Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Lewis

As a result it has been agreed between the WRU and Ruddock that he will stand down with immediate effect. In his absence Scott Johnson will take over as head coach for the remainder of the championship.

Eric Thurston

Our defensive core really stepped up tonight in his absence.

William Shakespeare

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

Tony Spencer

The only regret I have is the leave of absence. It puts that (uncertainty) of if I'll have a job. I really enjoy working for this department.

Carl Peterson

We fully expect that Larry Johnson will once again perform admirably in place of Priest, much like he did at the end of last season. Priest will continue to attend meetings and conduct his rehabilitation here in Kansas City. We fully anticipate that despite his absence on the field, Priest will continue to contribute to the success of Larry and our other running backs, as well as our entire football team. These are never easy decisions, but we believe this is the correct one for Priest at this time.

Stephen Wood

With higher energy prices, the absence of fiscal stimulus, sluggish job creation and some moderation in Chinese growth, the Fed is probably closer to being done than it thinks.

Carrie Graf

We always knew it was going to be tough with the schedule we had at the start and with the absence of players.

Hugh Kaufman

The reason for the the absence of the government agencies, I believe, is because they are participating on a cover-up.

Jacqueline Carey

When I started really writing fantasy, one of the things I noticed was a real absence of sexuality in the genre at all. And it's such a profound part of the human experience that it's a really big thing to leave out.

Mike Grier

As badly as it is, it's effective what he does out there. He draws penalties. He gets under the other team's skin. So I think we are all aware of how he plays the game. It's just something you have to deal with when you play against him.

Stuart Pearce

As a young man trying to make your way in life, you feel your back is against the wall and you are scrapping against the whole world,

Joe Thompson

As it turned out, I guess that onside kick wasn't the best thing to open the half, but I was looking for some spark to get our emotion going and allow us to compete, ... We just made too many mistakes, and you can't do that against a team like this. You have to be able to play at a high energy level and with hope, and we couldn't get anything going to give us that hope.

Chris Garcia

As long as you know what the government's trying to do - what you're protesting against - I'm all for it. But you see on the news: The high school and even the middle school kids just skip school.

Jeremy Greenstock

As I read it, the president is determined not to be forced into reductions that go against the trend of events. It would be rash to predict. I am sure there will be reductions, but the number will probably stay quite high.

Kevin Gardner

That place is a tough place to play. We realize you can't come out flat against that team. We didn't really get going until the end of the game. But we know that in order to beat any team in our conference we can't come out flat.

Bill Harris

That was a big win. We've been on the precipice. I can understand why Wesleyan would be happy to play us again if they get the shots they did the first time. We better play a little better defense.

Susan Reynolds

That was a big win for us against Wills Point,

Marcus Williams

That was a big road trip getting off to a good start and (winning) against a really talented team.

Ted Leonsis

As a league, we will have less TV revenue, and locally I don't think we can expect to increase our ticket revenue. However, our ticket prices are going down even more. That price reduction may help attendance, but we don't anticipate it helping overall revenues.

Bobby Petrino

You need to get up early and get started, ... That's nice too. You don't have to sit and wait all day long for the game to come. I would anticipate us to come out ready to play and fired up and be real aggressive. Of course, they are going to be a real good football team too so it will probably be a real good battle.

Kenneth Blackwell

I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December, and our 20 electorate votes will go to the certified winner.

Ted Scambos

Even if temperatures and conditions went flat from this point forward, we anticipate that Arctic ice would eventually disappear.

Don Galante

At some point next year I do anticipate the Fed is going to take back some of the liquidity it pumped in. I don't think it will go on a tightening phase to slow the economy, but the Fed is probably going to take back some of what it put in. That's the trade in the second half of the year.

Herman Edwards

At this point I anticipate he'll be out for the season,' ... Jay Fiedler, at this point, I don't want to say how long it will be, but it could be a season, also.

Katrina Kelner

At the moment we anticipate that the findings of the Korean investigations will be necessary before we make any final determinations about that paper.

Gerald Levin

We are off to a great start for 1999 and are on track for what I anticipate will be another record-breaking year.

Craig Ray

We are still assessing the vast impact of Katrina, and there appears to be good news beyond the Coast with no significant structural damage to most of our courses, ... We anticipate that those that have not already opened will do so very soon. The Gulf Coast will take longer to recover, of course, but some of the courses will re-open soon there. Meanwhile, the rest of the state continues to welcome and support visitors and misplaced residents. We've been surprised how strong the golf-and-gaming stay-and-play business has been in the four other regions of the state since Katrina and this is good for the state and its people and businesses.

Greg Amodio

The bottom line is the attendance is a direct reflection of the product we've provided. Right now going to a Duquesne basketball game is not the fashionable thing to do. We haven't given our fans much to cheer about recently.

Lisa Norberg

Our computer basics and Web basics series continue to be most popular, but we've also had good attendance at some of our more subject-oriented classes, everything from finding health information to conducting genealogical research.

Bud Selig

The sport is having its greatest year, ... We're going to top 54 million people in attendance (Saturday), and we could come close to 55 million by (today). We're at a stunning attendance pace.

Richard Riley

A simple but profound fact: There is no end in sight for the increase in young people attending our nation's schools,

Scott Stephens

E2V also creates a new type of sponsorship opportunity for leading companies tired of the old methods. We believe that over the course of the year, event organizers of E2V-covered events will find attendance numbers increasing. Our product will help shape networking in the local business community and bring balance to executives' schedules.

Kehlog Albran

Even the best of friends cannot attend each other's funeral.

William Bango

to stay away from a useless election, an election that does not even remotely attend to the national crisis.

Jake Gold

Attendance is way, way up, and I think part of that is the success of the Idols themselves.

Tom Lindly

We think right now, attendance looks pretty good.

Wayne Hudson

As far as African-American lieutenants, I believe I am the first.

Elaine Turner

As a registered nurse and community health educator, I believe that we need to do more of these types of events for people of all ages. With the technology of today, it's easy to forget the importance that exercise and healthy living play in our lives.

Rob Thomas

The bottom line is these individuals believed him and he was able to portray himself as the type of person who could pull that off.

David Perlmutter

The bottom line is that this author, a practicing neurologist dealing with Alzheimer's disease on a daily basis, believes we need to expand the public awareness that modifiable lifestyle factors have a profound role to play in determining who will or won't get this disease.

Teresa Hostetler

The bottom line is, for each count of sexual battery, and I believe he plead guilty to two, carries a maximum of five years per count. This guy could have spent ten years in jail.

David Almeida

Our concern is that that black-box warning might discourage parents from getting treatment for their children. We don't believe that antidepressants cause suicides; all the evidence points to the fact that antidepressants do just the opposite.

Joseph Cohen

Our economic outlook still calls for real GDP (gross domestic product) growth averaging 3-4 percent in coming quarters. We believe that economic and profit expansion can persist for longer at the moderate pace we project,

Mark Woodward

Our decision to partner with Silver Lake to take the company private represents the culmination of a thorough review of our standalone plan and strategic alternatives, ... We believe this is the best value proposition for our shareholders.

Bodo Uebber

Our dealer stocks are a little bit high but we believe this is necessary to support the spring selling season.

Nancy Peterson

The students are there to take down names and family information. They then input that information on the (Red Cross Family Links) Web site, and conduct searches.

George Robertson

public trust is essential to an effective judicial system and one judge's conduct may have a significant impact upon the public's perception of the entire judicial system ...

Jim Petro

I've never, nor would I ever, not conduct an appropriate investigation.

Christopher Dodd

This is the first time in more than 200 years that the federal government will take a very proactive role in the conduct of elections,

Chris Swecker

We all know why we are here. This is as much about deterrence as it is conducting investigations.

Tommy Franks

Feedback from the special forces conducting the raid,

Bhagavad Gita

Persons of demonic nature do not know what to do and what not to do. They neither have purity nor good conduct nor truthfulness.

Robert H. Grubbs

Catalysts are the conductors who choreograph the chemical dance that results in the formation of new structures.

Brad Mitchell

If, after conducting market research, we find the public wants Christopher, we may revisit the decision.

Dr. Tucker

As far as total expectations, we know that we have work to do and we want to continue to improve. Magnet schools are just a vehicle that we are using to improve education in Texarkana. So, until education improves, then our expectations are not met.

Flex Plexico

Prior to returning this detainee to Egypt, the United States received appropriate assurances from the government of Egypt regarding this detainee's treatment upon his return to Egypt. This includes assurances that this individual will continue to be treated humanely, in accordance with Egyptian and international legal obligations, while he remains in Egypt,

Eddie Jones

Our thing is we're trying to win and just get in a groove where we can continue it and get into the playoffs. If you start worrying about seeds then your focus isn't on winning games.

Ari Fleischer

North Korea continues to engage in provocations and now reckless acts.

Mike Cahill

Denver's hotel market is just starting to turn around, so I think we're going to continue to see more and more sales in Colorado.

Elliott Abrams

Arab states continue to send the Palestinians gifts of extravagant rhetoric and countless Arab League resolutions - but not much cash.

Bill Brist

Anything better than 17th would be a improved finish, but it would be nice to see this team continue to surprise everyone with their competitiveness.

Mike Woodson

The sky's the limit for him because he's untapped. He has a lot to say about what happens on this team and it's nice to see him get a triple-double. I think that's something he can continue to do.

Scott Kramer

The semiconductor industry has few equals when it comes to resource conservation and minimizing its environmental impact. Through these and other activities, ISMI will continue to work in that tradition.

Bruce Nelson

Do people contribute to that implementation plan and do those waters become attaining, or do we just have a lot of nice studies and implementation plans gathering dust? You spend all that money and you're left 10, 15 or 20 years later with some improvement, but still an impaired water body.

John Bracewell

I back myself to be part of the team and contribute to it.

Jody Grove

We must have our freshmen step up and contribute to the team right away. We must keep working everyday to get better.

Robert Plant

I'm very, very pleased to contribute in some form or another,

Jalen Rose

Everybody wants to contribute and help the team get a win, and obviously I'm no different,

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more.

Jan Eustis

We have a high number of elder people. If you look at factors that contribute to suicide, you have isolation and depression. With older people, there tends to be more isolation and depression. They have often lost a spouse or family members.

Iliana Holguin

We have a lot of people who work very hard and contribute to the tax system for many years but they live in an underground society, always being exploited. Our economy thrives on these workers.

Mike Shanahan

When you have your second, third or fourth back that knows the system, you can throw him in there every day. That is why it's tough to pick a guy up during the season, because you actually want that guy to contribute to the team.

Stephen Davis

The thing we've got to do is get better. We've got to correct our mistakes this week.

Bernadette Murphy

I've been anticipating a 7 to 10 percent correction over the next few months.

Michael Metz

This is the correction I've been talking about.

Jose Gomez

This correction streak is likely to remain for the next three sessions.

Adam Smith

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is ... that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.

Fabio Lara

We could see a small technical correction tomorrow. But I don't like it when we have this kind of volume with sharp falls. It shows weakness.

Neal Soss

We had a great run. After a market has had a big run, you either get a correction in price or a correction in time.

S. Hughes

This week is going to be fairly volatile, with the shortened trading week, and I would expect to see a correction over the next few weeks,

Ayinde Ubaka

We correct those two things and we'll be in the game.

Joe Humasti

Radford had a really good run. He skied really well despite the conditions.

Kent Early

Offensively I was more pleased with her than her pitching. She led off and went 2 for 3. She competed, despite all this (bad weather) that's going on. I'm proud of her. She's a competitor.

Gurinder Kalra

Despite the stock's strong performance in recent months, we are reiterating our outperform rating and are raising our price target from 660,000 won ($ 673.43) to 770,000 won.

David Townsend

Despite the sound of 40,000 gallons, not a whole lot of stuff was released here through that hole.

Kenny Tang

Despite the rise, there was consolidation and profit-taking after an eight-day surge.

Alan Greenspan

Despite the rise in oil prices through mid-August, inflation and inflation expectations have eased in recent months,

William Daley

Despite the progress we have seen over the last week, we still do not have the 218 votes yet to win it, ... In the end, I am optimistic we will pull it out.

Alexander Yakovenko

Despite the firmness of the statement by the North Korean Foreign Ministry, ... Russia still hopes for the soonest possible resumption of the six-nation negotiations and compromises in settling problems with due consideration of the interests of all sides.

Bruce Wright

Despite the fact there is a lot of churn in high-tech, we've seen this to be pretty steady,

Al Edwards

Defensively, we picked it up and got some easy steals.

Tony Domenech

So you no longer have an absentee landlord - easy solution.

Glen Johnson

Roy is an easy step up for Joe, a marketing tool, but if he wants to fight someone with prestige and credibility then it would be me or Tarver.

Jerry Bailey

This is as easy as you can win,

James Reilly

This is not going to be an easy year,

Bob Sloan

The universal tailgating food seems to be brats and burgers because they fit in a bun and they're easy to cook.

David Howell

This game will never be too easy but it's quite enjoyable at the moment I will admit.

Dana Barnes

That's where he likes to make his move, around the turn, and when he switched leads he took a hold of the bit. He was strong, not out of control. He worked pretty fast last week, so we didn't want to do that again. He did it as easy as he could do it.

Curtis Stinson

That's what we do. We get steals and get easy baskets.

Wolfgang Bernhard

Ten of them will be entirely new models.

Doug Aitken

The 'Station to Station' film is made entirely out of one-minute films, and each of the 62 minutes is a completely different person, place or encounter.

Jeremy Northam

I've never had a huge circle of friends. I can't spread myself that thin and go 100 million miles an hour all the time. I choose to give truly of myself, entirely of myself, to the people I choose to do that with, and I can't do that with everyone.

Rabbi Katz

This is a simple 16-minute speech, but it's so profound. It's one thing to have read it, but entirely another thing to hear it in its entirety. King's speech is one of the top inspirational writings in all of American rhetoric, ever.

Kristin Gore

In actuality, 'Sammy's House' can and should be read as an entirely fictional comedy set in a fascinating political world.

Olesya Rulin

I've been to London twice. I saw the Broadway show 'Billy Elliot' there - phenomenal. I was crying through the entire thing.

Daniel Benjamin

The protests were entirely to be expected. The Pakistanis know the U.S., if it gets high-quality intelligence, is going to act.

Lewis Clarke

I've been through the entire list of Polar problems. I knew it would be hard, but it's harder than I ever thought it would be. I've suffered from blisters, a high-altitude cough, frost nip, and I even managed to break a ski they told me was unbreakable.

Katie Chang

I went to a haunted house once, and I don't do well in situations like that, and I've lived my entire life not being scared or anything.

Ben Howland

That was about 20 minutes into practice. He did not practice the rest of the time. Has some swelling there. We'll see how it feels. ... I would expect it would take a lot to keep him out of the game.

Robert Vincent

People are very sad. Our people called and gave because they knew it would be there for generations. We just never expected this.

John Hughs

Oil is on everyone's mind. We're expecting a fall in inventories, but instead we get a rise,

Shlomo Yosef

The situation is still serious, but it's stable. All the parameters ... are as expected following this type of surgery. Part of the treatment of the prime minister, in order to preserve low pressure in the skull, is sedation and respiration for at least the next 24 hours.

Tyler Fleck

The Thunder has great fans, and they're very loyal to their team, so I know they hate me. I'm sure there will be a lot of boos. I expect nothing less.

Dan DiMicco

Now, I don't expect our government to guarantee us low natural-gas prices. I do expect that our government will not withhold natural gas supply that they control.

Kamal Sharma

The statement was slightly more hawkish than we were expecting but there was one vote of dissent.

Laura Bush

is horribly disappointing and the sort of thing I normally expect from left-wingers.

Andreas Renschler

There won't be a total downturn ... overall we expect a slight weakening next year and I think all manufacturers are saying this.

Bob Howell

I've been around long enough to know that football only occupies a portion of what I do in life,

Herman Edwards

It would be the first time he didn't show up for one since I've been here. The one thing about Curtis Martin, if he doesn't think he can help the football team, he won't do it. If he thinks he can help the football team then he will play.

Gianluca Vialli

You should take your time and do it now and again, like watching football

Brett Favre

Just, you never know what the next day is going to bring. That goes for football, goes for off the field, and I gave up a long time ago trying to predict the future and trying to deal with things I couldn't deal with.

Brett Favre

I've always been a Packer, always will be a Packer.

Brandon Marshall

Football is easy, it's not success. To me success is being a world changer. Football is my platform but not my purpose.

Brian Urlacher

I love football in the rain. That is what it's all about.

Brian Bosworth

I had sacrificed my entire life to play football.

Brian Bosworth

Wrestlers are a bunch of wanna-be football players.

Jarrod Kerr

A rate hike is now 50-50 in May and fully priced by June.

Jennifer Granholm

Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I'm gone. But I know that the steps we're taking are the right steps.

Susan Thomson

These are all fully-licensed and fully registered brokers,

Peter Coleman

This is still a significant injury, but one that with rehabilitation Troy will be able to fully recover from.

Zhao Yu

The U.S. side is fully responsible for this collision.

Irish Proverb

You are not a fully fledged sailor unless you have sailed under full sail,

Russell Simmons

To be awake is to be fully present, no noise, just you and God. Most of us only have seconds of full consciousness. To live in a state of Samadhi - that's what we're here for.

Brad Smith

We cooperated fully with the FTC in a very thorough review, which included issues that are legally novel and technologically complex.

Arthur Jr.

We are trying to make a product, a news experience, that more fully engages our readers, that allows them to want to spend more time with us.

Kurt Busch

Jimmie Johnson is putting a whoopin' on everybody!

Shirley Knight

There's no place to act in Kansas. You're supressed.

Drew Brees

I couldn't say that was our motivation, but obviously we all knew about it. But Kansas City's 8-4 now, and we've got to go there. So there are plenty of tough tests ahead.

Chuck Neinas

The blue-chippers wouldn't even talk to Kansas State,

Mick Caba

It was interesting talking to Lyonel. When he played for us he was oozing with confidence. When he was at Kansas he was the same way.

Bill Kurtis

I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.

Michael Storm

Dr. Larry and Viki are the only original characters left on the show.

Brendan Barnicle

Larry will go out of there in a pine box.

Antonio Davis

Larry and Isiah, they need to get on the same page. Is the team going younger or older? What are they doing? Where's the team going?

Theo Epstein

Larry and I like each other. As with any other working relationship there are complexities, there are ups and downs.

Robert Rubin

Larry and I have been true partners through this whole period, and it's been a wonderful, wonderful partnership,

Eric Snow

They are pushing the tempo more. Whenever you do that, you get more possessions. Under Larry Brown, they were more of an opportunistic fast-break team. Now, they are trying to run more.

Christopher Brown

What Larry can get back, ... is his reputation.

Rob Neyland

That's where the rubber meets the road in this - the lasting impact.

Atharva Veda

See yourselves in all; See all in yourselves; that is the road to lasting peace and joy.

John Sherman Cooper

Rather, like the anarchists of the last century, he didn't care if he was killed or not. They just wanted to be known. We found no trace of any conspiracy.

Michael Redd

I've thought of guys, whether they were here last year or not, and doing something special for them.

Shane Olivea

This is probably the worst performance we've all played, together, in the last two years.

Brooks Bollinger

This is so tough, ... People on the outside don't realize how tough it is to get to the playoffs. Last year, we were one victory away from a championship game.

Brian Tracy

Do your own market research; ask your last ten customers exactly why they bought from you.

Jane Jacobs

A region is an area safely larger than the last one to whose problems we found no solution.

Channing Tatum

Actually I have a tradition that I always steal my last costume on the last day of filming.

Lauryn Hill

Now you are meeting another Lauryn, so it's good to be reintroduced.

Roy Wilson

If this continues, we set up meetings and they don't show, it is going to take a long, long time.

Caterina Fake

We don't have meetings unless absolutely necessary.

Larry Gregory

Having these meetings was more important than taking part on that panel,

The Eagles

It's been a total headache, ... We had trouble getting officials because the state (LHSAA) ruled New Orleans officials were unacceptable this season because they have not been going to their weekly meetings and they are supposed to be working for other associations in Thibodaux and Hammond.

Phil Simms

The team performed even better than I thought they would,

Jim Brown

We are trying to see who can perform under those conditions.

Don Ameche

I've seen my performances. I don't like them.

Rashida Jones

I'm terrified of performing live.

Liz Phair

I am comfortable performing now. I love it!

Aaron Nida

I was real pleased with his (Larson) performance.

Monica Keena

I got off not bad, actually. because I went to LaGuardia HS of Performing Arts, which is really well-known. and there were often talent scouts there.

Ken Martin

I can't say we'll see this kind of performance every quarter.

Carrie Fisher

I like performing. I like partnering with an audience.

Brett Gardner

I never go up there trying to hit a home run

Brandon Sanderson

Everyone gets scared, Princess. Even brave men sometimes run the first time they see battle. In armies, that's why there's so much training. The ones who hold aren't the courageous ones, they're the well-trained ones. We have instincts like any other animal.

Barbara Jordan

I never wanted to be run of the mill.

Barbara Jordan

I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.

Arthur Lydiard

The idea that you can't lose contact with the leaders has cut more throats than it has saved.

Arthur Lydiard

I discovered years ago that the best results in this respect could be gained by running 100 miles weekly at my near best aerobic efforts and that, supplementary to this, running as many easy miles as I could

Arthur Lydiard

When aerobic running becomes a daily habit, strength and confidence follow.

Arthur Lydiard

You must realize one thing. In every little village in the world there are great potential champions who only need motivation, development and good exercise evaluation.

Arthur Lydiard

They're very tenacious. They're dedicated. Once a woman decides she's going to do something, she'll probably stick to it. The only problem with women is if there's anything wrong with them, they won't tell you. They'll get out there and run on one leg. They don't moan and groan like a lot of men do.

Brett Hull

I think the biggest thing for me is being able to adjust to the way the game has changed. It's basically a 180-degree turn from the style I like to play. That's what I think I'm most proud of, being able to fit into this style of game and still be fairly successful.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.

Brian Tracy

Make a decision to be successful right now. Most people never decide to be wealthy and that is why they retire poor.

Brian Tracy

Successful people save in prosperous times so they have a financial cushion in times of recession.

Brian Tracy

If you could find out what the most successful people did in any area and then you did the same thing over and over, you'd eventually get the same result they do.

Brian Tracy

The more accurately you can think about who you are, what you want to accomplish and how to accomplish it, the more successful you will be.

Brian Tracy

Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the right numbers, in the right order, so you can have everything you want.

Jamie Dimon

I have gotten disturbed at some of the Democrats' anti-business behavior, the sentiment, the attacks on work ethic and successful people. I think it's very counter-productive.

Ken Stott

I wanted success, but I wanted it on my own terms.