Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lucius Thomas

The bottom line is, if the service pay works, the constable with 15 years' service won't be too worried about promotion because it will put him above the young man who is promoted to sergeant.

Stephen Gallagher

Real consumption expenditures will likely be a full percentage above our earlier estimates of 5.0 percent to 5.5 percent. As a result, real GDP in the first quarter is more likely between 5.5 percent and 6.0 percent.

David Sirota

Primary candidates spend months publicly beating one another up and spending money that should otherwise be hoarded for use against the other party. Meanwhile, incumbents rise above it all stressing their credentials as statesmen.

Rudyard Kipling

Prize, oh! Haul! shouted Dan, but the shout ended in a shrill, double shriek of horror, for out of the sea came - the body of the dead Frenchman buried two days before! The hook had caught him under the right armpit, and he swayed, erect and horrible, head and shoulders above water.

W. S. Gilbert

Probably the main challenge during pregnancy is that many women think they've got to 'eat for two'. But you should focus not on the quantity but the quality of what you're eating. Eat a wide variety of foods, and remember that the more weight you gain above the norm, the harder it will be to lose later.

Gary Morris

Ours is the first study to look at ozone in each layer of the atmosphere above Houston. Over the past year, we've seen that high levels of ozone extend much higher than previously believed, up to three or four miles in some instances.

Mark Vaile

Our expectations are that that (EU tariff cut) figure needs to be well above 54 percent. It's a positive move in the right direction but still not enough.

Carrie Graf

Our aim was to try to keep our head above water. Unfortunately, our head was under water. But we went blue in the face, we came up for air and we're going OK now. We've learned to swim.

Aisha Jefferson

People can punch me in the shoulder and it still probably wouldn't bother me as much as raising my arm above my head. It's definitely scary to feel your shoulder come out, but as the season went on I got used to it.

Brad Buckman

Any given day any player on this team can shoot the ball. Daniel did it (Saturday) against Baylor and then did it again tonight.

Mike Grier

As badly as it is, it's effective what he does out there. He draws penalties. He gets under the other team's skin. So I think we are all aware of how he plays the game. It's just something you have to deal with when you play against him.

Stuart Pearce

As a young man trying to make your way in life, you feel your back is against the wall and you are scrapping against the whole world,

David Wilder

The burns were horrible, but she appeared to be doing OK. Her age was against her.

David Long

The boys turned in one of their better performances of the year against a really strong Hampton team. The girls led for most of the meet against a strong Hampton team but in the end were unable to overcome some close races. Overall though, the girls swam well.

Kenny Miller

The boys defended brilliantly against Carew at the back and we were just too strong for Norway. We might also have scored more goals as we had some chances in the second half.

Patrick Knapp

The Brown game was a simple story. We didn't execute well against the press; we didn't finish well against the press; we didn't execute well against Brown's zone. ... Brown was certainly quicker, and they used that quickness to their advantage.

E. O. Wilson

The Bush White House and its right-wing allies are responding to Cindy Sheehan and the military families' vigil in central Texas in the same way that they always respond to bad news ? by unleashing personal attacks and smears against her.

John Yoo

The Bush administration policy is against torture of any kind; it's prohibited by federal criminal law.

Jimmy Kimmel

Oh, great, ... Three people beating me up. Maybe it isn't such a great idea.

Don Pooley

I've played well every week, but there's this one guy that's been beating me every week.

Chris Davis

I've really seen myself as a top scorer but more as role player. With my speed, I've gotten a lot of chances at the net, getting close in on the net, beating defensemen wide and getting breakaways. I like to call myself sort of a gritty player. I use my speed to get in there in the corners, but also I like to show a little bit of grit, get in there and throw the body around a little bit. I'm not the biggest guy out there, but I still like to throw a couple of hits.

Brock Blassingame

That's just good defense on our part. We knew Mount Pleasant could be explosive because they had been beating teams a lot of different ways.

Yoweri Museveni

You see when you give them (civil population in the North and East) a good beating then those who are using them will no longer use them. Since the month of January (1987), we have given them much beating especially in Lira and Kitgum Districts. And in fact the week I left (for Yugoslavia) we had given them a good blow in Gulu District. So it is going to settle down.

Peter Cardillo

You see some individual companies reporting disasters while others are beating street expectations. So that's positive. That shows that the rut in that particular group is probably coming to an end.

Marcelo Balboa

You're not gonna get respect from Mexican fans until you start beating Mexicans teams. It translates to winning.

Igor Andreev

There are a lot of good players here, so I'm happy to be where I am. After beating the No. 4 seed in the first round, I've grown in confidence. I've learned how to fight for the important points.

Suzy Menkes

There is no doubt that online shopping has fed the craze for speed, because when you can't touch the fabric or try on the outfit, the only emotion you experience is the excitement of the purchase and the thrill of beating everyone else to it.

Leo Bosner

As long as FEMA is under DHS, problems are likely to continue. I'm told that at least three state emergency officials have turned down the job of FEMA Director because it is under the Department of Homeland Security. Everyone says FEMA needs a top-quality director, but how do we get one when the top candidates won't take the job?

Mark Baldwin

Depending on the school culture at the site where they student teach, our teacher candidates are either very involved in faculty meetings and workshops, or they are not involved at all. We want to improve this because one of the most critical parts in laying the foundation for a quality teaching career is the student teaching experience.

Paul Maryniak

Perhaps at no time in the recent past has the need for quality city leadership been more critical to Mesa than it is now. We want Mesa residents to know as much as possible about the people who are running for a chance to provide that leadership, and The Republic's forum gives citizens an excellent chance to eyeball the candidates and give them the kind of job interview necessary for an educated vote.

George Fetherling

The heart was always seen as the noblest of the internal organs as well as the most vital. The hearts of martyrs or future candidates for sainthood would be preserved, but never their livers, say, or the entrails - at least not on their own; it was either the heart by itself or the whole lot together.

Paul Barrett

Essentially the same men who would be candidates for a prostate surgery are also candidates for radiation therapy.

John Prescott

At present there are more Tory candidates than I've had hot dinners - and you can see I have had a few,

Fred Eckhard

Twenty-five candidates already considered and rejected doesn't suggest that there are many names left to consider.

David Yepsen

The race is a jumble. There are half a dozen candidates who are in double digits, low double digits in the polls. Nobody's a front-runner.

Jim Terry

You get 16 candidates on the stage, it turns into ... there's not a lot of meaningful information that's going to be exchanged.

Michael Davis

The money has just been piling up and isn't being allocated.

Howard Rogers

The money can then be used only for road resurfacing,

Darrell Bryan

A number of us are very upset about this slogan. By having too little money you come up with poor ideas.

Ross Perot

Once you pay the bills, money is the most overrated thing in the world

Joan Laporta

Samuel is not for sale, not even for all the money in the world.

Hansjoerg Strohmeyer

Quick money is lifesaving money. The system is stretched.

Sam Thompson

The seed money is not enough for everything to get done.

Daymond John

I started FUBU in 1989 but ran out of money three times and closed it down.

Willie Parker

I shelled out a lot of money for tickets for this game,

Wayne Pivac

I've been in touch with Nicky and will be doing the same over the months to come.

Jane Austen

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.

Dan Ariely

Why would you take money out of your paycheck at the beginning of the month when you don't know how much money you'll need?

Scott Speedman

Well, when I did Underworld 2, I was in Vancouver for five months and I was reminiscent to be back up there.

Charles III

For those two months of off-season in November and December, it's nice to be able to practice whenever you choose, not when the weather chooses.

Greg Walden

I did not come to Washington to raise the electricity rates by as much as $40 per month as this plan would do.

Jonny Gomes

I don't think I'm a better outfielder now than I was two months ago,

Jack Nance

I say that I played a doorstop in Dune because I remember standing around a lot. I was down there for months.

Brad Anderson

Some have worked three months and some just started this week.

Reed Hundt

Isn't it only appropriate that, in return for the free use of the public spectrum, broadcasters provide something substantial, something that wouldn't otherwise be provided by marketplace competition?

Madeline Albright

These people have to go back, otherwise there are no people in Kosovo,

Hicham Guerrouj

Otherwise there is not much point in me going.

Alan Greenspan

The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.

David Strom

You have to be smart about how you use e-mail. Otherwise you let it ruin your life.

Viktor E. Frankl

It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.

Linda Cohen

Let's see which one rises to the top.

Ariel Sharon

He who rises up to kill us, we will pre-empt it and kill him first.

Joseph Heller

Rise above principal and do what's right.

Shannon Bennett

The more a punter spends the better value they are getting.

Matt Mullenweg

I spend a lot of time on forums, and they drive me crazy.

Brian Tracy

You cannot save time, but you can spend time differently.

Keanu Reeves

On his new motorbike: I wanted to spend some time with it and get to know it.

Steve Prentice

More than ever, what we spend on is more important than how much we spend.

Brad Smith

If we need to spend more money, we will spend more money.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

know that there has to be a spending limit.

Kelli O'Hara

I don't ever think about the roads I didn't take because I spend too much time thinking what's ahead. I don't go backwards.

Cheryln Bennett

If you make a little money, you spend it on other things (for artwork).

Arnold Schwarzenegger

know that there has to be a spending limit.

Elizabeth Hurley

Spending time outdoors makes you feel great.

William J. H. Boetcker

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

Leon Wieseltier

I was not interested in spending 10 years in the culture wars.

Carmen Busquets

I was always into fashion, and used to go on spending sprees when I was a university student in Miami. My father would be furious, but I would always say, 'It was an emergency! I had a party to go to!'