Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Deane

I would suspect you will see activity (at the site) in the next two weeks.

Jim Harrison

It can (rise and fall) in feet; it's not instantaneous, but it's very noticeable. Any up-and-down activity like that just puts another stress on the environment and the uses of the river.

Larry Rogers

Harrisonburg has a strong economy, possibly the strongest economy in the Valley. That's where this activity comes from.

Tony Stewart

It's very easy to get caught up in everything that's going on and just daily stuff being a distraction. When you have all that taken away from you, your daily activity becomes a lot more subtle, and you appreciate it all a lot more.

Chuck Johnston

We are going to see an increase in our fire activity as we continue to see very little rain. Our drought index continues to increase and with low relative humidity and the daily shifting of winds any fire that does start will be a problem.

Monica Johnson

When you get a hankering to talk or complain about what you gave up for Lent, replace that hankering by speaking the word of God. For all the times you would have done the activity that you gave up for Lent, replace it by reading the word of God. Christians should always be drawing closer to God.

Mark Epstein

I think the important thing, and the lesson to be learned from England, is that cautionary, very cautionary behavior and activity is mandated in this case.

Jim Howe

We've doubled up at some of the lifeguard towers here, down in the Waikiki area, and we've also brought in a second rescue craft to service our very high activity area here,

John Challenger

With M&A activity up, we're seeing more condensing of things like duplicate headquarters, banks on adjacent corners, duplicate warehouses, ... It's definitely something that's going to fuel more downsizing in 2004.

Jeremy Siegel

I was looking back on when Nixon resigned and actually the market held up very well around those days. It began to tank actually after Ford came in as president and the economic news began to dim.

Drew Gilpin Faust

As we have sought through the centuries to define ourselves as human beings and as nations through the prisms of history and literature, no small part of that effort has drawn us to the subject of war. We might even say that the humanities began with war and from war, and have remained entwined with it ever since.

Thomas Galvin

I think we're returning to the inflationary worries which is more painful for interest rate-sensitive (companies) and less an issue for technology. It's a similar rotation that began yesterday (Thursday). People are concerned about inflation.

Roxane Gay

I think it was really entering my 30s that I began to embrace feminism and call myself a feminist.

Shaun Treacy

It goes back 2 or 3 years when we began to see quite a large growth in our event business including meetings, conferences and banquets. Our whole business grew quite dramatically over the past couple of years and we felt we were running out of space.

JD Salinas

I thank Mr. Garcia for a good race and for bringing Hidalgo County this far. I've already began researching several issues that I consider critical to residents here, and I am ready to get to work.

Eric Matthews

It has been a privilege to work with Nate the last four years. He began turning our program around and the kids respect him. The number of kids out for the team says a lot.

Lindy Ruff

He's built for the game. He's got good tools at the back end and he's a very good defender. We've never given him a set role. He began to play well on the power play and he gained a lot of confidence from that. That confidence came from him knowing that he would be in the lineup night after night.

Ben Savage

I also began hearing the lyrics. A friend suggested I talk to a producer,

Lisa Gross

Kentucky has one of the shortest school calendars - not only in the region, but in the country. Most states have at least a 180-day school calendar.

Cesar Conda

Josh would have a calendar up in his office, where he would, in consultation with everybody else, map out when the president would be briefed on an issue, then tie it to events on the Hill and major announcements.

John Glenn

Good for her, ... I think too many people live by the calendar and become couch potatoes. I think people should do what they want to do and what they can do.

Larry Mondry

I think the calendar this year really helps.

Richelle Mead

My death will not be penciled on someone's calendar.

Carlos Parreira

Planning doesn't depend on us. I wanted to play three or four games. The FIFA calendar isn't enough.

Kathyrn Harper

If you think you've been there and done that, think again. We have a new calendar packed with the unusual and informative.

Cathy Melanson

The bikers love it. When I had to cancel the first date, they said, 'Oh no! You got to do it! They all took out their little calendars to set a new date.

M. Wolfe

Stronger and stronger evidence of climate change is upon us. Nature's calendar is responding to the warming.

Jesus Dureza

Knowing that the uncertain peace and order situation is a major impediment in attaining economic growth for the island, we are anticipating that the current peace efforts will strengthen the enabling environment for investment and growth.

Kenneth Miller

Half of the current rise ... was going on anyway. But that means half of what's going on is not background. It's human induced.

Sam Brownback

Immigration is a volatile issue, but we're in the middle of it now, and probably the worst thing to do is to not do anything. Everybody recognizes the current system is not working the way we want it to work. It has huge flaws to it; need to do something.

Mick Davis

I think the current market price is a reasonable level.

Ralph Norris

We're probably in a situation where interest rates will stay somewhere around the current levels.

Drew Matus

I think what this does is ratify the Fed's current stance --- moving at a measured pace seems to be the prudent course.

Mahmoud Zahar

I think that during the current tour, we will be able to raise the needed funds.

Phil Goff

It is important in the current situation for steps to be taken to resolve the long-running public sector strike, which has contributed to this tension,

Roger Ashby

I will be talking to the current squad individually over the next few weeks about their futures and once they know, I will make it public.

Darryl Jenkins

I wouldn't put my retirement money on the line for something like this, ... It is a very difficult environment for startups right now, with jet fuel so high. That scares investors away.

Will Ferrell

I would tend to shy away from that, only because hosting those type of things is an extremely difficult task. I'd rather watch at home.

Allan Kaplan

I would say that this a minor loss for the industry. I would say this is going to make it more difficult for them in their negotiations in terms of a settlement.

Kevin Sutherland

Just the streak in itself is amazing, ... I don't think people realize how difficult it is to make that many in a row. That shows how hard he plays every time he tees it up.

Jeremy Foley

I think it's a huge home-court advantage. I think the fact that everybody is on top of the court, the job the students have done making that a difficult place to play ... people say how loud it is in there. It's a different environment.

Mike Sanford

I think it helped us to learn more about him and what his strengths are. It was very difficult (with the injury).

Jack Riley

It can be difficult to find people who live in a precinct, with schedules and time constraints and all.

Reggie Collier

It can be difficult at times, especially during the season when you're so focused to be prepared for Saturday. I tell kids all the time to enjoy it while you can.

Neil MacDonald

Her work ethic is an example to everybody. She puts in everyday at practice and is very difficult to ignore because of her work ethic.

Ken Hill

Minds are like flowers. If you let it sit there without soaking anything up, it will dry up.

Bill Hines

Having our lawyers back in town working will jumpstart the dry cleaners, the drug stores, the gas stations. They need us as customers.

Mike Trapasso

We are fortunate to have the return trip to Louisiana. It's not ideal, but it's better to play in sunny, dry weather rather than playing on the sponge we have.

Mitch Hedberg

I was walking down the street at 3am, and I passed a dry cleaner. The sign in the window said -"Sorry, We're Closed". You don't have to be sorry. It's 3am. And you're a dry cleaners. Its not like I was gonna come back at 10 and say "Hey man, I was here at 3 and you guys were closed... somebody owes me an apology.

Mary Roach

Animals' taste systems are specialized for the niche they occupy in the environment. That includes us. As hunters and foragers of the dry savannah, our earliest forebears evolved a taste for important but scarce nutrients: salt and high-energy fats and sugars. That, in a nutshell, explains the widespread popularity of junk food.

Peter Moody

He was making ground on Primus in Sydney and wet or dry I think he will run well at Caulfield because he has won there.

Sarah Rees Brennan

Hark," he said, his tone very dry. "What stone through yonder window breaks?

Sara Gruen

Honey, I plan to marry you the moment the ink is dry on that death certificate.

Warren Christopher

To anyone who has served in Washington, there is something oddly familiar about [having your portrait painted]. First, you're painted into a corner, then you're hung out to dry and, finally, you're framed.

Jonathan Spira

Knowledge sharing and collaboration are a key foundation of research and development.

Sakie Yokota

I survived this hardship for 20 years until I found out she had been abducted by North Korea.

Al Borges

He did a wonderful job considering he found out less than an hour before the game. We tried to keep it as low maintenance as we could.

Randy Monroe

He can score, and he found ways to score tonight.

Joanne Rowling

>in Divintation< Lavender: >squealing< Oooo! Professor look! I found an unknown planet! Professor Trelawny: That is Uranus my dear. Ron: Can I have a look at Ur anus too Lavender?

Roz Foster

What we found was more than what we anticipated.

John Lilly

Here's a guy who is obviously not the ideal size, but we've found out a lot about his heart. I think that is something you always get when you get somebody from Madison County.

Aaron Boone

He's a good dude. I found that out right away. Obviously, he's going to be a good player, and he knows how to act, too. I want to be there to help him out. But I don't want to overkill him with Johnny Veteran stuff. We're all men here and we're all teammates here. Plus, I like him.

Doug Risebrough

He's a guy that you know has played at a higher level before and maybe just hasn't found the right fit.

Harry Redknapp

I was looking for a reaction in the second half and I got it.

John Wardle

Kevin has got one and a half seasons to go so we are not silly enough to sit back and say that we are not going to do anything.

Franz Humer

I would say that we would see an acceleration (in drug sales), especially in the second half of the year, with the introduction of new products, with the acceleration also of the penetration of the oncology line in the non-U.S. markets,

Jim Boeheim

He couldn't play those last two games. I had to take him out. He played like himself in the first half and we needed that. Our offense has been terrible and we need him to get it going and we did today for the first time in a while.

M. Thompson

Half the time, we don't even notice that they're there.

Leon Cooperman

Half the stocks I picked are up and half of them are down.

Jeffrey Levi

Half of America's workers have no sick leave.

Quiara Alegria Hudes

I'm half Puerto Rican and half Jewish and so, in some ways, living in many worlds at once is where I feel most at home.

Kevin Mench

He said he'd never seen 'turf toe' in the second toe. He said, 'Your shoes are a half size too small.

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.

Mike James

If you get that type of lead, the toughest thing is to maintain it. But we did which shows that as a team we're going in the right direction.

Tom Grzymala

You want to maintain a balanced, diversified portfolio.

Fadel Gheit

All they want to do is maintain the same speed.

Michael Costigan

It's important we maintain strong ties with Kankakee at all levels.

Grant Thrall

It's important that communities maintain their sense of place identity, so that they are not just one more blob of suburban sprawl, that they are something special ... People do like themes.

David Nelson

They'll spread rumors and give their peers the silent treatment. They do whatever works to maintain control.

Cheryl Cook

It's a lot of work for the owner ? maintain it, keep it in pristine condition.

Ashley Ellott

The down payment is $400,000 for the car.

Gene Wolfe

When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.

Marilyn Monroe

If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell shouldn't schedule a meeting with me before 10am.

Paloma Faith

You cannot schedule death.

Georg Simmel

Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all activities and mutual relations into a stable and impersonal time schedule.

Aaron Sorkin

The downside to series television is that the schedule is ferocious. It constantly feels like you have a midterm due that you haven't started yet.

Bryan Ferry

I don't do interviews at all when I'm on tour, so this time, on a day off, I'll do that kind of thing a little bit. I don't do big promotion schedules, not when I'm touring.

Arthur Bloch

The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules - the first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.....We must not.....assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.

Albert Brooks

You know, when cameras are rolling, improvisation doesn't feel natural. The pressure is too great. You're on a time schedule. You've got 60 crewmen.

Sparky Anderson

The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to.

Simon Spurr

Spring 2010 is the second season that I'm showing the double-breasted suit. I think the right double-breasted suit is young again.

Doug Tolin

I thought we would come out and play better in the second half. But we could never really get anything going. It kind of went the other way on us.

Bruce Bainter

I went down there and it was up over the second step.

Manny Acta

I don't know Soriano as an outfielder. He is here to play second base.

Umberto Guidoni

And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.

Vladimir Putin

Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots.

Voltaire

It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected.

Trevor Brooking

Unfortunately, we don't get a second chance. We've already played them twice.

Tracey Gold

You don't have the judgment after you've had the drink. If something truly catastrophic had happened that evening, I don't know how I could have lived with myself. I feel like I've gotten a second chance.

William Penn

The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume; but a good stomach excels them all.

Industry Idris

It (the volume of subsidized fertilizer) will not change.

Jason Simpson

With the US out today, volumes are pretty low.

Jeff Hammond

He's a different person than he was a year ago.

Emily Cederholm

I think the expectations are higher, but they don't feel so much pressure. This whole year is different.

Brandon Roy

I think this is the year it can happen.

Richard D. James

My filing system's really crap because I can never decide whether to sort things by studio, or year, or where I lived.

Richard D. James

I've always got to change something. All the tracks I've done in the last five years were made in like six different studios. It gets a bit complicated.

Robbie Coltraine

Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you.

Rob Sheffield

Not being able to protect her from things was the most frightening thing I'd ever felt, and it kicked in as soon as we got together. With every year we spent together, I became more conscious that I now had an infinitely expanding number of reasons to be afraid. I had something to lose.

Rob Chapman

I'm an avowed modernist. I'm for the new thing. I came to the conclusion many years ago that rock music is essentially a conservative form.

Rob Chapman

The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed.