Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Gavin

Going forward, we expect the economy to show positive year-on-year and seasonally adjusted rates in the quarters ahead, but the 1.8 percent Central Bank estimate appears to have more downside than upside risk at the moment.

Julius James

It is a big adjustment. The higher you go the faster you have to play, the less time you have to react. You have to be mentally adjusted to the rapid changes.

Randy Mayes

I think the opposing coaches had a lot of respect for him. Biggest thing he had to get used to was playing every down and pass blocking. And he adjusted to both of those well.

Connie Clark

I thought we grew a lot mentally. We were challenged to make sure we adjusted mentally.

Debbie Ryan

I thought that we really adjusted well from the first half to the second half, which is a good indication of how well these kids do at adjusting. We did a much better job of defending penetration and we got on the boards a lot better.

Gary Barnett

I thought our defense was on the ball. We had a good plan and sort of knew what they were going to do. I thought we tackled well. They had one new formation for us, and only a couple of new plays. The kids adjusted to (those) pretty well.

Don Shows

I thought our defense adjusted real well to what Ruston was doing. Ruston looked good on that first drive, but the defense picked it up after that.

Joe Newton

I just ran a little out and up and Sean put it a little behind me, adjusted a little and made the catch. It felt good because it's good to remind myself that I can still play.

Chauncey Billups

It helped us tremendously. That first game back from a West Coast trip is always difficult to get back into the swing of things and get adjusted to the time zone and all of that. Without that, you don't see us score 38 points in the fourth quarter.

Diego Maradona

I love you. Argentina is great. Let's get rid of Bush.

Clyde Getty

I'm going to get you an Argentina ski shirt. But you're going to have to come out to the aerials to get it.

Luiz Prudencio

The market continues depressed with no positive news coming out from within Brazil nor outside. This financial help for Argentina bought them time, but the structural problems continue.

Marcelo Porto

The attention has returned to the complexity of the problems Argentina faces.

Guillermo Vilas

It's sad for Argentina tennis and it's a very tough punishment,

John Carioba

Even when Argentina gets things right in the short term, investors worry about the problems still to come.

Nacho Figueras

I was born in Argentina where polo is popular, and my father always loved horses, so he encouraged me to play. He's the main reason I started to play polo and get involved with the sport.

Tomi Taterka

The market is nervous. Everybody was looking at Argentina and will continue to do so for some considerable time.

Wayne Rooney

We are all confident, especially after the Argentina game when we won that.

Colin Trevorrow

Jake Johnson wanted to make clear that he was the great American actor, not just the funny guy on 'New Girl.'

Ben Dogra

Jon enjoyed the visit with the Jets. They did an incredibly good job with the visit. They got his attention. But his comfort level is in Philadelphia. Going into this I thought it would be between money and comfort level, in that order. Comfort level clearly proved to be more of a factor. He just decided signing with the Eagles was what he wanted to do.

Butch Williams

I think it's a clear violation. If you've got a lawyer and (police have) been notified, they're supposed to contact your lawyer.

Bill Cheney

I think it is clear that, whatever the economic outlook was on Monday, the outlook is shakier now, and there are stronger arguments for cutting rates.

Vladimir Putin

I think it is logical, clear and evident,

Susan Donofrio

I think it'd be a nonstarter. The size of those two airlines, as well as overlap, makes it prohibitive to (Department of) Justice. And you wouldn't have a clear leader in terms of the merger. Other deals being discussed, you know who's the buyer. With American and Delta, there would be more fighting.

Susan Donofrio

I think it'd be a nonstarter, ... The size of those two airlines, as well as overlap, makes it prohibitive to (Department of) Justice. And you wouldn't have a clear leader in terms of the merger. Other deals being discussed, you know who's the buyer. With American and Delta, there would be more fighting.

Dariusz Kowalczyk

I think it's mostly the uncertainty regarding the situation in Iran and the very clear decision of the IAEA to refer the country to the UN Security Council.

Joe Gallagher

I actually had shirts printed up for the kids that say F.O.O.L because as linemen they usually don?t get the credit they deserve, so we have to stick together like a fraternity. The line did an excellent job clear the way tonight.

Jed Dickerson

Just looking to see the conditions of the lake. Kind of looking to see what I can see.

David Jones

(Greenspan) cut rates three times last year, but he said that the conditions that required those cuts are no longer with us. So the outside limit to what he is going to do is three hikes. My guess is that you will only end up with a couple of them, a quarter-point at the end of this month, one in August, and maybe one in October.

Robert Mellman

Historically, construction and starts have been highly sensitive to weather conditions during the winter months.

S. Walker

It honestly wasn't ideal weather conditions for us, but the kids competed well and we had some some good results for the first meet of the year.

O. Singh

I think the conditions today favored us. Really, it was the conditions that dictated the difficulty of the hole, and today it was perfect, so we could get it out there.

O. Singh

I think the conditions today favored us, not the holes they changed.

Sandra Pianalto

Removing the policy accommodation puts us in the strongest possible position to react as evolving economic conditions require.

S. Hughes

Optimism remains, and the conditions supporting stock gains through the end of the year are still good. The economy continues to recover and the interest rate environment is still good, but I have to think that March could be a challenging month.

Aaron Oberholser

I played great golf for 16 holes today. All you need is one poor swing under these conditions and you're writing a 6 on the card.

Bobby DeBerry

It is going to be a good match. Pueblo has a pretty stout crew this year.

Brendan Gaughan

We've gone through a transition (changing crew chiefs) ... so it has been successful when you take all the factors we had to put in of rebuilding this organization.

Joyce Farrell

We look for them to be a very competitive team, ... Like us, they have a veteran crew with six or seven returning letter-winners. It should be a very exciting match.

Dennis Conner

If you want to talk about luck, we're normally sailing where it's 600 meters (2,000 feet) deep ... The good news is no one was hurt. The crew hardly got wet.

Dan Ronayne

If you look at CREW you see nothing more than a shill for the Democratic Party.

John Glenn

I know there's a lot of interest in this, ... But I'm here to be a working crew member, training as a working crew member, and that's exactly what I'm going to do.

David Starr

Not only am I going to Daytona to test to get ready, for me I am going to get acclimated with a new crew chief. This will be our first time to work together. Been to the shop, but it will be the first at the racetrack.

Hamilton Peterson

It's probably one of the most significant milestones in our effort to memorialize the heroism of the passengers and crew of Flight 93.

Violet Watson

It seats a crew of 13 and has its original motor transmission.

Craig Johnson

I wouldn't necessarily say that Target is stealing market share away from Wal-Mart because Target's customers are slightly more upscale. Where it's outperforming Wal-Mart is in grabbing market share away from department store chains.

Gloria Lee

He wanted most to be remembered as a down-to-earth man, who just treated every customer fairly, ... I think he really enjoyed the business, and I think he missed his customers, but he enjoyed retirement, too.

Ronald Cohen

have great reaction time, and give their customers a lot of personal attention.

Al Bloom

Her toys are very popular with our customers so we're excited to have them.

James Collins

heroic levels of customer service, dependability, reliability, and giving people a lot of freedom to try different things that might work.

Richard Gray

It is about retail as theatre. Our customers want to come in and be entertained so we have DJs in menswear, or we play movies on screens. Merchandising has to be very eye-catching.

Scott Helbing

We're offering the tools and services that help our customers enjoy the digital lifestyle.

David Graves

It is similar to the process in Massachusetts, where it is a six-month cycle for half of the customers and then the rates are blended.

Ed Zander

I think we have better products. We have to get them out there to our customers when we say we will and our products will win on the shelves.

Kevin Chapman

We talked a number of times about how good this team could be if we dedicated ourselves to a single goal. Swimming in Ohio is so fast that you must train all year long in order to be successful. Unfortunately, we didn't do that as a team. The drive to next year's state championship meet has already begun.

Mayor Bingham

I thank him for his years of dedicated service. We wish him well in his future endeavors.

Ben Wallace

I think that says a lot about the guys here; being dedicated to winning. And it says a lot about the organization being dedicated to winning and what they have to do to keep this group together.

Sherrie Williams

He was extremely dedicated to the zoo. It was really his life.

John Rhodes

He was extremely dedicated and disciplined. Through the years, he took on great responsibility.

Randy Gross

He is a great player and a tremendous leader for us. What makes him stand out is he is totally dedicated to basketball. He spent a ton of hours making himself a better player.

Dave Cook

It's something they've been doing for the last two years. They've got a great organization and have been very dedicated to doing what needed to be done to get hockey to this level.

Alan Davis

Its dedicated Ethernet. The POPs are held together by native, Layer 2, dedicated Ethernet.

Michele Moore

It's very important to him. He took an oath first of all. He's very dedicated to his job.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

Despite spending trillions of dollars and spilling the blood of thousands of Americans, we remain in servitude to Arab oil.

Jeriamy Jackson

Kenny, he's going to work harder than anyone. As for Matt, nobody's going to intimidate him despite giving up nearly 35 pounds in his weight class.

Richard Lucas

Joe was hired a long time ago, did a good job and stuck around. Despite all the changes, he's still the same. He still thinks he's a pre-law student.

Susanna Moore

Women are completely disadvantaged - despite what men will say. It is not a fair fight.

Jose Serrano

I think it says something about Freddy that, despite his ups and downs in this race, he has stayed dignified, animated, and charismatic.

Bill Gray

I think that our offensive line has really started to gel, ... We have three new faces up there on the front line and they haven't played a lot of football. Despite their experience, I think that every time we step on the football field, they get better.

Roseanne Roseanne

I think we're looking at a pretty strong housing market despite the fact that starts didn't rise, ... far from runaway.

Russ Yarworth

He's a very tough worker. Mentally, he's tough, despite what he might tell you. He's got a good feel for the water.

Byron Calame

I have had unusual difficulty getting a better explanation for readers, despite the paper's repeated pledges of greater transparency.

Darryl Jenkins

I wouldn't put my retirement money on the line for something like this, ... It is a very difficult environment for startups right now, with jet fuel so high. That scares investors away.

Will Ferrell

I would tend to shy away from that, only because hosting those type of things is an extremely difficult task. I'd rather watch at home.

Allan Kaplan

I would say that this a minor loss for the industry. I would say this is going to make it more difficult for them in their negotiations in terms of a settlement.

Kevin Sutherland

Just the streak in itself is amazing, ... I don't think people realize how difficult it is to make that many in a row. That shows how hard he plays every time he tees it up.

Jeremy Foley

I think it's a huge home-court advantage. I think the fact that everybody is on top of the court, the job the students have done making that a difficult place to play ... people say how loud it is in there. It's a different environment.

Mike Sanford

I think it helped us to learn more about him and what his strengths are. It was very difficult (with the injury).

Jack Riley

It can be difficult to find people who live in a precinct, with schedules and time constraints and all.

Reggie Collier

It can be difficult at times, especially during the season when you're so focused to be prepared for Saturday. I tell kids all the time to enjoy it while you can.

Neil MacDonald

Her work ethic is an example to everybody. She puts in everyday at practice and is very difficult to ignore because of her work ethic.

Steve Schmidt

Kerry's economic policies would raise taxes on minority small-business owners, whose numbers are steadily increasing as a result of the President's pro-growth policies. Under President Bush's leadership, a majority of minority families are homeowners for the first time in history.

Bernard Baumohl

Katrina has shaken the very foundations of the U.S. economic expansion when it ruined much of America's energy infrastructure, ... While a recession is unlikely, the probability of stagflation has greatly increased with inflation moving higher even as the economy slows.

Zhang Guobao

It also delivers substantial economic and environmental results, alleviating poverty.

Ken Robinson

You create your life, and you can recreate it, too. In times of economic downturn and uncertainty, it's more important than ever to look deep inside yourself to fathom the sort of life you really want to lead and the talents and passions that can make that possible.

Larry Goldstein

Goldstein said. ''There does seem to be some lessons learned. Whether they are economic lessons or political lessons, or some combination of the two, I don't know.

Tomoko Fujii

Good economic figures will surely be euro supportive. The euro-zone economy is expanding faster than expected.

Zhu Rongji

Lack of water resources is a serious limitation on the economic and social development of our country,

Robin Urbanski

Right now, the air-to-ground solution is much more economical to us.

Stephen Gallagher

Investors maintain a healthy economic growth outlook, but now with lower inflation and interest rate risks.

T.I.

To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.

Brian Jenkins

I think that is the lesson of the Israeli efforts over the years.

Mark Farley

He's done a nice job with our kids here. I thanked him for his efforts and everything he has done here the past few years, and wished him well.

Stuart Anderson

On the state level, these efforts will continue.

Atsutoshi Nishida

Regrettably, two different types of products seem set to hit the market. But this is the kind of technology that will be around for five or 10 years. Efforts should be made continuously to make unification happen.

Phil Smith

If you want your town to be pedestrian-friendly, you need to persist in your efforts over time. You can't just do one thing, either. You need a multiple strategy.

Rio Ferdinand

In my mind, and in a lot of the lads' minds, we are still concentrating all our efforts on finishing second.

Kip Hawley

By incorporating unpredictability into our procedures and eliminating low-threat items, we can better focus our efforts on stopping individuals who wish to do us harm.

Brian Cowen

The events of March 11th have rightly led us to redouble our efforts

Martin Jacques

Just six years into the 21st century, one can say this is not shaping up to be anything like an American century. Rather, the U.S. seems much more likely to be faced with a very different kind of future: how to manage its own imperial decline.

Grant Achatz

Whenever people are faced with any sort of adversity... they tend to gravitate toward things that make them comfortable, and things that they feel are important.

Jim Heacock

We've faced a lot of good offenses, so I don't know that that's going to be any different.

Rahul Dravid

We've faced a few (fast) bowlers, so it's nice to have someone who can give it back.

Jim Stagnitta

We threw a kid out there who hasn't faced off all year, and he battled.

Sheraz Mian

We are faced with perhaps the worst possible situation that planners and policy makers could image.

Jeff Suppan

Last year I faced them a lot, so I think that prepares me for this year,

Grant Fairley

You will never know true happiness until you have faced the true sadness in your life.

Ratu Bokini

The GCC will not intervene with the situation that is being faced by the Government and the military. The only thing we will do now is to observe what happens before we can plan what to do.

Peter Thiel

I suspect if people live a lot longer they would be retired for a somewhat longer period of time. Just the financial planning takes on a very different character.

Mark Augustine

We look for in-line fourth-quarter financial results and more upbeat guidance for 2006 than Amgen provided at this time last year for 2005.

Mary Shapiro

I don't know whether they will say yes or no since there are all sorts of administrative, financial and legal issues.

Dick Cheney

He doesn't have a financial interest in the company,

Ruth Handler

I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.

Al Becker

In the past when we've gone through periods where we're eliminating jobs, we've tried to do it so it'll have as minimal an impact as possible. In this instance, the financial situation is such we're just not able to do that.

Randy Sharp

I think no question this will have a financial impact on American Girl.

Timothy Smith

The financial office still has the power to request financial information from these organizations so we're still not running the risk of giving money to financially unstable organizations.

John Bruton

If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow.

Penny Circle

He is responding to treatment and shows improvement every day.

Mark Donahoe

There are signs out there that the market is discounting this (economic improvement) six-to-nine months out.

David Ganey

He showed improvement all season long and that paid off with a trip to the state tournament.

Kevin Williams

I think their new offense is pretty good. It's an improvement, but it will take some time to get running.

Simon Crisford

I think we will be recommending to Sheikh Mohammed that she stays in trainer next year because there is potential for more improvement from her.

George Cunningham

I think it's very nice. It's a big improvement.

Tyra Banks

Don't make excuses - make improvements!

Keith Fithen

I'm seeing a lot of individual improvement. They just have to come together as a team.

James Anthony Froude

Human improvement is from within outward.

Robert Murray

Joy is increased by spreading it to others

Gale Norton

We have vastly increased the amount of funding that is available for conservation partnerships.

Richard DeKaser

I think the market is responding now to a perception of the increased possibility of recession, which I do not see.

Gerhard Schroeder

I think we can say that in the past seven years, we have increased respect in the world for our country, our Germany, and I am sure that we will safeguard that together,

Elizabeth Loftus

Undergraduate fees have increased to $8000 for each year of an undergraduate law course,

Ibrahim Rugova

increased U.S. presence in Kosovo and for more protection on the part of the United States for the people of Kosovo.

Alan Hevesi

The new reforms have increased the value of the franchise,

Chris Williamson

As we saw last month, there were signs of increased overseas spending on UK services.

Jeff Cogen

As revenues have increased, Mr. Hicks has increased the payroll accordingly.

Carmelo Anthony

(Karl) just told us management had to make a decision.

Marc Savard

I'd like to be back here, but that's up to management. We'll see what happens.

Harold Vogel

In reality, that was going to be very messy from an antitrust standpoint and meet a lot of resistance from the top management at Hasbro. That was a whole different story,

Woody Williams

I'm sure it was a relief for my teammates and management,

Palle Pedersen

In Iowa, we have a 32,000-an-acre plant population, spray, and harvest. There is no in-season management. It's all in the seeds.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents.

John Challenger

Summer is always a slow job-cut time. Management is away, and vacations are going on,

Sam Bhavnani

It's an uphill battle, but they seem poised to be able to do it. And the reason I say that is they have a strong management team in place.

David Packard

Management by Walking Around

Stephany Sofos

It's all about convenience and pricing and Wal-Mart understands that better than everyone else -- that's why they are the No. 1 retailer in the world.

Robert Krueger

We have prospects now who can take all of the space.

Richard Cobden

You had reached a pessimistic view about your company's prospects with the upcoming (copyright) case.

Paul Sereno

I didn't have very rosy prospects in school,

Phil Crosby

When you're out of quality, you're out of business.

Arun Sarin

As was evident, mobiles are better than the wire service here.

Rhonda Bright

We want them to speak up on what they want in terms of service and care.

Dan Bailey

We're going to try and make it a one-stop social services fair,

Bill Gates

Your customers get better when you do.

Mike Torres

The service may be a little slow for a little while it stabilizes.

Tim Chapman

This is going to be a social services disaster.

Les Garland

We want the Web site to be a storefront, as a service to our viewers.

Ron Kaufman

How can you learn more? By admiring what you've done right? Or by studying what you've done wrong?

Richard Greenfield

If there's a strategy there, I don't see it yet.

Michael Cohen

In many ways, this is a bet-the-company strategy for AMD.

Jack Welch

When it comes to strategy, ponder less and do more.

Greg McBride

It's really a wise strategy to do that -- to throw whatever you can at the balance.

Bob Defillippo

It's part of our strategy to diversify distribution.

Nicholas Negroponte

Scale will get you strategy.

Fred Wilson

The strategy of Tumblr is very elegant.. The atomic unit of user experience is the same as the ads.

Tony Robbins

It's not enough to have a strategy for success. Great strategy is available for free online for everything from career success to meeting Mr. or Ms. Right. You must also tell yourself the right story.

Steve Jobs

Strategy is figuring out what not to do.

Brad Richards

I would say it was one of the better teams I've seen.

Trey Smith

Just the way they work together was really unique. A lot of other teams don't have that.

Dave Orlandini

He can penetrate. He can take it to the hole. Other teams have to worry about him.

James Spithill

Going to the gym on my own I struggle with, but when I'm in there with a teammate or a group of guys, it's the ultimate environment.

Alejandro Canizares

He's a valuable player. He's one of the top three on the team, so we had a much weaker team this week.

Sergei Samsonov

He's a terrific player. He's tricky. He makes a lot of plays. He makes that team a lot better. Him being out of their lineup works to our advantage.

Matt Wichorek

I was down on myself. Our team was all over the place.

Willie Williams

We just have to go there and finish. This is a different team from 1995 and, hopefully, we will have a different result.

Stephen Cervantez

We treat every team the same. We just try to play our game.