Famous Quotes & Sayings

Drew Gilpin Faust

When I was growing up in Virginia, the Civil War was presented to me as glorious with dramatic courage and military honor. Later, I realized how death was central to the reality. It was at the core of women's lives. It's what they talked about most.

Alan Greenspan

History has demonstrated that implicit in any removal of power from central planners and broadening of market mechanisms -- as would occur under WTO -- is a more general spread of rights to individuals,

David Resler

It could be a drag on earnings...something that delays the revival of profits so central to the revival of the economy itself.

Yi Xianrong

It is a clear signal to the property market that the central government has the determination and the means to curb investments and housing prices.

Jon Katz

I think the new reality that's converging all this is, you have on the one end this culture of extraordinarily gifted outsiders who have patched together the Internet. And then there's the rest of the world -- business, education and politics -- that suddenly has woken up to the fact that they desperately need the Internet. It's very important. And so they become sort of central while still not being in the mainstream.

Kemp Ewing

I think that they've just got some talent going to Lenoir-Rhyne from this area. And to be coming from South Central really means a lot to us. I think that with the young coaches teaching these guys and what they're going to teach, you're going to see some more guys walk through these doors and sign and do some things in the future.

Stephen Colbert

I want to thank Comedy Central for picking up the show, but more importantly I want to congratulate Comedy Central for picking up the show,

Freda Craft

Hopefully we can make it to Jackson this year, but we know we have to go through teams like Choctaw Central and Southeast Lauderdale.

John Mraule

Hopefully we are peaking right now. We played Central tough. It was a good game, but we just need to control the ball.

David Gordon

Historically, packaging has been one of the major delays for us in getting product out the door.

Boris Yeltsin

We lack rubles, and that's where the delays come from,

John Conley

We know it's a dynamic situation, but it's totally premature to talk about delays or postponement. Runners need to be prepared and dress for the weather.

Buddy Bell

I think the two rain delays didn't help matters.

Gordon Patterson

I said I could but with rain delays and stuff, I told them their parents would get tired of that drive every week.

Imad Hamad

People are frustrated. The number of excessive delays can't be justified.

Terry Riley

Throughout the evening I would be recording these long saxophone delays and about four hours into the concert, if I wanted to take a break I would just play back the saxophone.

Rick Renzi

The home ownership process for Native Americans has been hobbled by bureaucratic delays and regulations.

Dan Brucker

We're trying to recover from it. We took some hits from it, with some delays and some mechanical difficulties from the cold.

John Niven

I don't do sports, and my idea of hell is being dragged around ruins/museums/famous buildings, so I guess I'm a beach bum.

Walter Scott

Saint George and the Dragon!-Bonny Saint George for Merry England!-The castle is won!

James Woolsey

a lot harder to keep track of than the dragon ever was.

Hector Perez

All Latin American markets were dragged down by the 'Samba effect', and the Caracas market was no exception.

Francis Lun

The HSI was dragged down by the weak performance of some heavyweights, such as HSBC.

Virgil

Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure.

Jason Giambi

It's pretty pathetic to drag my father into it. Give me a break.

David Moffett

It's up to the Dragons to have a good look at where they want to be in five or 10 years time,

Barry Gibb

The next tour will be well spaced as I can't handle performing night after night like it might have been in 1989, when I had to drag myself out to play.

Dennis Moore

Kids need to be equipped for that. They need to learn to use that technology to keep the new economy going.

Chris Fitz

I think it's a good idea to diversify the economy and keep more of the grapes here.

Carroll Robinson

I think it's going to be hard if everything stays the same, ... If the economy drops, it's going to be even tougher.

Zig Ziglar

There's not a lot you can do about the national economy but there is a lot you can do about your personal economy.

Vladimir Putin

We are currently gradually stabilizing our economy.

Michael Englund

In general, the economy is proving to be resilient to energy and gas price pressure. It's on a growth path. Even though oil prices are higher, the fundamentals of the economy are strong. Therefore, we see consumers' savings rate falling and spending up.

Mario Draghi

In Italy, after stagnating in 2005, the economy now shows some signs of recovery.

O. Singh

India's economy is growing at seven to eight percent over the last 15 years,

Larry Levitt

In many ways what's been happening in the economy hits them (working poor families) the worst. Those with higher incomes are more likely to have employer-provided insurance. And many lower-income (people) have Medicaid to fall back. For that in-between group, there's nothing.

Peter Greene

I think traders are quick to take profits right now, because what else is there that stocks can do for an encore in the short term? We're still in an uptrend, but the probability right now, from a technical standpoint, is that we're going to have a little more selling.

Russ Miller

Profits are up 15%, but are premiums going down?

Howard Schultz

Profitability is a shallow goal if it doesn't have a real purpose, and the purpose has to be share the profits with others.

Gore Vidal

I'd like to see a revival of state legislatures, in which I am a true Jeffersonian.