Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chad Anderson

Rural areas are not an attractive market for a lot of the big companies.

Achim Steiner

We are talking about a network of marine protected areas that is defined from both an ecological and eco-system perspective as well as from the perspective of the users.

Anja Beer

There are no areas where no NGOs are going but there are vast areas where very few NGOs are going.

Maggie Lynch

We have just completed a system safety audit. We are looking at all aspects of the operation and working to make improvements in the areas where we identify a need.

Dan Webster

You lay out a plan and - say a three-year plan or a two-year plan - and say, 'This is what we can do. We can do the transportation packages, like the highway bill and the water bill, and we can do some of these other areas - a farm bill - whatever it is, we lay out a schedule, and we put that committee to work to do that.'

Wolfgang Ziebart

Our newest development center reflects the increasing demand for intelligent power semiconductors for automotive and industrial applications, and here we are developing security controllers for chip cards, particularly for the areas of mobile communication, banking and identification.

Subodh Kumar

In the last few months, there's been a lot of volatility. I look for less volatility in the markets. And I look for the leadership to evolve to the following areas -- where the rates stay in check - the banks, the utility stocks - those do very well, and financial services and utilities. And the second area that I would look for to do better would be companies with real earnings but relatively low multiples, and examples of those are the communications companies and semiconductor stocks,

Ellen Stofan

Instead of being able to look at smaller interesting research projects, I am trying to see the links between all the research NASA does. For me, that's extremely fun because I get to go play and learn about areas of science that I know nothing about.

Lyle Thomas

In some ways we are, but in other areas such as streets and sewers, we are not.

Mark Harmon

As an actor, you don't always know where a role is going, and part of the fun of playing this guy is that it changes and he continues to challenge me.

Larry Freed

During this critical stage in the holiday shopping season, online retailers face huge challenges to maintaining high satisfaction. Those who aren't able to meet customer expectations online during the last week or two of the holiday shopping season risk the long-term impact of lessened customer loyalty during the weeks and quarters to come.

David Butler

(Bird flu) is a smaller challenge at one level in the sense that we are better prepared, we have better knowledge, we are -- at least in our part of the world -- healthier than people were in 1918,

Ismail Haniyeh

We've handled challenges in the past and we will be able to stand up to future challenges as well.

Peter Yesawich

This speaks volumes about the challenges contemporary families have simply coordinating schedules . . . and the premium they place on the increasingly limited leisure time they spend together.

Mark Lawrence

I've always seen 'no' as a challenge rather than an answer.

Jack Rio

I don't know if there is a key, other than overall team speed, ... because I think he's going to challenge you at some point. He's going to make somebody miss and you're going to have to chase him down.

Charlize Theron

I didn't know about the comic and I'm not really very familiar with that genre, so it was a huge challenge for me.

Rick Lehner

Missile defense has constantly been a challenge because of the technology required to intercept and destroy a warhead in space or on its way back down to Earth. It's a very difficult thing to do.

Mark Johnson

That was a close call, but it was the right one. There was never any doubt that (Byrd) won that match.

Brad Gushue

There will either be a lot a lot of sick days or a lot of TVs in offices. In Newfoundland, nothing has ever come close to this.

Alaina Huffman

I ultimately wanna do big movies, and I've been so close so many times. They keep giving my roles to girls with just a little more exposure than me.

Walter Rodgers

This is a terribly closely contested election in a very tough campaign.

Dianne Nolan

This is symbolic of what's happened with our team, we can close the gap but we are having difficulty getting past that. We aren't mature enough yet to settle down and get past this point.

Whoopi Goldberg

This is something that's sort of close to my heart.

Jeanette Grace

This is something that's been open for 40 years, 40-plus years. You have generations of racers out there that come out there every weekend. And to just up and close it, you can't do that.

Paul Ginsburg

This is probably about as close as you can get to universal.

Oprah Winfrey

This is part of the reason I was born, ... I will do other films, but nothing will come close to meaning what this has meant to me at this particular time.

Jodi Picoult

As it turned out, hell wasn't watching the people you love get hurt; it was coming in during the second act, when it was already too late to stop it from happening.

Jamie Koch

The money this is coming from is already there. We're just honoring his contract.

Danny Culler

Coming to the checkered. Watch your mirror. Watch your mirror.

John Gibbons

Coming in we knew we had a good one,

David Perkins

Now, gas prices, ... they go to $10 to the gallon, we're still coming to the races.

Larry Smar

Santorum has tried to be out front on this issue, but ultimately he's coming to the port-security issue a little late.

Tim Anderson

Schering will be coming out with a second generation (Claritin) drug in the next few months, so it depends how many people they convert (to the new drug), ... They could be in Merck's shoes a few quarters from now, but I don't think they have the visibility to say.

Deon Grant

Saying they're good would be an understatement. They're great together. Peyton is an incredible quarterback. And Harrison, his numbers speak for themselves: A guy that old, getting paid that much money and still coming up with those numbers.

Donna Kulfan

Purple flashes of fire and light were coming out of every socket in the house. The lights there turned off, turned on, instantly.

Jimmy Rollins

This is definitely what you play for. Everybody knows it's football season, but when you have a race like this, it's hard to turn around from it.

Jim Smith

This is definitely what we anticipated all along. It just took a little longer than we expected. We're elated that the commissioners saw the wisdom of the entire plan and voted accordingly.

Jeff Gordon

This is definitely the smoothest that I've ever seen this place. I'm still not sure what the race is going to be like, but I think it's going to be good because the track is just really, really fast right now.

Daniel Wilson

This is definitely the right time to get started.

E. O. Wilson

This is definitely the most talented, smartest and mature team I've been on since I've been here.

Daron Rahlves

This is hard to swallow. It's not the way I wanted it to end. If you win a gold medal at the Olympics it doesn't matter what else you've done. I definitely wanted to walk away from here on top.

Tony Stewart

This is one of those days, I don't want it to end, ... I don't want to see the sun set. It's definitely the greatest day of my life, professionally and personally up to this point.

Laren Poole

That's what Saturday is about. It's a big step, but it's definitely the beginning.

Dustin Almond

We're growing more as a team, and we're relying on each other, so it's definitely helping us out with the foundation of our team.

Wendy Cheung

There are a lot of events happening this month and we hope lots of people will come to them.

Kevin Mawae

What Pop Warner does for kids on and off the field is great. It's nice to take part in events like this. It is all about youth football and it is the future of our sport.

Greg Valliere

You have to say that it could be a hollow victory, a pyrrhic victory, for the eventual winner if you will. We had a situation back in 1876, I'm told, where Rutherford B. Hayes won, but he was called Ruther 'fraud' B. Hayes for his whole term, and I think there's going to be a lot of sniping at the eventual winner as someone perhaps who won a tainted election,

Bob Renard

Is there a chance? Yes. Would I say that every day? No. Would I say that in any other storm event so far this year? No.

Tom Williams

We will try to exploit our depth. We would like to send two kids (to state) in five to six events that can score. That's one factor we can control.

Jim Fuller

We won more than half of the events. That was one of the goals I put on them. To win more events than the other teams.

Rich Sadvar

We'll eventually have to use a relief pitcher more often. But right now, our starters are doing what they need.

Bruce Meyers

We'll eventually get down to your county. Over a six-year period, we'll hit every school district.

Roger Milla

It's true I'm more widely recognised now and get invited to take part in all sorts of events and projects but as a person, I haven't changed.

Craig Sherman

Focusing on the long term and building a great product that is scalable ultimately leads to a great company.

Kaz Matsui

I feel my role right now is to get on base, ... That's all I'm really focusing on.

Hanna Salonen

I went (back) to Finland, and stayed there and the only thing I was focusing on was how I wanted to come back.

Zina Garrison

I am focusing on the team I have, in my mind they are the top team.

Tom Julian

It's really about the simplicity of the approach, focusing more on the quality of what you give Mom.

Bruce Braley

By the time I land in Iowa, I feel like my mind is more open to the reality of being back home and focusing on the problems of the people in my district.

Chairon Isenia

As a player, you feel good when someone remembers something like that.

Jared Bernstein

Our expectations have been pretty diminished. A good month used to be 300,000 more jobs and now it is 200,000.

Tim Parmeter

Offensively, if we don't turn it over, we're going to score, and we did a good job of that in the first half. We can shoot, so when we get a shot at the basket, good things are usually going to happen for us.

Fran Dunphy

Defensively, we were just about as good as we could be. Offensively, when the separation occurred, it was because we did some things out of character.

Mike King

Anything to help kids is a good thing. We were ready to help.

Michael Dowling

Anything that people think will look good in their gardens.

Douglas Johnson

Anything that makes people reflect about the humanity of the unborn child, we think, is a good thing.

James Bennetts

Anything that keeps us in the loop so we can track these jobs would be good for the city. It sounds like an idea whose time has come.

Inaki Saez

Anything could have happened, but this result is not good for us,

Shirley Pogue

We have improved the quality of life for so many people.

Zach Malvik

This shows us what we need to improve on and what we need to get better at. That game's over. We have to be ready for (today).

Mike Greene

You look at it and then you wonder if you're just being a scapegoat. But then you just go back and re-evaluate yourself. You don't look at it like that. You just try to improve on things you did wrong.

Ben Forbes

We just had a little too much talent. They're on the young side and they played well. They will improve and get better.

Albert Lin

But they need to improve their relationship with Motorola for this product to succeed.

Gene Meyers

Nancy did well. She improved with every throw.

Bruce Campbell

I can't think of any organization where there isn't room for improvement.

Penny Circle

He is responding to treatment and shows improvement every day.

Kevin Johnson

I think it shows in our free-throw shooting. We were 12 out of 26 from the free-throw line. It took us too long to get into our offensive sets. We will improve on that by next season.

Bob White

It was very frustrating. The talent doesn't match the attitude.

Annika Sorenstam

That's just match play, ... That's what makes it so exciting.

Natalie Grinham

At the moment, because it is the pool matches it is quite a long day ... we don't just wake up and play one match during the day, we play three.

Emilio Butragueno

I think this is the toughest match of the draw,

Rudi Voeller

You can't win a match when you don't score.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Tahini is fantastically versatile, its deep, nutty flavour a harmonious match with roasted vegetables, grilled oily fish or barbecued meat.

Lleyton Hewitt

It will be different this time, ... I'm playing really well at the moment. I'm playing better in every match and I have nothing to lose.

Steve Slaton

It was just our speed. They couldn't match up with us.

Sarah Batty

The match went well. We did what we had to do.

Baruch Spinoza

.... we are a part of nature as a whole, whose order we follow.

Juvenal

I will have this done, so I order it done; let my will replace reasoned judgement.

Baltasar Gracian

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.

J. M. Roberts

We won't go hostile. We want to own the whole of the business. Therefore we want to own over 90 percent in order to squeeze out the minorities.

Angie Stone

It is definitely somewhat a crutch of feeling that you have to please others in order to be accepted.

Ani Difranco

a lesson must be lived in order to be learned and the clarity to see and stop this now that is what i've earned

Andrew Mellon

Prosperity of the middling and lower orders depends upon the fortunes and light taxes of the rich.

Amy Klobuchar

Every so often you might have an outburst in the gallery. That's one of the most exciting things that happen because then you can say, 'Unless there's order we will call the Sergeant at Arms.' And that sounds really scary.

Amy Klobuchar

I guess my claim to fame is I've now gaveled Ted Kennedy to order twice.

Jim Gordon

We're as ready as we're going to be.

Benny Hinn

Are you ready for some real revelation knowledge... you are god.

Larry Pleau

Until he tells us he's ready ... We'll see what he says on Sunday.

Chen Yunlin

We will be ready for any complicated situation.

J. Horton

If we don't get up and be ready to play when we step on this court, I'll be very disappointed. I don't think we'll have that problem.

Chris King

I got some work to do, ... I've got signs ready to go and I'll be talking to people.

Carlos Rogers

If they don't vote us in, ... we'll be ready to play whoever.

Dave Walker

If theyre ready to go, theyre in there.

Greg Nasello

She's seen it all and is so dependable. She is ready and willing to play wherever we need her.

Elena Dementieva

I usually start to play well when I'm in trouble.

Seth Godin

Keep starting until you finish.

Bobby Labonte

If we start off and we're not in the top 10, we're going to be there before long,

Jack Rio

If Byron doesn't have any setbacks, he's our starting quarterback.

Mark Recchi

Hopefully, it's a starting point. That's what we have to look for right now. We're getting better.

Charles Davis

That was his first start and he was sharp.

David Barber

I wish we would have started 50 years ago, but to not start now would be a real tragedy.

Shea Hillenbrand

Without A.J. and without our team on all cylinders, you really can't get a gist of what's going on. You can start off hot, you can start off slow, it's going to take a while to see how everything goes.

Kim Evans

We'll try to get our jitters out and start getting it together for league,

Steve Mottinger

These are things the state wants you to forget.

Mary Parsons

There are a lot of conflicting statements from the proponent.

Corrine Brown

Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate.

Sallust

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.

Micah Rasmussen

We're just going to let the governor's statement stand.

Gary Fischer

If they make the state meet, it could be fun.

Henri Frederic Amiel

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

Elaine Chao

it is a wonderful statement about who we are as Americans.

Tom Murphy

I think this is a wonderful statement of values, really,

Arthur Ashe

Martina's like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she's going to do, but there isn't a thing you can do about it.

John Avlon

Politics is history in the present tense.

Dee Brown

We didn't play as well as we wanted defensively and offensively. We're not doing the things we want but we'll take the win. The Big Ten is a grind-it-out conference.

Anna Kournikova

It's not really a shorter skirt, I just have longer legs

Rafael Nadal

Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy.

Monica Seles

Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.

Monica Seles

I'm about the present.

Jerry Lawler

I don't know of any wrestler who hasn't, at one time or another, been with a fan. One time I met a woman at a match in Tennessee, and afterward we went to a little roadside motel. We checked in, went to the room, and enjoyed each other for an hour or so.

Debbie Ryan

We just went cold. We have a tendency to do that.

Michael W. Smith

Is it going to win an Oscar? Probably not.

Brian Blessed

Ninety nine per cent of the time, for anyone who wins or makes money, it makes them happy.

Carroll Shelby

Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races

Jamie Redknapp

You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that.

Boris Becker

I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I love to play.

Bill Hybels

Everyone wins when a leader gets better

Barack Obama

I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Dusty Baker

The only thing that's in my control is to win ballgames and God is always taking care of me.