Famous Quotes & Sayings

Greg Abel

We are pleased to have completed the regulatory approval process in just 10 months from the date the transaction was announced May 24, 2005. We appreciate the thorough and efficient review of the transaction by regulatory officials and parties to the proceedings in each state.

Vic Reeves

We are pleased to announced we are having babies. Two of them, to be exact.

Leonard Teitelbaum

We are maintaining our neutral opinion on PPC (No. 2 U.S. poultry producer Pilgrim's Pride Inc.) following the company's comments this morning that it no longer expects to meet its previously announced earnings expectations for either F2006 (ends Sept) or the F2Q. We are reducing our F2006 estimate to $1.20 from $2.20 and are also now estimating a fiscal 2Q loss of $0.30 per share, down from earnings of $0.30 per share.

Jorma Ollila

We strongly believe that the technological developments announced here today will provide the basis for a future of faster, easier and more cost effective mobile telephony services.

LaRae Quy

We approached the residence and announced ourselves. The female occupant refused to open the door. After a brief verbal standoff we gained entry and Dow was arrested without incident.

Brian France

We have not announced the final penalties for Chad. We're not happy that he has had a progression of pushing the envelope.

Darryl Seibel

Until we have announced our process, and finalized it, nobody is behind the curve.

Stephen Ward

We've always wanted to compete directly with Dell. Since we announced this merger, we have taken customers away from Dell in every geographic region. We have got the clearest channel practices of anyone in the industry. We have no change in our strategy, in our partners and our channel.

Steve Jobs

When we announced the Microsoft deal six months ago in Boston, we heard boos which I thought was crazy. In an industry of 'flash-in-the-pan' partnerships, this has turned out differently. Microsoft is out to continue a very healthy application business on the Mac,

Geoff Salmon

We want them to get caught up in it. It's something they'll never be able to do again, for the seniors. We'll get after them in practice and go hard like we have all year, but we also want them to appreciate what they're doing.

Chris Colfer

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

Audrey Hepburn

I realize that most of us live on the skin - on the surface - without appreciating just how wonderful it is simply to be alive at all.

Arthur Rock

So I, I knew something in a business sense about semiconductors and I appreciated their possibilities.

Russ Johnson

We appreciate the concern they have and them coming by, and I know C.R. would appreciate it, too. But now is just a real critical time. His brain has a lot of healing to do.

Brian Hutchinson

We appreciate the commitment of Kyle and his staff to Morehead State and the Eagle basketball program. There is no question that many facets of our program improved under his direction. We will immediately begin the process of a national search to fill this void in our athletics program.

Linda Newman

We appreciate the break, it gives us a little more leeway.

Tubby Smith

We appreciate the Big Blue faithful. The faith they have in us is remarkable.

Brian Sullivan

We appreciate that this has put some stress on waiting lists, It really comes down to the fact that these people have lost everything. You can't get around that.

Wayne Lee

The only difference between our August announcement and today is that the SEC put its stamp of approval on it,

Greg Abel

We are pleased to have received approval of the transaction in all six states served by PacifiCorp. We remain on schedule to close the transaction by the end of the first quarter.

Mary Andrews

We believe that no child should suffer from a preventable or treatable disorder. With today's FDA approval, we are happy to know that there is a new treatment option for children suffering from short stature caused by severe Primary IGFD.

Bill Maher

The president is not doing well with African Americans. His popularity rating - his approval rating - with blacks: two percent. Two percent. That is somewhere between Mark Fuhrman and sickle cell anemia.

Naresh Goyal

There is no problem about the deal. I have got information today that we have received the approval from the Department of Company Affairs. We are completing necessary formalities of the acquisition.

John Bryant

Whether it takes us one day to approve a loan or 40 months, we find out why you were denied for a loan, and we back into a loan approval by working with you and carrying you through the process, which starts with economic education.

Craig Moffett

Watchdog groups and tech companies are likely to press for 'Net neutrality' as a condition of merger approval in Washington.

Mary Andrews

With today's FDA approval, we are happy to know that there is a new treatment option for children suffering from short stature caused by severe Primary IGFD.

Maggie Gallagher

Worse, legal approval of suicide amounts to a declaration to the old, sick and vulnerable that others consider their lives worthless.

Chad Adams

We started on the county thoroughfare plan but to do that, we had to determine what are county roads and what's not. This plan will be completed in March and we'll continue to prepare for a future growth.

Boeing Co

We remain confident a deal will be completed in the near future.

David Hulme

We're looking for more space and that's a good problem to have. It's expected to be completed enough this summer that we can start moving in.

Nancy Thompson

About 85% of the work has been completed within a week's period.

Clyde Melick

This clarifies the existing status of many roads around the county. We completed roughly 99 percent of the roads last year and this is the final list given by the commissioners.

Sen. Golden

They should not be on a school or within 500 feet of a school until a 20-year study is completed that shows it is safe for children.

Liz Sweeney

It's not unusual for two audits of two organizations to be completed at different times.

Jay Brooks

It remains to be seen whether or not this will be helpful for the entire population before we make a statement about this. But it is being studied, it has been studied, and we're waiting for the results of that study to be completed ... hopefully within the next couple of years.

Alan Nevin

It really has to do mostly with conversions and with projects (in) downtown (San Diego). The conversions and the projects downtown that were recently completed have large standing inventories. As a result, they are giving concessions.

Michael Colucci

We're not going to make a special effort to go fast. Qualifying on the pole for a 24-hour race is a little like having a date with your sister, it doesn't mean anything.

B. R. Hayden

We want people to be as up to date as possible.

Rhea Wride

We've always made sure that we held date night -- that we went out on a date at least once a week.

Britton Banowsky

We're running out of open dates in football.

Artie Lange

The regular guy still relates to him and Howard is a $500 million guy now who dates a model and drives about in a limo all day. But Howard still knows how to make a plumber laugh and those guys still have him on in the morning, because he is a real talent.

Francis Slay

What's next? What are the dates for next year? Who's coming?

Donnie Jones

It's kind of a difficult thing to explain. You run into dates, what dates fit into their schedule. Some teams are looking for more guaranteed money. It varies.

Nicholas Burns

They're very important elections for the Haitian people and frankly the organization of the elections to date has not been sufficient,

Catherine Jimenez

It's on its way. The official listing date will be the day the commissioner signs off on the nomination.

Harrison Wadsworth

The Perkins program is one of the most efficient ways to use federal resources -- schools partly match federal capital, and all the money is recycled into loans for future generations. Students need Perkins more than ever.

Kathy Shepard

We are proud of our team members who, in a prompt and efficient manner, extinguished the smoke.

Luis von Ahn

Basically, I want to make all of humanity more efficient by exploiting the human cycles that get wasted.

Harry S Truman

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Adrian Smith

When you're used to seeing someone being coldly efficient on court and suddenly they go on stage and into your world - it's fascinating.

Mac Thornberry

We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.

Jim Bolla

When we get the ball, we're not as efficient because we're tired and often take the first shot. We're playing into our opponents' hands.

Ryan Duft

We're starting to take some of that pressure off Shawn a little bit. That's made us a more efficient team offensively.

Michael Robinson

We're going to have to play very efficient and mistake-free to be able to hang in there with those guys.

David Rockefeller

It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months.

Bruce Smith

We were blazing. Six months after we opened, 9/11 happened.

Alan Trammell

Losing gets old. It's just been a heck of a month, to be honest with you.

Gary Griffin

Whether it takes two months or two weeks whatever,

Barbra Streisand

I'm a terrible lip-syncer anyway because I have to be in the moment, and I can't lip-sync to something I recorded three months before.

Bob Mould

I don't like the dislocation of being away for months at a time. It's not conducive to having a life.

Sherry Cooper

About six months ago, there was really no concern, and I think it makes sense to be concerned.

Cliff Richard

About two months ago I finished a gospel tour.

Dick Cheney

It's been several months since we had a solid report on his presence. ... We just don't know,

Dave Freudenthal

The safest course for public officials is simply to throw all of the money in a sack.

Mark Spitz

The officials I was with, I don't know if they were unaware, but they didn't say anything to me. The whole thing turned into what did I see and what did I know.

Ann Coulter

The tolerant liberal suddenly becomes very intolerant when their official religion is challenged.

Tom LaBonge

I don't like to see public officials attacked,

Jesus Dureza

Our panel of 22 officials are here for the meeting. I think we are on the right track.

Lorna Luft

It was at one of the parties at our house that The Rat Pack got started.

Josh Lucas

Wrap parties can be really sad, actually, disorienting.

Adam Ereli

We will also make the point that all protests and demonstrations need to be peaceful, legal; all parties should refrain from violence.

Susan Gray

This was different than some other parties because of the sheer numbers,

Latin Proverb

Those who do a thing are consenting parties

Ahmed Hussein

Because we are not the only parties in this meeting, we can't predict the outcome.

Christopher Hill

get parties together to push the process forward.

David Gibb

I don't think it's productive for the parties to snipe back and forth.

Rosa Hawkins

We do weddings and we do private parties and we do all of that stuff.

Barney Bishop

We are pleased with the turnout. We have some legislators, but we'd like to have some more.

Stuart Rose

We are pleased with the progress we are making but there remains much to do.

Tasia Scolinos

We are pleased with the jury's ruling in this important case.

Don Horner

We are pleased with the bank's first-quarter performance.

Mitch Kupchak

We are pleased to welcome Kareem back to the organization.

Mitch Kupchak

We are pleased to welcome Kareem back to the organisation.

Liz Boyd

We are pleased to see (Lansing) step up.

Henning Kagermann

We are pleased to report another strong quarter for SAP,

Kerry Stokes

We are pleased to be back in football.

Audre Lorde

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

Pam Walker

The possibility for the process to be tainted is just too much.

Pascal Hundt

We are seeing a process of spreading poverty.

Bill Nighy

I don't dislike the process of animation... I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.

Bruce Miller

We have no idea how long this process will take.

Chandler Parsons

Honestly, I was offended by the whole process,

Tim O'Connor

We're still in the process of getting this out to everybody. It's a work in progress.

Mike Rohde

We're still doing well. We took a little hit, but we're in the process of recovery.

Barbra Streisand

Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.

Madeline Albright

We were always willing, if they cooperated, to go to a comprehensive review

Mark Cuban

There was one person, or probably two people, that wrote reviews saying this movie should not be made,

Henry A. Kissinger

a review of withdrawal strategy ... seems in order.

David Donnelly

A departmental review is still ongoing. We just want to make sure the review is conducted properly.

Gordon England

We had a very comprehensive and in-depth review of this transaction.

Mark Greene

The time for talking and reviewing and studying is over. I don't want us to wait until it's too late.

Stephen Minarik

I spoke with him yesterday and he said he was reviewing whether or not to run.

Anish Kapoor

If you get a bad review, you take that in your stride.

Andrea Arnold

I don't read reviews.

Eckhard Pfeiffer

I am a very thorough person.

Simon Williams

It was a very well-planned, thorough development strategy.

Ellen Forney

'Marbles' really took so much and such a thorough effort from me that I was so happy to tie that up and have it feel satisfying.

Sathya Baba

Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all.

Daniel Radcliffe

My friends have always called me 'Mr. Thorough,' in that when I get into something, I become obsessed with it.

Daniel Radcliffe

I am a frighteningly thorough person.

Nicolas Malebranche

I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his mind, and please do not forget to meditate upon the subject of our discussion.

Jacob Whitesides

I appreciate a lot of singer-songwriters that the normal person doesn't, but I feel like everyone thoroughly enjoys an Ed Sheeran show.

William Shakespeare

Over hill, over dale,Thorough bush, thorough brier,Over park, over pale,Thorough flood, thorough fire,I do wander everywhere.