Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wade Leppert

I've been competing since eighth-grade. It gives me the ability to fight off blocks and overpower people.

Warren Shiau

Things are getting worse. However, despite the greater instances of attacks the amount of investment in security has produced a degree of resistance to those attacks. Internal breaches of security was five per cent three years ago (today it is 30 per cent) . . . perhaps with the implementation of improved security people have a better ability to discover security breaches than in the past.

Scott Moore

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Chris Mullin

The way Mike performed, the way he conducted himself, and the way we run our organization, we both felt it was something that we wanted, ... We're still putting together a team and not just individuals. Mike's ability to play with the guys that we have on our roster, along with his age and his development ... are what it's about.

Tony Fratto

The World Bank's analysis seems to give greater credence to the ability of a Niger to pay back its unsustainable debt than it does for the G-8 countries to meet their commitments.

Subra Suresh

These are tools that were not available five years ago. They could help to answer one of the key questions as a disease progresses in the human body: What is the connection between the development of the disease and the ability of a cell to change shape, move through the body, and stick to a blood vessel wall?

Gray Davis

These are serious questions, which, if true, raise doubts about his ability to govern this state. You need to think about whether this is a risk California should take,

John McCoy

This is as important affiliation for us in that our stated objective is to be one of the top three banks in the markets we serve, ... We are very pleased to be joining Banc One, which has demonstrated an exceptional ability to dramatically improve operating performance of its affiliates." ()

Suzanne York

This is essentially another pathway into the profession. It's a little more intensive, but it actually offers access into the profession and the ability to practice medicine with a smaller financial output.

Kevin Boyer

The win was almost perfect. It was our last conference game at home; it's nice to go out on top.

M. Thompson

The wind pattern is almost identical to the one we had when we broke the record on Lakota. We should have a fast run up the north sea to coincide with a low pressure arriving in the Shetland Islands.

Ken Tower

These are things that people can be nervous about and, yes, they're concerns. But let's face it: the world has trouble almost every day. It's probably not a major factor for our market.

John Pratt

The richest man in the world got wealthy even though his company sells almost nothing tangible.

Paige Patterson

This is definitely the most demanding role I've ever had. It's almost like a job. I've found myself having to do research and really work at this character. It's much harder memorizing lines when they're all in a thick Irish accent.

Asma Jehangir

This is definitely one of the most terrible stories I have ever heard and we deal with women victims of crime almost every day.

Rob Enderle

This is an initiative to create a high level of integration and is almost a complete reorganization of the Microsoft architecture, ... But I haven't seen anything new they've done that has gotten me excited.

David Koo

This is an exceptional period of time for astronomy, because for the first time we are able to combine data from almost all of the important wavelengths.

Ann Miller

This is an umbrella kind of conference, meaning we cover almost anything in communications. We'll ... have 18 different sessions focused on topics like wireless networking, security and quality of service.

Bill Muir

As European markets move farther east, Ukraine becomes cost-competitive with our most competitive places.

Rig Veda

A scholar always treads on the path of righteousness and as result becomes successful.

Bob Kelly

What this means is that Windows becomes the platform for virtualization. Customers will consolidate existing systems to Windows using virtual technology. This is very compelling to our customer base.

Brown Johnson

The idea is that being able to speak a second language becomes a magical power. We wanted to make it special as opposed to being embarrassed about it.

Brian Riedl

The fiscal situation will probably have to worsen and cause some economic pain before it becomes a priority.

Bill Murray

I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you're in trouble. It's like wanting to be married - you'll take anybody. If you want the Oscar really badly, it becomes a naked desire and ambition. It becomes very unattractive.

Jim Calhoun

We still have a chance to have a special season, there's no question in my mind. In order for us to finish up the season the way we have to, we have to eliminate some of those inconsistent moments, because pretty soon every game becomes important, and if you have an inconsistent game, you go home.

Kevin Reilly

It's not entirely analogous, because those movies were ready-made products you could go and acquire. With this, at best, there's probably something that's going to be a presentation for something that becomes a pilot for something that could eventually become a series.

Mike Timlin

It's not any different until we get a significant lead and it becomes different when our magic number is zero. Then it becomes different. Then you can take a deep breath and concentrate on the next step.

Marilyn Miller

Protesting in the face of a grieving family is unacceptable.

Heather Casey

I can't put into words what I felt when I saw the look on her face as she realized something she did with her hands got her something she wanted.

Frank Martin

I'm at peace with understanding that I'm at a crossroads. I'm at peace understanding that it comes with the profession. ... But whenever you face the possibility of change, there's always a nervousness to it. We all want stability.

Mario Williams

I really have to face the fact that I'm leaving a great family here. I'm going to be in the real world now.

Giovanni Carrara

I'm ready... as much as I can be. I just missed too many days. You need to face batters, and I didn't for over two weeks. I'm behind, but I can make it up.

Paul Gleason

I'm looking forward to not having to prepare to face Jesse Lumsden,

Brian Keith

I'm just so proud of our team. To come in and face such a great team as Kountze, right now it's just so unbelievable.

Jamie Masada

The kid is not doing well. His kidney is not doing good. Half of his face is swollen,

Per Lindberg

The key question for investors now is whether they think Nokia's mobile margins are sustainable or not, ... I don't think they are, because this is a commodity-like market in the long term, and Nokia will face much stiffer competition.

Meghan Coward

Sometimes Molly will fly out to L.A. for a few days, raid the gallery scene there, and come back with a list of names and try to lure them down here.

Beth McNamara

We gave it a good fight today. Our team hustled and did a few things well and a few things not so well that we will work on, ... We made a few mistakes defensively and they capitalized. They made some really good plays.

Jonathan Cheechoo

We weren't very disciplined; (we) took a few penalties maybe we shouldn't (have). It was pretty one-sided, the (penalty) calling, but at the same time we were putting ourselves in that position.

Bob O'Brien

Twelve, 13 years is a long time, but we've had a few (cases) even longer than that.

Victor Matfield

Now we just have to win a few on tour.

Thron Riggs

I would have been jelly in a few more minutes.

Jeff Brimhall

If we'd have hit a few free throws down the stretch, we win that ballgame.

Lindsay Davenport

She gave me a few errors, which always helps,

John Stamos

I have a trainer that I box with. Luckily, on ER, they'll tell me if I have a shirtless scene coming up and I'll have a few weeks to power it out.

George Becker

China's a rogue nation, ... We should hold our congressional leaders accountable.

Bengie Molina

I got a hold of it. I didn't think it was going to stay fair, but it did.

Wayne Allard

They're going to get out, obviously. They're out there, people know they're out there, and there's no reason to hold them back.

Dick Gephardt

They realize they can't hold the majority unless they spend millions in soft money,

Frank Armstrong

There's a lot of overlap in his plan. You might as well hold an index fund.

Tom DeLay

There's a lot of things that would increase supply which is incredibly important in order to hold down the price and have the price go down,

Craig Watson

There's always one or two, but we can't get enough to hold a class.

Cindy Sheehan

there's always hope, and I've always said that. The invitation's still open, and I think he knows how to get a hold of me.

Sean Doolittle

It was only one run. I knew that if I could hold them at one run that our offense would come around and luckily we did.

Henry David Thoreau

The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild, and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World

Henry David Thoreau

In society, in the best institutions of men, it is easy to detect a certain precocity. When we should still be growing children, we are already little men. Give me a culture which imports much muck from the meadows, and deepens the soil,--not that which trusts to heating manures, and improved implements, and modes of culture only!

Henry David Thoreau

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

Henry David Thoreau

You only need sit still long enough in some attractive spot in the woods that all its inhabitants may exhibit themselves to you by turns.

Henry David Thoreau

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.

Henry David Thoreau

The voice of nature is always encouraging.

Henry David Thoreau

I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.

Johannes Tauler

In the most intimate, hidden and innermost ground of the soul, God is always essentially, actively, and substantially present. Here the soul possesses everything by grace which God possesses by nature.

Johannes Kepler

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

Chris Larsen

Some people would say we're being overly-conservative. But I say we're being realistic for our first year planning.

Source Unknown

Some people would rather be wrong than quiet for a minute.

Harry Wang

Some people will not be tolerant about this.

Jill Lepore

Some people will always think they know how to make other people's marriages better, and, after a while, they'll get to cudgeling you or selling you something; the really entrepreneurial types will sell you the cudgel.

John Cassidy

Some people were frightened, ran to their basement, or ran out of doors.

Michelle Lombardo

Some people watched the show just because of the wardrobe, ... That's exciting.

Tracey Emin

Some people use just one condom, right? But we use tons.

Andy Johnson

Some people think that because it's a threatened species, that every one we save is good. But not if they never get to live in the wild.

Andrew Niccol

Some people think 'Lord of War' is a political film,