Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Walsh

Joe might have been more active and quicker on his feet,

Janice Jackson

John is active here in our Devon Club, which he was president of at one time. He and his wife would attend a lot of the dances here.

Craig Holman

His name keeps coming up all the time in all the meetings I'm going to. His name keeps coming all the time, so I presume he's very active working with the senators.

Tom Glavine

His was more active and repetitive than mine,

Scott Skiles

I thought we were active on both ends. Our defense is coming around. We are going on a good month now with solid defense. A lot of times in critical moments we have not been able to get stops. That activity carried over to the offensive end. We did a good job of trying to penetrate, get in the paint, and make plays for each other.

Scott Skiles

I thought we were active on both ends.

Janet Fitch

L.A. is such a real, active place. My mother was very into the core of the city. She worked in politics, and you have to know your territory. It's an active matrix; we're all parts of it, but people don't often stop to wonder what's going on.

Terry Lane

There is going to be an active campaign and advertisements alerting people.

Paul Johnson

The purpose of trying to attract these type of investors isn't necessarily to increase commission revenue but to get control over their assets. Presumably, these active investors have significant assets. That's the real goal of E*Trade.

Rush Holt

I would say the president has the power to help us get to the bottom of this matter. And we in Congress want to do this not so much for what has happened but to prevent such a thing from happening again.

Peter Jacobs

I think the key is that next year, even though Boeing will see about a 15-16 percent decline in revenue, they should still be able to show improvement in the bottom line.

Gary Barta

Today, all of our teams -- minus three or four -- are either competing for a championship or are off the bottom of the standings. We've made huge strides. We've got to do that consistently now. We're getting good in a lot of sports. Now we talk about going from good to great, so we're consistently fighting for the top.

Doug Dixon

I thought they did a great job tonight. The bottom line is our players played like they are supposed to play.

Doc Sadler

I think what this does is force us to win the (conference) tournament. That's the bottom line right now. But we can't be concerned with the big picture. We haven't been all year and we can't be now. We've just got to play one game at a time and not worry about anything else.

Nick Angilletta

I think a lot of people want to let the market find a bottom before they step back in.

Lara Rhame

I think it's too soon to call for a bottom simply because history has shown us that with this currency, it's a tough bet.

Matt Murphy

It is haunting to think these nice, loving people were trying to hold their breaths as they sank to the bottom of the ocean. This is as cold-blooded as it gets.

Duane Ackerman

It is market based, and that's the bottom line.

Mickey Loomis

I knew what his desires were, but we didn't get to that point. We talked about four or five different scenarios.

J. Taylor

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.

Granth Sahib

Serving at the Feet of the Holy Saints, all desires are fulfilled.

Plato

Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private; fortitude, the principle of not flying danger, but meeting it; and temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.

quran quran

Whoever desires the gain of the hereafter, We will give him more of that again; and whoever desires-- the gain of this world, We give him of it, and in the hereafter he has no portion.

Orison Swett Marden

If our dreams are sincere desires to achieve, not mere pipe-dreams, there is something deep within ourselves which comes out to meet them and helps to make them realities.

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.

Willie Green

I know I've been in motor sport for 46 years and some might think it is time I grew up, but I am still here, despite smashing up my legs.

Jane Jensen

I love 'Gabriel Knight' and will always be proud of it. Despite the fact that I've done many other things, it seems to be the one thing that people remember. I hope 'Gray Matter' is as memorable.

Robert Hall

The health fears are what stuck out the most for me, but I think the stuff we see on television and all of the victims affected, pushes me into helping, despite the fear.

Bryant Dillon

It's been a long year, but I'm kind of proud of everybody that is still here and playing, and still is working hard, despite all the things that have happened this year.

Liu Jianchao

Despite difficulties ahead, all parties in the talks should show political willingness and flexibility with sincerity,

David Roth

Despite any defenses, he could not and would not put his family through the ordeal of a trial.

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.

Stuart Anderson

On the state level, these efforts will continue.

Tom Harkin

The industry's efforts so far have been woefully inadequate,

Guru Singh

They forsake the Fear of the True Guru, and because of their stubborn mindedness, their efforts do not succeed.

Robert Milton

The year kicks off with the efforts on Jazz.

Jiang Zemin

ready to make concerted efforts with the U.S. to make this happen.

Tim Kaine

Probably the issue at top of their list was better work-force development. (Danville officials) feel like the state's efforts are kind of fragmented, and we need to do a better job of coordinating them. And I think that's a real good point.

Frank Gonzalez

Our efforts are valuable even in this case.

Debby Padgett

Our efforts are coordinated, and we are working toward a fabulous event in 2007. Not only for 2007, but beyond.

Bob Paduchik

Ken Blackwell is either a huge hypocrite or very incompetent.

Shimon Peres

It can't happen as long as there is still shooting. Either there is shooting or there are talks,

Brad McClellan

He should either be running for office or be an impartial elections officer and not try to fool the voters that he can be both.

Clint Hurdle

Hitting a Major League baseball. I wasn't that good at either one. I think I've got the marriage thing nailed down now and that took me three tries. I know I can't hit the fastball anymore.

John Hobbs

It could have gone either way. It was pretty volatile there for a while. Thank God it didn't turn out to be a free-for-all.

Geoff Stump

It could have gone either way. It was close. I knew she had to be in the top two.

Jon Karkow

It could go either way at this point. There is some pessimism and some optimism. It's going to be interesting the whole way around.

Neil Shubin

It could either push itself straight up and down or pull itself forward. It more likely flopped around like a seal rather than walked like a horse.

Paul Robinson

It is good, but one of the only positive things we can take out of the performance. We are disappointed with the way we played. I think it is two points dropped. It was a horrible, scrappy game and I don't think either goalkeeper has made a save.

Ron Hutchins

John is a very pleasing young man to have. He's very focused on what he does. You'll see him moving up.

S. Walker

It all seems to be focused on him (Rodriguez).

Larry Hoff

Her scoring numbers are actually a little down from last year. Part of it is because we have other players who can score, but the main reason is that Jessi has focused on getting her teammates more involved.

Mike Beall

I think you can see by the reaction of my girls. They know we're going to have to play them again. It's just another region game, just like the last one was. Just another region game. Our focus right now is Flagstaff next Tuesday on the road.

Frank Martin

We are focusing on maximizing our revenue streams through product innovation,

Mack Brown

It has been a very good week of practice ... the most focused I've seen them because they can't wait until Saturday. They know it is going to be a great test.

Jason Taylor

It has been a little edgy. We are more focused and realize that we have a lot of things that need to be corrected.

Pam Iorio

I think that this is a good start. Really, what we need to do is focus on a lot of those issues in light of a catastrophic event,

Mary Roach

I think that the women's magazines and a lot of those quick tips for better sex, I think that they do people a disservice, sometimes, because they become very focused on - they're thinking, 'Okay, I read that I should do this, and am I doing it right?'

Richard Ben-Veniste

Were there contacts over time between Iraq and al-Qaeda? Yes, there were efforts made to communicate. We found no evidence of collaboration in any effort to mount any kind of operation against the United States' interests.

Robert Byrd

The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and Social Security receipts. That's your money

Walter Cronkite

The invasion of Iraq was illegal from the start.

Don Evans

I'm not scared here, ... I feel very safe here, quite frankly. And I'll tell you what else -- the people of Iraq are not scared.

Jose Maria Aznar

Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Kevin Bacon

Even the people that support Bush aren't happy with the way things are going in Iraq.

John Bolton

I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.

Michael Rubin

The Iraqis have consistently surprised us at every milestone.

Patrick Burns

The Iraqi people are out of luck, the way it stands right now.

Mario Lemieux

I thought the other lines were pretty good, as well. We'll see what happens.

Nariman Behravesh

I think that whole line of reasoning is overdone.

Dale Mitchell

He was lined up straight with the ship canal,

Richelle Mead

My life didnʹt need to be on the line for me to enjoy dessert.

William Whewell

Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.

Walter Huston

Hell, I ain't paid to make good lines sound good. I'm paid to make bad lines sound good.

Mark Fields

Our path is not going to linear and smooth.

Doug Biega

If you need the venue to motivate you to get to the championship, you're in the wrong line of work. But it would be nice.

John Bogle

I think a line was crossed; there was a rebate and that is just not permitted.

Chakib Khelil

We think that we will keep production at the same level.

H. Hart

We are shooting for resuming the production in mid-September.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

Mona Singh

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars.

John Shimkus

It is a bittersweet time for many of us to be here,

Jack Smith

It is a long season, we have a long time to get at them.

Scottish Proverb

What may be done at any time will be done at no time

Lorena Ochoa

There is going to be a time when they come my way.

Daina Parent

We've been working all year toward this. This is the time we're going to go out and show them what we're made of.

Sarah Shahi

I can take a newspaper and make it a lethal weapon.

Kellan Lutz

I love Poseidon. His trident - his weapon - is really cool.

Helmut Schmidt

Admirals and Generals always want more ships and more weapons and they take the arguments where they can find them.

Muriel Spark

Ridicule is the only honorable weapon we have left.

Martin Niemoller

We had been frightened of atomic weapons since 1945. In those days I became convinced and remain convinced now that, after Hitler , Truman was the greatest murderer in the world.

Publilius Syrus

He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.

Lily Allen

I am a weapon of massive consumption

Mel Brooks

The only weapon I've got is comedy

John Kenneth Galbraith

Of all the weapons in the Federal Reserve arsenal, words were the the most unpredictable in their consequences.