Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ian Macfarlane

Australia is already fully committed in terms of uranium production through until about 2008, bearing in mind that the signing of this agreement means that this is really only the start of the process.

Tom Vincent

After years of working with multiple software vendors in this industry, we're excited about this opportunity to sign an exclusive agreement with a long-standing and financially secure partner with a diverse range of customers nationwide. This partnership links us with a leader in enterprise behavioral healthcare software.

Frederick Chiluba

Details of the agreement will be released tomorrow.

Tom Ricker

Any country negotiating with the Bush Administration right now should be wary of signing an agreement, given the example of consistently shifting the finish line for CAFTA in order to appease corporate supporters. There is no reason to believe they will not pull the same stunt with Peru, Panama, Colombia, or Ecuador.

Steve Lipscomb

The second quarter marked the continued successful execution of our strategic plan. Revenues were up 40% as we saw growth in virtually all of our business segments. We completed the production and final delivery of Season 3 during the quarter, and continued to grow our international television and product license businesses. The success of the show in the US, combined with strong ratings in international markets enabled us to broaden distribution into 116 territories around the globe. Further, we are moving forward with the Professional Poker Tour(TM) (PPT), and are close to signing a licensing agreement for it. Finally, we are pleased with the initial launch of WPT online.

Alija Izetbegovic

The signing of this agreement is done in full sincerity on our part, ... will depend on us and what we want to achieve.

Colin Steele

The signing of the addendum to the MoU addresses the valid concerns of the labour movement and speaks to the resilience of the original agreement and reinforces the fact that social partnership and dialogue is possible, orderly and mutually beneficial. Indeed, members of the union movement have signalled that while a new MoU would not include a wage freeze, there are several critical matters which are better dealt with in the spirit of partnership benefiting from research not rumour, candour not deception.

Eric Love

The Swan Valley and surrounding lands are an important part of the Northern Rockies landscape, and this agreement will contribute to maintaining these lands as working forests, and for the public to enjoy.

Kiran Karnik

A free trade agreement with the US in the services sector will be a win-win situation for both the countries.

Michelle Rodriguez

As far as technology, I'd go to Japan. Not everything should be centred around the U.S. All the special effects from these... countries were awesome.

Gore Vidal

As dumb as this administration is, they don't look ahead. They don't know where any countries are. They don't know how to make deals. They don't really know much about anything. There is no plan.

Ayad Allawi

As far as Germany and France are concerned, really, this was a regrettable position they had, ... I don't think the Iraqis are going to forget easily that in the hour of need, those countries wanted to neglect Iraq.

Mary Ellen Mark

As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes before I ever flew in one. I really knew, when I started photographing, I wanted it to be a way of knowing different cultures, not just in other countries but in this country, too, and I knew I wanted to enter other lives. I knew I wanted to be a voyeur.

Jonathan Edwards

Other countries around the world are looking at (this project) very closely. They are looking at the vendors involved in the project.

Wang Meng

Other countries are making improvements. Last year the Koreans took all three medals in the overall. This year it was split. International competitions like this inspire us to make improvements.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Peoples of the world are subject to nuclear discrimination, as many countries possessing nuclear technology are seeking to monopolize this knowledge and deprive the rest of the world from this scientific capacity.

Donald Rumsfeld

normally ministers of defense visit countries where there's that type of activity.

Hu Jintao

Deepening and enriching the China-Canada all-round partnership serves the fundamental interests of the two countries and two peoples and contributes to prosperity and development in the region and the world at large,

Luis Suarez

People ask, 'How can you let a defeat hurt you so much?' But it comes back to the effort you have put into your career as a youngster.

William Daley

No question it will come down to the wire. We don't have the 218 votes yet to win it, and the opposition doesn't have them to defeat it,

Tom DeLay

is going to be very hard to defeat.

Kim Cattrall

There is no need to feel defeated at 40, 50 or 60. I'm having the greatest time in the second half of my life.

Thelma Drake

We are going to have to be there until we defeat this enemy.

Dirk Nowitzki

If you do the best you can, you have nothing to be ashamed of. A defeat is not a disgrace.

Stanislas Wawrinka

As a tennis player, you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser. But you have to take the positive out of a defeat and go back to work. Improve to fail better.

Budge Pountney

We turned around a big defeat at Leicester last week with a relatively new team, and that's good. I think they found the passion we've always had at Northampton.

Jeff Greenfield

Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers.

Elizabeth Mackay

Technology has kind of stalled out here, we've got some potholes developing in that former leadership area.

Peter Culshaw

We've been in the planning stages on a number of things for some time. We will now be very focused on developing the TOD (transit-oriented development) sites.

Thomas Day

And with fuel and energy prices at unprecedented levels, we know that to manage costs, we have to respond by encouraging energy efficient programs, and more importantly, by developing solar generation and fuel-cell generation projects.

David Lloyd

We spend more time developing means of escaping our troubles than we do solving the troubles we're trying to escape from.

Dan Hawkins

Boise State has always has a great program and great tradition. We've just been able to keep developing it. . . . It's been a continual rise that way.

Mike Reed

You hate to have a rough stretch late in the season but that is part of developing a program. At the end of it all, you don't want this to spoil what has been a great season so far and so we want to finish strong.

Thomas Krens

We've been talking about this for a while and the time was right. Lisa will have a greater hand in developing the museum, and I will have less of the day-to-day managerial responsibilities in New York.

Andrew Green

We lost all of our scoring from last year's squad, and it's been a problem developing someone to be our striker on offense. But we've got a lot of young kids, and it takes time to learn the game. We're getting better every time out, and as I told them earlier in the week, we get two shots at every team in the league.

Jorma Ollila

We have a very strong position in a number of developing markets, where margins are higher.

Jamie Sandison

Profit forecasts for Europe are still far too high.

Eric Kraus

Russia does not want to have her oil and gas exports threatened by some of the transit countries, in particular Poland, ... This will increase the volume of Russian gas exports to Europe and will to some extent increase the security of those exports.

Sean Callow

We're having a euro recovery at the moment. But it's all momentum and technical trading,

Bashar al-Assad

Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.

Benjamin Disraeli

Under this roof are the heads of the family of Rothschild - a name famous in every capital of Europe and every division of the globe. If you like, we shall divide the United States into two parts, one for you, James [Rothschild], and one for you, Lionel [Rothschild]. Napoleon will do exactly and all that I shall advise him.

Charles Darwin

The western nations of Europe, who now so immeasurably surpass their former savage progenitors, and stand at the summit of civilization, owe little or none of their superiority to direct inheritance from the old Greeks, though they owe much to the written works of that wonderful people.

Lee Ferridge

There are players, including hedge funds and pension funds, establishing new longs in the euro at the start of the year.

Arianna Huffington

Why do we spend so much of our limited time on this earth focusing on all the things that our eulogies will never cover?

Bob Lynch

The outlook for the euro is to strengthen,

Gerald Walsh

People got their money's worth. Lincoln's a good team and they're fighting for that fourth (playoff) spot. We're happy with the win.

Freddy Robinson

No one wants to go home at this point. We're fighting to keep our season alive, and we'll come with everything we've got.

Chris Paul

Anything can happen. As long as we have a chance, we're going to keep fighting and keep playing.

Stephanie Dujarric

The secretary-general is greatly troubled by the worsening security situation in Chad, resulting from the ongoing fighting between government forces and rebel fighters.

Patrick Faure

The target is to be next year really fighting for the title.

Frank Lambert

The tension and fighting during this time was about trade, not theology.

Rich Ingold

(South Georgia) is out fighting for their identity and playing a team that has a good reputation in the league. They've got nothing to lose and could be dangerous. We just have to play our game.

Eric Woods

Novell has had to try and maintain a position in that space the two giants have been fighting over.

Justin Johnson

Now, I know what I need to work on. I had only been fighting for one month. I just want to keep working hard to get better.

Mike Rucker

In the framework of their schemes and the way the rules are, it's legal. You just have to roll with the punches, there are a lot of things people don't like. You've just got to play it better, put your hands down (on the blocker) and try not to get cut.

Mike Rucker

In the framework of their schemes and the way the rules are, it's legal. I just kind of got caught. I'll roll with it.

Tom Schneller

As a teacher I've given up my raises, my pension is negatively affected, my Social Security is negatively affected. But the union -- the money making machine -- told me this is what I should accept.

Jay Fisette

As a local official, any tool that can be given to help effectively manage development is welcome.

John Carroll Lynch

As an actor, I've given up judgement of evil, as long as it's human evil - we have to see ourselves for what we really are, and we're capable of horrific things.

Chuck Alexander

As of right now, we have given $105,140. And it's been a wonderful labor of love, and I don't even like to use the world labor, it's just been all love.

Stephen Reitman

Probably the success of Audi and Mercedes with small offerings has given them pause for thought.

E. P. Thompson

People don't have to tan, but we want people to know that it is a luxury they can treat themselves to. So, if you haven't given us a try, come down and treat yourself to a tan and a massage. We know you'll like it,

Susan Scott

People had given up trying to protect their privacy, but this will make them think about it again.

Abby Cohen

Opportunities are likely to present themselves, especially given a 6- to 12-month time horizon.

Granth Sahib

O God, that one, unto whom You have given shelter, is not touched by the hot winds.

Michael McLaughlin

(Dell) is positioned in a market that is rapidly going to grow.

John Patrick

The target market is for people who have not been entrenched in Web culture.

Jeff Mortimer

The surprise of the quarter was really the strength of small-cap market when most pundits were saying it's time to switch to large-cap. Large-cap was positive for the quarter, but the real money was made in small caps.

Arthur Levitt

The tension between centrality, on the one hand, and competition, on the other, is probably the oldest of all market structure issues.

Mark Urman

The movie was going to be a big hit. Of course, that was a perfect illustration of what market research does. It tells you what you don't need to know and is often very misleading.

Edmund Daukoru

The oil market has remained well-supplied with crude.

Richard Herring

So they have to be outwardly directed. And the North American market is the richest market, so its not too surprising that they are making acquisitions here.

Felix Kulov

Russian investors? presence in the Kyrgyz market is vital

Kenneth Sheinberg

Right now the trend is up but we're getting very overbought. The market is susceptible to any pullback.

John Sullivan

You smile with just the mere mention of his name.

Dusty Auxier

Twenty-seven points is a lot to give up in a half, not to mention in one quarter.

Mickey Arthur

We don't really want to mention his name any more.

Abraham Lehrer

We will not mention this story to the pope today.

Pat Summitt

I don't think I've mentioned it to the players one time,

John Panciocco

I was shocked. I didn't know anything about the cyst. He never mentioned it and I never really noticed it.

Source Unknown

If others have sinned you need not mention it

Carlos Silva

I don't want to mention names, but I know we can play better.

Joe Gibbs

I couldn't see them overturning that, ... They called it, they reviewed it, and they reversed it. The way their team reacted, I thought it was a done deal. They didn't mention anything to me. They just reversed it.

Max Lucado

Nails didn't hold God to a cross. Love did.

Colin McAdie

It's better not to nail it down too precisely. Over the next day or so we'll have a better idea.

Julie Garwood

She let him know how much she liked what he was doing by scoring his back with her nails and crying out with pleasure. "Oh, God." "Nay, lass. Connor.

Benoit Mandelbrot

There is a joke that your hammer will always find nails to hit. I find that perfectly acceptable

Caroline Corr

Actually, I wear the nail polish to hide how grubby my nails are.