Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard DeKaser

Taking it at face value, the hurricane played a big role in contributing to the weakness. Consumer spending was abysmal in October and November. It's an extremely weak report overall.

Jim Presba

It's abysmal safety record is there for anyone to see. We just don't know why it's been ignored and overlooked by all the federal agencies that are supposed to protect us.

Daniel Loeb

Notwithstanding the sorry state of the company, the apparent lack of financial controls, the consistently disappointing results and the abysmal investor relations, we estimate that the value of Ligand's assets far outstrip the current enterprise value,

Christopher Low

These are abysmal numbers, suggesting a deeply pessimistic consumer in the first half of September.

Sen. Hanabusa

No extension should be granted to the city and its operator (Waste Management of Hawaii) because of its abysmal record.

Dennis Hastert

Given the abysmal failure of state and local officials in Louisiana to plan adequately for or respond to the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans, and given the long history of public corruption in Louisiana, ... I am not confident that Louisiana officials can be trusted to administer federal relief aid.

Ken Duckworth

Some good things are happening even in abysmal states.

Robert Hayes

The (poll) numbers suggest an abysmal program. This benefit was designed to make it impossible for consumers to understand it.

Pat Riley

We came in here and that team just took it to us and took it away from us. It was an abysmal night.

Carl Pope

He defers to economic interests over the public health, to executive agencies over the Congress, and to secrecy over the public's right-to-know, ... He's always tweaking the facts to the benefit of insiders.

Dale Hall

What we have here at the Classic is power in numbers, especially when you have groups like BASS joining forces with companies like Berkley and Bass Pro Shops, combined with the support of state fish chiefs and federal agencies speaking with one voice. We become a powerful entity and through this initiative we can make the rest of the country understand just how important our natural resources are economically and socially.

Heidi Prescott

What we find so objectionable is that these public-service agencies are involving themselves in recruiting hunters and now, in some cases, have even made it part of their strategic plans.

James Morgan

I think it shows how many agencies United Way is involved with and the breadth of their support for these agencies,

Richard Giannini

We made the offer to the various agencies here, the Red Cross, FEMA. Some of them weren't able to attend, like the power company workers, but we'll do the same for the Tulsa game.

Walter Rodgers

I have been talking with Iraqi citizens, many of them do speak English, and they say they've got weeks, perhaps months of food stockpiled in their homes. So there is no crisis here, at least nothing on the proportion that some of the international aid agencies would have you believe,

Neal Sonnett

He will continue to work hard to fully cooperate with the Department of Justice and law enforcement agencies and to make restitution to all victims. This is the course he set out many months ago and the course he intends to follow and complete no matter how long it takes.

Saxby Chambliss

Had that information been shared with other agencies ... who knows what may have happened?

Jonathan Turley

Our carefully constructed system of checks and balances is being negated by the rise of a fourth branch, an administrative state of sprawling departments and agencies that govern with increasing autonomy and decreasing transparency.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

Russia does not have a modern economy: it's a petro-power. The only thing it sells that the world wants to buy is oil and natural gas. When was the last time anyone bought a Russian computer? A Russian car? A Russian cell phone? Russia is so dependent on high energy prices that if oil falls below $100 a barrel, the Kremlin can't meet payroll.

Fernando Alonso

I was lucky that I was not fighting with anyone so I took the race quite easy. But for us, second place is good. The target for the last six or seven races was to be on the podium.

Steve Schmidt

Kerry's statements to Dubuque voters make it clear that he will say anything to anyone at any time if he thinks it will help him score political points,

Robert LeBlanc

Knowing these people, most of them are hunters, trappers, farmers, they're not going to wait on FEMA or anyone else. They're going to do what they need to do. They're used to primitive conditions.

Rick Riordan

Kids ask me questions. You'd think after doing this for four years, I would have heard every single question anyone could think of to ask, but no, every time, they surprise me, they ask me something I never thought of before.

Garrett Gomez

I wouldn't say I thought I had the race won. It was all in the way he was going to respond to me when we turned for home. Once we headed to about the three-eighths pole, he seemed to start to come back to me a little bit more than I liked. And I said, 'I'm going to go now.' I thought I went fast enough that as long as I had him going I wouldn't give anyone a chance to even get close to him.

Mark Shapiro

I wouldn't say I'm surprised by Cliff's development, but I am a little surprised by the pace of it. He's an extremely competitive guy. He's made a ton of adjustments since last season, but I don't think anyone could have anticipated (that he'd get this good, this fast).

Shauna Dunlap

I would urge anyone who has information about this individual or about the robbery to contact us and prevent this individual from striking again.

Debbie Rowe

It breaks my heart that anyone could truly believe that Michael would do anything to harm or endanger our children: they are the most important thing in his life.

Barack Obama

I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government?

Vicki Arroyo

It is going to be a piecemeal approach, people are not going to know what their regulatory commitments are from one state to another. And you are then going to have different product standards in different states. It just doesn't make sense. We need a federal policy and that is what we are trying to promote.

Alex Jones

I know this, the Federal Reserve is private and the I.R.S. is screwing us.

Roy Wilson

I think we have some lessons to learn from the past week, realizing the federal government is not going to come to our rescue in the first 72 hours,

Graham Fraser

It is madness that the federal government is still spending millions on teaching middle-aged bureaucrats how to pass language tests rather than sending young, enthusiastic recruits to the public service to work in another language and culture.

Steve Cooper

I will not support putting the responsibility of the plan in the hands of the federal government.

Adam Kidan

I have cooperated fully with the federal investigation for the past three years because I have nothing to hide.

Robert Taylor

I don't know what they think going federal is going to do for the local people. It's actually going to do nothing.

John Dwyer

I'd be happy to have the federal government join us in the prosecution.

Terry Pratchett

It was the living who ignored the strange and wonderful, because life was too full of the boring and mundane.

Bill Bradley

For 10 months that I was running for president, you ignored me, you pretended I didn't exist,

Ronald Walters

They (Republicans) have pretty much ignored them, and it's not Mel's fault.

Clive Sinclair

Hinde Esther Kreitman is a forgotten literary foremother, her works largely lost, ignored and out of print.

Dennis Poust

Now it can't be ignored and the Legislature needs to negotiate it.

Nick Cave

They all have their share of thoughts about what needs to be done. So we just ignored them.

Efraim Zuroff

totally ignored by the Israeli establishment for decades.

Gerry Reno

The residents here, they kind of see their rights as property owners being totally ignored in the process.

Michael Scott

And in their rush to create wonders, they have ignored the wonders all around them, ignored the mysteries, the beauty.

Carla Ponte

If there was one person who was not overlooked it was Milosevic.

Shirley Chisholm

Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

Pamela Anderson

I'd rather be looked over than overlooked.

Bob Marlin

The sad thing is we were overlooked by the NIT. We had a better record than 37 of the 40 (NIT) teams, and we're the only team with 22 wins sitting at home.

Corey Lessard

We had a lot to prove in that game. The second time we overlooked them. They played better and we played worse.

Ira Glass

The atheist market is a very overlooked and powerful market, it turns out.

JoAnn Carrin

He just wants to make sure the wetlands are as protected as they can be.

Janet Norwood

He just hugged me and said, 'You've done your job, mom. It's my turn to protect you now.' I was just floored, you know, it was pretty unreal.

Gary Thompson

Whatever has to be done to protect the citizens. If it's going to save lives, I know that's really important.

Darian Townes

We've got to protect our home, and we let this one get away. It's very disappointing.

Russell Schweiss

Under Gov. Bush, Florida's wetlands and waterways are receiving better protection than ever before.

John Simmons

He was just protecting us. That showed us that he'll do what it takes to protect us.

Michael Essien

I don't know why (Lauren) should make out I elbowed him on purpose. All I was doing was protecting the ball... For me, it was not even a foul.

P. J. Harvey

Ideally, you want to protect all of the important pieces, as much as you can.

Richelle Mead

I'd do a lot of things to protect you.

Walter Molony

We think 2006 will be another record for second-home sales.

David Walker

I think a lot of teams would probably have the same record if you look at who they've played,

Jeff Corey

I think they have a much better team then their record indicates.

AJ Michalka

I want make more records with my sister. I want to go on the road. I want to tour around the world. I want to continue to make great films and work with incredible directors that I respect and look up to.

Brian Setzer

He was just thrilled, ... He said, 'Oh my gosh, you want to record that old song? I think I got it up in the attic!'

Regina Spektor

I don't really make records chronologically.

Robert Crumb

I still can't spend a lot of money on records at collector prices. There's something in me that just won't allow me to do that. But I will trade my artwork, which I know is worth thousands of dollars.

Robert Wyatt

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome.

Warren Buffett

An irresistable footnote: in 1971, pension fund managers invested a record 122% of net funds available in equities - at full prices they couldn't buy enough of them. In 1974, after the bottom had fallen out, they committed a then record low of 21% to stocks.

Ron Chernow

The best argument for mutual funds is that they offer safety and diversification. But they don't necessarily offer safety and diversification.

Troy Polamalu

Being compared to the greatest-ever safety is pretty ridiculous. I continue to work toward that, but I'm not there and I know that.

Virgil

The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.

Will Smith

Anything can go away. There's no such thing as safety and security. You can do things that give you the illusion of safety and security, but there's really no such thing.

Warren Buffett

The three most important words in investing...Margin of Safety.

Salman Rushdie

If there is a choice between absolute safety and freedom, then freedom must always prevail.

Robert Maxwell

You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England.

Wil Wheaton

Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow.

Wil Wheaton

Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.

Mario Gallucci

He did everything he was supposed to do, the right way.

Tom Burchill

We talk about having fun. This is a race, this is a sport and it's supposed to be fun. We work so hard, this better be fun.

Katerina Kudlackova

I think we were supposed to win this match, and we did.

Manny Acta

I think we can play a lot better. I think we could have scored at least 12 runs. We didn't do the things we were supposed to do.

Dave Moates

He was throwing where he was supposed to be throwing and making his pitches.

Mark Ferguson

He taught me that I'm not supposed to have a signature. I'm supposed to be telling the client's story, not my own.

Cliff Lee

He did what he was supposed to do with that pitch.

Rick Warren

We're not completely happy here because we're not supposed to be!

Jeremy Corbyn

Parliament is supposed to be serious. It's not a place for jingoistic cheering.