Famous Quotes & Sayings

Warren Buffett

I think it is a marvelous way to keep directors' interests and shareholders interests as closely aligned as possible, with both an upside and a downside component. Too often, people talk about interests being aligned when the directors get the upside and shareholders get the downside.

Fabian Nunez

History will show that Gov. Schwarzenegger had a chance to end the last vestige of legal discrimination in our state, ... Instead of choosing the way of the future the governor has aligned himself with the enemies of equal rights for all.

Dan Levitan

I think that if you ask what's made us successful, it's because we've been fortunate enough to identify, in a number of cases, great people early. Then we throw all the resources behind them and are aligned with them.

Martin Jacques

Labour was always aligned with the U.S. during the Cold War, but the ignominious implosion of communism reinforced the belief that no alternative to the prevailing common sense was possible.

Tom Wordell

To get a big fire, you need high temperatures, low relative humidity, dry fuels and winds all aligned on the same day. We haven't seen that much this year, yet our overall acreage burned is much higher than in the past.

Jack Messman

to ensure that our costs are more closely aligned with our business strategy.

Robert McTeer

I think all the stars are aligned for the economy to pick up, ... It's been growing; it just hasn't been growing fast enough to create new jobs. But I think the tax package, on top of easy money, will probably kick it over.

Ron Ence

I was just hoping to weather the storm. But the planets must be aligned somewhere. When you win and one of your leading scorers doesn't score a point, you just thank your lucky stars.

Jordan Rohan

Unless we hear of some material deviation from the results already shown us -- business conditions are so aligned with expectations that there is no surprise.

Aaron Johnson

I was lucky enough, when I was younger, to have the chance to do as much as possible, and I found what I wanted to do. I did swimming, gymnastics, kickboxing and the one that took off more than the others was acting.

Tim Thomas

I was looking forward to showing some character by giving a good effort all the way to the end of the year. I thought there was a good chance that maybe we could end the season with a win and feel good about ourselves. But it wasn't to be.

Lyle Overbay

I was looking for a pitch to hit. I had a chance to drive it. When I saw it go in the gap I thought maybe there would be a chance to score. Next thing you know, we win the game.

Jarome Iginla

Kipper, he's played like that all year. He's been amazing. Especially early tonight, they had some chances and he made some timely saves.

Buck Showalter

Kevin made good pitches when he had to, but it took a lot out of him. It was a tribute to him that he was able to get through it for five innings and give us a chance there.

Jeff Boogaart

Jacob is a good, young kid. He's got a chance to be real good for us. ...He needs to get a little tougher, and little more physical, but he does a good job with the ball.

Alexander Veshnyakov

I would say that as of today the chance of a second round is fairly high.

Stewart Iverson

I would say it?s better than a 50-50 chance there will be a ban.

Jeffrey Kessler

I would say this is all about principle. The principle here was to protect the postseason and preseason NIT and to keep it in New York. ... It will actually enhance the events and give them a greater chance to survive and be strong.

Jonathan Levine

He has a gut-level feeling for what's right and what isn't, what will work and what won't. He just has an instinct for choosing when to engage and when not to engage. It's really remarkable.

Michael Porter

Investors need to do the same degree of comparison shopping they would normally do when choosing between funds, which means digging into things like expense ratios, historical performance and holdings.

Ally Condie

In my own life, I'm pretty good at choosing between good and bad. It's the choices between good and good I find the most difficult to make.

Karol Wight

Choosing wall colors was one of the hardest decision-making processes of all.

Mariella Frostrup

Choosing to mother your kids full-time may seem to some the easy choice, eschewing as it does the stresses and strains of the workplace, but one of the continuing frustrations for women is the lack of respect they get for taking on the responsibility for domestic life, whether they're also working outside the home or not.

E. B. White

Choosing to live an extraordinary life is simple. This does not, however, mean that it is easy.

Ridley Scott

Choosing location is integral to the film: in essence, another character.

Les Brown

Choosing goals that are important to you is one of the most essential things you can do in order to live your dreams.

John Lewis Gaddis

If there is one great power, and the great power has taken upon itself the right to preempt and is choosing for itself when and in what circumstances it's going to do that, obviously it leads people in the rest of the world to wonder how far this doctrine extends.

Craig Brown

Journalism could be described as turning one's enemies into money.

Steve Schmidt

John Kerry's shifting positions, his contradictions, his pessimism and his hopeless rhetoric send the wrong message to our troops, to our allies, to our enemies and to the world,

Arabian Proverb

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies

Mike Huckabee

Ronald Reagan said, 'Trust, but verify.' President Obama is 'trust, but vilify.' He trusts our enemies and vilifies everyone who disagrees with him.

Kym Hougham

I think we're all our own worst enemies. We're all trying to one-up each other. It gets to be kind of a vicious spiral.

Sally Kempton

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

John Collins

We make more enemies by what we say than friends by what we do

Steve Jobs

He is my buddy. I would hate to see what his enemies look like.

Henry Link

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' This method works every time.

Thomas Powell

Joy, living in the moment, plus lack of fear equals abundance. Live for the moment without fear and you have all you truly need.

Allison Davis

He lives in those of us who work hard to fulfill his mission of equality and opportunity. For all of us, he is very much alive.

Gary Sheffield

If you're equally good as this Latin player, guess who's going to get sent home? I know a lot of players that are home now can outplay a lot of these guys.

N. T. Wright

Most of the things that really matter require faith. 'How do I know that my wife loves me?' 'How do I know that Mozart's 'Jupiter Symphony' is sublime and beautiful?' There are all sorts of things which come at a more lowly level than that - 'How do I know that two plus two equals four?' There are different layers, different types of knowing.

Lakhdar Brahimi

What we have learned from that struggle is the importance of freedom, the importance of mobilization, the importance of justice, equality, and so on.

Danny Blanchflower

We try to equalize before the other team have scored.

Marlon Devonish

To come back from the World Championships and equal my PB was very, very pleasing,

Alicia Sacramone

I think we could have sent three people to the Olympics and done equally well. We have a lot of great girls in our generation right now.

Floyd Reese

I think all things being equal - speed, size, strength - you're always going to lean toward those players who are more tested,

Stephen Campbell

Kentucky has a rich history, and we want to do our small part to preserve it for future generations.

Christopher Shays

Katrina taught us the hard lesson that, as we prepare for future emergencies, it's important we include in our plans ways to protect our pet owners and their pets.

Joe Battista

I think in the end, in the future this team is going to make things happen.

Douglas Coupland

It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future or past, either.

George P. Shultz

I've always tried to live in the future and think about things and how to make things better. If you have great-grandchildren around, and their pictures are looking at you, well, that's the future.

Samantha Bond

I lost a girlfriend when I was in my 30s. She was 46. It all sounds so trite, but I put a Post-it on my dressing-room wall. It said, 'The past is history. The future is a mystery. This moment is a gift, which is why it's called the present.'

Thomas Piketty

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return.

Dana Brunetti

What I find most exciting about online video is that it's the future.

Q'orianka Kilcher

Instead of locking people up and throwing away the key, it's important to invest in them and show them another way - show them what they can do, instead of telling them what they can't do. Because by investing in youth, we're investing into the future of this great nation of the United States of America.

Mike Kelly

I think we do what the governor is talking about. I think we're all on the same page.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I am going to run for governor of the state of California,

Jim McGrath

He did tell his son, the governor of Texas, that he was tired of him getting all the attention.

Lara Ramsburg

Regardless of when their next scheduled inspection is, the governor wants all mines to be inspected as soon as possible.

Margita Thompson

Our of respect for the will of the people, the governor will veto (the bill).

Lara Ramsburg

In the past year, if we did have a visiting governor or an out-of-state guest, the mansion is in such a state that it's somewhere you would not want to take people.

Susan Hofer

In some locations, it's hard to recruit nurses, thus the need for overtime. The underlying issue is there aren't enough nurses in Illinois, so that's what the governor is working to address.

Danielle Brooks

In South Carolina, there's a lot of arts programs. So I was blessed enough to go to the Governor School For Arts & Humanities.

John Sherman Cooper

I must say, to be very honest about it, that I held in my mind during the life of the Commission, that there had been three shots and that a separate shot struck Governor Connally.

John Demming

Jack himself has been working the phone lines and speaking with shareholders this morning. People's money is safe here, there's no question about that.

Jeff Holland

Joe has matured. He is playing for the team instead of himself and he has been terrific.

Tony Benshoof

He did a video of himself wishing me luck. It was pretty cool.

Roger Williams

He can't survive day after day after day without some improvement occurring. He's keeping himself alive.

Terry Wilson

He just tried to wedge himself in where there wasn't room.

Dusty Baker

He knows himself and how much he needs.

Jim Tracy

He is on a mission to pitch himself into this rotation, and right now he is succeeding.

Sallust

He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and skillfully performed.

Paul Browne

He said, 'I'm the person you're looking for,' and he stabbed himself three times in the neck.

Vinny Testaverde

Knowing his past history ... I was very concerned.

Jaclyn Smith

Kmart's as much a part of my history as 'Charlie's Angels.' Twenty-five years! It's not just a celebrity brand.

Tony Judt

You don't have to be Jewish to understand the history of Europe in the 20th century, but it helps.

Harry S Truman

The only thing new in this world is the history that you don't know

Dani Shapiro

I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.

Lindsey Graham

What would you like history to say about you when it is all said and done,

Bob Vaughn

He's accomplished as much as any player in the history of the state.

Thom McDaniels

He returned the punt past the 50, that let us tie and we won in overtime. He's had a history and a penchant for making big plays. I'm not at all shocked by what he's done. I know him better than Lloyd does.

Bob Woodward

He's ducking the question but he's also right. You don't know what the judgment of history is going to be 10, 20 or 50 years out. It may be very different than it is now.

Ken Hill

Sometime I write a song off a central idea, instead of emotion.

Samir Haj

Karen has been our go-to person on the junior varsity team. We're going to incorporate more people into the scheme. We're going to start playing 18 people instead of just 13 or 14.

Klaus Allofs

He could make the same experiences with Werder instead of Bayern.

Scott Aukerman

I think you're a better comedian when you're in the moment and you're kind of reacting to what's happening like a real person instead of doing rote memorization.

Paul Hewitt

I thought we got into trouble when they started pressuring us and the five-count was on. Instead of taking them off the dribble, we got tentative. I just think we stopped attacking.

Shawan Robinson

I think we just got tight. Instead of playing to win, we were playing not to lose.

Gary Barnett

I think we wish we played at the end of the year. Look at every other rivalry, and tell me why they play at the end of the year instead of the beginning. By the end of the year, everything's evened out.

Gary Barnett

I think we wish we played at the end of the year, ... Look at every other rivalry, and tell me why they play at the end of the year instead of the beginning. By the end of the year, everything's evened out.

Bob Johnson

Hopefully, we can have one large one instead of several smaller ones.

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.

Keyshawn Johnson

It ain't no rebirth. I realized it last year when he was here, then he was gone. Quickly.

John Brady

He was 338 last season, ... We said he was at 320, but we lied. Now he's at 306 or 312. Really. He was quick last year. At 310, he's like nimble quick.

Bobby Cox

He couldn't wiggle out of the last one. Thought he might, but he didn't.

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.

Chuck Robinson

I think it needs some clarification as to what is what, ... I'm not sure you don't run into some legal technicalities.

Mike McCurry

I think it's a matter not so much of legality as of fundamental fairness, that the president ought to have a right to respond to any report if there is such a report." ()

Elton Gallegly

What I heard, unfortunately, was more legal hair-splitting,

Thomas Donohue

We support legislation that would provide a step-by-step process in which an undocumented worker could qualify for permanent legal status.

Dan Ravicher

I think it's stupid that this type of policy is legal and profitable.

Jorge Zamora

I want to work legally here; that would give my son more. If I have the chance, I want to be legal. It would be much easier.

Donald Rumsfeld

He is being accorded the protection of a POW, but he is not being legally described as one at this stage,

Wayne LaPierre

For someone attacked by criminals to be victimized a second time by a second-guessing legal system is wrong.

Sam Brownback

Let's create a legal system that can work.

Margaret Williams

I think that the smoker has just as much rights as the non-smoker.

William Perry

The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of.

Robert E. Lee

I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings. And have never seen the day when I did not pray for them.

Ryan Miller

Mutual respect among everyone for one another and for one another's rights is an absolute prerequisite for peace.

Romeo Dallaire

Now is the time to take up the cause of the advancement of human rights for all and the moment is yours to grasp.

Reinhold Niebuhr

While it is possible for intelligence to increase the range of benevolent impulse, and thus prompt a human being to consider the needs and rights of other than those to whom he is bound by organic and physical relationship, there are definite limits in the capacity of ordinary mortals which makes it impossible for them to grant to others what they claim for themselves.

William J. Brennan

The Bill of Rights never gets off the page and into the lives of most Americans.

William Jennings Bryan

The government being the peoples business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to the public view. Publicity is therefore as essential to honest administration as freedom of speech is to representative government. Equal rights to all and special privileges to none is the maxim which should control in all departments of government.

William Jennings Bryan

As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.