Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Jennings

As a staff, we are extremely pleased with the talent and ability of this year's class. There is great potential in the group and we expect them to push the level of the squad immediately.

David Cole

A weak GM gave everybody an ability to do things without having to worry as much, ... As GM gets stronger, it's going to put more heat on people like DaimlerChrysler.

Tommy McWhorter

Austin had a great week of practice, and I thought his athleticism and jumping ability would help us on the boards.

Ben Smith

At times we showed an ability to mount an attack. But when you get behind that early it makes it hard to come back.

Marilyn Monroe

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, leaves before she is left and forgets before she is forgotten.

Wasim Akram

Bangladesh have shown they have the talent and ability to play against any side in the world if they apply themselves, as they did (on the first day). It was a dream start.

James Matthews

A young Scotsman of your ability let loose upon the world with 300 pounds, what could he not do? It's almost appalling to think of; especially if he went among the English

Barbara Gordon

A woman may develop wrinkles and cellulite, lose her waistline, her bustline, her ability to bear a child, even her sense of humor, but none of that implies a loss of her sexuality, her femininity

David Orton

ATI has had challenges in the last couple quarters and we are obviously disappointed with our performance and our ability to predict the dynamics of our desktop channel business.

Duncan Hunter

Prior to September 11, 2001, illegal immigration was considered a regional issue without national implications. We quickly learned on that day, however, that this is a national issue, affecting each and every American, not just those living in border communities like San Diego County,

Frances Beinecke

Striking a balance between wildlife conservation and wind energy development starts with understanding threats to eagle populations and how our actions, including operating wind farms, are affecting them.

Kurt Barrow

Oil markets have been a bit irrational in the past week or two with long-term supply concerns affecting short-term prices. Iranian oil exports are unlikely to ever be restricted and certainly not anytime soon.

Dick DeGuerin

Ronnie Earle, a local county prosecutor, is affecting the business of the United States by his foot dragging and his frivolous appeals, and we're not going to stop.

Kate Looby

This is an issue that is affecting real people's lives in this state and potentially around the country.

Cheryle Jackson

This is really affecting young African Americans, but there are ways to avoid becoming a statistic in the first place.

Brian Clapp

There is a smaller margin for error today in hiring and promoting people into key positions, and a greater need to target development efforts to ensure that they really make a difference. A bad senior-level hire or promotion can severely damage a company's external brand, affecting customer trust and loyalty, and resulting in lost commercial opportunity.

Timothy Robishaw

The process of star formation is obscured because it takes place in these dense molecular clouds, so it's not yet directly observable. Astrophysicists believe that magnetic fields play a strong role in regulating the star formation by affecting the shape of these molecular clouds.

Jim Shultz

Cutting public expenditures by any large degree cannot be done without affecting the poor who rely on public services, or provoking huge rebellions.

Bruce Bochy

San Diego is a military town, and this is our small way of showing our appreciation to our armed forces. Honestly, doing this is an honor.

Patrick Lawler

The robust appreciation rates are striking both in terms of their magnitude and in their geographic scope. However, they are likely unsustainable given the underlying inflation rate, income growth and other factors,

Tim O'Toole

It would be over-egging our own capabilities to pretend we had instantaneous appreciation of what was happening.

Nicolas Retsinas

It would be healthy for the U.S. housing market if the rate of price appreciation slows and gives income growth a chance to catch up to it, like we've seen in areas like Boston,

Harold Vogel

It wouldn't be a giant leap of imagination for them to consider selling all of it. Even if they sold all of it, it's not clear that will generate significant stock appreciation for Time Warner.

Thomas Stevens

The rise in inventory means that buyers will have a wider choice available to them, and the significant price appreciation over October last year shows that demand is still there, as markets continues to balance themselves. Buyers know that housing is a good investment.

Peter Banks

This is a real coup for us and will really benefit the students in their study of Shakespeare and general appreciation of his work.

Pat Sajak

This is a tough time for our men and women, and they are doing some tough work, and not always with universal appreciation for what they are doing. This is our way of reminding Americans of the great work they do and our way of showing a little appreciation and, hopefully, spreading a little money their way.

Robert Hansen

You're seeing trading volumes trend higher with appreciation in the equity markets, and you're seeing client assets rise in tandem.

E. O. Wilson

After years of hard work, Simmons is proud to be awarded this accreditation for our National Consumer Study. The NCS is a thorough measurement of the American consumer; from the products we buy, the brands we prefer and where we buy them, to our attitudes, lifestyles and the media we consume. Our adherence to the MRC Minimum Standards earned this accreditation and our commitment to quality will continue to earn our clients support.

Jon Huntsman

It was tough to keep the tears back, quite frankly. As you pin the award on, you salute them shake their hands.

Anil Kapoor

In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale.

Patricia Clarkson

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

Jon Corzine

Let's award public contracts by competition and quality, not contributions.

Joe Thornton

From Day 1, I just played real well with Cheech. You don't plan for something like this. These two awards are definitely team-oriented, and we're just happy for each other.

Steven Cojocaru

I have a big mouth and I'm very opinionated, like most of my friends are, especially my girlfriends the day after an awards show,

Jeffrey Tambor

The Emmy should be an ensemble award, too. I kept howling at everyone else's performances.

Gena Showalter

Please, I'd love to meet the guy you couldn't handle, and give him and award.

Colin Morton

The business really does seem to be firing on all cylinders at the moment.

John Shanley

The business prospects on the international front continue to become more and more important for Nike.

Craig Benson

The Business Profits Tax, which is imposed on in-state businesses, we need to impose the same thing on out-of-state businesses, because the way the Business Profits Tax is calculated, it is highly dependent on how much sales and profits are generated in-state.

David Sharp

The business plans we've seen when 3G was put together show it's very difficult to make a return on your investment unless you set up a business community where you are all putting services through the infrastructure. That makes it very important for everyone to be working to standards.

Bill Hauck

The business plan raises a lot of questions. Is that other money going to materialize? Is this project the highest priority for federal funds at this point?

John Abraham

The business part is over with. It's time to get to the personal part, which is getting back with my teammates and getting ready for the season. For me, it's more getting ready to play for the first game, not trying to hurt the team.

John McCaul

The business owners and residents are very concerned.

David Janazzo

The business outlook for wholesale transport, IP services and consumer voice-over-IP remains opaque. But Level 3 now has more time.

Charles Dickens

The business of the law is to increase the business of the law

Clive Smith

As far as their reasons for hunger striking, it seems to be a myriad of different reasons that they all have, the largest one seems to be like they want to protest their continued (detention).

Don Brash

As expected in November, growth in the economies of our trading partners has continued to be sluggish.

Gunter Thielen

During the first half of the year, Bertelsmann established the foundations for continued future growth, ... I am very pleased at our improved return on sales.

Lindsey Williams

The talks continued today, but there was no progress.

Linda McMahon

The third quarter operating results reflect the continued positive momentum generated from our businesses.

E. P. Thompson

The things that limit the continued extensibility of the fiber-optic network are cost and performance of future lasers. Lower cost could drive much more fiber into metropolitan areas.

Anita Borg

I want all of these folks connected. We're all doing too much reinventing of the wheel, ... The Internet enables us to share the ideas we have without having to create another hierarchy. We hope that these two projects will come together and create a structure of continued involvement.

Robert Koch

This is an important first step in leveling the playing field, and establishes an environment for continued communication.

Ty Votaw

This is another signal of the continued growth and advancement of women's professional golf,

David Walker

As a matter of course we review our cost structure and staffing needs and levels.

Dontell Jefferson

Of course we don't want to cost the school any money, but as a player you want to have interaction like that.

Sophie McShera

Normally, you have to wait for the costume department to help you out of costume.

Roger Tamraz

Normally the prices should come down, but I don't see that because I think the cost of exploration is much higher than we expected,

Tomas Vokoun

A player like (Parker) shouldn't be in the NHL anyway. The penalty cost us more than them. We got an impact player thrown out. They lost a marginal player.

Stan Franczek

The soil was unstable. We had to get it corrected. It cost us a lot of time and hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Takuji Aida

The slowdown in recurring profits reflects rising material costs in manufacturing and higher personnel costs in non-manufacturing.

Ian McCafferty

The slightly less negative recent news from the housing and retail sectors contrasts with increasing pressures on manufacturers from the high cost of fuel and materials.

Tom Schatz

The structure slams the door on any competition. The ULA locks up all contracts, ensuring high costs for taxpayers and stifling innovation.

Lisa Ling

There are so many factors to lead to a child becoming obese.

Anthony Chan

There are a lot of good factors out there.

Randy Bly

It's a combination of factors hitting all at once.

Abdul Reeki

No Sunni has a right to become a president, prime minister or even a minister in the Iranian government.

Greg Potter

The telecoms and construction sectors are likely to be up because that's where the money is going after the government said it wants to up its investment in these sectors.

Bill Frist

Now my hand, my hand can be grasped, and the hand of government can be grasped, by you, by your families, by your communities, and that others can together with us in government seize what may well be an unprecedented, unprecedented opportunity,

Jack Straw

putting the government of Syria on notice that our patience has limits.

Joe Lhota

The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.

Susan Goldstein

I've never really been a taker, always a giver, but in this case, I really had the sense that this is what the government is supposed to be there to do.

Stephen Harper

Is it a nudge? A wink? Precisely what kind of sign is the government looking for?

Ron Ruff

I've been involved in politics and government since high school.

Elin Suleymanov

Things are moving toward a positive solution. The government has reacted to the allegations.

John Sullivan

The state of Illinois had $17 million to spend, with requests for $67 million,

Emo Philips

I'm from Downer's Grove, Illinois. We had a blackout there the other day, but fortunately the police made him get back into his car before he got too far.

Kevin Toney

They have played with some Indiana schools that would be in the South Seven in southern Illinois in terms of size. Their record is deceiving.

Aaron Schock

In politics, you never know who's going to die, retire, or - in Illinois - get indicted.

Wally Herger

The impacts of this inflexible law have been real and devastating,

Bill Hamilton

They obviously have one of the largest impacts of any employer,

Kevin Keane

People shouldn't overreact. It's a very small number of products and not major brands.

Subir Raha

The Syrian acquisition is a major breakthrough for us.

Pat Gelsinger

This is not a minor retooling. This is a major leap.

Zhou Jixiang

That's why we need to stretch to other major cities. We've only started the work with Shandong Province.

Mike Wallace

You say this, 'I would never have been a Major League-caliber player without steroids.' Right,

Mat Sprague

Considering where the program has come from, it's a major accomplishment.

James Thurber

And unless there is a major stumbling or bombshell, I think he will be confirmed.

Wang Jisi

beset by more profound differences than any other bilateral relationship between major powers in the world today.

Jennie Finch

I've faced more than 35 major leaguers, and only two have ever made contact against me.

Michael McLaughlin

(Dell) is positioned in a market that is rapidly going to grow.

John Patrick

The target market is for people who have not been entrenched in Web culture.

Edmund Daukoru

The oil market has remained well-supplied with crude.

Mark Goodstein

These are all different approaches, but the market really has to validate them. ... If it's hydrogen, great. How many sales are you going to get?

Frederick Tsang

The whole market is quite weak and there's quite a lot of selling of futures and red chips.

Alfred Kugel

You really have a two-tier market with tech stocks going down and everything else going up. Part of this is because valuations in technology stocks got overdone this year and, at the same time, the Dow hadn't performed and now they look cheap.

Arthur Cashin

What the market would like to see is some sign of bottoming and that the market is reacting positively to the past six cuts. The market is heavily oversold and we have a real coiled spring here just waiting for a release.

Billy Bob Thornton

Marketing is the devil.

Bill Gurley

Marketing executives like big budgets, as big budgets make it easier to grow the top line.

William Shakespeare

Policy sits above conscience.

Rick Warren

You can like somebody without agreeing with all of their policies.

Susan Smith

It's probably time to do the whole policy over.

Jimmy Wales

IAR is policy, always has been.

Nigel S. Wright

Public policy has been a passion of mine. For three decades, I've had some involvement in the political process.

Harvey Fierstein

Pork was in 1971, and I stopped hanging out at The Factory by like 1973.

Rick McCallum

Producers don't really publicize movies.

Wyclef Jean

I always have a producer to the side of me, and I never want to do a record by myself.

Michael Keaton

There are certainly producers I hang with and directors I hang with and actors I hang with.

Chris Schuster

The Tigers would like to thank all the support throughout the season.

Bob Storman

Now he can mobilize the 'Z Team' to support other candidates.

Dave Fleming

Things are going well, ... We've had a lot of support so far.

Brian Sandoval

Racial profiling is illegal, and I do not support it.

Brian Tracy

The whole purpose of working is to support your ideal lifestyle.

Arthur Bloch

Enough research will tend to support your conclusions.

Bill Hayden

Support for alternate languages will largely depend on the underlying OS.

Edmund Hillary

I'm definitely a Queen supporter. She was great.

Albert Einstein

For scientific endeavor is a natural whole the parts of which mutually support one another in a way which, to be sure, no one can anticipate.