Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Spurgeon

Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.

Edith Wharton

Life has a way of overgrowing its achievements as well as its ruins.

David Trimble

As we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud.

Bear Grylls

Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.

Orlando Perez

We always have to push for better achievement.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wealth and speed are what the world admires, what each pursues. Railways, express mails, steamships and every possible facility for communications are the achievement in which the civilized world view and revels, only to languish in mediocrity by that very fact. Indeed, the effect of this diffusion is to spread the culture of the mediocre.

Denis Waitley

The greatest achievements are those that benefit others.

Denis Waitley

Champions are propelled by desire, not compelled by fear

Denis Waitley

The greatest achievement is to outperform yourself.

John Fry

We are proud to forge this partnership with the PGA TOUR and Las Vegas Founders Club to support a great, entertaining tournament that has a long history of supporting worthwhile charities in the Las Vegas area. The PGA TOUR is one of the great brands in sports. We are particularly excited to be in a position to help the tournament support its traditional charities, as well as one of our favorite non-profit organizations, the American Institute of Mathematics.

Mandy Ohman

We have name brands but we don't mark them up outrageously high.

Natalie Massenet

Net-a-porter is an environment where a woman can really indulge, browsing through more than 160 brands in our fashion playground.

Randy Pitchford

When we founded Gearbox we actually had the intent of doing two things. On one level, we wanted to build brands and build games that are our invention. On the other level, we wanted to work with other things that other people created that we think are really, really cool. And do things with it that we think would be worth doing.

Bryan Greenberg

I would never attach myself to a brand that doesn't represent me.

Randy Falco

Univision's close-to-50-year relationship with Hispanics makes us one of the leading media brands in this country and the gateway to connect with this consumer.

Dan Jones

United remain one of the foremost brands in the industry and are still clearly the most profitable club in terms of day-to-day operations.

Ed Colligan

U.S. sales are strong but there are more challenges in Europe, ... There are a number of existing brands there that are very strong. Our products have not taken off at the level we'd like them to so far.

Matthew Kaufler

They have been on a multi-year campaign to slim down their business structure and get focused on the brands that are faster growing and where they have some dominance. We feel they are on the right track.

Chandra Fernando

There are casualties but the fate of the commander is not known yet. He was critically wounded.

Constance White

We still want to keep our casual look, but now people want something extra and interesting. Not just a hoodie, but one that's fun or even intellectual.

Gretchen Rubin

I'm a compulsive note-taker, and I used to feel self-conscious about pulling out my little notebook and taking notes during a casual conversation. Then I noticed that people really seemed to enjoy it; the fact that I was taking notes made their remarks seem particularly insightful or valuable. Now I don't hold myself back.

Bryan Whitman

we have no indications that the allegations of civilian casualties is accurate.

Connie Maina

Whenever there is a drought, the first casualties are usually hippos who live in the water.

David Levine

There is no padding in the shoulders. It is a much more relaxed, casual fit.

Monica Mitro

Whether she's casual or red carpet, she's put together.

Louis Michel

We are all hoping that the news does not get steadily worse as the day progresses but we are fearful that the casualty figures may mount and that international support may be needed.

Les Claypool

As I've moved through life, I've found that I like things to be as casual and as spontaneous as possible when writing.

Les Morris

We always did say we were going to look at the fountain and see if we can keep it. If not, we were committed to a water structure.

Chris Daly

The performances of the different offices are on opposite ends of the spectrum. In Fresno County we have what seems to be a near abdication of their responsibilities, whereas in Alameda County we see an office committed to protecting all residents in the county.

G. H. Hardy

We are praying we don't have an earthquake, ... This is money we've committed to sewer, street and other projects to meet the future needs of our city.

Dane Moody

We've all committed ourselves to having a good team, and we have a lot of individual talent. I think one-on-one, individually, we're better than any team in the country.

Patti Smith

We strongly disagree with the judge's ruling in this case. Regardless of today's decision, Amazon.com is still committed to providing a great selection of toys at great prices for our customers.

Doug Oliver

We still remain committed to the development of an import terminal.

Dan Glickman

We're in a period of great experimentation. The studios are pretty committed to traditional theatrical distribution, but it's been changing.

Carrie Snow

When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you find that more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.

Claron McFadden

When you see a singer on stage who is 100% committed to the personality, character and temperament of the role being sung, it's truly awesome and very powerful.

Dennis Chandler

We want families to come back to see us and sit around the family dining room table.

Steven Martin

We're hoping for downtown hotel stays. We're hoping for the volume of downtown dining to increase.

Chris Murphy

The most expensive piece of equipment we have in this dining room is an empty chair.

Rich Grant

For meeting planners, dining is one of the most important factors in making a decision.

Jean Turner

There may be a housekeeper working in dining services. We would rather invest in them and invest in their education than hire someone else. Who knows? They (new hires) may not work out or fit in the Erickson culture.

Tom Colicchio

If you're dining with someone who wants the same cut, it's always better to get a 16-ounce steak and split it than to order two eight-ounce steaks. The longer something cooks, the more flavor it develops, so you'll get a better taste with a bigger piece of meat.

Linda Palermo

Do people from the dining room get up and sing? Oh, yeah ? big time.

Adam Christopher

Our house has a library - it seemed better use of the space than as a dining room! - and I try to spend as much time in there as possible. There's nothing better while reading or writing than to be surrounded by books.

Lon Simmons

Everything he did, he really got into it. He taught himself how to paint, and a lot of what he did was pretty good. ... And for me, eating is something you do three times a day because you're hungry. For Bill, dining was an adventure. He loved ethnic foods and wines. He studied that, too.

Gordon Nixon

We are pleased with the strong earnings growth and ROE (return on equity) of 23.9% in the first quarter.

Jim Roche

We are pleased with the performance in the quarter, with the return of sequential revenue growth and with the solid earnings results,

Steve Previs

There are some disappointments in earnings and obviously Hewlett-Packard is a big one.

Chuck Hill

We still think we are on track to see earnings growth of 23 percent for the quarter.

Frank Gannon

Until we start seeing some better earnings news, I think the market's going to be in this bottoming phase.

Brad Pleimann

Until we see earnings impacted by oil, I don't think the market is going to be responsive.

Scotty George

What we're looking at generally is whether the market can get past these levels. We think there's enough strong sentiment and stimulus in the pipeline for that to happen and that the earnings will ultimately lead the market, but it's a process, and it's going to take time.

Russ Koesterich

We're just winding down the year, ending the year with these sort of small, middling gains, which to me makes sense because you've had opposing factors this year. On the one hand you've had good earnings and a robust economy, but on the other hand, you've been fighting the Fed. The two canceled each other out.

Peter Oppenheimer

Year-over-year revenue growth of 34 percent and earnings growth of 41 percent were the second highest in any given quarter in Apple's history.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Taste, which enables us to distinguish all that has a flavor from that which is insipid.

Scott Carroll

AMD's superior product architectures and outstanding execution enables us to supply the highest performing processors in volume.

Abby Ottenhoff

This enables us to ensure the vaccine we secured is being put to good use.

Ben Verwaayen

This is an end of an era and the start of a new one, which I think will enable the market to get on with what it should do and that is worry about customers.

Diana Robinson

It's marrying high technology, and it enables the industry to take the research and development and fast track it,

Anthony Pratt

Private is our DNA, in my DNA. It enables us to make decisions for the long term.

Debbie Ford

Compassion enables you to reach to the heavens and look through the heart of God.

Anthony Zinni

the things that keep him in power and enable him to inflict the kind of pain he does on his own people and others in the region.

Bob Carr

The Olympics are a platform, and with all your characteristics, strengths and weaknesses, the Olympics will enable you to present yourself to the world. And it's a very competitive world!

Lauren Miller

Girls will go see anything. They're open and excited to go to the movies and laugh.

Mike Thomas

We're so excited and want to thank everyone who voted for us. It's a humbling experience.

Gerard Way

We're so excited about playing the new record that we just want to play the whole thing.

Paul Chavez

We're going to throw him in the fire right away. He's going to be participating on the golf team immediately. We're excited to have him on board.

Paul Dergarabedian

We're going to need some huge performances by these movies, or this will be the third down year in a row. One or two movies is not enough; moviegoers need to be excited about going back to the theaters.

Jeff Dellis

What a great team effort. I'm excited for the kids and the program.

Dean Smith

What he wants to show more than anything else is the fact that they won the game. I think he's really excited about being part of a real good team like the Nets are this year.

Ethan Mentzer

With this, it was, yes, we were excited about it but it was something new that we hadn't done before being on national TV. You get one shot, one song and that's it. And you're in a room full of screaming girls and we played acoustically and couldn't hear ourselves.

Tasha Humphrey

We're still excited to play aggressively. We've handled it well for the most part.

Rob Hughes

We are a true globally distributed work force.

Ertharin Cousin

Unfortunately, the world pays attention when the media shines a light on those in need, which is why it's so important that we maintain the global public will that is necessary to meet the needs of those we serve.

Robert Ferguson

Absurd. The prediction of a 4-degree increase in global temperatures in the next 100 years is ridiculous, and that kind of an increase in sea level is greatly overblown.

Nancy Nolan

It's just to let people in Lexington ... know what's going on ... in the surrounding communities and what's going on with global warming.

Sam Pitroda

It is time we structure our institutions of knowledge to be a global player in the 21st century.

Steve Darendinger

For instance if a new supplier didn't have global capability, we would work with the supplier to improve its global capacity.

Jim McMahon

It's too late. It's a global ecology. There will always be different species invading. We're really past the point of being able to do anything about it.

Albert Pang

It's the price you have to pay to live in a global village. You have to share the rewards.

Kenneth Rogoff

this means that 2005 is only going to be a very good year for global growth, rather than the spectacular one it might have been but for oil prices.

Alan Arkin

Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.

Al Michaels

As a kid growing up, I was so in sync as a fan that that served me well through the years. I can feel the game. And I try to match where the game is with my inflection, with my - the tonal quality, with getting excited.

Akhil Sharma

It's easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don't want to embrace that fear; I prefer to be kind.

John Parker

We want to see more positive growth in North America.

Chris Carter

I wasn't a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on 'The X-Files.'

Chris Colfer

Being a best-selling author just means the world for me. Some of my happiest memories, growing up, are being at book stores and reading books I couldn't afford, as a kid, and the midnight parties, waiting for the next Harry Potter book. The fact that I have that straw in my cap means more to me than anything I've ever accomplished before.

Chris Colfer

I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up were all flamboyant and obnoxious and sometimes kind of annoying.

Chris Abani

That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women want to figure us out.

Chloe Sevigny

I feel terrible about corporate greed. Growing up in a household that was a little more humble and didn't put so much emphasis on money and material goods, I think I have a pretty good head on my shoulders.

Chris Shilakes

With the stock trading at premium multiples and momentum investors exiting the stock, it may take some time ... to re-establish an upward trend.

Martin Angel

A lot of investors are still unsure which way the market will go and so are reluctant to jump in.

Robert Hazlett

For investors in Pfizer, this is a meaningful event. This risk has been a significant overhang for some time.

Robert LaFleur

It's the uncertainty. Investors are pretty tuned into it and want to know what's going on.

David Menlow

There's been a wholesale shift in investor mentality.

Linda Killian

It was a very middle-of-the- road market, but the returns were decent. Investors are still very picky.

Steve Tuen

Any ray of sunshine that investors can find is a big plus for the IPO market.

Sukhbir Khanijoh

Prices quoted vary but most analysts set a target between THB50 and THB55 for Shin, so investors should keep vigilant if its price rises too high.

Richard Bernstein

Private investors are usually late to the party.

George H. W. Bush

How do you feel the operations are going?

William Patterson

In a special operations mission, a routine mission, if you're detected on the way to the target, you may as well turn around and go home. You failed.

David Butler

They'll have to shrink their operations and vigorously sell whatever they can.

Joseph Schwieterman

They have to completely revamp their operations to survive.

Dale Timmermann

It makes our operations show that there's a big surplus when you don't have a big surplus.

Ajay Singh

But since they have been a part of similar operations previously we are not ruling out the possibility.

Hong Zhijian

We've been preparing for such operations ever since 2003.

E. O. Wilson

We think that cross-border operations would be unwise.

Alan Green

I've bought QPP shares but unfortunately both times I bought it they immediately dropped by over 10p. Do you pay much attention to the dealing notes?

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all.

Edith Piaf

Every damn fool thing you do in this life you pay for.

Arne Duncan

No one is mandating merit pay.

Les Brown

When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues.

Benjamin Graham

The value of any investment is, and always must be, a function of the price you pay for it.

Bertolt Brecht

It was never decreed that a god mustn't pay hotel bills.

Jose Antonio Vargas

When you're undocumented, you're supposed to keep your head down and be quiet and pay taxes, social security - even though people don't know that we do those things - and not say anything.

Cher Lloyd

Pay no attention to haters, attention is what they crave.

David Hillery

The percentage of African-Americans at (SDSU) in proportion to the population isn't equal.

Ken Hitchcock

We're not going to put him in unless he's 100 percent. If he's 100 percent after today, we'll probably let him go at it. But if he's not, then we will wait until Saturday.

Steve Groene

Until someone tells us 100 percent sure that that's Dylan, we still feel that he's out there and he's safe and is going to come home,

Heizo Takenaka

Whether we reach 1.7 percent this year does not really have much meaning.

Linda Jeffers

At least 50 percent of them want to come home. The most important thing for them is safe levees.

Robert Townsend

All organizations are at least 50 percent waste -- waste people, waste effort, waste space, and waste time.

Don Lynn

About 99 percent of the returns are electronically filed.

Bob Willis

About 90 percent of the construction has been done in-house.

Lori Lucas

About 81 percent say they plan to save later.

Linda Duessel

The performance of dividend-paying stocks has more to do with the fundamentals in their industries.

Martin Broughton

The pleasing performance has been accompanied by the usual perplexing developments on the regulatory front,

Anthony Chukumba

When you strip everything out, the performance is pretty much as expected.

Bob Gunton

I actually acted onstage before I'd ever seen a live performance, and I loved it.

Stuart Rose

This is an encouraging performance, but there remains much to be done,

Geoff Peterson

It is unjust and unfair. Anyway, marijuana is not a performance-enhancing drug.

Peter Hitchens

It's a better performance from refining and marketing.

Liza Minnelli

It was done in one night. It was one performance only. That was it. That was our shot.

Steve Davies

It was a standout performance if I ever saw one.

Charlie Munger

Beta and modern portfolio theory and the like - none of it makes any sense to me.

Doug Johnson

The region as a whole has significant portfolio risks. However, that being said, in any region the size of Asia, there will always be opportunities.

Mario Gabelli

Always keep your portfolio and your risk at your own individual comfortable sleeping point.

Hugh Johnson

It's not the stocks you pick, it's the structure of your portfolio that counts,

Richard Cripps

The Nasdaq is simply crowding out the rest of the market. If you are a portfolio manager, you have to own some of these (technology) names.

Larry Johnson

You need a big portfolio to make it work,

Larry Johnson

Don't tie up your retirement portfolio in one stock,

David Axelrod

I'm a kibitzer with a broad portfolio.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Never ask anyone for their opinion, forecast, or recommendation. Just ask them what they have—or don’t have—in their portfolio.

Charles Caleb Colton

It is more easy to forgive the weak who have injured us than the powerful whom we have injured.

Charles Caleb Colton

We make a goddess of Fortune ... and place her in the highest heaven. But it is not fortune that is exalted and powerful, but we ourselves that are abject and weak.

Charles Caleb Colton

Vanity finds in self-love so powerful an ally that it storms, as it were, by a coup de main,, the citadel of our heads, where, having blinded the two watchmen, it readily descends into the heart.

Charles Stanley

One of Satan's most deceptive and powerful ways of defeating us is to get us to believe a lie. And the biggest lie is that there are no consequences to our own doing. Satan will give you whatever you ask for if it will lead you where he ultimately wants you.

Charles Spurgeon

We declare, upon Scriptural authority, that the human will is so desperately set on mischief, so depraved, and so inclined to everything that is evil, and so disinclined to everything that is good, that without the powerful, supernatural, irresistible influence of the Holy Spirit, no human will ever be constrained towards Christ.

Charles Spurgeon

In proportion as a church is holy, in that proportion will its testimony for Christ be powerful.

Alan Watts

But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.

Alan Colmes

People tune in to the Fox News Channel because it was founded on the premise that all sides should be presented fairly. This has upset the 'media establishment' but has made Fox the most powerful name in the news. I'm proud that Hannity & Colmes has contributed to this success, an achievement that has been often dissected by liberal media pundits who argue that Sean is more aggressive than I am and therefore dominates the show.

Alan Cooper

A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic. If your persona has goals and the product has magical powers to meet them, how simple could the interaction be? This kind of thinking is useful to help designers look outside the box.

Calvin Trillin

I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.

John Fitzgibbons

We're starting to see something out of the restaurant sector now.

Bobby Flay

Nothing goes perfectly, especially when you're opening a restaurant.

Terry Palmisano

They go to where the restaurant is open, and unfortunately that is in people's backyards.

Michael Mina

There's always room to improve in a restaurant. A restaurant is better or worse every day than it was the day before. It's impossible not to be, because it's human.

Tim Hall

We'd have to look at the way our restaurant is configured as to whether we could serve or not.

Amy Carlson

I'm a restaurant junkie.

Rene Redzepi

I only have the restaurant. If I do other things, it's only to do with the restaurant.

Rene Redzepi

The restaurant industry is brutal.

Tyler Oakley

You don't go to your 9 to 5 and share every story with your coworkers, and in the same way, not every YouTuber shares every story with their audience.

Ernie Grunfeld

It is unfortunate that Jarvis sustained this injury. I know he is very frustrated, and we share in Jarvis' disappointment.

Ilse Hartung

Teaching Spanish is such a wonderful opportunity. I have so much to share with them because of my background.

Kristi Boese

We did it on our own. We didn't want to share anything.

Jane Austen

I must have my share in the conversation…

Manfred Guellner

Even if many of the undecided end up not voting, this share of 'don't knows' suggests voters are still wavering right up to the election.

Roger Simmons

We've had more than our share of winners, for being a small state.

Miles Avery

We had our share of not doing well.

Paul Reid

We don't want to share it. We want to win it outright.

John McDonough

Rubbermaid and Newell are a terrific strategic fit,

Matt Rosoff

I don't really see anything new from a strategic standpoint.

David Smith

I think the wise and strategic thing to do is to have a two-track policy,

David Strow

That was the attraction. It was a tremendously strategic location.

David Satcher

We have to be more strategic in the distribution,

Navtej Sarna

The visit is significant in view of the strategic partnership between the two countries.

Stephen Kinzer

The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the United States.

Charles Caleb Colton

Men of strong minds and who think for themselves, should not be discouraged on finding occasionally that some of their best ideas have been anticipated by former writers; they will neither anathematize others nor despair themselves. They will rather go on discovering things before discovered, until they are rewarded with a land hitherto unknown, an empire indisputably their own, both right of conquest and of discovery.

Charles Caleb Colton

No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind; despatch of a strong one.

Charles Dickens

A commission of haberdashers could alone have reported what the rest of her poor dress was made of, but it had a strong general resemblance to seaweed, with here and there a gigantic tea-leaf. Her shawl looked particularly like a tea-leaf after long infusion.

Charles Dickens

Strong mental agitation and disturbance was no novelty to him, even before his late sufferings. It never is, to obstinate and sullen natures; for they struggle hard to be such.

Charles Dickens

The rippling of the river seemed to cause a correspondent stir in his uneasy reflections. He would have laid them asleep if he could, but they were in movement, like the stream, and all tending one way with a strong current.

Charles Dickens

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one....

Charles Dickens

It was darkly rumoured that the butler, regarding him with favour such as that stern man had never shown before to mortal boy, had sometimes mingled porter with his table beer to make him strong.

Charles Spurgeon

It is not the strength of your faith that saves you, but the strength of Him upon whom you rely! Christ is able to save you if you come to Him-be your faith weak or be it strong.

Charles Spurgeon

It is a grand thing to see a man thoroughly possessed with one master-passion. Such a man is sure to be strong, and if the master-principle be excellent, he is sure to be excellent, too.

Dan Murphy

We want to support the PGA and its members.

Chris Copeland

To the folks that continue to support through ups and downs... good and bad... I can't thank you...

Chris Colfer

There are ways to meet people and surround yourself with like-minded people who will support you.

Edward James Olmos

I don't support violence, period.

Eddie Izzard

Well, comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

David Hyde Pierce

I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so well.

Carolyn Roberts

We've already established our credibility. The Legislature is very supportive of the university system and comfortable with our role.

Martin Freeman

I think I'm less gloomy than I used to be - I've got a very supportive other half.

Mark Cuban

The Higher Education Industry is very analogous to the Newspaper industry. By the time they realize they need to change the costs to support their legacy infrastructure and costs will keep them from getting there.

Christine Johnson

Going forward, you're going to see a lot more from Timex, from branding all the way down to promotional programs, and it's really going to be on the worldwide level,

Patrick Whitesell

We're in conversations with brands worldwide for a variety of artists every day.

Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

Al-Qaida is a worldwide organization. It's a continuous threat.

Alan Jackson

If you can last until you're 40 years old, hopefully you'll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.

Alan Jackson

The fan base that I've had all these years has come along. Some of them are not as plugged into the digital world, so they want to go out and buy the CD at Walmart or something.

Alan Greenspan

The gut-feel of the 55-year old trader is more important than the mathematical elegance of the 25-year old genius.

Alan Arkin

'Catch-22' was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it. I had a bunch of lean years where I had to do things, a lot of which I wasn't wildly enthusiastic about.

Alan Arkin

For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle, confronting some stern and faceless judge who would condemn me to a pit of hell if I didn't achieve the "zone," if even for a moment. Not a particularly happy place to work from.

Alan Ball

It's a lot harder to find fault with the mundane details of daily existence when you really, really know on a cellular level that you're going to go, and that this moment, right now, is life. Life isn't what happens to you in 20 years. This moment, right now, is your life.

Al Roker

I was just thrilled to get the gig to begin with. Ten years later to still have it is not only thrilling but also somewhat of a puzzlement.

Al Pacino

The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm talking about.

Al Lewis

I probably worked every single entertainment medium, including some that don't exist. I worked the circus, carnival, I had my own medicine show, I worked 18 years of radio.