Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe Volpe

Any fee that the county implements, it's passed onto the home buyer. When you tack on fees or you tack on taxes, all that does is raise the price of affordable housing.

Jeremy Grantham

As a professional, you can afford to pick some stocks and be wrong about a few of them. To keep your job, you cannot take the risk of being seen to be wrong about the 'big picture' for very long.

Jim Young

A's Baseball remains one of the most affordable entertainment values in all of sports. The average ticket price in 2006 will be $25.48, which still ranks in the lower third in all of baseball. And the average ticket-price increase from 2005 to 2006 will be 7.24 percent, which is the second-lowest increase over the last six seasons and lower than the last two seasons.

James Mercer

As a child, I lived in Germany at the Ramstein air force base, where my dad sang at a nightclub in Kaiserslautern. My parents couldn't afford a babysitter, so when I was, like, ten or 11, I would go with them to the bar until two in the morning.

Robert Englund

As a jobbing actor, you can't afford to be choosy; if you're typed, you're generally working. I still feel that way, and the thing is, even within the horror genre, I now get to play all kinds of different roles.

Craig Barrett

The bottom line is that we want images on PCs to become as easy to use and as ubiquitous as text is today. If digital imaging is easy, affordable and fun for consumers, we believe it will spur PC demand and contribute to the ultimate goal of creating new users and new uses for the PC platform.

Debbie Johnson

A social worker said she was working on an angel flight for them, ... (Angel flights) have been used for medical transports, like for kids who need medical treatment and are too far away from it ... The other options we were looking at, like driving or on a bus, Bob would've chanced getting another infection, and he can't afford (one).

John Lawrence

As people move to more affordable housing closer to work, it?s simply just a matter of supply and demand. They build more houses in Forsyth County because there is more available land.

Nan Sundeen

Aspen is not the place for refugees. They could not afford to live here.

Taryn Thompson

As far as I'm concerned, you don't deserve to breathe. You don't deserve to live. You took the life of a 10-month-old baby -- even worse, your 10-month-old baby.

Roger Warren

As baby boomers flush through the system, they are downsizing into condos and the mills. We will see construction move toward smaller units.

Mary Hayes

Baby teeth are with us longer than people think. People think if a baby tooth gets decay, that's OK, because the tooth is disposable. But the last ones don't leave until kids are about 12.

Jeff Niemann

Baby steps. Once you get through this, it makes you stronger. I want to get something positive out of it and come back stronger.

Jill Vyse

Baby massage provides relaxation, relief and stimulation. The program that I teach for the city comes from four main foundations of massage: Swedish, East Indian, Yoga and a series of gentle movements.

Jill Vyse

Baby massage is about learning to communicate your love for your baby through touch. You do a particular stroke ... and she smiles at you -- and you keep that forever. A great benefit of baby massage is the bonding.

Justin Childers

Baby diarrhea. The necklace doesn't work and those bright, red lips? She doesn't look like her.

Thomas Perls

Baby boomers have an inaccurate and pessimistic view of aging. So much of it is in your hands and how you take care of yourself.

Bob Vetere

Baby boomers are turning to pets because it fills the empty house, as kids have gone off to college. Young professionals who aren't starting families right away are still looking for some kind of companionship.

George Thomas

Compared to the mid-point of previous guidance, revenues at the Chartered level are now expected to be up approximately $8 million. Consistent with higher revenues, our fourth-quarter net profit is now expected to be approximately $6 million higher than the mid-point of the range previously guided. Our guidance for utilization remains unchanged.

Sylvia Lim

Compared to the last elections, this is much better. It means more time for us to regroup, make adjustments, and coordinate between the different parties.

Jeffrey Joerres

Compared to the first three months of the year, hiring intentions in Europe are decidedly improved. However, Italy continues to lag behind.

Theresa Parker

Compared to the 30-year fixed mortgage, the 40-year fixed mortgage offers monthly loan payments that would be less than a 30-year mortgage on the same house.

David Frum

Compared to, say, a prime minister of England, a president has actually astonishingly few legal powers. A prime minister of England can take England to war all by himself. He doesn't have to have a vote in Parliament, nothing. The President of the United States has to get a Declaration of War.

Amanda Hearst

Compared to overdeveloped islands like Nassau, Bimini has kept its original charm. Walk the streets to see colorfully painted houses, funky shops, and trade greetings with friendly Biminites.

Carol Chastang

Compared to other disasters we've worked with, this is unprecedented.

Joe Siecinski

Compared to last year, Joe has improved tremendously. He has worked hard over the summer, and it means a lot to take over the No. 1 spot on our team. I'm surprised at how well he has run this year, and I think he has a good shot to go to states.

William Dunkelberg

Compared to last year, it's not a party, but historically, it's not so bad,

Richard Flanagan

The survival of extraordinary creatures such as the giant Tasmanian freshwater crayfish - the largest in the world - is in doubt because of logging.

E. B. White

I've seen a guy reeling in a giant tarpon on a Stella. The reel literally glows.

Jim Calhoun

These are two giant tests. I told our guys at a team meeting that we're 22-1 and 9-1, but we still have more tests. We've got to keep proving it and proving it.

Margaret Spellings

This is a temporary situation (and) it's going to be narrowly focused, ... This is not the time to promote a giant national voucher program.

Patrick Craven

Each year on this day we remember and pay tribute to this much loved working-class hero and giant of the national liberation.

John Bunting

As I said to the team, that's one giant M.O. -missed opportunity,

Ed Rendell

Twenty to 25 years ago, Pennsylvania was the industrial giant of this country.

Josh Franco

Today, Mike Giant is no secret to anyone.

Susan Rosenberg

There's something very special about Doris. She is very soft-spoken, but she's a giant of a person.

Kirk Kaczor

Any time a team shows frustration it makes you feel good because you know you're doing your job.

Richard Hyman

Any idiot can amass intelligence. It is being able to leverage that knowledge. They are good at that.

Henry Stern

Any hill is a good hill, just watch out for rocks.

Raymond E. Feist

Any good story can galvanize a person, make him/her think about things a different way, reassess their own motives and needs, but that's never my intent. That's an unintended consequence of me just trying to entertain, to write what we used to call 'ripping yarns.'

Chevy Chase

Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.

James Hogg

A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart - better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog?

Vic Rimmer

Ashdown did a good job of maintaining what they had.

Terry Stotts

As good as we were in Seattle over that five-year period, and that five-year period was as good a five-year period as there had been in the history of the league, I don't know if we had a 14-game winning streak.

Greg Zipadelli

As good as we've been in the past, we've never been as good as this.

Jon Corzine

I have a very optimistic view of where New Jersey can go, ... My opponent has presented a more negative view than is necessary.

Frank Iero

Really I don't know anything other than Jersey. I like the dirtiness of it. Now I'm getting to see the world, and it's great, but it's not better than Jersey.

Paul McManus

Jersey as a whole spends hundreds of thousands of pounds on antibiotics a year,

Lloyd Carr

Whoever wears that jersey has some big shoes to fill. And we're out there now trying to find him.

Marty Turco

It always baffles me why they do these things. I've never made a save with my jersey before, but as long as we don't look too silly, it doesn't really matter to us.

Dee McCann

I had my fingernails in his jersey and he stepped away. He's got a lot of speed and quickness, but he's not better than his brother.

Chris Christie

It's not that I'm universally loved. We know I'm not in New Jersey. But what they do say in New Jersey is, 'We like him, and we think he's telling us the truth.' I think we need to have that type of politics on the national level.

Robbie Ftorek

You have to be in New Jersey in two hours. You have 10 minutes to pack.

Dakota Blue Richards

As an actor you can't build up proper relationships with the people you work with, because after six months, you're done.

Daniel Sharman

As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel for.

Rick Riordan

As a teacher, I've never seen anything like 'Harry Potter.' That's why I smart when people talk about the 'next' 'Harry Potter.' There is no 'next' 'Harry Potter.'

Rocco Calo

As a stockholder myself, I want to see the stock do well but I also want to see them treat people well.

Shawn Amos

As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages.

John Eales

As a captain, it's important to have the right people around you,

Peter Ueberroth

As a lot of people said, 'The U.S. is back,' in a way. We were well received.

Ray Santiago

As a kid, I wanted to be the person running from the monster. I also wanted to be the person saving people from the monster. I wanted to be a superhero.

W. H. Murray

The big thing is getting more infrastructure in place so that people can just pull up and get the fuel.

Scott Downs

As a whole staff, we're just trying to step it up while Doc and Teddy are out,

Deion Sanders

The thrill is gone. It's time for me to step away.

Mahmoud Abbas

The most important step after the withdrawal will be how we protect, rebuild.

Mickael Pietrus

It was tough for us tonight and we're really going to try to step up on Wednesday and try to get a W before the break. It's very important to get a win on Wednesday.

Bill Worsham

This is a really significant and unexpected step in our development.

Mark Russinovich

This is a step they should have taken immediately.

Janet Napolitano

This is a step in the right direction, but we really need more resources.

Richard Hasen

This could be an important first step toward undermining (the 2003 ruling) without overruling it.

Tom Blake

That's where your upperclassmen and tri-captains step up. That's what they're supposed to do.

Ayn Rand

whose steps were a restless substitute for flight.

Burt Reynolds

I can tell a young person where the mines are, but he's probably going to step on them anyway.

Deng Xiaoping

Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step.

Antonio Porchia

I have come one step away from everything. And here I stay, far from everything, one step away.

Hugh Johnson

(This) week is time for two steps forward,

Douglas Preston

One can reach the gates of hell just as easily by short steps as by large.

Christopher Reeve

What can I do today to take a step forward?

Daniel D. Palmer

Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.

David Livingstone

Without Christ, not one step; with Him, anywhere!