Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andrew McLaughlin

As a U.S.-based company that deals primarily in information, we have urged the United States government to treat censorship as a barrier to trade. There's an important role for the United States government to address, in the context of its bilateral government-to-government relationships, the larger issues of free expression, and open communication.

F. Stone

Again, this is a fairly wide barrier island, ... It's in pretty good shape.

John Hoffman

The technology is not the barrier any more. The devices are out there and they have the data capabilities to handle this.

Kofi Annan

Sadly, the reality of the international trading system today does not match the rhetoric. Instead of open markets, there are too many barriers that stunt, stifle and starve,

Sidney Coffee

These barrier islands and wetlands are our first line of defense from hurricanes. This needs to be treated as an emergency. We need everyone to recognize that restoration efforts must begin immediately.

Gregory Carter

These barrier islands and barrier islands around the US are extraordinarily important. They do protect the mainland coast form the higher wave energies. They are also important in protecting bio diversity. They are important refuges for plants and animals.

Carlton Forrester

This doesn't need a vacuum but it does need a moisture barrier and that can be expensive. The biggest barrier to large scale production is simply cost. It costs very little to make a light bulb today.

Ken Jr.

You're not just representing the people of Cincinnati, you're representing everybody. It was different. You'd see all the flags and the people yelling and the uniforms. The language barrier was a little tough. But for the most part, everybody understood one thing - baseball.

Kathleen Sebelius

What we've been finding is that when you remove the barriers to innovation, you can actually hold costs down while lifting entrepreneurs up and getting better health results.

David Waters

As he put it, 'the biggest nightclub in central London'.

Larry Conley

People say it's considered the biggest time of the year for eating. I just enjoy eating a lot of food and being with friends and family.

Francis Lun

People are still very keen on buying China shares as it's the biggest growth story -- and Hong Kong is catching the coattails of China's growth.

Brian Curry

People are still seeing a lot of their needs being met on the current paradigm which has to do with a free client and pretty solid services that they are getting from the public services, ... That's probably one of the biggest barriers. What they have is often times good enough.

Steve Lacy

People don't want to suffer. They want to sound good immediately, and this is one of the biggest problems in the world.

Brad Scott

Osawatomie is a quality opponent and we made a lot of mistakes. We just made a couple plays here and there. The opening kick off was probably one of the biggest ones.

Marion Nestle

or they'll put posters up saying pizza is the biggest source of tomato sauce in the American diet.

Bill Brown

Offensively and defensively, they have a real consistent program, ... The biggest difference with this year's team for them is they might have a lack of experience.

Carl Zetie

No single factor is responsible for more wasted effort, rework, or failed projects than inadequate requirements. For many companies, improving the communication of requirements between IT and business managers-both gathering the requirements from the business and confirming understanding to the business-is the single improvement with the biggest measurable impact.

Neal Hunter

The light bulb has been around for 100 years. It's a great invention and a great light source ... but after 100 years, you would think we would make some progress from the efficiency standpoint.

Bill Fleischli

No one wants to pay higher fuel costs and Americans don't want to be told what to do.

Irene Towell

Once we get into kitten season, our costs start to skyrocket again.

Craig Johnson

The more costs Wal-Mart can take out of the system, the more it's able to pass a portion of the cost saved on to the customer in the form of lower prices.

Chu Sik

December's usual inventory write-offs and increased marketing costs led the operating profit margin to fall to 8 pct from 11 pct a quarter earlier.

Jim Higgins

Compensation costs are going up. United has seen to that,

Don Carter

Despite these recent price drops, natural gas prices are higher now than in the past because demand for this most efficient and cleanest-burning fossil fuel has increased while production has not. The natural gas market is extremely volatile, and Elizabethtown Gas will make every effort to hold costs to the lowest reasonable level.

Peter Drucker

A product is not quality because it is hard to make and costs a lot of money, as manufacturers typically believe. This is incompetence. Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality.

Yusuf Mehdi

These new enterprise-class enhancements to the desktop search capabilities we introduced last spring will empower IT professionals to deliver higher productivity, lower IT management costs and greater ease of use throughout their organizations,

R. Halloran

The soft underbelly is the costs. The costs are going up quickly for them. It's troubling.

Chris Cichocki

Reading is unusually large for a team in this league, but it has been a problem.

Frank Whitlatch

Often times for very large gifts, there (are) naming rights attached.

Greg Ryan

The technology had not been obvious to larger companies, so that's how we were able to get the patent,

Jennifer Ehle

The Old Vic is a beautiful theater to work in. It's quite a large house, but it has a feeling of intimacy.

George Beranek

This is really pulling out the big guns. If you think about it, this is working at the margin with a very large volume, so it's going to have a very pronounced price effect.

Doug Parker

The weakness has been largely concentrated in the technology sector.

Gayle Green

That's where socio-economic status comes in. It's one piece of a very large picture.

Claude Mandil

A large proportion of the remainder will be (refined) products ... we have suggested they prioritize products,

Bob Anderson

You're just not going to see these large corporations and large jobs.

Luis Rodriguez

Say a prayer and light a candle, that's about all you can do,

Michael Harris

The road was wet - there was a light rain.

George Pipas

The shift towards light trucks is marching on.

Jack Baker

The stock of course, in light of that news up 5 or 6 points this week, ... But we still like the stock a lot, and on any pullback we'd be a buyer.

Bill Cowher

This is as light as Casey's been since his rookie year.

Dr. Trucco

This is the first time that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Eric Takamura

This is not as simple as flicking a light switch.

Ron Gardenhire

That's your bright, shining light right now: We've played well at home.

Ryan Thompson

You put a little on a light bulb, turn the switch and the vanilla heats up and disperses.

Chakib Khelil

We think that we will keep production at the same level.

H. Hart

We are shooting for resuming the production in mid-September.

Brian Chesky

Do things that won't scale; it will teach you.

Chris Duerksen

This is simply something you don't have right now.

Rhys Ifans

Acting is not an intellectual process for me. It comes from my heart. It's this strange netherworld of osmosis where I simply become.

Jim Wilkinson

I can tell you that simply did not happen.

Robert Rubin

I think there is more work to do, and we simply have to all work together and do everything we can to get it done,

Becky Lourey

I don't just want to talk about goals. I know we can get there. We simply can't wait.

Michael Dean

I have not talked with Terri in weeks. We were simply brainstorming.

Paul Cleave

You simply couldn't make a living as an author if New Zealand was your only market.

Howard Hawks

I try to tell my story as simply as possible, with the camera at eye level.

Baruch Spinoza

Speculation, like nature, abhors a vacuum.

Derek Morris

He's like a big vacuum -- he smothers everything.

Kay Redfield Jamison

I had a terrible temper, after all, and though it rarely erupted, when it did it frightened me and anyone near its epicenter. It was the only crack, but a disturbing one, in the otherwise vacuum-sealed casing of my behavior.

Bill Gates

There's a vacuum there that we are benefiting from immensely.