Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dennis Ross

They acquire a kind of a momentum and we have to blunt that. I would like to see the president talk much more about those kinds of stakes because this is a way to explain what we're contending with, what we're fighting.

Jon Katz

I owe my dogs much - more than I can say - but they are not my 'companions' - as if we voluntarily chose to hang out together but none of us has authority over the others. I bought and/or acquired them. I own them. I am profoundly responsible for their care and well being.

Tori Amos

You can't control your popularity; I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things. If I was potato chips, I could go a lot more places, but I'm not.

Pat Riley

We are very fortunate to have been able to acquire a player of Gary Payton 's stature. He is a proven veteran and will be a big addition to this team.

Dave Warren

We will work to ensure this transition will be as seamless as possible for all customers, suppliers and valued partners. In addition, we will extend the opportunity for employment to all Ryerson employees in the acquired locations. We value their expertise and believe they will complement and strengthen our existing Energy Alloys team. Additionally, they share our mission for superior customer service and have an outstanding reputation for exceeding customer expectations.

Harsha Bhogle

One of the reasons you study at great institutions or aspire to work in great corporations is that you hope to acquire the values they stand for.

Richard Sands

we are ... disappointed by your rejection in our meeting today of our proposal to acquire Vincor and your board's refusal to engage in discussions on this matter.

Sarmad Zok

We are delighted to have increased our ownership stake in the Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus. This transaction is firmly in line with our strategy to acquire and consolidate the minority stakes in hotels that we already own.

Jan Wald

My sense is J&J is going to have to acquire to get a growth rate that investors will think is respectable.

Rebecca Ferguson

I've always been interested in beauty. I studied it when I was 16 and 17, and I know it's a good idea to invest in something alongside my music.

Flavio Briatore

So when Fernando got alongside him, he didn't fight his team mate. It is not about team orders, it is about working as a team.

Adam Haluska

Sometimes when we work with high school students, do drills, we try to get a workout alongside them. We're trying to teach them, but this is not only for the campers, our coaches are also showing us new material and information we can work on.

Lawrence Summers

What is happening in India and China... The integration of the four-fifths of the world where people are poor with the one fifth of the world where people are rich, has the potential to be one of the three most important economic events in the last millennium, alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution.

Greville Janner

Imagine the feelings of victims' families as they read the list and see the names of victims alongside those of their murderers.

Thorsten Fischer

Half of the refining industry's capacity is located alongside the Gulf of Mexico.

Edward James Olmos

Had I done the movies that were offered to me in my prime, at the height of my career, I would have been alongside the likes of Denzel Washington. But, I chose not to do those movies.

Gordon Taylor

He has been the cornerstone, not just of the Chelsea defense, but the whole foundations on which their success over the last couple of years has been built. John is the one person you would want alongside you in the trenches because he is strong, dependable, reliable and fearless.

John Browning

Our recent experience, particularly with solar, has given us the expertise and confidence to develop new products and markets alongside our mainstream business,

George Steinbrenner

He treated Dwight like a son. I know it pains him. He has nothing but hope for that kid.

Adrian Pilz

This gives you an idea of the mentality going on inside this bank.

Julie Futch

This gives us motivation for the next game.

Mark Jensen

This gives everyone a lift on and off the pitch. Whether Shearer wants the job in the long term, we'll have to wait and see.

Jennifer Warnes

In a song, you have to have a lyric that gives us new ideas on how to live, a lyric that makes us feel, and a melody that gives you some kind of body response and emotional response.

Suzanne Isidor

When I look at it on paper, it can look scary, but watching them play every day gives me confidence.

Jerry York

Cory gives us a great presence in goal. When you have him back in the net, it allows you to do a lot of positive things.

Gang Four

Nobody knows you, and nobody gives a damn.

Lisa Abron

Now we've got to pray and hope somebody gives us a wildcard.

Publilius Syrus

Necessity gives the law, but does not itself submit to it

Manuel Miranda

These counsels are people who are not only people of high intellect, they have forgone much higher paying jobs to work in public service.

Michael Butler

The stakes are much higher than they used to be.

Eric Maskin

Specifically, in the software industry, progress is highly sequential: progress is typically made through a large number of small steps, each building on the previous ones.

Fadel Gheit

Oil prices, ... are probably going to go over $26, which will mark the highest level outside the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

Matt Rosoff

Some versions of the product are priced higher than they need to be.

Shawnee Smith

So much of life is just talk. At the end of the day, you're just serving the higher thing.

Alan Greene

Pound for pound, they get higher concentrations of pesticides than adults do.

Fadel Gheit

These stocks are not reflecting $50 or $60 oil. They are probably reflecting $40 oil. But this is not realistic. The fundamentals support a higher price.

Peter Mueller

The short end was pricing in too many rate hikes from the ECB. Yields are high enough, and I see more potential for recovery in the short end than the long end.

Jose Manuel Barroso

I very often compare relations between states to relations with people. Sometimes we are nicer to those we don't know well, who are not our friends, than we are to our friends, because with our friends we don't need to be nice all the time.

Al Michaels

It would be a nice way for this whole run to end with the first overtime Super Bowl.

Jonathan Simon

It would be nice if I could come back to Auburn. It would be nice to give back.

Tim Ricketts

This is our third straight win and to win on the road like this is a nice victory.

Glenys Bakker

We're gunning for that. It would be nice to end the season with another win.

Carey Mulligan

I'm not great at having my picture taken and I don't enjoy that side of it very much but I enjoy being with my friends and it's nice to have a reunion.

Ron Gardenhire

We've talked about it. He says he'd like to do more. That would be nice to see.

Sienna Miller

But there is something seductive and the character, Alfie is so charming, and does make you think like you are the most important thing in the world but he's not that nice, is he.

Bella Thorne

The Humane Society is so great to work with. Because everyone there is so nice and supportive, and they're all animal lovers like me.

Jonny Lee Miller

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

Clive Woodward

This is an outstanding team for the tour and will be a tremendous opportunity for some other players to step up to the mark,

Mustafa Shakur

This is an opportunity to be around pros and watch Steve going around the court, trying to pick up some things.

Alexa Posny

This is an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime.

Kate Buckley

That opportunity made me realize I wanted to be a director,

Brenda Strong

We are all being called to be more present than ever, while dealing with a more challenging array of personal and professional challenges, opportunities and all-around growth.

Jane Fonda

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

Ban Ki-moon

Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Religion is about increasing peace and harmony in the world. ... People of all different religions should be given the opportunity to pursue good in their own way.

Uli Hoeness

We're playing for the people, not for the regime. We want to reduce this to soccer only.

Matt Hasselbeck

The Pro Bowl. But I don't feel like playing right now.

Arlen Specter

I've been playing squash almost daily for 38 years.

R. Robinson

We wish we were playing for something, but we're playing for pride and that's a big thing in itself. Also, just to let 'em know that, hey, if things worked out a little differently, this is what y'all would've got.

Ricky Skaggs

I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like my best days are ahead.

Rodney Atkins

With videos, I find I'm better off if I'm playing a role inside of it. The more you do it, the more you understand it.

Romeo Miller

When I was playing college basketball, I had to work out every day; it benefited me physically.

Jim Thome

I got to see more pitches. I got over 30 at-bats in three days. When I got back to playing in the regular games, it just seemed to click.

Lleyton Hewitt

I feel like I've been playing pretty well for a while now, and here I have been putting results together day in and day out,

Brian Jacques

Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill.

Diane Cilento

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill.

Artur Davis

Mitt Romney, happens to have the exact skill set that the next president's going to require.

Brian Van Holt

Meryl Streep's got talent, she's got skills. I'm sure she wants to be on 'Cougar Town,' right?

Eckhart Tolle

To make money, to gather knowledge, to learn a new skill, to explore new territory, even to get from A to B - for all these things you need time. For almost everything you need time, except for one thing: to embrace the present moment.

Rush Limbaugh

The best way to create and bring dependent voters in is to bring people that don't have much education and therefore do not have many skills and therefore are not as capable as others of providing for themselves. That's the gold standard in immigration, if you're a Democrat in 2016, 2002, 2000, as long as this current debate has been raging, that's their objective.

Stephen Hawking

Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you just want to pursue a career in the 21st century, basic computer programming is an essential skill to learn

Roy H. Williams

If you want the truth to prevail, you must cause people to realize the truth. This requires much more skill than is required to simply tell it.

Sugata Mitra

Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core.