Famous Quotes & Sayings

Glenn Roeder

Knowing Alan Shearer like I do, he will be happy to share that (the record) with the fans and send them away really happy.

Bill Dreher

He (Lacy) was dealing with a deceitful department head who sounds like he was hiding some bad news, ... Our feeling is Alan Lacy is being very forthcoming and straightforward with the problems, and is tackling them very aggressively. But we're not convinced that's going to be enough to immediately restore investor confidence in shares.

David Jones

Greenspan is going to have as much influence as anybody has ever had on this critically important decision, ... Politics of Money: The Fed Under Alan Greenspan.

Michael Moskow

History will show Alan Greenspan did an outstanding job. He's just steeped in economics. He knows the data better than probably just about anyone else I know.

Nan Aron

History shows us that voters turned on Alan Dixon for his vote on Clarence Thomas.

Anthony Chan

I think the markets probably overreacted when the Federal Reserve first moved toward a neutral operating directive. When Alan Greenspan spoke this time, I think the reality set in and that is, yes, the central bank has a neutral directive, but it's more like an ultra-right (hawkish) form of neutral directive. ... Any time they get an excuse to raise rates, they're going to take it.

Sean McDonnell

I thought Alan Tallman had a hell of a game. He was playing very, very well defensively for us. It's disappointing because he was playing as well as I've seen him play here.

Glenn Roeder

Whatever job Alan does for this club, whatever job Alan would want to do for this club, he will always do his very best. He's assisting me brilliantly.

Alan Kral

What you're seeing today is that swing back and forth. There's always a range of expectations, which means he'll (Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan) always disappoint somebody, and a lot of that disappointment was reflected yesterday.

David Howell

It came as a big surprise, to be honest, ... We all assumed Luke (England's highest-ranked player) would pick Paul to defend the title, but Luke didn't think that was necessary and thought the man on form would be the pick.

George Pierce Baker

What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.

Drew Gilpin Faust

I lived in a world where social arrangements were taken for granted and assumed to be timeless. A child's obligation was to learn these usages, not to question them. The complexities of racial deportment were of a piece with learning manners and etiquette more generally.

John Owen

We expect to report an operating margin between 2 percent and 4 percent, and that should bring us to a net loss for the full year. And for full-year, we are using an assumed fuel price of $1.92 (for a gallon of jet fuel). So, basically, $1.92 in the first quarter and an average of about $2 for each of the remaining three quarters.

Tom Lantos

Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military.

Steven Wieting

The Fed has assumed that the weakness in the first quarter was temporary. This confirms that. The reasonable view was you don't have a one-third rise in energy prices without consequences.

Justin Beckett

The celebrity reviewers are people we contacted who, on a genre-specific basis, we assumed would have an interest in doing this.

Wei Kong

The findings of our studies did not fit most people's preconceived notions about how DNA molecules work, so they assumed we had to be wrong. The critics seemed very sure of themselves, and we had a lot of sleepless nights.

Nathan Carroll

The guy looked through the hole and he assumed it was somebody coming to work. He opened the back door and as soon as the back door opened, that's when the whole incident took place.

Dave Craig

I was looking (but not seriously) for a building to expand my . . . book business. I saw this beautiful building for the first time. I peered through every window I could . . . It was love at first sight.

Laura Bush

I think it is one of the most beautiful Christmas trees I've ever seen.

Gwen Harris

Here it's raining, but when we go north for a meet it's sunny and beautiful and we're running well and jumping well and throwing well.

Granth Sahib

Haven't you heard the call from beyond, O beautiful soul-bride? You must go to your in-laws; you cannot stay with your parents forever.

Conrad Lautenbacher

Hawaii is in a very strategic location and unfortunately that strategic location brings a great deal of marine debris to the wonderful, beautiful shores that we treasure.

Joe Taslim

Having kids has been a turning point in my life because when I was still single, all I wanted was to impress beautiful girls.

Diego Maradona

He's a leader and is offering classes in beautiful football. He has something different to any other player in the world.

Bruce Iglauer

His truly beautiful voice and melodic, understated guitar style contrasted dramatically with the more rough and raucous blues and blues-rock that came before him.

Russell Crowe

He's gonna travel with me, ... A Beautiful Mind.

Jeff Kinney

Kids and adults have a difference of opinion when it comes to what constitutes legitimate reading. Adults often push books that they loved as children, which, ironically, were often books that their parents weren't particularly keen on.

Stephen Jones

Kid books can get cute and a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e. Garfield says cute rots the intellect. Don't forget the name of the cat! You pick up cats the wrong way and they stop being adorable...they become Scratch.

James Patterson

Kids say the No. 1 reason they don't read more is that they can't find books they like. Freedom of choice is a key to getting them motivated and excited.

Japanese Proverb

Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back an ass

Spike Jonze

Kids are so fiercely opinionated, that if they love the Harry Potter books and they go see the movie, they'll be the first to say, 'That was wrong! They didn't get that right!' They're storytellers themselves. They're critics. They're going to have the critical opinion.

Marshal Cohen

Kids are not interested in taking their summer vacation to start thinking about back-to-school wardrobes, supplies and book bags.

William Rehnquist

I wrote this book for a sense of personal satisfaction. Just like taking a good photograph or painting a picture or playing a good golf game or something, it's the thing in itself that justifies it.

Jan Nash

Just look at the shelves of any bookstore in any airport, and you see how much people love crime and mysteries, how much they love solving puzzles.

Kathleen Norris

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier