Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Zimmerman

Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great.

Rafer Johnson

On the way back, it struck me that I could have beaten most of the guys in the meet. That's when I decided to be a decathlon man.

Gene Tunney

Actually, I started my ring career as a terrific hitter; then my hands cracked up and I had to resort to boxing and tricks to win.

Brett Butler

Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don't.

Bill Toomey

During the 60's, drug use was in fashion in the U.S.

Michael East

Deciding on when to kick is crucial and depends on how the race is unfolding.

Hugh Mackay

Despite the availability of cheap and effective contraception, it looks as if we are not as careful in our decisions about reproduction as all the talk of family planning might suggest.

Katey Sagal

And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice.

Steve Carlton

And the irony is that they wrote better without access to my quotes.

Carolina Milanesi

As competition continues to drive price pressure at the low end and a design and technology 'arms race' at the high end, the survival of the fittest depends more and more on economies of scales, or very carefully cut out niche markets.

Marc Chouinard

As a hockey player, it's one of the things you dread. It made me realize to be careful out there, especially when you have your back to the play.

Nick Harkaway

Professional politicians will say anything, and they're always careful to leave themselves room to turn around and do the other.

James Graham

The show is going on 100% Sunday night. We have a ton of contingency plans in place -- for everything from light rain to lightning to a full-on storm. We're just rolling with it. We're watching it carefully hour by hour.

James Fallows

The technology of nonstop news and the Internet means that allegations that would have been carefully checked out a generation ago no longer are. We now have a 24-hour-a-day news cycle. News gets used up very quickly and there's a constant hunger for new tidbits.

Carol Olson

The Swiss Tropical Institute will be responsible for selecting patients and carefully monitoring the trials,

Hu Jintao

The motherland and people are proud of you. I hope you will successfully complete your task by carrying out the mission calmly and carefully and have a triumphant return,

Janet Reno

The most important thing in any investigation, particularly at this time of year, is that we just do it right -- methodically, carefully and without commenting on it,

Suzanne Fields

Style has rarely been either a characteristic or a qualification for secretaries of state. Henry Kissinger had his square, dark-rimmed glasses, and Madeleine Albright her funky hats, but these were carefully contrived affectations.

Randy Petersen

Actually, it's a pretty good deal. For most people, $25 is a very cheap price to get home hours and hours sooner.

Jim Gillette

Some suppliers have tried to tell GM that not everybody needs to be global, not all the parts need to be global. But they just figure that's the way they're going to get the cheaper price.

Andrew Chesley

Some say it's a lot cheaper than freeways, they are but not a lot less.

Ken Williams

speculators who are looking for the paper at cheap prices.

Roustam Tariko

Russians really needed a product that would be not as strong as vodka and not as feminine as cheap sparkling wine, so Martini was a good solution.

Jim Melcher

PPI has been rising, but retailers and manufacturers haven't raised prices yet, because there is too much cheap foreign competition. If you see CPI move up, that could upset stocks.

David Tepper

The S&P 500 stocks looked cheap compared to everything else.

Sathya Baba

The same person has come to Me seeking success at the examination, then a job, then a father-in-law, then a child, then a rise in the salary, a transfer in a cheaper place and a seat in the Medical College for his son - a never ending series of wants, until at last he comes seeking My Grace for an end to worldly pursuits and for initiation into the path of spirituality.

Brian Postol

It would be cheaper for them to get into the European community now.

Jon Tester

As a policymaker, as a public servant, I come to Washington, D.C., and I make difficult decisions and I make difficult decisions every day. And sometimes those decisions upset people.

Stewart Tuttle

Our evaluation of all of our programs is ongoing and decisions on which programs will go forward -- and how -- will move on its own timetable.

Tracy Bunge

After the Fall season, we made some decisions about some players and positions in particular in order to help stabilize our lineup early.

Karen Hughes

Decisions must be made that are very hard,

Ted Thompson

Decisions like this are never easy. They require a lot of thought and consternation, but at the end of the day I felt like we needed to go in a different direction.

Elbert Hubbard

An executive is a man who can make quick decisions and is sometimes right.

Mary Chapman

I've never felt a need to have it. You always have in the back of your mind the issue of liability, and that's the way it should be. You're making important decisions about something you feel passionate about.

John Lemme

The most profitable decisions in your life will be the most challenging.

Frank Anderson

Once we lost scholarships our staff had to make some difficult personnel decisions. As a result, we have lost retention points because student-athletes have transferred when we were not able to renew their aid.

Joe Humasti

Radford had a really good run. He skied really well despite the conditions.

Kenny Tang

Profit-taking dragged the index lower. But funds are still in Hong Kong and are helping support the index despite the pressure on stocks to trade lower after the weak showing of overseas markets.

Al Goldman

Our economy is doing well despite what is going on in Asia, and with any signs of improvement from there, it could be up, up and away for us.

Kent Early

Offensively I was more pleased with her than her pitching. She led off and went 2 for 3. She competed, despite all this (bad weather) that's going on. I'm proud of her. She's a competitor.

Gurinder Kalra

Despite the stock's strong performance in recent months, we are reiterating our outperform rating and are raising our price target from 660,000 won ($ 673.43) to 770,000 won.

David Townsend

Despite the sound of 40,000 gallons, not a whole lot of stuff was released here through that hole.

Kenny Tang

Despite the rise, there was consolidation and profit-taking after an eight-day surge.

Alan Greenspan

Despite the rise in oil prices through mid-August, inflation and inflation expectations have eased in recent months,

Alberto Ramos

Despite the recent pickup, total investment spending in the economy is still lower than the level of 2001 and, as a share of GDP...below the 1997-2000 average.

Wendy Wong

The more effective it is, the less safe it is, and with a strong product the reaction will be expected to be more,

David Dye

The simple, cost-efficient, just plain effective things, those are the things we are most likely to mandate first.

John Chamberlin

The state law neither has effective teeth nor good enforcement mechanism.

Elliot Regenstein

This is some of the most effective spending the government does.

Ban Ki-moon

The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.

Cardinal Ratzinger

the unity that is required for the church's effective redemptive service in the world.

Kent Hendershot

That's what we wanted to do, we wanted to go out and jump on them. I thought our pressure was pretty effective tonight. We threw a lot of stuff at them and I don't think they ever got in any kind of rhythm.

Peter Power

That turns out to be an effective way to make the region more competitive vis-a-vis China.

Bill Doran

You would have to evacuate at about 72 hours from landfall to have an effective evacuation.

Joe Arbona

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the woman's family.

Dan Wheldon

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Dana family and all of Rahal Letterman racing. It's a very, very sad day. I think hopefully we put on a good race.

Tim Curley

Our thoughts and prayers are with Kevin's family and friends,

Ron Grantski

Our family is waiting until we are told personally, not told by the press.

Alan Moore

Our family has slaved away out here for 40 years. We want to be able to maximize our profits when we go.

Alan Moore

Our family has slaved away out here for 40 years, ... We want to be able to maximize our profits when we go.

Moshe Katsav

Our family has lived in Iran for 2,500 years, and Iranian Jewry has the long history in that land.

Lisa Maxwell

Our family has done mission trips and we're reminded about trying to help people.

Sam Sheppard

Our family had been shattered, but we now are more united, and the remains of my family and the majority of my mother's family are glad to know the truth about a horrible crime.

Kevin Johnson

Ray really starts with the customer. He looks at things 'outside in,' as he says, not technology-out.

John McNamara

Profit is a new kind of shark that looks just like a dolphin.

Matt Walton

These low numbers may make us look good, but it also looks like we're not telling everything. Penn's numbers may look bad, but at least you know they're telling you everything.

Clark Yingst

Technically, it looks like no more than a reflex rebound, an oversold bounce.

Malia Davis

See how he looks at her when she's eating. He's totally in love.

Mark Grudzielanek

This is a team that strives to do the little things. When we do it out there, like we did tonight, it just looks so good.

David Wimhurst

This is really quite disturbing, and it looks like it's going to mess up things quite a bit.

Matthew Geller

(The wet AMD market) is already pretty big. There are treatments, but this looks like a positive step.

Tom Glavine

That's how we won them when I was there. It looks like it still works.

Jim Tracy

A very wonderful note, I might add. A very professionally done thing.

Adelaide Anne Procter

No star is ever lost we once have seen, we always may be what we might have been.

Peter Beattie

The money might be better off used for things like law-and- order initiatives, schools and hospitals,

Pat Davis

The technician will see if the AC system is an old one or in need of repair. A suggestion might then be made to upgrade to a more energy-efficient system.

John Butler

See, I might have screwed the whole thing up in Buffalo,

Eric Desjardins

I've tried to play with the composites, and I still might go to it eventually, ... But I'm used to the feel of the wooden sticks and I like them.

Don Haskins

I spent 18 months, off and on, with the script writer. I might as well have not spent one second with him.

William Poole

that one might reasonably regard as commercially significant.

Ben Dattner

You should be truthful, constructive and not personal, vindictive or petty. You might say, 'Here are some suggestions for the next person who has this job.

Mack Brown

I've been planning this one for 33 years and now I really don't know what to say.

Ramonce Taylor

The way we're planning for Teddy Ginn, I don't think he's going to get away from our defense.

Turhan Douglas

We were planning to win. We trained just like we would if we were going to the playoffs.

Dale Carnegie

An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.

Taylor Momsen

You can spend your whole life planning. But once you're ready, get out there and start doing it.

Sun Tzu

Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.

Mark Levin

The Statist deflects public scorn for the consequences of his own central planning by blaming the very industry he is sabotaging for supply dislocations and price hikes.

Ray Richmond

My 17-year-old son is planning to see the 6:00 p.m. screening on Thursday in a suit and tie, ... He said he's planning to go to another screening immediately after...He wants to see the movie twice on the same night.

George Reisman

Under capitalism each individual engages in economic planning.

Christina Hendricks

Anytime someone talks about your figure constantly, you get nervous; you get really self-conscious.

Richard Butler

After I said that to him, Aziz replied: 'then we can't talk any further.'

Mel Kohn

This is something we need to do a lot more talking about.

Barbara Kingsolver

The talkers are rising above the thinkers.

Brian K. Vaughan

I'm the one who started spreading that particular factoid, about Bendis, Azz and me all being bald Brian's from Cleveland, just to get my name mentioned in the same sentence as two much-better writers, and it's worked like a goddamn charm. Next up, I'm going to grow a big, disgusting beard, just so people will start talking about Alan Moore and me in the same breath.

Brenda Ueland

We should all know this: that listening, not talking, is the gifted and great role, and the imaginative role.

Jamie Bell

When I see people talking about TV, they're way more animated, way more passionate than when they talk about films.

Calvin Coolidge

Theodore Roosevelt was always getting himself in hot water by talking before he had to commit himself upon issues not well-defined.

James Woods

No matter what it is, if you get 10 people in the business talking about something, you get 10 different opinions, but you know, they're amazingly well informed.