Famous Quotes & Sayings

Donald E. Graham

I was lucky to become a Facebook board member in late 2008. Restricted stock units granted me at the time have increased many times in value.

Dwane Casey

Kevin did a masterful job of rebounding. We have to have somebody to help out on the boards in the paint.

Christopher Wray

Kenneth Lay is charged with abusing his powerful position as chairman of the board and CEO and repeatedly lying in an effort to cover up the financial collapse that caused devastating harm to millions of Americans.

Dave Newton

Kenneth didn't have a lot of numbers offensively, but his presence on the boards was felt out there and I think defensively he made some contributions as well. So did Will before he fouled out. He was playing some pretty good defense and scrambling around out there, causing some havoc.

Michael Lee

Keeping the historical integrity of the neighborhood is kind of what we've been doing. There's actually been a lot of discussion of whether we should go before the board anyway, even though we don't have to.

Bruce Nelson

Just walking on board brings up a lot of wonderful memories.

Mike Montgomery

Keith is a guy that I'm relying on more, having been with Keith for a year, to be the guy that's my sounding board during a game-type situation. Keith knows our personnel and John's just working his way in. I'll probably end up relying more on Keith.

Kathleen Sebelius

just the latest in a series of troubling decisions by the Board of Education.

Tyson Cottet

Joey had 14 boards for us, and didn't have any fouls, which was nice. Brandon was 7-for-11 from the field. He did a great job for us.

Harry Reid

Katrina makes it clear this government has failed, ... We must find out why immediately to make sure the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina never happens again.

Rem Murray

It caused my head to turn totally to the left, and it was frozen there for quite some time,

Rob Spencer

He lied so the plot could proceed unimpeded. With that lie, he caused the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. He rejoiced in the death and destruction.

Kim Townsend

I think the evidence of the tragedy from this hurricane is all that is needed to make changes. All you need to do is look at what has happened and the devastation this hurricane has caused to understand that there is a value in making a change.

Joseph Rotblat

There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one.

Kevin Flynn

The purpose of this purchase is to extend the life of our Vactor truck by decreasing the wear and tear caused by the jetting function,

Tom Williams

We're proceeding as normal with our logistics and planning for the Christmas inventory. SARS has caused no interruptions.

Brian Rust

We took it down. It was our machine, our node, and our network. Because it wasn't vetted with our security and network groups, it could have potentially caused harm to our users.

Roger Wade

We?re only allegedly that the injuries she sustained was not accidentally and somebody caused this injury to her.

David Healy

Half of his pay is dependent on the performance of the company, so that looks pretty reasonable relative to the pay of other CEOs at big companies. It probably doesn't look reasonable to the guy who just got laid off.

Charles Peck

What you have is a payoff when there's poor performance. But that's the nature of contracts. There's such a tremendous risk these days with being a CEO of a major corporation.

Charles Peck

What you have is a payoff when there's poor performance, ... But that's the nature of contracts. There's such a tremendous risk these days with being a CEO of a major corporation.

Charles DiSanza

Having to search for a chairman and CEO could delay the turnaround for some period of time. They have a somewhat diminished but still strong market position.

Drew Brown

He's good with everybody, ... He can talk to the CEO as well as he can talk to the mechanic.

Timothy Ramey

When he started as CEO I thought Kellogg was a very insular, not-very-worldly-wise type of company. It's now about as international and as sophisticated as they get.

Carlos Cardoso

I think that an effective CEO is a generalist in many waysone that can represent the company well to the customers, to the investors, to the community. You also have to represent yourself well as a leader at all levels of the organization. One of the things I have learned since my younger days is that everyone in the organization counts.

Warren Lichtenstein

We made our commitment to KT&G because we are confident in the strong potential of this company. If the CEO is not willing to consider our proposals as investors, we have no choice but to continue to seek election of our nominees.

Arthur Levitt

If you compensate a CEO by giving him options, he's going to do everything he can to make those options as valuable as possible.

Jean Miller

He is the comrade around whom the party people can coalesce. He should be chairman for life.

Jennifer Dunn

He justbrought the party together. All I had to do as party chairman was say,'Remember what Ronald Reagan would say on this issue,' and it was done.

Edward Leamer

I think it's a very good thing. I never understood why (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan) Greenspan was encouraging people to go into short-term mortgages, because of the risk they entailed.

Allen Sinai

I think that Greenspan will rank as one of the most effective and innovative Fed chairman that we have had -- a home-run champion.

Marion Hammer

I think the chairman is telling us where he intends to go, to put it politely.

Ron Bonjean

It is clear that we need a new chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission immediately. Sen. Lott is disappointed that Mary Sheila Gall, who is a clearly a qualified candidate, has not been confirmed by the Senate due to personal partisan attacks.

John Silvia

Labor costs were one of the key inflation concerns cited by Chairman (Alan) Greenspan in his latest testimony, ... Our outlook reinforces his concern.

John Davidson

To get a real turnaround you need to have a turnaround in earnings. The jobless claims number today probably keeps (Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan on task in terms of lowering rates.

Harry Redknapp

It is something I have been thinking about for a while. I made it without any pressure from the chairman or the board.

Tommy Spina

He deeply regrets the circumstances which have led to him being charged with a criminal offense in our federal system.

Ryan Walker

He said we were the ones. It wasn't any kind of an official lineup. They took us in and charged us with trespassing.

Graham Nash

It is a little off-putting to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame and then be charged to go there.

Paul Tagliabue

I think, which frequently happens in emotionally charged situations, people are unfairly reduced to being caricatures when there's no reason for that,

Brett Myers

When Howard hit that home run, I thought here we go, ... You know and when Kenny (Lofton) made those two catches in the sixth that really got us charged up.

Matt Link

We survived the first ten minutes where they really dominated play. The first and last minutes of nay emotionally charged game like this are crucial and our guys stayed strong.

John Ashcroft

Today a U.S.-based charity that claims to do good works is charged with funding the works of evil,

David Soul

I went to Mexico to study social and political history during that really charged period in Mexican history in the early sixties, that I found my path in a way. It was a time when students wanted to take control of their own country, not just in Mexico but also in Europe and the United States.

Stanley Brand

He's going to face hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal expenses if he gets charged and decides to defend himself. It's hard to focus on that and focus on re-election.

Michael Robotham

Journalism took me around the world. I worked in London for ten years and reported on the collapse of the Soviet Union, the troubles in Northern Ireland, and the first Gulf War.

George Packer

What the Web has never figured out is how to pay for reporting, which, with the collapse of print newspapers, is in desperately short supply, and without which even the most prolific commenters will someday run out of things to say.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

I will not remain silent, resigned to watch as my fellow prisoners collapse under the strain of slavery-like conditions.

Dr. Roberts

He responds to stimuli and that's good. He's still critically ill, in intensive care, he suffered a collapsed lung.

Don Argus

It is low in the index, and probably it makes sense to collapse the dual-listed structure.

Eliot Spitzer

I don't expect a settlement, and I don't expect a collapse of discussions.

Ed Regan

In the past, we've been skeptical about (collaboration). But we felt that the industry is on the threshold of collapse if something doesn't get done soon. This is one way to resolve the problem.

Anthony Cordesman

If you pull troops out too quickly now, and you see the situation in Iraq collapse before the midterm elections, the impact is going to be far more serious than if you keep the troops in at reasonable levels.

Anthony Cordesman

If you pull out troops too quickly now, and you see the situation in Iraq collapse before the midterm elections, the impact is going to be far more serious than if you keep the troops in at reasonable levels.

David Sowerby

Kmart is like the phoenix. It's rising up again. I wouldn't be surprised to see one or two more firms pick up coverage of the company.

Dave Ramsey

I would not pre-pay. I would invest instead and led the investments cover it.

Michael James

Jack couldn't find a wall he didn't want to run into. He'd write insulting cover letters to editors. When I'd say, 'Jack, you're shooting yourself in the foot,' he'd launch into a tirade about the worthlessness of a life lived untruly to oneself.

Matt Hasselbeck

Ken Lucas was screaming to the other side, 'Quarterback is in the game. Watch the throw, watch the trick play. When we snapped the ball, he was maybe not fully ready to cover because of that.

Susan Chambers

Keep in mind that covering part-time employees is not the norm in retail.

E. Helm

Joe Biden and I consulted in my office Wednesday night past, for about four and a half hours and we covered 21 differences and resolved them.

Andre Patterson

J.J. makes a lot of open 3's and off of picks. C-Lo just discourages defenses because guys will be hanging all over him, and he's still going to make it. He's a tough cover for anybody.

Lance Schulters

It all ties together. We cover well and it gives the linemen more time to get there and get pressure. That (total) speaks volumes for the guys up front. But they couldn't get there if we don't do our job as well.

Lance Schulters

It all ties in. We cover and give the linemen more time to get there.

Herb Grace

Kevin Lynch was huge tonight, especially on the post. He gave us a great effort and is the heart and soul of our team.

Frank Robinson

Hector has been a nice, pleasant surprise with another great effort on his part tonight. He has pitched four good starts. I don't know how he does it at this stage of the season. He seems to thrive on it.

Steve Kellar

This was a good game for us in that everybody played and everybody scored. It was a good, solid effort on everybody's part.

Mark Phillips

This was one of the toughest meets in the Midwest, so it was an eye-opening experience for our freshmen. I thought everyone gave a very good effort and ran really well.

Tubby Smith

There are so many weapons on their team. It will take an extraordinary effort on our part to compete.

Dwane Casey

He's just made a concerted effort going to the boards. It's called him being a great player.

J. Horton

He's just got to keep playing hard. I think his effort has been there but he hasn't been able to get shots to go down for him. But if he keeps playing hard and keeps being himself, the shots will start to go down for him.

Geoff Cooper

I think it's kind of a double-edged sword. We obviously want to see the industry succeed, and it is going to take lots of effort and lots of different groups and different resources. At the same time, we'd like the money that's invested in these plants to stay in these rural communities.

Jon Fleischaker

I think it's just another effort at secrecy. E-mails and voice mails are often the only source of information today.

Peter Thiel

I suspect if people live a lot longer they would be retired for a somewhat longer period of time. Just the financial planning takes on a very different character.

Steven Gerrard

It is important that we stay in for as long as possible, not only for financial reasons but also because our league form has been so up and down.

Thomas Pickering

there are no signs of stress in the financial sector.

Patricia Struck

The pace of innovation in financial services is ever increasing. There is a new hook weekly.

Mark Augustine

We look for in-line fourth-quarter financial results and more upbeat guidance for 2006 than Amgen provided at this time last year for 2005.

Charisma Carpenter

I did Playboy for a very specific reason. Not only was it a good financial move, but it was about the place I was at in my life.

Mary Shapiro

I don't know whether they will say yes or no since there are all sorts of administrative, financial and legal issues.

Dick Cheney

He doesn't have a financial interest in the company,

Ric Edelman

Hope is not a financial plan.

Ken Johnson

It can be a healthy competition, not a harmful one.

Janet Reno

It also has incredible opportunities to put stuff on there that can be damaging, harmful and hurtful, especially to children,

Sean Curran

He is only a harm to himself, and the real shame here would be if he did not receive the treatment he needs.

Akbar Rafsanjani

Harm will not only engulf the Islamic Republic of Iran, but the region and everybody.

Joe Biden

Gonzales's nomination may very well do us more harm internationally because of his relationship with the terror memos and that is a different story.

Kate Jackson

It is potentially a harmful message to very young kids,

Chris Kelly

I think any more than two years would have been unreasonable. There really wasn't much harm done here.

David Izzo

I'd like to learn a little more (about the system). What would be the harm of tabling it for two weeks?

Will Durant

To seek, beneath the universal strife, the hidden harmony of things.

Robert Sean Leonard

My greatest desire was to be in a sandbox with Kevin Kline or Kenneth Branagh - to be with the people I admired - and I have.

Patrick Moynihan

Move on; I mean, I've had enough of everything, but particularly Kenneth Starr, ... Meet The Press.

Jeff Agoos

This was our season tonight. We had to lay it on the line.

Marc Guggenheim

We've enjoyed laying the foundation for 'The Flash' series.

Aleksandr Sebryakov

Life seems endless, life seems to go on and on until you lay on your death-bed!

Juanna Graham

He was laying around a lot. He didn't want to play, he didn't want to eat. He was throwing up.

Rick DiPietro

If you have any pride or love for this team, you can't go out and lay eggs. This is a big time of year, regardless of the situation. We've got to come out and play hard.

Paal Brekke

By looking at the sun at different wavelengths, we can peel off the different layers in the (solar) atmosphere, just like peeling an onion.

Dan Malloy

I'm not sure that some governors just don't want to lay off people for the sake of laying off people and being able to say they did.

Cindy Sheehan

I'll be laying down and not getting up. When they let me out, I'll do the same thing if I get arrested.

Paula Rieker

I recall Mr. Lay saying that liquidity was fine, and then he strengthened his statement to say that liquidity was strong.

Ebenezer Ekuban

I'd be lying to you if I said that it's just another game. It really isn't.

Andy Pettitte

I'd be lying if I said this wasn't a blow.

Weylan Harding

I'd be lying if I said otherwise. This one's going to be special.

Steve McMahon

I'd be lying if I said I was pleased with him,

Jason Spezza

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't thinking about it a bit.

Tom Smith

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a pang. What's done is done but you always have regrets.

Kevin Connors

I'd be lying by saying that we want anything else. With the year we've had you have to feel like we have a chance.

Robert Creeley

Love, if you love me, lie next to me. Be for me, like rain, the getting out of the tiredness, the fatuousness, the semi- lust of intentional indifference. Be wet with a decent happiness.

Robert Collier

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.

Larry Sabato

He could have made millions in the private sector.

Jim Amos

It is significant in its impact. We do millions of packages a year with UPS.

Walt Riker

I think all the projections show this is going to be win, win, win for McDonald's, the Smithsonian and the millions of visitors who go there.

Dan Newman

He may spend his tens of millions on slick TV ads, but this isn't eBay. The governor's race does not have a 'buy it now' option.

Nandan Nilekani

I'm in politics to make the lives of millions of Indians better.

Niall Horan

I've got an IQ of 40 million.

Malcolm X

The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites' concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him.

Matt Mullenweg

A lot of the early adoption of WordPress was actually from thousands and millions of individually hosted instances, so a lot of the people who ran WordPress were on their own.

Richard Moyroud

They have been on the planet for millions of years. Why doesn't it have the right to continue?

Megan Hilty

I think the only way you can really grow is if you push yourself and put yourself in uncomfortable positions and doing things that you're not used to; it's exciting.

Paul Perry

I think that positions No. 2 through 7 could be inter-changeable all year.

Todd Borrison

I thought we got a lot of second and third shots and every time you do that, you put yourself in position to be successful.

Mike Bellotti

I think that we've probably, more than any other time than I've been here, addressed specific position needs.

Andre Miller

I think they know we'll be around every game. We've been in this position before. If we come out with a better tempo at the start of the game, we'll have a better chance.

Al Groh

He's a very responsible kid, and he took his position very seriously,

Tom Lehman

I'd like to be in a position to give my spot up if I had to.

Mila Kunis

I am in the position where I don't have to work for the sake of working, so I'm very lucky, in a sense. So, I can always sit back and wait for a project that I respond to, that I want to do.

Carl Banks

He was the standard for that position in that era.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

He is the most powerful who has himself, in his power.

Jean Charest

It could be a strong and powerful symbol of our relationship,

Laura Harper

I think it was a powerful move. It was very inspirational. To be able to sit and look out on the court, it was awesome.

Alfonso G. Robles

The fact that lately some circles, not less powerful by their small size, have been actively promoting certain theories, as dangerous as they are illusory, of a "limited", "winnable" or "protracted" nuclear war, as well as their obsession of "nuclear superiority", make it advisable to bear always in mind that the immediate goal of all States, as was expressly declared in the Final Document of the Special Assembly of 1978, "is that of the elimination of the danger of a nuclear war"

Adrian Burgos

He is a powerful voice. He reminds us what is at stake. We know we have to be sober-minded in our deliberation.

Richard P. Feynman

[John] von Neumann gave me an interesting idea: that you don't have to be responsible for the world that you're in. So I have developed a very powerful sense of social irresponsibility as a result of von Neumann's advice. It's made me a very happy man ever since. But it was von Neumann who put the seed in that grew into my active irresponsibility!

Richard Holloway

Religion is the most powerful alternative to God.

Richard Dawkins

You can't blame science for being used for evil purposes. What you can do is say, 'This is an exceedingly powerful tool.' And you want to make sure it is used for good purposes, not bad ones. That is a political decision.

Richard Dawkins

Religion is a powerful weapon that can be used because it persuades people to do things. And thus it can be used for good or ill. But it should not be a powerful weapon at all.

Andrew Mitchell

The UK public have repeatedly shown enormous generosity to those in need.