Famous Quotes & Sayings

Clara Barton

Although its growth may seem to have been slow, it is to be remembered that it is not a shrub, or plant, to shoot up in the summerand wither in the frosts. The Red Cross is a part of us--it has come to stay--and like the sturdy oak, its spreading branches shall yet encompass and shelter the relief of the nation.

Stephen Bennett

Intuit posted strong revenue growth and even stronger profit growth during the third quarter. The company's performance positions us to end the year on track to meet our stated revenue and pro forma profit goals.

Tim Wallace

I'm pleased with our progress. 2005 was another growth year for us.

Christine Benz

A lot of the large growth stocks are taking a breather.

Ethan Harris

A lot of things have to go right even to get 2.3 percent growth for the year,

Jason Goldberg

A lot of these are not new products. But the growth opportunities are better outside the U.S.

Kari Pinkernell

They don't want give out a dividend because they think they'll give up their growth stock status. But they aren't growth stocks anymore.

David Jackson

They don't have the root system to pull them through. Trees and shrubs and older plants can push out new growth after the primary growth has been killed off, but shallow rooted plants can't.

Ethan Harris

This is a feel-good report. When you get a strong growth number and a low inflation number, it's hard to get a better combination than that for the economy.

Brian Perry

The older they get, the harder they are to find parts for,

Agnus Berenato

This is hard for me. We thought tonight we were going to make history.

Brad Gushue

This is going to be pretty hard to top.

Eric Schaeffer

This is a tough vote and he buckled, ... I know he's made some tough votes before. It's hard to take one vote and make it his whole record.

Dave Russell

This is a special place, and I can see people trying really hard to come back here.

George Hudson

This is ridiculous. We're so much better than we've played the last six weeks. We just have to come out and try hard (tonight). We have to win one for the coach. We have to put it together for him.

Mark Melton

This is such a huge win. This has been a really hard place for us to play.

Dana Levenson

This is something we've been working hard for. It's very gratifying.

Lisa Riley

This is something since I was younger that I've wanted to do. It's hard to explain. It's just been wonderful.

Irene Cheung

From March, the year-on-year inflation rate will probably come off quite substantially.

Tyler Perry

For as low as you go, ask God to take you that high.

Rick Davis

We didn't have low expectations in Iowa, we had no expectations in Iowa.

Alex Ferguson

Myths grow all the time. If I was to listen to the number of times I've thrown teacups then we've gone through some crockery in this place. It's completely exaggerated, but I don't like people arguing back with me.

Robert A. Heinlein

To assess the intelligence of a committee, divide the IQ of its stupidest member by the number of members.

Vernon Jordan

A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.

Nicholson Baker

You can register a political objection in a number of ways.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Why do photographers start giving numbers to their prints? It’s absurd. What do you do when the 20th print has been done? Do you swallow the negative? Do you shoot yourself? It’s the gimmick of money.

Alexei Mordashov

My wealth is reflected in the price of Severstal, and the number of shares I have in my possession doesn't have any impact on the company.

Irv DeGraw

I would like to think they can get in the 20 percent range, but with that number of shares it could be difficult.

Will Forte

It takes a certain type of person to register your 'Donkey Kong' score. So I'm just number 29 in registered Donkey Kong scores.

Lindsay Filoseta

Each number is choreographed by a student, who picks out the costumes, too. Sometimes, they even make them.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is the nature of strong people that they can bring out crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.

Claude Adrien Helvetius

The men of sense, the idols of the shallow, are very inferior to the men of passions. It is the strong passions which, rescuing us from sloth, impart to us that continuous and earnest attention necessary to great intellectual efforts.

Claude Adrien Helvetius

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors. But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.

Clara Barton

This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.

Daniel Pipes

I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam.

Daniel Radcliffe

I haven't always been thrilled with my work. But the fear of not proving the people wrong who think you can't emerge from a franchise and do well, that's a very strong driving force.

Daniel Craig

I never really had a strong accent.

Dan Gelber

A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.

Damian Marley

Body have to physically strong and sturdy. Spiritually balanced fi clean and purge me. Mentally advanced fi always urge me. Read a couple books and challenge the clergy. Read a couple psalms up in the morning early.