Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Wagoner

Any time GM and UAW has something going on, we're all curious about how that may affect us,

Fadela Chaib

An outbreak of cholera, affecting probably several hundreds of people, is occurring,

O. Singh

As far as I know, the hotel project at Providence, close to the stadium, has enough cement in supply at the site. The shortage is basically affecting the small man rather than big companies.

Todd France

As far as Ronnie hurting himself, we are aware of how it could affect him. It has affected guys differently over the years and you cannot predict the future. ... Bottom line, we have always wanted to get this deal done ASAP and Ronnie has been working out very hard everyday.

Chris Warren

As far as contests go, this is the last big event of the season. It's affects us greatly. Normally, we don't get as much walk-in traffic.

Eddie Jones

As a team the increased fuel costs, naturally, affect your budget. Figure this: the transporter that we run gets about 6 1/2 to 7 miles per gallon at best, 4 1/2 at worst. Obviously, the increased fuel cost makes a considerable difference, especially with all of these trips we're making to the West Coast now.

Mark Billingham

As crime writers, we put these characters, year after year, book after book, through the most horrendous trauma, dealing with grief and death and loss and violence. We can't pretend that these things don't affect these characters; they have to. If they don't, then you're essentially writing cartoons.

Brian Mitchell

As a place of some resources we had a responsibility to reach out to those who were affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Dean Duerst

As a group, I don't think it was our best effort. It is always tough to tie. It was a very exciting game and both teams could have won it. Our first-half performance was a level down and it affected the outcome of the game. We need to learn from that. We definitely came back in the second half and played with a lot more energy. It was a great battle.

Dan Hinote

As a forward now, you have to start thinking. As a defenseman, you turn your brain off for 60 minutes and play the game. But now that he has to play a smart position, he's done a pretty good job with the transition.

Craig Bennett

The brain of an 18-year-old college freshman is still far from resembling the brain of someone in their mid-twenties. When do we reach adulthood? It might be much later than we traditionally think.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism.

Santiago Ramón

The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and great stretches of unknown territory.

Robert Frost

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

Jim Scantlin

The brain injury is so severe that the daughter you had is gone. It's been destroyed. And the doctor was right for 20 years. She did nothing to speak of.

John Howell

The brain can reroute its signals and rewire itself.

Giulio Tononi

The brain breaks down into little islands that can't talk to one another.

Santiago Ramón

As long as our brain is a mystery, the universe, the reflection of the structure of the brain will also be a mystery.

Kyle McSlarrow

Any government mandates, and certainly for any one of those options (suggested by Martin), in our view is very clearly under Supreme Court precedent a violation of the First Amendment.

Gary Kellough

As far as the change, I needed it. ... When you get to a certain point, sometimes change is good and a new challenge is good. That's the way I've approached the whole thing - it's a tremendous challenge.

Susan Basford

As elephants get older, pregnancies certainly become more problematic.

Jerome Holtzman

a shortstop with some, but certainly not overwhelming promise.

Larry Ellison

As far as J.D. Edwards, we're certainly interested, ... We've been looking at that closely as well. It's simply a matter of terms of the deal and price of the deal. We're keeping our options open there.

Neil Fox

As for heat, it certainly seemed very hot throughout the month, and maybe the dryness accounted for that impression.

Derek Loomis

As far as designing for girls, certain designs will cross right over.

Carl Duke

As for widespread searches, we aren't doing that, but if a lead comes about a location we will certainly check it out.

Mahmoud Abbas

As for relations and contacts with the Israelis, we are completely certain they are going to resume very rapidly because there are many things we can tackle with the Israelis and which must be discussed,

Stan Lowe

A senior lawyer reviewed the file and the circumstances of the offender.

Bob Hill

Ray felt obligated to play, considering the situation we were in. Under normal circumstances he wouldn't have played.

Buddy Rice

Racing is what we do. So, despite the unfortunate circumstances, we have to be ready to race this weekend.

Nick Saban

Our doctors felt comfortable about the circumstance of his injury, where he is in his rehab and where he can be in the future. It's our goal to get him ready for this season. He's on schedule to do that.

Randy Soth

Normally when I turn in a dates application it's pretty much a non-event, but due to circumstances it is an event this time.

Howard Friedman

The moral issues get stronger or weaker depending on what the circumstances were when the museum got the painting.

Klemens Metternich

Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.

Carlos Mesa

These movements are leading the country to a point that is unsustainable; I can't continue to govern under these circumstances.

Dave Wood

The Olympics are about winning but not winning under any circumstances. You want to win because you're the better athlete, not because someone has equipment failure.

Doug Flynn

We had back-to-back negative years in the market, and this mimics the market. It's very discouraging for people.

Patrick Stump

We wanted out of it. It was the most negative thing in the world.

Donnie Yen

Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative.

Montgomery Clift

The closer we come to the negative, to death, the more we blossom.

Abdul Kalam

For me, there is no such thing as a negative experience.

Peter McWilliams

Positive thoughts have positive results. Negative thoughts produce negative results.

Erwin Schrodinger

The organism feeds on negative entropy.

Farrah Fawcett

Everything has positive and negative consequences.

James Cornish

People look at it in a negative way. It shows things were worse than we thought they were.

Steve Riddick

The stress of the whole thing has taken its toll.

Deepak Chopra

Stress is an inappropriate fight-flight response, Wisdom Quest.

Xavier Perkins

Now I can pretty much be me. It's just a lot of stress taken off, I feel relieved.

Ben Okri

I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing 'Famished Road,' which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it.

Jason Dufner

I don't like stress because stress stresses me out.

Janet Street-Porter

Stress is a designer ailment that many of the so-called afflicted suffer from with pride.

Janine Benyus

Trees and bones are constantly reforming themselves along lines of stress. This algorithm has been put into a software program that's now being used to make bridges lightweight, to make building beams lightweight.

Jane Wagner

I made some studies, and reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can take it in small doses, but as a lifestyle, I found it too confining. It was just too needful; it expected me to be there for it all the time, and with all I have to do--I had to let something go.

Dan Ariely

To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help. But when the incentive level is very high, it can command too much attention and thereby distract the person’s mind with thoughts about the reward. This can create stress and ultimately reduce the level of performance.