Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mitch Hedberg

There are six ducks out here, and they all want Sun Chips!

Robert Salerno

It is like shooting ducks in a pond.

Richard Russo

Who but an English professor would threaten to kill a duck a day and hold up a goose as an example?

Sarah Polley

We're still at a point where women [directors] aren't allowed to be mad visionaries. We have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that we're responsible, that we can handle it, that we've got all our ducks in a row . . . most women who direct always come in on budget, always come in on schedule, and if they were wild and irresponsible it would not be put down to brilliance, but to a general flakiness.

Rodney Dangerfield

Hey, did somebody step on a duck?

Zora Neale Hurston

Light came to me when I realized that I did not have to consider any racial group as a whole. God made them duck by duck and that was the only way I could see them.

Robert Jordan

The fox often offers the duck its pond.

Chris Ford

I like how it comes in solid colors. It's not some sort of ugly plaid or ducks and bunnies. I love its industrial design. I love how it's made of metal, how strong it is.

Kenneth Grahame

All along the backwater, Through the rushes tall, Ducks are a-dabbling, Up tails all!

Michael Ching

We expect to maintain our estimates at $1.05 a share for 2000 and $1.43 for 2001, so Motorola remains the most attractively valued stock in our universe, at 23 times 2001 EPS estimates.

Paul Ballew

We've exceeded the sales estimate for the month. We turned the production at a very healthy pace.

Simon Hauger

We've estimated that there's probably between $80,000 and $100,000 worth of parts in the car.

John Snow

I think it's probably on the high side. I've seen other estimates more in line with a half-percent hurt to GDP growth in the third quarter and fourth quarter -- but with a pick-up of roughly that order for '06,

Les Wright

In the near future we estimate that we will have 2 to 3 million fewer page views per day. But the farther you go out, the greater the likelihood we will recapture that and then some.

Ralph Acampora

In technology, I think I would go with the big ones. I'd go with IBM ( IBM : Research , Estimates ). That would be my first pick in the technology area.

Saddam Hussein

I just wanted to be able to reach at least half of the show's estimated viewers.

Christin Armacost

Cisco has an excellent track record of meeting analysts' expectations and the probability of them missing the estimate is low.

David Orr

Initially, we estimated the number of people in need was about one million and we had reached about 50 percent of them. We've had a food security team in the field and they've revised the estimate up quite dramatically.

Simon Hauger

We've estimated that there's probably between $80,000 and $100,000 worth of parts in the car.

Saddam Hussein

I just wanted to be able to reach at least half of the show's estimated viewers.

David Orr

Initially, we estimated the number of people in need was about one million and we had reached about 50 percent of them. We've had a food security team in the field and they've revised the estimate up quite dramatically.

Val Charlton

The circumference of the fire is an estimated 50km.

John Challenger

A growing number of unemployed Americans waste time browsing the estimated 4,000 to 5,000 online job sites, blanketing them with resumes, and then waiting for callbacks. It is a formula for long-drawn-out joblessness.

Chris Evans

The Italian-based horse is worth somewhere around $10 million after winning six of seven major races and finishing second in the seventh. If he is going to win in Tokyo and perform like this next year, his value could reach an estimated $30 million.

Peter Piot

The number of people living with HIV globally has reached its highest level ever at an estimated 40.3 million people.

Terri Smith

They are estimated higher than what they will actually be,

Rob Binns

World Airways will operate five international round trips a week under the contract, which has an estimated value of $11 million.

Clark Yingst

I suspect 'Well we're in a directionless market' is likely to persist until we get a better read on how much higher rates will go.

Fred Powell

It hit at around 1 a.m., ... The mayor had been on TV telling everyone to get to higher ground, but I knew as much about getting around in New Orleans as I know about Mars.

Dave Curry

There is nobody here at all. Ian Thorpe pulling out obviously has a lot higher significance.

Bradley Hunter

When home prices are so much higher than median incomes, it makes for an unhealthy economy.

Tom Daschle

We've got to rise to a higher level,

Josh Bernoff

I thought they would start higher and work their way down. The problem is, you can't go up.

Phil Ruffat

I think we're going higher. I don't know about today, but I think they're going higher in general.

Sarah MacQuiddy

I think we'll have to push the higher ed piece.

Karen MacNeil

It is not true that there is a linear relationship between price and quality. A higher price doesn't mean its better. The higher you go in price, the quality differences get smaller.

Marty Heires

We've been told we would get some shipments in December, they would not be dependable, and that in January we would get all we need.

Terry Hartle

I think it's unlikely that most of these schools in New Orleans will open before January -- if then.

Vita Sackville-West

I do not like January very much. It is too stationary. Not enough happens. I like the evidences of life, and in January there are too few of them.

Pat Ryan

Playing in Muskrat Hole, Saskatchewan, in the middle of January is a little lower on my priority list now. I think I need to do other things with my life.

Charles Bass

Refineries and distributors could have predicted January would be cold, ... There is much more to this than just the cartels.

Dennis Quaid

Can we get in here by January 1st (06)? If there's any way we can do it here, I want to do it here. This is the place that really needs it.

Venkaiah Naidu

If not tomorrow, it (the government) will go on January 27.

Angus Campbell

The first week of January is historically a positive week for equities.

John Smith

Considering GM's very strong performance in December, our January results were in line with our expectations.

Bill Parcells

I was kind of thinking back to Seattle last year, ... We kind of talked about that. We're just fortunate, really.

Joe Edgens

Kelley is going to be right up to the last minute before it's done.

Dave Kaplan

(Jocelyn) bounced back from a rough outing last time. Very nicely done. She's going to get another start, and we're going to keep working with her.

Will Grace

JLo-so karen hows married life?Karen-well it only lasted 20 minutesJLo-Oh is that short?

Bobbie Davis

I think I said to the players last year that they had one day to celebrate. And then they had to start concentrating and thinking about this year.

Jack Parker

He couldn't make a pass or shoot a puck. If this wasn't his senior year, if he was a junior, we probably wouldn't have played him this weekend. I didn't want to miss what could have been, at any moment, his last game.

Jim Snyder

He did a ton of wrestling this off-season. He?s always done a little, but this year, he has done much more and I think it is because of the success he had last year.

Ray Allen

He didn't play the last time we were down here, so he was the new X-factor thrown into the mix and I'm sure they weren't prepared for that.

Chris Widger

He just tried to wipe the last two starts out, and he went out there and tried to start over.

Larry Sabato

He could have made millions in the private sector.

Jeb Putzier

It comes out to $310 million more for the players.

Jim Amos

It is significant in its impact. We do millions of packages a year with UPS.

Larry Anderson

I think the $12 million is just way out of the way,

Bobby Cox

He's getting paid $12 million because he can hit.

Stephen Breyer

He says, 'I've seen 50 million paintings, I know magenta,'

Walter Hagen

I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.

Jo Salyers

In the pre-Disney era, Silver Springs had three million visitors a year.

Christopher Moore

In the movie, the painting is supposed to be worth $100 million. No painting is worth $100 million. But for the movie, $100 million is a number that any person can understand as expensive. If you say $50 million nowadays, it's not enough.

Mychal Williams

Kendra stepped up and played a solid game, nearly getting a double-double.

Thomas Powell

What you do is not nearly as important as who you are.

Paul Gillmor

To date, every American citizen has nearly $27,000 in public debt riding on our backs.

David Filo

The Internet is not nearly as fail-safe as the phone system.

Frank Lampard

It was a big step towards winning it today. We got the result, we're nearly there.

John Varley

It was nearly as contentious as wolf reintroduction.

John Joyce

Services now represent nearly 50 percent of IBM's revenue.

Eric Hinske

It really hurt. He nearly took my nipple off.

Olivier Gasnier

This is a very strong report on nearly all fronts.

Scott McCallum

What you don't read about, it's never a story of the 98 percent who are doing things right and view this as a public service and want it to work.

Robert McGrath

He's able to do about 80 percent of what he did this year.

Paul Reiser

He's 50 percent Peter Falk, 50 percent my own father,

Michael Andretti

He's all but signed. It's not 100 percent done, but we're down to the piddly stuff.

Walt Jocketty

I think you need to turn the roster over. I think turning a percentage of your roster over every year is healthy.

Ed Peterson

We're probably doing 60 percent as many ships as we had been before the storm.

Eric Price

What you see here on the facility, we are probably running about 90 percent of our workforce.

Sarah Parcak

I think archaeologists are stuck, and we are losing our past at a very rapid rate. Tens of thousands of sites will be lost, and we've only unveiled a tiny percent of the past.

Giulio Andreotti

I thank God, ... I was more than 99 percent certain.

Kate Smith

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.

Alison Brie

I like to have my breakfast in bed, and I use that time to watch the recorded shows on my TiVo. I seldom watch shows in real time - I'm always at work.

Mahathir Mohamad

I read that the investigation is not complete. Statements have yet to be recorded from several other people,

Alison Krauss

It sounded like a drag...so we recorded it.

Jim Ed Brown

When I started in '54, it was only one track on a quarter-inch machine. We didn't have recording studios much around the country; we went into the radio stations and recorded our records.

Alexander Ovechkin

For sure, Pavel Bure was my hero. I was very young, but I remember this moment. I recorded the game.

Jim Messina

We recorded several of Kenny's songs in the living room of my home.

Glenn Hughes

I think the greatest records we've ever heard, from Zeppelin to Purple to Sabbath to The Who, were all recorded in the studio live.

Ken Smith

The survey will be conducted from now through May, 2006.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I wrote once every two or three weeks for about a year, ... and then about a year ago, I got an e-mail.

Mark Grindstaff

Joel is real dominant. He didn't have any trouble. He has one loss. All three are undefeated in league.

Chris Edwards

What we had in 16 acres, ... they have in three counties.

Spencer Stewart

Going 30-0 is amazing, but we want three more wins.

Clark Haggans

He's got three rings. There's nothing else you can say.

Karen Woodall

We've been trying to get that back for three years.

Phil Jackson

We stumbled and fumbled around out there for three quarters.

Robert Meyer

It is phenomenal. When we first started, it was just me and three employees. We all wore many hats.

George Williams

I think we were a little intimidated. They are 32-0... . A lot of times, we had two or three opportunities but couldn't finish.