Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeffrey Hammond

These new regulations will bring added protection to the public.

Grant Hassell

The strong returns over the quarter added to the good performance of the diversified funds for the previous nine months.

Kobe Bryant

Sacramento has added a player in the mix that is everything that they weren't when we played them in the playoffs. The guy plays defense first, and now Sacramento has become much more aggressive on defense.

R. Robinson

Salesforce.com saw a demand so it added more applications, more customization, more data capacity, so organizations can run all their applications on demand. It builds out capacity so it is not CRM with additions, but a platform with a choice of applications.

Joe Torre

The whole thing is confidence. (Wednesday) night's hit added to his confidence.

Garry Thomas

They added a park up there. People were able to fix up their homes ... There was a lot of excitement about it when it was going on, to put in new street lights. It was just a wonderful program. We need to fund that again and go to the next neighborhood.

Samuel Alito

This is not an ordinary lawsuit, and the issues may consequently take on added significance.

Billy Taylor

This is sure to be one of our most demanding schedules, certainly since I've been here. Along with what figures to be a very competitive league schedule, we've added games against some top-notch opponents, which should really challenge our guys and prepare us well for when the league portion of the schedule begins.

Gary Sease

This is something that's been talked about for a long time. Once Katrina happened, there was added urgency to the matter because of the possibility of doing good things for economic development.

Terry Vaughn

As an athlete, you've got to understand there's no loyalty in sports. I understand that and it doesn't bother me,

Anne Stevens

As a leader in both hybrid vehicles and in vehicles capable of operating on ethanol-based fuels, Ford is the ideal company to bring both technologies together for the first time.

Russell Carter

Automatic. I just said, 'clutch' when he hit both of them because I knew he was going to hit them. He sealed the victory for us.

Bernie Williams

As long as we've got his presence there, that's the most important thing, because being the D.H. doesn't bother him,

Amy Jensen

Our third spot did surprisingly well on both days. They enabled us to get the doubles point early on Friday.

Paul Talley

Our seniors at the top of the lineup do a great job of leading us. All the girls look to them to get us going, as well as looking to Brittney as both a pitcher and a hitter.

Tim Funkhouser

Our defense was very good, and so was the pitching. There was a lot of living on the edge on both sides today. Neither offense really busted through.

Rosalind Cartwright

Our early results are showing that the wife's sleep is indeed deprived due to the husband's noisy night. This is not a mild problem. The lack of sleep for both partners puts a strain on the marriage.

Bob Hunter

Our entire organization is excited about the opportunity to host such a high-profile hockey event. It will bring exposure to both our new hockey team (and) our great venue in Ricoh Coliseum.

Craig Benson

The Business Profits Tax, which is imposed on in-state businesses, we need to impose the same thing on out-of-state businesses, because the way the Business Profits Tax is calculated, it is highly dependent on how much sales and profits are generated in-state.

William Williams

The business of love iscruelty which,by our wills,we transformto live together.

David Healy

The business does not deserve a huge premium. It's a cyclical business, earnings are erratic.

Steve Bennett

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

Glen Davis

Raven has been a good kid since he got here. I could tell he was a little home sick the first week or two he was here, but I think he is over all that. We have been on him about taking care of business in the classroom. He has done everything we have asked.

Roland Martin

Radio has always been a niche business. Cable television has always been a niche business. Magazines have always been a niche business.

Stephan Thomas

Pricing power has diminished; we have increased energy and raw material costs and that will depress margins. It makes sense to strengthen the automotive related business in North America.

John Mackey

Profits are one of the most important goals of any successful business, and investors are one of the most important constituencies of public businesses.

Jim Allchin

Product quality and a great out-of-box experience have been two of our key drivers for Windows Vista, and we are on track to deliver on both. But the industry requires greater lead time to deliver Windows Vista on new PCs during holiday. We must optimize for the industry, so we've decided to separate business and consumer availability.

Ren Zamora

Other companies have been able to fight pricing pressure, which is good. If all the companies started cutting prices, you don't want to go down that road.

Marc Maiffret

Companies like Microsoft are not equipped to deliver protection in a timely manner.

Guy Kawasaki

Companies in Europe should stop trying to do the U.S. version of a European idea.

John Gerzema

Companies have to be innovative in leading with values the same way they have to be innovative in their products and services.

Bruce Evers

Companies haven't assessed the damage fully and it may be that refineries stay shut for months. The European Union is moving crude and products to the U.S., but at some point it's going to have to replace that, leading to higher demand in a marketplace that is already very tight.

Chuck D.

Companies are willing to pay a higher price to be in those locations.

Boris Boehm

Companies are restructuring to make themselves fit for the future. Investors are looking for companies that are engaged in that process. It's a positive.

Rick Campagna

Companies are doing well, but what's keeping a lid on the market is the Fed. We expected the Fed to be done, so we started off the year really strong, and now reality has set in.

Jim Lanzalotto

Companies are being realistic now. They know they have to lock up great talent. It's very difficult to find the right people at the right price.

John Varley

We have delivered what we said we would deliver, ... We have got very strong profit growth in a number of our businesses.

Ben Wagner

We are very excited to be a part of this project. Our team delivered a site that was designed under tight parameters and deadlines. It's always great to be involved in a project that will excite and embrace users.

Warren Spector

On the small scale, 'Ico,' I think, actually delivered a small new thing: holding a character's hand and really feeling like your job is to rescue this person, and establishing a personal connection.

Phil English

Clearly, NAFTA has never delivered on its promises, ... We need to redesign NAFTA so it's not a race to the bottom.

David Seibert

A lot of our supplies went to the police department because a lot of those officers lost everything they had. We delivered a lot of uniforms to those officers.

Tim Ghriskey

Its valuation means it's priced for perfection and perfection was not delivered this quarter.

Bob Williams

With software as a service and entertainment software delivered via the Internet, we're seeing interesting new Internet technologies and delivery platforms that enable these types of applications.

Ann Widdecombe

As far as I'm concerned, William has been an excellent leader. He's a staying leader.

Karen Peterson

People think prices are going to go down and the statistics keep telling us they're not. They need to buy. We have an excellent inventory, excellent interest rates. What are they waiting for?

Brian Leonard

People that really know the game know we have an excellent team.

Michael DeBakey

After reviewing all facts, I am pleased to say that the operation is needed, that it shall provide excellent results,

Jerome Meyer

After five years of excellent financial performance, we are extremely disappointed with these results,

Diane Feinstein

strength, experience, leadership and judgment to be an excellent president.

Gary Larkins

Teams can come in and play two or three games at excellent sites.

Rhys Ifans

I've worked with Hollywood stars, but the reason most of the Hollywood stars I've worked with are Hollywood stars is that they're excellent actors, so I've been very lucky.

Travis Paquet

It was an excellent game. It was 8-8 at the end of the first and 18-14 at the half.

Mark Peters

We did last week reject a $3 million offer for (the Begg-trained three-year-old) Written Tycoon, so to say that we, or even I, are in any financial trouble is presumptuous to say the least.

Miroljub Labus

There are no financial means in the country.

Alan Greenspan

Because it is a highly leveraged operation and one which requires very sophisticated hedging of interest rate risk, it's imparting a significant potential systemic risk to the American financial system,

Robert Kiyosaki

Financial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it

Jeff Byrd

Theres no financial return to us, but its something weve needed for a long time,

Glenn Tilton

The Plan of Reorganization reflects the financial foundation of the much stronger, much more competitive United that we have built,

Jon Duncan

Nobody likes to talk about it, but if one of them were to lose their life, they'd be in a world of financial hurt.

Chris Kelly

But the urgency of our financial situation requires that we move forward quickly.

Timothy Ghriskey

Obviously very leveraged to the financial markets, ... When stocks are going up, this stock should do better than the market. When stocks go down, it should do worse than the market. So, there is risk here. But, it's the most diversified of the major broker dealers.

Barbara Stocking

One year after the tsunami, we are seeing an impressive recovery.

Dale Davis

If we make it there, the most impressive thing about that list is that most of those teams went on to win it.

James Johnson

I'm not surprised; he's a tough young man. He was just an impressive young man, even then. He had a can-do attitude.

Erin Hertzog

It's something impressive because it's something we could use in Arizona.

Pat Dowling

For a while anyway, it is not going to be that visible a project. There is no one day that will be more impressive than another.

Phil Simms

The team performed even better than I thought they would,

Dieter Zetsche

It has performed well in the world's toughest market.

Tony Thomas

He performed it easily, because he was playing himself.

Tom Roberts

They got out and performed really well today. I'm really pleased with them.

Andy Williams

They took him upstairs to the nurse, who performed C.P.R..

Rick Miller

It's not much worth just reading the play in a classroom, but it's a whole other thing seeing it performed live in a way that makes it relevant to their lives.

Ravi Shankar

One single raga can be performed for two hours, three hours.

Larry Johnson

Don't tie up your retirement portfolio in one stock,

David Axelrod

I'm a kibitzer with a broad portfolio.

Mario Gabelli

Always keep your portfolio and your risk at your own individual comfortable sleeping point.

Hugh Johnson

It's not the stocks you pick, it's the structure of your portfolio that counts,

John Killian

We have the broadest product portfolio of any provider.

Duane Gubler

Singapore probably underscores the need for regional controls.

Timothy Simons

After school, I was planning to jump from regional theater to regional theater.

Joschka Fischer

The situation in Iraq is dangerous but the regional situation is also very complicated and precarious.

Mike Torres

The service may be a little slow for a little while it stabilizes.

Tim Chapman

This is going to be a social services disaster.

Les Garland

We want the Web site to be a storefront, as a service to our viewers.

Ron Kaufman

How can you learn more? By admiring what you've done right? Or by studying what you've done wrong?

Ron Kaufman

Always do what you can do instead of worrying about what you can't.

Ron Kaufman

Preparation clears a pathway for success.

Ron Kaufman

A scattered effort is a poor effort.

Tony Hsieh

Customer service shouldn't just be A department, it should be the entire company.

Steve Jobs

The customer is the final inspector.

John Jones

We're going to try to use solid technique.

Rory Bruer

I think it's a good, solid start for us,

Doug Mirabelli

He's been solid for us all year, and we need him now more than ever.

Clint Chamberlin

The JV got after it and had a solid outing.

David Ritchie

All this means. . . we have a really solid footing.

Mike Donahue

Once again, we had a solid third period.

J. J. Johnson

We are solid up front. It has just taken some time to feel comfortable in our system.

Brett Ratner

When I was 13, Eddie Murphy was to me what Chris Tucker was to 13-year-olds when I made 'Rush Hour.' And 'Rush Hour' really came out of the fact that I grew up watching 'Beverly Hills Cop' and '48 Hrs.'

Brett Ratner

I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories.

Brandon Sanderson

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.

Ayn Rand

He, too, stood looking at her for a moment--and it seemed to her that it was not a look of greeting after an absence, but the look of someone who had thought of her every day of that year. She could not be certain, it was only an instant, so brief that just as she caught it, he was turning...

Benjamin Cardozo

The repetition of a catchword can hold analysis in fetters for fifty years or more.

Benito Mussolini

If I advance; follow me. If I retreat; kill me. If I die; avenge me! It is better to live one day as a lion than one-hundred years as a sheep!

Brad Paisley

Willie Nelson, out there 200 days a year, calls his band family. And it is.

Brad Pitt

I've been in these tabloids for 14 years now, and at some point you just become a Zen master of it all

Jane Jacobs

As in the pseudoscience of bloodletting, just so in the pseudoscience of city rebuilding and planning, years of learning and a plethora of subtle and complicated dogma have arisen on a foundation of nonsense.