acquiring them since there is real tangible value.

Bertrand Russell

It is not by prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you wish, but by acquiring a knowledge of natural laws

Simon Leung

In general, consolidation will probably happen. The question is when and how. We have been acquiring as well.

Fred Lipkin

The farm is a beautiful farm, and they had great plans. I think they were looking into acquiring another farm in the area, to expand even further, bring in brood mares and have a place for the brood mares to live.

Stephen Cohen

The cost of acquiring new customers and maintaining those relationships in an online environment versus bricks and mortar is significant.

Bill Dreher

The companies that are seeing strong gross margin improvements are getting it not from improving their merchandising mix, but from improved buying. Retailers like Wal-Mart and Target are lowering their cost of acquiring products. Sears on the other hand, continues to struggle with the turnaround of its department stores and problems with its credit card unit.

Lord Hailsham

The English and, more latterly, the British, have the habit of acquiring their institutions by chance or inadvertence, and shedding them in a fit of absentmindedness.

Edmund Phelps

The good life, as it is popularly conceived, typically involves acquiring mastery in one's work, thus gaining for oneself better terms - or means to rewards, whether material, like wealth, or nonmaterial - an experience we may call 'prospering.'

Jane Harman

The full facts of the case, including the role of Vice President Cheney, will come out at Libby's trial. But one thing is beyond dispute: Senior officials at the White House set out to discredit Ambassador Wilson, who contradicted the administration's claim that Iraq was acquiring nuclear material, ... They did this in an insidious way, by exposing the identity of his wife.

Mark Potter

James Cardinal Gibbons was the most influential Catholic in the U.S. around the turn of the 20th century. This is the most historic crypt, from a Roman Catholic standpoint, in the United States.

David Kaslow

Grocery store point-of-sale terminals (POS) and debit card technology is largely Concord EFS.

Patricia Hogan

Her shoe-button eyes and little smile with just a few lines - those are very simple strokes that convey many things to many people. Her little heart, originally a cardboard heart embedded in her chest and later printed on her clothing, is such a sweet touch.

Phil Garner

I thought the Cardinals were going to be hard-pressed to duplicate what they did last year and they did duplicate it. We are a different club and we are probably not offensively as potent as we were last year. ... We are probably a little stronger in the pitching department and probably a little weaker in the offense department. I don't know how that's going to work out.

Richard Long

It happened several times ... the company is called Reliable and if we don't show up then we can't have that. The day he was fired we went down to his house and grabbed our van and the credit card and thought that was that.

Lisa Cullen

ID cards are always free. We don't want anything to stand in the way of families being able to get them.

Riordan Roett

He doesn't have any money to offer, so the president doesn't really have any cards to play.

Chris Gibson

Pittsburgh just gets a rough card here because people tend to be prejudiced about what Pittsburgh is.

Joe Baldarotta

In the mini-game format everyone understands what their up against. I told the guys to get a lot of rest tonight because you're going to be playing a lot of hockey tomorrow if we play our cards right.

Bruce Lanni

Knowing that the oil sands projects are capital-intensive, companies are signaling that oil prices will remain high and that supply and demand will remain tight.

Hilary Rosen

I think it's a great thing when companies experiment with different models.

Michael Farr

I also like Microsoft, and I particularly like EMC, ... These companies are going to come back.

Wade Jones

What we want is to improve the quality of life for everybody. We want to improve the standard of living. And the way we do that is by providing good-paying jobs, secure jobs, so that we know the companies are going to prosper and do well here and help expand our economy.

Charles Gallagher

What we wanted to do was make succession-planning a process for these companies rather than an event they have to deal with.

Eric Shepcaro

What we find in these statistics is somewhat alarming, that four years after 9-11, a third of companies surveyed still lack these plans. We find that (many) companies that have these plans don't practice them.

Alan Foreman

Here and there, we may have a ray of sunshine. Some companies may report better-than-expected earnings, ... But, on balance, in this climate, those reports are not likely to fuel markets to move much higher.

Salar Kamangar

I think the next set of media companies are going to be created on the web and that YouTube is going to be a big part of that.

Bill Xia

I think the government is getting increasingly desperate. They're pushing the domestic media and outside companies to openly collaborate with them. They're summoning all their potential partners.

Matt Blamey

He continues to run with the team and we hope to have him back for the last couple of weeks of the season, in time for districts.

Penny Circle

He continues to respond to treatments and is improving every day.

Chris Thomas

Having a friend like Mike has been a blessing. He kept me on the right track as a youth and continues to be a good friend to me even today.

Dan Ronayne

Harold Ford Jr. continues to forget that he represents the people of Tennessee and not the celebrities of New York and Hollywood.

Hugh Johnson

It confirms that as we started the fourth quarter the economy continues to slow, ... At the same time that the economy is slowing, there is ongoing tightness in the labor markets and ongoing upward pressure on wages.

Robert Sinche

I think the housing data continues to allay some of the worst fears on how the economy might slow, and has some impact on how the Fed may act next year.

Neal Soss

It is magnificent that inflation continues to be low, but retail sales are smoking.

Kim Farah

He is home now and continues to rest comfortably. We expect he will be able to resume his normal schedule soon.

Larry Beinfest

He is not suspended. He continues to be paid.

Kay Redfield Jamison

When public figures remain silent about depression, there is a cost to the rest of society. Silence contributes to the misperception that successful people do not get depressed, and it keeps the public from seeing that treatment allows many individuals to return to competitive professional lives.

Jeff Krull

I would think the cost would be very steep. It's not in real good shape, actually.

Scott Smith

Katrina is limiting the current supply of natural gas into the system, which is increasing the cost on the market.

Bronwyn Belling

It can cost over $15,000 to take out one of these loans.

Silvia Pepino

Italy needs radical reform to cut its unit labor costs and regain competitiveness, but that can be a very painful process.

Mark Oline

It also reinforces the fact that GM will have to make even more significant cuts in their own cost structure going forward.

Levon Kendall

This was a good learning experience for us. We got away from our game plan, and it cost us. We have to stick to the things that have been working for us all year or we're going to keep losing.

Javier Bardem

There are so many movies and it's a waste of time and a waste of money. Basically, movies are made with what it costs the external debt of all Africa.

Mark Rebholz

He shared in the cost for the privilege of being the pilot, ... It worked out well for all of us -- we finished our project and he was part of a grand adventure.

John Chambers

I would say this for Montserrat ? one of its credit weaknesses is that it's in a zone that depends greatly on external savings.

Josh Towers

I think I threw more strikes than I got credit for. I was around the zone a lot. I definitely got my work in.

Danny Ardoin

He didn't get enough credit. Winning 14 games as a rookie is not bad.

David Meltzer

He deserves a ton of credit for making the sport what it has become. He's the Vince McMahon of his generation.

Kenneth Turan

He credits a watching of 'King Kong' on TV when he was a kid with making him a film director,

Bruce Heppler

He just plays. I know that he wants to win a tournament, and he works at it and is competitive as anybody. I think now he just has to get out of his own way. He's more than good enough to win. The great thing about Roberto is before the tournament is over, he's going to finish around the top 10 or higher, and that's a real credit to his competitiveness. That's a sign of a really good player who just plays well every single time.

Bob Hamley

He's a leader and a true professional that does a lot for me and the team on and off the floor. It's a credit to my team that I'm even going, so it's fitting that they are there as well.

Karl Gawell

We've got to have a longer term policy. These tax credits need to be extended.

Alan Curbishley

When I put the three subs on we really went for it and they played a big part in the victory but great credit to Orient they took us all the way and we just managed to creep through.

John Ashcroft

I would say that Mr. Thompson and Mr. Olson are very outstanding individuals, whose records of public service, including service with this Department of Justice, are exemplary records. But those are not my announcements to make, ... Those are presidential appointments and they will require, in each case, the confirmation by the United States Senate.

Stephen Miller

Just smoke everywhere and everyone busy. The fire department running around.

Tom Walters

I think it's a great fit. (Kirk's) been really good with Department 56 and Byers' Choice.

James McDonough

I think it really puts the department on very solid footing to do its missions and do it in a streamlined and effective manner. This is a very healthy and very positive realignment.

Jerry Moran

I always assumed the Department of Agriculture was the farmer and rancher's friend.

Larry Ellison

What is Oracle? It's people. We rely on our HR department to build this organization, to help find those people, to help grow those people.

Jenny Manley

He sees a discussion about moving FEMA from under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security as an excellent starting point in efforts to make the federal government more responsive in emergencies.

Joel Klatt

I think it's important to most of us because of exactly what it provides to the whole program. Obviously, the whole department gets a little national respect. Hopefully, we go down there and put together a solid effort and get recognized on a national stage where we feel we belong.

Tom Williams

I agree, ... In rural Kansas, in the event of an emergency, people aren't going to look to an emergency management coordinator. They're going to look to the sheriff's department for help.

David Johnson

I would suggest there's some sloppiness here. Neither mere negligence or gross negligence will suffice.

Samuel Coleridge

I have seen gross intolerance shown in support of tolerance

Mark Gandler

I know we left some gross money on the table. I know, and so does Olli. But that's not the issue.

Henry David Thoreau

It [is of] some advantage to live a primitive and frontier life, though in the midst of an outward civilization, if only to learn what are the gross necessities of life.

Hani Durzy

They can say whatever they want about their gross market volume.

Larry Ceisler

We have offered $2 million to start out with, and then every year going forward, a percentage of our gross with a minimum of $500,000.

Anna Kendrick

I heard people saying they were going to become millionaires by the time they were 25 - that's gross and obnoxious, but in California it's looked on as an asset.

Brent Sutter

The players thought it was pretty gross because my leg was just black. I limped around until the end of January.

Laurence Gilman

To say we're unhappy with the performance of the team is a gross understatement.

Amber Bowman

I would say this is a turning-point in our season we want to come in this weekend and show them we're a different team and that we've improved a lot since the last time we played them.

Tim Moe

I think we've improved more than they have. Warroad has a lot of juniors and seniors but our young kids have picked it up.

Russ Biundo

He has improved remarkably. Still, we have a long way to go.

Sandrine Krul

Right now she's our most improved player. She's so athletic.

Sara Baker

Our music was a lot better and visual improved as well. We did better than this morning.

Phil Garner

Their pitching is much improved over last year,

Kiki Vandeweghe

It's well deserved. He's just improved by leaps and bounds. I'm really, really happy... He really works to make his team better.

Robert Broadfoot

It really hasn't improved much in 20 years.

Lini Reading

They're going to be excited. They are a much improved team.

James Kelley

We still have plenty of improving to do, especially in the secondary , but I think we made an important transition tonight. As long as we keep moving in the right direction, I'll be satisfied.

O. J. Simpson

The AXP System automates what was typically an 18-step manual process while improving the recovery rates of the stem cells.

John Street

On a regular basis, more properties become vacant and deteriorated than we are improving and tearing down on a regular basis,

Catherine Booth

There is no improving the future without disturbing the present.

James Barnes

With this investment, we are improving the quality and safety of the rail and preventing rail defects.

Houston Nutt

We're going to have to be ready. Not only running the football, we need to keep improving our passing game. Our receivers are going to have to be ready. I just think everybody, tight ends, backs, you can't be one dimensional in this league.

John Sacchi

Ryan is starting to realize what it takes to win matches at this level. He keeps on improving every time he steps on the mat.

Mike Higgins

This is beautiful. They worked at improving their performance since the summer. That's why I'm so happy.

Tony Hawk

There's a stigma to skating. People think of it as a kid's sport. People kept telling me I couldn't possibly make a living out of it. Then they said I couldn't keep it up in my 30s. And here I am in my 40s, and I'm still improving my skills.

Source Unknown

Nobody raises his own reputation by lowering others

Steve Ward

Rendell's winning margin is black. Take that away, and he's even.

Howard Davidowitz

The margins are positive, but sales are eroding,

Danny Nee

Nothing worked. That's inexperience. You need someone to step up and make a play. We have no margin of error. We have to be at 85-90 percent effectiveness. It might be 95 percent to win a game.

Sue Stevens

Things can go very wrong with a margin loan.

Phil McNichol

It was an eyelash. Bode would have won and should have won by a margin that would have shocked people.

Howard Wilkinson

Things are tightening up a lot here. Wherever the race is, it's within the margin of error. This is now a much tighter race now.

Billy Childish

I like being on the margins. You work better there.

David Bennett

We see a continuation of margin reduction in 2006.

David O'Brien

We want to be satisfied the plant's safety margin is not compromised,

Judy Orihuela

He's been very cooperative. We've had no problems with him whatsoever so far.

Timothy Fisher

The range of a vehicle on one tank should be about the same as what we have today, 300 to 400 miles. And the fueling process should be about the same as what we're used to, it shouldn't take much more time than it takes today. And there are some serious problems with that.

Bob Bowlsby

I never would have taken the first step if I thought I was going to risk problems at Iowa. That was an important part of this process.

Christopher Hill

Clearly, they have some problems with the draft, but we have some problems as well.

Russell Crowe

If there are any problems and you do get up here and go on too long, ... Then 'hello' to my little friend.

Roberto Heras

I had no problems at all, the team had everything under control.

Roy Halladay

I had some time off to rest and haven't had any problems ever since then. It's kind of disappeared this winter so that's nice.

Jon Heacock

I know they are special team problems, but they are important ones.

John Carr

You could have problems you didn't think you would have.

S. Walker

We're not going to do that. I think the retailers would go nuts.

Lorne Michaels

I think you're seeing the wave of the future.

Buddy Bell

We told Peralta when we sent him down that we'd probably be seeing him soon. We just didn't think it'd be this soon.

Kevin Sheridan

Remember, this has only been operational for 90 days. What you're seeing is version 1.1.

Steve Godsil

I really like seeing all the different gyms. That makes the travel fun.

Sam Stovall

In general, we are seeing things that look a lot better.

Carl Anderson

I keep seeing them go up, up, up.

John Criscuolo

I just can't support seeing any teachers walk out the door. They're our backbone.

Joe Thornton

It's nice. It's different waking up and seeing sunshine.

Michael Goodman

It's sort of like you're seeing Yahoo spread its wings and be more of a portal that ties into the TV in your home.

James Henderson

I'll play here. I got two stores to go to.

Philip Green

I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis's and Owen Owen, only for a short time, and I found department stores personally difficult.

Oscar Wilde

Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.

Chris Mack

He's a linebacker with the basketball. He's so doggone strong for a guard.

Steve Trimper

He's got a strong arm. It was a game-saving throw right there.

Larry Taddeo

He's got a strong arm. I think he'll get some looks.

Lance Armstrong

I think we have fielded our strongest team ever with this formation,

Anton LaVey

In this arid wilderness of steel and stone I raise up my voice that you may hear. To the East and to the West I beckon. To the North and to the South I show a sign proclaiming: Death to the weakling, wealth to the strong!

Sara Atuaia

He's become our go-to player. We need him to keep being strong up from.

Brian Urlacher

He doesn't look any different to me. He was as strong as ever.

Robert Collier

Something must be done when you find an opposing set of desires of this kind well to the fore in your category of strong desires. You must set in operation a process of competition, from which one must emerge a victor and the other set be defeated.

Rob Thomas

There weren’t many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.

Richard Hofstadter

There has always been in our national experience a type of mind which elevates hatred to a kind of creed; for this mind, group hatreds take a place in politics similar to the class struggle in some other modern societies.

Richard Dawkins

It is time to stop the mealy-mouthed euphemisms: 'Nationalists', 'Loyalists', 'Communities', 'Ethnic Groups', 'Cultures', 'Civilizations'. Religions is the word you need. Religions is the word you are struggling hypocritially to avoid.

Richelle Mead

To Thetis, Long overdue, I know, but every often the things we most desire come only after much patience and struggle. That is a human truth, I think. Even Peleus knew that. -Seth

Ronda Rousey

The kind of hope I'm talking about is the belief that something good will come. That everything you're going through and everything you've gone through will be worth the struggles and frustrations. The kind of hope I'm talking about is a deep belief that the world can be changed, that the impossible is possible.

Romeo Dallaire

Is the human condition not defined by an endless struggle to control the ego's subterfuges?

Vincent Kartheiser

Well, I think certain roles are chosen for us. The moment I read Pete Campbell I thought: I can do this, this is mine. And in Money, too. The truth is I turn down a lot of projects. If a character doesn't have some kind of internal struggle, it's no good for me.

Willa Cather

Success is less interesting than struggle. There is great pleasure in the effort.

Willa Cather

Success is never so interesting as struggle

Will Smith

It's been rough for me trying to find my position in the struggle and where my voice is needed and helpful. You know, I grew up in Philadelphia, and Philadelphia has a really rough police-brutality history. I grew up in a neighborhood where it was very clear that the police were "them" and we were "us".

Fred Miller

I think they will target at least one of us.

Rob Bell

The joy is in the creation. So I've never had a target audience, it's always been about being true to the work as it emerges.

Saul Alinsky

The thirteenth rule of radical tactics: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Benchmarks are targets that have to be fulfilled. They cannot be fulfilled in an indefinite period of time, so there are timetables in benchmarks." (On the "benchmarks" used by George W. Bush

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Her smile was a bite, and I was its target.

Tori Spelling

I've been a target my entire life. At this point, there's nothing anyone can say that will faze me. Bring it on!

Robert Langer

You could use this to target tumor cells.

Emraan Hashmi

My films have a bold interpretation. They are unapologetic about showing intimacy. Going by the number of people who come to watch my films, this is what our target audience yearns for.

Ron Riffe

It's really simple, which is important to the target market.