Famous Quotes & Sayings

Paul Whetsell

As Blackstone started to look at some of our assets they made an offer for the whole company which we felt was very attractive.

Scott Benesch

The cable assets are growing the fastest. There's not a whole lot of growth in the rest of the business, which is why the stock is not going anywhere.

Jimmy Tallent

During the fourth quarter, we resolved several non-performing assets, which slightly increased net charge-offs while lowering non-performing assets. Asset quality continues to compare favorably with peer banks and remains well within our tolerance levels. Strong credit quality, rooted with our guiding principle of securing loans with hard assets, is essential to our balanced growth strategy and overall success.

Janet Dickey

Defense is, for some reason, always an asset here.

David Bernstein

Companies can bring their own assets in the form of Java code and Web services and stitch those into this product.

Naomi Hasegawa

Deposits stopped growing and household money is heading increasingly to risk assets and will continue to do so as long as Japanese interest rates are zero.

Raghuram Rajan

A number of developments concern us. These include the excessive dependence of global demand on consumption, especially in the US, the elevated level of asset prices, particularly housing and the high and volatile price of oil. The downside risks to our forecast have thus increased.

James Duffy

An off-duty officer should be able to carry weapons anywhere. We're an asset to public safety.

Warren Bailey

Anything the central bank buys constitutes an asset and allows it to expand its liability of money supply.

Jimmy Kimmel

Oh, great, ... Three people beating me up. Maybe it isn't such a great idea.

Rick Brown

I wanted him to wrestle. When college scouts saw him on tape, it was already a no-brainer. But once they saw him on the wrestling mat, taking on and beating kids bigger than him, their interest grew to even greater lengths.

Jerry Griffin

Some people think their loved one lives on through the person, but I don't see it that way. I heard Laura's heart beating so strong inside his chest, but I'm just glad some good came out of something bad.

Jim Hinkle

Teams try to take Johnny out of the game by beating him up. It usually doesn't bother him. Tonight, he let it get to him a little bit. Sometimes we forget he's only a sophomore and he's 15.

Abby Wambach

Right now we have a very recent goal of beating Canada and leaving this World Cup with our heads held as high as we can hold them. There's a lot of pride in still being in the World Cup right now, and there's a lot of pride going into the next 10 months of our preparation for the Olympics.

Eric Johnson

Preliminary autopsy shows injuries consistent with a beating and being run over by a vehicle.

Jim Sheehan

Sarah Hughes won a huge match for us, beating their normal No. 2 player in three sets.

Drew Brown

I've seen so much, ... I saw two teenagers fighting. One was beating the other with an ice cooler.

Roy H. Williams

I've said all year long that Virginia Tech is one of three or four best teams in the league. I really believe that, and I said that before they were a 45-footer away from beating Duke at Duke. ... I think they're an NCAA Tournament team at the end of the year, and I strongly believe that.

David Lemmon

As always, our first concerns are for protection of people and our environment. With this in mind, we continue to work closely with the electric utilities as they re-establish service in Mississippi,

Pat Lynch

As a fan, I want to read a lot into it. But being on the inside of negotiations and knowing their (Super Bowl) theme, I can't read a lot into it. They originally wanted to have it at Hollywood and Highland, but they couldn't get the permits to close the streets as long as they needed.

Jose Fernandez

The big thing about her is that she has a tremendous work ethic. If you look at her stats her freshman year, you can see how much her game has evolved and improved. She's worked on her range. It really shows how committed she has been to improve on her game. She's not even close to her potential. She's a really good shooter. She uses screens well, but she needs to improve her perimeter passing.

George Gregan

The big standout with the 2005 team is they're able to close out games under pressure. They held their composure and their nerve and turned what was a tight test match in their favour,

Scott Worley

A threat to close the industry would have more of an effect than people would imagine.

Mark Rosenbaum

As it stands now, close to 8 million voters could be at the mercy of these faulty, unreliable and decertified machines. Californians deserve to go to the polls knowing that their vote will be counted, not discarded.

Don MacAdam

As I told the league, I respect their opinion, but we've got an injured player who's already missed three games and he's likely going to miss six. The punishment is not remotely close to what it should be.

Mark Johnson

That was a close call, but it was the right one. There was never any doubt that (Byrd) won that match.

Casey Stoner

That was about as close to a win as I could have got.

Simon McBurney

As an actor, it's much easier for me to get work in the movies because nobody knows who I am except for the work that I've done in another movie. I really enjoy that.

Kerry Greenwood

I used to tell my three younger siblings stories because that was my household chore, and I told long stories in installments because it was easier and more fun than making up a new story every night. I loved it.

Steve Howey

The older you get, the easier it is to get injured. But what I've learned the hard way is that the more excess weight you have, the more likely you are to get injured doing everyday things.

Jason Mewes

After doing the first couple scenes and I got used to being in front of a few people it got easier and easier. In Chasing Amy, I wasn't nervous at all. And in Dogma, the same.

Rory Fitzpatrick

The most important thing is for him to be with his family, and if we keep winning, I think it's a lot easier for him to be away from the rink.

Todd Bertuzzi

Some people forgive a lot easier than others,

Susan Howell

Some reforms are going to occur simply because the financial pressure is there. It'll be easier to get federal money with these reforms.

Trent Hagan

South Florida is a better team (than Saint Leo), and it was a lot easier to get off to a good start.

Rory Freedman

Speaking the truth gets a little easier each time you do it.

Domhnall Gleeson

Often times, I just do a job and tell my agents, 'I'm in lockdown now.' I won't talk to anybody about anything else in the meantime, and I think that's generally the way to go because I also like to have a gap in between jobs.

George Leung

The widening rate gap between the U.S. and HK in the later part of 2006 will likely be accompanied by a strong HK dollar.

Charles Adams

You peel the back of the tape off, so when you go around the door, it seals those gaps off.

Michael Greco

There are some significant gaps in people's knowledge,

Craig McCaw

Changes occur because there’s a gap between what is and what should be.

Richard Cobden

For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.

James Clarke

GAP is for it. They have no money to invest on this side because it's this side.

John Corbett

Gap is a quality team. Right now, they're playing as well as anybody. We're going to need another strong effort.

M. Wolfe

Gap has lost its cool. Once you get in the stores it's kind of numbing; there isn't any focus.

Harry Browne

A show's a show, and this is for a good cause.

Erica White

As good as this feels, we're not done yet.

Chris Nelson

As good as (Southern Nevada) is, to come in and win in their park, that's a good thing for Derek.

Robert Esche

As good as it may have seemed, we still lost the game. So, it wasn't that great.

Jay Bilas

As good as I thought they were going to be, and I thought they would be in the NCAA tournament, I didn't think they were going to be this good. I didn't think they were going to be this mature, this polished and this resilient.

Brad Skoglund

As good as catch, maybe better, than the one at state.

Louie Golden

As good a player as he is, he's so unselfish. He makes teams go. He makes it happen.

Jessica Springsteen

As for singing, my parents say I have a good voice, but then again, they have to say that.

Rocky Carroll

As an actor, you can think your way out of a lot of good things sometimes. I trust my instincts as an actor, and I trust the instincts of the creators, so it's a good combination.

Karen Sussman

We have a potential of 200 horses going to a tribe, and they could get $20,000 to keep them on their land.

Alex Solis

He toyed with those horses and did it so easy.

Ryan Fitzpatrick

I said the horse. He's got a metal shoe on, doesn't he?

Danny Bonaduce

It's weird because horses kind of come and go in my life.

Ben Howland

He's going to be with our trainer all night. It will take a team of horses to keep him out.

Rashad Anderson

You've got to get some horses, man. You've got to get some more players in. No knock on the players now, but you've got to get some horses in there. Get the right pieces to the puzzle.

George Allen

There's a lot of intermingling of race horses. ... So it's not too surprising it's showing up in the tracks.

Harvey Bailey

It was a very big deal. There was a parade, with horses and floats.

Bob Baffert

Those were nice horses in that race, (but) this horse is a speed freak.

Reed Hundt

Isn't it only appropriate that, in return for the free use of the public spectrum, broadcasters provide something substantial, something that wouldn't otherwise be provided by marketplace competition?

Madeline Albright

These people have to go back, otherwise there are no people in Kosovo,

Hicham Guerrouj

Otherwise there is not much point in me going.

Alan Greenspan

The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.

David Strom

You have to be smart about how you use e-mail. Otherwise you let it ruin your life.

Don Ameche

I've seen my performances. I don't like them.

Aaron Nida

I was real pleased with his (Larson) performance.

Steve Adams

I was pleased with the team's performance this year and very proud, and wish the seniors well in their future.

Ken Martin

I can't say we'll see this kind of performance every quarter.

Scott Winfrey

We played pretty well tonight. I was proud of our performance, and we were threatening.

David Beckham

I'm pleased with my personal performance but particularly with the way the team played overall.

Harold S. Geneen

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.

Holly Hatton

It was a poor performance by the varsity boat.

Lee Scott

It was a solid performance, but we can do better,

Robert A. Heinlein

When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before.

Jessica Capshaw

I was never a rail-thin person.

Harry Wilson

Taxes don't seem to be the third rail they used to be.

Joe Torre

Randy was great, we just didn't give him anything to work with.

Brad Fairchild

Roy ran real well. Running that time with a 20-minute rest after the 400 is pretty impressive.

Dr. Seuss

Sam Ran Over Sand or Sand Ran Over Sam,

Chris Davis

I showed him how to do it, how to work in TV. There's a formula. Richard ran with it.

Andrew Benson

We ran water through it once to see if it worked and then shut it off. It hasn't run since. We're actually going to go about trying to put it on eBay.

Carmelo Anthony

We ran pretty well (Monday night). I don't think we ran as well as we wanted to. But we ran pretty well.

Roger Allen

We ran out of regular unleaded today (Monday). I will not be able to get another truck until Tuesday morning, but we still have the super unleaded gasoline.

Roger Allen

We ran out of regular unleaded today (Monday), ... I will not be able to get another truck until Tuesday morning, but we still have the super unleaded gasoline.

Ricky Ledee

Everything was different, and the way they ran the team was totally different.

Joe Tiller

You're going to be surprised, but we're not running that much option,

Brett Gardner

I never go up there trying to hit a home run

Brett Favre

With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I'm running out of chances.

Brandon Sanderson

Everyone gets scared, Princess. Even brave men sometimes run the first time they see battle. In armies, that's why there's so much training. The ones who hold aren't the courageous ones, they're the well-trained ones. We have instincts like any other animal.

Barbara Jordan

I never wanted to be run of the mill.

Barbara Jordan

I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.

Barbara Kingsolver

Memory runs along deep, fixed channels in the brain, like electricity along its conduits; only a cataclysm can make the electrons rear up in shock and slide over into another channel. The human mind seems doomed to believe, as simply as a rooster believes, that where we are now is the only possibility

Babe Ruth

Whenever I hit a home run, I make certain I touch all four bases.

Babe Ruth

What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.

Eugene Christiansen

Horseracing is still waiting for its Steve Lipscomb,

Tom Muller

One job, one wife, one house. That's Steve Flores.

Bus Cook

We have to get some things resolved. I'm sure the Titans want to keep Steve, and I'm sure they will. Steve wants to stay, and we want to keep him in Tennessee.

David Steinberg

When I talk to Steve Martin, he's joyful when he talks about comedy.