Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gene Lamont

I would say now it's next to impossible for us to make the playoffs. Even if we won the rest of our games, everything would have to fall absolutely perfect with Buffalo and Rochester for us to have a prayer.

Brian Boland

I would say that Notre Dame is a top-10, top-15 team. It's a strong club and they're only going to get better. VCU is another underrated club. They're as good as anybody we've played this year. We had an absolutely grueling match with them.

Roberto Cavalli

Kate looks absolutely fantastic. She is confident and stylish, and she works well with the Cavalli look. She is back working and doing what she does best and, like usual, she was really professional.

Pete Carroll

It absolutely won't change what we do at all.

John McDonough

It absolutely affirms the need for public policies to protect taxpayers from companies who deliberately shift responsibility for the health needs of their workers onto the backs of taxpayers. Every company on this list needs to take a second look at what's going on with health care benefits.

Ernesto Zedillo

I talked by phone with Fox to let him know the government is absolutely ready to collaborate with him,

Char Schroeder

I think it's a crazy phenomenon that a reality show would prepare you for real life. But the race absolutely prepared us.

Mike McCrary

I think it's a confluence of events. As you know, property values went absolutely crazy after 9-11." ()

Dan Walker

It broke him mentally. It absolutely broke him.

Peter Hain

Kent is a different situation. I think it is fair to ask the question about Northern Ireland and Kent, but everyone would agree that Northern Ireland is uniquely different.

Kofi Annan

I would want us all to put real collective pressure and sustain it on President Milosevic in the hope that we will get an agreement and he will understand the implications of any escalation,

Sven Eriksson

I talked to the Swedish coach before the draw and we agreed we did not want to meet at this World Cup. But overall we are happy with the draw, its not easy but it could have been worse.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

He was a jewel, ... He was good. I agree with you.

Frank Godina

He wanted to play football. I didn't agree with it. I didn't think he should do it. But he was determined.

Jim Bowden

He didn't agree with all of the decisions.

Bus Cook

He is under contract, so they have to do what they have to do. But if we can't agree on a new deal that compensates him for 2-3 years on his existing deal, the right thing to do is release him. But that is their choice.

Bruce Allen

He's a special guy. He wanted to be a Buccaneer and we wanted him to be a Buccaneer. And in just a few days of conversation we were able to reach an agreement that we think will ensure his future.

Joan Collins

He's also very bright. Very knowledgeable about everything. And we agree about everything. He's my best friend. He's my partner. We share everything.

Muhammad Abdullah

It benefits me more because I'm more in the box. It puts me in the position where I can make more plays and bigger plays for the team.

Mike Kraus

I think we have new life now. The kids are really excited. We get to play on a college court in a state tournament, and when you're 10-13 that's a big deal. But forget about the records. These kids have worked hard all year long and now they're reaping some of the benefits from it.

David Englin

Renters don?t get tax benefits from renting, but renters are the ones who need help the most. This is a way to equalize the benefits a little.

Joe Walsh

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Hal Joseph

Part of my objective next year is to make a tally to see who is not using the zone benefits so I can go out and knock on their door. We still have a vast majority of our land that is still underdeveloped and unused. We have a long way to go.

Clayton Christensen

If you make that decision, that you'll always follow that rule, then your commitment to do it sinks into your heart, and when you realize the benefits of having integrity time after time, it really changes your heart, not just your head.

Judy Clark

If you didn't get the letter or you're not sure . . . call the benefits manager for the former employer or union.

Dan Fogleman

If you look at who offers insurance, it's fairly uncommon to offer benefits to part-time employees.

Jennifer Windsor

Beijing's control of the Internet has been in the news lately, but it represents just one facet of an intricate system of restrictions on the free circulation of ideas in China. The Chinese government is hoping to enjoy the benefits of the global economy without jeopardizing its political control.

Steve Ralston

Italy is a very defensive team, very well organized, they look to counter-attack. Their defense is rock solid.

R. Inge

He just knows how to pound the zone once he gets ahead. He just lets his defense work for him. He's a smart pitcher. He knows what he's doing.

Allan Ray

I think we fed off our defense a little more in the second half, and we got into a flow offensively as a result.

Bob Hiester

I thought our defense played very, very well.

Tim Bennett

I think we took a positive step tonight. We reduced the penalties and the turnovers and it looked like the defense was getting to the football.

Brian Rafalski

I think we still have a pretty solid defense one through six.

Brian Billick

I think what this defense did this season was diminished by people taking shots at who we played late in the season,

Dom Capers

I think what it comes down to, no matter what defense you're in, it's a matter of players going out and making plays. I think many times (the scheme) is overrated.

Brad Childress

I think that every defense has some element of it. Some people have more tied into it as a staple. This would be one team that is tied into it as a staple.

Tom Walters

I think it's a great fit. (Kirk's) been really good with Department 56 and Byers' Choice.

Joel Klatt

I think it's important to most of us because of exactly what it provides to the whole program. Obviously, the whole department gets a little national respect. Hopefully, we go down there and put together a solid effort and get recognized on a national stage where we feel we belong.

Laura Blackann

He has not been subpoenaed nor has he been contacted by the Justice Department or the FBI.

Michael Duffy

He loved his fire department and all the men in it,

Tasia Scolinos

O.P.R. routinely looks into issues of this kind. They will not be making a determination on the lawfulness of the N.S.A. program, but rather will determine whether the department lawyers complied with their professional obligations.

Jason Dean

In a department our size, there's a little more structure, we don't just hire somebody and put them out on the street. Here an officer has to ride with a senior officer for a period of time until we feel like he's able to get out on his own.

Bill Richardson

In this case, the fizzle was good, ... The fact the fire department didn't have to put out any fires this weekend doesn't mean we shouldn't have a fire department.

Scott McClellan

The Department of Energy is monitoring the situation. They will make assessments as they are able to do so and that's really where it stands right now." ()

Tim Gramling

The day I put word out in the department that we needed help I got just about 30 responses of guys who wanted to go. Just about all of them had the weekend off, but they were willing to sacrifice time with their families.

Lao Tzu

Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength

Bo Ryan

He didn't force anything, and he gets a double-double. That's a good line for Brian. It's a good line for anybody.

Ronnie Moore

You have to force Richie to come off, but he will be okay.

Michael May

Holiday '99 will force a shake-out about who can and who can't stand alone.

John Knight

We told them this is gut-check time. It's who wants it more. It's going to be sheer force of will.

Steve Spurrier

We threw one up, but we should have tackled the guy somewhere. We should have been able to run that guy down, but we couldn't do it. That was just one of the big plays in the game. Nah, 28-7 is no safe lead for us. We didn't force a punt in the second half, so it wasn't safe. They should have scored another touchdown.

Ben Wallace

I thought they were the more poised team down the stretch. I thought we maybe lined up too many threes down the stretch and tried to force the outcome instead of doing what we usually do.

Tim Rattay

I think we're going to try some things to get the tight end involved, ... I'm not going to force it. I'm just going to see what happens and maybe use the tight end a little more.

Michael Redd

I was just playing in the flow. I didn't do anything extra. I was trying not to force anything.

Joe Battista

I think in the end, in the future this team is going to make things happen.

Samantha Bond

I lost a girlfriend when I was in my 30s. She was 46. It all sounds so trite, but I put a Post-it on my dressing-room wall. It said, 'The past is history. The future is a mystery. This moment is a gift, which is why it's called the present.'

Thomas Piketty

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return.

Eric Davis

We've got to think about everything possible that there is to think about. We have got to turn over every stone, and look into the future to find out what's waiting for us. What can physics do ... where should physics be going?

Craig Patrick

He wasn't playing like he was two years ago, and I didn't see us re-signing him. This was a good opportunity to get a player for the future and someone who can do the job defensively this year and possibly beyond.

William Winwood Reade

And then, the Earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the airless Saharas which separate planet from planet and sun from sun. The Earth will become a Holy Land which will be visited by pilgrims from all the quarters of the Universe. Finally, men will master the forces of Nature; they will become themselves architects of systems, manufacturers of worlds.

Wernher von Braun

There are flying grandfathers. But I intend to be an orbiting grandfather.

W. S. Merwin

We are the echo of the future.

Ursula K. Le Guin

The future has become uninhabitable. Such hopelessness can arise, I think, only from an inability to face the present, to live in the present, to live as a responsible being among other beings in this sacred world here and now, which is all we have, and all we need, to found our hope upon.

Felipe Alou

He is the only pitcher I went (behind the cage) to see. I hope he didn't mind that.

Mark Shapiro

He'll be in the middle and hopefully we'll let him work his way toward the back.

Dan Svirbly

His year didn't end the way we hoped it would. He got down here for the second time and won a match again, he just couldn't quite get to the podium.

Larry Finucane

I think we will improve. I hope we will, but we haven't really done anything yet.

Adam Greene

It got our attention. Before that, in our minds we weren't sure if we'd make it. It made me want to make it a lot more. I can't speak for the others, but I hope it worked the same for them.

John Kinsey

I think this is something we live with on a day-to-day basis, unfortunately, and hope that when we get these violent swings they provide an opportunity for longer term investors.

Arlen Specter

It is my hope that the president will now send us a nominee for Justice O'Connor's spot in the mold of Judge Roberts,

Antero Niittymaki

I was watching on TV. You hope that someday you're there.

Kojo Annan

I was young and I just didn't think it through. It was an indiscretion but one for which I hope I can be forgiven.

John Sims

The investment will take place in three stages - $155 million, 185 million and $180 million.

Joe Gibbs

It's smart. If you are going to make an investment of millions and millions of dollars, you would research them.

Mike Winer

It went from a terrific value investment to a terrific arbitrage.

Brian Harrison

It's in response to a very strong investment return last year.

Mitt Romney

I did not direct any of my investments nor did I know of these investments.

Mark Bartelstein

The Jets have made a big investment in Chad. Once he is healthy, he is the guy.

Rick Baker

I told them I would support their move to do that, ... I thought it was an investment in goodwill.

Steve Swasey

It was derided by a number of people in the investment community.

Mike Toohey

We're making a substantial investment into the town of Maggie Valley.

Andrew Heyward

Each of the networks is in a period of transition. It is extraordinary.

Shari Brill

They need Thursday to be their strong night, ... Thursday was such a strong night for them so long that they used to get by without winning any other night of the week. The other networks used to roll over.

Matthew Felling

That was really a retelling of an old tale at that point, and that's not what most people turn to news networks for.

Condoleezza Rice

The northwest is very different from what I could have imagined.

John Stephens

It took us seven years to saturate Northern California.

Mohamed ElBaradei

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran.

Jeff Perreault

They're undefeated and the #1 ranked team in North Dakota. Their program is very strong.

Rick Moody

They tell them to just keep walking north and don't look back. We've tried to apprehend some of these bandits.

Tom Greene

It's all Northern Telecom. It was U.S. selling; they just started selling it and it took a lot of the other tech stocks with it.

Todd Devereaux

North is very strong. We played with them for about 25 minutes.

Michael Griffith

North Dakota's is sort of a different pace.

Tahar Rahim

The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!

Dan Bartlett

He doesn't have a personal relationship with him.

Tullian Tchividjian

An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion.

Vivienne Westwood

If you dress up, it helps your personality to emerge - if you choose well.

Robert Green Ingersoll

An infinite personality is an infinite impossibility.

Jacques Maritain

In each of us there dwells a mystery, and that mystery is the human personality.

Mark Smith

It's personal to me. That's one reason I do it.

Ronald Ramon

It was personal for him. He was here. He experienced it. He didn't want to feel that way again.

John Allison

The value system we have at BB&T is also my personal value system.

Derek Luke

Oh, my God! My wife and I, boy, we got down that night. On a personal note!

Ronald Hill

When you research companies, they now have a statement on Y2K compliance, which they are required to give you,

Marilyn Moon

We are not in a situation where we are required by desperation to make structural changes.

Fred G. Gosman

Teenagers who are never required to vacuum are living in one.

Steve Davis

It's going to be a tough task as they are two very tough games,

Karl Marx

The task is not just to understand the world but to change it.

Plutarch

It is a difficult task, O citizens, to make speeches to the belly, which has no ears.

Otto Weininger

Not only virtue, but also insight, not only sanctity but also wisdom, are the duties and tasks of mankind.

Joyce Meyer

If you are facing a difficult task don’t put it off. If you do it will just keep tormenting you.

Paul Tournier

Our task is to live our personal communion with Christ with such intensity as to make it contagious.

John Berryman

That is our ‘pointed task. Love & die.

Lord Acton

I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.

Lucian

The historian's one task is to tell the thing as it happened.

Glenn Wilson

This is a very real and widespread phenomenon,