Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ray Smith

The bucket doesn't get filled up without the drops. We have acquired 23,000 acres, that leaves 130,000 (acres) to go.

Jon Katz

I owe my dogs much - more than I can say - but they are not my 'companions' - as if we voluntarily chose to hang out together but none of us has authority over the others. I bought and/or acquired them. I own them. I am profoundly responsible for their care and well being.

Tori Amos

You can't control your popularity; I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things. If I was potato chips, I could go a lot more places, but I'm not.

Dave Warren

We will work to ensure this transition will be as seamless as possible for all customers, suppliers and valued partners. In addition, we will extend the opportunity for employment to all Ryerson employees in the acquired locations. We value their expertise and believe they will complement and strengthen our existing Energy Alloys team. Additionally, they share our mission for superior customer service and have an outstanding reputation for exceeding customer expectations.

Nick Fry

Since Honda acquired a 45% stake in the team at the beginning of this year, we have been finding ways to work even closer with our Honda colleagues, ... The Honda Institute is the perfect place for us to learn more about Honda and I'm sure that what will come out of this will be greater communication and understanding throughout the team.

Franklin P. Adams

I find that a great part of the information I have, was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

Charles Dickens

Minerva House was ''a finishing establishment for young ladies,'' where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing.

Robert Toombs

Mr. Monroe acquired Florida from Spain, extending the same guarantee to the inhabitants which Mr. Jefferson had to those of Louisiana.

Charles Dickens

Mr Podsnap settled that whatever he put behind him he put out of existence . . . Mr Podsnap had even acquired a peculiar flourish of his right arm in often clearing the world of its most difficult problems, by sweeping them behind him.

Paul Dergarabedian

as each group grows, each group ages with their stars. Without a doubt, an aging population will provide more opportunities for older actresses.

Shannon O'Brien

As I've traveled around my state over the last year and a half, men and women of all ages and all racial and ethnic groups have expressed to me profound anxiety about their economic futures.

S. Jay Olshansky

Our concepts of aging really should be blurring because there are plenty of people who make it to older ages who aren't really any different in many ways than people who are decades younger.

Davis Eidahl

The one thing about our team that I like is how all the grades and ages blend together. They all support each other in practice and meets.

Robert Frost

Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference

David Macaulay

I've never thought about the ages of my readers.

Ross Kemp

It was a little embarrassing but it was also very moving. I was on EastEnders from the ages of 25 to 35, which are pretty important years of your life and, once I'd got used to it, it felt good to be back.

Capt. Boney

It was a large party that turned into a large fight. One person was shot and one person was stabbed. Neither of the victims, ages 20 and 22, could provide a good description and no witnesses have come forward to say what they may have seen.

Phil Plantier

I've been working with kids all different ages anywhere, from T-ball to high school. Any kid in the community that wants to come over to hit, they have an open invitation.

Larry Garza

As for me, I'm single, and it hurts me 'cause he's not here and he won't be able to see his grandchildren grow up. He was always proud of his three sons finishing college, growing up and providing for themselves.

Lori Nelson

As a company, we're more focused on finishing Red Rock Resort than any of our future projects.

Paul Woolpert

We're taking more individual accountability and taking more pride in stopping their man. We're getting very important stops and finishing it by grabbing rebounds.

Donnie Edwards

Marty has been talking about us finishing games. ... He has been stressing about making plays when you have to.

Brad Bevis

We had a lot of question marks. I had no idea what to expect. So, I'm pretty pleased with finishing third.

Don Helvey

We're not finishing when we need to finish, but we finish when it counts. The kids know how to play the game and they've been taught that they need to stick with it until the last whistle.

E. Hicks

They did a great job of finishing the quarters. We didn't handle the pressure and we didn't shoot well from the free throw line.

Shalee Lehning

It was a great opportunity for us to regain our focus and work on the things we needed to. We have our last four games, so we can really focus on finishing strong, and we are all rested up and ready to go.

M. Wolfe

They are really playing well right now. They're finishing the season strong, and (coach) Mike Saylor always does a great job with his teams.

Gary Carr

It was a long day. But the girls learned a lot and they're trying to find their way.

Marianne Bretschneider

We've talked about it in the past. We've had some girls who are up 6-0 and then the next thing you know it's 7-5. Now they're starting to really put it together.

Jeremy Burk

The only way to go from here is up, and all the girls agree. We've got a great squad and all of the girls are very experienced at golf.

Cecil Burch

My girls are still running strong. They seem to just get better and better. The girls want to set their goals high, too, so they working on making themselves better.

Ric Flair

Girls, you can't be the first, but you can be next.

Frank Oz

Girls and sports. That was the interest, mainly. I never wanted to be a puppeteer.

Karen Falana

I would say 75 percent of my girls go on to college. And I would say 90 percent of that group goes on to play rugby in college.

Mary Malone

I got pearls for all the girls to wear on their wedding day.

Mark Cross

She's a natural leader, the girls listen to her. She is very strong and works out with her dad, and there's no one that will run her over.

Arthur Adamov

The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis.

Anton Chekhov

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Desiderius Erasmus

You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn.

Alexander Pope

In vain sedate reflections we would make When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.

Daniel Dennett

A scholar is just a library's way of making another library.

Confucius

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

Albert Camus

The most knowledgeable person in one domain may be the most ignorant in another.

Tom Clancy

Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

Victor Hugo

Nothing is really small; whoever is open to the deep penetration of nature knows this.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I've had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted.