Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tina Brown

The comptroller of New York City ought to have all the characteristics of a major corporation's CFO - quiet rigor, obsessive care for detail, incorruptible judgment, an ability to work assiduously behind the scenes with the key stakeholders.

Thomas Friedman

America still has the right stuff to thrive. We still have the most creative, diverse, innovative culture and open society - in a world where the ability to imagine and generate new ideas with speed and to implement them through global collaboration is the most important competitive advantage.

Wendy Kopp

We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.

Wendy Kopp

We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership.

Virginia Postrel

What makes a loft authentic isn't its layout or its history but its ability to give people a true home - a dwelling that reflects their personalities and aspirations, including their dreams of urbanity.

Colin Morgan

For me, one of my favorites, director-wise, is Tim Burton. I also really admire the work of actors like Sean Penn. He is probably my favorite actor because of his dedication and commitment to roles, and the ability to morph and change himself when he needs to. It's about dedication and commitment and a passion.

Ben Carson

You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can - prepare, pray and achieve - to make it happen.

George Burley

The Polish guy was a lad I really wanted to bring to the club because he has smashing ability but unfortunately we've been unable to prise him away. He is a top-class player. One of the best in Poland.

Bruce Norris

The picture for California has been great, but I think it has started changing. There's certainly going to be upcoming weakness in California because we've just about gotten to the point where we've priced our typical buyer out of his ability to make the monthly payment.

Dana Gardner

The amount of XML traffic will accelerate rapidly and it's incumbent that vendors like SAP build, buy or partner in order to satisfy the optimization needs for XML performance. SAP recognizes the value of SOA internally and in a sense they're eating their own dog food first before taking it out into the marketplace and that's case with many of the larger software vendors.

Michael Capellas

We believe the momentum in our business will continue during the second quarter and accelerate in the second half of the year.

Robin S. Sharma

I believe we can accelerate our acumen, performance and success by leveraging our associations and spending time with people better than us.

Shang Fulin

We will accelerate the study of financial derivatives and futures to further develop the market and provide hedging products for investors,

Ismail Haniyeh

We will accelerate the process of forming the next government so that we will not have to have a political and constitutional vacuum.

Brad Arnsberg

We have to let him make the calls from now on. It's up to him to accelerate his rate. We want it done right the first time.

Donald Rumsfeld

We're up to 50,000 or 60,000 and headed toward 100,000. We've got to find ways to accelerate the process.

Brian Bethune

With the expansion projected to accelerate in the third quarter and inflation projected to be contained, the Fed is expected to 'play the same tune' and 'dance the same step' into early 2006.

Phil Harrison

will further accelerate the creation of global hit titles and be responsible for creative, technical and strategic direction setting of development and production.

Gloria Trevi

Nowadays, performers worry too much about how they look. They're not concerned about what they're really saying to their audience.

Gladys Knight

I'm comfortable singing jazz. The only thing I was concerned about is that everybody, even in jazz, has their own style. To me, the queen of doodling was Ella Fitzgerald, and scatting is something I never thought I could do.

William Kirby

The greater concerns in China and Taiwan are on the political side, not on the economic side.

William Henry Bragg

The chemist, whose science is immediately concerned with the combinations of atoms, has rarely found it necessary to discuss their shapes, and gives them no particular forms in his diagrams. That does not mean that the shapes are unimportant, but rather that the older methods could not define them.

Vikram Seth

The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that. Of course, it's important to make a living and all that, but the main impulse as far as I'm concerned - and I'm sure as other writers are concerned - is to tell a story that I feel impelled by.

Billy Graham

What really matters is how God sees me. He isn't concerned with labels; he is concerned about the state of man's soul.

Billy Graham

Seemingly, man has learned to live without God, preoccupied and indifferent toward Him and concerned only about material security and pleasure.

Evel Knievel

I've always been concerned about kids - not just my own three, but all kids - what kind of an image I'm providing for them, what kind of inspiration. I don't know now. Maybe I'm leading them down the path to self-destruction.

David A. Bednar

We can begin to become more diligent and concerned at home by telling the people we love that we love them. Such expressions do not need to be flowery or lengthy. We simply should sincerely and frequently express love.

Gwen Moore

Healthcare costs are rising, and not just Medicare and Medicaid, but healthcare in general.

Graham Colditz

The overweight have a significantly higher risk of diabetes, gallstones, hypertension, and heart disease, ... All have costs and an impact on the quality of life that get ignored if we focus only on mortality.

David Hewson

The problem is not that the PC you need always costs more than you can afford. The problem is that whatever the price, it is still too much.

John Snow

The achievements in India are significant, but there is so much more to accomplish, ... The pace of reforms will be decided by India's economic leaders and the demands of the global economy, but I think it's important to recognize that there are costs to going too slow.

Dion Shively

We have all the fencing equipment here, so it costs nothing for people to stop in and try it out. They don't have to purchase anything, and we don't do long-term contracts, either. So it's easy for people to try it for a few weeks or months.

Joe Malugen

We have already made great progress in reducing costs and enhancing efficiency. Today's announcement will further our efforts to create value for shareholders and better position Movie Gallery for long-term success.

Stu Rodman

We know that some of our costs are driven by state and federal mandates. So to the extent that we're not receiving funding, I would think that would be a logical thing to consider.

Satyajit Ray

I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer directors to back, because even if my films don't bring their costs in back home, once they're shown outside of India they manage to cover the costs.

Marcus Samuelsson

The same ten dollars you spend on lunch is all it costs for City Harvest to feed 37 kids who are hungry. That's pretty astounding.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

It's for scientists to lay out the data and lay out what they think, and then it's for the public to make up its own mind. We don't live in a priesthood where some small group imposes its views on other people - that's not the way that science works, and it's not the way a democratic society should work.

Tony Crescenzi

The pending home sales data feed right into the hands of those who expect the Fed to end its interest-rate hikes.

Carl Sagan

[N]o scientist likes to be criticized. ... But you don't reply to critics: "Wait a minute, wait a minute; this is a really good idea. I'm very fond of it. It's done you no harm. Please don't attack it." That's not the way it goes. The hard but just rule is that if the ideas don't work, you must throw them away. Don't waste any neurons on what doesn't work. Devote those neurons to new ideas that better explain the data. Valid criticism is doing you a favor.

Carl Sagan

With insufficient data it is easy to go wrong.

Antoine Lavoisier

Perhaps... some day the precision of the data will be brought so far that the mathematician will be able to calculate at his desk the outcome of any chemical combination, in the same way, so to speak, as he calculates the motions of celestial bodies.

James Niosi

We've got some pretty heavy data this week and I know people are holding off a little bit.

Bob McMurray

We've made it hard for ourselves because we didn't perform as well as we should have. Our engineers are digesting data now and will be discussing options well into the night I would think.

Mark Rosenker

We have to look at the event data recorder in more detail.

David Rosenberg

With the exception of the backward-looking Q4 GDP report, the data released today surprised to the downside.

Nicholas Garganas

The overall picture is that the recovery is broadening and deepening. My feeling is that euro-area growth will pick up at a faster pace than generally expected.

Shigenori Okazaki

That was a very big mistake. He should have kept everyone guessing. Now he seems to be losing influence much faster than we would have thought.

Russell Sciandra

That would work a lot faster than the lawsuit.

Quincy Allen

That was two minutes faster than Tuesday and four minutes faster than Monday.

Sam Dresser

That way, we take out that player, put in a faster runner, and maybe score a run.

Rijkman Groenink

We can't go any faster than we are going right now.

Edward Tenthoff

Typically, they are faster to generate revenue and, hopefully, faster to profitability.

James Gleick

Type 'What is th' and faster than you can find the 'e' Google is sending choices back at you: 'What is the cloud?' 'What is the mean?' 'What is the American dream?' 'What is the illuminati?' Google is trying to read your mind. Only it's not your mind. It's the World Brain.

Randy Edsall

We've made up a lot of ground. With each year we've recruited, we've gotten faster and faster. We've increased our team speed each year, but are we to the level of a Georgia Tech? I don't think so.

Daniel Kahneman

If you think in terms of major losses, because losses loom much larger than gains - that's a very well-established finding - you tend to be very risk-averse. When you think in terms of wealth, you tend to be much less risk-averse.

Bill Vaughan

Western audiences can gain an impression of China from my films. This is an excellent channel for promoting China`s culture.

Peter Cardillo

We've made some nice gains for the year, and now we're consolidating near the highs,

Mary Wilhelmus

We really like the diagnostic part. We really think the ten-year plan offers us some opportunity. We don't think simply moving the test gains us any value.

Sue Olds

We are pleased that there were more gains in more schools than in previous years.

Dr. Waddell

Nitrogen levels in the soil are high after peas. When wheat is planted next, it gains the nitrogen left in the soil from the peas. When you increase the phosphorus in the peas, the nitrogen production increases, leaving more nitrogen in the soil.

Alex Wong

Gains on Wall Street overnight and in Tokyo this morning helped the market recover.

Masahiro Kami

Gains of stocks give investors another reason to sell bonds.

Katsuhiko Kodama

Given the New York market's setback on geopolitical concerns, the market here may wipe off half or more of the gains it saw yesterday.

Alex Miller

I was having a hard time generating power between the shots that I was getting and the wind. I usually play more of a power game. I'm not really a consistency-type player.

Nick Lowe

We do make a small margin on each track that's sold at the store. But because it's Coke, there isn't a requirement for the store to be generating a profit for the store to operate.

Kevin Hall

From what I remember about Ronald Reagan, the last thing he would want is for 50 states to expend resources and time generating pretty proclamations that have no practical impact.

Kim Weston

The gallery is generating work for the masses.

Timothy Johnson

If they're able to sell these at a 10% premium, while also squeezing more units into the building, that's generating much more dollars.

Dan Daly

What we're really interested in generating is UA intellectual property. It offers a revenue stream from intellectual property.

Tom Tintor

We are not generating the number of shots we need to get. When you only take 50 shots we are not in good shape we need to take 70.

Jose Dizon

Our generating units are running harder. They're getting older and they require more maintenance.

Joey Estrella

If we don't score it doesn't matter how much they score. We're not generating and putting any pressure on their defense. If we can't do that, we can't be successful.

Ben Bernanke

the policies and policy strategies established during the Greenspan years.

Bernard Baumohl

On the other hand, Greenspan seems satisfied that his tightening has had a lasting effect. He's likely to stand pat for the rest of the year.

Richard Yamarone

Greenspan will take it away on Wednesday like everyone's saying here, but he's only taking it away momentarily, ... He's taking one and he's done.

David Briggs

Greenspan sparked a reaction. I guess people like to be verbally reassured that we can get through the oil prices.

David Jones

Greenspan is trying to level out this market, trying to put some two-sided risk in this market, to take some of that speculative froth out.

William Sullivan

Greenspan is suggesting that the recovery is going to be slow and that there are obstacles to a swift rebound.

Andrew Barrett

Greenspan is raising rates, and he is targeting the consumer. This is a natural reflection of what is happening out there.

Ian Shepherdson

Mr. Greenspan has all but ruled out a May tightening.

Robert Brusca

This is in line with what Mr. Greenspan has been telling us, which is that we have price stability for goods. But he says he doesn't think we have price stability for services.

Donald Johanson

I realized immediately that this was a terribly important discovery, but I didn't realize how important it would be until we had spent a lot of time in the laboratory studying it.

Don Clark

We'll pick up trash first. If labor is available, we'll do more.

Norm Johnson

We have the labor. What we're going to need is the materials.

Bill Scott

We have some of the weakest labor laws in the industrialized world.

Paul Gurgol

I have labor pains right now -- I'm pregnant with all this stuff.

Tim Heekin

I don't think we're going to be able to see anything much until we at least get past Labor Day,

Ella Wilcox

Here, on this side of the grave,Here, should we labor and love.

Michael Wasserman

I think it's a tremendous help. You've got people of all walks of life who are represented by labor unions. I think that's tremendous when you have that kind of support.

James Campbell

Get us the cargo, and we'll get you the labor.

Viswanathan Anand

I personally prefer long-distance walking, but we are talking about pre-tournament preparation. During a tournament I make do with walking, mainly to concentrate before a game.

John Messina

The point was to maintain no on-street parking spaces in the neighborhood,

Bobby Short

I was very young at the time, and I mainly appreciated their vocal qualities, even though I was already living as they did - as black performers in a white world.

David Walton

At one point, I was seriously considering playing Huck Finn in a production in Northern Maine in the dead of winter.

Mark Hutson

That was the main thing, to get out of there without any injuries.

David Wimhurst

We have all our security people out there to maintain order. When you get thousands of people on the streets, things can get unpredictable.

John Keegan

We have ample parking, it's just not on the main drag,

James McHugh

We have a message to suggest there are ways to maintain these costs.

Richard Parker

We have always been unique and we have always maintained the old-style structure and doctrine.

Mario Zawadzki

The political situation here doesn't help, but worldwide markets are falling.

Joseph Cohen

Today the markets are already priced for imperfection,

Alex Brown

I think markets will stay roughly where they are with the outlook slightly positive,

Douglas McWilliams

Those in the metals markets will have noticed the push into metals and I think we'll see more of that.

Hernan Cortes

This city has many public squares, in which are situated the markets and other places for buying and selling.

Brian Finnerty

I don't think it's the reason the markets are down, but I think it's a big weight around the market's neck. It's like an anvil.

Brian Reynolds

GM's going out to the markets to get the money and they're going to put it back into the market, so in a sense it's a wash,

Mary Schapiro

I don't feel any pressure at all to go along with anybody. I feel pressure to do the right thing for U.S. markets and U.S. investors.

Carlos Ghosn

We don't know where the markets are going,

Steny Hoyer

What they have proposed will not offset Katrina. It will offset their tax cuts,

Paul Ballew

It varies by category, but it's a significant offset in many cases.

Ashton Kutcher

I learned what a Birkin bag is from the price tag. You'll never forget what it is once you've paid for one.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life... but what is that something?

M. Wolfe

We are rating UPS 'attractive,' ... Our price target on this stock is $70; it's at about $56 right now.

Frank Verrastro

My sense is there's going be another price spike.

Kay Johnston

I feel they raised the price too much at one time. They should have done it a little at a time.

Allen Sinai

I don't think we have price stability any more.

Roy Turner

I don't think price gouging is going on here.

Dan Niles

For those who thought the price war was aggressive, you haven't seen anything yet.

Tim Noest

If it doesn't get there, prices will rise again. They may not be able to find the ships.

John Heimlich

We're not saying things are hunky-dory. All we're saying is that some of the indicators we look at and some of the recent trends are promising, and that's the first time I've used that word in a long time.

Carl McDonald

We think Aetna's results will be more than enough to sustain the stock's recent strength.

Marcia Miquelon

We've already rehearsed in the recent single-digit weather, so were ready.

Dr. Baxter

We're seeing a lot of influenza, more than in recent years. This is a very big year.

Janis Ian

A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me.

Robert Webb

My favorite series of 'Peep Show' is always the most recent one, which I can say with all honesty because I don't write it. It gets better and better.

Marcelo Porto

Stocks that were most favored recently are being penalized now.

Chris Tarry

Swissair has been strengthening its relationship with American over recent months.

John Browne

The recent hurricanes in the US have impacted our results.

Carrie Chapman Catt

the system which admits the unworthy to the vote provided they are men, and shuts out the worthy provided they are women, is so unjust and illogical that its perpetuation is a sad reflection upon American thinking.

Bergen Evans

Many studies have established the fact that there is a high correlation between vocabulary and intelligence and that the ability to increase one's vocabulary throughout life is a sure reflection of intellectual progress.

Bill Budge

On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in.

Josh Beekman

You are a reflection of the school. You're not just representing BC, but also yourself.

Peter Orszag

Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

He who is different from me does not impoverish me - he enriches me. Our unity is constituted in something higher than ourselves - in Man... For no man seeks to hear his own echo, or to find his reflection in the glass.

Martin Sheen

We (actors) don't really change the world. We reflect it... but Washington really changes the world.

P. Herbert

I don't smoke, and I'm trying to get home. Everything I do is going to reflect that.

Louis Cataldie

I don't think it's any reflection on that hospital. They did all the right things. They ultimately got their own helicopters to come in.

Brian Higgins

The only risk we run, ... is by doing nothing.

Carrie Mae Weems

It's very important for me to really use this body as a barometer of a certain kind of knowledge--to take the personal risk of exposing my own body in a certain kind of way. I can't ask anybody else to do something that I don't do first myself.

Carl Sagan

All inquiries carry with them some element of risk.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed.

Bill Vaughan

Improving efficiency on the farm is not only a risk-reduction strategy, it's a profitability strategy.

York Chow

We need to have some time to investigate to be sure that this is a new virus and has the risk of human-to-human transmission.

Benny Gray

We were going to get the people. We take risks all the time firefighting, but we didn't want to get shot.

Joe Girardi

I wouldn't do that. You don't want to risk him getting hurt. The only way I would do that is if it's something like the 19th inning and we're out of people.

Jason Giambi

I would give it a try, but they said don't even try. It's not worth risking it. I'm walking a little better. It's not so tight.

William Shakespeare

Thus to persistIn doing wrong extenuates not wrong,But makes it much more heavy.

Michio Kaku

Thus the yeoman work in any science, and especially physics, is done by the experimentalist, who must keep the theoreticians honest.

Gustav Krupp

We are all proud of having thus contributed to the heretofore magnificent successes of our army.

Barack Obama

I'm the president of the United States. I'm not the emperor of the United States.

Bill Vaughan

Flexibility is indispensable in the talks, .. Only if (the DPRK and the United States) show flexibility, it is possible to reach compromise.

Giulio Tremonti

We have been united in government, and we will be even more so in opposition.

Noam Chomsky

In the United States, we can do almost anything we want. It's not like Egypt, where you're going to get murdered by the security forces.

Stephen Pope

He's been the most beleaguered of any archbishop in the United States. It's like a battlefield promotion.

H. Hunt

I don't know of it being in this county, but I do know it's in the western United States.

F. Lee Bailey

I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'

Charles de Gaulle

France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.

Charles Caleb Colton

Nobility of birth does not always insure a corresponding unity of mind; if it did, it would always act as a stimulus to noble actions; but it sometimes acts as a clog rather than a spur.