Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Fried

I think in many respects, his hold on his court in the last few years has begun to slip away.

Caroline DeWaal

It is good that they are funding new inspectors for overseas, but they haven't begun to grapple with the fact that they need new inspectors for domestic produce and seafood.

Stephen Kinzer

To frustrated Americans who have begun boycotting BP: Welcome to the club. It's great not to be the only member any more!

Masaki Iso

It is impossible to expect that things will improve in a short period of time at Sony, ... The company has only just begun a begun a real structural reform.

Richard Lloyd

The financial landscape for UK companies had already begun to change by the start of 2005 as rising interest rates, the consumer slowdown and increased red tape all took their toll.

David Allan

You'd have a hard time finding a major publishing company that has not begun to reduce its page size.

Rick Moody

All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an artist, man, I don't do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important.

Nigel Gault

The economy has begun 2006 with plenty of momentum.

Dawn Karpell

The foul trouble definitely hurt us because we were forced to play certain players out of position. We're young and I think we've begun to develop a certain toughness. We played well and I can't complain because South came out and simply did what they were supposed to do.

Italian Proverb

Keep company with good men, and you'll increase their number

Scott Bilker

Keep all your records. By law, the credit-card company must investigate your dispute.

Gray Davis

Just the other day, we had to pay $1,900 for a megawatt hour, which a year ago would have cost us $30, ... And the reason this company named Reliant out of Texas gave us for charging us that much money was, they said, the state's credit isn't any good.

Stephen Roelofse

I think in time they will probably make an offer (for Western Areas). I can't see them taking a passive stake in the company like that.

Eugene Christiansen

Harrah's is putting together some very, very strategic real estate. You look at that, you look at Caesars Palace and the implication is that Harrah's is: a) Making a no-brainer investment; b) Is making provision for a major expansion in its Strip presence. I look at the map; I couldn't read it any other way. That's something the company needs Å  a greater presence on the Strip.

Susumu Tonegawa

My father was an engineer working for a textile company that had several factories scattered in rural towns in the southern part of Japan.

David Wray

There are studies that show participants in a 401(k) plans are less likely to leave the company and are better workers.

Sathya Baba

Good company is important, it helps to cultivate good qualities.

Linda Carpenter

He's dead because of this company, and we can't even sue. They still haven't done anything to protect their workers.

Phil Jackson

Kobe is missing out by not finding a way to become part of a system that involves giving to something larger than himself.

Tim Parmeter

I also thought we did a good job of finding him. He really got going, and we did a good job of recognizing that.

Caron Butler

I think it's just that my teammates are getting used to me and I'm getting used to them. Offensively, I'm just trying to stay in a good rhythm and a good flow. My teammates are doing a good job finding me in a rhythm, and I'm just doing what I know how to do.

Nancy Clark

It is a little like finding a needle in a haystack.

David McCandless

What I love - and I'm a journalist - and what I love is finding hidden patterns; I love being a data detective.

Alex Kapranos

We swap around instruments from time to time and try other variations. The real trick to making a good record is finding out the things that aren't good and getting rid of them.

Drew Kesse

It is not about the reward money. It is not about Web sites. It is about finding our daughter.

Darrin Horn

I think they just lost two really good senior guards that are the reason they were able to play so well on the road last year. This year their guys are just finding their way in those tough environments.

John Tortorella

We looked tired and I think they were tired, but I still think they played hard. It's finding a way.

Susan Murray

kind of hard to get to your car.

Charlie Otero

Knowing the last moments, the last thoughts, the last words was pretty hard to take,

Author unknown

Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and be evil.

Laura Lange

I wouldn't say I've progressed since last year. I don't think I'm going to play in college, so this is my last year playing and I'm going to play as hard as I can.

Mark Mulder

Izzy told me the first time you're traded or released and go somewhere else is the hardest. After that, it's no problem. I can now understand why people say that. It wasn't hard making an adjustment. It was just different.

Joe Jones

Joe has really been positive throughout this whole thing. He's worked hard to get back to being the player that he once was. We're hoping he's going to be able to do that.

Jerry Snyder

I talked to the coach; he said that'd be great. He's actually one of the reasons I'm pushing so hard is because he was so enthusiastic about it. I think if I do get to play I'm going to love that coach.

David Beckham

I think it is better for the team to have a regular penalty-taker rather than me who hardly ever takes them for Real,

Randy Harrison

It always weirds me out and makes me unhappy that some people think I'm Justin. I'm not. People can be talking to me and I know they think they are talking to Justin. It's hard to explain.

Scott Erickson

What we wanted to do was just put to rest the question of, 'Hey, are they going to be around now that (Apple is) making a major switch to Intel?

Jon Cryer

His name is Blane? That's a major appliance, that's not a name!

Dr. Armstrong

I think it's a major step forward. There's no question about it.

David Becker

I think it's a major step forward, I don't think it signals any retreat from vigorous enforcement.

Rhodri Morgan

It is all part of a major Welsh revival. We are raising our game, and not just on the rugby field.

Jalal Talabani

I think the majority (of all Iraqis) will vote yes,

Daniel Breaker

I think that the major message in 'Shrek: The Musical' is be who you want to be. I think that it is about being your true self in this world.

Sylvana Foa

I think (that) the major conclusions are that there are a lot of very rich people who are getting very, very rich, and there are a lot of very, very poor people who are getting even poorer.

Alex Jones

The majority of world stock markets are now owned by the Arabs.

Richard Paul Evans

Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It led me to the 'Lord of the Rings' series. And once I'd read that, I knew I could read anything because I had just read thousands of pages.

Robert Scoble

Never use pages for personal brand!

Willa Cather

Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there--that, we may say, is created.

Sarah Dessen

But it was too early to know: there were always more pages to go, more words to be written, before the story was over.

Rudyard Kipling

We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.

James Salter

Life passes into pages if it passes into anything,

John Cheever

A page of good prose remains invincible.

Teddy Sears

For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.

Taraji P. Henson

Sometimes you have to say the words exactly how they are on the page, but sometimes when you improv, it only helps to get across what's on the page, and I just love working with directors who allow that.

John Van Hamersveld

I'm working on my own work, my own publishing company.

Laura Hillenbrand

I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest

Katherine Paterson

Since my first novel was rescued from a slush pile, it makes me sad that most publishing houses no longer accept unsolicited manuscripts. Nor are many willing to take chances on novels that are not deemed immediately "marketable."

Otis Blackwell

I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it.

John Mutter

They're worried about publishing and retailing like everyone else in the business, and this may be a way for them to stay on top of this.

J. Tillman

I've never taken the steps to be 'successful': I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house.

Theodore Pappas

These are the sorts of fundamental publishing vices of the most serious kind.

Andrew Wright

This is not about publishing to the world.

Daniel Berrigan

I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.

Bhagwan Rajneesh

If religiousness can be reduced to one single thing, it is non-identification.

Gina Laughlin

A lease rejection does not signal any type of reduced operation.

Leila Janah

Most of us working on poverty alleviation simply want to know, 'How much poverty can I reduce for every dollar I donate?'

Judd Gregg

This is the only vote you will have to reduce the deficit.

Michelle Laughlin

The thing yesterday for the first time in a long time was reduced risk-aversion...it was the reverse of the flight-to-quality.

Agin Muhammad

I understand the reactions, but it's not for me to reduce myself to that level.

Gordon Johndroe

This is not a new concern, but it is one we take seriously. We are working to reduce our vulnerability to this threat.

Jeff Miller

As a taxpayer, I want to assure you that Republicans are doing everything we can to reduce wasteful spending.

Dr. Larson

What is striking is that it didn't take much to reduce the risk ... If you don't exercise, you should start. It's never too late.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

Star Jones

No, I don't want to exercise all the time. I still despise it, not at all.