Famous Quotes & Sayings

Drew Bledsoe

Anytime somebody picks somebody else over you, it's motivating. The Bills went and picked this young kid to play ahead of me. I don't think it was the right decision. I still don't. I want to go out and prove I can still get it done. The ability to throw the ball effectively, accurately and all over the field is still there. When that goes away, I think you'll see me tip my cap and hand it off to somebody else.

Bryan Whitman

Any sovereign government needs the ability to control their borders. So the role of the (Iraqi) border-control security forces is one that is vital to the overall security of the country.

Kris Hagerman

Any sizable data center has got to have the ability to understand what is going on with its servers. We feel very strongly that every one of the Global 5,000 should have this capability.

Mike Bradford

Ashley brought her all-around game to the gym every night. There really isn't any part of the game that she can't do, and her ability to shoot the three really helped us open up our offense. On the defensive side, she is just a very, very hard worker and that work ethic rubs off on the other players.

Brendan Taman

As he has shown throughout his career, Ron has the ability to get to the quarterback and disrupt what opposing offences are trying to do. Adding Ron will make the defensive line a very interesting group to watch in training camp.

Eric Holland

As far as regenerating parts of the brain that have degenerated, such as in Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and others of that nature, the ability to regenerate the needed cell type and placing it in the correct spot would have major impact.

Andrew Feinberg

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Jerry York

As good as Elliott, Parise and Cory are in their games, none of them have the ability that Bishop has to almost be a third defender back there.

F. Stone

As fuel prices go up, airlines have ratcheted back down in terms of their ability to make a profit.

Brad Penny

Any time an umpire gets into an argument and won't call a strike, it's no fun.

Mary Deutsch

Any judge is going to look at what we do during the public review period. We need to present a fair argument that the city's measures aren't adequate.

John Mackey

I've always thought the main argument for organic was more environmental than a health argument. I just don't think spraying a lot of pesticides into the environment on a routine basis is a good thing.

Trevor Noah

The older you get, the more you start to realize that you can't win an argument in a relationship. You can't win a fight with your woman. Because if you lose, you lose. And if you win, you lose.

Pete Smith

Some type of argument ensued. A gun was taken out, and these two people were shot.

Jeff Johnson

seems a bit of a stretch to me ... but I think there's a straight-faced argument to be made.

Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld

Quarrels would not last so long if the fault lay only on one side.

Nick Price

Putting is probably the most important thing in the game. It's that classic argument you always hear, but it's true. You can hit the ball great, but if you can't make anything, it's so deflating. The psychological aspect is huge. Putting is the source of where you really go in a round.

Wang Guangya

The Russian argument is that it has the implication of leading to Chapter 7 actions.

Marc Falcone

The broader trend is private-equity interests in hotel assets.

Matt Yates

The broader question still exists. What will happen with those 623 jobs at the port if the Port Authority's current policy is maintained?

Ali Noorani

The broader point we're conveying is the immigrant community is important. What would be the impact if there were no immigrants? The state would not have enough workers. The state is already lacking in workers.

Alan Ruskin

The broader picture is there's some slowing in housing. It's certainly dollar-negative news.

Michael Widmer

The broader picture here is that this will strengthen the health care system in Massachusetts in a number of ways. You will have a much more rational structure for financing the system.

Suzanne Leta

The broader picture here is that the state is doing a really good job trying to create a diverse and competitive renewable energy market.

Derek Halpenny

The broader picture for the yen's decline is down to the continued deterioration in Japan's trade surplus.

Erik Larson

The broader message is that technological hubris will always get you in trouble with nature.

Hiroichi Nishi

The broader market will probably struggle to make any headway today. Investors are likely to focus on companies raising dividends and pick up their shares.

Mats Sundin

As a team, we are scoring some goals but we still have a lot of work to do. If we want to compete with Ottawa and the other top teams in our conference, we have to do better in our own end.

Chris Armas

Of course we're trying to compete with the publicity, ... At least Game 1 of the Series wasn't on the same night as our game. We all want to have good teams in Chicago.

Jim Duquette

Of course we watch what the Yankees do, ... but our feeling is they're an island in the game. We're not going to compete with their payroll or revenues. We expect that this team will have a lot more fun than last year's, doing it quietly, without a $180 million payroll.

Spin Williams

Once we get those guys healthy, we can make plans. Until they're healthy and ready to compete in a Major League game, we can't do much. We've got to go with the five we have now.

Dave Williams

Once we get those guys healthy, we can make plans, ... Until they're healthy and ready to compete in a Major League game, we can't do much. We've got to go with the five we have now.

Lance Marifke

Defensively I thought we did some pretty good things with our zones. We were able to give them some different looks. We just couldn't compete with their athleticism.

John Challenger

Dell has led the way in creating a global workforce. Its increases show, to a large degree, how it wants to compete on a global scale.

Todd Helton

Any win is a good win, especially on Opening Day, but this is a game where we found a way to win. If we are going to compete this year, that's the kind of game we have to win.

Sal Capaccio

Anything that has to do with the 800, Stephanie will compete in. As far as other relays, we're not sure.

George Goncalves

As people read the economic numbers, they know the Fed is still there.

John Hughs

So much of this economic news has been anticipated that you're not going to get much reaction either way, to better than expected news, or to something that misses estimates,

Kathleen Camilli

The stock market could be on track for a recovery. The stock market is one of the key leading economic indicators and it tends to turn up about six months before the official end of recession. So, if in fact it stays up now, it would be signaling that the recession could be over sometime next June.

Klaus Schwab

The World Economic Forum tries to keep away from issues that are too politicized.

Douglas Duncan

These are very modest interest rate increases for the level of economic growth we are expecting.

Robert Robbins

This is a wonderful economy, you've got great economic growth.

Bob Woods

This is a severe hardship on the families right here at school time. These people are economic refugees. They are having to leave to find work and they are skilled, so they can find jobs.

Susan Mitchell

This is a quality of life and economic development improvement.

Mike Greene

This is huge for the town. We will now use this Internet utility for economic development and distinguish ourselves.

Lee H. Hamilton

The status quo failed us. Reform is an urgent matter, and reform must not wait until the next attack.

Kurt Cobain

Things have never been so swell, i have never failed to fail

Walt Baker

The worst thing we can do is to start firing people because they failed to show up to work.

Timothy Roemer

We've had our first test, and we've failed miserably,

Dave Rice

One thing this team has never failed to show is resolve.

Chuck D.

He was in the school, too, and had failed the exam,

Mike McGlone

The market failed to see a smoking gun or anything too worrisome.

Thomas Doll

We failed to score the third goal and they played all-or-nothing. Maybe we were scared a goal would slip in there somehow.

Rush D. Holt, Jr.

The Tea Party and the like are about what we can't do, instead of the American ideal of what we can.

Mother Maribel

So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.

Al Lang

It was unacceptable play on our part. When we get down there, we have to score six points instead of three.

James Garner

I spent most of my time playing pool instead of studying.

Simon McBurney

I sometimes feel I would like to do crazy things with 'Endgame,' where someone says something, but the words, instead of being spoken, are written words projected out of their mouth.

Mike Morse

I've been through a lot worse. I need to get at-bats, play every day, instead of being up there just sitting around. I look at it in a positive way. I need to show them I belong.

Troy Sunderland

That's why we really felt, if the other two kids could get to nationals, we could surprise some people and as a team do some things. Now, instead of going with 10, we'll have to do it with eight.

Odette Annable

If women just got into it a little more, then the world would be happier. Instead of stabbing each other behind the back, just get into a fight, and then everything is out in the open.

Andy Warhol

Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there -- I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television.

Lee Kuan Yew

If you are going to lower me into the grave, and I feel something is wrong, I will get up.

Source Unknown

Nobody raises his own reputation by lowering others

Lyle Gramley

Mortgage rates haven't been significantly lower than the rates we have today since the 1960s.

Mark Begich

If the goal is to lower emissions, that's disconnected to most people. If the goal is to save taxpayers' money, now the public has some interest.

John Beasley

It doesn't take many nights of temperatures in the mid-to- lower 50s to shut the maturity process down.

Bill Richardson

In my estimation, the sense was they have a small number on the lower end of one to five, ... My sense was two. But I can't verify that.

Michael Evans

They're paying a lot lower and they can make their services for a lot lower.

Dudley North

It is said, that in Holland Interest is lower than in England.

Donald Trump

I want to lower taxes for the middle class.

John Taylor

A smart entrepreneur will go back and present it again.

Jane Jacobs

The best part of a Reg Hartt presentation is what he has to say.

Robin Oakley

were very much trying to present themselves as reluctant warriors. They were very much reacting to demonstrations of public opinion.

Sasha Cohen

You have to stay in the present and give it your 100 percent.

Scott Ritter

We had the proof. We couldn't present it. And that's where we are today.

Joe Sims

If they can come up with something that is satisfactory, we'll present it to the DOJ. If they don't, well see them in court.

Ryan Evanochko

That was just the shot that presented itself. I tried to take my time and find an opening.

Carlos Delgado

That's the way it should be. It's not just the present. It's the present and the future.

Toshihiro Nikai

I don't think (China) will present a response tomorrow that will settle everything at the talks.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Bodybuilders' cocks are the same size as everyone else's.

James Hogan

At our size it makes sense to be one fleet.

Guy Lajeunesse

At one of the mosques, two rocks, about the size of two baseballs, were tossed through a window which was shattered.

Anne Sexton

To tell the truth days are all the same size and words aren't much company.

Robert Anton Wilson

Existence is larger than any model that is not itself the exact size of existence....

Richard Linklater

Whatever story you want to tell, tell it at the right size.

Shaun White

It was hard to find a board my size. I was tiny.

John Sayles

The less money and time you have, the more you haveto plan ahead and be careful about your coverage. It's like a gas:it expands or contracts depending on the size of the container.

Peter DeFazio

Given the large size of the illegal harvest, ... I find it difficult to understand how this could have been a casual oversight.

Charles Adams

We can't live without taxes, but we sure would like to have good ones.

Robert Soper

The track has its own taxes that are distinct. It's not 55 percent, that's for certain.

Donald Trump

Donald Trump have proposed an approach that has a $4 billion tax benefit for your family.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I could get you to smile like that, and without sales tax.

Warren Buffett

I'll bring my tax returns; you bring yours. I'll meet you anytime anywhere.

Alan Sugar

I don't like paying 50 per cent of tax.

Austin O'Malley

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.