Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ali Yunesi

Our nuclear activities are open and very transparent. Our military activities are all legal,

Thomas Russo

Investors are unable to get a clear view on 2006 because there's so much noise in the numbers. There's the competitive environment in Spain, there's the impact from Kraft activities and there were currency swings. It doesn't in any way impact the progress made on the domestic product.

Chris Hoofnagle

In the political field, candidates and parties have gotten away with a lot of practices that would clearly be illegal if a business did them. Both parties are using detailed databases of personal information that are completely unregulated. And they're not likely to be regulated, because the politicians themselves would have to limit their activities in order to do so.

Alireza Jafarzadeh

In the past, this same company has built other tunnels for the nuclear activities of Iran's Defense Ministry. This firm is experienced in building anti-radiation walls.

Tom Ridge

In the meantime, as on the other occasions when the national threat level has been increased, we encourage members of the public to continue their daily work, family and leisure activities with a heightened awareness,

David Milne

In terms of development of the company, the vast majority of our sales are in the Far East and we will expect to strengthen our activities there, perhaps even moving some of our engineering activities abroad.

Yan Xiaohong

Internet copyright infringement activities have been increasingly rampant.

Alan McMillan

In some cases, the globalization and expansion of new business activities in developing nations is causing that. More manufacturing, more chemicals, more construction, more mining, more high hazardous industry work in developing nations around the world.

Amelia Earhart

In soloing -- as in other activities -- it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

Robert Zagunis

If you wind up with a company that is so closely aligned with one individual, like it or not, the virtues of that company are tied to the virtues of that individual. You're usually much better off with CEOs who are under the radar and just work at doing a very nice job for shareholders.

John Abizaid

Clearly, we understand that we've got an enemy that's in for the long term, al-Qaida and the associated groups that are aligned with it, ... We know that they've got a long-term strategy to fight, to gain ground, to gain influence. And it's very very clear that we've got to have the same sort of long term strategy to contest it. But the keystone to this strategy is helping the people in the region help themselves.

Gabriel Lowy

The first focus is going to be continuing the growth of the business ... focus number two is getting the cost structure aligned with the new demand. I imagine we're going to see another round of downsizing ... I think it's going to be significant.

Tim Karr

The fight for Internet freedom is now being waged in earnest. On one side you have the public...on the other side you have the nation's largest telephone and cable companies, who have aligned with some in Congress to strip the Internet of the First Amendment.

Lara Rhame

The economy contracted in April and probably contracted in May; June is when we should be getting a bounce. If we're to believe all the stars are aligned for a perfect eclipse of the recession in the second half, then it should happen sooner rather than later.

Ed Murnane

These groups are basically a family of people that have been traditionally supporters of, or closely aligned with, trial lawyers nationally and in Illinois.

John Collins

The focus of confusion is that, since the ICI does not represent shareholders, we must somehow be contrary to their interests. But at the ICI, we believe fund management companies' interests must be aligned with those of shareholders.

Lincoln Schrock

It just seems, to a degree, like the stars are aligned in our favor.

John Greene

Any evaluation of Robertson would be fairly mixed. If you're in the White House, you wouldn't want Robertson on his TV program attacking you. On the other hand, you probably wouldn't want to be closely aligned with him.

Barry Collier

Kansas didn't just cut our hair. They shaved our head. They scored 196 or 96 or one or the other on us. It'll take a tremendous effort to slow them down and change that.

Mike Lowell

Josh was crying to me for five years with the Marlins that he always wanted No. 19 so I told him I'd be willing to give it up. I think change is good sometimes. So I figured why not? I'm on a new team, new number and everything is new. I'm kind of starting from scratch. I feel good about that.

John Silvia

I suspect that there's a little optimism that the Fed will signal that they are just about done, that they'll change their language from saying 'further policy firming may be' to saying it 'might be' needed.

Jim Zandri

I think it is a combination of things. A lot has changed in New Year's over the past few years.

Jim Duquette

It all started in his mind right after his wife went into the hospital. He started thinking about whether he really had the desire to keep going. We let him take a couple extra days just to make sure that was his final decision. He's not going to change his mind at this point.

Mack Brown

It¹s a compliment, because it¹s a place we haven¹t been in a long time and it sets our standard even higher. We also understand that the percentage points and the rankings can change weekly. What we have to do is concentrate on winning. That's the only thing we have control over. It¹s only October, and what we want to do is to be one of the top two teams in December.

Carrie Shelver

It also comes down to how society perceives the role of men, as opposed to the role of women. Men can do well to change these perceptions, and the violation of women's rights, by redefining their role as the dominant partner.

Mike O'Connell

He wants a better opportunity. I think he looks at our team and sees he's not going to be able to make our team. I don't know what it is. I think he just wants a change of scenery.

Jeffrey Lichtman

He did not want the life his father had lived. He changed diapers, he drove a minivan.

Gerald Myers

We're proud of the effort Lubbock has made in order to give (the athletes) a new start,

T.I.

To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.

Doc Rivers

I thought some guys gave good effort tonight, but some have their luggage in mind on the plane already. Turnovers and shot selection killed us.

Rob Ciarlo

He?s going to give you a good effort every time he goes out there.

Larry Brown

We made some hustle plays that got us back. We played hard. The effort was there, and that was big.

Tim Duncan

I don't even know how he got it off, honestly. I think he shot it with his left hand. I went after his right hand, thinking he was going to float it with the time going down like that, but somehow he got it up there and it stayed up there on the rim and went in. It was just a great shot, a great effort by those guys to turn a turnover into a fast-break that quickly and get it to the rim.

Bob Hartley

He handles it well, but to give him a five-goal cushion, I'm sure he appreciates the effort from the boys.

Steve Strand

He has put a lot of time and effort into his game. He has made the most of his opportunities and put himself in position to perform. He spent hours working on his shooting, and when you see him in games it's paid off.

Brian Mackler

He expressed to me that the community, the city, everything about the team was a very important part of his life. But you have to have two parties in this, and I made every effort to get something done with them.

Bryce Kaneshiro

Kaiser, they always step it up in the playoffs. They eliminated us last year, I didn't forget that.

Paul Lambert

I think it's going to slow the shopping around (of student-athletes). I don't know if it's going to eliminate it, but I think it's going to slow it down. It's a good deal.

Ariel Sharon

He must start to eliminate the terrorist organizations,

Bill Crawford

If you eliminate just one of those groups of people, we're just flat out of luck.

Ronald Atlas

The fact we now have a number of sites in the genome to look at helps us eliminate some labs, and concentrate on others,

Todd Hamilton

All you can do is take as many steps as you can to prevent something like that. I don't know that it could ever potentially eliminate something from happening again.

John Bean

You don't have to eliminate it completely. Kids aren't going to do that. But try to get them away from doing it three times a week.

Robbie Tobeck

It was kind of unsaid, but we wanted to eliminate the buts.

Drummond Rennie

It's like theft. We can have every law there is, but we're never going to eliminate it completely. It's the same with fraud. There's always going to be some people who take the short cut.

Paul Kim

I would say it was a shock. I think a lot of people expected him to remain in tenure for at least another two or three years.

Joe Girardi

He was a different pitcher. He pitched much better. What we got from him was what we expected to get.

Susanna Moore

'In the Cut' was not what readers expected of me. Before it was published, I was seen as a women's writer, which meant that I wrote movingly about flowers and children.

Jim Calhoun

He?s having the type of season we all expected him to have last year.

Mike Piazza

I think it's important for the teams that aren't expected to be competitive to be competitive for the good of the sport. For players of Italian descent, it's a small sort of way of thanking Italy for our forefathers and mothers.

Mark Landy

I think a lot of folks had not expected them to be back this quickly.

Mike McCarthy

It goes back to my childhood. I never expected not to win. It's about winning. Winning's fun.

Bob McNair

I think that we've underachieved this season. I think that everyone expected us to do more.

Robert Woodruff

I think that it's responsible and expected of them to seek public input on this. Because Islanders are concerned. This is our resource, as well as the state's resource.

Ron Hutchins

John is a very pleasing young man to have. He's very focused on what he does. You'll see him moving up.

S. Walker

It all seems to be focused on him (Rodriguez).

Larry Hoff

Her scoring numbers are actually a little down from last year. Part of it is because we have other players who can score, but the main reason is that Jessi has focused on getting her teammates more involved.

Mack Brown

It has been a very good week of practice ... the most focused I've seen them because they can't wait until Saturday. They know it is going to be a great test.

Jason Taylor

It has been a little edgy. We are more focused and realize that we have a lot of things that need to be corrected.

Mary Roach

I think that the women's magazines and a lot of those quick tips for better sex, I think that they do people a disservice, sometimes, because they become very focused on - they're thinking, 'Okay, I read that I should do this, and am I doing it right?'

Andy Roddick

I don't know what would have happened if it had gone to three sets, but my mind was focused on trying to end in two sets.

Corey Kline

He is a spitfire. Last year we took him to state with us so he could see what it was like. He is so much more relaxed and focused this year; he is on a tear right now. I hope that the tear continues.

Mitch Gilfillan

He is a total player. We were focused on him all week.

Russ Diamond

I think that the voters fully understand what's going on here.

Tim Wagner

American intends to co-operate fully with the DOJ's investigation.

Jon Huntsman

It struck us very hard and just about put us under, ... We still haven't fully recovered, but we'll make it.

Rachel Sheinkin

They didn't know what to make of it in Melbourne. They loved it, and they made it their own. But they did not fully have a sense of competitive academics.

John Harrison

They promise exorbitantly high rates of return, as much as 400 percent, ... They promise that the initial investment will be returned in full, is fully insured and protected by the 'world's top 100 prime banks'; that it's offered only to the wealthy elite, but 'just for you, we're going to let you participate by giving us some money.'

Elisabeth Shue

Like, that was weird in 'Hamlet 2,' because I played myself there, fully myself, but then I realized, 'Oh, I'm not playing myself. I'm some weird version of myself.' So as an actress, you're always playing something, I don't even know who I am, how could I become me? I don't know what that is.

Taissa Farmiga

I can't say that I fully relate to things that I play. Sometimes it's nice to spend half the day crying; then you don't have to do it in real life.

Saudi Arabia

women will be able to fully participate in society.

Edward Bilkey

DP World will transfer fully the U.S. operations ... to a United States entity.

Dave Clark

He's a big kid, but he has great reflexes. He can come out of goal. He has great hands and a solid goal kick.

Brian Henderson

I think it's a realistic goal for us, too.

Mike Thibault

I think the maturity of going through last hear helps us. We need to come out and get ready to go right away. We've been through it now two years in a row. This is our goal when we started out and now we're here to go about it.

Bill Donabedian

We're on track to hit our goal of 50,000 people.

Marian Gaborik

We've got to try to find more ugly goals out there.

Mike Ryn

We've got to score some goals on the power play. That's part of the reason we were winning; we were getting a goal here and a goal there.

John Ashcroft

It is our goal to return parts of the Iraqi people's past. In doing so, we hope to return pieces of the Iraqi people's future.

Christy Setzer

It is our goal to hold him accountable. He's (in) leadership, and he's also been in office a very long time with minimal opposition.

Josh Nielsen

I think that's the goal of just about every band.

S. Hughes

I would take a pause and see how it goes. I think the big move has been made already.

Dale Shull

I wrestle him and he's a lot stronger. Then the same moves I try to put on him I put on the other guys, and it's a lot easier.

Corey Kline

He can't show any moves until the semifinals.

John Woodring

He's done, so we have to move on.

Dan Evans

We just have to get the president to move it up on his priority list.

Carmelo Anthony

We've got to roll with it and just move on. Everybody's got to pick up the slack.

Scott Peters

I think we need to move past that,

Javier Solana

I think we will be able to solve the problem. I think that we, all of us, will move only forward.

Marek Malik

I was watching everything before me. Olie was unbelievable, he stopped everything from shots, moves. I just thought to myself, 'Maybe I'll surprise him.' I tried the move and it worked.