Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeetil Patel

Educational toys and learning systems was one of the fastest growing markets of 2002 going into 2003. It's a robust market that's managed to withstand the challenging economic environment because it's not an area that consumers typically think about when they consider paring back their spending.

Craig Venter

Early on, when you're working in a new area of science, you have to think about all the pitfalls and things that could lead you to believe that you had done something when you hadn't, and, even worse, leading others to believe it.

Ed Jovanovski

Dr. Meyers is a specialist in this area and he determined right away what the problem was. I was about two seconds from boarding a plane back to Vancouver to spend a couple of days thinking about it, but I thought this was the best way to go.

Paul Clarke

Evacuations are not always a very efficient process, since so many people are trying to get out of the area at the same time.

Xiaodong Song

Essentially, the waves that traveled through the area outside the inner core?the crust, the mantle, the outer core?are all the same. Only when they travel through the inner core are they different.

James Laver

During the summer, nearly every area of the country is normally subject to periods of extreme heat, wetness, or dryness. Summer weather patterns over the continental U.S. are more difficult to forecast than those in the winter season because they are not strongly tied to a climate indicator, such as an El Nino or La Nina.

Jim Cameron

Flocks of guinea fowl in our area have very few chicks. This shows we have had too much rain. The chicks have drowned in the nests on the ground.

Michael Kennedy

We do not sell products. We stay within our area of expertise, which is tax, and we work with other advisors like lawyers, insurance experts, investment advisors to help clients solve their problems.

Jack Edwards

Brick and I should have a ton of repetitions early on to get everything straightened out while much of the area will be preoccupied by the Red Sox in the playoffs.

John Longo

That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did, ... I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.

Mike Burgess

People can register the day of the race, but it's like anything else. You have to stand in line. It's always best to pre-register.

Bret Bielema

After several discussions with both Gino and Antonio, I felt it would be in the best interest of both student-athletes and the Wisconsin football program if they did not return to the program.

David Grant

After reviewing a number of strategic alternatives, it is clear that this transaction is the best option to create long-term value for our shareholders.

Mike Slive

After reviewing all of the information, I felt this was the best decision for the game, ... The safety of our student-athletes, coaches and fans is our priority.

Mark Hagen

Once we get everyone in things will start to settle out. But the bottom line is we will have the best guy for each position on the field in the fall.

Benny Castillo

Once we found out Chico won, that really let the wind out of our sails. We thought we were the best team all year, but now we have a bitter taste in our mouths for next season. I'm proud of these guys, all of them. They all grew up this year.

Tatiana Totmianina

Actually it was our best performance of our whole lives. I'm really, really happy. I'm proud because we made a good performance for our country.

John Hurt

Actors are not always the best judges. We have a peculiar idea of what we think we are, and sometimes it's best left to others to decide what we play.

Libby Doggett

Pre-K is gradually being integrated into the K-12 education system nationwide. In a state that has so many great universities like Purdue, Indiana and Notre Dame, it's a shame (Indiana) won't do more to ensure its own children are better prepared to enter those schools with high quality pre-K.

Barbara Mertz

Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not at all averse to a confrontation. In fact, I had been hoping for some such thing.

Ogden Nash

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.

Celine Dion

Since I was a little child, my nose - I think it's too big.

Mark Pudlow

As it is, the children in Florida are tested within an inch of their lives, and I don't think they need any more tests.

Phyllis Nisbett

At one time this was a national program. I don't know if the program is under the same name, but we have continued to teach and tutor the children from Sunrise Elementary.

Jonathan Kozol

At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I visit, minority children typically represent 95 percent to 99 percent of class enrollment.

Dr. Irwin

Cough is very common in children. However, cough and cold medicines are not useful in children and can actually be harmful. In most cases, a cough that is unrelated to chronic lung conditions, environmental influences, or other specific factors, will resolve on its own.

Duane Alexander

Contrary to what many people may think, the nation's children are faring better in many respects than they have in previous years.

Consider the daffodil. And while you're doing that, I'll be over here, looking through your stuff.

Jason Tsai

It will be considered a one-time adjustment, rather than any real growth in a company's value.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

She did not admire him any more than she had. It was merely that she considered him the Lesser of two evils.

Terence McElroy

I don't think passing on the suppression costs would be done just as a deterrent. The fact of the matter is many people have lost their property and homes and someone has to pay for that. Under the law, someone is liable for it.

If you go to a costume party at your boss's house, wouldn't you think a good costume would be to dress up like the boss's wife? Trust me, it's not.

Scott Harelson

It's not even a cost issue. It just doesn't even look possible because of all the engineering obstacles.

Jeff Pulver

eBay obviously saw the cost of fighting a lawsuit better than the cost of paying the licensing fees.

Mary Bearden

Economic development is a numbers game. (Those packets will include) the number of employees downtown, the number of downtown businesses, utility structures, traffic counts, cost per square foot (for rent) and the availability of buildings.

Elizabeth Fry

Everyone is invited, it doesn't cost anything, it's free to everyone we're really hoping to have some really great time.

Mike Degory

Everybody is surprised and also disappointed with our offense. But we need to focus on things we can control. We've had penalties that cost us and turnovers that cost us, and the offensive line has been inconsistent.

Bill Self

Everybody's shooting two or three or four a game. I think with teams like that, it's why you don't shoot as good a percentage. But 8-for-17 is miserable. It's already cost us a couple of games.

Scott Aukerman

The big problem in translating is that we had to translate the language. People may not know that we record the podcast in Japanese, translate it to English and then actors play us on the podcast. I'm not actually Scott Aukerman, I'm the actor who plays his voice on the podcast. Unfortunately, it's cost prohibitive on a television show.

Susan Ward

Train your staff (if you have any) to be always helpful, courteous, and knowledgeable. Most importantly, give every member of your staff enough information and power to make those small customer-pleasing decisions, so he never has to say, "I don't know, but so-and-so will be back at..."

Susan Ward

The irony of good customer service is that over time it will bring in more new customers than promotions and price slashing ever did!

Stephen Leacock

All our yesterdays, it is true, have only lighted fools the way to dusty death. But we need at least the dates of the yesterdays and the list of the fools.

Sol Stern

Pedagogy of the Oppressed resonated with progressive educators, already committed to a 'child-centered' rather than a 'teacher-directed' approach to classroom instruction. Freire's rejection of teaching content knowledge seemed to buttress what was already the ed schools' most popular theory of learning, which argued that students should work collaboratively in constructing their own knowledge and that the teacher should be a 'guide on the side,' not a 'sage on the stage.'

Stanley Kubrick

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.

Tammy Faye Bakker

You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God.

Sylvia Porter

Invest in yourself, in your education. There's nothing better.

Sigrid Undset

I hated school so intensely. It interfered with my freedom. I avoided the discipline by an elaborate technique of being absent-minded during classes.

Shirley Hufstedler

I'm bilingual. I speak English and I speak educationese.

Sophie Kinsella

There is something exciting about saving up for a special treat. Bring back the piggy bank!

Bobby Robson

Jermaine Jenas is a fit lad. He gets from box to box in all of 90 minutes

Peter Magowan

All this speculation that he's no longer a National League player, that he's only fit to be a DH, all that goes by the wayside,

Bobby Cox

All the young kids have fit in. They've helped us win. I mean it looked a little gloomy there losing what we lost, trying to plug up the holes.

Amar'e Stoudemire

You can tailor garments all you want, but if it doesn't fit in the arms or legs, it never will.

Jim Myers

Everyone knew him. He was just special. The school and sports fit his life perfectly. We did some things to help him, and he did a lot to help us.

Cedric Humes

It's been a great week learning how NFL teams do things. I've been able to see what the tempo and speed is like at this level. I think I can be a good fit for someone.

Jamie Langenbrunner

It's been a good fit for all of us. When we're working and moving, we're successful.

Brian Kerr

Damien got through the session so it looks like he will be OK. We had 23 players fit and training.

Randy May

It's just a better fit logistically for everyone.

Frank Stallone

If you get married, you become vulnerable.

Stephen Leacock

Humour is essentially a comforter, reconciling us to things as they are in contrast to things as they might be.

Stephen King

I had a period where I thought I might not be good enough to publish.

Sophie Thompson

I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I might find the funny bits.

Stephen Vincent Benet

Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you might die of the truth.

Rick Riordan

Death has more in common with Love than you might imagine.

Rick Riordan

If I'm going to burn, it might as well be bright.

Roy Orbison

You wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right, you do the Ooby Dooby with all your might.

Rumi

The branch might seem like the fruit's origin: In fact, the branch exist because of the fruit.

Rumi

Be a spot of ground where nothing is growing, where something might be planted, a seed, possibly, from the Absolute.

Joe Torre

I don't think that's outside the realm of possibility,

David Miliband

I've learnt that, sometimes, how others see you is not the same as how you see yourself. I've learnt about how you can be multitasking - and sometimes other people see that you're multitasking. And that's not very nice for them.

Julia Voth

I've always surrounded myself with people who are driven. You can be gorgeous, but if you don't want to work for it, nothing is not going to happen.

Amanda Abbington

I've always wanted to make sure people are okay, ever since I was a little girl.

John Mackey

I've been amazed at how quickly people can heal themselves, actually.

Jeff Greene

I've been a friend to people who may not have had perfect pasts.

Ed Jovanovski

I've been around long enough that people know what kind of player I am and I think there's only an upside to all this.

Lorde

I've always hung out with people older than me, with my parents' friends, because I appreciated the conversation.

J. August Richards

I've always been able to sense the relationship between two people based on how one person says the other's name!

Stephen A. Schwarzman

I've always been comfortable with people who run things, whether it was the principal of my high school or the president of the university.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Some good qualities are like the senses: Those who are entirely deprived of them can have no notion of them.

Mark Recchi

I don't think they had 10 even-strength, 5-on-5 quality chances.

Rob Zombie

I wanted it to be like a high quality, drive-in movie.

Trisha Goddard

There is a learning quality in all of our shows.

William James

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.

Robert M. Pirsig

Care and Quality are internal and external aspects of the same thing. A person who sees Quality and feels it as he works is a person who cares. A person who cares about what he sees and does is a person who’s bound to have some characteristic of quality.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Restfulness is a quality for cattle; the virtues are all active, life is alert.

Robert Fitzgerald

Of course the other and more serious way in which it all happens is that one finds in poems and language some quality one appropriates for oneself and wishes to reproduce.

Walt Whitman

An individual is as superb as a nation when he has the qualities which make a superb nation.

Robert H. Schuller

Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.

Jessica Savitch

The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself.

Allen Ginsberg

You say what you want to say when you don't care who's listening. If you're grasping to get your own voice, you're making a strained attempt to talk, so it's a matter of just listening to yourself as you sound when you're talking about something that's intensely important to you.

Robert Barry

I usually, if I give a talk, I don't usually prepare anything. I just say - you know, I may stop talking by showing some video or slides of what I do but mainly I try to respond to what problems people have with my work.

John Noverini

I am always here to talk to people.

Darius Kasparaitis

He doesn't look too happy, and when he's cranky, you don't want to talk to him.

Patricia Brown

He don't really talk a whole lot. ... He probably didn't see anything.

Yang Liwei

He doesn't talk much. He is a hard-working and cooperative guy.

Norman Gillespie

He never has (seen it) but if you talk to Joern he doesn't need to,

Bea Arthur

In the show I actually talk a lot about how TV has changed.

Jane Kaczmarek

I really like to talk when I exercise.