Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joseph Addison

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.

Willie Mitchell

Knowing it's a rival game, we knew they were going to play way above themselves. We just didn't get the job done.

William Shakespeare

Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me,From mine own library with volumes thatI prize above my dukedom.

Rachel Platten

I wrote 'Fight Song' as this declaration to believe in myself, and that is similar to what you are taught to believe in Girl Scouts. Building confidence. Building character. And above all else, being there for each other as a community.

Robert Frost

Keep cold, young orchard. Goodbye and keep cold. / Dread fifty above more than fifty below.

Robert Putnam

It can be heard even above the roar of a helicopter, which is important if you want to tell people anything. That's the problem with bullhorns ? over a helicopter, they can't really understand what you're saying.

Cindy Shaw

It appears they have made fundamental, largely sustainable changes in the business. The guidance they offered today was above expectations, and we're seeing fundamental improvement in margins in this business pretty quickly under this new CEO. Margins in both the PC and imaging and printing businesses, which each account for 30 percent of revenue, were better than expected.

Don Cooper

I always expect good performances out of our starters, want them to go deep and believe in them -- but what they did is way above and beyond my expectations and those of a lot of other people.

Joe Girardi

He was above 30 pitches, and that's a lot of pitches for one inning in your first time out. I wanted to protect him. He was underneath the ball a little bit and he didn't have command of his fastball. That's going to happen in his first time out. I just didn't want to make too much of it, get him out and not get him hurt.

Steve Dunn

Jacob pitched a great game. He actually got slower as the game went on, and I think that really affected their rhythm.

King Hussein

Jordanians are responsible people and they will not be affected by what is said to undermine Parliament's role, dignity and its influence.

Frank Culbertson

It affected us over several days, and every morning when I opened the mail (e-mail), there would be some new piece of information that would hit me pretty hard.

John Taylor

It affected (network) traffic going to and coming from the West Coast and other Western parts of the U.S..

O. Singh

It affected my performance in Zimbabwe tour as well. I could not concentrate on my game due to immense pressure that if I commit any mistake, the coach will definitely make it an issue against me,

Ivory Latta

It affected me a lot and I tried not to think about it. I tried to do what I could to help the team and not let it affect me.

Karen Williams

It affected him when there were suicide attempts, and he ministered to inmates.

Chip Durham

It affected him a little because once we got back, some of our other guys were a little more fine-tuned and ready to go. It takes him a little while to get in that pattern, but there are guys that do it. It's rare to find a guy who's a two-sport athlete who is not a great athlete. That's what makes him be in a situation where he can do that.

Lawrence Wu

I think it (Hutchison) was being driven down by the heavy cost of third generation mobile phone licenses and the stock is also affected by some profit-taking.

Carl Pohlad

Kirby's impact on the Twins organization, state of Minnesota and upper Midwest is significant and goes well beyond his role in helping the Twins win two world championships.

John Tyndall

Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries.

Derek Feltner

Jake and I are beyond the point of telling each other what we want to do. I know it sounds strange, but we just know each other.

Ed Cange

Jack was a monster. He led us in scoring, but beyond that the number of rebounds he got and the defense he played was incredible.

Marco Coleman

I would say the difference between Coughlin and a guy like Marty was Coughlin took it a little beyond the football field,

The Committee

Journalists have become extremely important democracy advocates and they will have impact beyond actually what we will see today,

Richard Grasso

I think it is way beyond that at this juncture.

Jim Cameron

It can't be fixed. It's beyond the stage of tweaking.

Wes Miller

I always dreamed of playing in this tournament and here at Greensboro. It is still beyond even what I imagined it could be.

Nathan Robertson

I was just desperate to win it. It was such a big occasion and right now it ranks as the best. We can win grand prix events but it is the medals you have won that define your career when it's all done.

Don Jordan

Ken was recognized early in his career as a man of integrity, strength and imagination. I hated it when he told me he was taking early retirement. I tried hard to talk him out of it.

Gary Griffiths

Kids need to be connected to the school and they need to feel someone cares about them. In a large school setting it can be extremely impersonal. There's nothing worse than a student in a large setting not being connected to anything. That's the height of loneliness.

Ayn Rand

know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity. I know not and I care not. For I know what happiness is possible to me on earth.

Courtney LaVere

Knowing it's the end of the season and the end of my career possibly, I don't want to regret anything.

Santonio Holmes

Knowing I have three kids to take care of, I want them to have a dad, something I didn't have. I want to be there to support them. My mom was always a single parent raising four kids. I really want to support my mom.

Anthony Principi

Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan . . . deserve to come back to 21st-century medical care, ... Whatever it costs, we need to incur that cost to provide that world-class care to an extraordinary group of men and women in harm's way.

Preston Parker

I would've cried. I don't care if it's just an all-star game. I wanted to win.

Walt Jocketty

I would think it's a good fit, ... but that's not something for me to decide. He started his career there, and he's obviously one of the top managers in the game that's not employed as a manager. Jim is going to manage somewhere in 2006. Definitely.

Bruce Lanni

Knowing that the oil sands projects are capital-intensive, companies are signaling that oil prices will remain high and that supply and demand will remain tight.

Hilary Rosen

I think it's a great thing when companies experiment with different models.

Michael Farr

I also like Microsoft, and I particularly like EMC, ... These companies are going to come back.

Wade Jones

What we want is to improve the quality of life for everybody. We want to improve the standard of living. And the way we do that is by providing good-paying jobs, secure jobs, so that we know the companies are going to prosper and do well here and help expand our economy.

Charles Gallagher

What we wanted to do was make succession-planning a process for these companies rather than an event they have to deal with.

Eric Shepcaro

What we find in these statistics is somewhat alarming, that four years after 9-11, a third of companies surveyed still lack these plans. We find that (many) companies that have these plans don't practice them.

Alan Foreman

Here and there, we may have a ray of sunshine. Some companies may report better-than-expected earnings, ... But, on balance, in this climate, those reports are not likely to fuel markets to move much higher.

Bernard Golden

Having open source or proprietary companies that refuse to work with one another from a sense of purity is a real disservice to end users.

Alan Levine

Gold Standard was one of the best-led small companies I've ever worked with. Russ Thomas is a visionary.

Ron Hutchins

John is a very pleasing young man to have. He's very focused on what he does. You'll see him moving up.

S. Walker

It all seems to be focused on him (Rodriguez).

Brian Beckwith

There are so many different scenarios that could play out that we can't be thinking about that. We have to focus on Friday and then on Saturday.

John Radcliff

He remembers that feeling. His focus is on the intermediates.

Pete Lindstrom

Hackers focus on the weakest link in the security chain.

Larry Hoff

Her scoring numbers are actually a little down from last year. Part of it is because we have other players who can score, but the main reason is that Jessi has focused on getting her teammates more involved.

John Wiltse

Her focus right now is on reviewing the mayor's request for assistance.

Scott Coffey

He's been so focused on proving his innocence, and now he'll try to put his life back together.

Cliff Robinson

He's a tough player. At the same time, I think we'll be able to guard him. There's no way you're going to be able to stop Jermaine O'Neal. Our main focus is making him take tough shots and trying to limit him a little bit.

Tad Decker

This is a major step for expanded gaming in Pennsylvania.

Adriana Martinez

We are a service-oriented state and immigrant labor has been good for gaming and construction.

Pat Smith

Montana will just never be the large-scale Indian gaming place that you will see where tribes are next to major urban areas. You could have 300 machines (in a single casino), but no one's going to use them.

Jerome Forneris

From a gaming standpoint, I have no interest and don't want any interest. I would hope we get a revitalized city.

Jeremy Schwartz

By eliminating the lost vestige of their hardcore gaming route they've essentially opened themselves up to a wider group of advertisers.

Pete Smith

Gaming is a key part of Mississippi's tax revenue base. It is a topic that will be discussed.

Debra Teufel

We essentially already have gaming. It's in our backyard, whether we want it or not. We are outsourcing these gaming jobs.

Anthony Cabot

When I got here back in 1981, gaming law was limited to Nevada and New Jersey.

Dan Onorato

The only thing we know from these three is what they told us at their press conference. We need those offers to be reviewed by the independent Gaming Board. And after that review process, we may have a better view of all three of their proposals.

Bobby Vinton

I wrote that song 'Melody Of Love', the one with the Polish lyrics, because over the years I had gone to Italy, Germany, South America.

Pavle Jovanovic

He keeps us on our toes, because you can be gone one race to the next no matter the outcome.

John Montgomery

Hard Rock has this cachet and image that can't be under-valued. I think if it had gone to Vail, for example, which already has a number of world-class hotels, the impact wouldn't have been as great.

Sonya Berzett

Her numbers have been pretty consistent. They've gone up every year, for the most part.

Robert Redford

God, it was great to play a guy like him, gone to seed, surly,

Patrick Griffet

For members and Scotty Zion followers, we're having a freebie day on Aug. 16. We don't have much in the kitchen and when it's gone it's gone. I picked that night to include Scotty Zion and his wife.

Pat Perez

He's always gone by Joe. I was surprised he used Ignacio.

Ian Foster

He's got a very sore shoulder and he's not looking good. It didn't dislocate but it looks like there's something serious gone on there.

Herbert Greene

He's just such a great kid. He's just as good as they come. I'm proud of him and the way he's gone over there and played.

Mary Fetchet

Katrina should be enough to wake people up.

John Metz

Katrina produced a catastrophic storm surge, it was one of the worst we've seen in this country,

Kim Stewart

Katrina knocked us down, but it's not going to keep us there. I think things should be a lot faster.

Peter Morris

Katrina is like a very large pile of stones on top of a mountain. Standing by the pile of stones it's a big pile. But when you're looking at the mountain, it's not going to be that dramatic.

Hal Rogers

I think it's time we thought about having Katrina bonds,

Richard Falkenrath

I think this issue, Katrina and our government's response to it, should be looked at by an independent commission,

Kathleen Blanco

he has recognized that Katrina was no ordinary hurricane.

Richard Cobb

On the supply side, we are about the same as after Katrina and before Rita.

Mitch Landrieu

Eighty-five percent of us in this country, by the way, live in coastal areas, so again, Katrina and Rita were not just about New Orleans. There were a lot of lessons that the nation can learn from us if they just pay attention to the things that are going on down here.

Thomas Kilroy

I look at my writing as the primary activity,

Phil Wold

They need to let us know what their primary source is and if they have a backup.

Richard Giannini

The one thing that has been a primary priority has been facilities. That's the vision that we've got to continue. We've made tremendous upgrades since the year 2000.

Peter Mills

the shape of this primary is not yet firmed up.

Eric Fischl

My primary thing is to make a painting, not necessarily to make a painting to sell for gazillions of dollars, but just to make a painting.

David Gerke

The primary word is ?fun'; it's about fun.

James Wallace

Before you can play basketball, you need to make the grades. That's my primary concern.

Warren Buffett

Take the high road; it's far less crowded.

Wellington Mara

I'm not taking that. Go ahead, it's here, just take it.

Maureen Caddigan

I know he is taking this very seriously.

Bam Margera

I just had the worst wake up ever, so I'm taking it out on Dunn.

Cedric Bozeman

I'm just taking it day to day. It's tough to handle.

Chet Edwards

taking the most from those who have the least and nothing from those who have the most.

Harrison Ford

It's very little trouble for me to accomodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.

Cecilia Johnson

They are very much taking it seriously. We're very optimistic.

Scott McGaffic

It wasn't a very pretty sight. But I'm taking it in stride.