Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Arlis

Jon went at it like it was just another tournament and that's the key. It's tough to adjust to the finality of this tournament.

William Rhodes

John is held in high regard by the Chinese government and if anyone can convince them to move more rapidly on adjusting upwards the exchange rate it is John.

Merle Olberding

This was a good win for us. We did some nice things, and Carroll made us make some adjustments and that was one thing we needed to see as a team; could we adjust when teams do some things to us.

Tom Izzo

This was one of the worst defensive teams I've had. I tried to adjust to people. People are gonna start adjusting to me. ... I don't think anyone wants to be perceived as a jerk. Sometimes a coach wants to be liked. I don't care if I'm liked anymore. We will be tougher.

M. Wolfe

What we were hoping for was that the extra $2 billion in the defense (bill) would allow us to adjust grants so that people wouldn't get into a serious problem next month.

Lee Meyer

He's a good hitter and with the success he had last year, they might be pitching him differently sometimes. But Tony's one to adjust and I see him being successful again.

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.

Jan Hatzius

Going forward, is there still adjustment in the pipeline? I think there is. The household savings rate is low, and debt growth has accelerated. That means that consumer spending growth is going to be slow. In the next 12 months, the economy is going to do well, but it will be a temporary acceleration rather than the beginning of a normal recovery.

Jeff Manto

Good hitters don't tweak too much and they adjust very well. They try to recapture a feeling. With Jason and his makeup, (a slump) isn't going to last long. Good hitters can figure things out quickly, and he's a good hitter.

Christopher Meyer

Had Britain so insisted, Iraq after Saddam might have avoided the violence that may yet prove fatal to the entire enterprise.

Jim Murphy

I don't believe that we can justify any war that we've been in since I can remember - World War II, we had President Bush's grandfather helping finance German industry. I think that we could have avoided war if there wasn't money involved. MacArthur provoked Korea and Vietnam was obviously engineered.

Vernon Geberth

The key to this investigation is finding out which no-tell motel that blanket came from. There's trace evidence that he could not possibly have avoided leaving on there.

Joe Domino

For every megawatt of Entergy New Orleans transmission, we avoided about half our purchased power costs.

Jeff Gordon

There was a lot of stuff going on. We avoided most of it, and then unfortunately there toward the end I couldn't avoid Mike Bliss . We had to fix the right front fender. We had a great car. We really did. We never really got to show it. We got it really good the second half of the race, and the whole time we were playing catch-up.

Steven Sinofsky

Despite demand, the BlackBerry avoided offering generalized web browsing support.

J. Giertz

The performance of the index suggests that Illinois avoided the slowdown of the national economy that occurred in the last quarter of 2005.

Fritz Elmendorf

Bankruptcies are very serious issues that can often be avoided by seeking help from a professional debt counseling service that will intervene with creditors.

Tim Winter

Programmers now know that a lot of these problems can be avoided if they just wait until 10 o'clock to broadcast objectionable material.

Phil Garner

He's better than people want to give him credit. What comes into play is he looks a little bit awkward at times. When he stretches he looks like he's falling instead of in balance, but he makes the play.

Ajay Devgan

I'd love to say I simply don't care about all that is written. But these rumours make working together really awkward at one level or another.

Robert Pattinson

My biggest problem in my life is I'm cheap and I didn't hire a publicist. In every awkward interview, normally actors get these things scripted.

Sandra Bullock

I don't like to fly. I've never been a good flyer. I have a lot of friends that have permanent nail marks in their arms... The moaning that comes from me when there is turbulence. It's awkward for everyone around.

Troy Garity

I always thought I was sort of awkward and goofy-looking. I'm still kind of gangly.

Sloane Crosley

In New York and L.A., there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something. You end up having a conversation with how the world receives your work, especially if you are writing narrative, not fiction. Sometimes it is an awkward conversation. It's like group therapy.

Bill Whalen

If there was a change of heart in Washington and the focus became less on trade and more on human rights and the military, then states will find themselves in an awkward position.

Charlie Brown

Candidly, it is an awkward position to be in, because when the voters speak, they speak,

Jack Sim

I know of some toilets in Korea where you can drink tea -- you don't feel you are in an awkward situation.

Jonathan Levine

He has a gut-level feeling for what's right and what isn't, what will work and what won't. He just has an instinct for choosing when to engage and when not to engage. It's really remarkable.

Karol Wight

Choosing wall colors was one of the hardest decision-making processes of all.

Les Brown

Choosing goals that are important to you is one of the most essential things you can do in order to live your dreams.

John Lewis Gaddis

If there is one great power, and the great power has taken upon itself the right to preempt and is choosing for itself when and in what circumstances it's going to do that, obviously it leads people in the rest of the world to wonder how far this doctrine extends.

Renee Williams

I just want to thank Habitat for choosing my family and the First Presbyterian Church for sponsoring.

Milton Bradley

The events written about are very regrettable. Any problems reported have been exaggerated but nonetheless, my wife and I have resolved all issues. The incidents reported will remain private and personal. At this time, I am choosing to handle this matter and all future matters directly and confidentially with the Dodgers. While I continue to work on my off the field issues, my energy is also directed towards preparing for season-ending knee surgery and a lengthy rehabilitation.

Alan Coren

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you want to hear.

Mike Chinoy

It leaves questions open about the mechanics of choosing a long-term successor,

Najib Razak

After choosing monetary union, further political union and workable governance in Europe was always going to be necessary.

Matt Blamey

He continues to run with the team and we hope to have him back for the last couple of weeks of the season, in time for districts.

Penny Circle

He continues to respond to treatments and is improving every day.

Chris Thomas

Having a friend like Mike has been a blessing. He kept me on the right track as a youth and continues to be a good friend to me even today.

Dan Ronayne

Harold Ford Jr. continues to forget that he represents the people of Tennessee and not the celebrities of New York and Hollywood.

Hugh Johnson

It confirms that as we started the fourth quarter the economy continues to slow, ... At the same time that the economy is slowing, there is ongoing tightness in the labor markets and ongoing upward pressure on wages.

Robert Sinche

I think the housing data continues to allay some of the worst fears on how the economy might slow, and has some impact on how the Fed may act next year.

Neal Soss

It is magnificent that inflation continues to be low, but retail sales are smoking.

Larry Beinfest

He is not suspended. He continues to be paid.

Steve Carell

He does his job just well enough to keep it. The ridiculous exploits and faux pas are just this side of lawsuit territory so he continues to ride the wave of inefficiency and lack of expertise. I don't think that's necessarily unusual that one might be very good at one job and then is promoted, and you have no proficiency whatsoever.

Dean Garstecki

The combination of high-signal intensity and long listening duration is a proven formula for permanent, irreversible hearing loss.

Myles Munroe

The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation.

Nicholas Culpeper

All Juleps are made for present use, and therefore it is in vain to speak of their duration.

Aristotle

Fine friendship requires duration rather than fitful intensity.

John Steinbeck

Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all.

Lucretius

By protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death.

Baltasar Gracian

Fortune pays sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration

Fernando Pessoa

I crave time in all its duration, and I want to be myself unconditionally.

S. Jay Olshansky

The only control we have over the duration of our life is to shorten it, and we do that all the time.

Robert Englund

I didn't make good money on 'Nightmare' until part three. I eventually got some nice merchandising checks.

Mika Brzezinski

I did something a lot of people will have to do in this economy if they want to eventually land their dream job. I turned down an offer to take a high-paying position in another field because it wouldn't fulfill me.

Jess Walter

In seventh grade, with some vague sense that I wanted to be a writer, I crouched in the junior high school library stacks to see where my novels would eventually be filed. It was right after someone named Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. So I grabbed a Vonnegut book, 'Breakfast of Champions' and immediately fell in love.

Giorgio Moroder

In the early '80s, my sound - especially that mysterious kind of synthesized sound that was used so much - every relatively cheap TV show eventually had it because it's not expensive. It's just one guy doing the whole soundtrack. So it was overdone.

Bo Ryan

I like the way our guys are executing. Then sometimes if somebody is quicker, bigger, stronger, eventually they'll wear you down and they'll impose their will, especially on the road.

Liz Cruso

I really want to pursue the sport. I have set my goals to eventually play for Westerly High and move on from there.

Paul Molitor

I hope Rollins goes as long as he can; it's good for the game. I've got no problem with (him surpassing Molitor). But it's been nice that no one's reached that number (39) since 1987, which is a pretty long time. Eventually someone's going to pass it, and this guy seems like he's on track to do it, so I hope he does.

Ray Soudah

Eventually they will capitulate. But why not take the proactive step of consolidating.

Aisha Ali

Eventually they get interested in all the different kinds of music we play...and they want to know about those countries.

Ken Hill

Sometime I write a song off a central idea, instead of emotion.

Samir Haj

Karen has been our go-to person on the junior varsity team. We're going to incorporate more people into the scheme. We're going to start playing 18 people instead of just 13 or 14.

Klaus Allofs

He could make the same experiences with Werder instead of Bayern.

Scott Aukerman

I think you're a better comedian when you're in the moment and you're kind of reacting to what's happening like a real person instead of doing rote memorization.

Paul Hewitt

I thought we got into trouble when they started pressuring us and the five-count was on. Instead of taking them off the dribble, we got tentative. I just think we stopped attacking.

Shawan Robinson

I think we just got tight. Instead of playing to win, we were playing not to lose.

Gary Barnett

I think we wish we played at the end of the year. Look at every other rivalry, and tell me why they play at the end of the year instead of the beginning. By the end of the year, everything's evened out.

Gary Barnett

I think we wish we played at the end of the year, ... Look at every other rivalry, and tell me why they play at the end of the year instead of the beginning. By the end of the year, everything's evened out.

Bob Johnson

Hopefully, we can have one large one instead of several smaller ones.

Alan Alda

I must have interviewed 600 or 700 scientists all around the world.

Thomas R. Cech

I think there is value in having practising scientists as leaders of research institutions.

Alan Alda

I think it's important for scientists to speak in their own voices and not just be mediated by journalists or others speaking for them.

Fabiola Gianotti

We will have to be very vigilant that young female scientists have the same opportunities as their male colleagues.

Bill Bradley

In 30 seconds you can say a lot,

Elena Dementieva

If she has 20 seconds, she's going to use 25 seconds between points,

Drew Bledsoe

It was over about 30 seconds after it started.

Cyndi Valentin

It was 11 seconds left, and we were trying to penetrate and pitch. I was open, and the shot just didn't go in.

Mark Hyman

It took about two seconds for it to really sink in. ... I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I won!'

John Flanagan

Failure is just a few seconds away from success.

Joanne Froggatt

If you can do something great in 60 seconds, you can do anything, really.

Brian Bickford

You have two or three seconds to get someone's attention. What we look for is those kind of attention-getting devices.

Mike Caldwell

Our possessions were about 10 seconds long. Theirs were for about 40 seconds long.

London Fletcher

I really didn't know if I was going to be able to play until right before the game,

Craig Roberts

I never wanted to be an actor until about three years ago when I realised it was what I liked doing.

Mark Ellis

I just feel good. I didn't think anything of it until (Mark) Kotsay said, 'If you get a chance, keep running.

Robert Harrison

I'll be here every year until I die.

Dee McCann

I'm anxious. Little nervous. You know how it is. You never know until that day comes.

Charlotte Rampling

I haven't got ambitions. Actually, I'm determined not to die until I get very old. I want to be a great-great-great-grandmother.

Ozzie Guillen

If not then he'll have to wait until Monday.

Carol Davis

If I was the council, I wouldn't want to wait until July. It's been too long.

Rita Ora

I never knew how small L.A. was until I started to work here.