Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rabindranath Tagore

Man has a fund of emotional energy which is not all occupied with his self-preservation. This surplus seeks its outlet in the creation of art, for man's civilization is built upon his surplus... In everyday life, when we are mostly moved by our habit

Max Cobb

Historically, there was a difference in the percent back between the men and women, so we were trying to equalize that. That was the concept. ... But today, it doesn't look the same. Rachel built her case and we supported that, but the Olympic committee didn't feel like they could make a change.

Robert McCullough

It's part of what we do at the University of Vermont, we teach the history of the built environment." ()

Kathy Sierra

It was actually a little platform they had built for tourists or people who come to see the place, ... We sang to some people there people from everywhere. Everybody liked it. A few people cried. It was real emotional.

Michael Chetcuti

It's been virtually untouched since it was built and we'll have to tap into the water system.

Steve Carr

It makes the financing more difficult and the cash flow tighter, and it may take some people out of expansions. But the market has had this (rate increase) built into it. It's expected. Projects that make economic sense will still be taken on.

John Godber

A lot of the value that's built up in these businesses, goodwill, is often because the founder is an excellent salesperson or business leader.

David Malpass

Already we're seeing graduates of U.S. higher education going back to their home countries and contributing to societies there, where in the past they would have stayed in the U.S. and built new companies here. We have to have immigration reform that allows talented foreigners to become Americans.

Heather Friedland

A lot of Windows Desktop Search capabilities will be built into the visualization and organization scenarios inside Windows Vista.

Bill Brady

We've seen these long-term outlooks a lot more of late, and for the life of me I can't figure out why these companies are doing it.

Charles Gallagher

What happens is that companies usually don't plan succession,

Jim Farrell

What did these insurance companies think? It's not a . . . toothache where you can pull the tooth and be done with it.

Jon Hess

We talked with companies that are in the process of setting up dedicated Medicare Part D teams to handle marketing to these customers, as new and unique product messaging will be required.

Bob Cole

We spend about half our day on the phone with insurance companies. We've been on hold so far up to 3 1/2 hours with insurance companies trying to resolve issues.

Russel Kinnel

Too many companies had perverse incentive systems that rewarded hot short-term performance and didn't provide any penalties for long-term problems.

Roger Altman

Too many companies are just being big for the sheer sake of it. Too many CEOs thinking bigger is better.

John Morton

Tony Ridder inherited a company that had a lot of newspaper companies that are not in growing markets and would never be in growing markets. That's what he inherited, and that's what he had to work with.

Bill Nygren

We've been talking to energy companies who are unwilling to make investments that require current oil prices to support them. They don't think prices will remain at this level.

Tony Domenech

So you no longer have an absentee landlord - easy solution.

Steven Soderbergh

When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong it's really easy.

Matt Watson

It's an easy way to make a quick getaway from the school environment.

Kent Williams

It is very important to remember volunteers, firefighters and law enforcement, all of the service providers who help us to have safe lives. We should not forget them, only to remember them when a 9-11 happens. But it is so easy to forget and we have to remind ourselves of the purpose they serve,

Kofi Annan

It is very easy to say why don't you resolve politically rather than putting troops. It is very easy to criticize, but it's not that simple.

Bill White

It is very easy to be fooled by something like this.

Michael Waltrip

It's a great racetrack. This is the kind of racetrack we need. Tracks that are real wide and real easy to drive, somebody hits the setup.

Daniel Shifrin

Unlike the Internet, this system is easy to use. It just involves a regular telephone. That's why we've seen many seniors signing up.

Michael Young

We have to make an effort to loosen up a little bit, because it's easy to tighten up when you get off to a rough start. We need to make an effort to just go out there and have fun, be ourselves and go out and play a game.