Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Batty

The yield-curve flattening has certainly been challenging for banks. The winners and losers will be decided on how well they can generate revenues faster than expenses are growing.

Sam Roberts

It was a blast, and it made me a little star in my school when it happened, ... It's kind of funny and embarrassing now. I certainly don't go around telling people because it's silly, but someone who knew from before will tell a new group of friends, and I'll have to find the tape and play it again.

Brett Gallagher

It may have taken a little while for (3M and Lexmark) to sink in, ... Lexmark is certainly not a bellwether, but it was one of the stable names in the tech sector.

Jack Hoadley

It may be impossible for some consumers to find the ideal plan -- and it will certainly be time-consuming and difficult at best.

Don Buford

It's an individual thing. You have to want to do it in order to do it, No. 1. To be successful at it, you have to work at it and put in a little more effort. You have to put in some extra time. He certainly seems dedicated to doing that. There are a couple other young men who I've talked to who are that way.

Mike Williams

It's going to be looked at closely. We certainly can't do that all year long.

John Brady

It's good for us to be able to have good players like that, and good players don't develop like that unless you have good high school coaching. It certainly makes it a lot easier.

Karin Slaughter

I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody.

Nancy Roman

Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics.

Surapong Suebwonglee

I know that there is a huge number of silent people in the Thai community who are not satisfied with the protesters.

Pat Noonan

I'm trying not to think about it, because we've got a big game in New York. Going into their home opener and trying to get three more points on the road is our main focus right now. I just have to worry about staying healthy for that game. Once that game is over, then I can concentrate on that Jamaica game.

LaVar Arrington

I looked forward to the focus on me being turned back on football.

Brad Simmons

I knew I wasn't going to be my brothers. I wanted to have fun and focus more on the sport than trying to be them.

Robbie Earl

I knew I was going to have a great night because I was well-prepared, well-focused. You know when you're on top of your game right away. I knew it was going to be a special night. It was unreal.

Amar Stoudemire

I'm handling it pretty well. I'm just trying to really focus on rehabbing hard.

Janet Napolitano

I'm not going to play that game. I focus on my own issues. We've been able to very commonsensical.

Willie Randolph

I'm not going to focus on anybody. I'm just going to rotate guys in there.

Mike Browning

I'm not looking at it as a three-game series. I'm looking at it as we have to win the game (tonight). We have to focus on the things we need to do in order to win that game.

Carolyn Peck

I'm not sure all of what goes into the RPI. I do know that it helps to win. And that's our team's focus - to win.

Duncan Hunter

So my point is, you can have a good reform, but in doing that, you don't want to hurt the troops that are in the field.

Don Norton

Some years it probably would because you're hit with a lot of injuries. Some years, it's probably not so good because you don't want to (break) your routine.

Jim Bates

Sometimes when you want inside push we'll use Grady. He's been a good pass-rusher in his career.

Mike Redmond

Sometimes I laugh when we talk. I'm 13 years older than he is. He's got a great grasp for what's going on out there. I don't think I've ever talked to a 22-year-old kid with as much of a good idea as he has.

John Adair

Teamwork is no accident.It is the by-product of good leadership.

Gordie Kerkman

Teams have had us in their sights for quite a while. We're used to that. And I think it's good for us to know we always have to be on top of our game.

Mike Jensen

Teams are looking and looking for ways to stop Brandon, and he's so good it's hard to stop him. I think you have to let him get what he gets.

Richard Parsons

Ted is my man. I love Ted, ... He knows more, particularly about the television space, which is at least a good third of this company. Ted and I have always had a wonderful relationship, and I am going to be reaching out to him, too.

Charlie Peprah

Tell him not to feel so bad, because he played a very good defense.

Bill Hicks

How many people disapprove of the job the Conservatives are doing? Seventy percent. Of those same people, how many will vote for them again? ...Seventy percent. What the f-k? Where did they take this poll, at an S&M parlor?

Barack Obama

Every single thing I`ve done, from the Affordable Care Act to pushing to raise the minimum wage, to making sure that young people are able to go to college and get good job training, to what we`re pushing now in terms of sick paid leave,everything I do has been focused on how do we make sure the middle class is getting a fair deal.

Alex Pettyfer

The biggest thing for me is I don't want to let people down. At the same time I love things that scare me and challenge me. If your job doesn't do that and doesn't excite you there's no point in doing it.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

If one is a professional soldier, it is part of one's job to die sooner or later.

Alfred P. Sloan

Give a man a clear-cut job and let him do it.

Alfred P. Sloan

The late Alfred P. Sloan, Ir., long-time executive of General Motors Corporation, had a fivepoint "secret of success." It was: 1. Get the facts. 2. Recognize the equities of all concerned. 3. Realize the necessity of doing a better job every day. 4. Keep an open mind. 5. Work hard.

Alfred P. Sloan

The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs

Alfred Molina

Every job is different. I don't think that I've ever had that wonderful feeling when you've finished a job or where you feel like you've mastered it or sort of nailed it... You can never be satisfied. If you're satisfied, it's time to retire.

Alfred Molina

I never made conscious choices. There were times in my life that I chose the first job that came along because I was broke. I think that there were maybe a handful of times that I had a choice. In recent years, Ive had more of a choice, and its been very nice to have that choice, but most of the time, you just hope that theres another job after this one.

Alan Zweibel

I've been writing for people long enough to know that it has got to feel comfortable coming out of their mouths, especially when you're doing something that is first person and is so near and dear to you.

Jessica Simpson

I've come to realize that the more I censor myself, the less people relate to me.

Ryan Clark

I've been proving people wrong for a long time,

Tim Miles

I've been in that situation a lot. People look at you like they're going to whip you.

Brad Wilkerson

I've been in this organization, the Montreal/Nationals organization, from the onset of it. It's just a shock that I'm not going to be with the same organization, the same people I've been around my whole career. That's going to be different.

Mandy Moore

I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do.

Christie Brinkley

I urge people to make your workout fun.

Robert Gerard

I unequivocally think there is no place for steroids in the sport. There are tens of thousands of young people that look up to these athletes.

Ted Strickland

The zeitgeist is clear. People in this state want change. They're tired of scandal. They want to turn things around, and that's just what we are going to do.

Eve

I live in a neighborhood where there's a lot of West Indian culture, so it's nice.