Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Watson

It is not unusual that by completion of this program the pilot project will have already returned an ROI significantly exceeding the cost of the program.

Patricia Myers

The completion and enactment of the master plan is a priority,

Richard Turner

Once the ferry terminal is moved (about 1,000 yards to the north, where construction is rapidly moving toward completion by early 2006), no one will ever remember that it was a rescue site. That's why we wanted to make sure it was put there.

Willie Martinez

They (WVU) do such a great job with the run game that they don't have to throw very often. They are ranked 115th in the country in the pass game, but then you see that they have a 62-percent pass completion rating and think that isn't right.

Jeff Clarke

This is the fourth consecutive quarter of operating expense reductions and reflects the rapid completion of our restructuring program and stringent cost control.

Pedro Alba

Between the point of decision and the point of completion, each creditor can reduce the debt servicing; it is an individual decision. The point of completion has no fixed time. That depends on the performance of each country in the implementation of measurements which were decided.

Andy Bush

The tree was inspected and limbed before the start of the PGA Championship. As a precautionary measure, the tree will be removed after the completion of the second round.

Carla Ponte

The death of Slobodan Milosevic, a few weeks before the completion of his trial, will prevent justice to be done in his case.

Brian Billick

The quarterback's completion percentage -- even in the first two weeks -- is pretty good, ... That should lead to more productivity.

Sean Maher

It always takes a moment for me to process something like that, ... I think I'm prepared for it, but it's like receiving a really generous compliment that leaves you at a loss for words.

Joel Quenneville

He's a threat every night. He's got jump, he's got energy. I think that's a great compliment for a young kid: knowing that each and every night (the team is) getting something from him.

Aly Michalka

I think it's important to see where compliments are coming from - if they're compliments about your inside, your heart, or if they're about your physicality or your personality.

Aly Michalka

I think you can learn a lot about a guy from the way that he talks to you and the way that he compliments you. If he's complimenting you when you're just walking down the street and it's something completely pure and of the moment, then that's something you can take to heart.

Ken Morrison

I think it was a huge success, ... It really made me feel good. Particularly such compliments as, this is the best-run tournament I've ever played in.

J. M. Roberts

I think that's a nice compliment to these guys and their effort. I like my team.

Ken Hitchcock

We look at that as a compliment, first of all,

William Shenstone

Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments.

Robert Wagner

Anytime anybody impersonates you, it's a great compliment.

Aly Michalka

I think it's important to see where compliments are coming from - if they're compliments about your inside, your heart, or if they're about your physicality or your personality.

Aly Michalka

I think you can learn a lot about a guy from the way that he talks to you and the way that he compliments you. If he's complimenting you when you're just walking down the street and it's something completely pure and of the moment, then that's something you can take to heart.

Ken Morrison

I think it was a huge success, ... It really made me feel good. Particularly such compliments as, this is the best-run tournament I've ever played in.

Ken Hitchcock

We look at that as a compliment, first of all,

Yoko Ono

If you're criticized then you can use it as an experience. Compliments, you can't use.

Samantha Harvey

I made a decision when I started writing 'All is Song' to take the compliments I had for 'The Wilderness' and try to be confident and not overwhelmed by it.

Harvey Mackay

Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.

Oscar Wilde

Ah, nowadays we are all of us so hard up, that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They're the only things we can pay.

Nicole Leverich

Everybody loves a compliment. That's what we're looking for.

Michael Barnett

Having just turned 23, and with over 250 games under his belt, we look forward to the experience of helping David take his game to another level for us.

Jamaal Magloire

I thought David West played really well. He's proven himself, making shots all year. I'm happy for him.

Shane Warne

I thought David Fulton actually understood the game, but he must dislike us totally to go and hand someone the championship like that,

Larry Brown

I'd like to put Stu Jackson and David Stern and some of those guys in that same situation and see how they would have reacted. He helped get things under control.

Jen Kirkman

I'd love to be a hit in Germany. I'm working on trying to get a gig as David Hasselhoff's opening act.

Cheryl Peters

I don't know what will happen when David isn't around.

Mick Rock

I do not use the word 'genius' lightly, but if David Bowie is not a genius, then there is no such thing.

Avery Johnson

He's a young David Robinson with a better jump shot.

Isiah Thomas

Other than David Robinson I don't know if I've met a classier individual in the NBA.

Tony Raines

Knowing how we ran early in the race and how I think we could have run, I was disappointed. But at the same time, I went there knowing I was going to race for a finish. I didn't race anybody.

Helen Brown

I would say that Cosmo was always a feminist magazine; it was before the movement really took shape. The early feminist movement felt I put a lot of emphasis on beauty, which was true.

Mike Ledsome

Katie was ready to go (Thursday). She got into a groove early and started hitting her spots and pitching stronger as the games progressed.

Rich Brands

Just looking at their results, I think it will be a pretty even match. We want to come out and not make any mistakes early on. We want to try and exploit some of the free kicks and throw-in stuff we've been working on.

Ben Gordon

Just like Tuesday (against Dallas) we struggled early and in the second half we were able to make a run. It was just a little to late.

Frank Warren

Joe is never going to be ready for that (November date) so we'll try to rearrange it for next year. It is frustrating for Joe but these things happen in boxing. It is a great shame. We'll do the fight early next year, maybe February.

Kevin Merkle

I think it is too early to form a long-lasting opinion. It is good to get some feedback first.

Derek Jeter

It all starts with pitching. This offense got so much publicity early on, but you're going to win if you pitch. We've got a lot of guys who know how to pitch.

Curt Schilling

It always makes a difference, when you get a lead early in the game. Every run early on is just a mistake you can make later.

Alice Lowe

I was in something called 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace' which was a real cult comedy; it's sort of a spoof horror sort of thing, and it only ever had one series, but I liked the fact that it only had one series because it's kind of got this little gemlike quality to it that there were only ever six episodes.

Howard Simon

Kids now are smarter than we were. They want the facts. They want to know what's happening. That's why being open and honest with them is so important.

Smush Parker

Kobe is always a factor in the game. I don't think Golden State stopped him from scoring the ball. He just got other guys involved in the offense. It was a game Kobe didn't have to force the game until late.

Jeremy Jacobs

Jacques agonized over it. Not so much in a financial way, but it increased our recognition factor - it's become a hook for us.

Joe Tiller

I would say it's the single most important factor of (a team), ... You hate to put it all on one position, but if you told me, 'OK Tiller, you're going to graduate 21 of your 22 starters. Which one don't you want graduating?' It'd be the quarterback.

Robert Sarver

I would say it did surprise me. When I heard Toronto was interested in talking to him, that didn't surprise me. The fact that he wanted to pursue it surprised me.

Albert Gray

Katrina just went through, and it takes a little time for water to move. That's probably a contributing factor to these high bacterial samples.

Albert Gray

Katrina just went through, and it takes a little time for water to move, ... That's probably a contributing factor to these high bacterial samples.

Chris Byrne

KB hasn't articulated a strategy about what they're doing yet, but need to stock a lot of the hot toys. It isn't really a destination store but the fact that they're mall-based helps because parents are in the mall anyway.

Foxy Brown

Jacki-O proved you far from a fighter/ ... I'm not gonna come at you, I'm gonna come at your ghost writer.

W. Hull

Keep it out of the middle of the field, take it up the sidelines as far as you can and then shoot it at the net and hope it goes in off someone.

Joe Gibbs

I take responsibility for all of it. It all rests with me. We don't have to look real far to find somebody. I'm to blame.

Steve Hammond

I think it's a first step. As far as we're concerned, we'd go for a three-buck limit.

Asa Hutchinson

I think it is very disappointing. Whenever you talk about the justice system, politics should be as far as imaginable from the outcome.

Zach Malvik

I think in the back of our minds we thought it was possible. That's just all of us being competitors and never saying we can't do it. I do think it's a surprise to all of us that we made it this far and accomplished our goal.

Mike Holmgren

He wants to be far enough away that he can't grab a player and start coaching.

Dennis Felton

He can shoot and pass and handle the ball. But what's been impressive so far has been his feel for the game, his poise, his instincts, his level of composure. You don't see that always with freshman.

Mike Bethea

He knows he has a lot to learn as far as football techniques and he is looking forward to that.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

While President Putin is busy redrawing the map of Europe, President Obama is busy filling out his brackets.

Sean Coste

I think that we had a lot of good looks from Kara inside in the post. Kim did a nice job filling in on the blocks.

William Butler Yeats

Education is not filling

Jimmy Dean

If you want to get in, you'd better hurry. The spots are filling up fast.

Aminatta Forna

I get a very vague idea and - perhaps because I once was a journalist, or perhaps because that's what made me want to be a journalist - I go off and explore it for a bit, rather than mapping out a plot and then filling in the research.

John Davis

I'm not very impressed, but you can't do anything about it because you've just got to keep filling up your car,

Angus T. Jones

I'm on 'Two and a Half Men,' and I don't want to be on it. Please stop watching it, and filling your head with filth.

Ann Marsh

I'm not filling up, I'm only getting $10, then I'll go somewhere else when I have the time where it's not as expensive.

Kurt Fuller

It's never good to just imitate somebody. That never works, because then you're not filling it with anything.

Chris Coste

Kirby was the first name on everyone's list. That smile and that magnetic personality. He was a huge role model for so many people in that area. He was a huge influence in the way that I hit.

Bud Keene

Kelly really pushed the limits of women's riding by going huge and super technical.

Doc Scheppler

Just returning to the team was a huge lift for us.

Ben Howland

Josh Shipp was huge tonight. I mean, having not played 13 weeks, for him to do what he did tonight was just miraculous.

Brian Fanelli

I think it's a huge accomplishment for her.

Mike Szabo

He just stepped up and made a play. That was a huge play.

Robert Russell

There are such huge, huge issues out there, that to get sidetracked (on this topic) ... to me, it's just tragic, frustrating, hopeless.

James Abbott

There are six people in the race. There are jumps, turns and rollers and some huge jumps.

Sven Eriksson

He seems like a different player and very mature in his way of playing. He's a huge talent and has been doing very well for us

Jay Wright

It actually looked a lot worse than it was. It's much, much better than they initially anticipated.

Clint Hurdle

I think initially we need for him just to go out there and get outs, then we'll find a job a for him.

Sam Heughan

I actually got an initial sense of how big 'Outlander' was going to be on Twitter. We're all on there to help promote the show and also interact with the fans.

Masafumi Nakayama

Investors initially guessed Japan's high-techs were quite independent of the U.S. market, but everyone's been quite worried since there have been so many profit warnings.

Ron Hays

If you look at the initial search and rescue (after Katrina), ... it was neighbors on boats.

Bob Davis

CMGI shareholders were disappointed in the initial market reaction (to the USA proposal), and so was I, ... It's time for us to move on. Lycos is a rock-solid company, and it's time to let Lycos be Lycos.

Bobby Jackson

His initials are PG, but I want him to be rated R.

Stephen Hadley

Initial reports are encouraging. In the end of the day, it's going to be deeds, not words, that matter.

William Hague

Initial negotiations have been positive. It will be a matter of months rather than a year.

Robert Vega

He didn't want to go home. From what we know, he spent the past two nights sleeping in the woods.

Paul Stephenson

I think we were the better side on the night.

Char Seward

I was worried that first (Sunday) night and with each passing day, I get more worried.

Maurice Ager

I was a little surprised. Honestly, I didn't think we were going to win by 30. But you know, every team has their night and we had ours tonight.

Wayne Gretzky

I will say it one more time, I said it the other night, I didn't bet, it didn't happen, it's not going to happen, it hasn't happened, it's not something that I've done.

Maria Hernandez

He's going to come out that gate, and I'm going to be here awaiting him. We are here day and night because we have hope.

Charna Halpern

He was here two nights in a row.

David Dinkins

I don't find myself sitting up nights saying, whom should I support?

Doc Sadler

I don't know yet what we will do. Tune in Wednesday night and see.

Larry Neumann

He's a difference-maker in every phase of the game.

Cheri Blauwet

Here, we see it as another phase of life.

Mo Cheeks

I thought everyone had to pick up every phase of our game.

Dennis Latta

We're in the exploratory phase right now, but we've been working on this for a long time and think it's a possibility.

Mamie Gummer

I went through so many phases because I moved schools a lot. I grew up primarily in Connecticut, but also here in L.A. for five years.

Kazuo Ishiguro

I went through my purple-prose phase in my songwriting... I was really writing between the lines. And that was what I took into my fiction. That was my apprenticeship, really.

Rose Leslie

The honeymoon phase always ends, for everyone.

Sarah Zettel

I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now.

William Ralph Inge

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.

Jacques Chirac

We are going to put in place our project for multipurpose frigates,

Corey Reynolds

I think you can spread yourself way too thin way too easily, so when I'm trying to create, I'm trying to create ideas for projects and have a vision for other people.

Julie London

I think what I project would be my style.

George Lucas

I have hundreds of projects that I want to do, and I'm running out of time - so they'll never get done, I'm afraid.

Steve Ford

Had the residents not done (what they did), the project would not have been what it is,

Robert Carlyle

Most of the time, you find that the smaller the budget, the more the project is about something substantive.

Tori Amos

I like involved projects.

Walt Disney

When you're working on a project, make sure at least one person knows what they are doing.

Walter Gilbert

The best project is one that asks a novel question.

Bruce Bochy

He wanted me to sign it, ... He took it over to me.

Peter Scobie

There are tentative signs things are slowing. It's not a foregone conclusion.

Frostee Rucker

When he stayed back this year it wasn't just to have fun. It was to put his signature on his work.

Crystal Merillat

He had to go sign up. There was no stopping him then.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

There is nothing insignificant-nothing.

Wendy Wasserstein

The signature of a truly enviable woman is the tenacity and continuity of her women friends.

William P. Young

Love always leaves a significant mark.

Mike O'Connell

Part of it was the uncertainty of not being able to sign him. If it comes to the summer and he wants to come back, we'll listen. ... I wasn't sure of which way he wanted to go.

Roseanne Barr

In Tulsa, restaurants have signs that say, "Sorry, we're open.

Chris Jones

Just to be able to play every day in stadiums like this.

Chris Gray

It's been unbelievable. It's probably one of the loudest, if not the loudest, stadiums I've ever been in.

Brett Heyl

It was everything you'd think it would be. Walking through the tunnel into that stadium with your country's team, there's nothing like it.

Dan Kaiser

It wouldn't be a stadium type of a thing.

Simon Jordan

Even if I built a 50,000-seater stadium and bought Ronaldinho, there'd still be complaints about crap hotdogs.

Jacob Ruppert

Yankee Stadium is a mistake: Not mine - the Giants'.

Gary Hetherington

Without the new stadium we probably wouldn't be going to Cardiff,

Darren Testa

He was a big surprise. He really stepped up for us.

Ozzie Guillen

He did it all today. He showed up big. He stepped up and did a tremendous job.

Jose Guillen

He's a competitor. He is going to give you what he has. He's always going to battle. Trust me, he's going to step it up for his team. That's what he did when I was there in Oakland.

Jeff Borris

He's always had the weight of the world on his shoulders. But when he steps on the field, he's got tunnel vision.

Frank Beamer

He's a tough kid. I'm disappointed for Jimmy, but if he can't go, it's time for Brandon Frye to step it up.

Dana Smith

I think it's a wonderful step for our department.

Dave Dombrowski

I think it's an important year for the organization. We need to take a step forward.

Robert Garcia

I think you really have stepped it up a notch, and it's been noticed.

Jim Haslett

I was disappointed in the way we tackled. All in all, I thought we took a step backward.

Brad Richards

I would say it was one of the better teams I've seen.

Trey Smith

Just the way they work together was really unique. A lot of other teams don't have that.

Dave Orlandini

He can penetrate. He can take it to the hole. Other teams have to worry about him.

Mike Eaves

He just has to do his part, let his teammates do their part and we should come out all right.

James Spithill

Going to the gym on my own I struggle with, but when I'm in there with a teammate or a group of guys, it's the ultimate environment.

Alejandro Canizares

He's a valuable player. He's one of the top three on the team, so we had a much weaker team this week.

Sergei Samsonov

He's a terrific player. He's tricky. He makes a lot of plays. He makes that team a lot better. Him being out of their lineup works to our advantage.

Matt Wichorek

I was down on myself. Our team was all over the place.

Willie Williams

We just have to go there and finish. This is a different team from 1995 and, hopefully, we will have a different result.

Allen Iverson

You play 82 games, and it's unheard of that you win every game, but this is one we should have had,

Charles Fletcher

He could've won by 10 lengths if he wanted to.

Greg Davis

Having won 19 games, to think that they've won 34 is just unbelievable.

Tom Ferguson

I think (the Fringe) is wonderful because . . . this is not 'Annie Get Your Gun,'

Mary Campbell

We feel it is a wonderful program, and they do wonderful things.

Jack Nicklaus

When he won his match, I told him, 'We'll, you've doubled your allotment for the week,'

Curtis White

I think we should have won by more (against Muncie Central), but we've been off (from competition) for a bit, and we're kind of rusty.

Jim Rash

I think what's wonderful is that 'Community' has always had its voice, has always had it's vision, and that started from the very beginning.

Catherine Jones

I was wondering that myself. I don't know.

Douglas Rice

I was wondering if we were going to sink. It was very, very wobbly and very, very dark.