Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Hidalgo

To find something comparable to that, but in our own culture, that was refreshing.

Jay Jacobs

I think what they have is comparable to what we want to end up with.

Mario J. Molina

In contrast to the troposphere, the stratosphere is extremely dry and practically cloudless - the concentration of water vapor is measured in parts per million and is, in fact, comparable to that of ozone.

Jack Evans

The current issue with the U.S. program is not comparable to the concerns raised in Europe. We have a program here that is successfully operating with 26 licensees and a dozen products shipping.

Tim McGee

Dallas is a good situation, obviously, with Drew being there, but the numbers have to be comparable or more.

Jeff Horner

Doesn't really matter to me. They're pretty comparable teams.

Richard Curtin

The last time consumer confidence declined a comparable extent was prior to the recessions in 1990 and 1980.

Adi Kishore

At a minimum, you need to have a dataset that is easily comparable with traditional media.

Jeff Garlin

For me, baseball is more comparable to chess than it is to hockey.

John Ashcroft

I would say that Mr. Thompson and Mr. Olson are very outstanding individuals, whose records of public service, including service with this Department of Justice, are exemplary records. But those are not my announcements to make, ... Those are presidential appointments and they will require, in each case, the confirmation by the United States Senate.

Stephen Miller

Just smoke everywhere and everyone busy. The fire department running around.

Tom Walters

I think it's a great fit. (Kirk's) been really good with Department 56 and Byers' Choice.

James McDonough

I think it really puts the department on very solid footing to do its missions and do it in a streamlined and effective manner. This is a very healthy and very positive realignment.

Jerry Moran

I always assumed the Department of Agriculture was the farmer and rancher's friend.

Larry Ellison

What is Oracle? It's people. We rely on our HR department to build this organization, to help find those people, to help grow those people.

Jenny Manley

He sees a discussion about moving FEMA from under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security as an excellent starting point in efforts to make the federal government more responsive in emergencies.

Joel Klatt

I think it's important to most of us because of exactly what it provides to the whole program. Obviously, the whole department gets a little national respect. Hopefully, we go down there and put together a solid effort and get recognized on a national stage where we feel we belong.

Tom Williams

I agree, ... In rural Kansas, in the event of an emergency, people aren't going to look to an emergency management coordinator. They're going to look to the sheriff's department for help.

Brian Martz

I wouldn't say exceeded (expectations) yet. We're still getting there. I would say we've had some young kids, ninth and 10th graders, on our team that have really increased our quality depth.

Phil Goldstein

What you really have is a rogue agency. So many people give the SEC such wide latitude, but they have exceeded (their) legal authority.

Michael Trombetta

He exceeded our wishes. It got him here.

Georg Hackl

I'm too old to race further. I have exceeded the expiration date.

Scott Kessler

It was just a matter of time before the expectations exceeded the results.

Nandan Nilekani

A big part of Bangalore's problem is that growth has exceeded everybody's wildest expectations.

Sarah Mesuch

They exceeded our expectations. They were killing us inside in the first half. We were able to adjust.

Agnus Berenato

There were probably a lot of people who thought we might not have made it this far, but we did. I feel like, even though we aren't in the championship game, that we exceeded expectations.

Brad Nisbet

This is the third consecutive quarter that disk storage systems revenue growth has outpaced that of the server market. However, internal storage growth has exceeded external growth in three of the last four quarters as organizations explore new technologies that increase the flexibility of storage configurations.

Trudi Canavan

Happy endings are a luxury of fiction

Wentworth Miller

A racial community provides not only a sense of identity, that luxury of looking into another's face and seeing yourself reflected back, but a sense of security and support.

Samuel Richardson

What pleasure can those over-happy persons know, who, from their affluence and luxury, always eat before they are hungry and drink before they are thirsty?

W. H. Auden

Cathedrals, luxury liners laden with souls, Holding to the east their hulls of stone.

Robert Orben

Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.

William Graham Sumner

The millionaires are a product of natural selection ... the naturally selected agents of society for certain work. They get high wages and live in luxury, but the bargain is a good one for society.

Samuel Johnson

As to the rout that is made about people who are ruined by extravagance, it is no matter to the nation that some individuals suffer. When so much general productive exertion is the consequence of luxury, the nation does not care though there are debtors; nay, they would not care though their creditors were there too.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world

Oscar de la Renta

Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it's about living in a way where you appreciate things.

Charlie Smith

Her performance really surprised me, considering she's on a taper for states.

Dave Littlefield

His performance isn't up to what we've seen in the past.

Bryan Clay

I'm very, very disappointed with my performance here.

David Beckham

I'm pleased with my personal performance but particularly with the way the team played overall.

Harold S. Geneen

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.

Kim Yuna

In competition, when I start performance I try not to think about all the pressure from the fans. But, I got a lot of energy from them always. They make me more perfect.

Holly Hatton

It was a poor performance by the varsity boat.

Peter Thomson

It was a magnificent performance. This seems to me to be as powerful a team as you've ever had.

Mark Roberts

It's always been performance art, but now it's on a different level.

Joanna Lumley

I'm three quarters Scottish, but I sound English. I don't really see British as a race.

Kevin Rollins

The first quarter is always the toughest quarter for us.

LenDale White

It's not about how the first or second quarter ends,

Rob Haines

It's disappointing that they are restating earnings. We don't want another quarter of surprises.

Eli Manning

I'm not a 25-interception quarterback, I know that,

Jim McMahon

I don't like the rules about you can't hit the quarterback.

Richard Williams

This is traditionally a weak quarter but software right now has just flat-lined. Expectations are pretty low.

Jacob Tamme

The second quarter has really killed us in a lot of games.

Sean Durkin

The third quarter killed us. In the end, it was a little too much for us to overcome.

Ken Starr

Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.

Chuck Hill

I think that Q4 results will be terrible.

Andrew Johnson

I think that's been a really important, big step in the U.S. having more competitive results internationally.

Robert Toth

Truth in my love for the subject will produce superior results.

Zig Ziglar

Concentrated thoughts produce desired results.

Niccolo Machiavelli

In our own days we have seen no princes accomplish great results save those who have been accounted miserly.

Ovid

The result proves the wisdom of the act.

Pat Barker

The result was I went nowhere.

Molly Ivins

The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.

Mark Victor Hansen

As we act 'right,' our right results are guaranteed.

Brian Tracy

Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.

Jon Hanson

Token sales have spiked, ... Token use has spiked.

Ron Bruch

There are a lot of stories out there, some probably written and stored with old photographs in shoeboxes in closets.

James Henderson

I'll play here. I got two stores to go to.

Philip Green

I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis's and Owen Owen, only for a short time, and I found department stores personally difficult.

John Simley

We have not had any instances where a store has been unable to function.

Willie Nelson

We just about threw away the whole store and restocked it,

Oscar Wilde

Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.