Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joseph Cohen

We believe that the backdrop for investments in technology is favorable,

Jeffrey Smith

They tend to make a dramatic backdrop in a dining room or wall. It's one of the most popular locations.

Michael Niemira

There was lots and lots of discounting this holiday season. From the beginning of November onward, it was very promotional and remains a backdrop for the season.

Larry Wachtel

There's a cautious backdrop (on Wall Street). We're heading to that glide path toward the Fed meeting. I think there has been a gravitation toward the cyclical stocks and away from the blue chips. And I think we'll continue to see movements into the papers and the metals.

David Durrant

There's demand for these bonds from somebody who needs duration. The economic backdrop would suggest that buying 30-year Treasuries at 4.47 would end up being a painful trade.

Triple H

'Rocky' is a movie that just happens to be about boxing. It's really about characters and story lines and relationships and all those things, and the backdrop is boxing. You can go back and watch the final fight in 'Rocky' a thousand times. If you dig that movie, if you like the characters, you'll watch the whole movie over and over.

Victor Ponta

With the backdrop of its geostrategic location and historical ties with the Middle East, Turkey has an essential role to play for the stability, peace and social development of the region.

Mike Englund

The momentum in the economy and job market, combined with mortgage rates that remain near generational lows, continues to provide a solid backdrop for housing,

Gayle Cuneo

The students love the production beyond words. We rented a backdrop from Hollywood, and we borrowed some costumes from the high school. We've a grand project going here.

Dennis Chandler

We want families to come back to see us and sit around the family dining room table.

Steven Martin

We're hoping for downtown hotel stays. We're hoping for the volume of downtown dining to increase.

Chris Murphy

The most expensive piece of equipment we have in this dining room is an empty chair.

Rich Grant

For meeting planners, dining is one of the most important factors in making a decision.

Jean Turner

There may be a housekeeper working in dining services. We would rather invest in them and invest in their education than hire someone else. Who knows? They (new hires) may not work out or fit in the Erickson culture.

Tom Colicchio

If you're dining with someone who wants the same cut, it's always better to get a 16-ounce steak and split it than to order two eight-ounce steaks. The longer something cooks, the more flavor it develops, so you'll get a better taste with a bigger piece of meat.

Linda Palermo

Do people from the dining room get up and sing? Oh, yeah ? big time.

Adam Christopher

Our house has a library - it seemed better use of the space than as a dining room! - and I try to spend as much time in there as possible. There's nothing better while reading or writing than to be surrounded by books.

Chuck Palahniuk

What kind of dining set defines me as a person?

Edith Wharton

A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys.

Robert Schulz

At a minimum, we do not see any dramatic reversals for North American automakers.

Harold Evans

It's a story of terrific heroism (with) many, many dramatic stories of individuals,

Bill Clinton

This has been a time of dramatic transformation, and you have risen to every new challenge.

Martha Firling

It's not the full-fledged, three-act opera with the overly dramatic theatrics. It's light and fun.

Michael Gronstal

It's obviously a surprise for people, but I don't think it makes a dramatic difference.

Gellert

You can't listen to the news or watch the dramatic images of the effects of Katrina and not want to lend a hand,

Barry Hyman

There really isn't any dramatic news to come out post-Fed ? we're going to get into that earnings void, the next meeting for the Fed isn't until late June, so I think the story is how well the pullback in this market will be contained.

Robert Dallek

It's a dramatic turnabout. Events have overtaken him.

David Brin

What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?

Bill Pullman

The writers are pretty political and they want to get as big an audience as they can - they want the popular vote.

Todd Young

We're getting in their face. And I'm sure it's not very popular with management.

Karen Bell

It's just not as popular as is used to be.

Tina Kuckkahn

It's the most popular place for student activities.

Al Gore

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

Nicholas Hytner

Even in rehearsals, I didn't realize it would be as popular as it proved. After I read it, I said: 'It's brilliant, but it's quite esoteric.' We scheduled 70 or 80 performances.

Andrew Sullivan

When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

Ambrose Bierce

A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.

Carl Jung

Twelve experts gathered in one room equal one big idiot.

Edouard Manet

If I'm lucky, when I paint, first my patrons leave the room, then my dealers, and if I'm really lucky I leave too.

Arthur Conan Doyle

If you had killed Watson, you would not have got out of this room alive.

Hines Ward

We were desperate. It's a one-game season every week for us. We've got to play like it's the playoffs, because we don't have a lot of room for error.

Charlie Sheen

Every plan I have is the best plan in the room.

John Hartman

We're going to have to make room for a new party.

Mark Teixeira

There's a ton of room for me to grow, ... I'm still working on a lot of things and trying to get better.

Derek Dennis

There's always room for improvement. We can't stop working to get better every day.

Rick Bishop

It saves a lot of room in the landfill. He's getting it out of my hair.

James Salter

West Pointers tend to be rigorously honest - more than necessary, in my view.

Nina Hoss

In Germany, actors tend to be more laid-back and take orders from the director: 'Tell me what you want.' I'm more into collaboration. So are Americans.

Nobu Matsuhisa

When I'm dining out privately, I tend to avoid fine-dining venues; I like things to feel casual.

Hugh Johnson

They tend to be like sheep. They are followers. It's called piling on in football, and I think it's the equivalent. It's unprecedented.

Chris Jordan

My ideas tend to arise out of nowhere when I'm not intentionally trying to think of something.

Ezra Taft Benson

An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings.

Colton Haynes

I used to do a lot of yoga, but I tend to lose a lot of weight when I do that.

Louise Nurding

I used to think you should keep on experimenting and seeing new things. But after seeing a lot of the world, I now tend to return to the same spots. I enjoy the familiarity.

Laurie Helgoe

I am very troubled by the tendency to define introverts by what they lack. Introversion is a preference, not a fallback plan.