Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sam Allardyce

Kevin has led the team with passion and professionalism. Each week he gives you everything and he has the ability to be a top player for years to come. One of his main attributes is his ability to score goals on a regular basis. If he continues to progress, he'll go close to earning a seat on the plane to Germany in June.

Michael Nathanson

I would not underestimate their ability to market this franchise, ... I don't think it will move the needle that much at Disney, but it's a good fit for them.

Frank Solich

(Jacobs) has two receivers that are going to get a shot at pro ball and have the ability to play. They're averaging over 100 yards a game in receptions. They have a combination of things that makes it very hard to stop.

Virginia Laken

Keith and I thought we had really good communication but we hadn't had to have this kind of communication about our intimacy. We so often equate intimate relationships with ability to have intercourse, and what we try to help couples understand is that intimacy is not totally equated with intercourse. Intimacy -- as we all know but don't usually put into practice -- can happen in many, many ways.

Louis Miller

Joe Leonard doesn't make quick decisions, which is good. He has the ability to focus on what he wants to get done.

Mike Eaves

Joe has the ability to make something out of nothing, and it's hard to account for skill like that. That makes him an effective offensive player.

Mike Scioscia

Joe has an incredible baseball mind and a tremendous ability to communicate with players on all levels. That's a combination any player should appreciate.

J. Taylor

John is very athletic for his size. His strength is there. He's got to polish a few things in the passing game and some in the running game, but as long as he has a desire there to want to be successful, he's got all the athletic ability to be successful.

Joe Alberici

John has the ability, he is a slippery player, he is able to use good speed and he has a great change of direction. He has a knack of getting himself to the goal and is also a very good feeder so he is making others better. When John is at his best, there are not many players that are of his ability in the country.

John Gould

I'd check that for accuracy because I think that's untrue.

John Curtin

The concern is, with the extension of that program, a lot of the vendors that are designing and scoring these tests are dealing with volumes of tests that they have not experienced before, as the testing program in essence doubles this spring across the country. It's a high-stakes test, and accuracy is so important.

Matthew Felling

The media's credibility takes a short-term hit with these public corrections. But ... the media is becoming very skillful at policing itself - which will build its accuracy in the future.

Ron Hutchins

Accuracy is more important than strength. Anybody can hit a ball out, it takes a little practice to keep it in the green.

Walter Lambert

This instrument will greatly minimize the transfer of urine containers, effectively increasing test accuracy and eliminating many of the problems associated with urine collection and transport. The portability of this device will also permit point-of-care testing in hospitals, and will enable healthcare professionals to transmit test data to mainline computers either through internal information systems or via e-mail.

Hootie Johnson

At holes No. 1 and No. 7 we want to emphasize accuracy off the tee while continuing to maintain the integrity of the holes.

Larry Jacoby

These automatic influences of memory can mislead the elderly person and make them mistakenly think that they remember something that actually didn't happen. What's more, our studies show that older adults often are extremely confident about the accuracy of things they think they remember. They're more likely to make mistakes, and more difficult to convince they're wrong.

Lee Tien

We're approaching the use of biometrics very, very cautiously, ... We feel that the technology is not even close to the accuracy being claimed by some of these companies. As such, there will be thousands of false negatives and false positives when you scale up the millions of travelers.

Dave Orlandini

Best passer I ever played with. If you cut, and you were open, the ball was in your hands. Not a dazzling ball-handler, but man, pinpoint accuracy on the passes.

Betsy Meter

Automotive executives in our survey have been predicting market share advances by Asian brands for years now.

Betsy Meter

Automotive execs in our survey have been predicting market share advances by Asian brands for years now. Asian brands have been successful at bringing the right product to the market quickly while being flexible in their manufacturing processes to respond to changes in demand.

Scott Charney

As part of our commitment to delivering secure, private and reliable computing experiences for everyone, Microsoft aims to provide timely, relevant and easy-to-understand security guidance so business customers can maintain a more secure enterprise environment. The Security Summits are a great venue for both IT professionals and developers to learn about key trends in the security industry, including how to prepare for advances in security technologies and how to develop more secure business applications.

Michael Edwards

Deeper debt relief, the Ottawa Treaty on land mines, the global movement for women's rights and protection of the environment -- none of these advances would have happened without NGO ideas and pressure.

Hu Jintao

The significance of the conference has since been made more and more evident by the advances of women's development cause worldwide,

William Dembski

advances in probability theory, computer science, the concept of information, molecular biology and the philosophy of science.

Arthur Kornberg

No matter how counter-intuitive it may seem, basic research has proven over and over to be the lifeline of practical advances in medicine.

Thabo Mbeki

These challenges require of us not just standard responses, but urgent and extraordinary interventions that will ensure that the benefits of the current scientific and technological advances are shared by everyone, including those in the most remote and isolated villages of the world,

John Kupsch

These safety features started out as technological advances available only on luxury cars. Now, they are coming available as a standard feature.

Lori Crunk

I would think that being up here three times in the last four years now would be an advantage because our girls know what to expect. Our girls have had success in this building. Michelle (Mabry) shot the ball very well here last year and so this is also an advantage.

H. Hart

It appears to be a case of taking advantage of the fact that the vault door is open. It could be an attempt to make a relatively small-scale repair into a major renovation project under the guise of an emergency.

Dan Marino

I always felt that we had an advantage playing at the Orange Bowl.

Gary Anders

Having the No.1 seed in a five-team district has a distinct advantage. That's something we're shooting for. Hopefully the kids will understand the importance of that.

Ann McInerney

Going into playing the top three teams, we need to really make sure we put our best foot forward and take advantage of the strengths we have as a team. We are going to face a lot more athleticism in Hartford and then again in the rivalry with Boston University.

Source Unknown

God supplies us with the opportunity, but He cannot take advantage of it for us.

Richard Dracott

I think you're going to see greater data flow, but the competitive advantage is going to be how you're going to use that knowledge flow.

Tobey Maguire

I think women have the advantage over men - they tend to be much more in touch with their feelings and understand the dynamics of how relationships work. Men are much more cold-blooded and less willing to explore what makes a marriage or a relationship work. We like to deal in results and women are interested primarily in the process of the relationship, the little things which are actually the basics of how men and women interact.

Robert Passikoff

What marketers try to do is take a problem and twist it to their advantage, ... If you can't pronounce the name, all of a sudden it becomes something that's slightly less attainable for the consumer and it becomes more desirable. But it's equally likely that when people don't buy it, it's because they don't know how to pronounce the name.

Troy Polamalu

I wouldn't anticipate him coming in and doing what we like to do: run, run, run, run, run. But I think he's going to use a West Coast-slash-run-and-shoot-type offense. That's what I would expect.

Herman Edwards

He wants to play. He just wants to make sure he's OK, and I can understand that. That's something you don't deal with lightly. I anticipate he'll be back. I'd say it's 50-50.

Michael Chertoff

What I said was not that we didn't anticipate that there's a possibility the levees will break. What I said was, in this storm, what happened is, the storm passed and passed without the levees breaking on Monday. Tuesday morning, I opened newspapers and saw headlines that said 'New Orleans Dodged the Bullet,' which surprised people. What surprised them was that the levee broke overnight and the next day and, in fact, collapsed. That was a surprise.

Debra Pegram

I didn't anticipate them playing us man, I really didn't. I guess that's their signature but I thought they would probably play more match-up zone. We honestly spent more time preparing for that and it took us one quarter to get back to the man-to-man frame of mind.

Bob Livingston

I don't anticipate a significant diminution of support for Republican efforts,

Kofi Annan

I don't anticipate anyone to resign, ... We are carrying on with our work.

Brian Cresta

In January alone, 1.5 million eligible Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the new drug benefit. The rate of enrollment is encouraging because we know people are getting past some of the initial enrollment challenges and are truly receiving the benefits that they need and deserve. As we move forward, we anticipate more people hearing about the benefits from their friends and loved ones, and when that happens we expect to see a great surge in enrollment.

Doug Little

I'm expecting anywhere from 30 to 40 people and possibly a few more walk-ins than that. When I last checked, between 25 and 30 had already been pre-registered. We should be in the 30 to 40 range by the time we hold the event. Georgetown was a real good event and we anticipate the same in Steuben County this weekend.

Mike Johanns

I indicated to minister Nakagawa that we received their questions and we are in the process of completing the responses. I also indicated that we anticipate submitting those responses to Japan next week.

Tom Renney

Just something we have to deal with internally as a team when it comes to penalties.

Joe Torre

He deals with the stress and pressure very well,

Steve Atkins

He deals with it well, and it makes things run that much more smoothly. He's also very forthright. He knows how he feels and tells you how he feels and that makes the process of governance that much easier.

Maria Rodriguez

What we want is the deal they promised us -- if we paid them, we were covered.

Deborah Silverman

had a great deal of success with this program. We've set a number of sales records in the past few months, and we thought it was important to extend for the month of September.

Rebecca Loos

He's a stranger to me now. He looks very different to how I knew him. And the way he dealt with the whole thing. He's just a very different man.

Albert Smith

It is a good deal better to be seventy-nine years young than it is to be fifty years old

Iain Gray

It is a hugely important deal for Airbus in what is a very important market,

B. F. Skinner

I think the office of inspector general is well-equipped to deal with oversight.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Darius Miles

Kevin had a great game. We have some smaller guards out there so he was able to do a lot more things. He had it going and was on fire.

Alden Ehrenreich

I would say that it's mainly about the director. It's a hard quality to find, but I always know whether I want to do something or not. The character is important to me, as is getting to work with people that I feel like I can learn from and make a great movie with.

Chuck D.

Joey wrestled a great tournament, and we don't want him to get lost in the shuffle. He was solid all weekend.

Tim Ehresman

Joe was great tonight. He did things tonight he's been practicing all year. Come heck or high water, he was going to make it (to the regional tournament) again.

Fay Vincent

John is the hero. He did a great job. Now Rose admits John was correct.

Donnie Henderson

I think it's a great opportunity. You always want to hear your name, and now a team has actually called. It's exciting.

John Gibson

I think it's a great opportunity to showcase our city.

Randy Smith

I think it's a great opportunity to be able to talk to him, but more important than that, I think it tells me that he's listening and that's really important to me.

Penny Circle

He is responding to treatment and shows improvement every day.

Simon Crisford

I think we will be recommending to Sheikh Mohammed that she stays in trainer next year because there is potential for more improvement from her.

Tyra Banks

Don't make excuses - make improvements!

James Anthony Froude

Human improvement is from within outward.

Skip Glover

That's a big step. That's a big improvement in this team since last year. Last year, a lot of times a team got physical with them they might be a little more hesitant, but not this time. They usually don't return what they get. They like to play their game.

Dave Long

It's much lower than it should be. There is much room for improvement.

David Snyder

It's worth it, ... You're going to pay for it over 30 years, and I think it's an important regional improvement.

Wally Buono

I wanted to see improvement or we were going to make moves. I said I was not going to be patient with the veterans, the ones who didn't show enough improvement. It's part of why we're 9-0 and other teams aren't. We feel that we made better personnel decisions, for whatever reasons.

E. O. Wilson

No matter how small the improvement, all (the coaches) are looking for is for everyone to do their best.

Shannon Elizabeth

When I was modeling, I worked out every day or other day.

Paul Kemp

That's what modeling does, it makes something real before it happens.

Jim Haslett

Today he's sore, so he didn't practice. He'll be fine. He'll play.

Tony Franklin

I thought we got a lot done offensively. Omar showed today why he has become the top quarterback.

Kalin Lucas

I think about him every day. Today I woke up and I didn't even feel like going to school. It was rough.

Lee Nelson

I'm 63 today but I feel like I'm 18.

Brad Faxon

The first thing Dory did today was look up at me and say, ?We?re going to Kapulua,?

Neale Donald Walsch

Drop the thought that you cannot affect the future. Tell yourself that the future is not coming TO you, it is coming THROUGH you. The change that is coming to you is that change that you place in your future with the thoughts, words, and actions of today

Miguel de Icaza

Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent.

Marat Safin

Today I break racquets for tomorrow we die.

Louise Hay

My younger years were filled with fear; my todays are filled with confidence.