Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Scarlett

As a bureaucracy becomes more established, it develops its own career structure. It is less dependent, and should be less dependent, on individual personalities. Absolutely no one is indispensable.

David Call

As a complete product of Issaquah public schools, there is absolutely no way I would be here if I didn't have well-funded arts programs and some great teachers who were constantly pushing me intellectually and personally.

Carole Strayhorn

As a mama and a grandma, I appreciate, understand and absolutely believe in the sanctity of life. But I recognize that there are those tough situations where heartbreaking decisions have to be made.

Michael Shaw

The bottom line -- GPS is absolutely critical to our nation's economic well being.

Andy Blackston

(The Bulldogs) just absolutely don't beat themselves. To beat them you have to outplay them.

Frank Hancock

The boy did absolutely what you'd want children to do. Quite honestly, he should be commended for the job he did, not criticized for it.

Carrie Martin

The bottom line is we will be clearer. We will make every effort to explain that better. We will be absolutely clear that this is a reimbursement.

Mads Mikkelsen

Awards mean absolutely nothing if you don't get it. If you do get it, they're the best thing in the world.

Sophie Kennedy Clark

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option.

Erin Campbell

The bottom line is this should translate into a savings of several million dollars for the people of Vermont.

Danny Sullivan

The bottom line is, they're doing everything they can to take on Microsoft at its own game.

Andrew Booth

The bottom line is they outworked us (last time) and we have to step up to the challenge.

Justin Wilson

The bottom line is, they don't seem to have any weak areas.

Jalen Rose

The bottom line is they did a good job of denying our play. Guys were trying to do what they could to get open. ... I heard him say 1-1,000, but I think he forgot the other four.

Dan Niles

The bottom line is they (Cisco) said the bottom may be one-to-two quarters out so that puts you back to firm footing with reality saying this is not over yet.

Dean Fryer

The bottom line is they cannot employ workers until they have it.

Peter Beck

The bottom line is, they are many years away from food self-sufficiency. If they push the public distribution too far, they could easily be looking at another famine.

Clint Hurdle

The bottom line is, they are in the playoffs. They won the (National League West).

Lawrence Eagles

As far as the Middle East is concerned, there is still strong justification for a premium to remain in the market until it is clear the situation is much calmer on the ground,

Larry Ellison

Back in 1995, it was very clear to us that we had to stop doing desktop software and we don't do any desktop Windows software, ... We moved everything to big Internet servers. Our database is designed for the Internet, our applications are designed for the Internet.

Mohamed ElBaradei

As long as we are making progress and as long as we don't see clear and present danger, let us continue at it ... before we take escalated measures,

Richard Bliss

As parents, of course we don't want him to go back, but he's a determined young man and he wants to clear his name.

Clinton Portis

That play was designed to lose two yards. I spun around a guy and it was clear from there.

Robin Petrini

That picture could clear up this weekend. It should be clearer, but it could be more muddy. That's the fun of being in conference play.

John DiLorenzo

Rae made it very clear in comments to the press that Commissioner Englund did everything by the book.

Nancy Kress

Readers want to visualize your story as they read it. The more exact words you give them, the more clearly they see it, smell it, hear it, taste it. Thus, a dog should be an 'Airedale,' not just a 'dog.' A taste should not be merely 'good' but 'creamy and sweet' or 'sharply salty' or 'buttery on the tongue.'

Richard Williams

Pricing pressures are definitely an issue for software companies. This strikes me as a clear sign that things are still not getting better,

Jon Bolin

Randy puts more effort into his game than any player I've worked with. Sometimes he even goes a little overboard with (weightlifting).

Debby Padgett

Our efforts are coordinated, and we are working toward a fabulous event in 2007. Not only for 2007, but beyond.

Larry Eustachy

Our effort has been tremendous all year long. They've fought hard all year, and I would think we'll fight hard (today).

Vince Carter

Our effort and our execution were the keys to our victory. If we play like that, we're tough to beat.

Rick Ruffin

Our energy and effort were back tonight, we just had to have a stop to finish the game.

Matt Rabjohn

Our effort was there. You can't fault our effort.

Frank Haith

Our effort was there, and that's all you can hope for is if our guys will have that kind of energy, that kind of effort the rest of the year. You give yourself a chance, and that's what you want.

Brian Lowery

Our effort was pretty good in humid conditions, which makes the legs a little dead. So our times weren't necessarily where we wanted them to be at, but at the same time, we competed and finished hard.

Jason Lawson

Our effort wasn't as good as it could have been. I expect more out of our guys.

Donald Knuth

Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been sorted with the help of a computer.

Elizabeth Hagood

No sir, I'm not at all saying that, I'm explaining to you the process that has taken place so far.

Bob Woodruff

After I explained that, he recognized his statements don't apply,

Frank Busch

I've never seen anything like that before in my life. I don't know how to explain it. That was a guy, very talented, whose heart wanted whatever it took. You just don't see races like that.

Lindy Ruff

It would be tough to stand here and explain to you guys how they had our number if we had lost tonight.

Alfred Rock

It was a once-in-a-lifetime moment. I really can't explain it. It was crazy.

Steve Foley

This is something I've sought after my whole career. I look at myself as the leader on and off the field, vocally and in my actions. I try to lead by example. The point I'm at right now in my career, I'm so happy I'm having the opportunity to do these things, I really can't explain it.

Day One

Yes, look, I don't think I can explain this any better to you, but we don't want to ... Well, I guess I will have to find another hospital.

Sir Campbell

The prime minister has a lot of explaining to do.

Jim Lushine

Rain will be as heavy, if not heavier. You don't want to be walking around out there with possible downed power lines and debris. It's not over until it's over.

Billy Donovan

The thing that's so shocking of his 37, he only took 14 shots. He got to the free-throw line tonight. That was the difference.

Masayuki Ito

Sony's results look pretty much in line with market expectations, in that they didn't disappoint. The problem is that you can't see any pillar of growth.

John O'Brien

PPI this morning was in line with what was expected, showing low inflation.

Klaus Rinnen

The Samsung announcement is still in line with our estimate.

Larry Bailey

It would take $30,000 to $40,000 to make repairs to get this residence in line with codes.

John Samuelsen

These women put their necks on the line every night.

Sergei Kiriyenko

These deliveries are made in line with the main principles of the nuclear suppliers' group.

Greg Rubin

I set the line and he just took off about 150 yards straight out to the middle of the lake.