Famous Quotes & Sayings

Isabel Sanford

If there's anything in life you consider worthwhile achieving - go for it. I was told many times to forget show business - I had nothing going for me. But I pursued it, anyway. Voila!

Wendy Kopp

While I started out with a vague understanding that diversity would be important, my own observations have led me to realize that achieving greater levels of diversity is in fact vital to our long-term success.

Bruce Rubin

The American economic system rewards those who take great risks with commensurate benefits. The compensation Mr. Brooks received is directly attributable to the risk he undertook in aiding the capitalization of DHB and achieving extraordinary results for the company.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Women are emerging as a major force for change. Countries that have invested in girls' education and removed legal barriers that prevent women from achieving their potential are now seeing the benefits.

Bill Reinsch

Time and time again we have seen that unilateral economic sanctions by the United States do not work. Unilateral measures -- including some bills pending in the U.S. Congress -- would harm relations with our allies without achieving the results we all desire.

Tom Stephens

We've made excellent progress toward achieving our strategic objectives during our first full year since the leveraged buyout that took place in late October 2004.

Maurice Maeterlinck

Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.

Patrice Motsepe

Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.

Gary Orfield

We have had a quarter century of tuition going up faster than family income. And we've had completely inadequate increases in the Pell grant. Many states and institutions are shifting from need-based aid to aid based on test scores. At the same time, college has become much more essential for achieving middle-class status in the U.S.

Abraham Lincoln

Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision.

Sandip Gupta

The overwhelming adoption of our solutions worldwide clearly demonstrates the demand for professional caliber software in the hosting market. We expect the significant growth that we experienced in the first quarter to continue its momentum in the remainder of the year.

Kevin Russell

The appetite for 3G services is growing in Australia and globally. It is the future for delivering mobile services and in the next two to three years we will see its rapid adoption - fuelled by exciting multi functional handsets and appealing information, entertainment and communication services. 3 has led the way in making the 3G experience a present day reality for over half a million customers, and we want our 2G customers to be able to upgrade and experience 3G easily.

Marcus Samuelsson

The journey into adoption started for my parents, as it does with so many families: my mother and father desperately wanted to have kids, but they couldn't.

Pamela Passman

Microsoft is partnering with these NGOs to drive further adoption of technology that can speed information when it is most critical. We at Microsoft believe it is important to help improve humanitarian efforts through financial donations, technical resources and the volunteer efforts of our employees worldwide. This grant is directed at improving collaboration among agencies, which is one of the most vital issues our NGO partners are trying to solve.

Matt Wagner

Wireless, more than any other technology, is driving the adoption of our business notebook line. Staying connected when you're on the road is fundamental to the value proposition of a notebook.

Eric Wiegand

We continue to be long-term believers in the productivity enhancing benefits that technology brings to corporations and consumers and we've seen a tremendous adoption of technology over the last few years.

Greg Beck

It is definitely exciting news. I think that this policy will go a long way toward increasing adoption among providers. Providers will begin to realize this is actually a technology they can incorporate into their business practice.

The Committee

the President and directing the Secretary of State to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution all information in the possession of the President and the Secretary of State relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq.

Zach Johnson

The Zach Johnson Foundation, for my wife and I, is very much a part of what we do and why we do what we do. It's a great platform for us to give back to the community that started me in the game and other communities.

Monique Bond

The police needs the community and the community needs the police.

Steven Englander

The police force isn't big enough to enforce that sort of thing. This is where community expectation and standard will have to hold sway.

Tony Smith

The PBSO is eager to ensure the level of service your community expects, at a more cost effective savings than you currently have,

Christine Pelosi

Having seen my mom in community volunteer work my whole life and in Congress for 25 years, it is true as she often says that she sees her service as an extension of her role as a mother and a grandmother.

Alice Walker

I think many people in my community had very different kinds of mothers: they had mothers who acquiesced in the system of male and white-supremacist domination, and my mother never did. She just could not do it. It just wasn't in her.

Eugene Kaspersky

The 3 February 2006 could turn out to be a very difficult day with unprotected users losing data and the Internet community at large suffering from heavy traffic.

Krishna Sitaula

The announcement of the municipal poll was a ploy to fool the international community, which is pressurizing the King to restore democracy.

Jack Berry

The American Hospital Association has declared 2006 as a year of connecting to communities so they can do a better job of community service.

Brewster Kahle

Wouldn't it be great if you could put all the published works online? The Internet Archive is trying to become useful as a modern-day digital library.

John Taylor

Microsoft has recognized that owning a significant piece of real estate in the living room is key to them being a winner in digital entertainment, ... This is a strategic investment and part of a long-term plan for them.

Chris White

Microsoft is stepping up to support this vision further with 'anywhere everywhere' protected digital bits.

Susan Adams

Manchester is a microcosm for what we do in the whole division. It's the place we often go to first for launching new products like digital phone or a high-speed upgrade. It's a well-run system where people are collaborative and go the extra mile.

Edgar Bronfman

We are now seeing digital gains outpacing physical sales (in the United States).

Adi Kishore

The problem of piracy of digital screeners has been going on for a while and is a growing trend. Originally, the industry did not take the problem seriously, however.

Albert Lin

Those hoping for the price of digital songs to rise toward the prices paid for ring tones are out of luck. Some hoped it could rise from 99 cents, $1, to the $2, $3 or $4 paid for ring tones. That's not going to happen.

Hakeem Jeffries

In Congress, I'll work hard to encourage investment in education, particularly with respect to technology and bridging the digital divide.

Hod Lipson

The moment somebody is making money off the recipes, that's when you'll see digital rights management around it.

Chris Carter

I got to do Disney Sunday movies. I got to do a TV pilot there. And it really helped me to realise that I needed to not just be a writer, but a producer, to see my work up on the screen the way I wanted it to look and play.

Becky G

When I get out of work early, or if I have some time before I go into the studio, I go to Disneyland for a few hours with my siblings. We just have fun, go on all the rides together, and eat all of the good food.

Sean Maher

From what I've understood, it's an entirely different world, and it's a tough world to get your foot in the door, but I've always wanted to be a voice of a Disney character.

Jane Walsh

Usually they wish for a trip to Disney World. We send the whole family for a whole week. All expenses paid, first-class, top-of-the-line. No worries that week about any financial problems, any medical visits or treatments. They just have a week to be a kid again.

Raini Rodriguez

'That's So Raven' was my favorite show growing up! I loved Raven so much! That show is what made me want to be on Disney Channel!

Phil Humber

I told my wife that since we have a little one on the way, maybe when he gets old enough, instead of just taking a vacation to the beach or Disney World or something like that, we go and do something that actually has an impact on other people. That would be neat for him to experience and for us to do as a family.

Peter Sis

If I would use anything from 'The Little Prince,' even some little quote, it's all copyrighted in France. Like Walt Disney in this country, it's a national treasure.

Chris Noth

Maybe in 20 years, when Disney rots and looks like sort of a pornographic version,

Jim Thorpe

We were in the same Q-school at Disney World. We competed then, and here we are, 32 years later, still competing.

Nick Woodman

The magic of GoPro is that we are enabling the world to communicate in this new way, to express themselves in a new way, and it's snowballing.

Rich Ackermann

We use it for monitoring individual applications, enabling us to improve problem resolution for users who are reporting problems and efficiently identify the root cause.

Bruce Dickinson

Business is just about enabling human beings, nothing more, nothing less. Businesses need to recognize this fundamental fact.

Douglas Adams

He felt a spasm of excitement because he knew instinctively who it was, or at least knew who it was he wanted it to be, and once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device for enabling you to know that it is.

Richard Robinson

This has been a stellar quarter and year for Scholastic, enabling us to exceed our revenue and profit goals.

Brian Arbogast

Enabling multiple service providers to be able to interoperate, we think, is a tremendous opportunity for the industry.

Ron Miles

We all do things for people we love and that's OK. But if you're doing it consistently and all the time, you're enabling them not to be responsible.

Jeff Halpern

You get a guy like that, he's going to score 25, 30, 35 goals. It will be interesting to see if the game opens up without the red line enabling him to use his speed. I don't know what Bonzai is going to do. He's been a fan favorite for so many years. It would be great for the fans to see him come back.

N. T. Wright

The Holy Spirit in enabling the already-justified believers to live with moral energy and will so that they really do please God again and again.

Donald Trump

I played golf with my friends, and then I started to play with the hustlers. And I learned a lot. I learned about golf; I learned about gambling. I learned about everything.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'

Will Chase

I played more performances of 'Chris' in 'Miss Saigon' than anyone else.

Colm Meaney

I played trombone for 10 minutes, and then I was in an accordion band in school for even less.

Spencer Stewart

That was a totally different team than the one we saw twice this season. They got a lot better and played a tough game.

Demond Garth

That was a stage down at Wallace State, and he played unreal.

Amy Pettibone

That which does not kill you only makes you stronger. We have played with the best. I look at the state rankings, and there aren't many that we haven't played. You've got to test your players.

Janis Pardy

We have all played together for so long. We have a lot of chemistry. We know how each other plays and can predict what they are going to do next.

Dee Brown

We could have played better. We didn't play our best, but we stuck it out and we won.

Cathy Rigby

I will jump into most any role.

Arsene Wenger

If you don't question the officials' role then you've got to ask what they are doing

John Meehan

I think it would water down the commissioners role and take away some of their authority.

Bill Belichick

He's a role player. His role's to play every snap. He does so many things well in so many situations. He's so dependable. You want him in there for everything.

Rodrigo Santoro

I take a role because it makes sense to me, rationally.

Shane Victorino

Whatever my role is, I'm going to do my best. It's all I ever wanted.

Tommy Gibbons

We are functioning in a support role for the county.

Kelly Hu

There weren't a lot of action roles growing up - there were a few, maybe, like Wonder Woman, but then it wasn't real action.

O. Singh

He has not said what his role was. If he is responsible then he should be booked, and the sooner the better.

Indiana Evans

You have to remember I've been working with adults since I was 12 - they were my peers, and it has an effect, for sure.

William McNamara

I knew I would be an actor since I was seven or eight.

Bikram Choudhury

Most researchers sit at a table and read books. My research, since three years old, has been to use my own body.

Alice Walker

Since the time of the witch burnings, the grandmothers and the healers and the midwives have been systematically targeted. And burned at the stake for hundreds of years, decimating whole communities.

Alice Walker

I was brought up to try to see what was wrong and right it. Since I am a writer, writing is how I right it.

Nicolaus Copernicus

The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction.

Reid Scott

I've been a diehard fan of 'The Simpsons' since I was a kid.

Robert Zoellick

Since I came to the World Bank in 2007, I have argued that we must 'modernize multilateralism.'

Pat Nixon

I have made my own decisions ever since my father died.

Jessica Wolf

He wanted to find his goals. We supported his choice.

CeeLo Green

I am a rare occasion. I think if everyone had known it was going be me who succeeded, they would have supported me a lot more. They would have known what to do with me a lot earlier. They just didn't know.

Sam Richards

There are a lot of countries, oil-producing countries, that aren't very democratic, but supported by the United States. That's odd.

Karen Hughes

is something that's widely supported in the region.

Mohammad Saeedi

We are in the transition state, and the inspectors will work under the NPT.

Bill Vaughan

It doesn't set off any alarm bells. As is typical with T. Rowe, no transition comes about abruptly; they tend to be planned pretty well.

Chaz Bono

When I realised I was transgender I was so afraid of what my transition would do to everyone else in my life and how they would react to it and would I be rejected?

Alan Dundes

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Brit Hume

It's perfectly possible for somebody to make the transition from politics to journalism.

Brandon Sanderson

It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty.

Alfred Rosenberg

We are the transition from one education to the other.

Ann Brashares

There was a moment in between, a moment flung free in the midst of the transition, when he made contact. That was the moment she would dwell on.

Doug Freeman

It's a little gut-wrenching for me for us to have to make this decision, but at least we were able to transition into something new.

Mike Rucker

He's kind of like a younger version of Brett Favre.

Paul Rudd

We're now the (junior varsity) version of that,

Nancy Wilson

We've done so many versions of this song.

Neil MacGregor

For the Greeks, there was no single canonical version of creation, but a number of overlapping stories.

Theresa Klein

But there is only one version of the truth, right?

Rene Russo

If something comes around that would be a challenge, then that would be wonderful. But if it's a watered-down version of something I've already done, I'd rather do something else.

Mark Lewis

The new CMC version removes the need for an administrator to visit each site.

Daniel Tosh

Yes, I am aware that I am the gayer version of Jeff Lewis.

Patrick Marber

Everything is a version of something else.

Richard Hyung-ki Joo

We write for those who get the musical jokes. But for those who don't, there is always something else going on. That's why we have such a widespread audience.

Glenn Wilson

This is a very real and widespread phenomenon,

Russ Rader

I don't think their use is widespread enough yet to study.

Brian Lovejoy

It's going to be a soaking rain. It's going to be a widespread rain.